Nightwave

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February 27, 2019 0:00:00 UTC

New Daily Acts will become available in:
    24-1thh mm ssfull

February 25, 2019 0:00:00 UTC

New Weekly Acts and Cred Offerings
will become available in:
    7-1tDD hh mm ssfull

View Acts Currently Available List▾▾

• ♦ Daily
• ♦♦ Weekly
• ♦♦♦ Elite Weekly

Icon	Description	Reward	End Time
	Executioner Kill 10 Enemies with Finishers	1,000 Standing 1,000	March 11, 2019 00:00:00 UTC( Ends in   ) 31( Expired )tD hh mm ss
	Glider Kill 20 Enemies while Aim Gliding	1,000 Standing 1,000	March 10, 2019 00:00:00 UTC( Ends in   ) 31( Expired )tD hh mm ss
	Biohazard Kill 150 Enemies with Gas Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	March 9, 2019 00:00:00 UTC( Ends in   ) 31( Expired )tD hh mm ss

Icon	Description	Reward
	Earth Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems in the Plains of Eidolon	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Vault Looter Unlock 4 Orokin Vaults	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Venus Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Saboteur Complete 3 Sabotage missions	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Venus Bounty Hunter Complete 8 bounties in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Venus Fisher Catch 6 Rare Servofish in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Good Friend Help Clem with his weekly mission	3,000 Standing 3,000

Icon	Description	Reward
	Silent Eliminator Complete an Extermination mission with level 30 or higher enemies without being detected	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Sortie Expert Complete 5 Sorties	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Ascendant Complete 4 Halls of Ascension on Lua	5,000 Standing 5,000

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

Preceded by
Alert and Challenge Reward since Update 24.3 (2019-02-27)

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.

Access

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.

Mechanics

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, with each level requiring 10,000 Standing 10,000 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 Rank 30, players can prestige and reset their rank to 0. Each subsequent rank-up will then only unlock a special currency called Cred to be spent in Cred Offerings.

Series

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, and upon completion, all player progress with Nightwave will reset.

The current series is The Wolf Of Saturn Six.

Acts

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 Weekly and 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 Challenges having the easiest tasks, and the Elite Weekly having the most difficult ones. All Daily Challenges reward 1,000 Standing 1,000, Weeklys reward 3,000 Standing 3,000, and Elite Weeklys reward 5,000 Standing 5,000.

Possible known challenges for an Act are:

View Known Acts List▾▾

• ♦ Daily
• ♦♦ Weekly
• ♦♦♦ Elite Weekly

Icon	Description	Reward	Tips and Notes
	Accelerator Kill 20 Enemies while Sliding	1,000 Standing 1,000
	Arsonist Kill 150 Enemies with Heat Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Attractive Kill 150 Enemies with Magnetic Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Biohazard Kill 150 Enemies with Gas Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Deep Freeze Kill 150 Enemies with Cold Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Detonator Kill 150 Enemies with Blast Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Executioner Kill 10 Enemies with Finishers	1,000 Standing 1,000	Easiest type of finisher are stealth finishers, so either employ a stealth frame or simply tactics. Alternatively, use a frame with blinding abilities for frontal finishers. Least convenient option are knockdown abilities or weapons for follow-up ground finishers.
	Glider Kill 20 Enemies while Aim Gliding	1,000 Standing 1,000
	Grafitti Deploy a Glyph	1,000 Standing 1,000	The Glyph gear item has to be equipped in the Arsenal.
	Meltdown Kill 150 Enemies with Corrosive Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Researcher Scan 25 Objects or Enemies	1,000 Standing 1,000	Only active scans count (Codex Scanner, Synthesis Scanner and Helios). Passive scans (Heliocor) do not count.
	Saver Pick up 15,000 Credits	1,000 Standing 1,000
	Shiny Pick up 8 Mods	1,000 Standing 1,000	The Index is a great source for enemies that have a high chance of dropping rare mods.
	Short Circuit Kill 150 Enemies with Electricity Damage	1,000 Standing 1,000	Does not require the pure damage type, any killing blow with a weapon that includes some of that damage in combination counts.
	Smaller is Bigger Kill 150 Enemies with a Secondary Weapon	1,000 Standing 1,000
	Sword Dance Kill 150 Enemies with a Melee Weapon	1,000 Standing 1,000
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 5 Ayatan Sculptures	3,000 Standing 3,000	One guaranteed sculpture can be acquired through Maroo's weekly mission. Arbitrations have a high and reliably chance to reward sculptures as well.
	Assassin Complete 3 Assassination missions	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Conservationist Complete 10 Perfect Animal Captures	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Earth Bounty Hunter Complete 8 Bounties in the Plains of Eidolon	3,000 Standing 3,000	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.
	Earth Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems in the Plains of Eidolon	3,000 Standing 3,000	Mining Auron will register as a rare gem, despite being an ore. Only counts per successful mine, so resource boosters do not double the counter.
	Enhance! Pick up 8 Rare Mods	3,000 Standing 3,000	The Index is a great source for enemies that have a high chance of dropping rare mods.
	Eximus Eliminator Kill 30 Eximus	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Good Friend Help Clem with his weekly mission	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Invader Complete 9 Invasion missions of any type	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Jailer Complete 3 Capture missions	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Not a Warning Shot Kill 500 Enemies	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Saboteur Complete 3 Sabotage missions	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Sanctuary Researcher Complete 5 Scans for Cephalon Simaris	3,000 Standing 3,000	Simaris' daily Synthesis targets usually provide 2-3 scans. Completed scans of targets of/by other players do count as well.
	Sortie Specialist Complete 1 Sortie	3,000 Standing 3,000	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	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Test Subject Complete 3 waves of Sanctuary Onslaught	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Unlock Relics Unlock 3 Relics	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Vault Looter Unlock 4 Orokin Vaults	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Venus Bounty Hunter Complete 8 bounties in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000	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.
	Venus Fisher Catch 6 Rare Servofish in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000
	Venus Miner Mine 6 Rare Gems in the Orb Vallis	3,000 Standing 3,000	Mining Hesperon will register as a rare gem, despite being an ore. Amarast and Zodian are considered a rare gem. Only counts per successful mine, so resource boosters do not 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	5,000 Standing 5,000	Requires only the completion of the Ascension trial, so rooms that do reset (Agility test) can be completed multiple times.
	Elite Test Subject Complete 3 waves of Elite Sanctuary Onslaught	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Eximus Executioner Kill 100 Eximus	5,000 Standing 5,000	Sanctuary Onslaught is a great spot for hunting Eximus. Sortie missions with the Eximus stronghold modifier obviously as well.
	Hold Your Breath Survive over 60 minutes without using Life Support Modules in Kuva Survival	5,000 Standing 5,000	Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered. Life Support Modules can be turned into Kuva Harvesters without breaking the challenge.
	Hydrolyst Hunter Kill or Capture an Eidolon Hydrolyst	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Kill Shot Kill 1,500 Enemies	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Silent Eliminator Complete an Extermination mission with level 30 or higher enemies without being detected	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Sortie Expert Complete 5 Sorties	5,000 Standing 5,000
	Sortie with Friends Complete a Sortie while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000 Standing 5,000	Completion is triggered at the end of the third mission, so mission 1 and 2 can be completed without beforehand. Completion will not trigger if the Sortie had been completed earlier the same day.
	Survival with Friends Complete a Survival mission reaching at least 60 minutes while playing with a friend or clanmate	5,000 Standing 5,000	Timer begins after the Alarm is triggered.
Note: Each challenge saves/updates its objective automatically with each step, so no progress is lost if a mission fails or is abandoned.

Cred Offerings Store

Apart from the ranking rewards, Nightwave also features a Creds 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 currency by ranking up, which are then used to purchase the aforementioned Nightwave offerings. Note that after the end of a particular series, this currency will expire and the next Nightwave series will introduce a new currency to spend.

Cred Offerings

Note that these items are on 7-day rotation, so not all of these items will be offered at any given point. These items can be purchased using Wolf Cred.

• Mods
• Appearance
• Miscellaneous

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(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

(20 Wolf Cred)

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(20 Wolf Cred)

Weapon Skin Blueprints (30 Wolf Cred)

Atterax Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint

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Dual Zoren Dagger-Axe Skin Blueprint

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Fragor Brokk Skin Blueprint

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Hek-Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint

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Karak Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint

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Scindo Dagger-Axe Skin Blueprint

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Scindo Manticore Skin Blueprint

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Tonkor Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint

Warframe Alternate Helmet Blueprints (35 Wolf Cred)

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Ash Scorpion Helmet Blueprint

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Banshee Reverb Helmet Blueprint

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Chroma Drac Helmet Blueprint

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Ember Backdraft Helmet Blueprint

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Ember Phoenix Helmet Blueprint

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Equinox Clisthert Helm Blueprint

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Equinox Solstice Helmet Blueprint

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Excalibur Mordred Helmet Blueprint

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Frost Squall Helmet Blueprint

Harrow Suffragan Helmet Blueprint

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Hydroid Triton Helmet Blueprint

Inaros Canopic Helmet Blueprint

Ivara Zirastra Helmet Blueprint

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Limbo Magrite Helmet Blueprint

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Loki Essence Helmet Blueprint

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Loki Swindle Helmet Blueprint

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Mirage Harlequin Helmet Blueprint

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Mirage Trivelin Helmet Blueprint

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Nekros Raknis Helmet Blueprint

Nekros Shroud Helmet Blueprint

Nezha Jinza Helmet Blueprint

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Nidus Prion Helmet Blueprint

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Nova Quantum Helmet Blueprint

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Octavia Cadenza Helmet Blueprint

Revenant Vania Helmet Blueprint

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Rhino Thrak Helmet Blueprint

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Saryn Hemlock Helmet Blueprint

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Titania Aurai Helmet Blueprint

Titania Mab Helmet Blueprint

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Trinity Aura Helmet Blueprint

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Valkyr Bastet Helmet Blueprint

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Valkyr Kara Helmet Blueprint

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Vauban Gambit Helmet Blueprint

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Volt Storm Helmet Blueprint

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Volt Pulse Helmet Blueprint

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Wukong Macak Helmet Blueprint

Zephyr Cierzo Helmet Blueprint

Zephyr Tengu Helmet Blueprint

Weapons

•  Ceramic Dagger Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Dark Dagger Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Dark Sword Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Glaive Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Heat Dagger Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Heat Sword Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Jaw Sword Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Pangolin Sword Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)
•  Plasma Sword Blueprint (50 Wolf Cred)

Others

• 5x Nitain Extract (15 Wolf Cred)
• Saturn Six Ornament (40 Wolf Cred)
• Orokin Catalyst (built) (75 Wolf Cred)
• Orokin Reactor (built) (75 Wolf Cred)
•  Vauban Component Blueprints (25 Wolf Cred)

Series 1 — The Wolf of Saturn Six

Story

• Introduces a new field boss, Wolf of Saturn Six, along with his signature hammer, the Wolf Sledge.

Story Of The Wolf Of Saturn Six (Warframe)

Saturn Six Fugitives

• In addition to Acts, reputation can also be earned by finding and capturing three Saturn Six Fugitives that spawn randomly in missions, granting 50 Standing 50 per Capture. If they die instead of being captured (either through dying while capturing or waiting too long) 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. These enemies appear in the "unaffiliated" category in the codex, as despite being Grineer biologically, they are fugitives.

Ranking Rewards

In the order of ranking and total cumulative standing respectively:

• Rank 1 - 10,000 Standing 10,000: Saturn Six – Sigil
• Rank 2 - 20,000 Standing 20,000: Wolf of Saturn Six – Glyph (Light) and Wolf of Saturn Six – Glyph (Dark)
• Rank 3 - 30,000 Standing 30,000: Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 4 - 40,000 Standing 40,000: Weapon Slot x2
• Rank 5 - 50,000 Standing 50,000: The Wolf – Noggle Statue
• Rank 6 - 60,000 Standing 60,000:​ Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 7 - 70,000 Standing 70,000: Forma Bundle (3x Forma)
• Rank 8 - 80,000 Standing 80,000: Warframe Slot
• Rank 9 - 90,000 Standing 90,000: Saturn Six – Emblem
• Rank 10 - 100,000 Standing 100,000​: Wolf Salute – Emote
• Rank 11 - 110,000 Standing 110,000:​ Orokin Catalyst (built)
• Rank 12 - 120,000 Standing 120,000:​ Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 13 - 130,000 Standing 130,000: Nightwave – Sigil
• Rank 14 - 140,000 Standing 140,000: Wild Frenzy,  Grakata augment mod
• Rank 15 - 150,000 Standing 150,000: Kuva x20,000
• Rank 16 - 160,000 Standing 160,000: Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 17 - 170,000 Standing 170,000: Wolf – Scrawl (K-Drive cosmetic)
• Rank 18 - 180,000 Standing 180,000: Bursting Mass,  Mutalist Quanta augment mod
• Rank 19 - 190,000 Standing 190,000: Kuva x20,000
• Rank 20 - 200,000 Standing 200,000: Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 21 - 210,000 Standing 210,000: Nightwave – Emblem
• Rank 22 - 220,000 Standing 220,000: Napalm Grenades,  Penta augment mod
• Rank 23 - 230,000 Standing 230,000: Saturn Six – Captura Scene
• Rank 24 - 240,000 Standing 240,000: Wolf Cred x50
• Rank 25 - 250,000 Standing 250,000: Arcane Energize (unranked)
• Rank 26 - 260,000 Standing 260,000: Wolf Howl – Emote
• Rank 27 - 270,000 Standing 270,000: Forma Bundle (3x Forma)
• Rank 28 - 280,000 Standing 280,000: Saturn Six Syandana
• Rank 29 - 290,000 Standing 290,000: Umbra Forma (built)
• Rank 30 - 300,000 Standing 300,000: Saturn Six Armor set

Trivia

• Nightwave was launched on Feburary 27, 2019 for all platforms, regardless of what version of WARFRAME they were on.
  • This is the first time in WARFRAME history that the developers coordinated the release of new gameplay content on all platforms.

External Links

• "Nightwave - The Wolf of Saturn Six: A Farewell to Alerts" Developer Workshop post

Patch History

Update 24.3 (2019-02-27)

• Introduced, replacing Alert and Challenge Reward system.

Media

Warframe Nightwave Series 1 Launch Trailer -- Out now on ALL platforms

WARFRAME - Wolf of Saturn Six Rewards (Week 1)

Warframe - NIGHTWAVE CHALLENGES Series 1