How do you get Nidus in Warframe?

Nidus parts drop at Eris/Oestrus (Infested Salvage), at up to 14.29% per reward roll. You need 3 parts, then build the frame in your Foundry.

How long does Nidus take to build?

The finished Nidus takes 72 hours in the Foundry and costs 25,000 credits. Each component has its own build time on top of that.

Should I farm Nidus or trade for Nidus Prime?

Base Nidus is not tradeable, so farming is the only route to it. Nidus Prime is tradeable and its set currently sells for around 88p on warframe.market — often the faster option if you only want the frame rather than the mastery.

How to Get Nidus

Nidus draws strength from the Infestation. It bolsters him with survivability as he deals high damage and provides crowd control. Plague your enemies.

How do you get Nidus?

Farm Nidus at Eris/Oestrus (Infested Salvage) — its parts drop there at up to 14.29%.

Parts: 3
Mastery: 0
Build time: 72h
Prime set: 88p

Where each part drops

Chassis

Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–3814.29%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%

Neuroptics

Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–3814.29%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%

Systems

Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–3814.29%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%
Eris/OestrusInfested Salvagelv 34–387.69%

Build cost

Credits: 25,000
Build time: 72h
Rush cost: 50p

Nidus Neuroptics×1
Nidus Chassis×1
Nidus Systems×1
Kuva×2,000

Full crafting timeline

Stage	Build time	Credits
Nidus Chassis	12h	15,000
Nidus Myxini Helmet	12h	20,000
Nidus Neuroptics	12h	15,000
Nidus Prime	72h	25,000
Nidus Prime Chassis	12h	15,000
Nidus Prime Neuroptics	12h	15,000
Nidus Prime Systems	12h	15,000
Nidus Prion Helmet	12h	20,000
Nidus Systems	12h	15,000
Nidus (final assembly)	72h	25,000
Total (components in parallel)	144h	180,000

Components build in parallel, so the wall-clock minimum is the slowest component plus final assembly — rushing with platinum skips the wait entirely. Figures are Digital Extremes’ own recipe data.

Other frames to farm

Farm it, or trade for the Prime

Base Nidus cannot be traded — no player can sell you one, so the drops above are the only route to it. Nidus Prime is tradeable, and its set goes for about 88p. If you want the frame rather than the mastery rank, buying the Prime is usually quicker than grinding the base.

Drop locations, chances and enemy levels come from the official drop tables and the regions export, re-read daily. Where a mission node could not be matched to a level band we show the node without levels rather than guessing a range — sending you into content you cannot clear would be worse than saying nothing.