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  • Why Use Riven Mods?
  • How Riven Mods Work
  • How To Obtain Riven Mods
  • Unveiling Rivens
  • Rerolling Rivens
  • Farming Kuva
  • Every Riven Mod Attribute
  • Every Veiled Riven Claiming

Riven Mods are one of the most confusing systems in Warframe. Players receive one subsequently completing the War Within quest with no context of what they are, how they work, or why yous'd ever want to use them.

While tied to layers of RNG, these Mods can provide an immense damage increment to your favorite weapons. If you love a weapon that can't quite hang in level 100+ content, a proficient Riven Mod can prepare most of your damage-scaling issues. This guide will go over what Riven Mods are, how they work, how to reroll them, and covers a few bones strategies for obtaining Kuva—the currency needed to reroll these strange Mods.

Updated August 13th, 2021, by Charles Burgar: Warframe is no stranger to complicated mechanics, Riven Mods beingness one of the virtually notorious examples. These incredibly powerful Mods can exist cumbersome to understand. One time you receive one at the end of The War Inside, you're left with no tutorial on how these strange purple Mods work. Thankfully, that's what this guide is for. We've updated this article to include more in-depth information on how Rivens work, which aspects are randomized, and nosotros've included a breakup of every rollable stat and Veiled Challenge tied to this organization.

What Is A Riven Mod?

Warframe Akmagnus Riven

Riven Mods are randomly generated Mods tied to a certain weapon family—family referring to weapons that share the same base of operations name (Boltor, Braton, Cernos, et cetera). All Riven Mods can roll with stats found on standalone Mods, including base impairment, multishot, elemental harm, combo multiplier duration, and critical damage. The forcefulness of a Riven Mod is adamant by its Riven Disposition (explained later on).

You can only take ane Riven Mod equipped on a weapon at a fourth dimension. Riven Mods be for every weapon type—Primaries, Secondaries, Melee, Zaws, Kitguns, Companion Weapons, and Archguns.

Why Use Riven Mods?

Warframe Mag Deluxe Skin

While Riven Mods are reliant on RNG and rebalanced every iii months, these Mods provide a degree of power that is simply unrivaled. For Rivens with loftier Dispositions, you can replace staple Mods on your build with an considerately stronger Riven, featuring higher pct stats and boosted stat lines. For Rivens with lower Dispositions, you can obtain a Riven that combines the effects of multiple Mods into i—for example, using a Riven that has two elemental damage types. This allows you to save on Modernistic infinite for your build.

Needless to say, Riven Mods tin can turn a great weapon into a meta contender. Even so, this power is kept in check past two things: the sheer RNG of the system and Riven Disposition.

How Riven Mods Work

Warframe Riven Mod Example

Before you lot tin utilize a Riven, y'all must unveil it past completing a challenge listed on the Mod card. This can range from killing enemies to catching multiple fish in a row without missing. One time a card is unveiled, you'll be given a Riven Mod with a whole host of randomly rolled stats.

All Riven Mods randomly roll the following:

Weapon Family
  • Which weapons the Riven tin can be applied to
    • More powerful weapon variants have weaker Riven stats
Positive Attributes
  • Minimum: 2 positives
  • Maximum: 3 positives
Negative Attributes
  • Minimum: 0 negatives
  • Maximum: 1 negative
    • A negative attribute increases the values of positive attributes
Polarity
  • Mod card symbol
    • Vazarin (D)
    • Madurai (Five)
    • Naramon (—)
Mastery Rank Requirement
  • MR8-MR16
    • MR requirement has no bear upon on a Riven's strength

If that seems similar a lot of RNG, that'due south because it is. The probability of rolling a perfect Riven Modernistic for your favorite weapon is hard to fifty-fifty imagine. Should you get a Riven Mod for a weapon family you enjoy using, you can invest a resource named Kuva into your Riven Mods for a chance of rolling a stat you lot desire. We'll go over rerolling Rivens later in the guide. For at present, go on in listen that y'all can modify the positive and negative traits on your Riven Mod through the process of rerolling it.

Riven Disposition

Warframe Sybaris Prime Riven Disposition

Every weapon in Warframe has a hidden Riven Disposition stat that determines the strength of Riven Mods on that weapon. Y'all can but see a weapon's Riven Disposition if yous have a Riven Mod that can be equipped on that weapon, Veiled or otherwise.

Riven Dispositions accept a calibration of 0.v to 1.55, denoted by circles in-game. The stats on your Riven Modern are multiplied by this Riven Disposition constant. Values under 1 causing the modern to lose its force. Conversely, values above one cause the Riven to gain forcefulness.

Hither's the value range tied to each in-game Disposition circle:

  • Ane Circumvolve: 0.5-0.69 Riven Disposition
    • Fairly weak attribute values
  • Ii Circles: 0.7-0.89 Riven Disposition
    • Beneath-average aspect values
  • Three Circles: 0.9-1.1 Riven Disposition
    • Average attribute values
  • Iv Circles: i.eleven-1.3 Riven Disposition
    • Above-boilerplate attribute values
  • Five Circles: one.31-1.55 Riven Disposition
    • Strong attribute values

Riven Dispositions are meant to go along meta weapons from having overpowered Riven Mods. Digital Extremes take stated that Riven Dispositions are but tied to usage rates of that weapon type, not their inherent power. Riven Dispositions are updated every three months, typically around a new Prime Access release.

Annotation: Riven Dispositions are per weapon, not family! A Boltor and Boltor Prime number tin can use the same Riven, but the Riven Disposition betwixt the two weapons will vary. In full general, variants of a weapon family have lower Dispositions than their default analogue.

How To Obtain Riven Mods

Warframe Sortie Rewards

You can obtain Riven Mods from the following sources:

Source Notes
"The State of war Within" Quest One time only
Sortie Advantage 27.9% drop chance; once per day
Teshin'south rotating stock Once per week
Gift of the Lotus Alerts Happens later on a Devstream
Tactical Alerts Seldom occur
Evergreen login Rewards Every 200 days past day ane,000
Arbitration Honors Only sells Archgun Rivens
Cephalon Simaris Simply sells Companion Weapon Rivens
Riven Slivers Give 10 to Paladino at Iron Wake; can but exist done once a week
Nightwave Given at a certain rank once per Nightwave

Excluding Alerts, the best means of earning Riven Mods is by completing the daily Sortie. The last Sortie mission has a small chance of granting a Riven Mod upon completion. Beyond that, check Teshin's stock at any Relay to come across if he's selling any Rivens for Steel Essence, a currency tied to the Steel Path.

It'southward also worth noting that you can purchase Rivens from other players through Warframe's trading system. Finding a specific Riven through merchandise conversation can be a nightmare, and so most players utilise third-political party websites such as warframe.market to find Rivens with stats they're interested in. Due to the sheer RNG of this system, don't be surprised if some players are asking for thousands of Platinum for their Rivens.

Unveiling Rivens

Warframe Veiled Riven Example

Before yous tin use a Riven, you must unveil it by completing a claiming listed on the Modern bill of fare. This can range from killing enemies to communicable multiple fish in a row without missing. You but need to unveil a Riven in one case earlier it'southward usable; subsequent rerolls don't re-veil the Mod. Should yous find a detail challenge difficult, y'all can automatically complete a veiled challenge by using a Veiled Riven Aught. You lot can buy ane from Teshin each week for 20 Steel Essence.

Click hither for a list of every Veiled Riven challenge.

Rerolling Rivens

Warframe Riven Reroll Menu

While it's referenced as "cycling" in-game, nearly every player refers to this system as Riven rerolling. By spending a rare resource named Kuva, you lot tin reroll the positive and negative traits tied to your Riven Mod, keeping the weapon family, polarity, and Mastery Rank requirement the aforementioned.

Warframe Riven Reroll Result

When y'all reroll a Riven, y'all'll be given the choice of either taking the new curl or keeping your old 1. This is as far every bit the system extends for progression. In that location are no ways to lock in traits, maximize stat percentages, or use Kuva to target farm a sure stat. It's complete RNG.

The first ten rerolls on a Riven Mod will increment the Kuva cost on subsequent rolls. The price for each roll is as follows:

Roll Kuva Toll
Roll one 900
Roll two one,000
Curl 3 ane,200
Roll 4 1,400
Scroll 5 1,700
Coil half dozen ii,000
Roll seven 2,350
Roll 8 2,750
Roll 9 3,150
Gyre 10+ 3,500

All rolls following the 10th reroll will cost 3,500 Kuva.

Farming Kuva

Warframe Kuva Fortress

Digital Extremes have added quite a few ways of earning Kuva throughout the years, although nigh players stick to 1 or two farms to get as much Kuva as possible. The best sources of Kuva are Kuva Floods and Requiem Kuva Survival missions on the Kuva Fortress.

Every hour, one node on a planet near the Kuva Fortress will become a Kuva Overflowing, granting effectually 1,200 Kuva upon completion. These missions have a few minutes at most to complete. Complete the Flood, and then see if the Kuva Fortress has a Kuva Survival Fissure mission. If and then, hop in and crack as many Requiem Relics as possible to earn large bundles of Kuva every few minutes. You lot can farm Requiem Relics from Kuva Siphons and Kuva Liches if you don't have any.

If you tin can handle the Steel Path, consider completing Teshin's daily Steel Path missions. Each mission grants three Steel Essence, giving y'all 15 in full. You tin so exchange that 15 Steel Essence for 10,000 Kuva by speaking to Teshin at any Relay. You can likewise subcontract Requiem Kuva Survival missions while in Steel Path, granting Steel Essence atop Kuva. If your squad can handle the difficulty, this is hands the all-time Kuva farm in the game.

Use Boosters

Finally, if you decide to farm Kuva, be sure to purchase a Resource Booster. They don't cost much Platinum and double the amount of Kuva you receive from Floods, Siphons, and Survival missions. Pair a booster with a Smeeta Kavat for a chance at earning four times as much Kuva as normal.

Every Riven Mod Aspect

Warframe Damage Types Featured

Most Riven attributes are shared amongst all Riven Mod types, although there are some sectional properties found on weapons and melees.

Shared Riven Attributes

Gun Attributes Melee Attributes
Base of operations Damage Melee Damage
Cold Damage Cold Harm
Critical Chance Critical Take chances
Disquisitional Impairment Critical Damage
Damage vs. Grineer Impairment vs. Grineer
Impairment vs. Corpus Harm vs. Corpus
Damage vs. Infested Damage vs. Infested
Electricity Damage Electricity Damage
Fire Rate Attack Speed
Heat Damage Heat Harm
Impact Damage Bear on Damage
Puncture Harm Puncture Damage
Slash Harm Slash Damage
Status Chance Status Hazard
Condition Duration Status Duration
Toxin Damage Toxin Impairment

Weapon-Specific Attributes

Weapons have eight unique attributes, while melee weapons take seven unique attributes.

Gun Attributes Melee Attributes
Ammo Maximum Additional Combo Count Adventure
Mag Capacity Philharmonic Elapsing
Multishot Critical Chance on Slide Assault
Projectile Speed Finisher Damage
Punch Thorugh Heavy Set on Efficiency
Recoil Initial Combo
Reload Speed Range
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Every Veiled Riven Challenge

Warframe Plains Mesa

There are 20 Veiled Riven Challenges as of writing, most of which can curlicue with one potential modifier.

Challenge Potential Modifiers
Take hold of Fish without missing a throw.
  • While alone
  • While remaining undetected
Catch one Fish, Mine one gem or metal, and impale i enemy in 30 seconds.
  • While alone
  • While remaining undetected
  • While having a Dragon Fundamental equipped
Complete a Defense mission with level 30+ enemies without the defense objective taking any damage.
  • While alone
  • While having a Dragon Key equipped
  • Without using consumables
Complete an Extermination mission with level thirty+ enemies without being detected.
  • While alone
  • While having a Dragon Cardinal equipped
  • Without taking damage
Complete an Interception mission solo with level thirty+ enemies with a Hobbled Dragon Primal equipped.
  • Without becoming downed
Complete a Survival mission with level 30+ enemies without killing anyone.
  • While having a Dragon Central equipped
  • Without using consumables
Destroy Dargyns with a bow.
  • None
Destroy Vruush Turrets while in Archwing.
  • While alone
  • While having a Dragon Key equipped
  • Without becoming downed
  • Without getting a status ailment
Detect Caches.
  • While alone
  • While having a Dragon Central equipped
  • With an agile pet
  • Without becoming downed
  • Without taking damage
  • Without using Ciphers
  • Without using consumables
Notice Syndicate Medallions.
  • With an active pet
  • Without an ally becoming downed
  • Without declining the mission
  • Without taking harm
  • Without triggering an alarm
Get headshot kills with a single aim glide.
  • While having a Dragon Key equipped
Get consecutive kills while wall dashing/clinging without touching the floor.
  • While invisible
  • Without taking harm
  • Without triggering an alarm
Kill Sentients.
  • In one 24-hour interval
  • While alone
  • While invisible
  • While having a Dragon Key equipped
  • While sliding
  • Without an ally becoming downed
  • Without condign downed
  • Without getting a condition ailment
  • Without taking damage
  • Without using consumables
Kill airborne Condrocs within 5 seconds.
  • With an active pet
  • Without becoming downed
Kill Dargyn Pilots before they hit the ground.
  • While aim gliding
  • While lonely
  • While sliding
Kill enemies.
  • Specified targets
    • That are on a dropship
  • While
    • aim gliding
    • lone
    • in i twenty-four hours
    • invisible
    • sliding
    • having a Dragon Central equipped
    • unalerted
  • With an agile pet
  • With only headshots
    • 100m abroad
  • Without
    • becoming downed
    • being detected
    • failing the mission
    • getting a status disquiet
    • taking damage
    • triggering an warning
Kill wild animals with a fishing spear.
  • None
Country sequent shots while in Archwing on the Plains of Eidolon.
  • None
Sustain a 6x melee combo multiplier for thirty seconds.
  • While solitary
  • While having a Dragon Key equipped
  • With an active pet
Synthesize a Simaris target without using traps or abilities while having a Hobbled Dragon Key equipped
  • While lonely
  • Without taking damage
  • Without using abilities

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