Credits

Credits (or in Höllvania) are the standard currency in WARFRAME. They are used to purchase Blueprints, Equipment, and some Weapons from the market. They are used in the Foundry as a cost to create an item from a blueprint. Credits are also used in the fusion and transmutation of Mods.
Every time a player completes a mission, they will normally be given a Credit Reward dependent upon the difficulty of the mission. Alert missions often come with a high credit reward which is added to the mission's normal Credit Reward.
Credits can also be obtained from killing enemies, breaking containers, and searching lockers. Survival missions can offer bonus Credit Caches in small amounts on completion of the mission. They can also be gained by selling Mods, Weapons, Warframes, Sentinels, Boss Sigils, Titan Extractors, and blueprints from a player's inventory. Keep in mind that while earned Mastery Ranks from Affinity on Warframes, Weapons, and Sentinels will be retained if sold, the following investments will be lost even if rebuilt:
* Supercharging through an Orokin Reactor or Orokin Catalyst
* Added or altered Polarities through Forma
* An attached Exilus Warframe Adapter/Exilus Weapon Adapter
* Lens used to acquire Focus points
Most Resources, Appearance items, Void Keys, and Lenses cannot be sold. Credits can be gained with real-world money directly via the two Credit Bundles: Frugal and High Roller.
==Increasing Credits Gained==
	Credit Boosters can be bought for Platinum to double the amount credits gained through pick ups in game. Additional purchases will extend the time of any active Credit Booster.
* A 3 Day boost costs .
* A 7 Day boost costs .
* A 30 Day boost costs .
Relay Blessing can be obtained from any public Relay for a 25% increase for 3 hours in the amount of Credits earned. This additively stacks with the Credit Booster bonus.
==Credit Reward==
Each mission on the Star Chart (with the exception of Free Roam ones) will give a base Credit Reward based on the starting enemy level of that mission without any mission/gameplay modifiers (e.g. Nightmare Mode, The Steel Path, Void Fissures, etc.):
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Some missions (notably Dark Sectors and Railjack missions) will provide an additional Credit Reward that is separate from the Credit Reward based on starting enemy level.
For Railjack missions, the enemy level used in this calculation will be ground units' level, not the fighter ships' level.
==Farming Tips==
These are based on opinions and may not be true. These should be viewed as advice unless proven undoubtedly true. Check comments for confirmation.
*The Index on Neptune is one of the most lucrative game modes in Warframe for newcomers, as it is specifically designed to gain large amounts of credits via wagering. Choosing the High Risk investment gives  for the first round won, and for every round won after, and this can even be affected by any active Credit Boosters.
* A carefully placed from can double the following high value physical drops:
** Defeating the Profit-Taker Orb gives a base amount of  and is oriented at veteran players as a more lucrative game mode compared to the Index. This may be less desirable for newcomers due to the requirements as well as the difficulty of the fight to begin with. With from , the credit amount doubles to .
** Finding the Techrot Safes in Höllvania gives a base amount of and can be done quick by veterans who can traverse the map fast, but can easily be completed by anyone willing to search for the Techrot Safes. With from , the credit amount doubles to .
*Arbitrations always give  per completion. The first Arbitration mission per day doubles this to .
*Sorties grant a total of for completing all three missions once per day.
*Completing Laomedeia, the Disruption mission on Neptune, can reward you with per B rotation and per C rotation. If the rounds are completed fast enough the mission can net you more credits than The Index. This can be affected by any active credit boosters, but since these are Credit Caches, are not affected by daily first win 2x credit boost.
*Any Endless mission have the potential to award a large number of credits, depending on how long you stay and what level the enemies are at; staying for about 20 rounds on Spear, Mars for example, will award more credits than staying for the same number of rounds on Lith, Earth both of which are Defense missions.
**When players are in need of flexibility, Excavation missions would be recommended to farm credits this way, as every other Endless mission type will only allow players to leave at certain intervals (e.g. every five rounds for Defense missions). In the case of Excavation missions, all that would be required for a successful completion is at least one completed dig site. After that, extraction is made available. This also has the added bonus of not affecting other players who are also on the same mission, allowing them to continue the mission for as long as they wish.
**Survival missions are also flexible, as you are only required to stay for five minutes before extraction is available.
*Credits can be gained in large amounts by playing Dark Sectors. Infested spawn at higher numbers than other factions for the most part.
**Memphis on Phobos gives a bit less than , and extraction is available after 2 rounds (about 5 minutes). This one is easy; it does not matter if a few Kavor Defectors die. Each wave has 3, and the mission fails if 10 of them die.
**Hieracon on Pluto is one of the fastest ways to farm credits. Since it's an Excavation mission, extracting after the first excavator has finished will yield in under 5 minutes.
**Sechura on Pluto, and Seimeni and Gabii on Ceres will give after the first 5 minutes/waves, extracting in the 5th minute/wave under few runs (3 or 4) will give high amounts of credits, Bear in mind more players in the squad increase credit gains by approximately per additional player.
**Tikal on Earth is the earliest Dark Sector available to new players, and it gives in addition to the potential Excavation rewards.
*Battle pays from either the Grineer or Corpus as part of Invasions and Infested outbreaks often yield high amounts of credits.
*Sort through the inventory on occasion and sell unwanted items such as Warframe component blueprints and mods.
**At the bottom right of the inventory screen is an option to show only sellable items.
**This also applies to extra Captura scenes, from the Jupiter Secret Labs or Sanctuary Onslaught.
*Railjack missions award a decent amount of credits upon completion, usually no less than to per completed mission (if done solo). For example, completing the entirety of Earth Proxima should, in theory, award a player no less than , and is the easiest place to farm credits this way by themselves.
**Neptune Proxima and Pluto Proxima are possibly the most efficient places to farm credits in this manner: the enemies are of a higher level than on Earth Proxima or Venus Proxima, which equates to a slightly higher battle pay, but it is low enough to be manageable by a single player. Overall, the total payoff should be no less than per completed mission.
**Veil Proxima presents the highest risk-to-reward ratio for this farming method, as the battle pay tends to be no less than per mission, and consequently the level of the enemies there are much higher.
*Zariman Ten Zero bounties can award upwards of per successful mission completion, though better success is found if doing either Void Flood, Void Cascade, or Void Armageddon as they are endless missions. Beyond that, it is advisable to loot mission areas if given the opportunity.
==Trivia==
*One credit is equal to 0.0015 U.S. cents.
*The Credit seems to be of Corpus design.
*According to Cephalon Cordylon, "Credit rewards are distributed by the Lotus for the successful completion of a Mission. These Credits are obtained by various means, whether through the resale of information obtained during espionage or the acquisition of goods obtained through remnant Corpus or Grineer outposts. On rare occasionsic the Lotus is forced to keep such discoveries secret, but such valuable data often comes with its own benefits."Cephalon Cordylon Entry 20
*The coloration and size of credits seems to resemble real world hard currencies. The longer green "silver" credits resemble paper money, while the smaller "bronze" credits resemble coins.
==Media==
===Credit Stacks===
CreditsBoth.png|A single silver credit.
CreditStackSmall.png|A small stack of bronze credits
CreditStackMedium.png|A medium stack of mixed credits
CreditStackLarge.png|A large stack of silver credits
===Guides===
Warframe 4500 credits in 1 minute 36 seconds! Hydra Pluto.
Warframe - Credits Farming 240k h|Warframe - How to farm 240k in 1 hour.
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