Dark Sectors

Clans and Alliances own parts of the Solar System. They construct a Solar Rail then deploy to an open (or contested) area allowing everyone to play. These areas, known as Dark Sectors, are missions that offer decent credit rewards, a resource bonus, XP bonus, and an XP bonus for killing with a specific weapon type. However, Clans and Alliances can set tax and resource tribute on anyone that access their conquered territories. Monopolies rise and fall. Territorial battles break out for honor... and profit.

The Infested inhabit most Dark Sectors unless that sector is under conflict. The Grineer and Corpus control Excavation nodes on Earth, Europa, Phobos and Venus.

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Planet	Mission	Type	Credits	Level	Resource Bonus	XP Bonus	Weapon XP Bonus	Weapon
Ceres	Gabii	Survival	20000	15 - 25	35%	26%	21%	Melee
Ceres	Seimeni	Defense	20000	15 - 25	35%	26%	21%	Melee
Earth	Coba	Defense	12000	6 - 16	15%	12%	8%	Melee
Earth	Tikal	Excavation	12000	6 - 16	15%	12%	8%	Melee
Eris	Akkad	Defense	18000	35 - 45	30%	23%	18%	Melee
Eris	Zabala	Survival	18000	35 - 45	30%	23%	18%	Pistols
Europa	Cholistan	Excavation	16000	23 - 33	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Europa	Larzac	Defense	16000	23 - 33	25%	18%	13%	Pistols
Jupiter	Cameria	Survival	14000	20 - 30	20%	15%	10%	Shotguns
Jupiter	Sinai	Defense	14000	20 - 30	20%	15%	10%	Melee
Mars	Kadesh	Defense	14000	10 - 20	20%	15%	10%	Pistols
Mars	Wahiba	Survival	14000	10 - 20	20%	15%	10%	Pistols
Neptune	Kelashin	Survival	18000	30 - 40	30%	23%	18%	Rifles
Neptune	Yursa	Defense	18000	30 - 40	30%	23%	18%	Shotguns
Phobos	Memphis	Defense	16000	15 - 25	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Phobos	Zeugma	Survival	16000	15 - 25	25%	18%	13%	Rifles
Pluto	Hieracon	Excavation	20000	35 - 45	35%	30%	25%	Pistols
Pluto	Sechura	Defense	20000	32 - 36	35%	30%	25%	Rifles
Saturn	Caracol	Defense	14000	26 - 36	20%	15%	10%	Rifles
Saturn	Piscinas	Survival	14000	26 - 36	20%	15%	10%	Shotguns
Sedna	Amarna	Survival	16000	35 - 45	25%	18%	13%	Rifles
Sedna	Sangeru	Defense	16000	35 - 45	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Uranus	Assur	Survival	16000	25 - 35	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Uranus	Ur	Defense	16000	27 - 37	25%	18%	13%	Pistols
Venus	Malva	Survival	10000	8 - 18	10%	10%	5%	Rifles
Venus	Romula	Defense	10000	6 - 8	10%	10%	5%	Rifles

Access

Main article: Solar Rail

To access Dark Sectors, players must first complete the research of a Solar Rail in the Orokin Labs of their Clan Dojo. Solar Rails, being the primary means of traveling and occupying a Dark Sector, can be contested by other Clans or Alliances. Once contested, the Dark Sector node will be temporarily changed to Solar Rail Conflict mission type.

Dark Sectors in Conflict

Main article: Solar Rail Conflict

Solar Rails deployed to an already occupied Dark Sector cause the mission to be unplayable after a 24-hour set up period and the bonuses no longer apply until the conflict is resolved. Solar Rails in conflict replace the normal Defense or Survival missions with a Solar Rail Conflict mission, where the objective is to sabotage a reactor to destroy the rail.

There are no base credit rewards for completing this mission but the Solar Rail owners may set a battle pay in order to incentivize support for their Rail remaining intact. This battle pay is different to Faction Invasion battle pay in that it is received immediately on completion of the mission and can be earned multiple times. Members of the defending Alliance/Clan do not get battle pay.

Tribute

If a Dark Sector is owned, a 'toll' can be placed on its use by all Tenno for the gain of the Alliance that owns the Solar Rail. There are Public Credit and Resource Tributes, as well as Alliance Member Credit and Resource Tributes that can be set. These tributes are disabled during a conflict.

Bugs

• Prior to Update 13.4 (2014-05-21), Yursa spawned both Infestation and Corpus in the mission, a hazard not seen in ordinary defense missions.

Trivia

• The nodes of the Dark Sectors are named after wastelands and ancient cities. For example, Sinai being named after the Sinai desert and Assur after the Capital of the Assyrian Empire.
  • As a result, Dark Sectors do not follow the naming schemes of the planets they're found on.
• The working title for the Dark Sectors was Badlands.
  • The name "Dark Sector" is itself a reference to Digital Extremes' earlier title darkSector, the spiritual predecessor of Warframe.
• Before being released these were the descriptions supplied to hype up dark sectors:
  • New locations are discovered in the Solar Map, with rarer resources, harder bosses, better loot... but they are unreachable.
  • A Clan (or Alliance) can collaborate on building Tower to connect it to the Solar Rail network. When it is built and deployed all Tenno can run missions there. In essence, they've built a solar toll-highway.
  • All missions run there have taxes applied to them - resources and credits - this rate is set by the Clan who built the Tower.
  • Competing clans can build their own tower (maybe in secret) to challenge the area. When this happens, the area is locked into Tower Sabotage mode (against Orokin defenders, not PvP) – the Clans (and all players they convince to help) choose a side and try to destroy the opposing Tower (like a player-driven Invasion).