Nightwave

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 is a pirate radio station hosted by the enigmatic Nora Night. In-game, Nightwave serves as a unique Syndicate system that offers various player rewards such as Mods, Resources, Cosmetic items and more through the completion of various mission challenges.
Apart from the reward system, Nightwave will also feature various stories that further expand upon WARFRAME's lore through their broadcasts.
==Mechanics==
Nightwave can be accessed from either the Orbiter's Navigation console, or on the Main Menu, through a banner on the lower right corner of the screen. Alternatively, players can interact with the Orbiter's Radio Scanner to the right of the ramp to access Nightwave.
The Nightwave system consists of daily and weekly challenges that players can complete to earn Nightwave , which is used to rank up through Nightwave's 30 ranks (15 during Intermission I), with each level requiring to level up. Every rank attained grants unique rewards, with rarer rewards being available at higher ranks, which include so-called (not to be confused with ), a special Series-specific currency that can be spent in Nightwave's Cred Offerings. Note that any duplicate Nightwave-exclusive rewards will be converted to . Each series introduces a different issue of that can only be spent on merchandise during its own series. Note that unlike other Syndicate , Nightwave Standing is only used to increase Nightwave ranking but cannot be used to buy any Syndicate-specific merchandise (which instead is done for ), with any leftover Standing upon ranking up carried over towards the next ranking up.
After reaching rank 30, players can continue obtaining prestige ranks, with each prestige rank-up awarding . The amount of prestige ranks varies between Series. If the prestige rank cap is reached, any additional Standing earned will be stockpiled until the cap is raised, which will then be distributed to new ranks.
===Seasons===
Nightwave's reward system is presented in limited-duration Seasons. There are two types of seasons: Series and Intermissions.
Nightwave seasons containing its own story are called Series, featuring a set of level-up rewards themed after its accompanying lore. Each Series contains five Episodes narrated by Nora Night which gradually unlock over time. All players start a new Series at rank 0, regardless of the ranks achieved in previous Series. Ranks achieved during previous Series can be seen in the Tune In screen of the Nightwave console.
Storyless Intermissions, Choice, and Mix are introduced during long downtime between Series, with variable maximum ranking and duration, and featuring both unique and from previous series rewards, allowing players who couldn't get them when they first appeared to have another chance of doing so.
Each season has varying lengths that can last up to several months. A countdown timer will appear when the current season has two weeks remaining.
===Acts===
Acts are challenges that players can complete to earn Standing to increase their rank in Nightwave. They fall under three categories of difficulty: Daily, Weekly, and Elite Weekly.
Daily Challenges are introduced daily with each lasting 3 days, while 2 Weekly, 3 Permanent Weekly, and 2 Elite Weekly Challenges are introduced on a weekly basis and last for 7 days. Apart from the duration, the different Challenge tiers also offer different levels of difficulty, with Daily having the easiest tasks, and the Elite Weekly having the most difficult ones. All Daily Challenges reward , Weeklies reward and Elite Weeklies reward .
Weekly and Elite Weekly challenges refresh every Sunday 00:00 UTC.
Any Weekly and Elite Weekly Acts that have not been completed before the next week's rotation will be put on reserve. Once the player has fewer than 3 current weekly Acts left to complete, any missed Acts from previous weeks will be available and marked as Recovered, three at a time. Once all missed Acts have been completed, they will no longer appear, and any further Acts can be recovered in the future week rotations.
Possible known challenges for an Act are:
===Cred Offerings===
Apart from the ranking rewards, Nightwave also features a Cred Offering store, where players can purchase various items such as components, Orokin Catalyst, Orokin Reactor, Nitain Extract, Aura and Conclave Mods, weapon blueprints and skins, Warframe Cosmetics, and Orbiter Decorations.
During each series of Nightwave, players can earn an exclusive special Cred currency by ranking up, which are then used to purchase the aforementioned Nightwave offerings. Note that after the end of the particular series, this currency will expire and the next Nightwave series will introduce a new currency to spend. Any unspent Cred after a particular series can be sold from the inventory for each.
During the downtime between Nightwave series (including Intermissions), the store will be inaccessible until the next series begins.
Note that the shop's items are on 7-day rotation, so not all of them will be offered at any given point.
==Current Series==
==Previous Series==
===Series 1 — The Wolf of Saturn Six===
===Intermission I===
===Series 2 — The Emissary===
===Intermission II===
===Series 3 — Glassmaker===
===Intermission III===
===Nora's Choice===
===Nora's Mix Volume 1===
===Nora's Mix Volume 2===
===Nora's Mix Volume 3===
===Nora's Mix Volume 4===
===Nora's Mix Volume 5===
===Nora's Mix Volume 6===
==Trivia==
*Nightwave was launched on February 27th, 2019 for all platforms, regardless of what version of WARFRAME they were on.
**This is the first time in WARFRAME history that the developers coordinated the release of new major gameplay content on all platforms.Devstream #124 9:20
*Nightwave's design is in reference to the cult film "The Warriors" and its D.J. character, confirmed during Devstream #124.
*The Weekly Act "The Old Ways" references the main play style of Digital Extremes' previous successful video game Dark Sector, in which protagonist Hayden Tenno wielded a pistol and his glaive starting from Chapter 2: Exposure.
==Media==
Warframe Nightwave Series 1 Launch Trailer -- Out now on ALL platforms
Warframe Nightwave Series 2 - The Emissary
Nightwave Wolf of Saturn 6 - Everything DE & Community Warframe History
The Tank of Saturn Six - Warframe History (Warframe)
Warframe Nightwave Series 3 -The Glassmaker Teaser Trailer
==External Links==
*"Nightwave - The Wolf of Saturn Six: A Farewell to Alerts" Developer Workshop post
==References==
==Patch History==
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