Mobile Defense

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Mobile Defense

In Mobile missions, Tenno must find and defend multiple consoles while the Lotus hacks into enemy systems. A datamass will spawn, and the Tenno must carry it to one of the nearby targets.

Take the datamass to one of the targets, place it inthe console by pressing X , then defend the target. When the timer is completed, pick up the datamass and move to the next target. When all the targets have been defended, head to extraction.

—In-Game Description

Mobile Defense is a Mission type requiring players to carry a datamass to 2-3 computer terminals and upload it to them. Once uploaded at each terminal, players will have to defend the terminal until hacking is completed. Unlike normal Defense missions, these require players to defend for a set period of time instead of a set amount of waves, and will allow extraction once all terminals have been defended, no longer requiring the datamass. The mission will fail if a single terminal is destroyed.

Terminals possess a scaled amount of health and shields matching the level of the mission. If defended against damage, terminals will regenerate shields and health on their own after some time passes, stacking with  Rejuvenation auras.

Variations

A data terminal

A standard Mobile Defense mission on most tilesets requires players to protect 3 data terminals in three different large rooms for 60-80 seconds per terminal, based on mission level, for a total defense time of 180-240 seconds. Variations on this formula are as follows:

• Non-standard Mobile Defense missions (e.g. Nightmare Mode) will sometimes reduce the number of data terminals by 1 while maintaining the same total defense time. When this occurs, the defense times for the remaining terminals will increase from 60-80 seconds to 90-120 seconds, based on mission level. (This variation is possible on all ground tilesets, including those mentioned elsewhere in this list.)
• Mobile Defense missions taking place within the Grineer Asteroid tileset have all objectives co-located in the same large room. The last data terminal defense is replaced by a cryopod defense which is initiated by activating a pair of friendship consoles.
• On Infested Ships, one of the terminal rooms is flooded with white gas that continually deals  Corrosive damage with a chance to proc against all players in the room. Two subterminals in the same room can be used to vent the gas, temporarily removing it for a few seconds.
• The Grineer Shipyards Mobile Defense tile features three objectives, with two of them out in pods accessible only by bridges, making them easy to defend. The third objective can only be accessed once the first two have been completed, taking place inside a reactor room whose narrow confines encourage close combat.
• Archwing Mobile Defense requires players to defend 3 satellites during a set period of time. Unlike regular missions, no datamass is required and the hacking is initiated by a player getting close to the satellite.

Locations

There are a total of 22 Mobile Defense Missions

Planet	Mission Name	Faction	Tier	Level	Tileset
Earth	Erpo	Grineer	AWMobileDefense	1 - 6	Free Space
Earth	Eurasia	Grineer	Mobile Defense	3 - 5	Grineer Forest
Venus	Aphrodite	Corpus	Mobile Defense	6 - 8	Corpus Outpost
Mars	Tharsis	Grineer	Mobile Defense	8 - 10	Grineer Settlement
Mercury	Boethius	Infested	Mobile Defense	8 - 10	Grineer Asteroid
Phobos	Sharpless	Corpus	Mobile Defense	11 - 13	Corpus Ship
Mars	Vallis	Grineer	Mobile Defense	11 - 13	Grineer Galleon
Ceres	Kiste	Grineer	Mobile Defense	13 - 15	Grineer Shipyard
Deimos	Dirus	Infested	Mobile Defense	15 - 17	Orokin Derelict
Jupiter	Carme	Corpus	Mobile Defense	16 - 18	Corpus Gas City
Europa	Morax	Corpus	Mobile Defense	18 - 20	Corpus Ice Planet
Void	Tiwaz	Corrupted	VoidMDefense2	20 - 25	Orokin Tower
Saturn	Keeler	Grineer	Mobile Defense	23 - 25	Grineer Asteroid
Lua	Grimaldi	Grineer	Mobile Defense	25 - 30	Orokin Moon
Uranus	Cressida	Grineer	Mobile Defense	27 - 29	Grineer Sealab
Neptune	Salacia	Corpus	AWMobileDefense	27 - 32	Corpus Ship (Archwing)
Neptune	Larissa	Corpus	Mobile Defense	29 - 31	Corpus Ship
Kuva Fortress	Rotuma	Grineer	Mobile Defense	30 - 32	Grineer Asteroid Fortress
Pluto	Minthe	Corpus	Mobile Defense	30 - 34	Corpus Outpost
Eris	Solium	Infested	Mobile Defense	34 - 38	Infested Ship
Sedna	Charybdis	Grineer	Mobile Defense	34 - 38	Grineer Galleon
Void	Aten	Corrupted	VoidMDefense4	40 - 45	Orokin Tower

Rewards

All Mobile Defense missions reward up to 3000 objective affinity, based on mission level, upon successful defense of each objective.

Mobile Defense missions in the Void and Archwing Mobile Defense missions give a Reward upon completion.

• Void
• Archwing

• Tier 2
• Tier 4

Rewards
Lith A4	6.25%
Lith B4	6.25%
Lith G4	6.25%
Lith I1	6.25%
Lith K7	6.25%
Lith N7	6.25%
Lith N8	6.25%
Lith T7	6.25%
Meso B5	6.25%
Meso B6	6.25%
Meso C6	6.25%
Meso N6	6.25%
Meso P4	6.25%
Meso P5	6.25%
Meso S10	6.25%
Meso Z4	6.25%

Locations:

• Tiwaz, Void

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Rewards
Axi A13	6.25%
Axi A14	6.25%
Axi C6	6.25%
Axi G6	6.25%
Axi I2	6.25%
Axi M2	6.25%
Axi O5	6.25%
Axi S3	6.25%
Neo N16	6.25%
Neo N17	6.25%
Neo P2	6.25%
Neo P3	6.25%
Neo R1	6.25%
Neo T4	6.25%
Neo T5	6.25%
Neo V10	6.25%

Locations:

• Aten, Void

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Rewards
Polar Magazine	38.72%
Superior Defenses	38.72%
Astral Slash	3.76%
Comet Blast	3.76%
Meteor Crash	3.76%
Nebula Bore	3.76%
Quasar Drill	3.76%
Zodiac Shred	3.76%

Locations:

• Erpo, Earth
• Salacia, Neptune

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Healing Interactions With Defense Objects

Main article: Defense Objects

Only static defense objects can be healed or receive damage reduction from other sources in accordance with the tables below.

Healing over time only takes effect when the defense object's natural health regeneration is active; taking damage from enemies briefly disables both the natural regeneration and external regeneration effects for a few seconds.

Healing and Shield Restoration Sources

Healing source	Normal effect	Effect on all types of static defendable objects (Cryopods, Excavators, etc)
Gara's  Mending Splinters	3 HP per sec for each active splinter	Same as normal
Hildryn's  Haven	500 Max Shields 80% faster Shield recharge	Same as normal
Protea's  Grenade Fan	500 Shield restore on attach 50 Shield restore per second	Same as normal
Trinity's  Blessing	Up to 100% HP and Shield restore	Heal for 500 over 5 seconds, can’t stack
Trinity's  Well Of Life	100 HP/sec + 1% life steal	100 HP/sec, no life steal
Equinox's  Mend & Maim (Mend)	25 Shields for each enemy killed Burst heal based on how much damage was dealt	Shields per enemy killed and heal for 500 over 5 seconds, can’t stack
Vazarin's Protective Dash	5 seconds invulnerability 60% Heal over 5 seconds	No invulnerability Heal for 500 over 5 seconds, can’t stack
Khora's  Venari	Heal for 50 HP/sec	Same as normal
Hydroid's  Curative Undertow	Heals 30% hp every 1.5 secs when ally stands on it	Heal for 100 per 1.5 sec
Harrow's  Penance	Heals allies for a % of damage dealt	Heals are capped up to 50 per second.
Oberon's  Renewal	125 burst heal 50 health per sec	Same as normal
Garuda's  Blood Altar	Heals by % of missing health/second	No effect
Inaros'  Scarab Swarm	Heals for damage dealt by Swarm Projectile divided by allies in range.	Same as normal
Nidus'  Ravenous	Heal allies standing on it for 20 HP per second	Same as normal
Wisp's  Reservoirs (Vitality mote)	Increase max hp by 300 and heal for 30 HP per second	Same as normal
Volt's  Capacitance	Grants shields based on 3% of damage dealt	Capped at 250 shields, no overshields
Titania's passive	4 HP per Second for 20 Seconds	Same as normal
Sancti Magistar	Heals for damage dealt in an AoE	Heal for up to 500 over 5 seconds, can’t stack with other players. Going from a burst to Heal over Time.
Ancient Healer Specter	Heal for 100 HP every 20 seconds	Same as normal
Rejuvenation	Heal 3 HP per sec	Same as normal
Arcane Pulse	60% chance to heal for 150 HP when picking up a health orb with a 15 sec cooldown	Same as normal

Damage Reduction Sources

Damage Reduction Sources	Normal effect	Effect on all types of static Defendable objects (Cryopods, Excavators, etc)
Trinity's  Blessing	50% Damage reduction	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction
Mirage's  Total Eclipse	Grants 75% Damage reduction to allies	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction
Titania's  Tribute (Thorns buff)	50% damage redirected to enemies	No effect
Gara's  Splinter Storm	70% Damage reduction	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction
Ember's  Immolated Radiance	50% of Immolates Damage reduction applies to allies	Capped at 45% Damage Reduction
Baruuk's  Desolate Hands	80% Damage reduction	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction
Harrow's  Warding Thurible	40% Damage Reduction	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction
Nezha's  Warding Halo	Absorbs 90% of damage	Capped at 50% Damage Reduction

Source: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1189247-warframe-revised-railjack-revisited-part-1-update-274/

Notes

• Terminals are immune to health damage until they are activated.
• Mobile Defense missions can randomly change into Exterminate. The Lotus will inform the Player to "ignore your original objective" and "leave nothing alive". The Mobile Defense UI will be replaced by the Exterminate enemies killed counter and the extraction pointer will appear once the required number of enemies is killed.
  • However it is also possible to hack the remaining Mobile Defense terminals if the players carry the Datamass to them before extracting.
• At the halfway point of each defense phase within a standard Mobile Defense mission, an unusually strong wave of enemies, often including Eximus enemies, will spawn and attempt to storm the objective.
  • The strength of this wave increases as more objectives are defended within a mission.
  • In a non-standard Mobile Defense mission with only 2 objectives, strong enemy waves will instead occur around the 33% and 67% points of each defense phase, with each wave within the same mission spawning tougher enemies.

Trivia

• If the players destroy the terminal via  Radiation damage, it will reward some affinity before failing the mission.

Media

Mobile Defense (Corpus) as seen in the lobby (U9)

Mobile Defense (Grineer) as seen in the lobby (U9)

Mobile Defense (Infested) as seen in the lobby (U9)

Patch History

Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)

• Fixed a case where Corpus Mobile Defense objectives are invulnerable. As reported here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1194476-mobile-defense-satelittes-dont-take-damage/

Hotfix 27.1.1 (2020-02-11)

• Fixed inability to complete a Mobile Defense mission due to Datamasses disappearing if a Host migration occured.

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

Mobile Defense Mission Changes

• Added Mobile Defense consoles to more Grineer Shipyard and Asteroid tiles to increase the chance of playing in unique tiles for Mobile Defense missions.
• Reduced the maximum total Defense time from 6 mins to 4 mins in the highest difficulty areas. Time is still divided between 2-3 consoles.
• Increased the maximum concurrent enemy count during Defense stages to increase intensity.
• Reduced console health slightly for a little added challenge.
• Console health is higher in Solo missions.
• Lockdowns can no longer occur at any point during Mobile Defense missions.
• Enemy types start easy and get tougher with each console defended, similar to the Exterminate changes (also applies to Archwing Mobile Defense and Exterminate).

Procedural Level Changes

• Mobile Defense missions always have 3 consoles now, with the exception of those with special mobile defense tiles (see below). There is still a fallback of 2 consoles in case there was no room to spawn a 3rd, but this should occur very rarely.
• Grineer Asteroid and Corpus Infested Ship tiles will now randomize with a 50/50 chance of it landing on a special Mobile Defense room or 3 individual large rooms with a console in each.
• Added consoles to more tiles in Grineer Asteroid and Shipyards for more variety.
• Made a couple tweaks to existing console locations in Grineer Asteroid and Shipyard tiles.
• Removed tiles containing elevators on the main path in Grineer Asteroid, Corpus Ice Planet, and outpost tiles to improve spawning.
• Increased chance of spawning unique Mobile Defense rooms in several tiles - Corpus Ship, Corpus Outpost, Corpus Gas City, Grineer Galleon, Grineer Settlement, and Grineer Shipyards.
• The Grineer Shipyard Mobile Defense tileset is back, and optimized for better performance and with new randomized console locations!

Update 19.6 (2017-01-11)

• Fixed enemies not spawning in high level Corpus Mobile Defense Invasion missions.

Update 17.5 (2015-10-01)

• Mobile Defense Missions have been added to the following planetary nodes:
  • Grineer Forest on Earth, Eurasia
  • Corpus Ship on Venus, Aphrodite

Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)

• Added more defendable console locations.
• Console defense time will now scale with Mission difficulty.
• There are now 2-3 consoles per Mission, with total defense time divided between the number of available consoles.
• Console health now scales with the number of consoles available in a Mission.
• The total number of enemies that will spawn to attack consoles has been reduced.

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

• Adjusted number of active enemies allowed during defense stages - more for solo & increase numbers slightly in stage 2 & 3 to make them more epic.
• Enemies will storm the defense targets, which makes them much more aggressive towards it.
• Release lockdown when going into a defense wave. NPC’s abort running to panic button during defense wave.

Update 6.3 (2013-02-14)

• Introduced.