Protea is a technician with grenades and a turret, and her Temporal Anchor rewinds time along with the health and ammo you spent. Dispensary hands the squad ammo, energy and health pickups.
Can you buy Protea for platinum
In short, yes, Protea costs 325 platinum in the Market and arrives fully built with a free slot.
- Price. 325 platinum for a built Protea 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 Protea Prime set on warframe.market goes for around 40 platinum as of 29 August 2026, which is 8.1 times cheaper than the 325 the shop wants for the regular version. The difference is what you get: 325 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 Protea Prime
Yes, Protea Prime exists, but it is vaulted: its relics left the drop tables on 08.04.2026. 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 8 Neural Sensors instead of 5. 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 N13 Relic, Axi V13 Relic, Lith W4 Relic, Meso K7 Relic, Meso V10 Relic, Meso V14 Relic, Meso W4 Relic, Neo C6 Relic, Vanguard C1 Relic | 15 | Protea Prime Neuroptics x1, Protea Prime Chassis x1, Protea Prime Systems x1, Orokin Cell x5 |
| Chassis | Axi P7 Relic, Axi P8 Relic, Meso P17 Relic, Neo P7 Relic, Vanguard M1 Relic | 100 | Argon Crystal x2, Morphics x8, Rubedo x1 200, Ferrite x4 250 |
| Neuroptics | Axi S16 Relic, Axi T12 Relic, Lith D7 Relic, Lith O4 Relic, Meso T8 Relic, Neo D9 Relic, Neo P6 Relic, Vanguard E1 Relic | 45 | Neural Sensors x8, Control Module x10, Oxium x250, Salvage x3 750 |
| Systems | Axi P9 Relic, Lith P9 Relic, Meso P15 Relic, Meso P16 Relic, Neo P9 Relic, Vanguard P1 Relic | 100 | Nitain Extract x2, Cryotic x370, Circuits x875, Nano Spores x4 800 |
Where the blueprints come from
The main blueprint is a reward for The Deadlock Protocol, and a repeat costs 50,000 standing at Cephalon Simaris. Components come from the Granum Void, a side space reachable only from the Corpus ship tileset and entered with crowns. Neuroptics from Rotation C of the basic Granum Void on a Granum Crown, Chassis from Rotation C of the extended one on an Exemplar Granum Crown, Systems from Rotation C of the nightmare one on a Zenith Granum Crown.
What it is built from
The Foundry wants four runs: three components first, the final assembly after. 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 | Alloy Plate x20 000, Carbides x2 750, Oxium x550, Morphics x12 |
| Neuroptics | 15 000 | 12 h | Salvage x11 500, Polymer Bundle x5 150, Cubic Diodes x1 250, Neural Sensors x5 |
| Systems | 15 000 | 12 h | Ferrite x13 400, Cryotic x1 000, Titanium x1 750, Control Module x10 |
| Protea | 25 000 | 72 h | Protea Neuroptics x1, Protea Chassis x1, Protea Systems x1, Orokin Cell x3 |
Where to farm the resources
Look at Oxium first. The recipe asks for 550, and you will have to go and get it deliberately. Oxium Ospreys drop it and almost nothing else does. Io on Jupiter is the classic spot because the defence waves keep sending them. Second heaviest is Control Module at 10. Void missions, plus Neptune and Europa. Ani on the Void is the usual survival for them. Everything else accumulates while you play and needs no special trip.
| Resource | Where it drops |
|---|---|
| Orokin Cell | Ceres, Saturn, and Deimos |
| Alloy Plate | Venus, Phobos, Ceres, Jupiter, Pluto, and Sedna |
| Carbides | Eximus units in the Grineer Shipyard Tileset, and Railjack missions in Earth, Saturn, and Veil Proximas |
| Oxium | Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Europa, and Lua |
| Morphics | Mercury, Mars, Phobos, Europa, and Pluto |
| Salvage | Mars, Jupiter, and Sedna |
| Polymer Bundle | Mercury, Venus, and Uranus |
| Cubic Diodes | Eximus units in the Corpus Ice Planet Tileset, and Railjack missions in Venus, Neptune, and Pluto Proximas |
| Neural Sensors | Jupiter |
| Ferrite | Mercury, Earth, Lua, Neptune, and the Void |
| Cryotic | Excavation Missions on Venus, Earth, Phobos, Europa, and Neptune |
| Titanium | Railjack Missions |
| Control Module | Europa, Neptune, and the Void |
Is Protea worth building
Protea rewinds time: Temporal Anchor sends you back to where you were with the health and ammo you had there.
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 40 platinum.
Turrets, grenades and a second chance every thirty seconds. One of the best all-rounders in the game.
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 Protea 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.
