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Most common at night, these stone lifeforms are drawn to shorelines touched by the Eidolon. They linger around lakes on the Plains of Eidolon at all hours. Their origin remains mysterious.
—In-Game Description

Cetus Wisps are odd beings found hovering on the edge of most bodies of water in the Plains of Eidolon, and are also purchasable from The Quills for ReputationLarge 2,000 (available at Rank 5 - Architect), or during Operation: Plague Star from Operational Supply for ReputationLarge 750 + Credits64 1,500 .

Behavior[]

Cetus Wisps are generally found at night on the banks of Gara Toht Lake and the smaller pools of landlocked water. They will be deposited in the player's inventory should the player manage to touch it.

Identified more as a loot pickup than a non-hostile NPC, they are widely used as a resource for crafting. Wisps are typically used as a component in Amp and Zaw components, but are also used in GaraIcon272 Gara's chassis and RevenantIcon272 Revenant's systems.

Drop Locations[]

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type Source Rotations
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Drop Table
Chance[1] Quantity[2] Avg. per roll[3] Star Chart Nodes
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Final Stage A 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Final Stage B 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Final Stage C 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Final Stage A 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Final Stage B 24.32% 1 0.2432
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 20-40 Stages 2 & 3 A 19.21% 1 0.1921
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stage 4 B 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stages 2 & 3 A 10.11% 1 0.1011
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stages 2 & 3 C 8.7% 1 0.087
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Final Stage A 24.32% 1 0.2432
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stages 2 & 3 B 10.11% 1 0.1011
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stages 2 & 3 C 17.39% 2 0.3478
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stages 2 & 3 A 17.39% 2 0.3478
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stages 2 & 3 B 17.39% 2 0.3478
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stage 4 A 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Stage 4 C 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Final Stage C 22.22% 1 0.2222
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stage 4 B 9.38% 1 0.0938
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stage 4 C 8.51% 1 0.0851
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 20-40 Stage 1 A 29.31% 1 0.2931
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 30-50 Stage 4 A 9.38% 1 0.0938
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Final Stage B 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Cetus Bounty Lvl 40-60 Final Stage C 20.41% 2 0.4082
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stage 4 of 5 B 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stage 4 of 5 A 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stages 2 & 3 A 17.39% 2 0.3478
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stages 2 & 3 C 17.39% 2 0.3478
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stage 4 of 5 C 13.51% 2 0.2702
Cetus Bounty Steel Path Cetus Bounty Lvl 100-100 Stages 2 & 3 B 17.39% 2 0.3478
Ghoul Bounty Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 15-25 Final Stage A 9.43% 1 0.0943
Ghoul Bounty Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 15-25 Stages 2 & 3 A 9.71% 1 0.0971
Ghoul Bounty Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 40-50 Stages 2 & 3 A 9.71% 1 0.0971
Ghoul Bounty Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 40-50 Final Stage A 9.43% 1 0.0943
Plague Star Plague Star Bounty Stages 2 & 3 A 14.04% 1 0.1404
Plague Star Plague Star Bounty Final Stage A 16.11% 1 0.1611

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy Drop Table Chance[4] Item Chance[5] Chance[6] Expected Kills[7] Quantity[8] Avg. per roll attempt[9]

Sourced from official drop table repository.

Blueprints Requiring Cetus Wisps[]

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Cetus Wisps
Blueprint Type Quantity
Clapkra Brace Amp 3
Ekwana Jai II Link Zaw 2
Ekwana Ruhang II Link Zaw 2
GaraIcon272 Gara Chassis Component 2
Juttni Brace Amp 4
Klebrik Scaffold Amp 5
Kwath Grip Zaw 1
Lohrin Brace Amp 5
Mewan Strike Zaw 1
Mote Amp Amp 1
Pencha Scaffold Amp 3
RevenantIcon272 Revenant Systems Component 3
Shraksun Scaffold Amp 4
Vargeet Jai II Link Zaw 2
Vargeet Ruhang II Link Zaw 2
Total 40

Last updated: Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

Tips[]

Cetus Wisp Spawn Locations

Cetus Wisp Spawn Locations (incomplete)

Optimal route

Cetus Wisp optimal farming route (optimised using genetic algorithm)

  • Wisp spawn locations are shared between players. They can be picked up and marked by other players.
  • Wisps show up as loot on the Plains. Therefore, Mod TT 20px Loot Detector, Mod TT 20px Animal Instinct, and Mod TT 20px Thief's Wit can be used to identify them, greatly reducing time used for searching.
  • Wisps are not highlighted by Codex or Synthesis Scanners.
  • Mod TT 20px Vacuum and Mod TT 20px Greedy Pull will not pick them up and players must manually collect the Wisp, given that Wisps also ignores the 3-meter universal vacuum.
  • Wisps can be picked up while in Archwing. Itzal allows players to quickly skim fly around using CosmicCrushIcon Cosmic Crush ability to suck up wisps. Bring a Mod TT 20px Loot Detector or a companion with Mod TT 20px Animal Instinct to see them in the Archwing (Mod TT 20px Thief's Wit won't work).
  • Wisps can be picked up by TitaniaIcon272 Titania while in Razorwing130xWhite Razorwing form simply by flying through the wisp.
  • Wisps can be picked up by the ChesaKubrow Chesa Kubrow}.
  • Wisps can be encountered at any time of day, though they can be harder to see at night. The blue shimmer on the ground at night in fact makes these harder to see. During the day the contrast of colors makes them easier to see.
  • Only one Wisp is active at any one time, and collecting it vanish will spawn another in a different location up to a certain limit, so hunting several of them in one session will take repeated sweeps of the spawn zones. During the day, 3-4 Wisps will spawn across the entirety of the Plains. At night, the number of Wisps spawned will increase to 6-8.
    • It is possible for Gara Toht Lake to spawn up to 4, or even 5 at night.
  • Wisps have set spawn points and will choose from a subset of those to spawn at upon entering the Plains, after which no more Wisps will spawn for that session. To continue searching for more Wisps, players will have to spawn a new instance of the Plains. They have been found on the shoreline of nearly every notable inland lake and two streams (the one north of Gara Toht Lake leading to/through a set of small lakes, and the forked stream in the far northwest).
  • An active Resource Booster or the periodical Mod TT 20px Charm buff will double the number of Wisps picked up for the duration.

Trivia[]

  • Judging from design, material, glowing light, symmetrical shape, and the fact they are more abundant in the nighttime, the Cetus Wisp is possibly Sentient in nature. They are likely a harmless, minuscule fragment of the fallen Eidolon.
    • When feeding the Helminth, the Sentient Appetite category (unlocked at Metamorphosis rank 8) contains the Cetus Wisp. This confirms them to be Sentients, or at least fragments of larger Sentients.

Media[]

Patch History[]

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

Cetus Wisp Acquisition Changes

Another part of a Tenno’s path is improving their gear, especially once they’ve unlocked their Operator. In addition to the Focus Point acquisition changes covered above in the System Changes section, we’ve made the following tweaks to improve player acquisition for Amps:

  • Cetus Wisps no longer disappear! These are crucial crafting costs for many early-game Amps, and while we did add the ability to purchase this resource from Onkko at Rank 5 Quills, this change should improve player acquisition earlier on in their journey.
    • As similar pickups like Scintillant and Toroids were added to the game, this timed mechanic for Cetus Wisps felt unnecessarily complicated in contrast.
    • The Cetus Wisp description was changed in Update 33.6.8 and now the functionally is live to match its new state: “Most common at night, these stone lifeforms are drawn to shorelines touched by the Eidolon. They linger around lakes on the Plains of Eidolon at all hours. Their origin remains mysterious.”

Hotfix 33.6.8 (2023-09-06)

  • Updated the Cetus Wisp description to indicate better how to obtain them.
    • “Most common at night, these stone lifeforms are drawn to shorelines touched by the Eidolon. They linger around lakes on the Plains of Eidolon at all hours. Their origin remains mysterious.”
    • We have an additional QOL change coming to Cetus Wisps in the upcoming Abyss of Dagath Update - stay tuned!

Hotfix 24.7.2 (2019-04-17)

  • Fixed the Cena Apparel Blueprint and Vahd Apparel Blueprint requiring 5 Cetus Wisps by swapping it to 5 Eidolon Gems.

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

POE / CETUS ECONOMY REMASTER LITE

With Fortuna's release, we applied some general economy changes based on takeaways from Cetus. Now that we have returned to Cetus and the Plains of Eidolon with a remaster, we are applying some 'Economy Remaster' changes to go with the changes in an effort to apply our continued learnings. Change is the name of the game - thank you for all feedback on our economies and for being receptive to change!

  • Replaced Arcane Blueprints with Arcanes in Hok's Offerings meaning that Arcanes no longer need to be built.
    • Owned Exodia Arcane Blueprints have been converted to full-crafted Arcanes
  • Removed Cetus Wisp costs from Operator Armour Blueprints, and replaced them with Eidolon Gems.
  • Removed Cetus Wisps from Amp Prism Blueprint, and replaced them with Fish Parts or Eidolon Gems.
  • Reduced Standing cost of Cetus Wisps from Quills Offerings (from 5k to 2k).

Hotfix 24.2.7 (2018-01-09)

  • Reduced the Standing cost of Cetus Wisps from 10k to 5k.

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

  • Moved Cetus Wisp spawn points a bit further away from water volumes in the NW corner of the Plains for gathering ease.

Hotfix 22.18.7 (2018-04-25)

  • Quill Onkko has added a Cetus Wisp to his Offerings in Cetus. These can be purchased with Quill Standing for Architect level.

Update 22.16 (2018-03-15)

  • A special UI message is now displayed when picking up a Syndicate Medallion or Cetus Wisp (similar to Argon Crystal).

Update 22.14 (2018-03-01)

  • Picking up a Cetus Wisp now includes an FX.

Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)

  • Picking up a Cetus Wisp will now display the same special UI message like when you pick up an Argon Crystal.

Update 22.10 (2018-01-25)

  • Cetus Wisps added to Ghoul Bounties.

Hotfix 22.8.3 (2018-01-11)

  • More than doubled the size of the Cetus Wisp pickup radius. This will allow you to obtain the Cetus Wisp from further away instead of needing to be right on top of it.
  • Fixed Cetus Wisps being updated while the game was paused -- this could lead to them escaping while you answered the phone.

Update 22.3 (2017-11-15)

  • Cetus Wisps are now Uncommon in various tables.

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

  • Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.0.6 (2018-06-27)
  1. Chance to roll item within drop table
  2. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  3. (Quantity × Chance)
  4. Chance to roll drop table
  5. Chance to roll item within drop table
  6. (Drop Table Chance × Item Chance)
  7. (1 / Chance), see WARFRAME Wiki:Expected & Nearly Guaranteed Numbers for more details
  8. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  9. (Quantity × Chance), average item quantity on a roll attempt (successful or not)
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