Warframe: A Complete Guide To Amps (2024)

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  • What's An Amp?

  • Unlocking Amps

  • Crafting Amps

  • Amp Naming Explained

  • Amp Mastery Points

  • All Amp Parts

  • Virtuous Arcanes

  • The Best Amp Combinations

Warframe is no stranger to progression systems. Players work to level their weapons, Warframes, Archwings, Railjack, Necramechs, and eventually their Focus Schools and Helminth. One system that unlocks later in your playthrough is the ability to create Amps for your Operator.

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If you're looking to farm Eidolons and earn some powerful Warframe Arcanes, you're going to need a good Amp. A good Amp will turn Eidolon hunts from impossible to trivial, provided you make the right one. This guide will go over what Amps are, how to make them, and we'll give some in-depth information on how each Amp part works and the best Amps you can craft.

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What's An Amp?

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Amps are modular weapons that are wielded by your Operator—the character that controls all of your Warframes. They behave similarly to Kitguns, granting unique fire modes based on which parts you used to assemble the weapon. You'll start with a Mote Amp upon completing The War Within quest, with more powerful Amps becoming available as you increase your level with the Quills and Vox Solaris factions. If you want to farm Eidolons or make your Operator competent at fighting enemies, you're going to need a good Amp.

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Unlocking Amps

Amps are unlocked upon completing The War Within quest. Once you've finished that quest, speak to Quill Onkko in Cetus to obtain a Mote Amp. A second pre-built Amp called the Sirroco is also obtained by completing The New War quest. Future Amps will be obtained by crafting certain pieces and combining them at either Onkko or Little Duck.

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Crafting Amps

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Speak to Quill Onkko or Little Duck to get started with crafting an Amp. There are three parts that create an Amp:

  • Prism – Primary fire
  • Scaffold – Secondary fire
  • Brace – Stat bonus

You can remember it as Primary Prism, Secondary Scaffold, and Bonus Brace. There are seven tiers for each Amp part. The first four tiers are obtained from Quill Onkko in Cetus. The last three are obtained from Little Duck in Fortuna.

Tiers are unlocked and referenced sequentially. For example, the Raplak Prism is the first Prism you'll be able to purchase from Quill Onkko. This makes it a T1 Prism. Onkko's last Scaffold he sells, the Phahd Scaffold, is a T4 Scaffold since it's the last Scaffold you unlock from him. Little Duck's offerings cover tiers 5-7, as most players will have leveled Onkko before Vox Solaris.

Leveling And Guilding Amps

Once you've created an Amp, you'll need to use your Operator to level that Amp. Once an Amp reaches level 30, you can gild it to enhance its base damage, critical chance, and status chance. You also need be rank three with either the Quills or Vox Solaris to gild an Amp. The cost of gilding an Amp will cost 5,000 Standing with either the Quills (Onkko) or Vox Solaris (Little Duck).

Gilding an Amp resets its level to zero, but unlocks the ability to equip Focus Lenses and Arcanes into your Amp. You'll also earn Mastery Points for leveling your newly-gilded Amp.

All Amp Parts

Cetus Parts

Prism

Scaffold

Brace

Tier 1

Raplak

Pencha

Clapkra

Tier 2

Shwaak

Shraksun

Juttni

Tier 3

Granmu

Klebrik

Lohrin

Tier 4

Rahn

Phahd

Anspatha

Fortuna Parts

Prism

Scaffold

Brace

Tier 5

Cantic

Exard

Suo

Tier 6

Lega

Dissic

Plaga

Tier 7

Klamora

Propa

Certus

Further Boosting Amp Damage

Unlike your other weapons, Amps cannot be modded. You only have five ways of boosting an Amp's damage:

  1. Gild your Amp once it reaches level 30.
  2. Fire your Amp through a Volt's Shield ability.
  3. Gain a Damage Blessing from a Relay Font.
  4. Equip Virtuous Arcanes.
  5. Use certain Focus Ways.

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Amp Naming Explained

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The community refers to their Amps based on the tier of parts used in its construction. For example, combining the Raplak Prism (first unlock), Phahd Scaffold (fourth unlock), and Certus Brace (seventh unlock) would give you a 1-4-7 Amp. If you used a T5 Prism instead, your Amp would now be referred to as a 5-4-7.

Each number in that trio represents the Prism, Scaffold, and Brace. The first number is your Prism, the second is your Scaffold, and the third number refers to your Brace.

This might seem like an odd thing to explain, but just about every Warframe player talks about Amps with number combinations instead of parts. If you ever hear someone say they're using a "1-2-7" or a "3-1-6," they're referring to an Amp combination.

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Amp Mastery Points

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Once you've gilded an Amp, you'll start to earn Mastery Points for leveling it up. Only gilded Prisms give Mastery Points; Scaffolds and Braces don't give Mastery Points. This means you'll need to craft seven unique Amps—each with a unique Prism—to earn all the Mastery from this system. Each Amp part is worth 3,000 Mastery Points, granting a total of 24,000 Mastery Points for leveling all Amp Prisms.

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All Amp Parts

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Note: All stats listed below assume the Amp is gilded.

Prisms

Part

Fire Mode

Stats

Raplak

Single-shot beam

  • Damage: 3,000 Void
  • Fire Rate: 2
  • Critical Chance : 38%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2.6x
  • Status: 10%

Shwaak

Arca Plasmor projectile

  • Damage: 3,500 Void
  • Fire Rate: 1.33
  • Critical Chance : 10%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.6x
  • Status: 20%

Granmu

Tri-burst grenade launcher

  • Damage: 1,000 Void
  • Fire Rate: 2.07
  • Critical Chance : 26%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2x
  • Status: 12%

Rahn

Full-auto Raplak

  • Damage: 1,000 Void
  • Fire Rate: 5.67
  • Critical Chance : 30%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2x
  • Status: 4%

Cantic

Burst-fire Raplak

  • Damage: 1,460 Void
  • Fire Rate: 4.88
  • Critical Chance : 34%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2.2x
  • Status: 10%

Lega

Ignis flamethrower

  • Damage: 600 Void
  • Fire Rate: 7.5
  • Critical Chance : 8%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.6x
  • Status: 34%

Klamora

Short-range, wide angle flamethrower

  • Damage: 600 Void
  • Fire Rate: 12
  • Critical Chance : 38%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2.4x
  • Status: 10%

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Scaffolds

Part

Fire Mode

Stats

Pencha

Opticor beam

  • Damage: 9,000 Void
  • Fire Rate: 2
  • Critical Chance : 14%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.6x
  • Status: 18%

Shraksun

Explosive Arca Plasmor projectile

  • Damage (Projectile): 3,000 Void
  • Damage (AoE): 4,500 Void
  • Fire Rate: 1.33
  • Critical Chance : 20%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2x
  • Status: 20%

Klebrik

Auto-aim beam

  • Damage: 320 Void
  • Fire Rate: 12
  • Critical Chance : 16%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.6x
  • Status: 14%

Phald

Ricocheting disk

  • Damage (Projectile): 3,000 Void
  • Damage (AoE): 1,100 Void
  • Fire Rate: 1.67
  • Critical Chance : 34%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2.6x
  • Status: 12%

Exard

Granmu that fires until ammo is fully spent

  • Damage (Projectile): 200 Impact
  • Damage (AoE): 2,600 Void
  • Fire Rate: 8.26
  • Critical Chance : 17%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.9x
  • Status: 33%

Dissic

Arcing bomb that detonates on impact

  • Damage (Projectile): 15 Impact
  • Damage (AoE): 6,600 Void
  • Fire Rate: 1
  • Critical Chance : 3%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.5x
  • Status: 37%

Propa

Floating mine that explodes after a short delay

  • Damage: 9,000 Void
  • Fire Rate: 2
  • Critical Chance : 30%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2x
  • Status: 0%

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Braces

Part

Stats

Clapkra

+40 Amp Energy

Juttni

-1s Amp recharge delay

Lohrin

+12% Amp Critical and Status Chance

Anspatha

+20 Amp Energy, +15/s Energy recharge rate

Suo

+100 Amp Energy, +2s Amp recharge delay

Plaga

-20 Amp Energy, -1.5s Amp Recharge delay

Certus

+20% Amp Critical Chance

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Pre-Built Amps

Amp

Stats

Mote Amp

  • Damage: 240 Void
  • Fire Rate: 12
  • Critical Chance : 20%
  • Critical Multiplier: 1.5x
  • Status: 0%

Sirocco

  • Damage (Normal): 2,000 Void
  • Damage (Overcharge): 3,600 Void
  • Fire Rate (Normal): 3
  • Fire Rate (Overcharged): 0.833
  • Critical Chance (Normal) : 40%
  • Critical Chance (Overcharged): 80%
  • Critical Multiplier: 2x
  • Status (Normal): 20%
  • Status (Overcharged): 50%

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Virtuous Arcanes

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Virtuous Arcanes work similarly to Exodia and Pax Arcanes. When you've gilded an Amp, you'll unlock a Virtuous Arcane slot that can equip one of ten different Arcanes. Unlike Warframe Arcanes, Virtuous Arcanes have three ranks instead of five. Most Virtuous Arcanes are sold by Quill Onkko, although any Arcanes that alter your Amp's damage type are sold by Little Duck. Any Virtuous Arcane can go on any gilded Amp; the parts that make up the Amp are irrelevant.

Every Virtuous Arcane

Virtuous

Activator

(Chance)

Effect

Notes

Forge

Hit

(100% chance)

Convert 98% of Void damage into Heat.

  • Can apply Heat status

Fury

Status Effect

(20% chance)

Increases Amp damage by 30%.

  • Duration: 4 seconds
  • Additive with other damage sources

Ghost

Headshot

(40% chance)

Increases Amp status chance by 60%.

  • Duration: 12 seconds
  • Bonus is Multiplicative
  • Easy to proc with Madurai's Blazing Dash passive.

Null

Kill

(100% chance)

Increases Amp Energy regen by 20%.

  • Duration: 4 seconds

Shadow

Headshot

(40% chance)

Increases Amp critical chance by 60%.

  • Duration: 12 seconds
  • Bonus is Multiplicative
  • Easy to proc with Madurai's Blazing Dash passive.

Spike

Hit

(100% chance)

Converts 98% of Void damage into Puncture.

  • Can apply Puncture status

Strike

Critical

(20% chance)

Increases Amp critical damage by 60%.

  • Duration: 4 seconds
  • Bonus is Multiplicative

Surge

Hit

(100% chance)

Converts 98% of Void damage into Electricity.

  • Can apply Electricity status

Tempo

Kill

(60% chance)

Increases Amp fire rate by 60%.

  • Duration: 8 seconds

Trojan

Hit

(100% chance)

Converts 98% of Void damage into Viral.

  • Can apply Viral status

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The Best Amp Combinations

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Chances are that you're looking to make an Amp so you can defeat Eidolons and the Profit Taker Orb. If that's the case, you'll want to make either a X-2-7 (X denoting any Prism), or a X-7-7 Amp. We talk more about the differences below. For those who want to toy around with a few Amp parts, we list the best Amp parts and Arcanes below as well.

The Best Amp Parts And Arcanes

  • Prism: Raplak, Shwaak, Klamora
    • Prism is the least important part of the bunch. Use whichever ones you like.
  • Scaffold: Shraksun, Propa
    • These are the best Scaffolds for killing Eidolons.
    • Phald is also good for killing fodder enemies (explained later).
  • Brace: Certus
    • Gives the most critical chance of any Brace, making it the best.
  • Arcane: Virtuous Shadow
    • Gives additional critical chance, making Eidolon hunts much easier.
    • Use Madura's Flame Dash to easily activate this Arcane.

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X-2-7 Or X-7-7

The difference between an X-2-7 and an X-7-7 is the Scaffold you use—the X can be any Prism you like. The T2 Scaffold, Shraksun, fires a projectile that pierces targets and explodes after traveling a few meters. The T7 Scaffold, Propa, lobs a mine two meters in front of your character that detonates shortly afterward or when it hits something.

While the Propa Scaffold deals more damage with the explosion, its short travel distance makes it quite easy to damage and stun your Operator. Using a Volt Shield will mitigate this issue, but one wrong shot can bring your Operator to the brink of death. It might deal more damage than a Shraksun, but the Shraksun can damage targets with its projectile before it explodes.

Overall, we feel that the X-2-7 Amp is better, but only by a hair. The X-7-7 Amp might deal more upfront damage when you critically hit, but the X-2-7 gives you more opportunities to critically hit. The X-2-7 is also much less likely to stagger and flat-out kill your Operator. Regardless of whichever Amp you use, pair your Amp with Virtuous Shadow and either the Madurai or Unairu Focus school.

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FAQs

Warframe: A Complete Guide To Amps? ›

An amp consists of three components: the Prism, the Scaffold, and the Brace. The prism determines the main firing mode of the amp, the scaffold determines the alternative fire (alt-fire), and the brace modifies certain stats. Since amps are a modular weapon, each part can be mixed with each other as desired.

What is a 777 amp in Warframe? ›

The 777: For Clearing Bosses Quickly Amp combination is a solid one that tends to survive the wrath of any meta changes, being a viable choice throughout all of the changes to Warframe. To form this attachment, players should combine the Klamora Prism, Propa Scaffold, and Certus Bridge.

What is the best amp in Warframe right now? ›

For Eidolons, the 7-7-7 Amp build (Klamora - Propa - Certus) is widely considered to be the best. The Klamora Prism makes up for its short effective range with the ability to hit multiple Eidolon limbs simultaneously, dramatically increasing your effective damage.

What is the most powerful gun in Warframe? ›

This ensures that the Incarnon weapons on the list are best-in-class, and it gives players who dislike Incarnons some powerful endgame alternatives.
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What does 3x3 mean in Warframe? ›

2x3, 3x3, 4x3, 5x3, 6x3. Describes how many sets of Eidolon Teralysts, Eidolon Gantulysts, and Eidolon Hydrolysts that a group captures in a single night cycle in the Plains of Eidolon.

What does 2 4 mean in Warframe? ›

It means they have two players out of a four player squad and are looking for an additional two. I.e. 3/4 means they have one spot left.

What does 1 mean in Warframe? ›

It means you've used 1 forma on your warframe, denoted by the number 1; It means it's your first step into a never ending black hole of misery.

What is the first amp in Warframe? ›

The Mote Amp is the starting Amp given to players by the Quills.

Who is the easiest character to get in Warframe? ›

A Guide to the Best Warframes For Beginners – Making Your First Choice Seems Scary, It Doesn't Have to Be!
  • Excalibur. Excalibur is, surprisingly enough, a Warframe based around a sword. ...
  • Rhino. Rhino is more or less what you would expect. ...
  • Volt. ...
  • Loki. ...
  • Atlas.

What does gilding an amp do? ›

Gilding resets the weapon to rank 0, but grants the ability to earn Mastery Rank points, install a Focus Lens and Amp Arcane Enhancements, and recolor the Amp. Visually, a gilded amp will appear cleaner than a newly-built one, having smoother surfaces, rust and dirt removed, and the once yellow parts becoming lustrous.

What does x77 mean in Warframe? ›

People will often refer the best amp to be "x23, x27, or x77" They are referring to the parts listed above, So what would mean: x-2-3 = Any Prism, Shraksun Scaffold, Lohrin Brace x-2-7 = Any Prism, Shraksun Scaffold, Certus Brace x-7-7= Any Prism, Propa Scaffold, Certus Brace.

What class amp is the best? ›

Class A design is the least efficient but has the highest sound fidelity. Class B design is a little more efficient, but full of distortion. Class AB design offers power efficiency and good sound. Class D design has the highest efficiency and smallest footprint.

What are amps in Warframe? ›

Amps are special modular weapons used by Tenno Operators to enhance their combat capability, which can be acquired from The Quills and Vox Solaris.

What is the highest mod capacity in Warframe? ›

Assuming you mean mod capacity, you level up the piece of equipment. Use it in missions and it will get xp (called affinity), each level it goes up increases the mod capacity by 1, to a max of 30. If you get an Orokin Reactor/Catalyst, you can install them on pieces of equipment to double your current capacity.

What is T3 in Warframe? ›

The Void is split into 4 different branches depending on from which planet you approach. The 1st is Phobos, the 2nd is Europa, the 3rd is Neptune, and the 4th is Sedna. T3, therefore, is the branch from Neptune.

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