Oxium

Oxium is a rare lighter than air alloy of Orokin origin, used in certain Corpus Robotics.

—In-Game Description

Oxium is an uncommon component. Dropped by the uncommonly encountered Oxium Osprey with a guaranteed drop rate, it can be found in quantities of 7-12 and will only drop if the Osprey is killed before it destroys itself by charging against the player, an ally, or a wall.

Oxium can also be found by destroying Storage Containers, completing low-tier Bounties, and by opening the 3rd Cache in Grineer Sealab Sabotage missions.

Farming Locations[]

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the resource until better facts are proven.

Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
Phobos	Gulliver	Defense	10 - 15	Corpus Ship
Jupiter	Io	Defense	15 - 20	Corpus Gas City
Pluto	Outer Terminus	Defense	30 - 40	Corpus Outpost

Blueprints Requiring Oxium[]

Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Amesha Systems	Component	(2,200)
Arca Scisco	Secondary	250
Archwing Launcher Segment	Orbiter Segment	1,200 (600)
Astilla	Primary	175
Atlas Prime Neuroptics	Component	200
Atlas Shikoro Helmet	Cosmetic	1,200
Atlas Tartarus Helmet	Cosmetic	400
Auroxium Alloy x20	Resource	600
Banshee Prime Systems	Component	300
Cassowar	Melee	150
Ceti Lacera	Melee	400
Chroma Amaru Helmet	Cosmetic	300
Chroma Drac Helmet	Cosmetic	300
Chroma Systems	Component	400
Convectrix	Primary	900
Distilling Extractor	Extractor	150
Distilling Extractor Prime	Extractor	300
Dragon Nikana	Melee	75
Dual Keres	Melee	230
Endura	Melee	(40)
Equinox Clisthert Helm	Cosmetic	400
Equinox Prime Chassis	Component	150
Equinox Solstice Helmet	Cosmetic	400
Exergis	Primary	175
Ferrox	Primary	(500)
Fluctus	Arch-Gun	(50)
Garuda Bathory Helmet	Cosmetic	400
Grattler	Arch-Gun	3,500 (390)
Grustrag Bolt Release	Item	20
Guandao	Melee	65
Gunsen	Melee	200
Halikar	Melee	500
Harrow Chassis	Component	800
Helios	Sentinel	300 (100)
Inaros Chassis	Component	100
Inaros Prime Neuroptics	Component	225
Itzal Harness	Component	180 (250)
Itzal Systems	Component	320 (3,750)
Itzal Wings	Component	400 (3,750)
Ivara Loxley Helmet	Cosmetic	600
Ivara Prime Systems	Component	175
Karyst	Melee	100
Kohm	Primary	500
Krohkur	Melee	125
Lavos Neuroptics	Component	750
Mantis Fuselage	Component	1,800
Masseter	Melee	225
Mesa Chassis	Component	50
Mirage Prime Chassis	Component	350
Nezha Prime Neuroptics	Component	225
Nikana	Melee	75 (100)
Nutrio Incubator Upgrade Segment	Orbiter Segment	1,200 (600)
Oberon Prime Chassis	Component	100
Octavia Neuroptics	Component	1,000
Octavia Prime Neuroptics	Component	250
Okina	Melee	1,800
Protea Chassis	Component	550
Revenant Vania Helmet	Cosmetic	400
Sands of Inaros	Quest	400
Scourge	Primary	350 (4,500)
Sevagoth Systems	Component	250
Sonicor	Secondary	600
Talons	Secondary	1,200
Tenora	Primary	(600)
Titania Prime Neuroptics	Component	225
Tonbo	Melee	100 (20)
Tonkor	Primary	200
Trinity Prime Chassis	Component	500
Trinity Prime Neuroptics	Component	450
Twin Krohkur	Melee	(300)
Tyli Gyro	Moa	1,200
Vauban Prime Chassis	Component	7,000
Vitrica	Melee	925
Volnus	Melee	225
Wisp Chassis	Component	700
Wukong Macak Helmet	Cosmetic	1,000
Zakti	Secondary	(2,000)
Zephyr	Warframe	(200)
Zephyr Chassis	Component	200 (20)
Zephyr Cierzo Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Zephyr Neuroptics	Component	200 (20)
Zephyr Prime Chassis	Component	300
Zephyr Prime Neuroptics	Component	250
Zephyr Systems	Component	200 (20)

Total	42,417 (20,010)
Research	x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Last updated: Update 30.0 (2021-04-13)

Gathering Tips[]

Tips collected from common player experience and should be viewed as advice rather than fact.

Playing Corpus Excavation, Defense, Survival, and Mobile Defense missions can offer a decent amount of Oxium as well, the lowest level being Kiliken, Venus.
Keeping enemies in an alerted state in Sabotage missions can bring a fair amount of Oxium, especially on lower level missions, where more demanding enemies do not spawn right away.
Io, Jupiter used to yield around 250 Oxium in 10 waves. The updated corpus tileset on Io has negatively impacted the Oxium yield. A 10-minute match now only averages around 100 Oxium.

Notes[]

Ivara can use Prowl on the Ospreys, potentially doubling the amount of Oxium dropped by a single unit.
As it's dropped by a specific enemy and is not a planet-specific drop, it cannot be obtained by using Extractors.
Sometimes Oxium can get stuck in the ceiling in narrow hallways/locations with a low ceiling, Loot Radar mods ( Animal Instinct & Thief's Wit) can help locating those otherwise invisible resource drops.
Oxium can also be acquired from Grineer/Corpus/Orokin storage containers, albeit with a very low chance. Therefore, one should not rely on this source due to it being infrequent.
As of Update 18.0 (2015-12-03), Nekros can Desecrate Oxium Ospreys.
Each player obtains a different amount of Oxium from the same pickup, implying that the amount of Oxium contained in a pickup is not pre-determined.
Recommended manner of dealing with Oxium Ospreys before they self-destruct without dropping the desired resource is incapacitating them before they are able to see the enemy and attack. Otherwise focusing on diverting their attention from fighting ( Terrify, Radial Blind, Rest & Rage, and similar abilities) is a good way of approaching the situation.
Sorties seem to have somewhat higher spawn rates for the Ospreys.

Market[]

By purchasing this item you can directly exchange 30 Platinum 30 for 300 Oxium.

—In-Game Description

Media[]

Farming Oxium warframe Farming guide (2018)

Patch History[]

Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

(Undocumented) Oxium resource pickups are now green.

Update 23.8 (2018-09-12)
As a result of a review from the Capture Mission changes that affected Oxium acquisition (Galatea, Neptune) and Oxium acquisition as a whole, we have made tweaks to better benefit your Oxium grofit:

Oxium Ospreys now appear within the first 5 Waves/Rounds of all Corpus Defense/Interception missions.
Slightly increased the spawn chance of Oxium Ospreys in all Corpus Defense/Interception missions at higher Waves/Rounds.

Update 22.3 (2017-11-15)

Added to Bounty reward tables.

Hotfix 17.1.5 (2015-08-14)

Increased the amount of Oxium that drops from Grineer Underwater Oxium Caches to 250.

Hotfix 15.7.2 (2014-12-19)

Oxium Ospreys now drop more Oxium! Increased from 1-2 to 7-12.

Update 15.7 (2014-12-17)

Fixed Feral Kubrow dropping Oxium.

Update 15.0 (2014-10-24)

Oxium added to alert rotation.

Hotfix 12.6.1 (2014-03-26)

Fixed issue where 1 Oxium was being sold for 10 Platinum, correct Market Price is 30 Platinum for 300 Oxium.

Update 12.6 (2014-03-26)

Added the ability to purchase Oxium through the Market.

Hotfix 12.0.2 (2014-02-06)

Fixed over contributions resulting in negative Oxium in some clans cases.

Hotfix 11.9.2 (2014-01-30)

Fixed Oxium description appearing as a file-path in the foundry.

Update 11.9 (2014-01-29)

Introduced.

Last updated: Update 22.8 (2017-12-21)