Forma

Forma
Untradeable
Information
Type	Crafted / Purchased

This shape-altering component is fundamental to Orokin construction.

—In-Game Description

Forma is a resource used to add, remove, or alter the Polarity of a Mod slot on Warframes, Archwings, weapons, or Companions; add Tiles to a Clan Dojo; to rise in Syndicate ranks or serve as a component in the creation of certain weapons and items.

Two Forma are required to build an Exilus Adapter.

Manufacturing Requirements
35,000	1	1	1	1	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 10 Platinum 10
Market Price: 20			Blueprints Price: N/A

Acquisition

Forma or its blueprint can be:

• Purchased in the market for 20 Platinum 20, or 35 Platinum 35 for a bundle of 3 Forma.
• Received as a Daily Tribute.
• Built Forma can be obtained from a Sortie reward.
• Blueprint offered as Invasion battlepay.
• Blueprint can be found in Void Relics.
• Blueprint received as a reward from Orokin Derelict Defense.
• Built/Blueprint can be received after obtaining all three caches in Earth Sabotage.
• Blueprint received as a reward from Arena missions.
• Found in Rare Orokin Storage Containers in Orokin Derelict, Void, and Lua missions.
• Blueprint received as a Conclave end-of-match reward.
• Built Forma has a 20% chance to drop from the container from the music puzzle on Lua.
• Built Forma was also made available from Nakak in Cetus during Operation: Plague Star for 3,000 Standing 3,000 Operational Supply Standing and 5,000 Credits 5,000.
• 3 fully built Formas is rewarded at rank 7 and 27 of Nightwave.

Note that the blueprint is consumed when the Forma is crafted.

Using Forma on Equipment

To apply a Forma, go to the Arsenal and access the desired item's Mod loadout. Select Action at the bottom of the screen, then choose Polarize, which will show a layout of the item's mod slots and polarities. Click on a slot to cycle through the possible polarities. A slot that already has a polarity (either by default or from a prior polarization) can also be changed.

Forma can only be used on equipment that has already been ranked to 30 and, when used, said equipment is reset to rank 0 (unranked). Warframe skills are also reset, with skills and their respective ranks needing to be re-unlocked. Forma can be used again on already polarized equipment, provided that it is leveled to 30 again. Orokin Catalysts and Orokin Reactors are unaffected by the usage of Forma. Re-leveling equipment after using Forma on it does not grant mastery points.

For each Forma used on equipment, said equipment will gain a star above the name of the equipment starting from the center.

Blueprints Requiring Forma

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Forma.

Blueprints	Type	Quantity
Ack & Brunt	Melee	1
Acrid	Primary	1
Akstiletto	Secondary	1
Arca Plasmor	Primary	1
Arca Scisco	Secondary	1
Argonak	Primary	1
Attica	Primary	1
Baza	Primary	1
Buzlok	Primary	1
Cassowar	Melee	1
Castanas	Secondary	1
Cerata	Melee	1
Convectrix	Primary	1
Cycron	Secondary	1
Daikyu	Primary	1
Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade)	Melee	1
Dera	Primary	1
Djinn	Sentinel	2
Dual Cestra	Secondary	1
Dual Ichor	Melee	1
Dual Toxocyst	Secondary	1
Embolist	Secondary	1
Equinox	Warframe	1
Exilus Adapter	Enhancement	2
Falcor	Melee	1
Ferrox	Primary	2
Flux Rifle	Primary	1
Glaxion	Primary	1
Grattler	Arch-Gun	1
Greater Focus Lens	Enhancement	1
Grinlok	Primary	1
Helios	Sentinel	1
Hema	Primary	1
Ignis	Primary	1
Jat Kittag	Melee	1
Jat Kusar	Melee	1
Kohmak	Secondary	1
Knux	Arch-Melee	1
Lanka	Primary	1
Marelok	Secondary	1
Mios	Melee	1
Mutalist Quanta	Primary	1
Nikana	Melee	1
Nukor	Secondary	1
Ogris	Primary	1
Opticor	Primary	1
Paracyst	Primary	1
Phage	Primary	1
Prova	Melee	1
Pupacyst	Melee	1
Pyrana	Secondary	1
Quanta	Primary	1
Ripkas	Melee	1
Scoliac	Melee	1
Shaku	Melee	1
Silva & Aegis	Melee	1
Spectra	Secondary	1
Supra	Primary	1
Sybaris	Primary	1
Synapse	Primary	2
Talons	Secondary	1
Tenora	Primary	1
Tiberon	Primary	1
Torid	Primary	1
Twin Grakatas	Secondary	1
Twin Kohmak	Secondary	1
Twin Krohkur	Melee	1
Veldt	Primary	1
Venka	Melee	1

Total	72

Last updated: Hotfix 23.10.6 (2018-10-18)

Notes

• Oddly enough, players can polarize Aura mod slots with the Unairu polarity, despite there currently being no Aura mods with that polarity.
  • Similarly, players can also polarize mod slots belonging to non-melee weapons with said polarity as well.
• All syndicates require Forma to advance to Rank 2, as well as in order to become neutral if the Tenno has fallen to the first negative rank.
• Players cannot add Umbra polarity to slots using Forma, even when Polarizing  Skiajati or  Excalibur Umbra. Existing Umbra polarities can be replaced with others, but after that they can only be restored by using an Umbral Forma.
• A Warframe, Archwing, or weapon that has been polarized once can have their Secondary Energy Color customized.

Trivia

• Forma means "shape" in a variety of languages.
• From the Scanner inside the Orbiter, one can occasionally hear a Grineer inspecting someone's cargo and getting bribed with a Forma after he finds something suspicious.
• The prevalence of golden surfaces in Orokin Void levels and on Prime equipment may indicate the use of massive amounts of Forma in their construction. The grey surfaces in the Clan Dojo may be due to Tenno improvising with more mundane materials while copying Orokin aesthetics.
• A Forma is required to craft nearly all Clan Research weapons, though this is most likely only for gameplay reasons as most of them don't involve any Orokin technology.

Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Forma/Forma Bundle prices in the Arsenal Upgrade screen will now display the discounted price if there's an active sale.

Update 22.10 (2018-01-25)

• We now present players with the option to buy a Forma Bundle when using the Upgrade screen to install Forma.

Hotfix 22.3.4 (2017-11-16)

• The Forma Sacrifice to [Ostron] Defender has been replaced with 10x Iradite.

Update 21.2 (2017-07-26)

• Forma count can now be seen on weapons and Warframes in the Inventory screen (similar to in the Arsenal).

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

• Forma-ing your equipment now brings you back to the Upgrade screen instead of to the main Arsenal.

Update 20.7 (2017-06-07)

• Fixed selecting ‘Mods’ on an un-Forma'd weapon with no Mods equipped resulting in the category selection disappearing.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• Added indicators in the Arsenal of how many Forma are installed in gear, and whether or not gear has been fully Mastered!

Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)

• 3 Forma Bundle added to the Market.

Update 18.6 (2016-03-16)

• Fixed Sentinels not properly calculating rank reduction for Capacity when a player uses a Forma on a Sentinel Mod slot.
• Fixed Sentinels not properly calculating rank reduction for Capacity when a player uses a Forma on a Sentinel Weapon slot.

Update 17.3 (2015-09-02)

• Forma Blueprints will now only drop in one rotation, replaced by the following drops in these endless Mission rotations:
  • T1D Rotation A: Forma BP for T2MD Key.
  • T3D Rotation B: Forma BP for Uncommon Fusion Core 5 Pack.
  • T4D Rotation B: Forma BP for Prime Carrier Systems.
  • T4D Rotation C: Forma BP for Hikou Pouch.
  • T3S Rotation C: Forma BP for Prime Carrier BP.
  • T4S Rotation B: Forma BP for Rare Fusion Core 5 Pack

Hotfix 16.11.4 (2015-07-10)

• Reduced the frequency of Forma Blueprints dropping in T3 Defense Rotation C.

Hotfix 16.0.3 (2015-03-23)

• Removed Forma from Cephalon Capture reward manifest.

Hotfix 15.16.2 (2015-03-11)

• Tenno can now buy Forma directly from upgrade screen.

Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)

• Fixed a crash related purchasing Forma for polarizing a weapon.
• Fixed a crash related to purchasing a Forma while in the Arsenal and then attempting to perform a polarization.

Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)

• Polarity Management is here! You can now swap the order of Polarities on your Forma’d gear!

Update 10.1 (2013-09-20)

• Forma requirement changes for:
  • Dual Ichors: 2 to 1
  • Embolist: 2 to 1
  • Synapse: 3 to 2
  • Djinn: 3 to 2

Hotfix 9.3.4 (2013-07-29)

• Fixed blueprints for weekend event Dojo Trophies requiring 16 Forma to build instead of 16 Gallium.

Hotfix 8.0.6 (2013-05-31)

• Fixed Forma Blueprint icon to match up with Forma icon.
• Fixed Forma not being obtained by user as reward in alert missions.

Hotfix 8.0.3 (2013-05-24)

• Fixed issue where Login Rewards (including Forma) were not being obtained.

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 22.19.1 (2018-05-03)

See also

• Orokin Void
• Orokin Derelict
• Clan Dojo
• Warframes
• Weapons
• Orokin Catalyst
• Orokin Reactor
• Exilus Adapter