Nitain Extract

Nitain Extract
Untradeable
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Description
Each vial is produced by the painstaking expression of billions of rare, ocean-vent dwelling microorganisms. This resource can be acquired from Nightwave offerings.
General Information
Type	Resource
Drop Amount	1-1x
Sell Price	Cannot Sell
Introduced	Update 17.12 (2015-11-25)
Vendor Sources
Vendors Nightwave  15 for x5
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Each vial is produced by the painstaking expression of billions of rare, ocean-vent dwelling microorganisms.

—In-Game Description

 Nitain Extract is a special resource that can be only obtained in few ways and is required to craft many Warframe components and helmets, and some other items (such as weapons, cosmetics, modules and enhancements).

Acquisition

• Primarily obtained from Nightwave Offerings for  15x Cred per x5. This is an "evergreen" offering and is always available for purchase in unlimited quantities.
• Other possible sources:
  • 0.67-2% (planet-dependent) drop chance in Resource Cache Rotation C reward (i.e. finding all three caches) in Reactor Sabotage and Exterminate.
  • 3.57-4.72% (stage-dependent) drop chance in Cetus Bounty during a Ghoul Purge event (every few weeks).
  • 0.129% drop chance by the Zealoid Prelate.
  • 0.129% drop chance by the Wolf of Saturn Six.
  • Rarely available from Gift from the Lotus alerts.

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Exterminate	Lua Exterminate Resource Caches	C	1.29%	1	0.0129	Plato, Lua
Exterminate	Kuva Fortress Exterminate Resource Caches	C	2%	1	0.02	Dakata, Kuva Fortress
Exterminate	Jupiter Exterminate Resource Caches	C	1%	1	0.01	Carpo, Jupiter
Ghoul Bounty	Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 15-25 Final Stage	A	4.72%	1	0.0472	Plains of Eidolon/Cetus, Earth during Ghoul Purge event
Ghoul Bounty	Ghoul Purge Bounty Lvl 40-50 Final Stage	A	4.72%	1	0.0472	Plains of Eidolon/Cetus, Earth during Ghoul Purge event
Sabotage	Tier 3 Reactor Sabotage	C	2%	1	0.02	Rusalka, Sedna Cypress, Pluto
Sabotage	Tier 2 Void Sabotage Resource Caches	C	2%	1	0.02	Stribog, Void
Sabotage	Tier 1 Reactor Sabotage	C	0.67%	1	0.0067	Ishtar, Venus Terminus, Mercury Gradivus, Mars
Sabotage	Tier 2 Reactor Sabotage	C	1%	1	0.01	Ker, Ceres Thon, Ceres Adrastea, Jupiter Calypso, Saturn
Sabotage	Tier 4 Void Sabotage Resource Caches	C	1.01%	1	0.0101	Marduk, Void

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt
Wolf of Saturn Six	5%	2.58%	0.129%	775	1	0.00129
Zealoid Prelate	5%	2.58%	0.129%	775	1	0.00129

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Blueprints Requiring Nitain Extract

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Nitain Extract

Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Amesha	Archwing	4 (2)
Amesha Harness	Component	2
Amesha Systems	Component	2
Amesha Wings	Component	2
Atlas Prime Chassis	Component	2
Atlas Shikoro Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Aura Forma	Enhancement	10
Banshee Prime Neuroptics	Component	2
Bishamo Cuirass	Cosmetic	10
Broken War	Melee	2
Caustacyst	Melee	5
Chroma Prime Chassis	Component	2
Corinth	Primary	2
Destreza	Melee	5
Frak	Module	3
Fusilai	Secondary	2
Gara Prime Systems	Component	2
Harrow Prime Systems	Component	2
Hildryn Chassis	Component	2
Hinta	Module	3
Hirudo	Melee	3
Hydroid Prime Systems	Component	2
Inaros Anubis Helmet	Cosmetic	5
Inaros Canopic Helmet	Cosmetic	3
Inaros Neuroptics	Component	2
Inaros Prime Chassis	Component	2
Ivara Chassis	Component	4
Ivara Loxley Helmet	Cosmetic	1
Ivara Prime Chassis	Component	2
Ivara Systems	Component	5
Ivara Zirastra Helmet	Cosmetic	3
Javlok	Primary	5
Khora Delphi Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Lavos Chassis	Component	5
Lenz	Primary	3
Limbo Prime Systems	Component	2
Mesa Prime Chassis	Component	2
Mirage Prime Chassis	Component	2
Nekros Prime Neuroptics	Component	5
Nepheri	Melee	2
Nezha Circa Helmet	Cosmetic	5
Nezha Jinza Helmet	Cosmetic	5
Nezha Prime Chassis	Component	2
Nidus Myxini Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Nidus Prion Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Nidus Prime Systems	Component	2
Oberon Prime Neuroptics	Component	2
Octavia Prime Systems	Component	2
Ohma	Melee	4
Pox	Secondary	2
Proboscis Cernos	Primary	5
Sands of Inaros	Quest	1
Saryn Prime Chassis	Component	3
Saryn Prime Systems	Component	3
Scimitar Fuselage	Component	4
Scourge	Primary	2
Sevagoth Lucifuge Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Stance Forma	Enhancement	5
Staticor	Secondary	3
Sydon	Melee	(5)
Titania Aurai Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Titania Chassis	Component	3
Titania Mab Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Titania Prime Chassis	Component	2
Valkyr Prime Neuroptics	Component	5
Vauban Prime	Warframe	5
Vauban Prime Chassis	Component	5
Vauban Prime Neuroptics	Component	5
Vauban Prime Systems	Component	5
Wanz	Module	3
War	Melee	5
Wisp Systems	Component	2
Wolf Sledge	Melee	5
Wukong	Warframe	(5)
Wukong Chassis	Component	4 (3)
Wukong Dasheng Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Wukong Neuroptics	Component	2 (1)
Wukong Prime Systems	Component	2
Wukong Systems	Component	(2)
Xiphos Fuselage	Component	4
Zephyr Prime Chassis	Component	2
Zhuge	Primary	2
Hildryn Prime Systems	Component	2
Baruuk Prime Neuroptics	Component	2
Voruna Systems	Component	5
Revenant Prime Chassis	Component	2
Khora Prime Systems	Component	2
Garuda Prime Systems	Component	2
Yareli Systems	Component	2

Total	266 (+18)
Research	x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Last updated: Hotfix 29.9.1 (2021-02-24)

Trivia

• Associated files in the game and the Warframe Companion app refer to Nitain Extract as Alertium.
• The description of harvesting Nitain is based from the method of recycling greenhouse compounds from germinated colonies underwater as another source of fuel, specifically Methane.

Patch History

Update 24.3 (2019-02-27)

• Added to Nightwave Offerings.

Update 22.10 (2018-01-25)

• Added as Ghoul Bounty rewards.

Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)

• Added to Lua and Kuva Fortress Exterminate cache rewards.

Update 19.4.2 (2016-12-20)

• Removed Nitain from Sortie Reward table and added 3-day Boosters in its place.

Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)

• Added to Orokin Sabotage cache rewards.

Update 17.12 (2015-11-25)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 27.3 (2020-03-24)