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.
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:
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. However, Fragments obtained from Venus show that the Orokin cooled the planet enough for life to thrive.
This is further confirmed during the quest Vox Solaris, where it is shown that the Corpus utilize ancient Orokin coolant towers to regulate Venus' temperature.
The New War also suggests that the Corpus have been utilizing these devices incorrectly. Notably, after gaining control of the planet, Narmer raised Venus' temperature to a more habitable level, causing grass and trees to spread across the surface.
Made the following changes to lower-level missions to offer more engaging combat. Our goal is to strike a balance between not being too punishing, but also encouraging players to adopt behaviors that will help them take on harder content -- ie. not just standing still and shooting folks.
Increased enemy spawns on Venus (base version only, Steel Path remains the same).
Reduced the amount of enemy spawns around the Spy Vault during the Vox Solaris Quest to make that section a bit less difficult for new players.
This level reduction has also been applied to Venus Spy missions below level 20.
Updated the TennoGuide path to include suggested Nodes in addition to Quests/Junctions up until the Mercury Junction.
This change offers new Tenno the most optimized path to progress through Venus in their Main Story path. New player experience is a delicate balance of guiding players on what to do next, while maintaining player agency in their Warframe journey.
Moved the Unda, Venus node (Spy mission) so that it is no longer required to complete to get to the Mercury Junction.
Spy missions are a bit advanced for new players who are still learning the ins and outs of parkouring. So we’ve moved Unda away from the main path and onto a branch of Venera so that it is optional to complete.
The new path to the Junction is now E-Gate > Fortuna > Kiliken.
Increased enemy level range of the Unda, Venus node from 4-6 to 6-8 now that it follows Venera (which has a 5-7 range).
Update 32 (2022-09-07) synced accessible relays across all platforms. Relays that are active and destroyed on PC were applied to the consoles' Star Charts.
Venus
Corpus as the controlling faction.
Rhino Warframe.
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