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Focus (version 1.0) refers to special abilities unlocked after The Second Dream quest, revolving around unlocking a Tenno's true abilities guided by the principles of the Five Great Tenno Schools.

Focus Ability

A Tenno Operator being projected while using a Focus Ability, as the Warframe lies inert on the ground.

At the end of The Second Dream quest, players are asked to choose one of the five schools as their primary Focus, which will grant them a Focus Ability, an ability which can be used regardless of which Warframe the player equips. The type of Focus Ability is dependent on the school that was chosen, with each ability granting different effects. When the Focus Ability is activated, a spiritual projection of the Tenno Operator will appear behind the Warframe, and player control shifts to said projection, which will begin using its chosen ability in the direction of aim. In this so-called Transcendent State, the player can move the projection as well as aim its attack, and both the projection and the Warframe are invulnerable to attack. The Warframe itself is unable to move during this state, however continuous Abilities cast before using the focus ability remain active. This state lasts for a short duration dependent on upgrade level or if the player manually deactivates it, and while activating a Focus Ability consumes no Energy, the ability has a base cooldown time of 180 seconds before it can be used.

The default keybinding to use Focus ability is holding down 5  or Num 5  on PC; on PS4, pulling up the ability menu by holding R1, then pressing L1 to activate; and on Xbox One, holding RB and pressing LB. This can be changed under "Ability E" in Key Bindings. Once a Focus is unlocked, a circular gauge will appear in the lower right corner of the player UI to the right of the Warframe's Energy gauge, which is used to display the Focus ability's cooldown state – the gauge will fill with blue energy until it's full, at which point it will gain a circular glow denoting that the ability is ready to use. In addition, the operator will occasionally make a comment when the ability is fully charged.

A halfway charged Focus ability.	A fully charged Focus ability.

Focus Points

Lens

Focus Lens

Focus Abilities can be upgraded through the use of Focus Points, which are earned through the use of a Focus Lens, a special item that converts 1.25% of Affinity earned to Focus Points, before allocating the points to either Warframe only, or split between Warframe and weapon when using a weapon. Focus Lenses can only be installed on Rank 30 Warframes, Weapons, Archwings, and Archwing weapons. Only excess experience points gained after Rank 30 are converted to Focus points; if a Focus Lens-equipped item is polarized, the item will not convert Focus points until it has once again reached Rank 30. Items can only have one Focus Lens installed at any time; while players can install another Focus Lens over the old one, the previously installed Lens will be lost in the process.

Currently, Focus Lenses and Greater Lenses can be acquired through completing Sortie missions, and regular lenses can be traded between players. Greater Lenses can be crafted with a blueprint, or bought with Platinum from the market, as well.

The type of Focus earned is determined by the lens that is used. For example, installing a Naramon Lens on a Warframe will earn  Naramon Focus. Affinity earned on a lens-equipped item beyond Rank 30 will go towards earning Focus, and will also take Stealth Attack Affinity bonuses into account. Lens-equipped weapons can earn Focus for direct kills and for ally kills, while Warframes equipped with lenses can gain Focus points from kills made by their powers, weapons, or ally kills. Focus points are converted after Affinity distribution mechanics are performed, i.e. a kill using Warframe powers earns 100% Affinity from said kill (lens on Warframe), thus receiving the full 1.25% Focus conversion from a regular lens, however weapon kills split Affinity in half between weapon and Warframe, resulting in both weapon and Warframe receiving only 0.625% Focus each per kill (total of 1.25% remains the same). Furthermore, Focus lenses on weapons will still perform the affinity split even if the Warframe has no Focus lens, thus weapons will always receive only half the amount of converted Focus from the player's own kills. On the other hand, affinity from ally kills is shared 25% to the Warframe and 75% shared among all equipped weapons. So Warframes with a regular lens will always convert 0.3125% of ally kill affinity, but weapons will receive 0.3125% focus per ally kill with three weapons equipped, 0.46875% with two weapons equipped, or 0.9375% when only the weapon with the lens is equipped. In any configuration, if all equipped weapons and the Warframe have regular lenses capturing affinity, the same total of 1.25% ally kill affinity will be converted to one focus or another. In other words, unlike with personal kills where unused gear receives no affinity, if any gear has no lens some potential focus will be lost from ally kills.

View Conversion-Rate of Focus based on Kill-Source and Equipped Lenses List▾▾

Warframe Lens	Weapon Lens	Warframe-Power Kill	Weapon Kill	Ally Kill
		(100% Warframe, 0% Weapon)	(50% Warframe, 50% Weapon)	(25% Warframe, 75% Weapon)
No Lens	No Lens	0%	0%	0%
No Lens	Focus Lens	0% + 0% 0%	0% + 0.625% 0.625%	0% + 0.9375% 0.9375%
No Lens	Greater Focus Lens	0% + 0% 0%	0% + 0.875% 0.875%	0% + 1.3125% 1.3125%
Focus Lens	No Lens	1.25% + 0% 1.25%	0.625% + 0% 0.625%	0.3125% + 0% 0.3125%
Focus Lens	Focus Lens	1.25% + 0% 1.25%	0.625% + 0.625% 1.25%	0.3125% + 0.9375% 1.25%
Focus Lens	Greater Focus Lens	1.25% + 0% 1.25%	0.625% + 0.875% 1.5%	0.3125% + 1.3125% 1.625%
Greater Focus Lens	No Lens	1.75% + 0% 1.75%	0.875% + 0% 0.875%	0.4375% + 0% 0.4375%
Greater Focus Lens	Focus Lens	1.75% + 0% 1.75%	0.875% + 0.625% 1.5%	0.4375% + 0.9375% 1.375%
Greater Focus Lens	Greater Focus Lens	1.75% + 0% 1.75%	0.875% + 0.875% 1.75%	0.4375% + 1.3125% 1.75%

Affinity earned by other equipped weapons and bonus affinity from completing objectives will not be converted into Focus. Kills made by Syndicate Weapon Augments are counted as Warframe kills instead of weapon kills, and are converted into Warframe Focus accordingly. As of Hotfix 18.4.10 (2016-02-11), Focus Points have an experimental limit of 100,000 per day. The daily limit resets at 00:00 UTC.

Once earned, Focus can be spent by accessing the Focus menu on the Orbiter's Transference Room. Focus points can be spent to unlock a new school, unlock a new upgrade node in an existing school ability tree, upgrade an unlocked node, or increase the maximum Pool for a specific tree.

Greater Focus Lens

Greater Lens

Greater Focus Lens convert 1.75% of excess Affinity into Focus points, 40% more than a regular Focus Lens. Their blueprints can be obtained from the Components section of the Market for players who have completed the Second Dream quest, and they can also be obtained as rewards from Sorties. Complete Greater Lenses can also be bought from the Market for 40 Platinum 40. Unlike with normal Focus Lenses, Greater Lenses cannot be traded.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000	1	1	1	4	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 10 Platinum 10
Market Price: 40			Blueprints Price:  200,000

Convergence

Focus gain can be further increased through the use of Convergence orbs, which are yellow, glowing orbs that periodically appear during a mission. When picked up, Convergence will multiply the amount of Focus converted from Affinity by 6x for a period of 45 seconds. Once the Convergence period expires, a summary of the amount of Focus points earned during the active period will be displayed on the player's screen. Unlike most buffs, its duration cannot be interrupted by such things as Dispel or falling off the map, though it will be interrupted on death, showing the amount of Focus gained as though it had run its course.

The appearance of a Convergence orb will be accompanied by a glowing indicator on the screen, displaying the location where the orb has appeared. Multiple orbs will form throughout the duration of a mission, although only one orb can be created at a time. Note that Convergence Orbs will stop spawning once the daily Focus cap has been reached.

Tenno Schools

The Tenno Schools are disciplines that represent a particular way of thought in regards to the Tenno's personality and fighting styles, with each school focusing on a different discipline, manifesting as a difference in the type of abilities granted by their signature Focus Abilities.

Focus is classified into the five Tenno "Schools": Madurai, Vazarin, Naramon, Unairu, and Zenurik. Each school has a skill tree that branches out from the primary signature ability with upgrade nodes called Ways, which grants additional utility to the signature ability. Once unlocked, a "Way" has to be activated by clicking on its icon which will change its icon color from black to red, with a red line leading back to the preceding active Way in the tree to signify that it is on. With the exception of Mastery-type Ways that decrease cooldown, each active Way will add 45 seconds to the cooldown on the signature ability, regardless of whichever rank it is. Players can choose to deactivate a Way to reduce the signature ability's cooldown time. Ways also require that the preceding requisite Way in the skill tree is active in order to be activated: if the preceding Way is turned off, the Way node it is connected to will also be deactivated.

Certain Ways provide Passive upgrades, which confer bonuses that last for the duration of a mission, applying to either the Warframe or the weapons they carry. These passive Ways do not activate until the signature Focus ability has been used at least once during the mission.

Individual Ways also contain their own ranks which can be upgraded by spending Focus points to enhance that particular Way's attributes. Unlike unlocking a Way which requires a lump sum of Focus points to be spent, ranking up a Way is performed by gradually allocating points into it by holding down the Focus button beside the Way's icon until the required amount of Focus is reached. Allocation of Focus points can be stopped at any time or until the currently available amount of Focus points for that school is depleted, and once allocated can be confirmed to lock the points into that Way, or canceled to return the allocated points to the School's available Focus points for spending elsewhere. Focus points allocated in such a manner cannot be reimbursed once allocated and confirmed into a Way. The amount of Focus points required to rank up a Way increases with each rank purchased. Ranking up a "Way" will not increase the cooldown penalty for activating it.

Each school starts with a Way capacity or Pool of five slots. Initially, the signature skill takes up a single Way, leaving four more spaces open. Adding other active Ways or ranking up a "Way" will take one Pool slot each, with each additional rank increasing its Pool cost. Players can spend Focus to increase the school's pool capacity, increasing the number of Ways that can be activated by one per purchase. While players can unlock any number of Ways in a school's skill tree, if they have an insufficient Pool capacity they will only be able to activate or rank up a limited number of Ways. The amount of Focus required to increase Way capacity becomes increasingly more expensive the more capacity is added.

View Cost of Increasing Way-Pool's Capacity List▾▾

Current Capacity	Focus cost of Next Upgrade	Capacity Change	Total Focus Cost
5	8,586	5 >> 6	8,586
6	10,330	6 >> 7	18,916
7	12,126	7 >> 8	31,042
8	13,967	8 >> 9	45,009
9	15,849	9 >> 10	60,858
10	17,769	10 >> 11	78,627
11	19,725	11 >> 12	98,352
12	21,714	12 >> 13	120,066
13	23,733	13 >> 14	143,799
14	25,782	14 >> 15	169,581
15	27,858	15 >> 16	197,439
16	29,960	16 >> 17	227,399
17	32,087	17 >> 18	259,486
18	34,238	18 >> 19	293,724
19	36,411	19 >> 20	330,135
20	38,607	20 >> 21	368,742
21	40,823	21 >> 22	409,565
22	43,060	22 >> 23	452,625
23	45,316	23 >> 24	497,941
24	47,591	24 >> 25	545,532
25	49,885	25 >> 26	595,417
26	52,196	26 >> 27	647,613
27	54,524	27 >> 28	702,137
28	56,869	28 >> 29	759,006
29	59,231	29 >> 30	818,237
30	61,608	30 >> 31	879,845
31	64,000	31 >> 32	943,845
32	66,407	32 >> 33	1,010,252
33	68,830	33 >> 34	1,079,082
34	71,266	34 >> 35	1,150,348
35	73,716	35 >> 36	1,224,064
36	76,180	36 >> 37	1,300,244
37	78,658	37 >> 38	1,378,902
38	81,148	38 >> 39	1,460,050
39	83,651	39 >> 40	1,543,701
40	86,167	40 >> 41	1,629,868
41	88,695	41 >> 42	1,718,563
42	91,235	42 >> 43	1,809,798
43	93,787	43 >> 44	1,903,585
44	96,351	44 >> 45	1,999,936
45	98,926	45 >> 46	2,098,862
46	101,512	46 >> 47	2,200,374
47	104,109	47 >> 48	2,304,483
48	106,717	48 >> 49	2,411,200
49	109,336	49 >> 50	2,520,536
50	111,966	50 >> 51	2,632,502
51	114,605	51 >> 52	2,747,107
52	117.255	52 >> 53	2,864,362
53	119.915	53 >> 54	2,984,277
54	122,584	54 >> 55	3,106,861
55	125,264	55 >> 56	3,232,125
56	127,953	56 >> 57	3,360,078
57	130,651	57 >> 58	3,490,729
58	133,359	58 >> 59	3,624,088
59	136,076	59 >> 60	3,760,164
60	138,802	60 >> 61	3,898,966
61	141,537	61 >> 62	4,040,503
62	144,281	62 >> 63	4,184,784
63	147,033	63 >> 64	4,331,817
64	149,795	64 >> 65	4,481,612
65	152,564	65 >> 66	4,634,176
66	155,342	66 >> 67	4,789,518
67	158,129	67 >> 68	4,947,647
68	160,923	68 >> 69	5,108,570
69	163,726	69 >> 70	5,272,296
70	166,537	70 >> 71	5,438,833
71	169,355	71 >> 72	5,608,188
72	172,182	72 >> 73	5,780,370
73	175,016	73 >> 74	5,955,386
74	177,858	74 >> 75	6,133,244
75	180,708	75 >> 76	6,313,952
76	183,565	76 >> 77	6,497,517
77	186,429	77 >> 78	6,683,946
78	189,301	78 >> 79	6,873,247
79	192,180	79 >> 80	7,065,427
80	195,066	80 >> 81	7,260,493
81	197,960	81 >> 82	7,458,453
82	200,860	82 >> 83	7,659,313
83	203,768	83 >> 84	7,863,081
84	206,682	84 >> 85	8,069,763
85	209,603	85 >> 86	8,279,366
86	212,531	86 >> 87	8,491,897
87	215,466	87 >> 88	8,707,363
88	218,408	88 >> 89	8,925,771
89	221,356	89 >> 90	9,147,127
90	224,311	90 >> 91	9,371,438
91	227,272	91 >> 92	9,598,710
92	230,239	92 >> 93	9,828,949
93	233,213	93 >> 94	10,062,162
94	236,194	94 >> 95	10,298,356
95	239,180	95 >> 96	10,537,536
96	242,173	96 >> 97	10,779,709
97	245,172	97 >> 98	11,024,881
98	248,177	98 >> 99	11,273,058
99	251,189	99 >> 100	11,524,247
100	254,206	100 >> 101	11,778,453
101	257,229	101 >> 102	12,035,682
102	260,258	102 >> 103	12,295,940

Focus points are school-specific, where points earned from one school can only be used in that school, ex. earned Naramon points can only be used to unlock Ways in the Naramon school. Other schools asides from the originally chosen school can be unlocked, but require spending that specific school's Focus points to do so, thus players must first gather Focus points using the Lens of that specific school.

While a player has only one School at the beginning, they can use Focus Lenses from other Schools to earn the corresponding Focus points required to unlock other Schools. Once a player has unlocked other Schools, they can choose to select a School as their Primary, which will switch out the current school's Focus ability for the chosen school's ability for use during missions. Only one School can be active as the Primary at any time.

Focus Abilities and Upgrades

• Madurai
• Vazarin
• Naramon
• Unairu
• Zenurik

They followed the path of Engage The Enemy. Their swift, uncompromising onslaught, holding nothing back and recklessly attacking their foes, could vanquish an opponent before he had the chance to steel himself. Speed and savagery characterized this school.

The treeways of the Madurai school.

This skill tree focuses on straight damage. Edit

	Phoenix Gaze Unleashes a 20 meter destructive beam that inflicts 10,000 damage per second for 10 / 12 / 15 / 20 seconds to any target in its path.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The base cooldown is 180 seconds. Each active Way increases the cooldown by 45 seconds. Deals  Heat damage and procs a damaging AoE when an enemy is killed by it. The beam can receive some of the bonuses associated with  Electric Shield and Augments such as  Smite Infusion and  Fireball Frenzy. The entire duration of the beam is Silent. Firing the beam inside a Nullifier Globe will not yield nor display any damage.		Community notes

	Phoenix Gaze Mastery Reduces the cooldown on Phoenix Gaze by 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Unlike other Ways, the Mastery Way does not increase Focus cooldown by 45 seconds when active.		Community notes

Passive	Blazing Fury Phoenix Gaze increases  Slash damage by 10% / 20% / 25% / 30% for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 4
Weapons and abilities will do extra 30% of their base damage as  Slash damage. Work off base weapon or ability damage, giving full effect and physical damage even to elemental based weapons like  Ignis. Damage bonus is affected by damage mods like  Serration and power strength mods for warframe abilities, but not by elemental or physical damage enhancing mods. Affects abilities that have projectiles of any form involved. List include, but not limited to  Shuriken,  Radial Javelin,  Peacemaker,  Fireball,  Smite and  Antimatter Drop. Pure hitscan abilities like  Shock or range based abilities like  Rhino Charge,  Landslide,  Mend & Maim, World On Fire,  Divine Spears remain unaffected. Extra damage is properly weighted in status chance calculation, resulting in physical procs and extra effects like body dismemberment. Does not contribute additional damage on Phoenix Gaze.		Community notes

Passive	Searing Wrath Phoenix Gaze increases  Puncture damage by 10% / 20% / 25% / 30% for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Weapons and abilities will do extra 30% of their base damage as  Puncture damage.		Community notes

Passive	Burning Rage Phoenix Gaze increases  Impact damage by 10% / 20% / 25% / 30% for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Weapons and abilities will do extra 30% of their base damage as  Impact damage.		Community notes

	Phoenix Flash Reduces the distance of Phoenix Gaze to 10 / 15 / 17 / 18 meters, but movement speed is increased by 10% / 20% / 25% / 30%.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 4

	Rising Ashes Phoenix Gaze ends with an explosive blast dealing 1000 damage over 10 / 12 / 14 / 15 meters. 100% / 95% / 90% / 85% of energy will be depleted if player is caught in the blast.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 4

	Chimera Breath Phoenix Gaze splits into three beams each dealing 15% / 20% / 25% / 35% of the original damage (1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,500 damage per second).	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Hades Touch Targets struck by Phoenix Gaze have a 5% / 10% / 15% / 25% chance to become ignited.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 8

	Meteorite A forceful blast strikes the target of the Phoenix Gaze, Inflicting damage to nearby enemies within 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 5 meters.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 12

	Dragon Fire A fiery trail remains in the path of the Phoenix Gaze, burning enemies that cross through it for 4000 / 4400 / 5000 / 5600 damage per second for 6 seconds.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 10

They trained to Counter the Enemy, and move with an opponent's attacks in order to nullify them. They maintained constant awareness in order to defend against all aggression.

The treeways of the Vazarin school.

This skill tree focuses on heals, revives and shields. Edit

	Mending Tides Unleashes 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 waves of restorative energy over 10 / 12 / 16 / 20 seconds, each granting 250 health to allies within 10 meters.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The base cooldown is 180 seconds. Each active Way increases the cooldown by 45 seconds. Can be used to heal Specters, Rescue targets, and objectives such as cryopods and excavators.		Community notes

	Mending Tides Mastery Reduces the cooldown on Mending Tides by 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 seconds.	120,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Unlike other Ways, the Mastery Way does not increase Focus cooldown when active.		Community notes

Passive	New Moon Mending Tides grants the ability to revive fallen allies instantly, up to 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 times for the duration of mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 6
Casting Mending Tides gives instant revives to the caster based on its rank. If Mending Tides is used again before using all instant revives, the caster gets additional instant revives based on rank. Instant revives allow teammates to instantly revive the caster or the caster to instantly revive their teammates. Can also be used to instantly revive NPC allies, such as Rescue targets or the Tenno Operative found in Sortie Defense missions. If more than one ally is down in the same spot, it consumes X number of charges to revive X number of fallen allies at the same time. If both the downed player and the reviving player have New Moon charges, revival consumes only the downed player's charge. If the player dies with active charges available he doesn't lose them although UI won`t display it. However using the charges again will display the counter with numbers actually going below zero. Has no synergy with the mod  Sacrifice, does not revive instantly, neither consumes a charge.		Community notes

Passive	Disciplined Approach Mending Tides increases the range Affinity from kills is shared among allies by 10 / 12 / 15 / 17 meters for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Abilities that scale off affinity range, such as  Blessing and  Covenant, are affected by Disciplined Approach's affinity range increase.		Community notes

Passive	Retaliation Mending Tides mirrors 2.5% / 5% / 7.5% / 10% of damage taken back to attackers for the duration of the mission.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 6
Does not reduce incoming damage. Players don't see any visualization of the reflected damage.		Community notes

	Mending Shower Increases the radius of Mending Tides to 12 / 14 / 15 / 18 meters, but reduces healing effectiveness to 175 / 180 / 200 / 225 per burst.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Does not affect Strengthen Defenses.		Community notes

	Polluted Waters Mending Tides will instantly revive fallen allies, but has a 95% / 75% / 50% / 25% chance to inflict them with Viral and Magnetic status for 2 / 1.8 / 1.75 / 1.5 times duration.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 4
Viral reduces current/maximum health by 50% for 12 / 10.8 / 10.5 / 9 seconds.  Magnetic reduces current/maximum shields by 75%, energy by 100%, and disrupts the HUD for 8 / 7.2 / 7 / 6 seconds.		Community notes

	Protection Ward Mending Tides grants a shell of protective energy for 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The shell spans at a 3 meter radius. The energy shell behaves similarly to  Zephyr's  Turbulence, destroying hostile projectiles as they enter its radius. It will not protect the user against melee, area or environmental damage. Duration begins after Mending Tides gets deactivated.		Community notes

	Commanding Words Mending Tides grants an aura for 5 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds that stuns enemies that pass through it for a short duration.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 4
The aura has a 6 meter radius. Duration begins when Mending Tides is activated and refreshes with each wave.		Community notes

	Strengthen Defenses Mending Tides also restores 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 shields.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 4
Shields are restored separately from Health. Grants overshields once exceeding maximum shield capacity. Allies, sentinels, and Syndicate Operatives can also receive overshields from the effect. Can also provide shields to Specters and Objectives, but not above their maximum capacity. Kubrows receive an additional shields based from the percentage of Link Shields, regardless of distance.		Community notes

	Guardian Presence Mending Tides grants affected allies a Protection Ward for 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 seconds.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 8
Duration begins when a Mending Tides wave reaches an ally but does not refresh with additional waves.		Community notes

This discipline focused on Knowing the Enemy, and the tacticians of Naramon believed that to truly understand a foe would confer the greatest advantage upon a warrior.

The treeways of the Naramon school.

This skill tree focuses on crowd control, Finishers, and critical damage. Edit

	Mind Spike Unleashes 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 bursts of psychic energy over 10 / 12 / 16 / 20 seconds that inflict Confusion on enemies in a 20 meter, 20 degree cone.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The base cooldown is 180 seconds. Each active Way increases the cooldown by 45 seconds. Enemies inside Nullifier fields are not affected, however unlike  Nyx's  Chaos effect, Confusion is not removed when touched by a field. Affected enemies are also given raised threat levels.		Community notes

	Mind Spike Mastery Reduces the cooldown on Mind Spike by 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Unlike other Ways, the Mastery Way does not increase Focus cooldown by 45 seconds when active.		Community notes

	Mind Blast Reduces the distance traveled by Mind Spike to 10 / 15 / 17 / 18 meters, but increases its size to 25 / 30 / 35 / 45 degrees.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Traumatic Redirection Mind Spike grants 3 charges of Trauma. Melee attacks consume a charge of Trauma to inflict critical damage. Player will lose 30 / 25 / 20 / 15 health per second while they have Trauma Charges active.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 6
The health damage is dealt rapidly 1 point at a time. Going under 2 health will immediately put the player into bleedout unless they have a safety net such as  Quick Thinking. Each point of damage is counted as an individual instance of being damaged, triggering effects found in skills such as  Chroma's  Vex Armor,  Trinity's  Link, and certain Arcane Enhancements. The health damage does not trigger the  Rage mod. Rolling, Finisher attacks and certain Warframe abilities will negate the health drain for the duration of their animations. Low Framerates can lead to irregular health drain properties.		Community notes

	Tactical Strike Mind Spike grants allies 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% increased Critical Chance with melee weapons for 20 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Reveal Weakness Mind Spike opens enemies up to Finishers, and increases Finisher damage taken by 15% / 20% / 25% / 35%.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Sundering Blast Mind Spike has a 25% / 30% / 50% / 75% chance to disarm enemies.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 6

	Cloaking Aura Mind Spike grants allies invisibility for 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6

Passive	Strategic Execution Mind Spike grants 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% increased affinity from killing enemies with melee weapons for the duration of the mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
This affinity bonus applies strictly to melee weapons. Since the bonus only applies to melee weapons, it will benefit Focus gain only if a lens is installed on a melee weapon or a Warframe with a melee ability weapon.		Community notes

Passive	Deadly Intent Mind Spike grants 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% increased Critical Chance with melee weapon for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Affects the critical chance of all eligible Warframe Powers (powers which actually have a crit chance), including channeled ('toggle') ones such as  Exalted Blade,  Hysteria, and  Primal Fury. Crit Chance = Weapon Crit Chance × (1 + Mod Crit Chance) × (1 + Deadly Intent Crit Chance)		Community notes

Passive	Shadow Step Mind Spike grants 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 seconds of invisibility when inflicting critical damage with a melee weapon for the duration of the mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The invisibility granted by Shadow Step is a separate power from other similar cloaking powers like  Loki's  Invisibility,  Ash's  Smoke Screen,  Ivara's Cloak Arrow and  Prowl, Shade's  Ghost, Huras Kubrow's  Stalk or  Arcane Trickery. Shadow Step will activate regardless of the active state of aforementioned invisibility powers, thus Shadow Step can remain on even if the other powers deactivate or expire. Shadow Step's invisibility is not affected by Nullifier fields, nor can it be removed by Stalker's Dispel. Can be engaged by  Exalted Blade's ranged energy slashes.		Community notes

They pushed themselves to Outlast the Enemy, to withstand all aggression without retreat. They believed that if the enemy could not match their endurance, then a battle could be won without having even commenced.

The treeways of the Unairu school.

This skill tree focuses on petrifying enemies either through its basic ability, Basilisk Flare, or through melee attacks, increasing the player's own and their allies' armor, and reducing enemies' armor through melee attacks. Edit

	Basilisk Flare Unleash a ray of petrifying energy for 10 / 13 / 15 / 20 seconds that turns enemies into stone for 20 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The base cooldown is 180 seconds. Each active Way increases the cooldown by 45 seconds.		Community notes

	Basilisk Flare Mastery Reduces the cooldown Basilisk Flare by 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 seconds.	120,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Unlike other Ways, the Mastery Way does not increase Focus cooldown by 45 seconds when active.		Community notes

Passive	Stone Shape Basilisk Flare grants 5% / 7% / 10% / 12% bonus armor for the duration of the mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

Passive	Medusa Skin Basilisk Flare grants a 20% / 25% / 35% / 50% chance to petrify enemies for 10 seconds when struck with melee weapons for the duration of the mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Enemies are petrified after damage is dealt to the player. Crushing Force and Weight of Justice do not apply to enemies petrified by Medusa Skin.		Community notes

Passive	Mighty Blows Attacks with melee weapons reduce the armor of an enemy by 5% / 10% / 12% / 15% for 10 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Scorched Earth Basilisk Flare ends with an eruption of flames blanketing a 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 meter radius area for 15 seconds, dealing 1000 damage per second to enemies. The player has a 85% / 75% / 60% / 50% chance to be inflicted with Corrosive status if they are caught in the eruption.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6

	Lasting Judgement Reduces speed by 30% / 25% / 20% /10% but petrifies enemies 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% faster.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Crushing Force Enemies petrified by Basilisk Flare continue to take 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 damage per second.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Weight of Justice Petrified enemies sustain 2000 / 2500 / 3000 / 3500 damage per second from Basilisk Flare.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 6

	Stone Armor Allies targeted by Basilisk Flare gain 50% Armor for 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4

	Eroded Defenses Enemies petrified by Basilisk Flare suffer 10% / 20% / 30% / 50% reduced Armor for 15 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6

They believed the clearest path to victory was to Dominate the Enemy. They sought to choke an opponent of all resources; that sheer strength could erase any resistance.

The treeways of the Zenurik school.

This skill tree focuses on crowd control, energy restoration and general utility. Edit

	Void Pulse Releases 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 pulses of Void energy over 10 / 12 / 16 / 20 seconds that suspend and incapacitate enemies within a 15 meter, 20 degree cone for 20 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
The base cooldown is 180 seconds. Each active Way increases the cooldown by 45 seconds.		Community notes

	Void Pulse Mastery Reduces the cooldown of Void Pulse by 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Unlike other Ways, the Mastery Way does not increase Focus cooldown by 45 seconds when active.		Community notes

	Time Stream Void Pulse has a 50% chance to increase speed by 20% for 5 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds but reduce shields by 75% / 65% / 50% / 39% for the player.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6

	Temporal Storm Void Pulse has a 50% chance to increase speed by 20% for 5 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds but reduce shields by 75% / 65% / 50% / 39% for nearby allies.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 6

Passive	Energy Overflow Void Pulse replenishes 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 energy per second for the duration of the mission.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Energy regeneration from this skill works similarly to  Energy Siphon and shares the same restrictions on Channeled Abilities. When the player is affected by an Eximus that drains energy, the ability becomes muted. Sortie Condition: Energy Reduction will reduce the amount of replenished energy by 75%.		Community notes

Passive	Systemic Override Void Pulse increases the efficiency of Warframe abilities by 20% for 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Despite being classified as a passive ability, Systemic Override has a limited duration, and only activates after each use of Void Pulse. The bonus from this skill stacks additively with Ability Efficiency Mods, but is subject to the maximum efficiency cap of 75%. Channeled/Toggle Abilities which are activated within the duration can not maintain the Ability Efficiency bonus after the buff expires.		Community notes

Passive	Energy Spike Void Pulse causes energy orbs to restore energy to allies within 3 / 4 / 6 / 8 meters for the duration of the mission.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 4
Synergizes well with  Greedy Pull and  Arcane Energize. Activates  Energy Conversion for other players if they have the mod equipped. Not affected by the restrictions of channeled abilities, and will restore energy to teammates using abilities such as  Razorwing,  Peacemaker,  Sound Quake, et cetera. Likewise, if a teammate has this node unlocked and you are using any such abilities, you will still gain energy if you are within range.		Community notes

	Energy Surge Void Pulse will leave a field that replenishes 2 energy per second to allies standing within it for 5 / 7 / 10 / 12 seconds.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Energy Surge creates a field with a 5 meter radius beneath the player's Operator as soon as the summoning animation completes. The player may benefit from the field's restoration even while in Operator form. Energy regeneration from this skill works similarly to  Energy Siphon and shares the same restrictions on Channeled Abilities.		Community notes

	Rift Sight Void Pulse allows the player to see enemies through walls and displays them on the minimap of their allies for 5 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds.	50,000 to unlock 150,000 / 225,000 / 300,000 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Mastery Rank 6
Rift Sight's effects only apply to enemies directly affected by Void Pulse, and as such is limited to a 15 meter range. Highlights affected enemies through terrain in blue similarly to Codex Scanners. Additional hits by Void Pulse will not refresh the duration of Rift Sight effects.		Community notes

	Umbra Lance Void Pulse creates a 6 meter aura around the player for 20 seconds that lashes out at enemies with harmful Void energy, dealing 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 damage per second.	80,000 to unlock 225,000 / 337,500 / 450,000 1 / 4 / 7 / 10 Mastery Rank 4
Umbra Lance damage is fire based. Damage from Umbra Lance is not dealt per second as described, instead occurring at set 2 second intervals. Damage from Umbra Lance does not ignore armor.		Community notes

	Magnetic Aftershock Void Pulse inflicts the target with an aura for 5 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds causing passing bullets to seek them out and deal 2x damage.	25,000 to unlock 75,000 / 112,500 / 150,000 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Mastery Rank 4
Functionally similar to  Mag's  Magnetize. Compared to Magnetize, Magnetic Aftershock's bubble has a limited radius of 3 meters.		Community notes

Notes

• The Operator's Projection when activating a Focus ability is affected by map geography and gravity the same as any other object, being capable of being blocked by obstacles and falling. If the Projection falls into a pit or any other "bottomless" drop, the Focus ability will be forcefully deactivated.
• The Focus ability will not be deactivated automatically when the Operator's Projection is inside a Nullifier Globe, as the deactivation of the Focus is also counted as an ability activation.
• Focus points earned during a mission will remain even if it is failed.
• Focus currently cannot be used during Archwing segments of a mission.
• Because the Operator's projection is considered its own map entity, it is capable of interacting with Interception capture points, and triggering Orokin Void and Orokin Moon pressure plates.
• Host migration will end any and all activated passives, forcing players to reactivate their focus ability to enable their passive abilities again.
  • This bug with "until the end of the mission" passives also happens with any self-initiated revive (arcane or otherwise).
• Focus abilities cannot be activated if a Warframe is using a channeled ability that restricts its mobility, e.g.  Banshee's  Sound Quake and  Nyx's  Absorb. Other channeled abilities will remain active and continue draining energy throughout the duration of the Focus ability, with the exception of  Ivara's  Prowl which is an invisibility-type ability and will thus be deactivated.
• Focus Lenses cannot be put on Companions or their weapons.
• Focus Ability cast animation is affected by cast speed modifiers such as  Natural Talent, Ember's Accelerant, and  Speed Drift.
• After spawning, a Convergence orb remains on the map for exactly one minute before despawning.
• When the player activates the ability, their controls are switched the newly spawned operator as the Warframe hunches over. As this is the character currently controlled by the player, Companions like sentinels still stick to the operator instead of the now immobile Warframe. This is shown by the map indicating the Warframe as a blue dot, indicating an ally and not a player.
  • As such, sentinels will still be at risk if in direct fire and may be destroyed in larger groups of high-level enemies.

Tips

• As Focus is reliant on the amount of affinity gained, using Affinity Boosters can increase the total amount of Focus gained during missions.
• If activating Focus purely to activate its passive abilities and without enemies nearby, manually deactivating the ability will allow players to return to a normal state immediately to prevent having to play out the rest of the attack's duration. However, this does not reduce the cooldown towards the next use: the charge will reset to 0 regardless of whether the ability is ended early or not.
• As activating a "Way" increases the cooldown time of Focus abilities, it is recommended that no more than 3-4 Ways be activated at a time to keep cooldown to a respectable level. It is thus prudent to choose which Ways to activate that suit the mission beforehand.
  • Alternatively if using a focus ability purely for activating its passives during a long mission such as Survival or Defense, consider disregarding the above and instead equipping all the passive abilities you may be interested in using. It may take longer to activate them the first time, but you gain a number of extra abilities to assist through the mission
• Due to affinity distribution mechanics when Focus lenses convert affinity into Focus points, the most effective placement of your first lens depends on play-style and role. If you are personally doing almost all of the killing, it is more effective to install Focus lenses on Warframes, as Warframes will be able to receive Focus regardless of weapon used, and can receive the full amount of Focus point conversion upon kills using Warframe abilities. This is the obvious choice for solo play. When you are playing a more supporting role, if you don't need other weapons, a single weapon equipped with a lens will be much more effective. For balanced team play, where you expect to get no more than 1/3 of the kills, a single weapon will be better than a frame. If you wish to use multiple weapons while farming, then lensing the frame still makes sense.
• One of the most effective ways to farm Focus is doing high level Exterminate missions through Stealth, taking advantage of the stealth affinity multiplier to rake in large amounts of affinity, resulting in equally large conversions to Focus. This is more easily accomplished using a stealth Warframe such as  Loki,  Ash, or  Ivara equipped with a Focus Lens, and using a high damage melee weapon such as a dagger equipped with  Covert Lethality.
  •  Ivara's Sleep Arrow in particular can make stealth runs easier by putting groups of enemies to sleep, preventing them from being alerted to deaths in the vicinity.
  • Additionally, the Strategic Execution passive from the Naramon school, due to the +25% affinity from melee kills at max rank, can cut a run or two out of the grind for the daily 100,000 cap on Focus.

Trivia

• The Focus system has been in development for a very long period, and was initially slated for release in Update 14.0 (2014-07-18). The developers admitted that Augment Mods and Arcane Enhancements initially started out as components of the Focus system before being split from it entirely.^{[citation needed]}
• The five schools of Focus are based off the five elements of Wu Xing found in Book of Documents(尚书) and is widely used in ancient Chinese philosophical traditions. It resembles the five elements of godai, which lacks Naramon (the tree), as seen on the backgrounds of each school's skill tree page. The Five Elements are Fire, Earth, Water, Wood, and Metal.
  • The Naramon School represents Wood 木. In Wu Xing this is associated with the eyes, growth, flourish, and reaching outward.
  • The Madurai School represents Fire 火. In Wu Xing this is associated with the heart, force, passion, and raw ability.
  • The Unairu School represents Earth 土. In Wu Xing this is associated with the flesh, stability, durability, and bearing.
  • The Zenurik School represents Metal 金. Also interpreted as mineral or crystal, this is associated in Wu Xing with the lung, concentrating, reserving, and abundance.
  • The Vazarin School represents Water 水. In Wu Xing this is associated with the bone, inflexibility, supporting, adaptability, and sympathy.
• While the replies that the player chooses during the Operator's conversation with the Lotus has no gameplay effect, the choice of replies are used to reorder the choices of Tenno Schools. Once the selection screen appears, with the school most suited to the Operator appearing on the left, and choice to the right being the least suited. Example: choosing the conversation options relating to knowledge will put Naramon to the leftmost side as the most desirable choice. Players are still free to choose the Focus they wish to start with however.

View Sorting Choice Answers List▾▾

Answers	School
First Choice
"I remember Studying..."	Naramon +1
"I remember a Fight..."	Unairu +1
"I remember someone holding my hand..."	Vazarin +1
Second Choice
"We Stuck Together..."	Madurai +1
"Things Happens for a reason..."	Zenurik +1
"They tried to help us..."	Vazarin +1
Third Choice
"They paid for what they did..."	Unairu +1
"She sang to us..."	Zenurik +1
"She was Brilliant..."	Naramon +1
"She was Brave..."	Madurai +1
Fourth Choice
"We sought Knowledge..."	Naramon +1
"We fought with honor..."	Zenurik +1
"We fight for justice..."	Unairu +1
"We were fearless..."	Madurai +1
"We protected the innocents..."	Vazarin +1

Bugs

• Joining a high-latency game has a tendency to cause the selected Focus ability to fully charge instantaneously and removes the cooldown completely.
• Using the focus ability may make you unable to use your melee weapon or roll for the remainder of the mission.
• Host migration will reset the cooldown of the Focus ability and disable passive effects from a previous activation.
  • As of Hotfix 18.4.10 (2016-02-11), the cooldown being reset has been fixed, however, passives effects can potentially still be disabled if a host migration occurs.
• Activating a focus ability while in an elevator will cause your Warframe to fall through the lift. Deactivating will place you at the last "safe spot". In some instances, you will be stuck infinitely falling.
  • If you end up infinitely falling, you can teleport back into the map by typing /unstuck in squad chat (or clan chat if you're playing solo) and then clicking okay. This teleports you back to your last 'safe' location.

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Patch History

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

• Replaced with Focus 2.0.

Hotfix 19.5.4 (2017-01-03)

• Fixed a script error caused by initiating a Focus ability.