Equinox is two frames in one: the day form hits and enrages, the night form sleeps and heals. Mend and Maim stores damage and dumps it in a circle. The most involved build in the game, and the mechanics are not simple either.
Can you buy Equinox for platinum
Buying is simple here, yes, with a caveat: a finished Equinox is on sale in the Market, but building him by hand takes longer than anyone else because he has eight blueprints.
- Buying. A finished Equinox is sold in the Market, check the price in game, our export does not carry it.
- Mastery. It ticks the same whether the frame was bought or built, so buying saves time, not rank.
Is there a Equinox Prime
Yes, Equinox Prime exists, but it is vaulted: its relics left the drop tables on 23.02.2021. That leaves three ways in: trade the parts from other players, catch it in Prime Resurgence when Varzia offers it for Regal Aya, or wait for an unvaulting.
The Prime recipe is its own thing and noticeably heavier: the regular version needs no Salvage at all, the Prime wants 5 400. Components cost 15,000 credits and 12 hours each, the final build costs 25,000 and sits for 72 h. The regular version takes exactly as long for its final build. Do not toss the spare parts, Baro Ki'Teer takes them for ducats, prices are in the table.
| Blueprint | Relics it drops from | Ducats | Resources per build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main blueprint | Axi K5 Relic, Axi T3 Relic, Axi T4 Relic, Lith P4 Relic, Lith S13 Relic, Meso A2 Relic | 45 | Equinox Prime Neuroptics x1, Equinox Prime Chassis x1, Equinox Prime Systems x1, Orokin Cell x5 |
| Chassis | Axi A8 Relic, Axi P1 Relic, Lith C6 Relic, Lith D2 Relic, Lith L2 Relic, Lith M4 Relic, Meso G2 Relic, Neo Z9 Relic | 15 | Morphics x10, Oxium x150, Gallium x5, Ferrite x4 000 |
| Neuroptics | Axi T9 Relic, Lith L1 Relic, Meso M3 Relic, Neo A3 Relic, Neo D2 Relic | 45 | Tellurium x2, Circuits x1 000, Polymer Bundle x1 275, Nano Spores x2 350 |
| Systems | Meso E2 Relic, Meso E3 Relic, Meso E4 Relic, Neo E2 Relic, Neo E3 Relic | 100 | Argon Crystal x2, Cryotic x575, Plastids x225, Salvage x5 400 |
Where the blueprints come from
Nothing here works the normal way. First you build two aspects, Equinox Day Aspect and Equinox Night Aspect, each with its own Neuroptics, Chassis and Systems, and only then the Warframe itself. Eight blueprints instead of four. All the components and both aspects drop from Tyl Regor on Titania, Uranus: one run hands over one day aspect and one night aspect. The main blueprint is a Market purchase.
What it is built from
It builds like every other frame: three parts, then the main blueprint over them. Components run in the Foundry at the same time, so from the first click to a finished frame it is roughly 72 h: twelve for the parts and 72 for the Warframe itself.
| Blueprint | Credits | Time | Resources per build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox | 25 000 | 72 h | Equinox Night Aspect x1, Equinox Day Aspect x1, Forma x1 |
Where to farm the resources
Equinox has no real resource bottleneck: everything on the list piles up while you play. The only item worth a deliberate trip is Orokin Cell, and you need 2. Gabii on Ceres is still the fastest place to farm them, with Deimos as the alternative.
| Resource | Where it drops |
|---|---|
| Forma | the blueprint drops from Void relics, built in the Foundry |
Is Equinox worth building
Equinox is two frames in one: night form heals and puts enemies to sleep, day form stores damage and detonates it.
The numbers look like this: no mastery rank requirement, roughly 144 hours from the first foundry press to a finished frame, and 75 000 credits across all the builds together. A finished Prime set on the market runs about 60 platinum.
Maim is still one of the biggest room clears in the game. The build is also the longest of any frame.
Every other frame is broken down the same way, the full list lives in the guide to all Warframes.
Sources
Recipes and build times: the official Digital Extremes export, ExportRecipes_en. Resource locations: item descriptions from ExportResources_en. Blueprint drops and relic contents: the official Warframe drop tables. Acquisition and Prime vault status were checked against the Equinox page on the Warframe wiki. Data as of 28.08.2026. Prime set prices: the open warframe.market API, snapshot taken on 29 August 2026, using the median of live sell orders.
