If you’re on Twitter, we recommend following This account exclusively tweets out the details of Warframe Mission Alerts in real time. Keep an eye on the feed for chances to earn Aura Mods! If you don’t do these missions, you can go a long time without these important buffs. These are the time-limited events - usually lasting 30-60 minutes - that periodically appear on your star map. The most common way to earn Aura Mods is by doing Mission Alerts. They are equipped to a dedicated slot (only found on Warframes themselves) which cannot be utilized by any other type of mod. We’ll cover that in another guide, though!Īura mods affect both you and your entire squad at once. You’ll earn these suckers so quickly while playing Warframe that you won’t know what to do with them all. Certain mission types - such as Survival, Excavation, and Interception - also periodically award mods. Regular enemies, bosses, and containers all randomly drop mods. Normal mods drop throughout your everyday missions and as rewards for completing bounties. Others raise your shields and/or heal to increase survivability. Each mod enhances a different statistic (sometimes multiple statistics). You get mods for your ‘frames, weapons, companions, Archwings, and more. Mods come in the form of “cards” that equip to just about everything in Warframe.
Generally speaking, these special classes of mods are either purchased or earned through specific missions. The latter two, Legendary and Riven, do not drop from enemies. Meanwhile, Primed mods are platinum and Rivens are purple. These follow the usual color schemes of bronze, silver, and gold. There are five primary ranks of rarity for Warframe mods: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary (commonly called Primed), and Riven.
They amplify raw damage, modify elemental types, and generally make everything you do better. Mods are the primary determiners of your power level - regardless of what weapons and robots you wield. But all of the real action is behind the scenes.
At first glance, Warframe is all about getting new ‘frames and weapons.