Nightwave

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Description	Reward	End Time
Smaller Is Bigger Kill 150 Enemies with a Secondary Weapon	1,000‍1,000	( Ends in ) February 18, 2020 00:00:00 UTC3D1( Expired )tD hh mm ss:
Power Trip Kill 150 Enemies with Abilities	1,000‍1,000	( Ends in ) February 17, 2020 00:00:00 UTC3D1( Expired )tD hh mm ss:
Glider Kill 20 Enemies while Aim Gliding	1,000‍1,000	( Ends in ) February 16, 2020 00:00:00 UTC3D1( Expired )tD hh mm ss:

Icon	Description	Reward
	Conservationist Complete 6 different Perfect Animal Captures	4,500‍4,500
	Enhance! Pick up 8 Rare Mods	4,500‍4,500
	Sanctuary Researcher Complete 5 Scans for Cephalon Simaris	4,500‍4,500
	Test Subject Complete 8 waves of Sanctuary Onslaught	4,500‍4,500
	Venus Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems or Ore in the Orb Vallis	4,500‍4,500

Icon	Description	Reward
	Night Terror Complete 10 Nightmare missions of any type	7,000‍7,000
	Unlock Relics Unlock 10 Relics	7,000‍7,000

Nightwave

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Greed. Brutality. Oppression. True stories, all, and the System is full of them. Dreamers? You listening? The System needs you performing your good deeds for the day. Nora needs it. Needs you to act. To change things. Hear the news, Dreamers. Hear it, or be it. Your call. Because in Nora's System, no good act goes unrewarded. This is Nora Night. You're listening to Nightwave.

—Nora Night

Nightwave is a pirate radio station hosted by the enigmatic Nora Night. In-game, Nightwave serves as a unique Syndicate system that offers various player rewards such as Mods, Resources, Cosmetic items and more through the completion of various mission challenges.

Apart from the reward system, Nightwave will also feature various stories that further expand upon WARFRAME's lore through their broadcasts.

MechanicsEdit

Nightwave can be accessed from either the Orbiter's Navigation console, or on the Main Menu, through a banner on the lower right corner of the screen. Alternatively, players can interact with the Orbiter's Radio Scanner to the right of the ramp to access Nightwave.

The Nightwave system consists of daily and weekly challenges that players can complete to earn Nightwave Standing, which is used to rank up through Nightwave's 30 levels (15 in the Intermission I), with each level requiring 10,000‍10,000 to level up. Every level attained grants unique rewards, with much rarer rewards being available at much higher levels. Unlike with traditional Syndicate standing, Nightwave Standing is only used to increase Nightwave ranking, and any leftover Standing upon leveling up is carried over to the next level.

Upon reaching the maximum rank, players can prestige and "reset" their rank to 0. Each subsequent rank-up will then only unlock 15 Cred, a special currency to be spent in Cred Offerings. Players can only reach up to rank 30 after prestige for a total of 60 ranks (rank 60 after prestige for a total of 90 ranks in Intermission II).

NightwavePrestige — Upon reaching Rank 30, players can reset their rank by earning additional standing

SeriesEdit

Nightwave's reward system is presented in limited-duration seasons called Series, with each Series featuring its own story and set of level-up rewards themed after its accompanying lore. Each Series lasts for 10 - 11 weeks. All players start a new Series at rank 0, regardless of the ranks achieved in previous Series. Ranks achieved during previous Series can be seen in the Tune In screen of the Nightwave console.

Storyless Intermissions are introduced during long downtime between Series, with variable maximum ranking and duration, and featuring both unique and from previous series rewards, allowing players who couldn't get them when they first appeared to have another chance of doing so.

ActsEdit

Acts are challenges that players can complete to earn Standing to increase their rank in Nightwave. They fall under three categories of difficulty: Daily, Weekly, and Elite Weekly.

Daily Challenges are introduced daily, with each lasting 3 days, while 5 Weekly and 2 Elite Weekly Challenges are introduced on a weekly basis, and last for 7 days. Apart from the duration, the different Challenge tiers also offer different levels of difficulty, with Daily having the easiest tasks, and the Elite Weekly having the most difficult ones. All Daily Challenges reward 1,000‍1,000, Weeklies reward 4,500‍4,500 and Elite Weeklies reward 7,000‍7,000.

Any Weekly and Elite Weekly Acts that have not been completed before the next week's rotation will be put on reserve. Once you have have less than 3 current weekly Acts left to complete, any missed Acts from previous weeks will be available and marked as Recovered, three at a time. Once all missed Acts have been completed, they will no longer appear, only to be refreshed in future week rotations.

Possible known challenges for an Act are:

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Main article: Nightwave/Acts

Icon	Description	Reward	Tips and Notes
	Accelerator Kill 20 Enemies while Sliding	1,000‍1,000	Different from the similar Riven challenge: Counts total kills not consecutive, so you do not have to kill all enemies in one single slide, but can over multiple ones.
	Agent Complete a Mission	1,000‍1,000	It appears that some special missions like the three Grendel Missions on Europa do not count towards this challenge.
	Air It Out Deploy an Air Support Charge in a Mission	1,000‍1,000	The Air Support Charge blueprint will be automatically added to the Foundry after acquiring the Landing Craft Segment (blueprint acquirable from a Clan Dojo's Tenno Lab or directly bought built from the Market). Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Arsonist Kill 150 Enemies with Heat Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Heat Damage
	Attractive Kill 150 Enemies with Magnetic Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Magnetic Damage
	Biohazard Kill 150 Enemies with Gas Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Gas Damage
	Communicator Mark 5 Mods or Resources	1,000‍1,000	Marking a resource/mod is accomplished by targeting it and pressing the map marker (default G ) key. Markers can still be placed on ones already picked up by the player (as long as not all of the squad have as well) by marking the residual light pillar (green for rare resources, bronze/silver/gold for mods of respective rarity, purple for blueprint drops). Reactant is considered a valid resource (despite it being already system marked by default).
	Deep Freeze Kill 150 Enemies with Cold Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Environmental kills (through nitrogen barrels) count as well. Sources of Cold Damage
	Detonator Kill 150 Enemies with Blast Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Environmental kills (through exploding barrels) count as well. Sources of Blast Damage
	Energizing Pick up 20 Energy Orbs	1,000‍1,000	As energy orbs will not be picked up on full energy status, a repeated use of abilities is suggested to quickly complete the challenge.
	Everything Old is New Again Complete 3 Transmutations	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Executioner Kill 10 Enemies with Finishers	1,000‍1,000	Easiest type of finisher are stealth finishers, so either employ a stealth frame or simply sneak up on enemies. Alternatively, use a frame with blinding abilities for frontal/backstab finishers. The least convenient option are knockdown abilities or weapons for a follow-up ground finisher.
	Expressive Play 1 Emote	1,000‍1,000	Hold the radial gear menu key (default Q ), then while holding switch to the Emote section (press Right Mouse ) and select an emote to perform. The Emote must be performed outside the Orbiter.
	Glider Kill 20 Enemies while Aim Gliding	1,000‍1,000	Different from the similar Riven challenge: Counts total kills not consecutive, so you do not have to kill all enemies in one single glide but can over multiple ones.
	Grafitti Deploy a Glyph	1,000‍1,000	The Glyph gear item has to be equipped in the Arsenal before it can be deployed in a mission. Hold the radial gear menu key (default Q ), then select the Glyph item.
	Hacker Hack 8 Consoles	1,000‍1,000	Use of a Cipher still counts as successful hack.
	Kleptomaniac Open 20 Lockers	1,000‍1,000	A Kubrow or Kavat companion equipped with the Scavenge mod will allow for faster completion of the act. A Warframe equipped with Master Thief is also a good option. The Corpus Gas City tileset on Jupiter is recommended for the act, as it contains the largest number of lockers in the game.
	Loyalty Interact with your Kubrow or Kavat	1,000‍1,000	Approach your matured pet and press E (no context prompt will be visible) to interact with it outside the Incubator. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Marksman Kill 40 Enemies with Headshots	1,000‍1,000	Projectile abilities (like Ash's Shuriken) or attacks from melee weapons can also perform "headshots" if they strike a target's head as killing blow.
	Meltdown Kill 150 Enemies with Corrosive Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Corrosive Damage
	Mow Them Down Kill 150 Enemies with a Primary Weapon	1,000‍1,000	Exalted weapons are counted for this challenge: Ivara's Artemis Bow Operator Amps also count.
	Poisoner Kill 150 Enemies with Toxin Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Toxin Damage
	Power Trip Kill 150 Enemies with Abilities	1,000‍1,000	Exalted Weapons (like Excalibur's Exalted Blade and Baruuk's Desert Wind) count for the challenge, as they are considered abilities. Kills by Kavat companions also count. Kills by Syndicate Radial Effects also count.
	Reactor Kill 150 Enemies with Radiation Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Radiation Damage
	Researcher Scan 25 Objects or Enemies	1,000‍1,000	Only active scans count (Codex Scanner, Synthesis Scanner and Helios). Passive scans ( Heliocor) do not count. Bonus Scans from the Synthesis Scanner's Cross-Matrix Widget count.
	Saver Pick up 15,000 Credits	1,000‍1,000	Only Credits which are picked up during a mission are counted towards the challenge. Any after-mission rewards (from caches, Index, Dark Sectors, etc.) are not valid. The first mission after the daily log-in reset has an innate Credit Double boost applied.
	Sharing is Caring Kill 150 Enemies with Viral Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Viral Damage
	Shiny Pick up 8 Mods	1,000‍1,000	Mods must be picked up during a mission. Mods as a mission reward (i.e. from Nightmare Mode missions) do not count.
	Short Circuit Kill 150 Enemies with Electricity Damage	1,000‍1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts. Sources of Electricity Damage
	Smaller Is Bigger Kill 150 Enemies with a Secondary Weapon	1,000‍1,000	Exalted weapons are counted for this challenge: Hildryn's Balefire Charger Mesa's Regulators Titania's Dex Pixia
	Sword Dance Kill 150 Enemies with a Melee Weapon	1,000‍1,000	Exalted weapons are counted for this challenge: Baruuk's Desert Wind Excalibur's Exalted Blade Titania's Diwata Valkyr's Valkyr Talons Wukong's Iron Staff
	The Hunt is On Find 5 Syndicate Medallions	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Trampoline Bullet Jump 150 times	1,000‍1,000	—
	Warning Shot Kill 200 Enemies	1,000‍1,000	—
Note: Each challenge saves/updates its objective automatically with each step, so no progress is lost if a mission fails or is abandoned.

Icon	Description	Reward	Tips and Notes
	Animator Fully socket 3 Ayatan Sculptures	4,500‍4,500	One guaranteed sculpture can be acquired through Maroo's weekly mission. Arbitrations have a high chance to reward sculptures. Infested Salvage (Oestrus, Eris) has a 1 in 6 chance of spawning a sculpture and can be searched very quickly.
	Assassin Complete 3 Assassination missions	4,500‍4,500	Only counts per mission, so multi-target assassinations (Ceres or Neptune) will not count extra.
	Cache Hunter Find all caches in 3 Sabotage missions	4,500‍4,500	Mission has to be completed after finding all caches for it to count.
	Conservationist Complete 6 different Perfect Animal Captures	4,500‍4,500	Perfect captures depend on not scaring away or hurting the animal, as well as tranquilizing them quickly. Only counts up to 1 animal per attempt/lure, so even if multiple animals spawn at once and are captured perfectly it will increase just by one.
	Don't Blow It Complete 12 Conduits in Disruption	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the Natah Quest. Does not count consecutive (in one run), but total successful completions (over several runs). Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Don't Fear The Reaper Complete 3 Kuva Siphon Missions	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Kuva Flood missions are a variation of Kuva Siphon, so they also count towards this challenge. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Earth Bounty Hunter Complete 5 different Bounties in the Plains of Eidolon	4,500‍4,500	Requires presence at completion of all stages of a Bounty to count, so if one loads in after the first stage has already been completed the challenge will not count it. All bounties must be different. Repeating a bounty, even after completing a different one in-between, will not count. The same tier of bounty in a different rotation will count. Eidolon, Ghoul Purge, and Operation: Plague Star bounties also count towards this challenge.
	Earth Fisher Catch 6 Rare Fish in the Plains of Eidolon	4,500‍4,500	Rare species are: Cuthol Glappid Murkray Norg Only counts per successful catch, so resource boosters do not double the counter.
	Earth Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems or Ore in the Plains of Eidolon	4,500‍4,500	Rare Gems or Ore are: Crimzian Nyth Sentirum Auron Only counts per successful mine, thus: Resource boosters do not double the counter. Acquiring two valid gems/ores from one vein by "critical" mining will double the counter.
	Eliminator Complete 3 Exterminate missions	4,500‍4,500	Completing Crossfire mission variants count for this challenge as well.
	Enhance! Pick up 8 Rare Mods	4,500‍4,500	Mods must be picked up. Acquiring rare mods as a mission reward (i.e. from Nightmare Mode missions) doesn't count. The Index is a great source for enemies that have a high chance of dropping Rare Mods. Ambushed Coildrives drop a guaranteed Rare Mod at the end of the defense phase during Fortuna Bounties.
	Eximus Eliminator Kill 30 Eximus	4,500‍4,500	High or increased Eximus spawns occur in: Sanctuary Onslaught Sortie missions with the Eximus stronghold modifier
	Good Friend Help Clem with his weekly mission	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the A Man of Few Words Quest. Speak to Darvo at any relay to start the mission. If you have already done the mission recently, it only becomes available again after 7 days, potentially locking you out of completing the weekly Act solo due to the overlapping reset windows. However, other players can still take you to their mission if you are in a squad.
	Invader Complete 9 Invasion missions of any type	4,500‍4,500	Completing invasion missions beyond 3/3 completion for battle pay counts.
	Jailer Complete 3 Capture missions	4,500‍4,500	—
	Not a Warning Shot Kill 500 Enemies	4,500‍4,500	—
	Now Boarding Complete 3 different K-Drive races in Orb Vallis	4,500‍4,500	When riding the K-Drive, open the map to see all the available K-Drive Races. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Operative Complete 3 Spy missions	4,500‍4,500	—
	Polarized Polarize with Forma 1 time (not in Simulacrum)	4,500‍4,500	Umbra Forma and Aura Forma are counted for this challenge.
	Protector Complete 3 Mobile Defense missions	4,500‍4,500	—
	Rescuer Complete 3 Rescue missions	4,500‍4,500	—
	Saboteur Complete 3 Sabotage missions	4,500‍4,500	—
	Sanctuary Researcher Complete 5 Scans for Cephalon Simaris	4,500‍4,500	Simaris' daily Synthesis targets provide 2-4 scans. To get new daily scans, completed ones must be turned in before daily reset (00:00 UTC) Completed scans of targets of/by other players do count as well, as long as the player is in range of the scan. Personal Research from the console behind Simaris can be used to get more scans, but each one can only be completed once.
	Sound Sleeper Complete 3 Nightmare missions of any type	4,500‍4,500	Nightmare missions are unlocked for a planet once all nodes (except Dark Sectors) of that planet are completed.
	Sortie Specialist Complete 1 Sortie	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Completion will not trigger if the Sortie had been completed earlier the same day (Sortie and Nightwave reset windows do not overlap).
	Supporter Complete 10 Syndicate missions	4,500‍4,500	Requires Rank 1 with any Faction Syndicate (Steel Meridian, Arbiters of Hexis, New Loka, Red Veil, Cephalon Suda or The Perrin Sequence). Cephalon Simaris' Synthesis or Sanctuary Onslaught missions do not count despite appearing under the Syndicate missions tab.
	Test Subject Complete 8 waves of Sanctuary Onslaught	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the The New Strange Quest. Waves do not have to be completed in succession, only total.
	Tusk Thumpin' Kill a Tusk Thumper in the Plains of Eidolon	4,500‍4,500	Requires being within 200 meters of the Thumper when it dies. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Unlock Relics Unlock 3 Relics	4,500‍4,500	—
	Vault Looter Unlock 4 Orokin Derelict Vaults	4,500‍4,500	Orokin Vaults are located in any mission in the Orokin Derelict (except Orokin Derelict Defense) and require Orokin Derelict Keys to access them from the Star Chart. Orokin Derelict Capture is the easiest mission to farm vaults on, as players can quickly kill the capture target and then search for the vault in peace. Players can equip all 4 Dragon Keys in their gear simultaneously to open these vaults solo. Ensure you have a Warframe that can withstand the lowered health and shields ( Inaros is recommended) and a weapon with high damage to compensate for lowered damage output.
	Venus Bounty Hunter Complete 5 different bounties in the Orb Vallis	4,500‍4,500	Requires presence at completion of all stages of a Bounty to count, so if one loads in after the first stage has already been completed the challenge will not count it. All bounties must be different. Repeating a bounty, even after completing a different one in-between, will not count. The same tier of bounty in a different rotation will count. Profit-Taker Orb and Exploiter Orb bounties from the Vox Solaris Syndicate also count towards this challenge. The second mission of the Profit Taker bounties are especially the fastest.
	Venus Fisher Catch 6 Rare Servofish in the Orb Vallis	4,500‍4,500	Rare species are: Longwinder Tromyzon Charamote Synathid Only counts per successful catch, so resource boosters do not double the counter.
	Venus Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems or Ore in the Orb Vallis	4,500‍4,500	Rare Gems or Ore are: Amarast Thyst Zodian Hesperon Only counts per successful mine, thus: Resource boosters do not double the counter. Acquiring two valid gems/ores from one vein by "critical" mining will double the counter.
Note: Each challenge saves/updates its objective automatically with each step, so no progress is lost if a mission fails or is abandoned.

Icon	Description	Reward	Tips and Notes
	Ascendant Complete 4 Halls of Ascension on Lua	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The Second Dream Quest. Solutions to each puzzle can be found on the Orokin Moon page, along with their appearances.
	Day Trader Win 3 wagers in a row without letting the enemy score in one match of The Index	7,000‍7,000	Can be completed on any risk level of the Index. On the Gas Works map, be wary that the point can be accessed from underneath. Frames with area denial/terrain generation make this task easy with high Ability Duration: Atlas' Tectonics Gara's Mass Vitrify (not recommended on Gas Works due to entrance from below) Khora's Strangledome Limbo's Cataclysm with Stasis
	Defense Complete a Defense mission reaching at least wave 20	7,000‍7,000	—
	Elite Test Subject Complete 8 Zones of Elite Sanctuary Onslaught	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The New Strange Quest. Waves do not have to be completed in succession, only total.
	Eximus Executioner Kill 100 Eximus	7,000‍7,000	High or increased Eximus spawns occur in: Sanctuary Onslaught Sortie missions with the Eximus stronghold modifier
	Flying High Defeat the Ropalolyst	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the Chimera Prologue Quest. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
	Grove Guardian Kill 1 Silver Grove Specter	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The Silver Grove Quest. Players who haven't completed the quest can still complete the challenge by having other players use their Apothics on the shrine (consider the Recruitment Chat channel to find a group). An Apothic must be placed at the Silver Grove shrine, as in the Silver Grove quest. The shrine can be found in any mission (except Defense) that has the Grineer Forest tileset. Each player can use up to 2 Apothics of one type. Lotus will tell players carrying an Apothic when the Silver Grove is nearby. The entrance is very small and narrow, so players must search carefully. Player must be within the grove when the specter is killed for it to count towards completion of the challenge.
	Hold Your Breath Survive over 30 minutes in Kuva Survival	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered. Using Nekros' Desecrate to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy. This is more effective with dismembering weapons, as Nekros has more corpses to Desecrate. Since Desecration is client-side, multiple Nekros can sometimes Desecrate the same corpse for even more drops.
	Hydrolyst Hunter Kill or Capture an Eidolon Hydrolyst	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. A bounty for the Hydrolyst is available from Konzu at night to easily find a group.
	Kill Profit-Taker Kill Profit-Taker	7,000‍7,000	Requires Rank 5: Old Mate with Solaris United.
	Kill Shot Kill 1,500 Enemies	7,000‍7,000	—
	Night Terror Complete 10 Nightmare missions of any type	7,000‍7,000	Nightmare missions are unlocked for a planet once all nodes (except Dark Sectors) of that planet are completed.
	Silent Eliminator Complete an Extermination mission with only level 30 or higher enemies without triggering alarms	7,000‍7,000	—
	Sortie Expert Complete 3 Sorties	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. A Sortie is deemed complete if all three missions are completed.
	Survival Complete a Survival mission reaching at least 30 minutes	7,000‍7,000	Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered. Using Nekros' Desecrate to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy. This is more effective with dismembering weapons, as Nekros has more corpses to Desecrate. Since Desecration is client-side, multiple Nekros can sometimes Desecrate the same corpse for even more drops.
	Unlock Relics Unlock 10 Relics	7,000‍7,000	Only counts the player's relics being unlocked, so a full squad in a Fissure mission will not count for 4 relics.
	Walk Without Rhythm Kill a Tusk Thumper Doma in the Plains of Eidolon	7,000‍7,000	Requires being within 200 meters of the Thumper when it dies. Was added during Season 2 of Nightwave
Note: Each challenge saves/updates its objective automatically with each step, so no progress is lost if a mission fails or is abandoned.

Description	Reward	Tips and Notes
Survival with Friends Complete a Survival mission reaching at least 60 minutes while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000‍5,000	Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered. Using Nekros' Desecrate to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy. This is more effective with dismembering weapons, as Nekros has more corpses to Desecrate. Since Desecration is client-side, multiple Nekros can sometimes Desecrate the same corpse for even more drops. Was only available during Season 1 of Nightwave
Hold Your Breath Survive over 60 minutes without using Life Support Modules in Kuva Survival	5,000‍5,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered. Using Nekros' Desecrate to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy. This is more effective with dismembering weapons, as Nekros has more corpses to Desecrate. Since Desecration is client-side, multiple Nekros can sometimes Desecrate the same corpse for even more drops. Life Support Modules can be turned into Kuva Harvesters without breaking the challenge. Was only available during Season 1 of Nightwave
Sortie with Friends Complete a Sortie while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000‍5,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Completion is triggered at the end of the third mission, so mission 1 and 2 can be completed solo or random beforehand. Challenge will not trigger if the Sortie had already been completed earlier the same day, only on the first successful completion. Was only available during Season 1 of Nightwave
Kill Profit-Taker with Friends Kill Profit-Taker while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000‍5,000	Requires Rank 5: Old Mate with Solaris United. Was only available during Season 1 of Nightwave
Defense with Friends Complete a Defense mission reaching at least wave 40 while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000‍5,000	Was only available during Season 1 of Nightwave
Gilded Gild 1 Modular Items	4,500‍4,500	Modular items are: Zaw Kitgun MOA (Companion) Amp A K-Drive can not be gilded. The Mote Amp counts as a modular item, despite its predefined make-up. Was only available during Season 1 & 2 of Nightwave

Cred Offerings StoreEdit

Apart from the ranking rewards, Nightwave also features a Cred Offering store, where players can purchase various items such as Aura Mods and Cosmetics.

During each series of Nightwave, players can earn an exclusive special Cred currency by ranking up, which are then used to purchase the aforementioned Nightwave offerings. Note that after the end of the particular series, this currency will expire and the next Nightwave series will introduce a new currency to spend. Any unspent Cred after a particular series can be sold from your inventory for 5000‍5000 each.

Cred OfferingsEdit

These items can be purchased using Nightwave's current Cred‍Cred. Note that these items are on 7-day rotation, so not all of them will be offered at any given point.

Main article: Nightwave/Offerings

Weapon Blueprints (50‍50 each)

Alternate Helmets Blueprints (35‍35 each)

Exclusive articles of each Series

Syndicate Sculptures#Saturn Six Ornament

Orbiter#Syndicate Sculptures#Emissary Ornament

Gear Items

Resources (always available)

Others (always available)

Current SeriesEdit

Intermission IIEdit

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Main article: Nightwave/Intermission II

Intermission II began on October 21st, 2019.

This mini-series lacks an involved story, serving as an interim gap between Series 2 and 3 for rank rewards. It has 30 Ranks using Intermission II Cred‍Intermission II Cred as currency, and can be prestiged for 60 more ranks after max for additional Creds.

Ranking RewardsEdit

In the order of ranking and total cumulative standing respectively:

Rank 1 - 10,000‍10,000: Intermission II Creds x150
Rank 2 - 20,000‍20,000: Endo x2,000
Rank 3 - 30,000‍30,000: Weapon Slots x2
Rank 4 - 40,000‍40,000: Ducats x200
Rank 5 - 50,000‍50,000: Arlo's Flame Decoration
Rank 6 - 60,000‍60,000: Intermission II Creds x50
Rank 7 - 70,000‍70,000: Kuva x20,000
Rank 8 - 80,000‍80,000: Wolf Salute – Emote
Rank 9 - 90,000‍90,000: Orokin Catalyst (built)
Rank 10 - 100,000‍100,000: Orokin Reactor (built)
Rank 11 - 110,000‍110,000: Intermission II Creds x50
Rank 12 - 120,000‍120,000: Kuva x20,000
Rank 13 - 130,000‍130,000: Napalm Grenades augment mod
Rank 14 - 140,000‍140,000: 3-Day Affinity Booster
Rank 15 - 150,000‍150,000: Eidolon Ephemera
Rank 16 - 160,000‍160,000: Intermission II Creds x50
Rank 17 - 170,000‍170,000: Exilus Warframe Adapter
Rank 18 - 180,000‍180,000: Ancient – Scrawl (K-Drive cosmetic)
Rank 19 - 190,000‍190,000: Liset Athari Skin
Rank 20 - 200,000‍200,000: Wild Frenzy augment mod
Rank 21 - 210,000‍210,000: Intermission II Creds x50
Rank 22 - 220,000‍220,000: Forma Bundle (3x Forma)
Rank 23 - 230,000‍230,000: Ayatan Anasa Sculpture
Rank 24 - 240,000‍240,000: Intermission II Creds x50
Rank 25 - 250,000‍250,000: Arcane Energize (unranked)
Rank 26 - 260,000‍260,000: Aura Forma (built)
Rank 27 - 270,000‍270,000: Warframe Slot
Rank 28 - 280,000‍280,000: Saturn Six Syandana
Rank 29 - 290,000‍290,000: Umbra Forma (built)
Rank 30 - 300,000‍300,000: Saturn Six Armor Bundle
Rank 31-90 - 300,000‍300,000+: Intermission II Creds x15 every rank

Previous SeriesEdit

Series 1 — The Wolf of Saturn SixEdit

Main article: Nightwave/Series 1

Series 1 began on February 27th, 2019 and lasted until May 19th, 2019.

StoryEdit

Series 1 introduced the Wolf of Saturn Six, a Grineer fugitive that escaped from the previously undisclosed Saturn Six Max-Pen with his Saturn Six Fugitive pack, and are actively hunting the Tenno.

Series 1: WOLF OF SATURN SIX
Teasers Nightwave: Series 1 Trailer "Hey there, Dreamers. You hearing me? Looks like things are kicking off. Mark the frequency. The time has come to act together. Acts of defiance. Acts of generosity. Acts of sacrifice. This is how we turn the system round. Nora sleeps better knowing her dreamers are out there, workin' to lift us up." Nightwave: Series 1 Episode 2 Teaser "You still with me, Dreamers? What's keeping you up? For me, it's the gap-waves. Let's check what's next." Nightwave: Series 1 Episode 3 Teaser "Hey there, Dreamers. I'm Nora Night, saying... you live with wolves you better act like one." Nightwave: Series 1 Episode 4 Teaser "It's a bad moon, Dreamers. Can you feel it? We both know what happens next... when a Wolf finds its pack... they hunt." Nightwave: Series 1 Episode 5 Teaser "Is this the end? I hope so... but if I were you, I'd keep a ear out. Stay deadly, Dreamers."
Episodes Introduction to The Wolf of Saturn Six "It's a bad moon, Dreamers. Can you feel it? Hm. From my perch, at Nightwave, I listen at the windows of the wealthy and well-to-do. Ever heard of Saturn Six? News to me too. Turns out the Grineer have a Max-Pen floating some six leagues deep in the gas. No one knew about it... 'cause no one ever busted out. Until now, right? Some Grineer meathead they started calling 'The Wolf'. On account of him taking up howlin' at night. Decrypts say he was a model prisoner, doing the time. Fabbin' bombs with the rest of his con brothers. Apple of the Warden's eye even. But something cracked, and now he's out there on the loose... the so called Wolf of Saturn Six." "Greed. Brutality. Opression. True stories, all, and the System is full of them. Dreamers? You listening? The System needs you performing your good deeds for the day. Nora needs it. Needs you to act. To change things. Hear the news, Dreamers. Hear it, or be it. Your call. Because in Nora's System, no good act goes unrewarded. This is Nora Night. You're listening to Nightwave." Nightwave Second Diorama "It's late. You still with me, Dreamers? Soon we'll see the sun curve over the Venusian sky. A hot blue taste. What's keeping you up? For me, it's the gap-waves, all abuzz with the doings of a certain big, bad, Wolf. Why didn't he run? Why didn't he hit that Solar Rail as far as it would take him? Instead, he's stalking those soul-bare, money-huggers 'round Jupiter. My birds are sayin' the Corpus net got flipped. A system-wide message from the Wolf. DELIVER GHARN. Where'd a meathead learn a trick like that? And who's Gharn? Baby, you can guess... he's the Warden of Saturn Six! A big man, too well dressed for his station, too well fed for his rank. And he's in the solar wind too... think he knows how the Wolf came to howlin'?" Nightwave Third Diorama "An ice-night in Neptune, Dreamers. Hmm. Hold yours close and true, and hey... if you're between stops... Nora knows that mood. But our Wolf... he's not alone tonight. Add this with me: the howler breaks out of Saturn Six. But get this... the howling doesn't stop... someone else takes to singing that cruel song. The Wolf knows why, and it called him back to the scene of the crime. Warden Gharn's little side business. Mmm. Sellin' Grineer lemons for a Corpus squeeze. So freedom's got no hold on the Wolf, does it? No. It's the sisters and brothers from the joint that matter to him.. The pack. We both know what happens next... when a Wolf finds its pack... they hunt. " Nightwave Fourth Diorama "The message read: GHARN IS YOURS. An anonymous gift. I know what this looks like. But the Wolf's too cold for revenge. The Grineer appoint Wardens for life. The Wolf had no choice but to shorten the term. Not payback, just 'never again'. But it was too easy. Days like these, an easy meal means you're taking someone's bait. Alad V's. The devil in a Corpus cloak. Got the Wolf in an all-new prison, baby. Only this one's not made of bars, it's made of chemicals... hmmm...guess we all know someone like that. The whole lot has been transformed into these 'Amalgam Dogs'... his words. Hybridized, juiced on some Sentient strain. No nice way to put it. I think the pack is coming after you, Dreamers." Nightwave Fifth Diorama "Passing by that Mercury Junction... shimmering hot, tonight. Word on the grid is the devil's got his due... hmm. Should have known. We saw the signs, didn't we? Sure. The Wolf got tough... tougher. But more than that, the Wolf got smart. Got a pack together. Worked the Corpus crypto. He's his own man now. Leavin' no more tracks. Is this the end? Dreamers, I hope so... but if I were you, I'd keep an ear out... 'cause one of these days you just might hear that howl come round your shoulder. This is Nora Night, signing off. Stay deadly, Dreamers."

WARFRAME - Nightwave Wolf of Saturn Six (All Episodes)

Story Of The Wolf Of Saturn Six (Warframe)

Warframe - Nightwave Cinematic 2

Warframe - Nightwave Cinematic 3

Warframe - Nightwave Cinematic 4

Warframe - Nightwave Cinematic 5

The Wolf of Saturn 6 All Cutscenes - Nightwave Series 1(Warframe)

MechanicsEdit

In addition to Acts, reputation can also be earned by finding and capturing three Saturn Six Fugitives that spawn randomly in missions, granting 50‍50 per Capture. If the player waits too long before capturing them, they will die and no reputation will be given but it will still count as them being eliminated. A secondary objective labeled "Fugitives Eliminated" will appear when they spawn in a mission. Fugitive groups can spawn multiple times in a single mission. These enemies appear in the "unaffiliated" category in the codex, as despite being Grineer biologically, they are fugitives.
The Wolf of Saturn Six can randomly spawn in most missions similar to Assassins, acting as a field boss. He has a 4% chance to spawn in missions below level 20, and 6% for missions level 20 and above.^[1] Defeating him has a chance to reward a component for his signature hammer, the Wolf Sledge.
- Following Episode 4, the Wolf became Sentient-turned, and has a chance to drop the Saturn Six Mask.
Toward the end of this series, a Tactical Alert was issued which features an Assassination mission for the Wolf.