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Mars
Information
System	Sol
Ruling Faction(s)	Grineer
Boss	Lieutenant Lech Kril
Statistics
Level Range	8 - 20
Missions	17
Resources	Gallium  Morphics  Salvage  Fieldron Sample
Miscellaneous
Connections	Ceres Earth Phobos Deimos
Relay	N/A

A primitive and devout civilization was carved into the dust-filled canyons of Mars. These aging and severely eroded habitations miraculously remain intact, regardless of how much Grineer machinery has been fastened to it. Rusty metal and oil-soaked sand mark the territory of its new proprietors.

—Mars Fragment

The Grineer have reclaimed the abandoned dwellings of an ancient society which sprung up around a massive Orokin terraforming device. Content to make use of existing structures, Mars' current occupants have established a base of military operations in one of the few regions that has a habitable climate moderated by Orokin technology.

—Mars Settlement Fragment

Mars is a planet under  Grineer control, with skirmishes and several Crossfire missions with the  Corpus.

Mars is the fourth planet accessible to players, and it becomes accessible by defeating the Specter in the Mars Junction on Earth after completing the required tasks.

The Assassination Target for Mars is Lieutenant Lech Kril, located in the mission node War. Lieutenant Lech Kril drops the component blueprints for the parts of the  Excalibur Warframe.

Mars is the only planet to feature the Grineer Settlement Tileset as its primary environment.

Lore & History

Sand of Inaros

Mars was originally inhabited by a civilization that worshiped the 'Golden Skymen'. The Grineer eventually invaded the planet in their usual violent manner and exterminated the locals, with Baro Ki'Teer being the only known survivor of the invasion. It is also the possible place of origin of the  Inaros Warframe.

Enemies

Invasion Missions: The Infested will always appear as an "Opposing" faction during Invasion missions.

Spy Missions: Special enemy variants have a chance of spawning during Spy missions.

Survival Missions: The following lists below do not apply to Survival missions.

Corpus	Grineer	Infested	Wild
Corpus Techs Crewmen Elite Crewmen Prod Crewmen Sniper Crewmen Anti MOAs MOAs Shockwave MOAs Mine Ospreys Oxium Ospreys Scavenger Drones Shield Ospreys	Arid Butchers Ballistas Arid Eviscerators Arid Lancers Elite Arid Lancers Shield Lancers Arid Troopers Commanders Arid Heavy Gunners Rollers	Chargers Leapers Volatile Runners Crawlers Lobber Crawlers Toxic Crawlers Ancient Disruptors Toxic Ancients	Desert Skate

Missions

Target	Name	Type	Level	Credit Reward	Additional Credit Reward	Tile Set	Mastery EXP	Internal Name	Hidden Node
	Maroo's Bazaar	Relay	0 - 0	0	0	Relay	0	TradeHUB1	❌
	Ceres Junction	Junction	1 - 1	0	0	Solar Rail	1000	MarsToCeresJunction	❌
	Phobos Junction	Junction	1 - 3	0	0	Solar Rail	1000	MarsToPhobosJunction	❌
	Tharsis	Mobile Defense	8 - 10	1,700	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode11	❌
	Hellas	Exterminate	8 - 10	1,700	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode58	❌
	Alator	Interception	8 - 13	1,700	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode106	❌
	Spear	Defense	8 - 13	1,700	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode46	❌
	Syrtis	Exterminate	8 - 13	1,700	0	Free Space	51	SolNode904	❌
	Arval	Spy	9 - 11	1,800	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode41	❌
	Gradivus	Sabotage	9 - 11	1,800	0	Corpus Ship	45	SolNode65	❌
	Ares	Sabotage	9 - 11	1,800	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode113	❌
	Augustus	Excavation	9 - 14	1,800	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode16	❌
	Ara	Capture	10 - 12	1,900	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode45	❌
	Martialis	Rescue	10 - 12	1,900	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode36	❌
	Kadesh	Defense (Dark Sector)	10 - 20	1,900	14,000	Grineer Settlement	0	ClanNode8	❌
	Wahiba	Survival (Dark Sector)	10 - 20	1,900	14,000	Corpus Ship	0	ClanNode9	❌
	War	Assassination	11 - 13	2,000	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode99	❌
	Ultor	Exterminate	11 - 13	2,000	0	Corpus Ice Planet	51	SolNode14	❌
	Vallis	Mobile Defense	11 - 13	2,000	0	Grineer Galleon	51	SolNode68	❌
	Olympus	Disruption	15 - 20	2,400	0	Grineer Settlement	51	SolNode30	❌
	Tyana Pass	Mirror Defense	25 - 30	3,400	0	Grineer Settlement	18	SolNode450	✔️

Notes

• Due to the split Corpus and Grineer ownership of Mars, faction incursions have a higher chance of occurring, including on missions that normally do not feature said incursions such as Mobile Defense.
• An immense object can be seen above the clouds in space; the object appears to be a Grineer Asteroid base, probably Phobos due to its past as a Grineer occupied territory (whereas it can't be Deimos, the second moon of Mars, due to it being visibly overtaken by the Infested). This is quite remarkable for how large the object is seen in space, perhaps making it the largest Grineer mining operation to date.

  

• Although the Grineer are supposed to have recently occupied the planet (or that it is one of their most recent occupations at any rate) there are signs of very old Grineer-like equipment scattered and rusting in some places, this either suggests that the Grineer were previously here before but had to evacuate at some point, or something about Mars rusts and corrodes metals at an accelerated rate.
• The planet is littered with massive wind generators, providing what appears to be the majority of the planet's power, and various pumps and water bays are used to filter and process water.
• Mars is one of the celestial bodes, the other being Earth, Venus, Deimos and Uranus, where wild creatures are encounterable, with such creatures being the Desert Skates.

Tips

• Lieutenant Lech Kril can drop Gallium in quantities of up to two.
• During Crossfire missions, both the Corpus and the Grineer will activate the opposing faction's security systems.
• Mars is the best Planet to farm Salvage, due to the fact that Salvage is the only non-rare Resource on the planet.

Trivia

• Since Update 22.0 (2017-10-12), Maroo's Bazaar was relocated from Earth to Mars.
• Mars is named after the Roman God of war; both the god and planet are associated with war and death.
• Mission nodes on Mars are usually named after real life geographical locations on the planet or aspects of Greek or Roman culture.
  • Alator was the God of Celtic Britain, invoked in an inscription at Barkway, Hertfordshire, which links him with Gaulish Mars.
  • Ara was one of the 48 Greek constellations described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy.
  • Ares is the original Greek name for Mars.
  • Augustus was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire.
  • Hellas, Syrtis, Tharsis and Vallis are all names related to Martian geography.
  • Gradivus was one of the gods by whom a general or soldiers might swear an oath to be valorous in battle.
  • Martialis means "from Mars".
  • Olympus was the home of the Greek Gods in Greek mythology, it's also the name of the Highest mountain on Mars and in our solar system: Olympus Mons.
  • A Spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft with a pointed head which became the standard weapon of Roman legionaries for a period of time.
  • Ultor is named after one of Mars' epithets, Mars Ultor ("Mars the Avenger" in Latin).
  • War reflects Mars' role as the Roman God of War.
• The fact that both the Corpus and the Grineer are present on Mars is a nod to The Gradivus Dilemma, which ended with the Grineer taking over several nodes originally controlled by the Corpus.
  • Along with the Infested-controlled Dark Sectors, this makes Mars the first planet where all three major enemy factions (prior to The Second Dream) are present.
  • Mars was a purely Corpus-controlled planet from Update 14.0 (2014-07-18) until Update 15.13 (2015-02-05), when several nodes were given to the Grineer.
• When originally released, Mars had the snowy Corpus Outpost tileset as its environment, which did not reflect the red, sandy environment that Mars has. This was fixed in Update 19.0 (2016-11-11), with the Grineer Settlement tileset replacing Corpus Outpost as the main planetary tileset to better reflect Mars' appearance.
  • Due to an additional change in the Specters of the Rail update, Fieldron samples drop on this planet, even though the Grineer control almost all the nodes on the planet. Whether this is an inconsistent error, or a nod to the fact that the Corpus used to completely control Mars, is unknown.
  • Upon reflecting changes after the previous Star Chart UI was replaced in Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08). Snowy spots are view-able on Mars' surface where the Corpus reside in their Corpus Outposts.
• The Grineer conquest of the planet was referenced in the Sands of Inaros quest.

Media

Warframe - Mars - War - Assassination - Boss Nef Anyo -PS4 Gameplay HD-

Patch History

Update 37.0 (2024-10-02)

• Fixed missing roof terrain on Mars tilesets that allowed players to escape out of bounds.

Update 36.1 (2024-08-21)

• Made the following changes to lower-level missions to offer more engaging combat. Our goal is to strike a balance between not being too punishing, but also encouraging players to adopt behaviors that will help them take on harder content -- ie. not just standing still and shooting folks.
  • Increased enemy spawns on Mars (base version only, Steel Path remains the same).

Update 31.6 (2022-06-09)

• Fixed case of an Excavator not visually touching the ground on Mars.

Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)

• Made visual improvements to enhance blowing & falling sand in Mars missions.
• Updated Mars Grineer face materials.
• Fixed black walls appearing on rocks in the Mars Settlement tileset.

Hotfix 30.3.5 (2021-06-10)

• Additional fixes to AI pathing & navigation in Mars Rescue tilesets. Also moved an insidious light-stand away from the cell hack panel.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Fixed incorrect Jupiter fly in cinematic play when loading into Ultor, Mars.

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

• Fixed an energy FX clipping through into an unintended area in Augustus, Mars.

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

• Fixed broken and flickering textures on Ara, Mars.
• Fixed being able to hop out of Ara, Mars’ map using Nezha’s Blazing Chakram.
• Fixed AI getting stuck in a certain spot in Spear, Mars.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Olympus is now a Disruption node.
• Moved Olympus mobile defense from Mars Olympus to Tharsis to replace ice planet Hijack.
• Adjusted some of the PBR materials on Mars in the Navigation skybox.

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

• Relocation of Maroo's Bazaar from Earth to Mars.

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

• Phobos Tileset is now on Mars, and all Phobos missions are now on Asteroid Tileset.

Last updated: Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)