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Abyssal Zone
The Abyssal Zone is a variant of Exterminate which involves the 
Tenno assisting the Syndicates in recovering cursed Orokin Defixios.
Access to the Abyssal Zone on Ceres requires the possession of Abyssal Beacons. The beacons are purchased from any of the six main Syndicates (
Steel Meridian, 
Arbiters of Hexis, 
Cephalon Suda, 
The Perrin Sequence,
Red Veil, and 
New Loka) at Rank 2 for 
5,000. Upon mission completion, one 
Abyssal Beacon is consumed from the player who started the mission vote.
This mission does not have public matchmaking, requiring players to form pre-made squads.
General
A covert team of Operatives, sent jointly by the Pledged Syndicates need help finishing a doomed mission to recover Orokin Era Defixios from a Galleon of Grineer raiders adrift in the Abyssal Zone, looming near Ceres. These tablets were plundered from an archaeological dig site known as Villa Irillia, former home to a powerful and debaucherous Orokin couple. They possess a certain cursed energy, inflicting those who carry it in sinister ways. Cut down the Grineer forces to keep them out of their hands and to clear a path for the initiates to make their escape. All while reaping the reward that lies within the salvaged Defixios.
Mechanics
In addition to standard Exterminate objectives, the Tenno must retrieve Orokin Defixios and bring them to Extraction. The Tenno may find hidden Syndicate Operatives who will call for help when nearby and appear as blue allied markers on the minimap; interacting with them will show the Defixio's general location on the minimap.
Defixios produce a red shimmer, a lantern glow, and a ghastly wail. 8 Defixios can spawn in a mission, but only one per player is required for extraction (4 in a full squad); bringing more Defixios than required provides no benefit. As a carriable, players are limited to secondaries and melee weapons while carrying a Defixio.
When most of the enemies have been exterminated, the Grineer will call for reinforcements, triggering an Eximus Stronghold and spawning Eximus in large numbers.
On The Steel Path, Nox enemies are much more common.
Defixio Curses
Carrying a Defixio causes a randomly selected debuff to take effect, tied to that specific Defixio. Dropping the Defixio will remove the debuff until it is picked up again.
| Debuff | Effect |
|---|---|
| Phantom Curse | Gravity is reduced. Parkour Velocity is reduced. |
| Scarcity Curse | Your Ammo depletes steadily. Battery weapons recharge slowly. |
| Echo Curse | Take damage when you cast Abilities. |
| Hunter Curse | Take damage as you move. Land jumps for a brief reprieve from this curse. |
| Exposure Curse | Your Shields get removed. |
| Blood Curse | Your Health drains steadily. Killing enemies restores it. |
| Weariness Curse | Your energy drains steadily. |
| Shadow Curse | Your light source dims steadily. Melee kills brighten it. |
Location
- Abyssal Zone, Ceres
Rewards
Abyssal Zone awards 6, 7, or 8 
Vainthorn (8, 11, or 12 on The Steel Path, in addition to 1 
Steel Essence) upon completion of the mission. These are used in the construction of 
Dagath and 
Dorrclave.
Notes
- Operators cannot pick up Defixios.
- The light levels within the Galleon has been lowered and dimmed, most likely due to the Syndicate raiders or the curses of the Defixios.
- After three-quarters of the way through mission progress, it will turn into an Eximus Stronghold. As this mission also has a Steel Path version, which increases the drop rate of resources, this can make farming Riven Slivers slightly easier than normal Steel Path missions due to the abundance of Eximus.
- On The Steel Path, Acolytes spawn as they would on a normal mission.
Tips
- Defixios can appear on the minimap as a loot item via Loot Radar.
- Parallax's Orokin Eye Air Support ability can highlight Defixios within range.
- Golden Instinct can detect Defixios.
- Defixios can be manually waypointed.
- Consider rushing towards extraction and immediately depositing a Defixio, then kill the enemies as they spawn/move near extraction.
- If a solo player wishes explore the map after depositing a Defixio, they have approximately half a second after depositing it to move off of the extraction point, without being automatically extracted.
- Players can avoid having to deal with any of the negative effects of carrying a Defixio by simply picking it up with the warframe, then using the operator to get to extraction. When you switch back to your warframe, it will appear with the Defixio still in hand and instantly deposit it.
Trivia
- Numerous Syndicate initiates can be found hiding throughout the Galleon:
- Bim Pobberfoot
- 'Hard Luck' Janna
- Volunteer Arjaris
- Recruit Morganis
- 'Last Chance' Marvey
- Trainee Jarmel
- Recruit Maralek
- Luda The Hangnail
- Trainee Goffler
- Probationer Merris
Patch History
Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)
- Fixed Yareli being unable to interact with Operatives in the Abyssal Zone mission while she’s riding Merulina.
Hotfix 35.0.4 (2023-12-20)
- Fixed Yareli not automatically dropping off Defixio in the Extraction zone when she is riding Merulina in Abyssal Zone missions.
Update 35.0 (2023-12-13)
- Added a message to the end of mission screen when a key-based mission (e.g. Abyssal Zone) failed due to the key-owner quitting or disconnecting: “Owner of the mission key left the squad.”
- Fixed players who are inactive during the entirety of an Abyssal Zone mission still receiving End of Mission rewards.
Hotfix 34.0.5 (2023-10-26)
- Fixed the map icon for Syndicate Agents in the Abyssal Zone mission disappearing when passing through certain areas of the tileset.
Hotfix 34.0.4 (2023-10-24)
- Added sound effect for dropping off a Defixio at the Extraction point in the Abyssal Zone mission.
- Adjusted the audio mix for the Abyssal Zone mission.
Hotfix 34.0.3 (2023-10-20)
- Fixed Defixio Ammo Drain debuff being able to drain Scanners in Abyssal Zone missions.
Hotfix 34.0.2 (2023-10-19)
- Fixed Teshin butting in and overriding the intended Abyssal Zone mission transmission with his Steel Path lines.
- Fixed a script error that could occur when picking up a Defixio in the Abyssal Zone mission.
- Fixed a script error that could occur when players die or Clients disconnect during an Abyssal Zone mission.
Hotfix 34.0.1 (2023-10-18)
- Removed broken Public Matchmaking functionality from The Steel Path Abyssal Zone mission. The functionality was not intended and resulted in Steel Path players matchmaking with normal mission squads. Abyssal Zone is intended to function like the old Void Key “keyshare” system, where an Abyssal Beacon requires a premade squad and the player who started the mission vote gets their Beacon consumed.
- Increased sorting priority of Vainthorn so that it appears closer to the top of the End of Mission screen.
- Fixed Defixios being able to spawn in an inaccessible location.
- Fixed Abyssal Zone showing a placeholder mission name in the Mission Results screen.
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- Introduced.