Nova
Harness antimatter. Nova uses antiparticles to provide crowd control and amplify damage output. She obliterates enemies by destabilizing matter itself.
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(Base stats)
- Health
- 270
- Shield
- 180
- Armor
- 105
- Energy
- 175
- Sprint
- 1.2
- Mastery
- 0
Values at max rank as reported by the game export · snapshot 30 Sept 2026
(Where it sits)
It is thin on armor (111th of 119) and shield (100th of 119), which is what a build has to answer for.
It ships with 2 polarities already installed, plus Naramon on the aura slot, so that much of the board costs no forma.
(Loadout facts)
- Pre-installed polarities
- MaduraiMadurai
- Aura slot
- Naramon
- Helminth can subsume
- Null Star
- Progenitor element
- Electricity
- Role
- Damage · Crowd Control
- Introduced
- 9
(Passive)
Enemies killed while slowed down have _% to drop health orbs. Enemies killed while sped up have _% to drop energy orbs.
(Abilities)
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01 Null Star 25 energy Subsumable
Creates antimatter particles that orbit Nova and attack nearby targets. Each active particle reduces damage to Nova's Health and Shields.
Augment: Neutron Star
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02 Antimatter Drop 50 energy
Launch a large particle of charged antimatter that will detonate on contact. Direct the particle by aiming, shoot it to charge it further. Deals Blast Damage with a guaranteed Status Effect.
Augment: Antimatter Absorb
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03 Wormhole 75 energy
Creates a wormhole allowing instantaneous travel. Hold the ability to visualize placement.
Augment: Escape Velocity
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04 Molecular Prime 100 energy
Primes all enemies in an expanding radius with volatile antimatter. Press the ability to slow down enemy movement, hold the ability to speed them up.
Augment: Molecular Fission
Costs are base figures, before efficiency.
Also written for Nova, under no one ability: Antimatter Mine
How to get Nova
Nova is a boss drop — every part comes off Europa/Naamah (Assassination). The blueprint itself is bought from the in-game market. Skipping all of it costs 375 platinum in the market, or 35,000 credits for the blueprint alone.
Chassis
| Where | Rotation | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Europa/Naamah (Assassination) | — | 38.72% |
Neuroptics
| Where | Rotation | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Europa/Naamah (Assassination) | — | 38.72% |
Systems
| Where | Rotation | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Europa/Naamah (Assassination) | — | 22.56% |
Chances are per reward roll, as the drop tables state them. Relic rows show the chance at each refinement; a relic drops Intact.
How to craft Nova
- Credits, all in
- 70,000
- Build time
- 3 days 12 hours
- Rush, all in
- 125 p
- Or buy outright
- 375 p
Build time assumes the 3 components build at the same time in separate foundry slots — 12 hours for the slowest, then 3 days for the frame itself. One slot at a time comes to 4 days 12 hours.
Everything it eats
- 1,000FerriteMercury · Earth · Neptune · Void · Lua · Zariman Ten Zero
- 800RubedoEarth · Phobos · Europa · Pluto · Sedna · Void · Lua
- 600PlastidsPhobos · Saturn · Uranus · Pluto · Eris
- 500SalvageMars · Jupiter · Sedna · Kuva Fortress
- 150Alloy PlateVenus · Phobos · Ceres · Jupiter · Pluto · Sedna · Zariman Ten Zero
- 150Polymer BundleMercury · Venus · Uranus
- 2MorphicsMercury · Mars · Phobos · Europa · Pluto
- 1Control ModuleEuropa · Neptune · Void
- 1Neural SensorsJupiter · Kuva Fortress
- 1Orokin CellDeimos · Ceres · Saturn
Under each resource, the planets whose missions drop it — or, where no planet does, how it is found, as the WARFRAME Wiki records it.
The tree
- 1 Neuroptics · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
- 1 Chassis · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
- 1 Systems · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
- 1 Orokin Cell
- 150 Alloy Plate
- 1 Neural Sensors
- 150 Polymer Bundle
- 500 Rubedo
- 1 Morphics
- 1,000 Ferrite
- 300 Rubedo
- 1 Control Module
- 1 Morphics
- 500 Salvage
- 600 Plastids
(Builds)
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Stats, ability text and art come from the game export. Polarities, ability costs, augments, subsume status and the crafting recipes come from the WARFRAME Wiki, CC BY-SA. Every figure, ranking and total on this page is computed from our own dataset.