Tellurium

This rare metal is foreign to the Origin System and can only be found in asteroids that have made the long journey from other stars.

—-In-Game Description

Tellurium is a rare resource that can be found in Archwing missions. Tellurium can also be aquired from enemies encountered in any tileset that contain the tag Submersible, or as a Daily Tribute.

Acquisition

Rare drop from enemy units in Empyrean (including warframe sections), Archwing, Grineer Sealab missions and Kuva Fortress Assault missions.
Tellurium is available from Resource Caches in Grineer Reactor Sabotage missions, as well as the Kuva Fortress' Assault mission.

Farming Locations

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the resource until better facts are proven.

Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
Uranus	Ophelia	Survival	24 - 29	Grineer Sealab
Uranus	Caelus	Interception	24 - 29	Free Space
Neptune	Salacia	Mobile Defense	27 - 32	Corpus Ship (Archwing)

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance^[1]	Quantity^[2]	Avg. per roll^[3]	Star Chart Nodes
Exterminate	Jupiter Exterminate Resource Caches	C	4.4%	1	0.044	Carpo, Jupiter
Exterminate	Kuva Fortress Exterminate Resource Caches	C	3.67%	1	0.0367	Dakata, Kuva Fortress
Exterminate	Lua Exterminate Resource Caches	C	10.82%	1	0.1082	Plato, Lua
Sabotage	Sealab Sabotage Resource Caches	C	15.49%	1	0.1549	Desdemona, Uranus
Sabotage	Tier 1 Reactor Sabotage	C	0.67%	1	0.0067	Ishtar, Venus Terminus, Mercury Gradivus, Mars
Sabotage	Tier 2 Reactor Sabotage	C	4.4%	1	0.044	Ker, Ceres Thon, Ceres Adrastea, Jupiter Calypso, Saturn
Sabotage	Tier 3 Reactor Sabotage	C	3.67%	1	0.0367	Rusalka, Sedna Cypress, Pluto
Weekly Conclave Challenge Reward	Weekly Conclave Challenge Reward	B	12.5%	10	1.25	Complete all weekly Conclave challenges to get this reward in your in-game inbox: Match Won: Win 6 matches of any game type. Match Complete: Complete 20 matches of any game type. Conditioning: Complete 10 Daily Challenges.

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance^[4]	Item Chance^[5]	Chance^[6]	Expected Kills^[7]	Quantity^[8]	Avg. per roll attempt^[9]

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Blueprints Requiring Tellurium


Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Amesha Harness	Component	(1)
Amesha Systems	Component	(1)
Amesha Wings	Component	(1)
Antiserum Injector	Gear	2
Archwing Launcher Segment	Orbiter Segment	(2)
Astilla	Primary	4
Atlas Prime Chassis	Component	2
Bishamo Greaves	Cosmetic	450
Chondricord trophy	Decoration	1
Chroma Amaru Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Chroma Drac Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Cyngas	Arch-Gun	2
Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade)	Melee	(1)
Dual Keres	Melee	3
Duroid Trophy	Decoration	1
Elytron Harness	Component	(1)
Elytron Systems	Component	(1)
Elytron Wings	Component	(1)
Equinox Clisthert Helm	Cosmetic	2
Equinox Prime Neuroptics	Component	2
Equinox Solstice Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Garuda Bathory Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Glazio Mk I	Ship Turret	(1)
Glazio Mk II	Ship Turret	(1)
Glazio Mk III	Ship Turret	(1)
Grattler	Arch-Gun	5
Gunsen	Melee	3
Haztech Greaves	Cosmetic	20
Hildryn Systems	Component	2
Imperator Vandal	Arch-Gun	10
Inaros Prime Systems	Component	3
Itzal	Archwing	(2)
Itzal Harness	Component	2 (1)
Itzal Systems	Component	(1)
Itzal Wings	Component	2 (1)
Kaszas	Arch-Melee	3
Knux	Arch-Melee	(10)
Krohkur	Melee	5
Kubrodon Ventkid Greaves	Cosmetic	20
Kulstar	Secondary	2
Laith Mk I	Ship Turret	(1)
Laith Mk II	Ship Turret	(1)
Laith Mk III	Ship Turret	(1)
Landing Craft Foundry Segment	Orbiter Segment	2
Limbo Prime Systems	Component	2
Myxostomata Trophy	Decoration	1
Nekros Prime Systems	Component	3
Nezha Prime Systems	Component	3
Nutrio Incubator Upgrade Segment	Orbiter Segment	(2)
Okina	Melee	2
Outrider Greaves	Cosmetic	30
Pennant	Melee	2
Personal Quarters Segment	Orbiter Segment	2
Phaedra	Arch-Gun	2
Pulsar Mk I	Ship Turret	(1)
Pulsar Mk II	Ship Turret	(1)
Quellor	Primary	4
Revenant Vania Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Ripkas	Melee	2
Smelter Greaves	Cosmetic	20
Staticor	Secondary	(1)
Talyn Mk I	Ship Turret	(1)
Talyn Mk II	Ship Turret	(1)
Talyn Mk III	Ship Turret	(1)
Titania Chassis	Component	1
Titania Prime Systems	Component	3
Titania Systems	Component	1
Valkyr Prime Systems	Component	3
Vent Pobber Ventkid Greaves	Cosmetic	20
Vent Rat Greaves	Cosmetic	30
Vort Mk I	Ship Turret	(1)
Vort Mk II	Ship Turret	(1)
Vort Mk III	Ship Turret	(1)
Wisp Neuroptics	Component	2
Wukong Macak Helmet	Cosmetic	2
Zephyr Prime Chassis	Component	2
Gara Prime Systems	Component	2
Slaytra	Melee	8
Hildryn Prime Chassis	Component	2
Baruuk Prime Chassis	Component	2
Revenant Prime Systems	Component	2
Khora Prime Chassis	Component	2
Garuda Prime Chassis	Component	2
Harrow Prime Chassis	Component	2
Nidus Prime Chassis	Component	2
Wisp Prime Systems	Component	2
Yareli Chassis	Component	2
Ghoulsaw Blade	Component	1
Venato	Melee	(1)

Total	284 (+42)
Research	x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Last updated: Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

Market

By purchasing this item you can directly exchange 10 Platinum 10 for 1 Tellurium.

—In-Game Description

Trivia

Tellurium (symbol: Te) is the 52nd element in the periodic table. Its in-game description alludes to the fact that Tellurium is believed to be more common in the universe than it is on Earth.
- In real life, Tellurium is silver-white in color as opposed to red.
- Some of the applications for Tellurium include Alloy Metallurgy, Semi-Conductors and Laser Optics. The latter may explain the Itzal's stealth mechanics and laser drones (as both Tellurium and the Itzal were introduced in the same update).
It is currently one of the few resources that still uses the generic resource container model.
Smokefinger believes that the Orokin used Tellurium in the construction of Void gates.
The word Tellurium is from the Latin tellūs, tellūr-, earth (by contrast with uranium, under a conception of the latter as an element of the heavens because of its being named after the planet Uranus).

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