In Warframe, relic farming is a core activity for players looking to acquire prime parts and blueprints. Various mission types are suitable when it comes to farming relics, and understanding the benefits of each can greatly enhance your farming sessions. Here’s some of the popular mission types for relic farming and a look into why Disruption is often considered the top choice.
Survival Missions
Survival missions are a go-to for many players because they’re straightforward and can be endlessly scaled. You fight against waves of enemies to maintain life support, with relics typically awarded at 5-minute intervals. The predictability of rewards makes Survival a solid choice, especially when you’re multitasking or farming other resources simultaneously. However, the consistency comes at the cost of speed, as you’re locked into those 5-minute intervals for each relic. Especially in nodes like Mot, where Axi relics are locked to 20 minute reward schedules.
Defense Missions
Similar to Survival, Defense missions involve holding off waves of enemies to protect a specific target. Relics can be awarded every 5 waves, which aligns with the usual AABC reward rotation. Wave 5 – A, Wave 10 – A, Wave 15 – B, Wave 20 – C. Defense missions can be more time-consuming than other methods because each wave’s duration can vary based on enemy spawn rates and the efficiency of your squad’s kill speed. However, nuke frames like Saryn and Legerdemain Mirage can clear waves quicker than in a survival mission.
Interception Missions
Interception requires capturing and holding points on the map to decode messages, with relics awarded every round. This mode can be efficient with a well-coordinated team that can capture and hold points quickly, leading to fast round completions. However, poorly coordinated teams and the potential for rounds to drag out if points are contested make Interception less reliable for solo players or less organized squads.
Excavation Missions
Excavation missions offer a more dynamic and potentially faster-paced option for relic farming. Players activate and defend excavators to dig up relics, with each successful excavation offering a chance at a relic. Relics can also be farmed quickly if your team can manage multiple excavators at the same time. However, the chaotic nature of juggling excavators and enemy threats can make this mode more stressful and demanding.
Capture Missions
Capture missions are favored by many players because they’re quick and easy to grind. The objective is straightforward: locate the target, incapacitate them, and then quickly extract. The speed at which a capture mission can be completed is a significant advantage to farming with these missions. However, the trade-off is that relics are only awarded upon mission completion, limiting the total haul per mission. Capture missions are ideal when you’re short on time and want to quickly rack up a few relics. Although they might not be the most efficient for long-term farming sessions compared to other mission types that offer continuous or scalable rewards. Certain nodes like Hepit or Ukko are commonly used to farm relics and can be reliably completed in ~1 minute runs solo.
Sabotage Missions
Sabotage missions provide a mix of objective-based gameplay and exploration, requiring players to locate and destroy a key target within the map, which can vary from reactor cores to toxin injectors. These missions can be more engaging than the straightforward rush of Capture missions, often involving secondary objectives or puzzles that can lead to additional rewards. While not the fastest method for relic farming, Sabotage can offer a more varied and less repetitive experience. The chance for relics often comes from completing the mission and from optional caches found throughout the level, adding an exploratory element to the farming process. This makes Sabotage a good choice for players looking for a more leisurely pace and the opportunity to farm additional resources and items alongside relics.
Disruption Missions
Now, onto Disruption, which stands out as an exceptional choice for relic farming for several reasons. Introduced with the Jovian Concord update, Disruption combines elements of speed, strategy, and reward scaling that can outpace other mission types:
- Speed and Efficiency: In Disruption, you’re tasked with protecting conduits from Demolysts, with each round offering a chance at relics. The key here is that the speed of completion is largely in your hands; faster kills lead to faster rounds and quicker rewards.
- Reward Scaling: Disruption missions have a unique reward structure that can scale with performance. By successfully defending multiple conduits in a row, you increase the chances of higher-tier relics, making it more rewarding for skilled play.
- Challenge and Engagement: Unlike the more passive nature of some other mission types, Disruption keeps you engaged with the constant threat of Demolysts that must be quickly identified and neutralized. This active playstyle can make the farming experience more enjoyable and less monotonous.
- Solo and Squad Viability: Disruption scales well with both solo players and squads. Solo players can efficiently manage conduits with the right setup, while squads can divide and conquer, further speeding up rounds.
In summary, while other mission types like Survival and Defense offer reliability and Excavation can offer speed in the right conditions, Disruption combines efficiency, scalability, and engagement in a way that sets it apart for relic farming. The ability to influence reward speed through skillful play and the dynamic challenge of Demolysts make Disruption not only effective but also a more interactive and enjoyable farming experience.
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