Vitus Essence

Vitus Essence
Untradable
Information
Introduced	Update 23.10
Sources	Missions: Arbitrations (Arbitrations) Arbitration Shield Drone 3%

Awarded by the Arbiters of Hexis to few Tenno capable of surviving Arbitration.

—In-game description

Vitus Essence is a special resource that only appears on Arbitrations.

Acquisition

• Guaranteed end of mission reward on Arbitrations. Amount varies depending on rounds completed.
• There is a 7% chance to gain 3 x Vitus Essence from any drop rotation on Arbitrations.
• Arbitration Shield Drones have a small chance to drop Vitus Essence on kill.

Usage

• Vitus Essence is used to buy items from the Arbitrations Vendor NPC in the Arbiters of Hexis room of any relay.

Click to view the items purchased with Vitus Essence.

Item	Type	Vitus Essence Cost
​ Aerial Ace​	Mod	30
Amprex Telos Skin	Amprex Cosmetic	15
Arbitration Statue	Decoration	15
Archgun Riven Mod (Veiled)	Mod	35
Atomos Telos Skin	Atomos Cosmetic	15
Atterax Telos Skin	Atterax Cosmetic	15
Ayatan Amber Star Blueprint	Resource	10
Ayatan Zambuka	Resource	50
Bleeding Body Ephemera Blueprint	Cosmetic	30
Blazing Step Ephemera Blueprint	Cosmetic	30
​ Cautious Shot​	Mod	20
​ Energizing Shot​	Mod	30
Grendel Chassis Locator​	Mission Locator	25
Grendel Neuroptics Locator​	Mission Locator	25
Grendel Systems Locator​	Mission Locator	25
Illumina Judicium	Emote	75
Judicial Coils	Operator Cosmetic	30
Judicial Oculus	Operator Cosmetic	30
10,000‍10,000	Resource	25
​ Mending Shot​	Mod	30
Power Donation​	Mod	20
​ Preparation​	Mod	30
Rolling Guard​	Mod	20
Scars of Arbitration Sigil	Cosmetic	20
​ Sharpshooter​	Mod	20
Vigorous Swap​	Mod	20
Vitus Emblem	Cosmetic	5
Vitus Essence Decoration	Decoration	15
Vitus Illumina	Decoration	15
Total		605

Last updated: Update 26.0

• Vitus Essence is also used to craft items, mainly Ephemeras.

  

  Vitus drop.

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Vitus Essence.

Blueprints	Type	Quantity (Research)
Ayatan Amber Star	Resource	1
Blazing Step Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Bleeding Body Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Freezing Step Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Seeding Step Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Shocking Step Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Smoking Body Ephemera	Cosmetic	1
Synthula	Resource	(1)
Total		7 (+1)

Last updated: Update 24.8

Notes

• The Vitus Illumina decoration appears invisible unless GPU particles option is turned on to at least minimal in the graphics settings.
• The Ayatan Amber Star blueprint is reusable. Each star requires 100,000‍100,000, 2 Ayatan Cyan Stars and 1 Vitus Essence.
• Vitus Essence dropped from Arbitration Shield Drones can be multiplied by a Resource Booster or Smeeta Kavat's Charm buff.
• Arbitration Shield Drones will not drop additional Vitus Essence with Warframe abilities that increase loot drop chance.

Trivia

Old "Nitain" icon.

• Prior to Hotfix 25.7.6, Vitus Essence's icon was a recolored Nitain Extract icon.
  • Similarly, while Nitain Extract is internally labeled as "Alertium", Vitus Essence is labeled as "Elitium" – Arbitrations were originally workshopped under the moniker of Elite Alerts.
• Vitus means "of life" in Latin, the item's name can be taken literally as essence of life.

Patch History

Hotfix 25.7.6

Reward and Rotation Changes

• Arbiter Drones will now have a small chance to drop Vitus Essence on kill.
  • Vitus Essence dropped by destroyed Arbitration drones will have the special pickup notification.

New Arbitration Rewards

• Added 3 x Vitus Essence bundle to the Arbitrations drop table.

Update 24.8

General Arbitrations Changes

• Reduced Vitus Essence crafting cost for the Amber Star Blueprint from 2 to 1.

Update 24.0

• A reusable Ayatan Amber Star Blueprint (available for 10 Vitus Essence) is purchasable from the Arbiters of Hexis in the Relay.

Hotfix 23.10.2

• Fixed Arbitration missions rewarding the incorrect amount of Vitus Essence at End Of Mission.

Update 23.10

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 25.7.6