Orphix (Mission)

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Orphix is a Empyrean mission type where Tenno must fight against Sentient Orphix boarding Corpus Ships using Necramechs. It is derived from the events of Operation: Orphix Venom.

Players must complete The War Within to play in Orphix missions.

Mechanics

Enemy Scaling

Orphix #	Orphix/Enemy Level
	Venus (Vesper Strait)	Neptune (Mammon's Prospect)	Pluto (Khufu Envoy)	Veil (Erato)
1	21	31	35	54
2	23	33	37	56
3	26	36	40	59
4	29	39	43	62
5	33	43	47	66
6	36	46	50	69
7	39	49	53	72
8	43	53	57	76
9	46	56	60	79
10	50	60	64	83
11	54	64	68	87
12	58	68	72	91
13	62	72	76	95
14	66	76	80	99
15	71	81	85	104
16	76	86	90	109
17	80	90	94	113
18	85	95	99	118
19	91	101	105	124
20	96	106	110	129
21	101	111	115	134
22	107	117	121	140
23	113	123	127	146
24	119	129	133	152
25	126	136	140	159
26	132	142	146	165
27	139	149	153	172
28	146	156	160	179
29	153	163	167	186
30	161	171	175	194
31	169	179	184	200
32	177	187	191	200
33	185	195	199	200
34	194	200	200	200
35	200	200	200	200
36	200	200	200	200

These missions are divided into two sections: Railjack objectives and a modified Survival mission that require players to defeat Orphix in a timely manner in order to survive.

Orphix Spawns

Orphix spawns are not random and occur once every minute, cycling through three distinct tile locations. The following diagram shows how the Orphix spawn locations are laid out in a linear fashion.

A 🡆 B 🡆(C)

  then

(C)🡆 B 🡆 A
 🡅       🡇
 C 🡄 B 🡄 A

  or

(C)🡆 A 🡆 B
 🡅       🡇
 C 🡄 A 🡄 B
   

Example Orhpix spawns

The Orphix spawn pattern starts with Tile A, Tile B and then Tile C. After the 3rd Orphix, it changes to use the spawn pattern CBA-ABC or CAB-BAC. Note that spawning tiles will be adjacent but not necessarily in linear arrangement and probably have branch paths that lead to dead ends.

Fighting the Orphix

Orphix radiate a pulse field that disables Warframes and dispels any buffs and active abilities. Crossing into the pulse field with the Warframe will force the player into Operator mode to rely on their Necramechs via Necramech Summon. If the player does not own a Necramech, there will be fallen Necramechs to use Transference into, which are rank 30 and equipped with a  Mausolon but are unmodded.

There are two distinct phases when fighting an Orphix: destroying Orphix Resonators and weakening the Orphix.

Possible Orphix Enemy Wave Spawns^{Confirmation needed}

4-5 Brachiolysts	4-5
3 Brachiolysts, 1 Aerolyst/Battalyst/Conculyst/Symbilyst	3 + 0/1/2/3
2 Brachiolysts, 2 Symbilysts	8
2 Brachiolysts, 1 Battalyst, 1 Conculyst	5
Summulysts, Choralysts, Ortholysts

The Orphix is protected by multiple Orphix Resonators near it and can only be damaged when all Resonators are destroyed, opening up its center blue cavity to spawn more Sentient troops to help defend it. In ascending order of frequency, Orphix can spawn Aerolysts, Summulysts, Choralysts, Ortholysts, Symbilysts, Conculysts, Battalysts, and Brachiolysts. At 50% health, the Orphix will close up its cavity to respawn Resonators. Once the Orphix is dead, all Sentient enemies spawned by that Orphix will disappear. The Sentient control meter will also decrease by 8% upon defeating an Orphix.

After successfully destroying three Orphix, players may extract or continue destroying more Orphix, up to a maximum of 36. Orphix will continue to spawn even if one is active; if Orphix are left active for 100 seconds (100% Sentient control), players cannot continue and are forced to extract. A mission failure will result if Sentient control reaches 100% when the player has not destroyed three Orphix.

Orphix Damage Resistance

Main article: Orphix § Damage Resistance (edit)

Orphix possess DR that scales depending on your weapon's DPS excluding Critical Hits. DPS is calculated by:

$(\text{total damage})\cdot(\text{total fire rate})\cdot(\text{total multishot})\cdot(\text{body part multipliers})$

Critical Hits are applied after DR is calculated. Additionally, the average DPS is calculated using Health Modifiers and is quantized.

${ \text{Damage Modifier} = \begin{cases} 1,\; & \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 1000 \\ 0.7 + \frac{300}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 1000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 2500 \\ 0.5 + \frac{800}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 2500 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 5000 \\ 0.2 + \frac{2300}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 5000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 10000 \\ 0.02 + \frac{4100}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 10000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \end{cases} }$

Locations

There are a total of 4 Orphix Missions

Planet	Mission Name	Faction	Credit Reward	Addtional Credit Reward	Wiki's DropTableAlias	Level	Tileset
Venus Proxima	Vesper Strait	Corpus	3,000	41,250	VenusProximaOrphix	21 - 24	Free Space
Neptune Proxima	Mammon's Prospect	Corpus	4,000	68,750	NeptuneProximaOrphix	31 - 34	Free Space
Pluto Proxima	Khufu Envoy	Corpus	4,400	80,000	PlutoProximaOrphix	35 - 38	Free Space
Veil Proxima	Erato	Corpus	6,300	143,750	VeilProximaOrphix	54 - 58	Free Space

Mission Rewards

The mission reward rotation is AABC. Every three destroyed Orphix serves as a rotation and will reward an item from the rotation table.

Main article: Orphix (Mission)/Rewards (edit)

• Venus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Veil

A		B		C
Endo x100	28.57%	Endo x150	27.27%	Arcane Consequence	10.34%
Lavan Engines Mk I	14.29%	Vidar Engines Mk I	13.64%	Arcane Ice	10.34%
Lavan Plating Mk I	14.29%	Vidar Plating Mk I	13.64%	Arcane Momentum	10.34%
Lavan Reactor Mk I	14.29%	Vidar Reactor Mk I	13.64%	Arcane Nullifier	10.34%
Lavan Shield Array Mk I	14.29%	Vidar Shield Array Mk I	13.64%	Arcane Tempo	10.34%
Lith G10	4.76%	Lith A6	4.55%	Arcane Warmth	10.34%
Lith G9	4.76%	Lith C11	4.55%	Arcane Acceleration	6.9%
Lith P8	4.76%	Lith R5	4.55%	Arcane Resistance	6.9%
		Lith T10	4.55%	Arcane Strike	6.9%
				Arcane Victory	6.9%
				Arcane Aegis	3.45%
				Arcane Precision	3.45%
				Arcane Pulse	3.45%

Locations:

• Vesper Strait, Venus Proxima

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A		B		C
Endo x200	28.57%	Endo x300	27.27%	Arcane Consequence	10.34%
Lavan Engines Mk II	14.29%	Vidar Engines Mk II	13.64%	Arcane Ice	10.34%
Lavan Plating Mk II	14.29%	Vidar Plating Mk II	13.64%	Arcane Momentum	10.34%
Lavan Reactor Mk II	14.29%	Vidar Reactor Mk II	13.64%	Arcane Nullifier	10.34%
Lavan Shield Array Mk II	14.29%	Vidar Shield Array Mk II	13.64%	Arcane Tempo	10.34%
Meso A5	4.76%	Meso B9	4.55%	Arcane Warmth	10.34%
Meso H6	4.76%	Meso G6	4.55%	Arcane Awakening	6.9%
Meso M4	4.76%	Meso H5	4.55%	Arcane Guardian	6.9%
		Meso W3	4.55%	Arcane Healing	6.9%
				Arcane Trickery	6.9%
				Arcane Fury	3.45%
				Arcane Rage	3.45%
				Arcane Ultimatum	3.45%

Locations:

• Mammon's Prospect, Neptune Proxima

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A		B		C
Endo x300	28.57%	Endo x450	27.27%	Arcane Consequence	10%
Lavan Engines Mk III	14.29%	Vidar Engines Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Ice	10%
Lavan Plating Mk III	14.29%	Vidar Plating Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Momentum	10%
Lavan Reactor Mk III	14.29%	Vidar Reactor Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Nullifier	10%
Lavan Shield Array Mk III	14.29%	Vidar Shield Array Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Tempo	10%
Neo F3	4.76%	Neo A11	4.55%	Arcane Warmth	10%
Neo W1	4.76%	Neo K6	4.55%	Arcane Agility	6.67%
Neo Z10	4.76%	Neo K7	4.55%	Arcane Deflection	6.67%
		Neo S18	4.55%	Arcane Eruption	6.67%
				Arcane Phantasm	6.67%
				Arcane Velocity	6.67%
				Arcane Arachne	3.33%
				Arcane Avenger	3.33%

Locations:

• Khufu Envoy, Pluto Proxima

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A		B		C
Endo x400	28.57%	Endo x600	27.27%	Arcane Acceleration	5.63%
Vidar Engines Mk III	14.29%	Zetki Engines Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Agility	5.63%
Vidar Plating Mk III	14.29%	Zetki Plating Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Awakening	5.63%
Vidar Reactor Mk III	14.29%	Zetki Reactor Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Deflection	5.63%
Vidar Shield Array Mk III	14.29%	Zetki Shield Array Mk III	13.64%	Arcane Eruption	5.63%
Axi A18	4.76%	Axi A17	4.55%	Arcane Guardian	5.63%
Axi D5	4.76%	Axi B7	4.55%	Arcane Healing	5.63%
Axi G11	4.76%	Axi L6	4.55%	Arcane Phantasm	5.63%
		Axi P6	4.55%	Arcane Resistance	5.63%
				Arcane Strike	5.63%
				Arcane Trickery	5.63%
				Arcane Velocity	5.63%
				Arcane Victory	5.63%
				Arcane Aegis	2.82%
				Arcane Arachne	2.82%
				Arcane Avenger	2.82%
				Arcane Fury	2.82%
				Arcane Precision	2.82%
				Arcane Pulse	2.82%
				Arcane Rage	2.82%
				Arcane Ultimatum	2.82%
				Arcane Barrier	1.41%
				Arcane Energize	1.41%
				Arcane Grace	1.41%

Locations:

• Erato, Veil Proxima

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

Notes

• Necramech Summon has a 1 minute cooldown to revive the Necramech.
• Players must hit the glowing blue cavity of Orphix with a direct hit to deal damage with area of effect weapons. Radial damage alone will not damage Orphix and is only applied to direct hit attacks.
• Orphix Resonators have 3,000 Object health.
• Destroying Resonators will decrease Sentient control by 5%.
• The event missions count towards challenges that involve survival missions, such as weekly Nightwave Acts.
• Tenno Specters will be killed instantly if affected by the Orphix pulse field.

Tips

• Early in the mission, Orphix Resonators can be instantly destroyed with the Operator's Amp or Necramech's Melee, Slide, and Slam Attack.
• While there are free Necramechs for use, their unmodded state means they won't get very far with the higher leveled enemies.
•  Fluctus and  Zenith have infinite punch through and can damage the Orphix Resonators from everywhere.
  • Alternatively, loading  Sabot Rounds on whatever Arch-gun the Necramech uses gives it a better chance at hitting these resonators.
  • While the  Grattler and the  Kuva Grattler do not have innate punch through, the explosions upon impact do, giving them a decent chance at destroying the resonators.
• The  Mausolon's alt fire and  Arquebex deal massive damage to all enemies and the Orphix.
• The  Ironbride is capable of damaging the Orphix from any angle.
• Warframes can still use their abilities outside the pulse field. The following abilities can continuously generate energy for Necramechs:
  •  Gara's  Spectrorage with  Spectrosiphon augment
  •  Hildryn's  Aegis Storm
  •  Nekros's  Desecrate (can affect corpses inside the pulse field)
  •  Protea's  Dispensary
  •  Zenurik's  Wellspring
• Use  Voidrig's  Storm Shroud and  Bonewidow's  Meathook and  Shield Maiden to stay alive.
  •  Necramech Rage aids in maintaining energy to cast abilities.
  •  Necramech Repair can greatly improve the Necramech's survivability.
• The  Vizier Predasite's  Iatric Mycelium can heal Necramechs in a substantial amount.
•  Vazarin's  Protective Sling can heal Necramechs for 500 health over 5 seconds.
• Building for  Corrosive will allow for maximum damage against the armored Orphix and Sentients, who all use Ferrite Armor.
• The Battalyst's omni-directional laser makes it arguably the deadliest enemy, dealing a lot of damage very quickly to multiple Necramechs at long range. The Bonewidow's Meathook can instantly interrupt its attack and render it out of commission.

Media

How to complete Operation- Orphix Venom for Beginners - Warframe

Patch History

Hotfix 31.7.2 (2022-08-17)

• Fixed Octavia’s Resonator spawning behind locked areas in the Orphix tileset.

Update 31.6 (2022-06-09)

• Fixed Orphix Resonators spawning in hidden rooms on the Corpus Ship tileset.

Hotfix 31.0.3 (2021-12-17)

• Fixed a script error that could occur when playing Orphix missions.

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

• Formally introduced to the game.

Hotfix 29.6.7 (2021-01-13)

• Fixed Operation exploit (and disqualified scores that had been earned with it.)

Hotfix 29.6.6 (2021-01-12)

• Fixed another Operation exploit related to slow connection Hosts.
• Fixed losing Affinity for Necramech weapons if a Host migration occurred while piloting a Necramech with their ultimate Ability active. This also fixes a script error occurring when Reviving after the Host migration.

Hotfix 29.6.5 (2021-01-09)

• Removed Solaris prisoners in the Operation tileset as no Granum related activities are meant to be present in the respective tileset.
• Fixed another Host migration related scoring exploit.
• Fixed an End of Mission crash when an Orphix attempts to spawn.
• Fixed rare cases where Resonators would spawn behind locked puzzle doors in the tileset.
  • It is unlikely that this should come up again, but if it does, it is essential that you take a screenshot with the in-game tool using the F6 key and send the unedited file to Support; screenshots taken this way have special embedded data that will help us find out why the game chose to place the Resonator where it shouldn’t be. Thanks!
• Fixed having Voidrigs Storm Shroud run out on your personal Necramech while you’re in a rent-a-Mech resulting in your personal Necramech becoming invincible.
• Fixed Extraction countdown being reset by enemies/Pets entering the Extraction zone (also occurs in normal Survival missions).

Hotfix 29.6.4 (2021-01-06)

• Over the course of the Holiday break, the team continued to track and fix Operation exploits. Any scores that were determined to be achieved with these exploits have been (and will continue to be) removed from the Leaderboards, and temporary or full suspensions have been issued where appropriate.
• Fixed proper AABC reward not being given when achieving the Endurance max 36th Orphix.
• Fixed an issue where Affinity collected in a Necramech wouldn't propagate to your Arch Gun if you Transferenced in from the Operator.
• Fixed second Necramech death resulting in a functionality loss as the Operator until Operator respawns.
• Fixed having the same Archwing Weapon equipped in the Heavy Weapon slot and the Necramech Primary slot resulting in receiving double Affinity for the weapon.
• Fixed an issue where the player's inventory can end up with two instances of the Necramech's gun, which resulted in losing earned Affinity when Reviving as your Warframe.
• Fixed missing Extraction UI if a Host migration occurs after killing the 36th Orphix.
• Fixed Focus gained by the Necramech not being saved at End of Mission.

Hotfix 29.6.3 (2020-12-22)

• Fixed players being prevented from summoning Necramechs if they are too far away (applies to the Operation and Landscapes).
• Fixed an issue where Leaderboard scores were not appearing if you had a higher score before they were added. Your score shown on Profile from before the Leaderboard went live will not appear on the Leaderboard. This change just means that you can now set a Leaderboard score if it’s lower than what your Profile shows.

Hotfix 29.6.2 (2020-12-22)
With this Hotfix comes the enabling of Operation: Orphix Venom Leaderboards and Clan Trophies!

You can find links here to view the Leaderboards outside of game:

Human Readable:

http://content.warframe.com/dynamic/orphixVenom.php

Bot & Tool Readable:

http://content.warframe.com/dynamic/orphixVenomJS.php

Full Operation and Clan Trophy Details here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1241211-operation-orphix-venom-live-on-pc/

Operation: Orphix Venom Changes & Fixes:

• Reduced the bright screen range from the Orphix death to 25 meter range (from 120 meter).
• We now show your current amount of Phasic Cells in Father’s Operation shop in the Necralisk
• Operation Orphix will now sort higher on Navigation’s list of current events than fissures or ghouls
• Optimized the behaviour that when casting Voidrig’s Guard Mode with exactly 50 energy, you just jam your guns and go through the animations without actually being able to use the ability. You can no longer cast when you’re at exactly 50 energy.
• Changed the height threshold for Necramechs to do the ‘hard landing’ behaviour to be much higher. This change was made because often you’d just hop on a flat floor and be stuck in the ‘hard landing’ behaviour animations which would disrupt flow.
• Fixed a case where you’d be unable to use Abilities in your Necramech if you resummoned it and its last position was inside an Nullifier.
• Fixed some erroneous ‘Up/Down’ actions visible for players in a Necramech.
• Fixed being able to damage an Orphix before it spawned (i.e slashing empty air).

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with Sentients persisting after Host Migration when an Orphix is destroyed.
• Fixed being able to use a Warframe if you bleed out in the Orphix zone as seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/kh7x8v/getting_revived_near_an_orphix_makes_your/

Hotfix 29.6.1 (2020-12-18)

• Fixed several crashes related to Operation: Orphix Venom.
• Fixed two players being able to occupy the same Necramech in Operation: Orphix Venom.
• Fixed a crash associated with Equinox abilities on Orphix Venom.
• Fixed an issue where Orphix would not be destroyed even if their health was at 0.

Update 29.6 (2020-12-18)

• Introduced.