Riven Mods are special mods for primary weapons, secondary weapons, melee weapons, archguns, and sentinel weapons, the latter being unobtainable as of Update 24.0 (2018-11-08).
Riven Mods are completely unique; no two are the same, even if they have the same attributes, as their numbers will differ.
Properties
Riven mods are unique amongst other mods in a variety of ways:
- Require the player to complete stated challenge to reveal its weapon assignment and attributes.
- Carry two or three different bonuses.
- Can carry a negative stat, whose effects can be crippling but greatly increases the potency of bonuses.
- Can have any of the Madurai, Naramon, or Vazarin polarities, regardless of its attributes.
- Have their own Mastery Rank requirement independent of the weapon, ranging from 8 to 16.
- Can have its attributes rerolled with the use of Kuva.
- Are assigned to a single weapon per Riven mod, likened to Weapon Augment Mods.
- Cannot be equipped alongside another Riven mod.
Upgrade costs and Trading Credit taxes of Riven mods are equivalent to those of Rare mods.
Players start off with 15 inventory slots for Riven mods, which can be increased by purchasing 3 slots for 60 at a time, up to a maximum of 90 slots (total cost for all 90 is 1,500). Receiving a Riven mod while being at the current limit will block access to any further Sorties, and the player will be given a choice to purchase slots, trade away a Riven mod, or dissolve a Riven mod of their selection.
Acquisition
A single Riven mod is given to players upon completion of The War Within quest. Additional Riven mods can be acquired from:
- Tactical Alerts
- Gift from the Lotus Alerts
- Archgun Rivens from Arbitration Honors
- Sorties, with various drop chances:
Weapon Type | Drop Chance |
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Melee | 8.14% |
Pistol | 7.61% |
Rifle | 6.79% |
Kitgun | 2% |
Zaw | 2% |
Shotgun | 1.36% |
Challenges
When a player receives a Riven mod, it is Veiled and:
- Will not take up mod capacity.
- Will not grant any bonuses or curses.
- Cannot be upgraded.
- Must be equipped on a weapon of the same class:
Furthermore:
- The weapon used to complete a challenge is entirely irrelevant to the resulting Riven.
- It is possible to complete the challenges using any weapon or Warframe ability, regardless of which the Riven was equipped on.
- If its conditions are met, the Riven will be revealed independently of mission success.
- Completing the challenges also gives affinity.
Challenge | Notes |
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Catch X Fish without missing a throw. |
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Catch one Fish, Mine one gem or metal, and kill one enemy in 30 seconds. |
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Complete a defense mission with level 30 or higher enemies without the defense objective taking any damage. |
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Complete an extermination mission with level 30 or higher enemies without being detected. |
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Complete a solo interception mission with level 30 or higher enemies with a Hobbled Dragon Key equipped. |
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Complete a survival mission with level 30 or higher enemies without killing anyone. |
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Destroy X Dargyns with a bow. |
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Destroy X Vruush Turrets while in Archwing. |
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Find [2-4] Caches. |
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Find [8-24] Syndicate Medallions. |
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Get 3 headshot kills in a single aim glide. |
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Get [10-20] kills in a row while wall dashing or wall clinging without touching the floor. |
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Get the killing blow on [2-12] Sentients. |
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Kill 3 Airborne Condrocs within 5 seconds. |
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Kill X Dargyn Pilots before they hit the ground. |
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Kill [50-80] enemies. |
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Kill [10-20] enemies while sliding. | |
Kill X enemies that are on a dropship. |
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Kill [15-60] enemies with finishers. |
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Kill [15-60] enemies with headshots. |
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Kill X enemies with headshots from at least 100 meters away. |
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Kill X unalerted Tusk Ballistas with a headshot. |
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Kill X wild animals with a fishing spear. |
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Land X consecutive headshots while in Archwing mode in the Plains of Eidolon. |
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Sustain a 3x melee combo multiplier for 30 seconds. |
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Synthesize a Simaris target without using traps or abilities while having a Hobbled Dragon Key equipped. |
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Challenge Retired. |
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Attributes
Rivens are distinct from regular mods in that they are inconsistent in polarity, Mastery Rank requirement, attributes, and have between two and four attributes. It is possible to have Rivens to grant a very powerful set of bonuses with a negligible curse and vice-versa (e.g. Soma Sati-critatis with a curse that reduces status duration).
Riven mods draw their names from a size pool of 30, indicated by the randomized/rerolled attributes that the new mod has. Names consist of a prefix and/or a core and suffix and follow "Prefix-CoreSuffix" or "CoreSuffix".
The 30 positive attributes are:
Effect | Prefix/Core | Suffix |
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Ammo Maximum | Ampi | Bin |
Damage vs. Corpus | Manti | Tron |
Damage vs. Grineer | Argi | Con |
Damage vs. Infested | Pura | Ada |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Geli | Do |
Channeling Damage* | Tori | Bo |
Channeling Efficiency* | Uti | Tia |
Combo Duration* | Tempi | Nem |
Critical Chance | Crita | Cron |
Critical Chance on Slide Attack* | Pleci | Nent |
Critical Damage | Acri | Tis |
Base Damage / Melee Damage | Visi | Ata |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Vexi | Tio |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Igni | Pha |
Finisher Damage* | Exi | Cta |
Fire Rate / Attack Speed* | Croni | Dra |
Flight Speed | Conci | Nak |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Magna | Ton |
Magazine Capacity | Arma | Tin |
Multishot | Sati | Can |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Toxi | Tox |
Punch Through | Lexi | Nok |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Insi | Cak |
Reload Speed | Feva | Tak |
Range* | Locti | Tor |
Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. Damage | Sci | Sus |
Status Chance | Hexa | Dex |
Status Duration | Deci | Des |
Recoil | Zeti | Mag |
Zoom | Hera | Lis |
*Melee exclusive attributes.
Disposition
The randomized attributes for Riven mods are affected by Disposition, a modifier provided by the system that collates the usage popularity of a given weapon across the entire player base. Disposition strength controls the range of the attributes available for each weapon. Disposition can be any value between 0.5 and 1.55, but in-game this is simplified to 5 categories:
- Script error: The function "Dis" does not exist. (1.31-1.55): Strong: Assigned to the most infrequently-used of weapons. Rivens with this disposition provide the greatest bonuses.
- Script error: The function "Dis" does not exist. (1.11-1.3): This Disposition is assigned to less popular weapons, and Riven mods provide above-average bonuses.
- Script error: The function "Dis" does not exist. (0.9-1.1): Neutral: Weapons that see average usage within the player base, resulting in an equally average range of attributes.
- Script error: The function "Dis" does not exist. (0.7-0.89): Slightly more popular weapons will see a less powerful Riven mod.
- Script error: The function "Dis" does not exist. (0.5-0.69): Faint: Assigned to powerful weapons that see very high usage, this Disposition creates Riven mods with the most restrained of attributes.
Disposition is shared between all variants of a single weapon. For example, the Braton shares the same disposition with its Vandal, Prime and MK1 variants.
Disposition changes every three months, aligned with every new Prime Access. If a weapon's disposition is changed, the attributes on already unveiled Rivens for the weapon will be automatically adjusted to match the new disposition.
A weapon's Disposition can be seen in the Arsenal under the Upgrade tab, but only when a riven which can be equipped to that weapon is currently owned.
Below is a list of weapons by Disposition:
While not listed in the above table, all Zaw Strikes have a disposition of 1, as well at the Gaze Kitgun Chamber. The other Chambers' dispositions are: Catchmoon (0.8), Tombfinger (0.85), and Rattleguts (0.9), all have dispositions slightly below neutral.
Cycling (Rerolling)
Another unique aspect of a Riven mod's attributes is their ability to cycle (reroll) the attributes via the Cycle function in the Mods segment in the Orbiter. A Riven mod is cycled after spending Kuva, found through Kuva Siphon objectives on planets close to the Kuva Fortress or as an uncommon reward for completing Bounties.
Cycling a Riven mod affects the number of attributes, as well as the final numerical attribute, but not the current weapon designation, mod rank, polarity or Mastery Rank requirement. Dispositions belong to the weapons and not the mods, and thus a cycled riven will not have attributes outside its own range of values.
After cycling a mod, both the old version of the mod and the new version is displayed, and players can choose to keep the version they prefer.
Cycling a Riven mod starts off with 900 Kuva for the first cycle and increases on subsequent cycles of the same mod, capped at 3500 Kuva. The number of cycles is indicated by a clockwise arrow at the bottom right of the Riven mod.
Cycle | Cost | Cumulative Cost | ~Runs | Cumulative Runs |
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1 | 900 | 900 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
2 | 1,000 | 1,900 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
3 | 1,200 | 3,100 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
4 | 1,400 | 4,500 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
5 | 1,700 | 6,200 | 2.7 | 9.9 |
6 | 2,000 | 8,200 | 3.2 | 13.1 |
7 | 2,350 | 10,550 | 3.8 | 16.9 |
8 | 2,750 | 13,300 | 4.4 | 21.3 |
9 | 3,150 | 16,450 | 5.1 | 26.4 |
10 | 3,500 | 19,950 | 5.8 | 32.2 |
Total Kuva cost to roll:
- An unrolled Riven 9 times is 16,450.
- A high-rolled Riven 9 times is 31,500.
Therefore, 15,050 Kuva can be saved by rolling an unrolled Riven instead.
Transmutation
If a player has excess Rivens and are comfortable with doing away several of them, a Riven Transmuter allows them to sacrifice four Rivens in their inventory for a new, veiled Riven mod.
The Riven Transmuter is a drop acquired from the Eidolon Hydrolyst, consumes four Riven mods to transmute them into a new, veiled one. The new Riven will always be of the same type as one of the transmuted Rivens. As a consequence, if four of the same type are transmuted (e.g. only rifle Rivens), then the new mod will be of the same weapon class.
Upon transmutation, the four selected Riven mods and the Riven Transmuter will be consumed.
Notes
- Riven mods are not saved in a player's Codex.
- It is possible to complete multiple Riven mod challenges within a single mission, assuming the player qualifies for them simultaneously.
- While it is possible to equip a veiled Riven mod onto Sentinel weapons, the challenge will not appear for the player.
- Typing [Riven mod] in the in-game chat and selecting the mod will let other players in the same chat channel see its bonuses.
- Typing out the name of the actual Riven mod is an alternative way of representing the player's mod in chat.
- Base (unranked) Endo value of Riven mods is affected by the Mastery Rank requirement, weapon type, and number of cycles.
- A Riven mod's weapon is determined upon unveiling, not on drop. Therefore, a Riven mod can be obtained, saved, and unveil a weapon that did not exist when the Riven mod itself was created.
- Riven mods can be used on variants of a particular weapon, including MK1, Prime, Vandal, Wraith, Dex, Prisma, Mara, and Syndicate variants.
- Being entirely separate weapons, Riven mods for the Mutalist Cernos and the Mutalist Quanta are not compatible with the normal Cernos or Quanta respectively, and vice versa. The same restriction applies to Dual Sidearms and Single Sidearms. Several Melee weapons such as Dex Dakra and Dakra Prime, Nikana (Prime) and Dragon Nikana are also considered separate melee weapons.
- Riven mods for Zaws are determined by the Strike.
- Riven mods will not generate for Exalted Weapons.
- If a Riven mod includes multiple elemental damage bonuses, the elements listed are applied in the reversed order.
- This means that any other elemental damage mod installed to the left of the Riven mod will interact with the last element listed as opposed to the first element listed.
- Placing an elemental damage mod to the right of said Riven mod instead will not affect the Riven mod's combined damage for this reason.
- For example, if a Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage mod is placed to the left of a Riven mod that grants Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage (and thus, Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage), it will create Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage as opposed to Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage. Putting said Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage mod to the right of the Riven mod will keep the Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage intact.
- As of Hotfix 19.10.1 (2017-02-14), Artax Riven mods are no longer obtainable from Sorties. Given the short 5-day period between the weapon's introduction and the hotfix and the low chance of getting a specific Riven mod, Rivens for Artax are the rarest ones in circulation.
- As of Update 24.0 (2018-11-08), all Sentinel weapons were removed from the Riven mod generation pool. Existing Rivens remain and may be unveiled, but new Sentinel weapon Rivens can no longer be obtained.
- Currently, the lowest Mastery Rank requirement to equip a Riven mod is 8, and the highest is 16.
- The total Endo gain from dissolving a Riven mod is equal to the following formula, rounded up:
100 × (Mastery Rank - 8) + 22.5 × 2Mod Rank + 200 × Rerolls.- For example, the base value for an unranked, unrolled mod with a Mastery Rank requirement of 13 would be: 100 × (13 − 8) + 22.5 × 2^0 + 200 × 0 = 522.5, rounded up to 523.
- Since Hotfix 23.8.2 (2018-09-19), trading rivens only requires that the minimum mastery rank for rivens be met, which is 8.
- As of Update 24.8 (2019-04-24) veiled Arch-gun Rivens can be purchased from Arbitrations Honors for 25 Vitus Essence.
- Arch-gun Rivens can be equipped and unveiled with Atmospheric Arch-guns.
Trivia
- Riven mods feature a dynamic image, which constantly shifts between the images of the bonuses. For example, a Riven Rifle mod that affects Critical chance and Critical damage (positively or negatively) will shift between Point Strike's image and Vital Sense's image.
- Interestingly, Riven mods that affect Status Chance use the images of Thunderclap, Crowd Control, Stopping Power, or Staggering Force, as opposed to Rifle Aptitude, Shotgun Savvy, Sure Shot, or Melee Prowess.
- Riven is the past participle of the Middle English verb Rive, which means "to violently tear apart".
- Taking into account the existence of 24 possible positive effects, the possibility of one negative effect, and that elemental damage and punch through cannot be negative attributes, also the fact that effects don't fall into the same category nor does order matter: there are 5,083 possible Riven mod stat combinations that have two positive effects and one or zero negative effects, and 35,673 possible Riven mod stat combinations that have three positive effects and one or zero negative effects, making a total of 40,756 different combinations for a single Rifle, Shotgun, or Pistol Riven.
Bugs
- If you complete the objectives of 2 different Riven Mods in the same mission they can cancel each other and not open at all, but rather reset to the state they were in before the mission started.
- If a Riven mod is unveiled while already being on the weapon it turns out to be for, it will remain on the weapon but not drain any mod points. This also allows weapons to reach negative mod point values.
Media
For more examples of Riven mods, see here
External Links
- Official Exhibit
- Google Doc - All Riven Dispositions & possible stats (WIP)
- Google Doc - All Riven Disposition changes - buffs & nerfs.
- Riven Calculator by Semlar
See Also
- Cephalon Samodeus, the character who created Riven Mods.
Patch History
Hotfix 25.0.4 (2019-05-28)
- Fixed Rivens that are capable of hitting negative Damage via Critical Multiplier resulting in insta-killing enemies that have innate Damage resistance (Amalgam Alkonost). They will now properly take 0 Damage from a negative Critical Multiplier weapon, the same way regular enemies do.
Hotfix 24.5.8.1 (2019-04-02)
- As mentioned in our previous Riven Workshop, the Equinox Prime Access which just released brings with it the first in a series of regular Riven disposition tweaks! A full breakdown of the Riven disposition changes can be found in the Developer Workshop:
Hotfix 24.5.5 (2019-03-25)
- Removed all wildlife killing Riven Mod Challenges. All existing Rivens with wildlife killing Challenges will be retroactively updated with a new Challenge. This change is in preparation for the upcoming Plains Conservation!
Hotfix 24.2.6 (2018-12-20)
- Updated Riven Mods to have proper names for Zaw and Kitguns, instead of using Melee and Pistol in names.
Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)
- Many non-melee riven dispositions were shifted up to +/- one pip.
- Sentinel weapons were removed from the generation pool. Existing mods remain, but no new sentinel rivens will be generated.
- Kitgun Riven Mods introduced.
Hotfix 23.8.2 (2018-09-19)
- A Mastery Rank of 8+ is now required to trade Rivens. This echoes the minimum possible Mastery Rank requirement of Rivens overall as well as generally follows our trading rules with restricted gear.
Update 22.16 (2018-03-15)
- Reduced the requirements for "Kill X Dargyns with a Bow" Riven challenge to bring the intended difficulty and time commitment in line with other Riven challenges.
- Existing Rivens with this challenge are unaffected
Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)
- Removed the “while sliding” and “undetected” requirement for the "Kill X Dargyns with a Bow" Riven challenge to alleviate some frustrations. Any existing challenges with this requirement will revert into one without it.
Update 21.6 (2017-08-29)
- Riven Slot capacity limit has increased from 60 to 90.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Melee Rivens added.
Hotfix 19.5.6 (2017-01-04)
- Fixed (for real this time) negative Status Duration from Rivens resulting in infinite status.
Hotfix 19.5.5 (2017-01-03)
- Fixed a crash with certain weapons caused by Rivens with worse than -100% Multishot.
- Fixed Corrosive Status Effects being cancelled due to -100% status duration.
- Fixed -100% Reload Speed making weapons reload instantly.
- Fixed another case of negative Ammo Capacity Rivens leading to infinite Ammo.
- Fixed a few problems that would occur from using a Riven with Fire-Rate worse than -100%.
Hotfix 19.5.4 (2017-01-03)
- Fixed Secondary Riven mod Fusion cost being lower than intended.
- Fixed negative Status Duration from Rivens resulting in infinite status.
- Fixed negative Ammo Capacity Rivens leading to infinite Ammo.
- Fixed negative Damage Rivens healing enemies. Also fixes negative Crit Multiplier doing the same.
- Fixed Status Effects visually (i.e Corrosive green electricity-like substance) lasting forever as a result of having 0% Status Duration.
Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)
- Shotgun and secondary Rivens added.
Update 19.4 (2016-12-16)
- Kuva Cycle cost now capped at 3,500.
Hotfix 19.3.2 (2016-12-14)
- For those of you who have reached the max Riven Capacity, you can now increase your Riven Capacity by purchasing additional Slots. Visit the market to get a bundle of three slots for 60 Platinum. The maximum capacity is still capped at 60 Riven Slots total for technical reasons.
- Cycle will now prompt you to choose on next login if you crash while choosing.
- A player cannot be traded a Riven if they are already at max capacity.
- Cycling can now be done repeatedly without the need to close & open again.
- Fixed bug when trying to dissolve a Veiled Riven mod.
- Fixed getting locked in Riven reveal screen when pressing esc/back too early.
- Fixed an issue that could cause an auto-ban for selling a Riven.
- Rivens will now show the reveal screen on next login if you crash before returning to your Landing Craft.
Hotfix 19.0.6 (2016-11-18)
- Riven Disposition (Faint, Neutral, and Strong) has been added. Riven Disposition stats on Rifles will be visible if there's at least one equitable Riven mod for said Rifle.
- Existing Rivens have been automatically rebalanced to fit this Riven Disposition
- When Cycling a Riven with Kuva, you can now choose to "Accept" or "Decline" a Cycle result using the arrow and Confirm button presented.
- You will only have to Unveil a Riven mod one time: on first discovery. Cycling no longer Veils Riven mods.
- Adjusted Endo return when dissolving Riven mods:
- +100 Endo for every Mastery Rank requirement above the minimum of 8
- +200 Endo for every Cycle performed on the Mod
- Chat Linked Riven mods now contain correct challenge progress/requirement info, as well as Cycles.
- Kuva Cycling costs have been reduced significantly.
- Before: 900 - 1000 - 1300 - 1800 - 2500 - 3400 - 4500 - 5800 - 7300 - 9000 - Continues each Cycle, no cap.
- After: 900 - 1000 - 1200 - 1400 - 1700 - 2000 - 2350 - 2750 - 3200 - 3600 - Continues each Cycle, no cap.
- Tweaked the Cycling diorama to include Samodeus and updated Riven mod Cycle and transition sounds!
- Fixed Veiled Riven mods unequipping themselves due to not meeting the Mastery Rank requirement.
Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)