Nitain Extract is a special resource that can be only obtained in few ways and is required to craft a lot of Warframe components, helmets, some weapons, the Amesha Archwing and the Aura Forma.
Acquisition[]
- Bundles of 5 are sold in Nightwave Offerings for
15. - Gift of the Lotus alerts.
- Part of Resource Cache Rotation C reward (finding all three caches) in Reactor Sabotage.
- Part of Cetus Bounty's reward pool during a Ghoul Purge.
- Can very rarely be dropped by the Wolf of Saturn Six and the Zealoid Prelate.
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 |
 Fusilai |
Secondary | 2 |
 Hildryn Chassis |
Component | 2 |
 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 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 |
| 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 |
 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 |
| 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 |
 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 |
| Total | 230 (+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 Nexus 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)
