Neurodes

Biotech sensor organ harvested from Infested entities.

—In-Game Description

Neurodes are a rare component that can be found on Earth, Deimos, Eris and Lua.

Farming Locations

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the resource until better facts are proven.

Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
Earth	Mariana	Exterminate	1 - 3	Grineer Sealab
Lua	Tycho	Survival	25 - 30	Orokin Moon
Earth	Tikal	Excavation (Dark Sector)	6 - 16	Grineer Forest

Blueprints Requiring Neurodes

Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Acceltra	Primary	4
Akarius	Secondary	3
Amesha Wings	Component	5
Amphis	Melee	2
Ash Locust Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Ash Scorpion Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Atlas Neuroptics	Component	5
Atlas Tartarus Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Ballistica	Secondary	3
Banshee Chorus Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Banshee Reverb Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Baruuk Meroe Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Bishamo Helmet	Cosmetic	10
Bishamo Pauldrons	Cosmetic	10
Bolto	Secondary	2
Boltor	Primary	2
Bronco	Secondary	2
Bubonico	Primary	(20)
Cestra	Secondary	2
Chroma Chassis	Component	2
Chroma Drac Helmet	Cosmetic	1
Chroma Prime Neuroptics	Component	4
Chroma Systems	Component	1
Daikyu	Primary	2 (1)
Dark Dagger	Melee	2
Dark Sword	Melee	2
Ember Backdraft Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Ember Phoenix Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Excalibur Avalon Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Excalibur Pendragon Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Forma	Enhancement	1
Frost Aurora Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Frost Squall Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Furis	Secondary	4
Galvarc	Ship Ordnance	(1)
Galvarc Mk I	Ship Ordnance	(1)
Galvarc Mk II	Ship Ordnance	(1)
Gara Neuroptics	Component	2
Gara Virago Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Gauss Mag Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Gazal Machete	Melee	(2)
Grakata	Primary	2
Grendel Glutt Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Grustrag Bolt Release	Item	1
Harrow Suffragan Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Hek	Primary	5
Hema	Primary	(50)
Hildryn Asuron Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Hind	Primary	6
Hydroid Triton Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Inaros Chassis	Component	3
Infested Catalyst x5	Gear	(14)
Itzal Systems	Component	2
Ivara Neuroptics	Component	5
Ivara Prime Systems	Component	4
Karak	Primary	2
Kavat Incubator Upgrade Segment	Orbiter Segment	(2)
Keratinos Gauntlet	Component	4
Kraken	Secondary	2
Lavos Cordatus Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Lenz	Primary	(50)
Lesion	Melee	4
Limbo Magrite Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Limbo Neuroptics	Component	2
Loki Enigma Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Loki Essence Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Loki Swindle Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Longwinder Trophy	Decoration	10
Mag Coil Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Mag Gauss Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Mesa Longhorn Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Mesa Ovis Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Mirage Neuroptics	Component	1
Mirage Prime Neuroptics	Component	5
Nagantaka	Primary	3
Nami Skyla	Melee	2 (1)
Nezha Neuroptics	Component	(1)
Nidus Chassis	Component	3
Nova Flux Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Nova Quantum Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Nyx Menticide Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Nyx Vespa Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Oberon Markhor Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Oberon Oryx Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Octavia Cadenza Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Octavia Chassis	Component	3
Odonata Prime Wings	Component	1
Odonata Systems	Component	1
Odonata Wings	Component	1
Onorix	Arch-Melee	3
Orokin Reactor	Enhancement	1
Pathocyst	Melee	5
Quatz	Secondary	5
Rhino Thrak Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Rhino Vanguard Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Saryn Chlora Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Saryn Hemlock Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Scimitar Avionics	Component	6
Shaku	Melee	(10)
Sigma Plating Mk I	Ship Component	(1)
Sigma Plating Mk II	Ship Component	(1)
Sigma Plating Mk III	Ship Component	(1)
Sobek	Primary	5
Stubba	Secondary	2
Stug	Secondary	3
Synthula	Resource	1
Taxon	Sentinel	1
Tenora	Primary	5
Titania Neuroptics	Component	2
Trinity Aura Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Trinity Meridian Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Twin Gremlins	Secondary	5
Tysis	Secondary	2
Umbra Forma	Enhancement	1
Valkyr Bastet Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Valkyr Kara Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Vasto	Secondary	4
Vauban Esprit Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Vauban Gambit Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Vectis	Primary	4
Veritux	Arch-Melee	2
Volt Prime Neuroptics	Component	2
Volt Pulse Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Volt Storm Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Wisp Gaoth Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Wukong Prime Neuroptics	Component	4
Wukong Systems	Component	2
Xiphos Avionics	Component	6
Zephyr Prime Systems	Component	3
Zephyr Tengu Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Zymos Barrel	Component	4

Total	317 (+157)
Research	x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Last updated: Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

Market

By purchasing this item you can directly exchange 10 Platinum 10 for 1 Neurodes.

—In-Game Description

Neurodes can be purchased directly from the market for 10 Platinum 10.

Gathering Tips

These are based on opinions and may not be true. These should be viewed as advice unless proven undoubtedly true. Check comments for confirmation. Results may vary. Please note each of the tips below is a subjective average, and may not necessarily represent your experiences.

Plato (Lua) guarantees a spawn of Sentients within the first couple of minutes. This is the most effective way of farming Neurodes, but bring a party, as Sentients do prove difficult.
Playing the assassination node of Lephantis on Deimos is one of the easiest ways to acquire Neurodes (1-2 average every run).
Newer players might find it helpful to search missions in Earth for Neuroptic Masses, the resource container for Neurodes. The chance for enemies to drop Neurodes is very low, making it worth spending time to search for the containers instead.
Sentient fighters spawning on Lua have a relatively high chance of dropping Neurodes (can be accessed upon completing The Second Dream quest).
Eris survivals and defense (including Dark Sectors) do NOT yield many Neurodes, about 1 for every 20 minutes/waves.

Trivia

The singular form of Neurodes is Neurodes, according to the game.
The descriptions of Neural Sensors and Neurodes were swapped several times, at one point completely reversing what the components clearly were. This was finally reverted in Hotfix 15.16.2 (2015-03-11) to properly fit their obvious designs.
In computing, Neurodes (likely a portmanteau of neuron and node) serve as the building blocks of artificial neural networks.
Prior to the removal of Trials, a reusable Neurodes blueprint that can be purchased from the market for 100 Platinum 100 or as a reward from The Law of Retribution Nightmare Raid: