Junction

Junctions are solo missions that allow players to progress through the Star Chart.

Mechanics

Junctions consists of a small, circular room, with a specter kneeling in the center. Each Junction is accompanied by a series of specific tasks. Completing these tasks is required to challenge a Junction's specter for control of the connected Solar Rail, which unlocks the next celestial body.

In addition to star chart progression, completing a Junction grants 1,000 Mastery and several miscellaneous rewards (typically weapon blueprints and/or quests). Junction rewards can only be claimed once.

Junctions

• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Phobos
• Ceres
• Jupiter
• Europa
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Eris
• Sedna

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Venus	Defeat Jackal at Fossa Complete 10 waves of Defense at Tessera in a single mission Rescue a Hostage from Linea Defeat 10 Eximus enemies on Venus	Quest: Once Awake Quest: Howl of the Kubrow Boltor blueprint Damaged Fast Deflection (unranked) Damaged Streamline (unranked) 1,000 Salvage	Level 5 Volt Specter equipped with a Magnus and Heat Sword

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Earth	Complete Quest: Vor's Prize Collect 20 mods Apply 4 mods to a single Warframe or weapon Upgrade any mod to rank 2 or higher through the fusion process Defeat 3 Eximus enemies on Earth	2,500 credits Taxon blueprint Furis blueprint North Wind (unranked) Stormbringer (unranked) 500 Salvage	Level 5 Rhino Specter equipped with a Soma and Dual Raza

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Earth	Complete Quest: Once Awake Defeat 150 Frontier Grineer enemies on Earth Collect 500 Rubedo in missions Complete Suisei on Mercury	Quest: The Archwing Fragor blueprint Void Relic Segment Lith S1 Relic 25 Codex Scanners	Level 10 Frost Specter equipped with a Tigris and Sibear

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Mars	Defeat 150 enemies in a single mission on Mars Scan 3 Cephalon Fragments on Mars Open 3 Lith Void Relics	Quest: Stolen Dreams Kraken blueprint Cipher blueprint Fast Hands (unranked) Thief's Wit (unranked)	Level 20 Mag Specter equipped with the Hikou and Tipedo

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Mars	Defeat The Sergeant at Iliad on Phobos Defeat Lt Lech Kril at War on Mars Defeat 300 Arid Grineer enemies on Mars Refine a Void Relic once at the console in your Orbiter	5,000 credits Vulkar blueprint Fever Strike (unranked) Swirling Tiger (unranked)	Level 20 Trinity Specter equipped with a Paris and "The Staff of Light"

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Ceres	Complete Quest: The Archwing Defeat Vor and Kril at Exta on Ceres Survive 10 minutes or more at Draco on Ceres Defeat a Prosecutor on Ceres	7,500 credits Amphis blueprint Enhanced Durability (unranked) Rubedo-Lined Barrel (unranked) Cutting Edge (unranked)	Level 25 Valkyr Specter equipped with the Afuris and Anku

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Jupiter	Complete Quest: Stolen Dreams Complete Teshub in the Void Craft a Warframe Specter	The Limbo Theorem blueprint Quest: The New Strange Cestra blueprint Physique (unranked)	Level 25 Nova Specter equipped with the Kunai and Ether Daggers

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Jupiter	Complete Quest: The New Strange Defeat Alad V at Themisto on Jupiter Defeat the Raptors on Naamah on Europa	1,000 credits Penta blueprint	Level 25 Ember Specter equipped with a Magnus and Heat Sword

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Saturn	Defeat Sargas Ruk at Tethys on Saturn Open 3 Meso Void Relics Craft a weapon requiring Mastery Rank 1 or higher Craft a Derelict Key	Lecta blueprint Chroma Neuroptics blueprint	Level 30 Equinox Specter equipped with a Boltor and Shaku

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Uranus	Complete Quest: Natah Defeat Tyl Regor at Titania on Uranus Complete any 5 missions on Uranus with only your melee weapon equipped Open 3 caches during any Sabotage mission on Uranus	Quest: The Second Dream Gammacor blueprint Chroma Chassis blueprint	Level 30 Loki Specter equipped with a Burston and Boltace

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Neptune	Complete Quest: The Second Dream Defeat Hyena Pack on Psamathe Complete a Corpus Spy mission with 3 successful data extractions on Neptune	Drakgoon blueprint Chroma Systems blueprint	Level 30 Excalibur Specter equipped with a Braton Vandal and Dual Skana

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Pluto	Find and defeat Lephantis in Orokin Derelict Open 3 Neo Void Relics Complete 15 waves of Defense at Stöfler on Lua in a single mission	Patient Zero blueprint Mire blueprint	Level 40 Mesa Specter equipped with Regulators and a Redeemer

Location	Tasks	Rewards	Guardian
Pluto	Defeat Vay Hek at Oro on Earth Defeat 10 Sentient enemies on Lua Collect any 3 mods from the Orokin Principle challenge rooms on Lua Craft a weapon requiring Mastery Rank 5 or higher	Hidden Messages blueprint Fang blueprint The War Within blueprint	Level 35 Saryn Specter equipped with a Vectis and Karyst

Notes

• Junctions can be used as shortcuts between celestial bodies when navigating the star chart.
• Players may enter the junction even if they have not fulfilled the tasks. They will, however, be barred from fighting the specter of the Junction, thus unable to progress through the rail.
  • The list of tasks and rewards will be shown in the rail, in front of the area the player is barred from entering into. This is the same list as the one shown on the star chart.
  • Exiting a Junction will not be considered a mission failure.
  • Specters can be scanned even if the player is prevented from attacking them.
• Certain paths between celestial destinations do not have Junctions, and can be traversed as soon as the nodes at either end are unlocked. They are:
  • All the paths leading to the Void.
  • The path leading from Earth to Lua.
• Specters reward approximately 2,000 affinity when killed.
• The Neptune Junction's requirements will count the use of any exalted melee weapon as a normal melee weapon.
  • Also, it will not count Archwing primary weapons against the requirement. You can safely take an Archwing primary into a submersible mission while still counting as "melee only".

Trivia

• Each specter is based on the Warframe whose components drop from the next location's boss, with the exception of Volt on Mercury.
• Players retained any star chart progress made prior to Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08). However, Junctions themselves still needed to be completed to gain their rewards. Furthermore, Junction tasks only counted progress made after the update, with the exception of completed quests.
• Junctions were inspired by Hyper Light Drifter.

Bugs

• The large window in the Junctions is not solid, allowing players to knock the Specter out into space with the appropriate abilities and weapons.
• The Sedna Junction may not allow the player to enter even when all four requirements have been met or the junction has already been completed.
• The Europa Junction states that the player must craft a Warframe Specter. This is a visual bug, and the player must make a vapor specter

Media

Warframe Specter of the rail Voice line

Warframe -- Mercury Junction on VENUS complete

Warframe - Venus & Mars Junctions on EARTH complete

Phobos & Ceres Junctions on MARS Warframe

Europa & Saturn Junctions on JUPITER

Uranus Junction on SATURN Warframe

Neptune Junction on URANUS Warframe

Pluto Junction on URANUS Warframe

Patch History

Hotfix: The Vacuum Within 3 (2016-10-13)

Changes:

• Changed a Phobos Junction task to read ‘Scan 3 Cephalon Fragments on Mars’ instead of 5.

Hotfix: The Silver Grove 1 (2016-08-19)

Fixes:

• Fixed the Second Dream quest key being given as a reward from completing the Natah quest. Players must complete the Uranus to Neptune Junction as intended.

Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3 (2016-08-23)

Fixes:

• Fixed Junctions tasks appearing offscreen.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

Changes:

• Void Fissure Junction challenges can now be completed on any planet.
• Moved the '3 Spy data extractions' Junction Challenge to Neptune- Pluto to replace '3 waves of Archwing Interception' now that Jupiter-Saturn requires players to defeat the Raptors on Europa.

Fixes:

• Fixed Loki’s Disarm not working for Junction Specters against players.
• Fixed Junction list on some planets overlapping parts of the planet.
• Fixed the Junction task 'Collect 20 Mods' only counting Mods collected on Earth.
• Fixed completing the Suisei- Mars missions not showing as complete for the Junction task.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 2.1 (2016-08-10)

Fixes:

• Fixed the Sedna Junction task ‘Collect any 3 MODS from the Orokin Principle challenge rooms on LUA’ not progressing if you collect 3 of the same Mod.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.13 (2016-07-26)

Fixes:

• Fixed being rewarded 0 Salvage instead of 500 for completing the Venus to Mercury Junction and Earth to Venus Junction.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.10 (2016-07-15)

Junction Changes & Fixes:

• Fix for Junction progress not being saved for some clients
• Fixed an issue with the 1000 Mastery not being rewarded when completing a Junction. If you are eligible, it'll automatically repair on login.
• Junction task progress will now save even if you haven’t unlocked the Junction node
• New Junction tasks:
  • Mars Junction = complete an alert, change to: "Collect 500 Rubedo from missions"
  • Phobos Junction = complete an invasion mission, change to "Scan 5 cephalon fragments on MARS" (Scans done before this change will be counted retroactively)
  • Europa Junction = complete an infested outbreak mission, change to "Complete TESHUB in the Void"
  • Eris Junction = defeat Phorid in an infested outbreak, change to "Find and Defeat LEPHANTIS in DERELICT"
  • Uranus Junction = Added "Craft a DERELICT KEY"

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.9 (2016-07-14)

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with Client Junction Tasks not tracking. This means any Clients trying to complete tasks wouldn't see progress.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.7 (2016-07-14)

Changes:

• Completing the Vor's Prize quest missions will now mark the nodes they're on as completed, so that you don't have to backtrack and complete the nodes leading up to the Junction a second time before you can enter it. Anyone who is mid-quest after this Hotifx deploys will still have to backtrack.
• We now allow progress towards Junction tasks during the tutorial, and with this we also fixed Junction tasks not working during Quests.
• You can now revisit Junctions, and see their new and improved diegetic menu!
• Junction battles now have different passive bonuses for players competing against Specters to make the fights more fair. The passive bonuses are:
  • Refilling ammo on respawn.
  • Passive energy regeneration.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with Mods received as mission rewards not counting towards the "Collect X mods" Junction task.
• Fixed missing footstep sounds in Junctions.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.6 (2016-07-12)

Fixes:

• Fixed the Eris Junction on Pluto not functioning preventing progression.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.5 (2016-07-12)

Changes:

• Rebalanced the Frost and Volt Junction Specters to be less hard on new players.
• Changed the Junction task of "complete Spy missions with 3 data extractions" being too strict and requiring that all 3 extractions are undetected.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with missing Blueprint elements for the Patient Zero quest from Junction rewards.
• Fixed an issue with Spy and Fissure Junction tasks not properly tracking.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.4 (2016-07-11)

Changes:

• Void Fissure Junction challenges can now be completed on any planet. For example, before the a Junction could say request 3 Void Fissures be closed. This request was specific to the planet the Junction was on, which was not indicated in the UI. Now you can do the Void Fissure anywhere to count toward your Junction Challenge Tasks.
• Rebalanced the Rhino Specter in the Junction to be more manageable for new players.
• Updated the Earth (to Venus) challenge text to better indicate the challenge requirement to "Apply 4 MODS to a single Warframe or Weapon", not just overall.
• Swapped the "Nightmare Mission" Junction Challenge with "Kill the Hyena Pack."

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with a Junction progression stopper task by replacing the crafting requirements of Vapor Specters.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.1 (2016-07-08)

Changes:

• Removed the Natah and The Jordas Precept quests from Junctions as these are given out through server rewards.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with the Vor’s Prize Junction task not being properly completed if the player elected to skip it.
• Fixed aspect ratio of credits icon in junction rewards.
• Fixed an issue with players being able to load into Junctions after meeting the requirements but not having completed the previous node.

Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)

• Junctions introduced to the game.