How do you get Hydroid in Warframe?

Hydroid parts drop at Earth/Oro (Assassination), at up to 38.72% per reward roll. You need 3 parts, then build the frame in your Foundry.

How long does Hydroid take to build?

The finished Hydroid takes 72 hours in the Foundry and costs 30,000 credits. Each component has its own build time on top of that.

Should I farm Hydroid or trade for Hydroid Prime?

Base Hydroid is not tradeable, so farming is the only route to it. Hydroid Prime is tradeable and its set currently sells for around 98p on warframe.market — often the faster option if you only want the frame rather than the mastery.

How to Get Hydroid

Hydroid summons the power of the ocean depths. He provides crowd control with aqueous attacks. His enemies will meet a watery demise.

How do you get Hydroid?

Farm Hydroid at Earth/Oro (Assassination) — its parts drop there at up to 38.72%.

Parts: 3
Mastery: 0
Build time: 72h
Prime set: 98p

Where each part drops

Chassis

Earth/OroAssassinationlv 20–2538.72%
Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator38.72%

Neuroptics

Earth/OroAssassinationlv 20–2538.72%
Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator38.72%

Systems

Earth/OroAssassinationlv 20–2522.56%
Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator22.56%

Build cost

Credits: 30,000
Build time: 72h
Rush cost: 50p

Hydroid Neuroptics×1
Hydroid Chassis×1
Hydroid Systems×1
Orokin Cell×1

Full crafting timeline

Stage	Build time	Credits
Hydroid Chassis	12h	15,000
Hydroid Ketos Helmet	12h	20,000
Hydroid Neuroptics	12h	15,000
Hydroid Prime	72h	25,000
Hydroid Prime Chassis	12h	15,000
Hydroid Prime Neuroptics	12h	15,000
Hydroid Prime Systems	12h	15,000
Hydroid Systems	12h	15,000
Hydroid Triton Helmet	12h	20,000
Hydroid (final assembly)	72h	30,000
Total (components in parallel)	144h	185,000

Components build in parallel, so the wall-clock minimum is the slowest component plus final assembly — rushing with platinum skips the wait entirely. Figures are Digital Extremes’ own recipe data.

Other frames to farm

Farm it, or trade for the Prime

Base Hydroid cannot be traded — no player can sell you one, so the drops above are the only route to it. Hydroid Prime is tradeable, and its set goes for about 98p. If you want the frame rather than the mastery rank, buying the Prime is usually quicker than grinding the base.

Drop locations, chances and enemy levels come from the official drop tables and the regions export, re-read daily. Where a mission node could not be matched to a level band we show the node without levels rather than guessing a range — sending you into content you cannot clear would be worse than saying nothing.