Exterminate missions require players to kill a limited number of enemies in the area and then make it to extraction. A counter will be displayed below the minimap showing the number of enemies remaining.
If players don't kill an enemy once every 15 minutes, a short warning will appear before the mission fails.
Locations
Resource Caches and Rewards
The Exterminate missions at Carpo, Jupiter; Plato, Lua; and Dakata, Kuva Fortress feature Resource Caches similar to those found in many Sabotage missions. These caches provide up to 2000 objective affinity per cache as well as rewards at the end of the mission based on the number of caches found.
Exterminate missions in the Void and Archwing Exterminate missions give an end of mission reward upon completion.
View Exterminate Cache Rewards List▾▾
| First Cache | Second Cache | Third Cache | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 4000 Credit Cache |
33.33% |  400 Endo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
15.1% |
| 4000 Credit Cache |
33.33% | 400 Endo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
15.1% |
| 4000 Credit Cache |
33.33% | 400 Endo |
12.65% |  Gallium |
15.1% |
 300 Plastids |
12.65% |  Neurodes |
15.1% | ||
 300 Polymer Bundle |
12.65% |  Orokin Cell |
15.1% | ||
 350 Rubedo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
4.4% | ||
| 400 Endo |
11.06% | 2 Gallium |
4.4% | ||
| 400 Endo |
11.06% | 2 Neurodes |
4.4% | ||
| 400 Endo |
1.01% | 2 Orokin Cell |
4.4% | ||
| 400 Endo |
1.01% |  Tellurium |
4.4% | ||
 Argon Crystal |
1% | ||||
 Nitain Extract |
1% | ||||
 Xiphos Engines Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
Locations:
- Carpo, Jupiter
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
| First Cache | Second Cache | Third Cache | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Octavia Systems Blueprint |
22.56% | 2500 Credit Cache |
25.29% | 600 Endo |
10.82% |
| 400 Endo |
12.91% | 3000 Credit Cache |
25.29% | Argon Crystal |
10.82% |
| 400 Endo |
12.91% | 4000 Credit Cache |
25.29% | Gallium |
10.82% |
| 400 Endo |
12.91% | 400 Endo |
22.11% | 2 Gallium |
10.82% |
| 300 Plastids |
12.91% | 400 Endo |
1.01% | Neurodes |
10.82% |
| 300 Polymer Bundle |
12.91% | 400 Endo |
1.01% | 2 Neurodes |
10.82% |
| 350 Rubedo |
12.91% | Orokin Cell |
10.82% | ||
| 2 Orokin Cell |
10.82% | ||||
| Tellurium |
10.82% | ||||
| Xiphos Engines Blueprint |
1.29% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
1.29% | ||||
Locations:
- Plato, Lua
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
| First Cache | Second Cache | Third Cache | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10000 Credit Cache |
100% | 400 Endo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
10.79% |
| 400 Endo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
10.79% | ||
| 400 Endo |
12.65% | 600 Endo |
10.79% | ||
 400 Circuits |
12.65% |  Cyclone Kraken |
10.79% | ||
| 300 Plastids |
12.65% | Gallium |
10.79% | ||
| 400 Rubedo |
12.65% | Neurodes |
10.79% | ||
| 400 Endo |
11.06% | Orokin Cell |
10.79% | ||
| 400 Endo |
11.06% | 600 Endo |
3.67% | ||
| 400 Endo |
2.01% | Argon Crystal |
3.67% | ||
| 2 Gallium |
3.67% | ||||
 2 Neural Sensors |
3.67% | ||||
| 2 Orokin Cell |
3.67% | ||||
| Tellurium |
3.67% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
2% | ||||
 Xiphos Avionics Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
Locations:
- Dakata, Kuva Fortress
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
| Rewards | |
|---|---|
 Lith B7 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith D3 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith K5 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith M7 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith N5 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith N6 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith P4 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith P5 Relic |
11.11% |
| Lith T4 Relic |
11.11% |
Locations:
- Teshub, Void
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
| Rewards | |
|---|---|
 Meso C6 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso E4 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso E5 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso G2 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso I1 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso K3 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso N10 Relic |
6.25% |
| Meso P2 Relic |
6.25% |
 Neo B6 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo D2 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo E2 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo I2 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo N13 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo S14 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo T2 Relic |
6.25% |
| Neo Z6 Relic |
6.25% |
Locations:
- Oxomoco, Void
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
| Rewards | |
|---|---|
| Automatic Trigger |
38.72% |
| Extend |
38.72% |
 Phaedra Receiver |
5.64% |
| Morphic Transformer |
5.64% |
| Shell Rush |
5.64% |
| Shell Rush |
5.64% |
Up to date as of Hotfix 29.6.7
View Exterminate Cache Affinity Rewards ▾▾
| Planet | Sector | Cache | Total Possible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | Carpo | 1450 | 4350 |
| Lua | Plato | 2000 | 6000 |
| Kuva Fortress | Dakata | 2000 | 6000 |
Notes
- If the player tries to rush through the map and ignore enemies along the way, the ignored enemies will start sprinting toward the extraction zone.
- Hostile environmental objects such as Security Cameras, Arc Traps, and Wildlife are exempt from the counter.
- Assassins, Field Bosses and Synthesis targets will also not count towards the counter.
- Capture, Mobile Defense, or Sabotage missions may randomly have the Lotus interject and inform the player to ignore their original objective and "leave nothing alive", converting the mission into an Exterminate.
- A Spy can also become an Exterminate if all three data vaults have had their alarms tripped and their data extracted, to prevent the enemy from "reporting back to their command."
- An Interception becomes a short Exterminate after the main objective is completed, for the same reason as above.
- Players are unable to join an in-progress mission once half of the required enemies have been killed.
- Enemies spawned by other enemies, such as the Shield Ospreys deployed by Corpus Techs or Maggots spawned by Brood Mothers, will be added to the enemy counter. However, Latchers deployed by Seekers will not count. Drahks from Drahk Masters and Infested from Boiler spawn pods will also increase the enemy limit.
- Enemies will continue to spawn even after the player(s) have killed the required enemies. This occurs even in Infested Exterminates where the player realistically should kill all enemies to prevent the spread of the Infestation but is told to leave when the kill count is achieved. This even happens in Quest-specific exterminates like the one in Vor's Prize, where the Lotus tells the player to kill "all Grineer", even though she tells the player to leave when the kill count is achieved and enemies still exist.
Tips
- Warframes with damage abilities that affect large areas can help greatly with speeding through Exterminate missions. Consider using
Saryn's Miasma, Oberon's Reckoning, or Ember's Inferno.
Bugs
- As of Update 18.3, enemies can sometimes not spawn making the mission impossible to complete.
- Enemies may sometimes have a spawn delay, making the mission longer to complete than usual.
Media
Patch History
- Fixed a script error that could occur when joining Exterminate missions in progress.
- Fixed script error that could occur when joining Exterminate missions in progress.
- Fixed inability for Clients to see waypoints in the Corpus Ice Planet tileset after completing an Exterminate mission.
- Fixed waypoint marker not updating to the closest enemy in Archwing Exterminate missions.
- Fixed enemies spawning inside walls in the Corpus Outpost Exterminate tileset.
- Fixed enemies not being teleported when falling into pits in the Orokin Derelict Exterminate tileset.
- Exterminate Missions now require players to earn a kill every 15 minutes. A 20 second warning will be given before the end of the 15 minute period, at which point players that have not killed an enemy will automatically fail the Mission.
- Players will now auto-extract 20 seconds after killing the final enemy in Archwing Exterminate Missions, or upon reaching the Extraction zone. Further adjustments to this may follow to help refine the timing of extraction.
- Can no longer join public in-progress extermination missions once half the enemies have been eliminated.
| Missions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PvE | Standard | Assassination • Capture • Exterminate • Hijack • Mobile Defense • Rescue • Sabotage (Assault, Deception, Hive, Orokin, Reactor, Sealab) • Spy | |
| Endless | Defection • Disruption • Defense • Excavation • Infested Salvage • Interception • Survival | ||
| Free Roam | Bounty (Isolation Vault • Heist) | ||
| Arena | The Index • Rathuum | ||
| Special | Granum Void • Junction • Recovery • Sanctuary Onslaught | ||
| Archwing | Exterminate • Interception • Mobile Defense • Pursuit • Rush • Sabotage | ||
| Empyrean | Skirmish | ||
| PvP | Conclave | Cephalon Capture • Annihilation • Team Annihilation • Lunaro | |
| Other | Frame Fighter • Duel | ||
| Arbitrations • Crossfire • Dark Sectors • Environmental Hazards • Invasions • Kuva Siphon • Kuva Lich • Nightmare Mode • Nightwave • Sorties • The Steel Path • Void Fissures | |||
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