Orokin Vault

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Orokin Vault
Promotional image when first released

As infestations spread across the Solar System, Orokin Ships were unable to make the jump to the Void and locked down Vault rooms to preserve the valuable artifacts within. A number of these Orokin Vaults have been located in the Orokin Derelicts.

Picture Guide For Finding Vaults

The Orokin Vaults, also known as Dragon Key Vaults and "The Golden Door" by the Ostrons, are special vaults found in the Orokin Derelict tileset on Deimos missions which require a unique void key to unlock, called a Dragon Key.

Unlocking the Vault

The Excalibur Prime statue over the Corrupted Artifact

Opening an Orokin Vault requires the player have one of four Dragon Keys equipped in one of their Gear slots, and only the player that opened the vault will have their key consumed. All Deimos missions, except for Defense, Assassination, and Landscape, always contain exactly one vault, with the required key to open it being randomized.

Dragon Key Blueprints are obtained through the Clan Dojo's Orokin Lab, and are reusable. When carried in the gear, the key produces a debuff to the player's Warframe. It is possible to equip all four keys simultaneously but all their debuffs will stack. It is generally easier to play with a full squad where each Tenno carries an individual key, as certain Warframes have stats or abilities that allow them to circumvent or even negate the penalties.

Parallax's Orokin Eye Air Support Ability can detect Orokin Vaults.

Inside these vaults appears a very large, all-white, and aged  Excalibur Prime statue that resides on the far wall with hands outstretched, between which is a Corrupted Artifact. Only one person needs to interact with the Corrupted Artifact, rewarding the entire squad with a random Corrupted Mod upon extraction. However, the player who retrieved the Artifact will receive a random Dragon Key penalty until the mission is completed, which can stack with any other existing Dragon Key(s) in tow including the debuff of the same type. Furthermore, all newly spawned enemies are replaced by the Corrupted, who will attempt to stop the Tenno from leaving with the Artifact.

Corrupted Mods

Main article: Category:Corrupted Mods

Corrupted Mods are a class of rare mods that affect one stat beneficially (a bonus) and another one detrimentally (a penalty). Those available for Warframes are characterized by extremely high bonuses outweighed by major penalties. Those available for weapons provide bonuses of a similar strength to their standard mod analogues, while still also having a penalty. Corrupted mods can be obtained from the Orokin Derelict tileset on Deimos (not to be confused with the Orokin Tower tileset on the Void) using special Dragon Keys to unlock Orokin Vaults located within. They are untransmutable. Visually, they do not have any special distinguishing mark and appear as any other mod of Rare rarity (i.e. gold-colored).

• Corrupted mods that provide a bonus to Critical Chance (e.g.  Critical Delay) are a notable exception to the general pattern of nonstandard mods in that they cannot be stacked with their standard analogues.
• There are currently 24 Corrupted Mods and each of them has an equal chance to drop (4.1667%).

• Warframe
• Primary
• Secondary
• Melee

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Blind Rage	Increases ability strength Reduces ability efficiency		Rare
Catalyzing Shields	Guarantees that Shield gating duration scales from 0.33s to 1.33s based on your maximum Shield values, regardless of what they are Reduces max shield capacity		Rare
Fleeting Expertise	Increases ability efficiency Reduces ability duration		Rare
Narrow Minded	Increases ability duration Reduces ability range		Rare
Overextended	Increases ability range Reduces ability strength		Rare
Transient Fortitude	Increases ability strength Reduces ability duration		Rare

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity	Weapon Subcategory
Critical Delay	Increases Critical Hit Chance Reduces Fire Rate		Rare	Rifle
Heavy Caliber	Increases Damage Reduces Accuracy		Rare	Rifle
Vile Precision	Reduces Recoil Reduces Fire Rate		Rare	Rifle
Tainted Mag	Increases Magazine Capacity Decreases Reload Speed		Rare	Rifle
Vile Acceleration	Increases Fire Rate Reduces Damage		Rare	Rifle
Depleted Reload	Increases Reload Speed Reduces Magazine Capacity		Rare	Sniper
Burdened Magazine	Increases Magazine Capacity Decreases Reload Speed		Rare	Shotgun
Vicious Spread	Increases Damage Increases Shotgun Spread		Rare	Shotgun
Tainted Shell	Reduces Shotgun Spread Reduces Fire Rate		Rare	Shotgun
Frail Momentum	Increases Fire Rate Reduces Damage		Rare	Shotgun
Critical Deceleration	Increases Critical Hit Chance Reduces Fire Rate		Rare	Shotgun

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity	Weapon Subcategory
Anemic Agility	Increases Fire Rate Reduces Damage		Rare	Any
Creeping Bullseye	Increases Critical Hit Chance Reduces Fire Rate		Rare	Any
Hollow Point	Increases Critical Hit Damage Reduces Damage		Rare	Any
Magnum Force	Increases Damage Reduces Accuracy		Rare	Any
Tainted Clip	Increases Magazine Capacity Reduces Reload Speed		Rare	Any

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity	Weapon Subcategory
Spoiled Strike	Increases Damage Reduces Attack Speed		Rare	Any
Corrupt Charge	Increases Intial Combo Reduces Combo Duration		Rare	Any

Bugs

• When doing with a Syndicate Alert, opening the vault and completing the mission will not reward a corrupted mod.
• When doing with Nightmare Mode, opening the vault and completing the mission will only reward a corrupted mod, but not a mod from the nightmare pool.

Patch History

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

• Orokin Vaults on Deimos can now be highlighted by the Orokin Eye Air Support ability.
• Fixed Orokin Vaults not giving players an “Unidentified Reward” pop-up and reward in their Mission Progress Screen once players interact with the corrupted artifact.
  • While players earned a random Corrupted Mod and Orokin Cipher through unlocking these vaults, these rewards were never used the “Unidentified Reward” pop-up that was introduced later in Warframe’s development. We’re adding it now to reduce any player confusion!

Update 10.3 (2013-10-09)

• Introduced.