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Relics & Void Traces Guide

Void Relics are Warframe's slot machine for Prime gear — and once you understand refinement, Void Traces, and shared rewards, the odds tilt hard in your favor. Here's how to crack relics efficiently and turn the loot into platinum.

← Knowledge Center9 min readUpdated lug 2026

relic eras · Lith→Axi

rewards per relic

10%

rare chance at Radiant

6–30

Void Traces per crack

What Void Relics actually are

A Void Relic is a sealed container of Prime gear — Warframe parts, weapon parts, and Forma blueprints. You can't just crack one open in your Foundry; you have to take it into a special mission called a Void Fissure and "open" it there. Every relic belongs to one of four eras, and the era only tells you *which pool of Prime parts* the relic can contain and *roughly where it drops* — it says nothing about how good the loot is.

Relics are also tradeable, which is the whole reason a Prime farm turns into platinum: you crack relics for parts, sell the spares to other players, and buy the exact relic you're missing from someone else. See the Platinum guide for the full economy loop.

Era	Tier	Where it tends to drop
Lith	Entry	Early Origin System nodes and low-tier bounties
Meso	Mid	Mid star-chart missions and bounties
Neo	High	Later planets, endless rotations, higher-tier bounties
Axi	Endgame	Late star chart, long endless rotations, Steel Path, high-tier bounties

Drop sources shift with updates. For the current best node for a specific relic, check the in-game Void Fissure list or the drop tables on the wiki.

Relic eras

Lith, Meso, Neo, Axi

Rewards inside

6 total — 3 common, 2 uncommon, 1 rare

Reactant to open

10 per player, per relic

Refinement currency

Void Traces (storage cap scales with Mastery Rank)

Where you open them

Void Fissure missions only

The six-slot reward pool

Every relic holds exactly six possible rewards, split across three rarities:

3 Common rewards (bronze) — usually cheap parts and Forma blueprints
2 Uncommon rewards (silver) — mid-value parts
1 Rare reward (gold) — the sought-after part, and the reason you refine

NOTERefinement never changes *which* six parts are inside a relic — it only changes the odds of landing the rare vs. a common. A relic that doesn't contain the part you want will never drop it, no matter how much you refine it. Always check a relic's contents before you invest traces.

Cracking a relic: the Void Fissure loop

Equip one relic
Open the Void Fissures tab on the star chart and pick a mission whose era matches a relic you own. Before you launch, select the relic and its refinement level. You can only bring one relic per mission.
Find the Corrupted enemies
Once inside, the fissure corrupts nearby enemies — they glow with Void energy. These Corrupted enemies are the only thing that drops Reactant.
Collect 10 Reactant
Every squad member must personally grab 10 Reactant before the mission (or rotation) ends. Watch the counter on your HUD; Reactant pickups are shared visually but you each collect your own 10.
Open and choose your reward
When the mission ends — or at the end of each rotation in an endless mission — you'll see up to four rewards: yours plus your squadmates'. Pick the single best one to keep.

⚠ HEADS UPDon't sprint to extraction before you've collected all 10 Reactant. If your relic isn't charged when the mission ends, it stays sealed and pays out nothing — you *do* keep the relic (an uncharged relic isn't consumed), but the entire run is wasted, so always finish charging before you extract.

Refinement: Intact → Radiant

A fresh relic is Intact and gives the rare only a 2% shot. Spending Void Traces to refine it bumps the rare (and uncommon) odds up in three steps, topping out at Radiant, where the rare hits 10% — a 5× improvement. This is the single most important lever you control.

State	Traces to refine	Rare (gold)	Each Uncommon	Each Common
Intact	0	2%	11%	25.33%
Exceptional	25	4%	13%	23.33%
Flawless	50	6%	17%	20%
Radiant	100	10%	20%	16.67%

Each relic still holds 3 commons / 2 uncommons / 1 rare — refinement only redistributes the odds between them.

Should you Radiant everything? No. Radiant costs a full 100 traces, so save it for relics whose *rare* part is actually valuable or one you need. If you're just cracking relics to feed the Ducat machine or hunting a common part, run them Intact — you'll open far more relics per trace budget. Use the crack-or-sell value tool to see whether a relic is worth refining or worth more sold whole.

Farming Void Traces (and the storage cap)

Void Traces come almost entirely from cracking relics in fissures — a few niche sources exist (the Granum Void, some Isolation Vault caches), but for practical purposes traces and relics are the same farm. Every relic you open pays a small random amount of traces (a base 6–30), and — worth knowing — a Resource Booster doubles that amount. So "farming traces" and "farming relics" are literally the same activity.

Crack junk relics you'd never sell — every open still pays traces, and usually a Forma BP or a ducat-fodder part on top.
Your trace storage is capped, and the cap scales with Mastery Rank — 100 for a brand-new player, climbing +50 per rank into the thousands at high MR. Anything you earn while sitting at your personal cap is lost, so spend before you overflow.
Run fast fissures (see the next section) so you're cracking relics one after another instead of waiting on slow missions.

TIPThere is no dedicated "trace node." The fastest trace stockpile comes from chaining quick Capture or reward-dense Disruption fissures with relics you were going to open anyway.

Shared rewards & Radiant shares ("radshares")

Here's the mechanic that changes everything: in a full squad, all four players see all four rolls at the reward screen, and each of you keeps *one* of them. Your own relic rolled a common? If a squadmate's relic rolled the rare, you can take the rare instead. That's the foundation of the Radiant share — the community's standard way to farm expensive rare parts.

NOTEFour Radiant relics of the *same type* each roll the rare independently at 10%. The chance the rare appears at least once for the whole squad to grab is 1 − 0.9⁴ ≈ 34% — versus 10% running solo. Run a few back-to-back radshare rounds and rares stop feeling rare.

Refine to Radiant first
Everyone must arrive with the exact same relic refined to Radiant (100 traces). By convention, an Intact relic or the wrong relic gets you kicked from a radshare group.
Find a group in Recruiting
Open Recruiting chat / the Recruit tab and search the relic's code, e.g. "Axi A15 Rad" or "Meso G1 RadShare." "H" usually means someone is hosting/looking.
Run a fast Capture fissure
Radshares almost always use the quickest available fissure so everyone can crack, grab the rare, and reset for another round.
Take the rare when it appears
At the reward screen, if any of the four rolled the rare, everyone picks it. Rinse and repeat.

Which fissure type is most efficient

All fissures crack relics the same way, but they differ wildly in *how fast* you cycle through relics. Match the mission type to your goal:

Fissure type	Pace	Best for
Capture	Fastest one-and-done	Bulk-cracking, trace farming, radshares
Exterminate / Sabotage	Fast	Quick single cracks when no Capture is up
Survival / Defense / Interception	Endless	One relic per rotation, no reloads, steady traces
Disruption	Endless, reward-dense	Fast rounds = many cracks + traces per sitting

In endless fissures you open one relic per rotation and can swap to a fresh relic between rotations — no returning to your ship.

Rule of thumb: use Capture when you want to open a big pile of different relics quickly or run a radshare, and use an endless type (Survival or Disruption) when you want to sit down and grind traces or crack many relics without loading screens. Not sure which relics are even worth your time? Relic farming ranks which relics pay the most platinum per run.

Vaulting, Aya & Prime Resurgence

Digital Extremes periodically vaults older Primes — their relics stop dropping from the live drop tables to make room for new ones. Relics already sitting in your inventory still work forever, and vaulted relics stay tradeable, so you can always buy the exact one you need from another player. Track what's in and out with the Vaulted Prime tracker.

NOTEPrime Resurgence brings vaulted relics back on a rotation: visit Varzia in Maroo's Bazaar and buy unvaulted relics with Aya (earned free across the star chart, often dropping in place of relics) or premium Regal Aya. It's the safety net if a Prime you want is currently vaulted.

⚠ HEADS UPWhen a Prime gets vaulted, demand for its parts often spikes because the supply dries up. If you're sitting on spares, Vaulted Primes spiking now shows which ones are climbing so you can sell into the surge.

Turn parts into platinum or ducats

A cracked relic hands you a Prime part (or a Forma blueprint). You have three moves with any part you pull:

Build it — assemble the Prime Warframe or weapon for yourself.
Sell it for platinum — trade duplicates and unwanted parts to other players.
Turn it into Ducats — dump parts nobody buys into the Ducat kiosk at any relay, then spend the Ducats on Baro Ki'Teer's rotating stock.

Relic value: crack or sellExpected platinum per relic→Set vs parts calculatorPrice a full set vs. selling parts→Flip finderLive buy/sell spreads on parts→Ducat value finderBest parts to feed Baro→

TIPForma blueprints are one of the most common relic rewards, so steady fissure-running doubles as a free source of the Forma you'll burn polarizing builds — you rarely need to buy them.

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Frequently asked

How do I open a Void Relic?

You can't open relics from your inventory — you have to run a Void Fissure mission. Equip one relic before launching, kill the glowing Corrupted enemies to collect 10 Reactant, and your relic opens at the end of the mission (or each rotation in endless). At the reward screen you pick one reward from up to four.

What does refining a relic to Radiant actually do?

Refining spends Void Traces to improve the odds of the rare and uncommon rewards. An Intact relic gives the rare a 2% chance; a Radiant relic raises it to 10%. It never changes which six parts are inside — only the odds between them. Check crack or sell to see whether refining is worth it for a given relic.

How do I farm Void Traces fast?

Traces come almost entirely from cracking relics in fissures — each open pays a base 6–30, and a Resource Booster doubles that. The fastest method is chaining quick Capture fissures or reward-dense Disruption fissures with relics you were going to open anyway. Your storage cap scales with Mastery Rank (100 at the very start, climbing +50 per rank), so spend before you hit your cap and overflow.

What is a Radiant share (radshare)?

It's a full squad where all four players bring the same relic refined to Radiant. Because everyone can pick from all four rolls at the reward screen, four independent 10% rare rolls give the squad about a 34% chance the rare shows up each run — far better than 10% solo. Find groups in Recruiting chat by searching the relic's code plus "Rad" or "RadShare."

Should I refine every relic to Radiant?

No. Radiant costs a full 100 traces, so reserve it for relics whose rare part is valuable or one you actually need. For farming commons, Forma, or ducat fodder, run relics Intact so you open far more of them per trace budget. The relic value tool helps you decide per relic.

Where do Void Relics drop?

Relics drop across the star chart — from mission rewards, endless-mission rotations, and open-world bounties. Lith relics come from early nodes, and Neo/Axi from later, harder content and longer endless runs. Which specific node is best changes with updates, so check the in-game drop tables or the wiki for the current spot.

Can I still get Prime parts after a Prime is vaulted?

Yes. Any relics already in your inventory still work forever, and vaulted relics stay tradeable, so you can buy the exact relic from another player. You can also grab unvaulted relics through Prime Resurgence from Varzia in Maroo's Bazaar using Aya. Track availability with the Vaulted Prime tracker.

Which fissure mission type is best for cracking relics?

Capture is the fastest one-and-done, ideal for bulk-cracking, trace farming, and radshares. Endless types like Survival and Disruption let you open a relic per rotation without loading screens, which is better for long grinding sessions. Match the type to whether you want speed or volume.