Warframe Mastery Rank: Points, Every Test and What Each Rank Unlocks

Hotfix 44.1.4 went live on 27 October 2026. Update 44.1, The Icebind, went live on 7 October 2026.

Mastery Rank, or MR, tracks how much of Warframe you have played. You earn Mastery points when you rank up gear and when you clear Star Chart nodes and Junctions.

The total for each rank is 2,500 points times the rank squared. MR 30 needs 2,250,000 points in total. Every rank after MR 30 is a Legendary Rank and costs 147,500 points.

Your Mastery Rank stays at 0 until you finish the Vor's Prize quest. After that, each new rank needs a short test.

Source	Mastery points
Weapon ranked to 30	100 per rank, 3,000 in total
Warframe, companion, Archwing or K-Drive ranked to 30	200 per rank, 6,000 in total
Kuva or Tenet weapon ranked to 40	4,000 after 5 Forma
Necramech ranked to 40	8,000 after 5 Forma
Junction, 1st win	1,000
Railjack or Drifter Intrinsics	1,500 per rank
Star Chart node, 1st clear	A fixed amount per node
Steel Path node, 1st clear	Its own points, on top of the normal node

Gear is where most Mastery points come from. Every item pays its points once, so new items beat old ones.

1. Rank every new item to 30. A weapon pays 3,000 points. A Warframe pays 6,000.
2. Collect the variants. Prime, Vandal, Wraith, Prisma, MK1 and Kuva versions each count as their own item. Braton, MK1-Braton, Braton Vandal and Braton Prime pay 12,000 points together.
3. Clear the Star Chart. Each node pays on its 1st clear, and each Junction pays 1,000 on its 1st win.
4. Play the Steel Path. Its nodes pay Mastery again, apart from the normal Star Chart. The Warframe Steel Path guide covers the unlock.
5. Rank Intrinsics. Every Railjack and Drifter Intrinsic rank pays 1,500 points.
6. Push gear past rank 30. Kuva and Tenet weapons, the Paracesis and Necramechs gain 2 ranks per Forma and reach rank 40 after 5. The Warframe Forma guide shows how to get them.

Forma resets an item to rank 0, and the 2nd climb pays no Mastery. Selling a rank 30 item and buying it again pays nothing either.

Points above the next rank carry over. They fill the following bar once you pass the test.

Each new rank needs a test. Tests run in solo play only. Hover over your profile icon and pick Rank Up to start the test.

A passed test starts a 23 hour wait before the next test. A failed attempt has no wait, so you can try again at once.

Cephalon Simaris keeps every test you passed in his room in the Relay. You can replay them there for practice.

The Operator is not allowed in tests up to MR 23.

Rank	Title	Total points	Test
MR 1	Initiate	2,500	Primary Test
MR 2	Silver Initiate	10,000	Sidearm Test
MR 3	Gold Initiate	22,500	Melee Test
MR 4	Novice	40,000	Survival Test
MR 5	Silver Novice	62,500	Terminal Hacking Test
MR 6	Gold Novice	90,000	Target Tracking Test
MR 7	Disciple	122,500	Timed Exterminate Test
MR 8	Silver Disciple	160,000	Wall Dash Test
MR 9	Gold Disciple	202,500	Stealth Test
MR 10	Seeker	250,000	Disappearing Platform Test
MR 11	Silver Seeker	302,500	Time Trial Test
MR 12	Gold Seeker	360,000	Carousel Test
MR 13	Hunter	422,500	Advanced Disappearing Platform Test
MR 14	Silver Hunter	490,000	Advanced Exterminate Test
MR 15	Gold Hunter	562,500	Interception Test
MR 16	Eagle	640,000	Defense Test
MR 17	Silver Eagle	722,500	Advanced Timed Exterminate Test
MR 18	Gold Eagle	810,000	Advanced Defense Test
MR 19	Tiger	902,500	Stealth Rescue Test
MR 20	Silver Tiger	1,000,000	Archwing Time Trial Test
MR 21	Gold Tiger	1,102,500	Timed Exterminate Test
MR 22	Dragon	1,210,000	Arena Test
MR 23	Silver Dragon	1,322,500	Mobile Point Capture Test
MR 24	Gold Dragon	1,440,000	Operator Test
MR 25	Sage	1,562,500	Deployable Archwing Exterminate Test
MR 26	Silver Sage	1,690,000	Advanced Mobile Point Capture Test
MR 27	Gold Sage	1,822,500	Index Banking Test
MR 28	Master	1,960,000	Condensed Thermia Extermination Test
MR 29	Middle Master	2,102,500	Advanced Timed Extermination Test
MR 30	True Master	2,250,000	Advanced Survival Test
LR 1	Legendary 1	2,397,500	Legendary Exterminate Test (Primary)
LR 2	Legendary 2	2,545,000	Legendary Exterminate Test (Secondary)
LR 3	Legendary 3	2,692,500	Legendary Exterminate Test (Melee)
LR 4	Legendary 4	2,840,000	Legendary Survival Test

Most tests are short fights. 4 tests stop players more often, and each one gives you 3 tries.

1. MR 8. Bring a secondary with some range so you can reach the orbs. Bullet Jump while you look up to gain height.
2. MR 9. Open the full map at the start and watch the patrol routes. A Glaive kills from a safe distance.
3. MR 10. Stand on the edge tiles before the middle tile. A weapon with a continuous beam hits the targets fastest.
4. MR 19. A Glaive with the Whirlwind mod throws further, so you can clear Lancers before they see you.

Every rank raises a few limits. Your daily Syndicate standing cap grows by 500 from 16,000 at MR 0. Your Void Traces cap grows by 50 from 100.

Unranked gear starts with mod capacity equal to your Mastery Rank, up to 30. Every even rank up to MR 30 adds a Loadout slot.

Rank	What opens
MR 2	Trading. You can make as many trades per day as your Mastery Rank.
MR 3	Faction Syndicates and The Waverider quest
MR 4	The Deadlock Protocol quest
MR 5	Sorties, Kuva Liches, Sisters of Parvos and a 2nd Extractor
MR 7	The Silver Grove quest
MR 8	Riven Mods, every Relay and the Helminth Segment from Son
MR 10	A 3rd Extractor and Steel Path bounties
MR 15	Every Market, Syndicate and clan Research weapon
MR 16	Every Tenet weapon and the last Riven Mod requirement
MR 30	3 Umbra Forma, 15 Loadout slots, 30 Riven Mod slots and the True Master blessing
Each Legendary Rank	1 Legendary Core and 1 Loadout slot

The True Master blessing works once every 23 hours from an altar in any Relay. It gives every player in that Relay a 3 hour buff, such as +25% Affinity or +25% Credits.

• Warframe tier list: every frame ranked for Update 44.1.
• Warframe Steel Path: the unlock, Steel Essence and Teshin's shop.
• Warframe Forma: every Forma type and how to get it.
• Warframe relics: relic tiers, refinement and farm spots.

Short on time? A PRO can level gear on your account with the Mastery Rank boost, and the Star Chart completion clears the nodes and Junctions you still miss.