Syndicate Medallions

Syndicate Medallions are objects that can be traded for Standing in a respective Syndicate's enclave in a Relay. Medallions can be found on the daily Syndicate Alert missions as physical objects scattered throughout the map that must be interacted with to pick up. There can be up to 9 to collect per mission, and each medallion rewards either , , or Standing for that respective Syndicate.
*1 medallion will be guaranteed rare, rewarding .
*2 medallions will be guaranteed uncommon, rewarding each.
*The remaining 5 medallions will have a 75% chance to be common (rewarding each) and a 25% chance to be uncommon. patch notes
Redeeming these medallions will gain Standing with that syndicate and its allies, but it will also reduce Standing with opposing groups as when gained through Affinity. They can be redeemed regardless if the player has reached their daily Standing cap with a particular Syndicate.
==Types==
Syndicate 	 	 	
 	Insignia 	Defender Insignia 	General Insignia
 	Medallion	Lawful Medallion 	Maxim Medallion
 	Datum 	Intriguing Datum 	Genius Datum
 	Quittance	Executive Quittance	Partner Quittance
 	Mark 	Honored Mark 	Exalted Mark
 	Seed 	Bountiful Seed 	Flawless Seed
(Voidplume)	Down 	Vane 	Crest*
(Voca) 	Shrill 	Bellow 	Echo*
*Voidplume Crests and Echo Vocas are treated as Rare Medallions by the game, but are only worth 2,000 standing instead of 5,000.
Each type of medallion has visual identifiers to distinguish them; Standing Medallions have an occasional gleam animation (similar to the shine on containers/etc.), while Standing Medallions have visible colored particle effects, and Standing Medallions add a light pillar identical to those used in locating Rare Mods.
===Universal Syndicate Medallion===
The Universal Syndicate Medallion is a unique Medallion that can be redeemed at any Syndicate for of the chosen Syndicate's standing, regardless of the player's affiliation. Aside from the 6 principal Syndicates, Universal Medallions can also be redeemed with the Ostrons, The Quills, Solaris United, Vox Solaris, Ventkids, Cephalon Simaris, the Entrati, the Necraloid, The Holdfasts, and the Cavia.
Universal Syndicate Medallions can be granted as rewards from Disruption missions.
==Tips==
Firstly, it's important to note that regular medallions can only be found during Syndicate Daily Missions and as a Daily Tribute reward. They can be found in most mission types, but depending on the tileset, they may not be available in Interception and Defense missions. Universal medallions are only found in higher-level Disruption missions as a Tier C reward.
Regular medallions can most often be found off the regular mission path, hidden away inside rooms and so on. Since they are not highlighted by the Codex Scanner, your best bet is to use and/or and/or to make the medallions show up on the minimap (albeit using the same icon as Storage Containers) and search thoroughly. It's important to remember that many rooms have hidden areas (often behind vents/gratings/fans) that do not appear on the regular minimap, and medallions can often be found hidden in these secret spaces. Remember to pay attention to your surroundings and explore!
A further way to help find them, unlike normal pickups Syndicate Medallions will not get pulled by a loot collection mod like , which can normally pull collectables through walls and floors. Shooting a weapon with a wide AoE blast into a wall with loot objects behind it can typically break the containers and you can often get close enough to them for Fetch to work; if one of the loot icons on the radar does not get pulled when ones right next to it did, that is highly likely to be a Medallion.
The air support ability of the Parallax landing craft will highlight medallions through walls within a very large radius. The Helminth ability will also lead the player to nearby medallions.
When a regular medallion is collected, it will tell you how many medallions you've found and how many are left in the mission. As noted above, there will be as many as 8 regular medallions total in a mission. Making sure to collect all of the medallions in all of your daily missions can very easily double or even triple your Standing gains by the daily limit (depending on luck with the types).
As for the regular medallions themselves;
*Common () medallions have only a slight shimmer effect, and as many are dark, they can be difficult to spot. Cephalon Suda has the most visible basic medallion while Steel Meridian has the biggest medallion. 5 medallions each have a 75% to spawn.
*Uncommon () medallions have faction-colored particle effects. For instance, a Red Veil Honored Mark has a red glow. 2 uncommon medallions are guaranteed to spawn and 5 medallions each have a 25% to spawn.
*Rare () medallions have the same particle effects as uncommon medallions, as well as a column of light similar to those found on rare mods or Kubrow Eggs. Like the particle effects, the column uses faction-related colors (i.e. Steel Meridian General Insignias have an orange column, whilst Perrin Sequence Partner Quittances have a cyan column). 1 rare medallion is guaranteed to spawn.
This means that collecting all medallions in a mission grants on average.
==Notes==
* Medallions are distributed to the entire squad on pickup.
**Prior to update 31.7.2, upon any player picking up a medallion, its location would be automatically marked for every other player as if it has been waypointed. Unlike waypoints, a single player could auto-mark all 8 medallions at the same time in this way.
*Medallions can only spawn in specific spots in specific tiles. Some tilesets, most notably Corpus Ice Planet, have fewer potential spawn points per mission, and can sometimes result in fewer than 8 medallions appearing. The guaranteed spawn mechanics still apply in this case, so even in a mission with only 3 medallions it will be 1 guaranteed rare and 2 uncommon. Other notable spawning behaviours include;
**Medallions can spawn in Spy-exclusive tiles, underwater sections of Grineer Sealab missions, and in the Secret Amalgam Labs found within the Corpus Gas City.
**It is possible for two or more medallions to be found in the same room.
**Medallions share their spawn locations with Fragments, meaning the two can occasionally overlap.
**Defense and Interception syndicate missions will only spawn them on certain mission tiles, but their end-mission reward is higher to compensate. This increase extends to all tilesets, including ones where medallions do spawn, and due to comparatively small map size these missions are both the easiest and most rewarding, provided the player(s) are able to complete the objective itself. The tiles where such double-dipping is possible include the defense tile of Grineer Galleon, Corpus Ice Planet and Grineer Sealab tilesets. (In the latter, only the older tile with the cryopods is eligible.)
*Standing gained by redeeming medallions does not count towards the daily limit.
**The Universal Syndicate Medallion does count towards the daily limit.
*, and/or can help find these medallions as they show up on the minimap as Storage Containers would.
*When joining a mission in progress, any medallions that have been picked up will be marked for newly joined players.
*Medallions can be traded in if they would increase your standing above the maximum possible for your current rank, however the excess standing is wasted. For instance, if your next rank is at 22,000 and you possess 21,999 standing, you can trade in a 500-point medallion in order to rank up but will only gain 1 standing from it.
*Prior to , the rewards for medallions were 200, 500 and 5000 Standing.
*Players who have already completed a Syndicate Alert won't be able to obtain or see medallions again if they join a different session of that alert.
*Resource Boosters and 's do not double the number of collected Medallions.
* When ranking up a faction, this will reset the syndicate missions available. This allows for faster rep collection and fast rank-ups.
**Re-ranking a faction through negative standings can allow for infinite medallions. This may be a bug.
==Bugs ==
*If a client chooses a mission that the host did not have access to on their star chart, medallions will not spawn in that mission.
*Medallions may not render correctly if alt-tabbing during mission loading. This is most often noticeable with Cephalon Suda's medallions, as the top facets of each "pillar" will appear, but the vertical/side facets will not.
*If the host is migrated mid-mission, all collected medallions will remain but the remaining medallions will not spawn anymore. (Example: if 3 non-host players pick up 5 medallions and the host migrates, all 3 players will still have 5, but will not find the other 3 medallions even with a maxed out Loot Detector, Thief's Wit, and Animal Instinct)
*As a client and not being the player to select the syndicate mission, it is sometimes possible to see and pick up medallions from opposing syndicates, regardless of how negative your standings with that syndicate may be. Likewise, players in the same mission who are allied with the syndicate and have positive standing may be unable to see or pick up the medallions. This bug can even rotate between players from mission to mission. When another player joins, players who have the encountered the bug will sometimes only partially be able to collect all medallions as well. (All players started together instead of joining, no host migrations, needs more testing to find cause.)
* Sometimes you can get more or fewer medallions than you have picked up, even if it is more than 8 (untested, may have been fixed). E.g., you have picked up 7 Red Veil medallions in one mission, but you get 8 at the end.
*Sometimes medallions will be invisible, thus making it possible to pick them only if you walk over them (happens most often with Perrin Quittances). Use Loot Detector or Animal Instinct mods to detect them easily.
==Media==
Honoured_Mark.png|A closeup of the Honoured Mark used to redeem standings with the Red Veil with its light effect.
Mark_Closeup.png|A closeup of the Mark used to redeem standings with the Red Veil. The shining moment of this Mark is not visible in this screenshot, as it only shines for about once per two seconds.
Shining_Insignia.png|An Insignia used to redeem standings with Steel Meridian. This screenshot captured the moment when it shines which lasts for about one second or less.
Mark_From_afar(Next to waypoint).png|This screenshot shows how visible a Mark is from far away, it is just to the left of the waypoint. You may need Fullscreen to see the Mark.
Light_effect_of_Defender_Insignia.png|The Defender Insignia used to redeem 500 standings with Steel Meridian. Its light effects are visible and consistent from this angle and distant. It may be less visible if it is too close to the player from a specific angle.
General_Insignia_with_its_Light_Pillar.png|This screenshot captured part of the Light Pillar effect given off by the General Insignia which can be used to redeem 5000 standings from the Steel Meridian.
2014-12-14_00004.jpg|A pair of Steel Meridian Insignias in the same store-room.
rank2quittance.jpg|Executive Quittance
rank3quittance.jpg|Partner Quittance
2014-12-15_00001.jpg|Corpus Rescue for Red Veil with 5 medallions
brokensudageniusmedallion.png|Cephalon Suda Genius Datum, with minor model/render error
Warframe.x64 2015-01-08 12-01-22-573.png|Exalted Mark - Red Veil
Warframe.x64 2015-01-08 12-41-46-452.png|Honored Mark - Red Veil
Warframe.x64 2015-01-08 12-18-51-521.png|Mark - Red Veil
Warframe.x64 2015-01-08 13-19-47-845.png|Defender Insignia - Steel Meridian
Warframe.x64 2015-01-08 12-45-07-337.png|Mark - Red Veil
1909280 836738949700597 3520121430488145924 o.jpg|Datum
2015-08-22_00001.jpg|All 3 different types of Datum in a single Corpus Store Room (Datum, Intriguing Datum, Genius Datum)
Warframe.x64 2015-10-30 04-55-20-192.png|Bountiful and Flawless seed comparison (New Loka Medallions).
Medallion ovelapped with Fragment.jpg|Medallion overlapped by Cephalon Fragment|linktext=Medallion overlapped by Cephalon Fragment
20170216214726_1.jpg|3 Red Veil marks in one room.
==Patch History==
==References==
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Category:Syndicates
Category:Update 15
Category:Pickups