Ascension

For  Styanax's animated short, see Ascension Day.

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Ascension is a Mission type. Marauding Corpus forces seek to claim a treasure guarded by the Stalker, forcing the Tenno to intervene and ascend the item safely to the surface.

Access to this mission requires completion of the Jade Shadows quest.

Mechanics[]

At the start, players are instructed to locate a Mote Collector and protect it from waves of Corpus in a 1 minute timed defense. If the collector loses all its health, the timer will pause until it regenerates.

After successfully protecting the collector, they must then proceed to an elevator and guard an Extraction Capsule as it ascends. Players must charge the Elevator Power gauge by throwing Ionic Charges, dropped by enemies, or Boosted Ionic Charges, found within roughly 50m of the elevator at fixed spawn points, at the Extraction Capsule. Boosted Charges are slightly larger and possess two marker outlines instead of one. Boosted charges will speed up the elevator by 3x, lasting for 20 seconds when applied to an unboosted elevator, or 10 seconds when adding onto an existing boost, stacking up to a maximum of 50 seconds total. Power is maxed at 50, with the first charge providing full power, and subsequent charges (Boosted or otherwise), providing 20 power. The capsule is invulnerable during this phase.

During the elevator ride, players can also optionally collect 3 Sister Beacons found throughout the floors to summon a Sister of Parvos once the elevator reaches the top.

Once the elevator stops and the summoned Sister is defeated, players must continue to defend the capsule as it travels a preset path to extraction upon which will complete the mission, similar to Hijack. If the capsule loses all its shields, it will stop moving and become invulnerable until it regains its shields.

The mission has a high spawn rate of Jade Light Eximus, who have the ability to summon continuous jade satellite lasers that move and hover above player's heads, rapidly damaging them with  Heat. These lasers can be destroyed by killing the Eximus that summoned them or shooting the orb at the top of the laser.

Rewards[]

Completion of the mission awards 11-13  Vestigial Motes (16-18 on The Steel Path), which can be traded to Ordis in the Drifter's Camp for the blueprints for  Jade,  Harmony,  Cantare, and  Evensong, and the Arcane Enhancements  Arcane Ice Storm,  Arcane Battery,  Secondary Surge,  Secondary Fortifier, and  Melee Afflictions.

Summoned Sisters of Parvos will drop 5-7 Vestigial Motes and 33% chance at the above Arcanes (8-10 Motes, guaranteed Arcane, and 2  Steel Essence on The Steel Path). Loot abilities (e.g.  Nekros's  Desecrate), Resource Boosters, and  Smeeta Kavat's  Charm have no effect on the Sister.

Juno Sapper MOA are unique to this mission which can drop the mods  Semi-Rifle Cannonade,  Semi-Pistol Cannonade,  Semi-Shotgun Cannonade,  Rifle Elementalist,  Melee Elementalist,  Pistol Elementalist, and  Shotgun Elementalist.

Rewards
Endo x3000	14%
Meso B9	8%
Meso G6	8%
Meso G7	8%
Meso H5	8%
Meso V9	8%
Meso W4	8%
Meso W5	8%
Cantare Blueprint	5%
Evensong Blueprint	5%
Harmony Blueprint	5%
Jade Chassis Blueprint	5%
Jade Neuroptics Blueprint	5%
Jade Systems Blueprint	5%

Notes[]

•  Jade's Prex appears directly south of the starting area, underneath a ramp. It will only appear for players with a Rank 30 Jade. or if someone with a max rank jade marks it.
• Before starting the elevator ride, Ordis will permanently buff all Tenno with Uplift, increasing Bullet Jump distance.
• There are more than 3 Sister Beacons scattered around the elevator shaft, giving players some leeway in searching known spawn locations.
• The summoned Sister of Parvos has a randomly generated name, personality, weapons, and abilities, only possesses a single health bar, and she and her Hound will immediately be defeated upon depleting her health without the need for Mercy. However, she will not drop any traditional Sister rewards, such as her weapon, Hound, and Ephemera if any. She also lacks the randomized resistances normal to both Sisters of Parvos and Kuva Liches.
• Acolytes will not spawn in The Steel Path version this mission.

Tips[]

• All enemies are Corpus which are vulnerable to  Puncture and  Magnetic damage. Magnetic damage also helps curb the high prevalence of the Eximus's Overguard.
• In case the players miss the elevator as it goes up or fall off, there are Sentient-themed launch pads which can hurl them upwards, scaling with the height of the elevator.
• Ionic Charges only detonate if they land on the Extraction Capsule, and so they can be stockpiled by throwing or dropping them on the elevator.
• If intending to do this mission solo, Warframes who have high survivability and/or burst damage capability are recommended, especially if one intends to summon a Sister of Parvos.
  •  Revenant can use  Mesmer Skin to enhance his survivability while leaving them open for  Enthrall free of cost, and  Danse Macabre can help strip the shields from the Sister of Parvos.
  •  Kullervo has plenty of opportunities to build up his combo counter in this mission, as  Recompense enhances his survivability while building up the damage for  Wrathful Advance in order to deal with Jade Light Eximus units, as well as to deal heavy damage to the Sister of Parvos.
• Avoiding standing near the Mote Collector and the Extraction Capsule when targeted by the Jade Light Eximus, as their damage can accumulate and quickly shred the defense objects.
•  Silence, either on  Banshee as is or subsumed onto another Warframe, will prevent Eximus from using their abilities.
• Boosted Ionic Charges are plentiful enough that there is no need to interact with their lesser variant at all. If one is purely concerned with speed of mission completion, there is no reason to kill anyone during the elevator portion of the mission, as the time spent killing them is better spent keeping up with the elevator spawning more Boosted charges. Three players hunting for charges, simply tossing them onto the elevator below, while another player waits until the boost has expired to apply another charge, will ensure even the most inattentive squad achieves the fastest possible elevator segment.

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