Quotes

Interception is an Endless Mission type requiring players to capture and hold set locations on the map in order to intercept enemy transmissions by reaching 100% control sooner than the enemy faction does.

Mechanics

The map has four communication towers acting as capture locations, labelled A, B, C and D, with all of the locations starting out under enemy control. Players capture each location by standing within a tower's capture radius until the tower switches over to Tenno control, however if enemies are within the capture radius the point will be in a "Conflict" state, preventing the player from capturing said point unless all enemies in it are killed. Enemies can capture player-controlled towers by activating one of two nearby control consoles per capture point, which triggers an alarm the player can hear. If a player kills the enemy activating the console the point will not be captured. Capture Points are rewarded to the Tenno and the enemy at a rate proportional to the number of towers in their control. The goal is to control more towers than the enemy in order to reach 100 Capture Points first.

In the Archwing version of the mission, rather than accessing a control console, the capturing enemy unit will emit an orange electric beam connecting them to the communication tower when they get close enough, and both the comm tower and capturing unit will be surrounded by a red spherical field to denote that a capture is in progress. Once connected the capturing unit will continue to neutralize or capture the tower regardless of how far away they move from the tower, meaning that simply knocking away the enemy unit will not suffice to stop their progress - only killing the unit will stop the capture from finishing. Only one enemy can capture each tower, and if a capturing unit is destroyed another one in the vicinity can quickly take its place.

If the Tenno reach 100 Capture Points, the players will then be tasked with eliminating any remaining enemies, after which players can choose to claim a reward and exit or continue fighting. If the enemy reach 100 Capture Points, the Tenno fail the mission.

At the end of each round, each player will receive an option to either leave the mission individually and receive a displayed reward or to continue for more rewards against progressively harder enemies for another round. The mission is considered completed when players accept the offer to claim a reward and exit.

Locations

The majority of Interception maps use the same tiles as Defense missions. Exceptions to this are missions taking place in either Grineer Forest or Grineer Shipyard tilesets.

Rewards

• Capturing and neutralizing a tower gives 300 Affinity, while capturing all towers grants 500 Affinity. These can be doubled by using an Affinity Booster.
• Each time 100% control is reached the players are offered a chance to either continue (resetting control and beginning another round) or exit and claim a reward similar to Defense missions.
• Rotations are in AABC order
• Interceptions are separated into 5 tiers:
  • Tier 1: Mercury (Odin), Venus (Cytherean), Earth (Gaia), Mars (Alator) & Ceres (Cinxia)
  • Tier 2: Jupiter (Callisto), Saturn (Rhea), Uranus (Umbriel) & Europa (Ose)
  • Tier 3: Pluto (Cerberus), Eris (Xini), Sedna (Berehynia)
  • Void (Mithra) has its own reward table
  • The Archwing interception mission has its own reward table

• Tier 1
• Tier 2
• Tier 3
• Void
• Archwing

A		B		C
Magazine Warp	10%	Deep Freeze	5.88%	Meso A7	13.92%
Trick Mag	10%	Fast Deflection	5.88%	Meso E6	13.92%
Vitality	10%	Hornet Strike	5.88%	Meso F5	13.92%
Lith A6	10%	No Return	5.88%	Meso G8	13.92%
Lith G13	10%	North Wind	5.88%	Meso N17	13.92%
Lith M9	10%	Reflex Coil	5.88%	Meso T7	13.92%
Lith N16	10%	Rush	5.88%	Meso V10	13.92%
Lith P9	10%	Serration	5.88%	Natural Talent	2.58%
Lith W4	10%	Speed Trigger	5.88%
Lith X1	10%	Target Cracker	5.88%
		Meso A7	5.88%
		Meso E6	5.88%
		Meso F5	5.88%
		Meso G8	5.88%
		Meso N17	5.88%
		Meso T7	5.88%
		Meso V10	5.88%

Locations:

• Gaia, Earth
• Cytherean, Venus
• Odin, Mercury
• Alator, Mars
• Cinxia, Ceres

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

A		B		C
Magazine Warp	10%	Hell's Chamber	7.14%	Neo A13	14.29%
Trick Mag	10%	Hornet Strike	7.14%	Neo G8	14.29%
Vitality	10%	No Return	7.14%	Neo L4	14.29%
Meso A7	10%	North Wind	7.14%	Neo P7	14.29%
Meso E6	10%	Reflex Coil	7.14%	Neo Q1	14.29%
Meso F5	10%	Serration	7.14%	Neo W2	14.29%
Meso G8	10%	Target Cracker	7.14%	Neo Z11	14.29%
Meso N17	10%	Neo A13	7.14%
Meso T7	10%	Neo G8	7.14%
Meso V10	10%	Neo L4	7.14%
		Neo P7	7.14%
		Neo Q1	7.14%
		Neo W2	7.14%
		Neo Z11	7.14%

Locations:

• Callisto, Jupiter
• Ose, Europa
• Rhea, Saturn
• Umbriel, Uranus

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

A		B		C
Magazine Warp	10%	Axi A19	14.29%	Axi A19	14.29%
Trick Mag	10%	Axi G14	14.29%	Axi G14	14.29%
Vitality	10%	Axi H8	14.29%	Axi H8	14.29%
Neo A13	10%	Axi O6	14.29%	Axi O6	14.29%
Neo G8	10%	Axi S16	14.29%	Axi S16	14.29%
Neo L4	10%	Axi S17	14.29%	Axi S17	14.29%
Neo P7	10%	Axi T12	14.29%	Axi T12	14.29%
Neo Q1	10%
Neo W2	10%
Neo Z11	10%

Locations:

• Berehynia, Sedna
• Cerberus, Pluto
• Xini, Eris

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

A		B		C
Neo L4	18.18%	Neo A13	12.5%	Aya	22.11%
Neo P7	18.18%	Neo G8	12.5%	Axi A19	11.13%
Neo Z11	18.18%	Neo L4	12.5%	Axi G14	11.13%
Neo A13	9.09%	Neo P7	12.5%	Axi H8	11.13%
Neo G8	9.09%	Neo Q1	12.5%	Axi O6	11.13%
Neo Q1	9.09%	Neo W2	12.5%	Axi S16	11.13%
Neo W2	9.09%	Neo Z11	12.5%	Axi S17	11.13%
Aya	9.09%	Aya	12.5%	Axi T12	11.13%

Locations:

• Mithra, Void

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

A		B		C
Endo x250	77.44%	Endo x250	20%	Endo x400	32.24%
Automatic Trigger	2.51%	Argon Plating	10%	Axi A19	9.68%
Combustion Rounds	2.51%	Bleeding Edge	10%	Axi G14	9.68%
Dual Rounds	2.51%	Electrified Barrel	10%	Axi H8	9.68%
Hollowed Bullets	2.51%	Energy Inversion	10%	Axi O6	9.68%
Magazine Extension	2.51%	Furor	10%	Axi S16	9.68%
Modified Munitions	2.51%	Glacial Edge	10%	Axi S17	9.68%
Parallax Scope	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%	Axi T12	9.68%
Rubedo-Lined Barrel	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%
Venomous Clip	2.51%

Locations:

• Caelus, Uranus

Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.

Notes

• It is possible to stand on top of a broadcast tower by jumping on it from a higher place or Bullet Jumping.
• Capturing all four points generates approximately 1 capture point every 2 seconds. Thus, it takes at least 3 minutes to complete 1 round.
• The enemy will always have at least 5% captured on solo, due to the time it takes to run between towers.
• The tile used in Sealab Tileset for both Defense and Interception missions always has Orokin Communications Relays in it, although they are in an 'inert' state during Defense missions.

Tips

• The first round starts when players take a tower, or after 3 minutes have passed. Newer players not familiar with the tileset can take advantage of this by scouting the map and memorizing routes between towers.
• Enemies will try to re-capture towers in the order they were taken by the players, making them predictable.
  • However they will sometimes try to take another tower if the targeted tower couldn't be recaptured for a long period of time.
  • Players can track which tower is being recaptured by looking at the blinking tower letters in the top left of the HUD.
• Solo players can easily complete interception missions, with any Warframe, by focusing on capturing new towers instead of trying to protect captured ones. Warframe's parkour and movement speed will usually allow to capture three towers before the enemies can recapture the first one.
  • Warframe with crowd control abilities (such as  Atlas,  Banshee,  Baruuk,  Chroma,  Ember,  Equinox,  Excalibur,  Frost,  Gara,  Hydroid,  Inaros,  Khora,  Limbo,  Loki,  Mesa,  Mirage,  Nezha,  Nidus,  Nova,  Nyx,  Oberon,  Octavia,  Revenant,  Rhino,  Vauban,  Volt) can however speed up the process by locking down the first captured tower or turning enemies against each other.
  • Enemies incapacitated by certain Warframe abilities (such as Khora's  Strangledome or Nezha's  Divine Spears) will not count as conflicting when recapturing a tower.
• Only a limited number of enemies will spawn at any given time. It is possible to decode the message without killing any enemies.
  • It is however not recommended when doing fissure missions, as killing enemies is required to collect reactant.
    • It can be useful to let enemies take one or two towers in fissure missions to slow down the round so that players can have time to collect the ten reactants needed, especially in solo as the number of enemies is reduced.
• Specters and On Call Crew can be of great help in this mission type by slowing down or outright preventing recapturing by killing the enemies that attempt to do so, by being left on a point and told to hold the position.
  • Positioning is crucial in this as an enemy may be able to use a console if the specter does not have line of sight of both of them.
• Tower capture rates are affected by the amount of player and ally characters currently in the capture radius, so stacking allies such as other Tenno and Specters will increase the capture rate.

Trivia

• Interception was introduced in Update 12.0 (2014-02-05), though it was limited to Earth until Update 13.5 (2014-05-28).
• New Interception missions were added to other planets in Update 13.5 (2014-05-28). Additionally the update reduced the difficulty of the first round for solo players, though the difficulty will remain the same when playing with 2-4 players.
  • The Archwing Free Space variant was introduced in Update 15.0 (2014-10-24).
• Interception is the only mission that can reward the player with  Natural Talent, but it can also be obtained from Transmutation or defeating The Grustrag Three.
• Like Defense, Survival, Defection, and Disruption, an Interception mission has the potential to last indefinitely.
• Grineer Sealab Interception missions at Uranus will have Orokin Communications Relays instead of Grineer ones.
  • This makes it the only non-Void tileset to use said Relays.

Bugs

• Sometimes capture percentage indicators disappear. However, it is still possible to capture the locations without seeing the progress.
• Occasionally, if you kill an enemy with a gib while they are capturing a tower, the tower will still flash as if it is still being captured, but won't actually be captured and will remain in this position until the game ends or a host migration occurs. Enemies will then ignore the tower until the same conditions occur because only one enemy can capture a tower at once and the game still registers it as being captured. This may be due to client or host lag.
  • This can also happen to all four towers at once.
• A test mod card labeled "Ancient Retribution" may show up as a reward. The card is used by Digital Extremes for testing and does not actually represent a real mod now or in the future. Claiming the card may crash the game or cause general instability afterwards.
• Enemies in Archwing Interception have a tendency to stick on obstacles near the edges of the map, making certain Interceptions difficult to complete without accidentally forcing an extraction.
• Similar to "Ancient Retribution", there are rare occasion on Archwing Interception where the game shows four "NAME" items instead of the normal rewards. If this occurs it is impossible to extract, and instead the game will start the next wave with the menu interface in the way.
• Enemies affected by  Mind Control will still attempt to capture the objectives for the enemy.
  •  Enthralled enemies will capture towers for the Tenno, though this is rare.
• The Grustrag Three may sometimes cause the mission to be unable to be completed if they are alive at 100% broadcasting.
• Syndicate death squads can glitch enemy spawns, reducing it to near zero as long as they are left intact, with the spawn rate gradually resetting to its normal rate as the death squad units are killed off. This can be exploited to give the player an easier time as ranged death squad units often linger outside of a tower's capture radius, though they can capture it if they venture close enough.
• Enemies in Archwing Interception will target only one tower if all towers are captured by the Tenno.
• Sometimes the progress stops and enemies stop spawning. This bug occurs rarely and can be solved by host migration. After this, the round continues without further problems.

Patch History

Media

Grineer Broadcast Tower

Corpus Broadcast Tower

Orokin Broadcast Tower

Grineer Archwing Broadcast Tower

References