- 640 Plat for a bundle containing the latest Warframe and some cosmetic goodies.
- 540 Plat for a bundle of vignettes for your ship (plus 14 stands to put Warframes on).
- 208 Plat for a bundle of color palettes (90 colors each).
- You only have so many slots for Warframes and weapons and unless you want to get rid of old ones, you’re going to have to pony up some Plat. Otherwise, the game can get expensive fast. Long story short: if you’re just after Platinum, hold off for a discount. The rub is that you can’t pick which Prime Warframe you want. This will let you buy a bundle that includes a souped-up Warframe, powerful weapons, cosmetics, and a bunch of Platinum to boot. Although those 75 percent discounts are exceptionally rare. The game also seems biased towards giving discounts to players who haven’t logged in for a while. In general, most players wait until they get a decent discount and then buy huge bundles of Plat. The good news is that semi-randomized daily login rewards net you anywhere from 20-75 percent off your Platinum purchases.
The official (and only) purchase page shows a bunch of different options, giving emphasis to the largest bundles, which cost as much as $200. And, at a glance, the exchange rate feels pretty unforgiving.Īsh Prime, the premium version of the Ash Warframe, costs around 170 Platinum. So, in general, Warframe is “pay-to-progress faster.”Ī good percentage of players will likely just drop some cash into the game to support Digital Extremes.
The only Platinum exclusive items are most color palettes, cosmetic items, and inventory slots. But you can spend a small amount of Platinum to speed up the process. After grinding for all of the materials, a full Warframe takes three days to complete. Most can be purchased in the form of blueprints and then built with credits and various resources over a certain period of time. You can also use it as a currency to buy from other players.Īll of these things can be earned in-game and do not need to be purchased with Platinum. You can spend Platinum to purchase Warframes, weapons, equipment, sentinels, mod packs, and cosmetics from the in-game marketplace. Our guide here will walk you through the best ways to spend, earn, and purchase this crucial part of the game’s economy. The game has an abundance of complicated systems and it’s easy to accidentally waste your Platinum early on. It’s not new player friendly in the slightest. They primarily come in the form of purchasing Platinum, the game’s premium currency. Like most games that don’t charge an entry fee, Warframe has other monetization methods. For years it’s sat near the top of the Steam charts just chugging along quietly.
Warframe is probably one of the best free-to-play games ever made.