However, Alert missions pop up approximately every half hour or so all throughout the day, and have completely random rewards. Blueprints to make them can appear as rewards in randomly-appearing “Alert” missions. There are two ways to get them in-game, but neither is very reliable. They’re fairly expensive (75pt, same as a color palette), and they can only be used on the warframe you buy them for (or the prime version, if one exists).
You can also skip the in-game store and simply equip them in the Arsenal screen if you try to equip any cosmetic items you don’t already own, you’ll be prompted to buy them immediately.Ĭosmetic helmets are a special case. and all can only be obtained by buying them directly from the in-game store for platinum. (Weapon camo is specific to a particular weapon, and some sentinels and warframes have special cosmetics specific to that particular piece of equipment.) None of these have any in-game effect. Almost all of them can be used every warframe and weapon. This includes color palettes, alternate weapon camouflage schemes, cosmetic armor attachments for your warframe, alternate models or attachments for your floating sentinel pet, Clan emblems for your warframe or sentinel, and trailing attachments for your weapons or warframes (called “sugatras” or “syndanas”, respectively). Most cosmetic items are only available for real-money purchase. It isn’t a hard and fast rule, but it should help you find what you’re looking for. In general, blueprints to make an item in the Foundry item-crafting screen and other consumables cost credits, while completed items cost Platinum. The in-game market freely mixes items sold for in-game credits and items sold for Platinum. Everything else is a way to bypass grinding or daily limits, either by simply selling items you’d normally need to grind for, raising or refreshing limited uses, or speeding up resource earning rates.įirst, let’s talk about what doesn’t cost Platinum. The options are fairly typical to free-to-play games. There are two kinds of things you can only buy with Platinum: cosmetic items and inventory slots. While you can make or spend Platinum dealing with other players, the main use for it is for buying game features from Digital Extremes. Always make sure that everything you want is in the trade window before accepting, always be suspicious of offers that involve four or more items at a time, and never trade anything in return for promises.
While Digital Extremes does not condone scamming and will likely crack down on frequently-reported offenders, players are reminded every time they open trade chat that any trade that is not in the trade window will not be enforced. The informality and anonymity makes it the wild west for scamming. WFTrading is a useful resource to get an idea of baseline costs for items, but prices on very new, discontinued, or special event items are never consistent. It also means that actually finding what you want for a non-extortionate price will often be an exercise in frustration. This offers opportunities for profit: a new, hot item that isn’t actually all that hard to get may sell for 80pt or more during the busiest hours, and 20pt during the off hours. Because the dealmaking is ad hoc and the market is shallow, it’s very inefficient. It’s carried out almost entirely in the in-game Trading channel, personal chats, and on forums. The player market in Warframe is very informal. Trades are limited: players can’t trade until mastery rank 2, players can make only one trade per day per mastery rank, and players must pay a token tax in credits based on what items they’re receiving in the trade. To trade, one person (who must be in a clan with a trading terminal) invites the the other to their clan dojo. You can use Platinum to skip the grind to get the last piece you need for a build, or turn excess Prime components, duplicate mods, or helmets into some extra spending money. Either way, it’s not always immediately clear what is worth the money or not.įirst and foremost, Platinum can be traded with other players for mods, Prime equipment components, blueprints, and “arcane” cosmetic helmets with game stats attached (unlike all current cosmetic helmets, which have no in-game effect). Whether you trade it with other players or directly with Digital Extremes, Platinum can be used either to obtain the few things that can’t be obtained in the course of normal play, or to bypass the time-consuming grind needed to obtain many items. Once you have your platinum, it’s time to spend it.