Progress along the Star Chart to unlock the planets. Each junction has its own objectives, and some grant access to real parts of the game. If you don't know what to do, the answer is often simple: continue your progress on the Star Chart.

Accept that your account is built over time. Warframe is not a game where everything becomes perfect in two nights. The further you progress, the more tools, convenience, and power you unlock. Don't compare yourself too quickly to players who have been around for years.

Do your quests. Whenever a new quest becomes available, don't panic: if the game gives you access to it, you normally have the level to do it. In Warframe, quests very often unlock mechanics, systems, areas, characters, or simply a better understanding of the game. They are far too important to keep postponing.

Level up your Mastery Ranks. In Warframe, the system is a bit unique: a weapon gives 3,000 Mastery points, a Warframe 6,000, and Forma do not grant Mastery again in the vast majority of cases. You can only take one Mastery test per day, so get into the habit of leveling up new gear regularly. Many players block their own progress just because they stick to the exact same weapons for way too long.

Regularly buy the weapons available for credits in your orbiter's market. Many new players ignore them, even though they allow you to easily level up your Mastery, test different playstyles, and better understand what you genuinely enjoy playing. Quick tip: activate the three market filters, then check back in every time you rank up to quickly spot the new weapons that have just unlocked.

Once purchased, rank these weapons up to level 30 before moving on. That's how you'll claim all of their Mastery points.

Join a clan as soon as possible. A good clan saves you a monstrous amount of time. You'll find research, equipment, blueprints, sometimes answers to your questions, and often people who can keep you from pointlessly wasting dozens of hours.

Also remember to buy and craft everything accessible in the dojo : weapons, Warframes, Archwings, and Sentinels. Many players fall behind simply because they forget how massive of a source the dojo is for gear and therefore Mastery.

Finally, get into the habit of keeping your Foundry running constantly. One weapon finishes, another starts crafting. A Warframe is in progress, another blueprint is being prepared. Players who progress well are very often the ones who keep their foundry active to the max.

Relics

Rank up your mods and learn how to read them. A player who understands their mods will always progress better than a player who blindly copies everything. Early on, you don't need to be a build genius, but you at least need to understand that your damage, survival, gameplay comfort, and progression rely heavily on your mods.

Upgrade a few essential mods first instead of trying to rank up everything at the same time. It's better to have a few important mods properly maxed than fifty half-finished ones. Warframe greatly rewards simple yet clean choices.

Level up your syndicates. Toutes sont importantes. Pas forcément besoin de tout faire le premier jour, mais dans les semaines qui suivent, vous n’aurez plus vraiment d’excuse. Faites-en un peu chaque jour, et n’écoutez pas le 3 de QI qui essaiera de vous convaincre que ce n’est pas important. On en connaît tous un.

Don't neglect open worlds. Many players put them off because they find them tedious or don't immediately see the point. Yet, a huge amount of important content comes from them, whether for your progression, certain syndicates, gear, resources, or entire sections of the game.

1 bounty per zone per play session is fine.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Warframe is a massive game, sometimes poorly explained, and nobody figures it all out completely on their own at first. The players who progress best are often those who communicate, ask, check, and stay curious.

And above all, don't stay mindlessly stuck on a detail for three days when a single question can save you an insane amount of time. Today, there are countless places to find help: streams ready to answer your questions, Discords, Region chat in-game, the official forums, wiki, and plenty of other discussion spaces. Make the most of them.

In Warframe, you learn an immense amount by interacting with others. Very often, a quick answer from a more advanced player will save you hours of going in the wrong direction, useless farming, or decisions you'll regret later. Asking a question doesn't mean you're lost; it just means you're smart.

Never forget that Warframe is a grind game. You shouldn't be afraid to accept that you're going to grind an immense amount of things, including the game's Warframes. If you go into Warframe expecting to get everything without repetition, you're going to get frustrated. If you accept the grind loop, you'll enjoy your progression much more.

Save your resources. At the beginning, you often feel like you have plenty, then you quickly discover you're short on everything the moment you actually want to craft something. Don't recklessly waste what you collect.

Bring in some Platinum to your account. Some buy them with real money, others acquire them in-game through trading. It's up to you to adapt, but don't become the everyday whiner who begs everyone for Platinum because they're too lazy to farm. Warframe is a grind game, dammit.

And above all, don't recklessly spend your first Platinum. Early on, the smartest thing to do is buy weapon slots, Warframe slots, then reactors, catalysts and Forma. These are useful purchases that will genuinely help you progress.

To start bringing in Platinum, the simplest way is often opening relics then selling Prime parts that you collect on Warframe Market. Later on, you'll also sell mods, arcanes, and plenty of other things, but the most accessible foundation for a beginner is clearly Prime parts. As soon as you get access to the Void, keep in mind Hepit and Ukko : these are two very good missions for farming relics quickly.

Set simple and concrete goals. For example: unlock a specific planet, level a certain weapon to 30, finish a specific quest, join a clan, rank up a syndicate, acquire a certain Warframe. Warframe can quickly overwhelm players who try to do everything at once. Small, clear goals save an insane amount of time.

Lean on the community, the wiki, and good content creators. In Warframe, you learn a tremendous amount by chatting with other players, cross-referencing info, watching good guides, and checking what you didn't understand.

Don't spread yourself too thin right from the start. This is often how people quit the game: they start a bunch of things, finish nothing, feel lost, and then drop it. Go step by step. You'll have plenty of time to go everywhere later.

Don't idealize Steel Path too soon. Nobody starts it already feeling overpowered. This is often where you pay the price for everything you forgot to do beforehand: mods, syndicates, builds, slapped-together weapons, and everything else.

Ultimately, the logic to remember is simple: planets, quests, Mastery, mods, syndicates, farming, then optimization. If you already follow this, you'll avoid a huge portion of classic new player mistakes.