Vitus Essence is a special resource that only appears on Arbitrations.
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
- 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 3% chance to drop Vitus Essence on kill.
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Vitus Essence is used to buy items from the Arbitrations Vendor NPC in the Arbiters of Hexis room of any relay.
Last updated: Update 26.0
- Vitus Essence is also used to craft items, mainly Ephemeras.
Vitus drop.
| Blueprint | 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) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research |  x1  x3  x10  x30  x100
| ||||||||
Last updated: Hotfix 29.9.1
Notes[edit | edit source]
- 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 100,000, 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- General Arbitrations Changes
- Reduced Vitus Essence crafting cost for the Amber Star Blueprint from 2 to 1.
- A reusable Ayatan Amber Star Blueprint (available for 10 Vitus Essence) is purchasable from the Arbiters of Hexis in the Relay.
- Fixed Arbitration missions rewarding the incorrect amount of Vitus Essence at End Of Mission.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 25.7.6
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