Dark Sectors

Dark Sectors are parts of the Starchart uninhabited by most civilizations, originally starting out as an unexplored sector of the origin system, holding exotic rewards not found anywhere else.

In the past, clans and alliances used to build their own Solar Rails to profit upon the unexplored sectors, this contest led to countless Solar Rail Conflicts where Tenno from all over the system sided against one and another. These Solar Rails have since been put on hold via an Armistice.

No matter what faction controls the planet, all Dark Sectors have Infested as the enemy. Uniquely, Dark Sectors are the only Excavation missions against the Infested.

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Planet	Node	Mission	Credits	Level	Resource Bonus	XP Bonus	Weapon XP Bonus	Weapon
Ceres	Gabii	Survival	20,000	15 - 25	35%	26%	21%	Melee
Ceres	Seimeni	Defense	20,000	15 - 25	35%	26%	21%	Melee
Earth	Coba	Defense	12,000	6 - 16	15%	12%	8%	Melee
Earth	Tikal	Excavation	12,000	6 - 16	15%	12%	8%	Melee
Eris	Akkad	Defense	18,000	35 - 45	30%	23%	18%	Melee
Eris	Zabala	Survival	18,000	35 - 45	30%	23%	18%	Pistols
Europa	Cholistan	Excavation	16,000	23 - 33	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Europa	Larzac	Defense	16,000	23 - 33	25%	18%	13%	Pistols
Jupiter	Cameria	Survival	14,000	20 - 30	20%	15%	10%	Shotguns
Jupiter	Sinai	Defense	14,000	20 - 30	20%	15%	10%	Melee
Mars	Kadesh	Defense	14,000	10 - 20	20%	15%	10%	Pistols
Mars	Wahiba	Survival	14,000	10 - 20	20%	15%	10%	Pistols
Neptune	Kelashin	Survival	18,000	30 - 40	30%	23%	18%	Rifles
Neptune	Yursa	Defection	18,000	30 - 40	30%	23%	18%	Shotguns
Phobos	Memphis	Defection	16,000	15 - 25	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Phobos	Zeugma	Survival	16,000	15 - 25	25%	18%	13%	Rifles
Pluto	Hieracon	Excavation	24,000	35 - 45	35%	30%	25%	Pistols
Pluto	Sechura	Defense	24,000	32 - 36	35%	30%	25%	Rifles
Saturn	Caracol	Defection	14,000	26 - 36	20%	15%	10%	Rifles
Saturn	Piscinas	Survival	14,000	26 - 36	20%	15%	10%	Shotguns
Sedna	Amarna	Survival	16,000	35 - 45	25%	18%	13%	Rifles
Sedna	Sangeru	Defense	16,000	35 - 45	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Uranus	Assur	Survival	16,000	25 - 35	25%	18%	13%	Melee
Uranus	Ur	Disruption	16,000	30 - 35	25%	18%	13%	Pistols
Venus	Malva	Survival	10,000	8 - 18	10%	10%	5%	Rifles
Venus	Romula	Defense	10,000	8 - 18	10%	10%	5%	Rifles

Rewards

In addition to providing a sizable credit reward upon completion, Dark Sector missions have rotation rewards. Each Dark Sector mission type handles rewards slightly differently: Dark Sector Excavations share the same rewards as regular Excavations of the same Tier. All Dark Sector Defense missions share the same rewards regardless of level. There are four different tiers of Dark Sector Survival Missions. Each of the three Defection missions has its own drop table.

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• Defection
• Defense
• Disruption
• Excavation
• Survival

• Memphis, Phobos
• Caracol, Saturn
• Yursa, Neptune

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• Tier 1
• Tier 3

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• Tier 1
• Tier 2
• Tier 3
• Tier 4

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Notes

• The in-game description "+X% XP from (weapon class) kills" implies that kills with the specified weapon give global bonus Affinity, however it is actually a boost to Affinity earned by weapons of that class from any source, whether it be from personal kills with it, shared Affinity from allies, or Affinity Orbs.

Trivia

• 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.
• 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 names for both of Venus's Dark Sectors (Malva and Romula) refer to two names for the city of Romula, rather than two different cities or locations.
  • Earth's Dark Sectors are both names of Mayan archaeological sites and cities (Tikal and Coba).
• 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).