Oxium is an uncommon component. Although dropped by the uncommon enemy unit Oxium Osprey with a perfect drop rate, it can only be found in quantities of 1-3 and will only drop if the Osprey is killed before it destroys itself by charging against the player, an ally, or a wall.
Oxium can also be found in the Orokin Void by destroying canisters, as rare loot in Corpus canisters, and by killing Feral Kubrows.
Gathering Tips
These tips are based on opinion and may not be true. They should be viewed as advice and not solid fact. Keep in mind that factions on nodes change over time with Invasions, so farming locations will change over time.
- Playing Corpus Defense, Survival and Mobile Defense missions can yield 15-30 Oxium per run.
Notes
- As of update 12, Oxium is used in both research and construction of the Zephyr warframe
- For Moon Clan, 20000 Oxium is needed for the warframe blueprint, followed by 2000 each for its components, amounting to a total of 26000 needed to complete the warframe research.
- For Mountain Clan, 6000 Oxium is needed for the warframe blueprint, followed by 600 for the components, amounting to a total of 7800 needed to complete the warframe research.
- For Storm Clan, 2000 Oxium is needed for the warframe blueprint, followed by 200 each for its components, amounting to a total of 2600 needed to complete the warframe research.
- For Shadow Clan, 600 Oxium is needed for the warframe blueprint, followed by 60 each for its components, amounting to a total of 780 needed to complete the warframe research.
- For Ghost Clan, 200 Oxium is needed for the warframe blueprint, followed by 20 each for its components, amounting to a total of 260 to complete the warframe research.
- As it's dropped by a specific enemy and is not a planet-specific drop, it cannot be obtained by using Extractors.
- Strangely, Feral Kubrows have a chance of dropping oxium, possibly because they scavenged the oxium to help in the building of their dens. (May be a bug.)
Blueprints Requiring Oxium
Blueprint | Type | Quantity |
---|---|---|
Bolt Release | Item | 20 |
Distilling Extractor | Item | 150 |
Zephyr Helmet | Component | 200 |
Zephyr Chassis | Component | 200 |
Zephyr Systems | Component | 200 |
Helios | Sentinel | 300 |
Nikana | Melee Weapon | 75 |
Dragon Nikana | Melee Weapon | 75 |
Karyst | Melee Weapon | 100 |
Halikar | Melee Weapon | 500 |
Market
Beginning in Update 9 materials could be purchased directly from the market for Platinum.
See also
- Oxium Osprey, the enemy which drops this material.
- Operation Oxium Espionage, the event which introduced this material first.