Nightwave

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Nightwave

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This Syndicate is neutral to other Syndicates.

Substitution

Preceded by

Alert and Challenge Reward

Since

Update 24.3

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

Mechanics[edit | edit source]

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 will automatically prestige, "resetting" their rank to 0. Each subsequent rank-up will then only unlock 15 Cred, a special currency to be spent in Cred Offerings. The amount of additional ranks varies between Series.

Upon reaching Rank 30, players start gaining standing in "prestige" ranks.

Series[edit | edit source]

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 several months. 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.

Acts[edit | edit source]

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 the player has fewer 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, and any further Acts can be recovered in the 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 do not count towards this challenge: The three Grendel Missions on Europa The Plains of Eidolon and the Orb Vallis
	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
	Child at Heart Play a game of Frame Fighter, Happy Zephyr, or Wyrmius	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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).
	Confiscated Hijack a Crewship from the enemy	1,500‍1,500	This Challenge rewarded 4,500‍4,500 despite being a Daily challenge, but was corrected after Update 27.5.6. Players who completed the challenge before the update kept the extra Standing. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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
	Deep Impact Suspend 5 or more enemies in the air at once with a Heavy Slam Melee Attack	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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
	Doppelganger Deploy a Specter	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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	Stealth and Front/Back Finishers can be used to complete this act (but not Ground Finishers). 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.
	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 (however it may be performed in a social zone, such as a Relay or Clan Dojo).
	Gatherer Collect 1,500 Resources	1,000‍1,000	Collected resources are counted upon mission completion. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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 or Auto Breach still counts as successful hack.
	Hands Full Complete a Mission with only a Primary Weapon equipped	1,000‍1,000	Doing this challenge as Garuda makes it easier, as Garuda's Talons does not count as an equipped melee weapon. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Hush Kill a Kuva Thrall	1,000‍1,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Just Visiting Visit a Featured Dojo	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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.
	No Mercy Mercy Kill an Enemy	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Patron Donate to the Leverian	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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
	Reclaimed Clear a personal Kuva Lich Influenced Node	1,000‍1,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Researcher Scan 25 Objects or Enemies	1,000‍1,000	Only active scans count (Codex Scanner, Synthesis Scanner, Helios and Oxylus with Botanist). 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.) do not contribute to this challenge. The first mission after the daily log-in reset has an innate Credit Double boost applied. Secura Lecta has an innate chance for increased credit drops from its victims.
	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. Railjack Avionics also count as mods for this act.
	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
	Sidearm Complete a Mission with only a Secondary Weapon equipped	1,000‍1,000	Doing this challenge as Garuda makes it easier, as Garuda's Talons does not count as an equipped melee weapon. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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
	Swordsman Complete a Mission with only a Melee Weapon equipped	1,000‍1,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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. Different subspecies of the same animal will count as different animal captures.
	Don't Blow It Complete 12 Conduits in Disruption	4,500‍4,500	Requires completion of the Natah Quest. Conduits do not have to be completed in succession, only total. 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 (e.g. 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
	Explorer Complete 3 Railjack Missions	4,500‍4,500	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Flawless Clear a Railjack Boarding Party without your Warframe taking damage	4,500‍4,500	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Forward Thinking Destroy a Crewship with Forward Artillery	4,500‍4,500	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Friendly Fire While piloting a hijacked Crewship, destroy 3 enemy Fighters	4,500‍4,500	Was added during Season 3 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. It is also the most effective modular item for this challenge, only costing 500‍500 from The Quills with a 10 minute crafting time.
	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.
	Heavy Ordnance Kill 500 enemies with an Arch Gun	4,500‍4,500	Exalted weapons are counted for this challenge: Voidrig's Arquebex Titania's Dex Pixia does not count for this challenge. An Arch Gun can be deployed on ground missions for an easier completion of the challenge by using the Archgun Deployer or Necramech Summon and if it has a Gravimag. The Deployer is obtained after completing the third phase of the Profit-Taker Orb Heist, which requires Solaris United Rank 5. The Necramech Summon is obtained from crafting a Voidrig, which requires Necraloid Rank 2. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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. Races in the Cambion Drift are counted for this challenge. 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, Aura Forma, and Stance 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. Elite Sanctuary Onslaught waves count toward this challenge.
	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. Any variant of Tusk Thumper count toward this challenge 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. Rare Gems and Ores acquired within Deck 12 do not count.
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. Apollo, Lua (Disruption) may generate conduits within a Hall of Ascension.
	Choose Wisely Kill or Convert a Kuva Lich	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. See Kuva Lich for more details. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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 Explorer Complete 8 Railjack Missions	7,000‍7,000	Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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. See Ropalolyst for more details on how to fight this boss. 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). Players who haven't started the quest while below the MR requirement can't complete this nightwave. 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 for over 30 minutes without using Life Support Modules in Kuva Survival	7,000‍7,000	Requires completion of the The War Within Quest. Timer begins after the alarm is triggered. Using additional loot abilities ( Atlas' Ore Gaze, Ivara's Prowl, Hydroid's Pilfering Swarm, Khora's Pilfering Strangledome, Wukong's Monkey Luck passive, Nekros's Desecrate, and Chesa Kubrow's Retrieve) to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy.
	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. See Eidolon Hydrolyst for more details on how to fight this boss.
	Profit-Taker Kill Profit-Taker	7,000‍7,000	Requires Rank 5: Old Mate with Solaris United. See Profit-Taker Orb for more details on how to fight this boss.
	Kill Shot Kill 1,500 Enemies	7,000‍7,000	—
	Machine Interference Complete a Spy mission with 3 manual console hacks and no alarms	7,000‍7,000	No alarms must be set for the entire mission. Auto Breach and Perspicacity do not interfere with this challenge. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	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.
	Nothing but Profit Kill The Exploiter Orb	7,000‍7,000	See Exploiter Orb for more details on how to fight this boss. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Silent Eliminator Complete an Extermination mission with only level 30 or higher enemies without triggering alarms	7,000‍7,000	Warframes who can turn invisible such as Loki's Invisibility and Ivara's Prowl, equipped with a strong melee weapon can trivialize this challenge. Infested missions as well as the Void have no alarms for the enemies to trigger.
	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.
	Speedster Finish a Capture mission in less than 90 seconds	7,000‍7,000	Running a low level Capture mission with high-speed Warframes such as Volt, Gauss or Wisp is the best method to complete this challenge. Was added during Season 3 of Nightwave
	Survival Complete a Survival mission reaching at least 30 minutes	7,000‍7,000	Timer begins after the alarm is triggered. Using additional loot abilities ( Atlas' Ore Gaze, Ivara's Prowl, Hydroid's Pilfering Swarm, Khora's Pilfering Strangledome, Wukong's Monkey Luck passive, Nekros's Desecrate, and Chesa Kubrow's Retrieve) to roll for additional Life Support Packs off enemies comes in handy.
	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	Higher chance of spawning while playing a high level Bounty. Requires being within 200 meters of the Thumper when it dies. See Tusk Thumper Doma for more details on how to fight this enemy. 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

Cred Offerings[edit | edit source]

Apart from the ranking rewards, Nightwave also features a Cred Offering store, where players can purchase various items such as Vauban components, Orokin Catalyst, Orokin Reactor, Nitain Extract, Aura and Conclave Mods, weapon blueprints and skins, Warframe Cosmetics, and Orbiter Decorations.

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 the inventory for 5000‍5000 each.

During the downtime between Nightwave series (including Intermissions), the store will be inaccessible until the next series begins.

Note that the shop's 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)

Decorations

Gear Items

Resources (always available)

Others (always available)

Current Series[edit | edit source]

Series 3 — Glassmaker[edit | edit source]

Main article: Nightwave/Series 3

Nightwave Series 3: Glassmaker began on May 12, 2020 at 2 p.m ET and will last until January 24, 2021.

Story[edit | edit source]

Series 3 introduces a mysterious Cephalon known as the "Glassmaker", named for crystallizing its victims into glass, a form of punishment used in the old Orokin era.

This series introduces a new interactive mechanic where players must perform detective work on the Glassmaker's victims to uncover the mystery behind the murderer.

Series 3: GLASSMAKER
Teasers Teaser trailer of the series. Nightwave: Series 3 Teaser Trailer Nora Night: "Dreamers, someone's got it puzzled out again. Waves are buzzin'. New Glass is showing up. Souls getting' snapped up and up and [distorted] trapped up. No sign of our killer and not a soul... to tell us where he..."
Episodes Released on all platforms on May 12, 2020. Glassmaker Introduction Nora Night: "Heard of those cubes? You know - "Cephalons" right? Probably got one a bit-cracked kissin' up to you all the time? See, in the old days, crime and punishment was all in the hands of those Orokin judges, the Seven. Mercy was a quick flash of the Jade light... But - if they wanted to make an example, they'd suck up your soul and make you a prisoner of the glass, forever. Seems like magic to us nowadays, but dreamers... someone's got it puzzled out again. Waves are buzzing, new glass is showing up. Souls getting snapped up and trapped up. All we've got to go on is this crime-simula I pulled from the weave. No sign of our killer and not a soul to tell us where they went..." "Well, take a look around. See if you can suss out any clues about whoever this... 'Glassmaker' might be." Inspecting Dead Ostron Man "Used to be a middle-aged Ostron, but he's been... degraded. From the inside out. Glassed... but not all the way. You seeing that left hand? Burned. Weirdest of the weird? What's left of him is... resonating. Like... singing some weird-assed song. Not diggin' this. Not. At. All." Inspecting Ayatan Eye The eye projects a flickering symbol from its faintingly glowing gem. "Folklore has it these Ayatans used to hold memories. Nowadays, some Ostrons survive peddling Old War trinkets like this, harvested from the Tower." The symbol depicts either an eye, a dagger, or a pentagram. Inspecting Ostron Weapon No signs of significant wear. "Not the tools of someone who works the Tower scaffolds. Was he expecting trouble?" The weapon can be a dagger, a sword, or a spear. Inspecting 1st Corpus Data Log Transaction Declined You remind me of this Venusian kid I knew, pitched me a big score reselling K-charges on the low market. Look at all those munitions, he said, like a threshcone harvest! Kid was talking about those lanes of unexploded Grineer field ordnance. Just drift up and pluck those detonators off, real gentle. Easy money! You heard of him? See? Easy money packs hard truth. "Community, sharing, it's ingrained in Ostron culture. Unusual that one would be looking to make a score of their own outside their commune markets." The image of the transaction recipient can be Baro Ki'Teer, Darvo, or Maroo. Inspecting Burned Ostron Note Shigg- Have you dropped your mind? We've chipped on those scaffolds together since we were kids. Filled your empty bowl with half of mine. Every time. That is our way, our law. I'm giving you until moonfall before Elder Konzu hears you've been skimming. —Havera/Kaleet/Prageshta Inspecting 2nd Corpus Data Log Decrypted Message 'By the Unum' nothing! I am connected, you understand? I am told your client can only be one person. How you found them I do not know but by the Void we will all pay for your ignorance. And now you've dragged me into this? That they even know my name is a gun to may head! Now: either you get me an Orokin-era (Tiltshifter/Transducer/Tubular Array) or this broadcast unit is as good as dead. And so are we. —BV "Looking for custom tech, but it sounds like our guy didn't have the means." After Finding All Five Objects "That's it, I guess. Hmm. That energy resonance... You see it change?" In the Memory Weave The Glassmaker: "Oh. I'm so glad you're here. Was old Shigg a mutual acquaintance? How well did you know him, really?" "Fine. You talk to daffy old Shigg. If you favor the opinions of the low." "Of criminals. The depraved." "Do you know what he did, old Shigg? Set out a selfish play against his clade. Willing and able to draw blood for it, too." "A foul necrocapitalist, a clear violator of the 401st and 632nd legem!" "To your association I am now witness." A demon, self-made Lived too long in the shadow of the Tower, I had allowed myself the belief that all things Orokin were good, as the Unum is good. Not so. The past is no tree of plenty, not all of its fruits sweet. Ah, that this should be the last thing I learn: 'not so.' 'Not so,' learned at the hand of a demon self-made... Failing the Memory Weave Nora Night: "Dreamer! Where did you go? Did you get anything on the Glassmaker?" Completing the Memory Weave "'Legem'? That's an Orokin word, means law. Ain't nobody usin' that word these days. He sounds friendly enough, but listen to that anger. Anger like that only builds. The soul he took held a clue. My gut says the only way you're trackin' the Glassmaker is from inside that maze. Bad news is the trail's gone cold. But the bad vibes snakin' up my spine says it won't be for long. Stay in touch, Dreamer. The Glassmaker's just gettin' started. I can feel it." Released on all platforms on June 10, 2020. Introduction Nora Night: "Glass is still turning up, Dreamer. But you already knew that, didn't you? Probably ran into a few 'Cephalites' yourself? Partial glass, like a Cephalon interrupted. Well, it seems they're on the move now, changing course. Why? Here's the only lead we have. A new crime scene I managed to grab before the Taxmen moved in. Solo gig on a Corpus A-train. You know what to do. Work the evidence. Piece it together. See how it connects. It's the only way back to that twisted weave. It's the only way to find out who's behind this and put a stop to it." Inspecting Dead Corpus Man "Every day they recite that Corpus dogma. The creed of righteous greed." Inspecting Corpus ID Badge A typical Corpus identification plague. Assignment details on reverse. "Bak Vondu - fiber jockey. If I know my Corpus script, this one had serious technical chops." The planet depicted on the badge can be Venus, Mars, or Jupiter. Inspecting Upmarked Brochure (Defaced) A datapad containing a catalog of luxury items - the kind affordable only to the highest echelons of Corpus society. "Expensive stuff. Did he see it for what it was? Corpus propaganda." Catalog can have images of Corpus MOAs, ships and a Coildrive, or luxury items. Inspecting Journal Some Corpus I turned out to be. Helping refugees, smuggling debt slaves. Mother would turn white if she could see me now. Running this wheel... it is (pointless/futile/a joke). "Oddly personal. What's this doing without a cipher?" Inspecting Radiometrics Data Transmit wave reading shows (3.6/6.3/36) Picos, not great, not terrible. Should link up fine to whatever interface this Ostron's got. Inspecting Corpus Helmet Variant of the standard-issue Corpus workforce gear. Serves protection and identity-masking requirements "No accident their hoods look like this. Built-in voice modulator does the rest. Just another robot to the Corpus." Helmet can look like the ones worn by Terra Trencher, Terra Plasmor Crewman, or Terra Overtaker. In the Memory Weave The Glassmaker: "Oh dear. We meet again. I really am in the middle of something." "I find chaos... unsettling." "Corpus dogma demands self-interest." "Look at the chaos that spewed from that." "Broken laws, black marketeering, a broken-hearted mother and a collapsed family empire." "Everyone is guilty of the good they did not do - if one only looks." "And I see everything. What to do. What to do..." An ancient doom With one mistake, the spreadsheet of my life tallies to a net ill. I have loosed a whirlwind upon the System - all life exposed beneath its mad and furious gaze. A dead thing furious at death. A lost thing that would steal meaning from all life. An ancient doom, and I have welcomed it in. Completing the Memory Weave Nora Night: "Been nagging at me. The word 'legem', that Orokin word for law. I put the feelers out. My network, Little Duck's, the Quills. Dreamer, I think I know who the Glassmaker is... or... who he was... Nihil. Every Ceph you ever met was once a person, before they met him. He made them all. For them. For the Orokin. As a punishment that would never end. Now that Vondu's built him that broadcaster? He's lookin' to graduate from murder to mass murder. Nihil's gonna go wide." Released on all platforms on July 8, 2020. Introduction Nora Night: "Nihil. Worse than an executioner, worse even than an Excruciator. When my tired ol' grandma didn't have time for nonsense Nihil was the bogeyman she said was gonna come put naughty Nora in a bottle. But Nihil was real. He's still here, somehow, after all this time... and still passing judgment. We've got another victim, crystallized in exile. This one feels different. Can't put my finger on why. Get on up now. Determine his pattern. Gather the clues and get back into Nihil's Weave. We can't find him and there ain't no lockin' him back in whatever bottle he came from." Inspecting Dead Grineer Man "Abandoned Grineer watchpost. Not a lot of traffic these parts. He kept it up though, made it a home. Probably all he knew. Oddly peaceful though. Like he was ready for it. Didn't put up a fight." Inspecting Syndicate Datapad New Loka Philosophy Learnings of the Motherworld, New Loka Essays. "We were designed by the Earth to live as part of the Earth. We cannot truly belong anywhere else, not in the whole of the universe." Perrin Sequence Philosophy Opportunity and Acuity, Protocols of The Perrin Sequence. "'Create a problem then sell the solution!' No. To embrace Fraudulence is to embrace Idleness. Idleness creates dull minds. Dull minds fail. No. Opportunity is our watchlord. Opportunity and actuality." Steel Meridian Philosophy On Strength, Cressa Tal. "We think where once we obeyed. We bend where we once broke." "So, our boy was a reader. Somebody with questions. Not very Grineer. Goes against all their indoctrination. Like my Mama always said: nobody likes a thinker." Inspecting Floof Delicate Pobber Floof/Kubrodon Incarnadine Floof/Tusk Thumper Bull Floof A plush toy, loved and well-worn... by a Grineer? Or does it hold some deeper, sadder significance? "Kid's toy. That is messed up right there. Grineers take trophies, sure - weapons, tech, armor. But a scruffy little floof? If I didn't know better I'd say he felt something. Love? Guilt? Wouldn't have been tolerated." Inspecting Weapon Atomos This particle cannon generates a condensed beam of super-heated plasma designed to melt rock to ore, and enemies to molten slag. Kraken The Kraken is a heavy pistol of Grineer design that fires two quick shots with a single pull of the trigger. Skilled marksmen will appreciate the value in this deadly accurate weapon. Viper A full-auto pistol known as the most compact and lightweight weapon of the Grineer arsenal. Though it has a small Magazine Capacity, the Viper has a very high Fire Rate and ultra-fast reload times thanks to a simplified magazine design. "Standard issue for the Grineer... but hasn't been fired in a good long while. Chamber's clean, mag's empty. What kind of Grineer doesn't use their weapon?" Inspecting Communication Tech Burned Out Communication Tech Grineer comm-link circuits. Broad spectrum, ultra-long range. Weak cipher systems make remote compromise trivial. "Our victim found a way to eavesdrop on encrypted channels. Hm. An agent for the Solaris United whisper network? Looks like he was giving colonies advanced warning of Grineer attacks. Our boy wasn't a coward saving his own skin, he was risking his life out of a sense of morality. Obligation." Inspecting Datapad Feelings Gral born big. Big Gral follow. Small slugs hide. Big Gral find. Big kill small. Now Gral is small. No more find/follow/kill. In the Memory Weave Nihil: "Rarely does one encounter a lamb so eager to know the mouth of the lion. But, since you're here..." "There is order, and there is chaos." "I am order. He was chaos." "His insubordination, thoughts... guilt... feelings... chaos to Grineer order." "Your persistence is disruptive to my efforts to order. Therefore you are...?" "You are an infection. Chaos infects, as Gral was infected, and spreads. A lack of vigilance is the vector. Oh, we lose vigilance if not reminded. This Grineer? Now? Is an eternal reminder, has become an agent of order and so... is redeemed. You, yourself, are not beyond redemption." After-action report Colonial after-action report: Colonial Killsquad Trooper 67229 reported crossfire confusion. Is that true? Killsquad casualties were total with only Trooper 67229 returning. Trooper 67229 scheduled for recondition spiking at Saturn Five. Demotion to maintenance tier effective immediately. Completing the Memory Weave Nora Night: "That's the pattern. Nihil's a judge, working to a long dead playbook, without a shred of mercy. Almost like he's a precept, instead of a person. Every society has its misfits - you and me included - but a guilty Grineer with a moral compass. Next level. Some go their whole lives and never do nothin' like that. Respect. You're close. Each time Nihil glasses, he reveals. We just gotta get ahead of him." Released on all platforms on August 12, 2020. Introduction Nora Night: "Dreamer, meet Cutter. This is the guy our Grineer victim was trying to contact. If Gral was part of a Solaris United whisper network then Cutter must have been his handler. So this was his bolthole. Look around, let's see what we can learn." Inspecting Dead Solaris Man "Grim. Looks like he had a moment with his killer, and he did not like it. The other victims were all taken fast, but Cutter had time to plead his case. What made him so different?" Inspecting Standard Data Tablet A standard data tablet containing a personnel file for Gral/Shigg/Vondu and several other victims of the Glassmaker. "Files on Shigg, Vondu and Gral - the other 3 victims. Cutter made a case for them being... used. Shigg was to invent some kind of device. Vondu built it. Gral... had the encrypted access so the device could broadcast wide. But broadcast what?" Inspecting Encrypted Data Tablet A data tablet containing several encrypted dossiers. "Dossiers on those Cutter suspected of being Solaris United, and closed dossiers on... the ones he confirmed. Some repoed, others used in Nef Anyo's Tribute experiments. Cutter wasn't SU - the opposite. He was being paid to identify and round up SU operatives." Inspecting Transmitter Component Part of an unknown communications device intended for transmissions in the 11/33/88 mGal range. "Looks like Cutter delivered the transmitter Shigg designed and Vondu built to... dammit. Somewhere. It's built to clone some kind of signal - holopresence maybe? - to multiple locations at once. Powerful, powerful signal. I do not like this." Inspecting Worn Data Tablet Description: A data tablet that has seen heavy usage. Files are open on Granum/Parvos/'Old ways'. "Looks like Cutter was assigned homework. Looking into Parvos Granum. Something about 'old ways.' Did they know each other back in the day? Nihil seems to think he and Granum might be on the same page. An ally?" Inspecting Digi-Drive Low capacity data storage device. "We had it good under the Corpus. Debt in check. A future. Then Solaris United got into Mum and Dad's heads. And then Deck 12. They're gone, and I'm here, with all their debt and mine as well. I hear Vox knew Deck 12 was a risk, and Vox sent them all down there anyway. To burn." The Digi-Drive is colored red, blue, or yellow. In the Memory Weave Nihil: "You want to know why I'm doing this. Your friend - Nora - wants to know. Naughty little Nora. Afraid I would find her all alone and put her in a bottle. Yes. Cutter and his friends have been quite helpful in opening my eyes and ears to the modern System." "Why oppose me? We both prize Justice, defend it. What justice do you imagine enacting if I have to put you in a bottle?" "Do you know mercy, Tenno? I almost spared Cutter. He was a traitor, but to betray one must belong. Cutter never did. He was a nation of one, and to that he was truly loyal." "But traitor he was and for all his proud words he begged at the end. And I... killed him, I suppose. Killed what he was. But you kill, too, constantly. Doesn't put you in much of a position to judge." "I have all that I need. Order will no longer be upheld one miscreant at a time. I am amplified. Soon I shall be everywhere and with it... order." "What a fine example each and every Tenno shall make, you killers of foes, friends and family. And naughty Nora. Her role won't change terribly much, but her agenda... very different. A voice of truth and order, sermonizing tirelessly, forever. Fully aware of what she has become. Goodbye, Tenno. Our next meeting will be our last." Cutter's final note 'To whoever finds this' I'm not proud. Never have been. Just angry. It's all I ever had, and now I can let it go, knowing I made this happen. The System took it all from me so the balance is squared. Let Nihil do what he will. His version of order can't be any worse than debt or war. The traitors, the deceivers, will all get their time before him. Myself included - the Solaris turncoat. I've played my part. Everything is in place. I know what awaits me. And I don't care. I was worth it. Maybe the terror will keep people honest. Maybe that'll be a better life. Better than the one Vox took from me. Completing the Memory Weave Nora Night: "You got that right." Released on all platforms on October 27, 2020. The title "The Final Battle" is player-created, as the Episode does not have a name in-game. Introduction Nora Night: "Nihil's hit his endgame. Dozens are getting glassed now, systemwide, and he's just warming up. Easy to trace a signal that strong. This is where Nihil glassed thousands - maybe millions. Back in the day, this place would have been stacked with pretty glass bottles - Cephalon oubliettes. Tiny little hells, each built for one. He's hiding out. We gotta find out where - and fast." Nihil: "A little late for that. I'm everywhere now. Hello. Oh, she can't hear us. It's just you and me. For now. Once I filled this chamber with filled oubliettes. That anguished choir sang a song that healed my jaded old soul. That choir shall sing again." Inspecting Infested Mass Nora Night: "Wait. Under that Infested mass... glass. Looks like we got a body after all." Inspecting Ancient Shackles Metal restraints etched with the number 7/13/21. Nora Night: "So many souls were glassed here. These shackles... logged and numbered. This place is important to him. So important, I'm startin' to think he never left it." Nihil: "Butcher, barber, surgeon. These are issues of degree. Sometimes all that was needed was a little off the top... but it's the beheadings people remember. A society fails without both haircuts and hangings. Naughty Nora doesn't understand that." Inspecting Orokin Legem A tablet containing codifications of the laws enforced by Nihil. Nora Night: "Orokin laws. Legem. They had hundreds of these books. Easy to put a foot wrong when your masters change the rules as they please. Judging from their condition, I'd say when the Empire's end came, it was fast and violent. Someone saved these few - and they're all about glassing." Nihil: "They were deranged children run amok. Centuries of progress - destroyed. But they never destroyed me. Never caught me. And our end only proved our correctness... that our laws had been just. Too late. But. It's never too late, is it, Nora?" The metalic emblem in surrounded by Orokin text may differ from person to person. Inspecting Weave Conduit A device for interfacing with the Weave. These markings indicate an unusual connection signature. Nora Night: "This would be how Cutter got Nihil's attention. Woke him, maybe. Either way, he got a lot more than he bargained for when he connected to this abandoned part of the Weave. We all did." The vertical markings in the center of the conduit may differ from person to person. Inspecting Glass Shards The shattered remnants of one who received Nihil's judgement. Nora Night: "These were all people once, Dreamer. Reduced to examples... to keep the rest in line. Just like Nihil is set on doing right now." The shards can be either blue star-like, yellow square, or brown rectangular shape. Inspecting Ceremonial Weapon Once carried by Nihil's jailers. This weapon was likely never needed, there was no escaping Nihil's judgement. Nora Night: "Justice never lived inside these walls, only oppression. After all this time, from whatever hell he wound up in, the Glassmaker still wants to keep a heavy boot planted on every face." Nihil: "Oh please. The mob murdered the Empire. Since then, the Origin System has known nothing but conflict, chaos, and collapse. The human capacity for delusion is truly without limit. You ask why I exist? I give you this little mouthpiece for the collapse of civilization." The weapon can depict a Dakra Prime, Glaive Prime, or a single Fang Prime. After Finding All Five Objects Nora Night: "Dreamer! Picking up massive Weave resonance from the corpse. The Infestation can't take it... it's burning away. Look!" Inspecting Glassed Orokin Man Nora Night: "The body... it's Orokin. Wait. Wait. Noooo... he wouldn't... would he?" Nihil: "Took you long enough." In the Memory Weave Nihil: "The law is the heaviest of stones - a saving anchor for the righteous, a killing weight for the unjust. Prepare. For it now. Descends. Upon YOU." "Naughty Nora with her little shoulder to the door, thinking to keep me out. Her defenses won't last long while you, on the other hand, have no defenses at all." Nora Night: "Arc-screen is down. Feedback loops broken... Dreamer! He's here, he's right on top of me, coming through the -" "I am with Nora now, Tenno. She's afraid. But not for long. I shall remake her in an image more appropriate to her future function..." Nora Night: "Dreamer!... He's... stealing me... from myself... but I'm not alone." Nihil: "Ssh. Ssh. There. Silence. I had the strength to turn my instrument of judgment upon myself, to escape hordes of ravenous, idiot little specks like you. I have more than enough strength to shut... you... up." Nihil Boss Fight Nihil: "When the barbarians are at the gate, the truly noble may choose to find an honorable way out; and so the crude and lawless find they have arrived too late. And thus, the weave of history may disguise a cunning victory as a defeat. I am Nihil. Glassmaker. Order. Shall be. Restored." Nora Night: "We're all here... Gral, Bak Vondu, Shigg... every last glassed soul... Find them, Dreamer... before we all join them..." Hell of a day... Here he is. The Terror of the Orokin: bottled up like a rich lady's bathwater. Or two-credit hooch. Do what you want with him. Prop a door open, bury him twenty feet deep. Either way, he's yours. It's up to you to make sure he never gets loose again. Hell of a day, Dreamer. Hell of a day. (Attachment: Vitrica Blueprint, Nihil's Oubliette)

Warframe Nightwave - The Glassmaker Cinematic 1

Warframe Nightwave - The Glassmaker Cinematic 2

Mechanics[edit | edit source]

Every 24 ± 2 minutes server time a glowing orb will spawn while in mission and "glass" an enemy near it, similar to Void Fissures. The glass fissure is not static: after glassing one enemy it might disappear and then reappear near another group of enemies, seemingly following the movements of the player so that the glassification always happens near them. This process repeats until 5 enemies have been glassed, after which it will disappear until the next 24 ± 2 minutes.
- Glassing can occur on any ground or Railjack mission that isn't a Void Fissure.
- These glassed enemies are invulnerable until the spiky crystals protruding from it are destroyed. Each glassed enemy killed gives 30‍30 standing and has a chance to drop 1 Cephalite Resonance, up to a maximum of 150‍150 standing per appearance.
  - Glassed enemies can (and most often do) explode on death, dealing damage to units in their range (both Tenno and enemies).
  - Cephalite drops are not affected by Resource Boosters or Resource Drop Chance Boosters.
  - However, they are affected by loot abilities ( Desecrate, Prowl) and Warframe Augment Mods ( Ore Gaze, Pilfering Swarm, Pilfering Strangledome).
  - The player cannot carry more than 20 Cephalite Resonances.
With each new episode of the Series being released, a new Crime-simula scene can accessed from the Nightwave menu.
- In this simulation, players can search and examine evidence pieces.
- The text and symbols on these pieces as well as their locations are randomized per player, so the evidence you have will be different from the evidence another player has. Each piece of evidence has three variations. It can be helpful to collate a screenshot of all evidence frames for easy reference during the Memory Weave.
- Once the key evidence pieces have been found, players are given the choice to enter a Memory Weave at the cost of 5 Cephalite Resonance.
  - In the Weave, the player is presented with a series of choices of three platforms, one of which corresponds to each piece of evidence. Choosing the correct platform/evidence unlocks the next choice until all evidence pieces are exhausted. Choosing the incorrect platform/evidence will cause the platform to break and the player to fall out of bounds, ejecting them from the Weave. Falling off the edge or missing any platform will teleport the player back onto the main platform.
  - The order of the questions given is always random.
  - The player has 60 seconds to choose and select all correct answers in sequence.
  - Abilities and aim gliding cannot be used in the weave.
  - Failing the weave requires the player to repay the "fee" of 5 Cephalite Resonance to retry again.
  - After reaching the final platform, the player is rewarded with a "conclusion" piece of evidence and 7,000‍7,000 standing for completing the Episode's Crime-simula.
    - Reattempting an already cleared Crime-simula will not yield additional awards, and will still consume Cephalite.
Completion of Episode 5's Crime-simula and memory weave transitions into a boss fight with Nihil.
- After completing the memory weave, a crystal appears in the Crime-simula that leads directly to the Nihil fight. Reattempting the boss fight does not require Cephalite Resonance.
- Completion of other episode's crime-simulas are not required to enter the Nihil fight.
- Defeating Nihil awards an inbox message containing the Vitrica Blueprint and Nihil's Oubliette Orbiter Decoration.

Ranking Rewards[edit | edit source]

In the order of ranking and total cumulative standing respectively:

Rank 1 - 10,000‍10,000: Crystal Cred x150
Rank 2 - 20,000‍20,000: Glassmaker Sigil
Rank 3 - 30,000‍30,000: Weapon Slots x2
Rank 4 - 40,000‍40,000: Glassmaker Emblem
Rank 5 - 50,000‍50,000: Boolean Sugatra
Rank 6 - 60,000‍60,000: Crystal Cred x50
Rank 7 - 70,000‍70,000: Deadly Maneuvers mod
Rank 8 - 80,000‍80,000: Forma Bundle (3x Forma)
Rank 9 - 90,000‍90,000: Neura Kubrow Gene-Masking Kit
Rank 10 - 100,000‍100,000: Cogna Earpiece Operator cosmetic
Rank 11 - 110,000‍110,000: Orokin Reactor
Rank 12 - 120,000‍120,000: Crystal Cred x50
Rank 13 - 130,000‍130,000: Kuva x20,000
Rank 14 - 140,000‍140,000: Melee Riven Mod
Rank 15 - 150,000‍150,000: Cogna Oculus Operator cosmetic
Rank 16 - 160,000‍160,000: Crystal Cred x50
Rank 17 - 170,000‍170,000: Exilus Adapter
Rank 18 - 180,000‍180,000: Neura Kavat Gene-Masking Kit
Rank 19 - 190,000‍190,000: Heuris Polearm Skin
Rank 20 - 200,000‍200,000: Dizzying Rounds mod
Rank 21 - 210,000‍210,000: Crystal Cred x50
Rank 22 - 220,000‍220,000: Cogna Mask Operator cosmetic
Rank 23 - 230,000‍230,000: Precision Strike mod
Rank 24 - 240,000‍240,000: Crystal Cred x50
Rank 25 - 250,000‍250,000: Forma Bundle (3x Forma)
Rank 26 - 260,000‍260,000: Umbra Forma (built)
Rank 27 - 270,000‍270,000: Warframe slot
Rank 28 - 280,000‍280,000: Boolean Syandana
Rank 29 - 290,000‍290,000: Frakta Shoulder Guard
Rank 30 - 300,000‍300,000: Nightwave landing craft
Bonus Rank 1-180 - 300,000‍300,000+: Crystal Cred x15 every rank

Previous Series[edit | edit source]