Resources

Carbides

Resilient components used to reinforce the plated sheets of metal strapped to Grineer Ships. Location: Eximus units in the Grineer Shipyard Tileset, and Railjack missions in Earth, Saturn, and Veil Proximas

WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Earth Proxima collection

Sover Strait, Earth Proxima

Collect Carbides in Earth Proxima Railjack missions, or defeat Eximus in Ceres's Grineer Shipyard missions if you need an on-foot alternative.

View farming maps ↓See farming steps ↓Compare alternatives ↓Ingredients & recipes ↓

SEE WHERE TO GO

Mission maps & locations

2 maps

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**Earth Proxima mission selection map, captured in Update 32 (February 2023). Use the current mission table for present-day types and unlocks.**

Interactive maps & location tools

Warframe Star Chart

Choose the planet and mission node listed in the guide. Mission interiors use generated tiles; the navigation map locates the mission.

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Mission locations

Sover StraitEarth Proxima · Skirmish

Must have Rising Tide completed to access

Mission details ↗

KisteCeres · Mobile Defense

Select this node in Navigation; follow the reward instructions below.

Mission details ↗

SeimeniCeres · Defense

Select this node in Navigation; follow the reward instructions below.

Mission details ↗

GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

Complete The Archwing to join an Empyrean crew, or Rising Tide to use your own Railjack.
Select the unlocked Railjack node through Proxima Navigation.

Enter Sover Strait and defeat the required fighters and Crewships.
Collect resources released by ships and break storage containers during the run.
Complete all objectives, gather remaining pickups and return to Dry Dock.

Farming tips

Useful when Sirius & Orion's other Railjack materials are missing too.

Sources & fact checks

wiki.warframe.com ↗ wiki.warframe.com ↗ wiki.warframe.com ↗

Other ways to get it

On-foot Eximus alternative

Kiste, Ceres — Mobile Defense; Seimeni is the Defense alternative

Unlock the Ceres node and prepare to defeat Eximus/Prosecutors.

Complete Mobile Defense at Kiste while looking for Prosecutors and other Eximus.
Defeat those units and collect their Carbides drops.
Finish the terminals and extract; use Seimeni when you prefer repeated Defense waves.

Choose the Grineer Shipyard tileset; planetary name alone does not define eligibility.

Sources & fact checks

wiki.warframe.com ↗

INGREDIENTS & QUANTITIES

Crafting & conversion options

Amounts below are for one recipe batch. Open an ingredient to find where to get it.

Foundry · Produces 1 × Carbides

Crafting time: 2 minutes.

Polymer BundleIngredient per batch↗× 4000
Alloy PlateIngredient per batch↗× 26000
FerriteIngredient per batch↗× 8500
CreditsIngredient per batch↗× 1000

Requires the reusable blueprint. It is kept after crafting.

Sources & fact checks

content.warframe.com ↗

MAKE YOUR SESSION COUNT

Priorities & useful advice

Collect Carbides in Earth Proxima Railjack missions, or farm Eximus in Ceres Grineer Shipyard missions on foot. ↗↗

What to prioritize

For Railjack, choose Sover Strait in Earth Proxima; this can pair Carbides with other Railjack material gathering. ↗
For an on-foot option, use Kiste Mobile Defense or Seimeni Defense on Ceres, selecting the Grineer Shipyard tileset to encounter eligible Eximus. ↗

Next steps

Complete The Archwing to join an Empyrean crew, or Rising Tide to use your own Railjack, then select an unlocked node through Proxima Navigation. ↗
At Sover Strait, defeat fighters and Crewships; collect ship resource drops and break storage containers. ↗
Complete objectives, gather remaining pickups, and return to Dry Dock. ↗
On foot, defeat Prosecutors and other Eximus for Carbides, finish the mission, and extract. ↗

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REWARD DETAILS & CONDITIONS

Sources & rewards

Farming route

On-foot Eximus alternative

Kiste, Ceres — Mobile Defense; Seimeni is the Defense alternative

Unlock the Ceres node and prepare to defeat Eximus/Prosecutors.

Rate not listed

Farming route

Earth Proxima collection

Railjack Navigation → Earth Proxima → Sover Strait

Complete The Archwing to join an Empyrean crew, or Rising Tide to use your own Railjack.
Select the unlocked Railjack node through Proxima Navigation.

Rate not listed

Resource gathering

Eximus units in the Grineer Shipyard Tileset resource gathering

Planet/location resource pool · choose an unlocked mission

Unlock a suitable mission in Eximus units in the Grineer Shipyard Tileset.
Resource drops depend on enemies, containers, mission conditions and applicable boosters. No yield or route time is modeled.

Rate not listed

Resource gathering

and Railjack missions in Earth resource gathering

Planet/location resource pool · choose an unlocked mission

Unlock a suitable mission in and Railjack missions in Earth.
Resource drops depend on enemies, containers, mission conditions and applicable boosters. No yield or route time is modeled.

Rate not listed

Resource gathering

Saturn resource gathering

Planet/location resource pool · choose an unlocked mission

Unlock a suitable mission in Saturn.
Resource drops depend on enemies, containers, mission conditions and applicable boosters. No yield or route time is modeled.

Rate not listed

Resource gathering

and Veil Proximas resource gathering

Planet/location resource pool · choose an unlocked mission

Unlock a suitable mission in and Veil Proximas.
Resource drops depend on enemies, containers, mission conditions and applicable boosters. No yield or route time is modeled.

Rate not listed

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