Warframe Jade: Jade Shadows, Ascension Parts, Abilities and Build

Jade Shadows is the main quest that gives Jade's main blueprint. It opens once you finish The New War.

1. Open the Codex and start Jade Shadows from the Quest menu.
2. Set aside 30 to 40 minutes. Other Warframe activities stay closed while the quest runs.
3. Finish the quest. The Jade Blueprint arrives as the quest reward.
4. Run Ascension on Brutus, Uranus for her Neuroptics, Chassis and Systems.

Ascension opens only after Jade Shadows. The quest can be replayed from the Codex.

The Market also sells Jade for 325 Platinum. How Platinum works is in Warframe Platinum.

Each Jade part drops from the Ascension reward table on Brutus. The official drop tables list each part at 4.63%.

Part	Ascension drop	Ordis price
Neuroptics Blueprint	4.63%	150 Vestigial Motes
Chassis Blueprint	4.63%	150 Vestigial Motes
Systems Blueprint	4.63%	150 Vestigial Motes
Jade Blueprint	Quest reward	450 Vestigial Motes

A full set from Ordis costs 900 Vestigial Motes. He trades them in the Drifter's Camp on Earth.

Each Ascension run pays 11 to 13 Motes, or 16 to 18 on the Steel Path. The optional Sisters of Parvos objective adds 5 to 7 more, or 8 to 10 on the Steel Path.

Blueprint	Cost	Build time
Jade	25,000 Credits, Neuroptics, Chassis, Systems, 3 Orokin Cell	3 days
Neuroptics	15,000 Credits, 1,000 Circuits, 750 Polymer Bundle, 3 Neural Sensors, 4 Neurodes	12 hours
Chassis	15,000 Credits, 600 Alloy Plate, 4,000 Nano Spores, 1,500 Plastids, 6 Morphics	12 hours
Systems	15,000 Credits, 600 Ferrite, 600 Plastids, 1,100 Rubedo, 10 Control Module	12 hours

Jade needs no Mastery Rank. Ranking her to 30 adds 6,000 Mastery points, as the table in Warframe Mastery Rank shows.

Ability	What it does
Passive	Jade has 2 Aura slots. Some abilities mark enemies with Judgments, and marked enemies take 50% more damage for 10 seconds.
Light's Judgment	Throws a well of light that heals allies and burns enemies with Heat. Enemies inside get Judgments.
Symphony of Mercy	Cycles 3 songs for the squad. Deathbringer adds weapon damage and Spirit of Resilience restores Shields. The 3rd song adds Ability Strength.
Ophanim Eyes	A gaze that slows enemies and strips their Shields and Armor. It also revives downed allies from a distance.
Glory on High	Jade takes flight with the Glory orbitars. Alt Fire detonates Judgments in a Jade Light blast.

Every kill on an enemy with Judgments adds 2 seconds to Symphony of Mercy. Jade can keep up to 5 wells of Light's Judgment at once.

Glory on High costs 25 energy to start and drains 5 energy/s while she flies.

Ophanim Eyes is the ability the Helminth takes from Jade.

The most voted Jade build and a build updated for Update 43 share 8 mods. Both stack Ability Strength for Symphony of Mercy and Glory on High.

Slot	Pick
Aura 1	Corrosive Projection
Aura 2	Growing Power
Strength	Umbral Intensify, Blind Rage, Transient Fortitude
Range	Overextended
Energy and Duration	Primed Flow, Primed Continuity
Exilus	Cunning Drift or Power Drift

Corrosive Projection strips enemy Armor for the whole squad. Growing Power adds Ability Strength after a weapon Status Effect.

Each Aura mod also adds mod capacity. Both builds use 5 Forma, and Warframe Forma explains polarities.

Jade's place among the support frames of Update 44 is on our Warframe tier list.

Jade has no Prime version yet. Digital Extremes has not announced a date for Jade Prime.

Jade came out on 18 June 2024 with Update 36. Prime Access frames and their relics are covered in Warframe Relics.

Jade Shadows: Constellations is the main quest that follows Jade Shadows. It came out with Update 43 on 17 June 2026.

Jade Shadows must be done before it. It is played solo and cannot be replayed.

The live update since 7 October 2026 is Update 44.1, The Icebind. Jade still comes from the same quest and the same Ascension drops.