Nekros is farming. Desecrate rummages through corpses for extra loot, Shadows of the Dead raises the fallen onto your side. If the squad is going for resources, somebody is playing Nekros.
Can you buy Nekros for platinum
Short answer: yes, Nekros costs 375 platinum in the Market and arrives fully built with a free slot.
- Price. 375 platinum for a built Nekros with a slot for it.
- Mastery. It ticks the same whether the frame was bought or built, so buying saves time, not rank.
There is a second route people forget about. A full Nekros Prime set on warframe.market goes for around 95 platinum as of 29 August 2026, which is 3.9 times cheaper than the 375 the shop wants for the regular version. The difference is what you get: 375 buys a finished frame with a slot, while a market set is blueprints that you still have to build and feed with resources. Platinum but no time, use the shop. Time but little platinum, buy the Prime set, which is the stronger frame anyway.
Is there a Nekros Prime
Yes, Nekros Prime exists, but it is vaulted: its relics left the drop tables on 19.06.2018. 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: it eats 18 000 Ferrite instead of 1 000. 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 N3 Relic, Lith H10 Relic, Lith N3 Relic, Lith T3 Relic, Meso N3 Relic | 65 | Nekros Prime Neuroptics x1, Nekros Prime Chassis x1, Nekros Prime Systems x1, Orokin Cell x3 |
| Chassis | Axi G1 Relic, Axi N4 Relic, Axi S6 Relic, Lith N1 Relic, Lith V4 Relic, Meso K1 Relic, Meso S3 Relic, Neo G5 Relic, Neo Z1 Relic | 15 | Morphics x3, Ferrite x18 000, Rubedo x6 000, Argon Crystal x2 |
| Neuroptics | Axi N5 Relic, Lith K11 Relic, Meso F1 Relic, Meso O4 Relic | 45 | Alloy Plate x15 000, Neural Sensors x3, Polymer Bundle x12 000, Nitain Extract x5 |
| Systems | Lith N2 Relic, Meso N16 Relic, Meso N5 Relic, Neo N11 Relic, Neo N3 Relic, Neo N7 Relic | 100 | Control Module x3, Tellurium x3, Salvage x15 000, Plastids x500 |
Where the blueprints come from
The main blueprint is in the Market. Components drop from Lephantis on Magnacidium, Deimos: three heads, each finished off separately. The Circuit after The Duviri Paradox collects the set at tiers 2, 5, 8 and 10.
What it is built from
The build runs in four passes: three components at twelve hours each, then the frame itself. Components run in the Foundry at the same time, so from the first click to a finished frame it is roughly 84 h: twelve for the parts and 72 for the Warframe itself.
| Blueprint | Credits | Time | Resources per build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chassis | 15 000 | 12 h | Morphics x1, Ferrite x1 000, Rubedo x300 |
| Neuroptics | 15 000 | 12 h | Alloy Plate x150, Neural Sensors x1, Polymer Bundle x150, Rubedo x500 |
| Systems | 15 000 | 12 h | Control Module x1, Morphics x1, Salvage x500, Plastids x220 |
| Nekros | 25 000 | 72 h | Nekros Neuroptics x1, Nekros Chassis x1, Nekros Systems x1, Orokin Cell x3 |
Where to farm the resources
Nekros 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 3. Gabii on Ceres is still the fastest place to farm them, with Deimos as the alternative.
| Resource | Where it drops |
|---|---|
| Orokin Cell | Ceres, Saturn, and Deimos |
| Morphics | Mercury, Mars, Phobos, Europa, and Pluto |
| Ferrite | Mercury, Earth, Lua, Neptune, and the Void |
| Rubedo | Earth, Lua, Phobos, Europa, Pluto, Sedna, and the Void |
| Alloy Plate | Venus, Phobos, Ceres, Jupiter, Pluto, and Sedna |
| Neural Sensors | Jupiter |
| Polymer Bundle | Mercury, Venus, and Uranus |
| Control Module | Europa, Neptune, and the Void |
| Salvage | Mars, Jupiter, and Sedna |
| Plastids | Phobos, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, and Eris |
Is Nekros worth building
Nekros makes corpses drop loot twice: Desecrate is the single most used farming ability in the game.
The numbers look like this: no mastery rank requirement, roughly 84 hours from the first foundry press to a finished frame, and 70 000 credits across all the builds together. A finished Prime set on the market runs about 95 platinum.
If you farm resources at all, you will end up building him. Nothing else does his job.
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 Nekros 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.
