How to Get Protea
Protea knows all about protection. Her vast arsenal inflicts damage and provides ally support. She can even manipulate time itself.
How do you get Protea?
Protea parts drop from the sources listed below.
- Parts
- 3
- Mastery
- 0
- Build time
- 72h
- Prime set
- 39p
Where each part drops
Chassis
- Rotation C11.11%
Neuroptics
- Rotation C11.11%
Systems
- Rotation C11.11%
Build cost
- Credits
- 25,000
- Build time
- 72h
- Rush cost
- 50p
- Protea Neuroptics×1
- Protea Chassis×1
- Protea Systems×1
- Orokin Cell×3
Full crafting timeline
| Stage | Build time | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Protea Chassis | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Mavv Helmet | 12h | 20,000 |
| Protea Neuroptics | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Prime | 72h | 25,000 |
| Protea Prime Chassis | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Prime Neuroptics | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Prime Systems | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Systems | 12h | 15,000 |
| Protea Telema Helmet | 12h | 20,000 |
| Protea (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 Protea cannot be traded — no player can sell you one, so the drops above are the only route to it. Protea Prime is tradeable, and its set goes for about 39p. 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.