Venus

Mercury

Venus

Hidden and entrenched in the mountainous peaks of Venus, the Corpus practice their industrious craft. The superstructures built here are a testament to the inventive Corpus engineers that have settled in regions where lingering Orokin technologies still moderates surface temperatures.

—Venus Fragment

Venus is a planet which has the Corpus as the controlling faction.

Venus is the second planet that a player can unlock. Venus becomes accessible by defeating the Specter in the Venus Junction on Earth after completing the required tasks.

The Assassination Target of the planet is the Jackal, located in the mission node Fossa. Jackal drops the component blueprints for the parts of the Rhino Rhino Warframe.

Venus is also home to Fortuna and the related open-world Orb Vallis. These areas were added in Update 24.0 (2018-11-08).

Vesper Relay Status
PC	PSN	Xbox	Nintendo Switch
Destroyed	Destroyed	Protected	Protected

Enemies

Invasion Missions: The Infested will always appear as an "Opposing" faction during Invasion missions.

Spy Missions: Special enemy variants have a chance of spawning during Spy missions.

Corpus	Infested
Corpus Techs Crewmen MOAs Mine Ospreys Oxium Ospreys Shield Ospreys	Chargers Leapers Volatile Runners Lobber Crawlers Toxic Crawlers Ancient Disruptors

Missions

Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
E Gate	Exterminate	3 - 5	Corpus Outpost
Kiliken	Excavation	3 - 8	Corpus Outpost
Tessera	Defense	3 - 8	Corpus Outpost
Cytherean	Interception	3 - 8	Corpus Ship
Montes	Exterminate	3 - 8	Corpus Ship (Archwing)
V Prime	Survival	3 - 8	Corpus Ship
Unda	Spy	4 - 6	Corpus Outpost
Venera	Capture	5 - 7	Corpus Outpost
Linea	Rescue	5 - 7	Corpus Outpost
Aphrodite	Mobile Defense	6 - 8	Corpus Outpost
Ishtar	Sabotage	6 - 8	Corpus Ship
Fossa	Assassination	6 - 8	Corpus Ship
Romula	Defense (Dark Sector)	8 - 18	Corpus Outpost
Malva	Survival (Dark Sector)	8 - 18	Corpus Ship
Orb Vallis	Free Roam	10 - 30	Orb Vallis

Tips

Early on in the game prior to being able to consistently access the Void tileset, the Dark Sectors on Romula and Malva are an easy way for new players to earn more credits than on a standard mission.

Trivia

Venus itself is named after the Roman Goddess of love. The names of its missions are from a variety of sources, with a few exceptions:
- Various geological formations on the planet's surface (Tessera, Aphrodite, Ishtar).
- Mythological figures and concepts associated with the goddess (Vesper, Cytherean, Aphrodite).
- Exploration Programs aimed at studying Venus itself (Venera).
- A long, narrow depression on the surface of an extraterrestrial body (Fossa).
- Malva is a feminine Greek name that means "soft".
- The name Romula could relate to Romulus, one of the founders of Rome and the mythological son of Venus herself.
- Ishtar is the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war.
In reality, the surface of Venus is way too hot to support life. Fragments obtained from Venus indicate that Orokin technology keeps the planet cool enough for life to thrive.

Patch History

Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)

Venus - V Prime is now a Survival mission instead of Rescue due to there only being one low tier Survival mission.