How to Get Nova
Harness antimatter. Nova uses antiparticles to provide crowd control and amplify damage output. She obliterates enemies by destabilizing matter itself.
How do you get Nova?
Farm Nova at Europa/Naamah (Assassination) — its parts drop there at up to 38.72%.
- Parts
- 3
- Mastery
- 0
- Build time
- 72h
- Prime set
- 74p
Where each part drops
Chassis
- Europa/NaamahAssassinationlv 21–2338.72%
Neuroptics
- Europa/NaamahAssassinationlv 21–2338.72%
Systems
- Europa/NaamahAssassinationlv 21–2322.56%
Build cost
- Credits
- 25,000
- Build time
- 72h
- Rush cost
- 50p
- Nova Neuroptics×1
- Nova Chassis×1
- Nova Systems×1
- Orokin Cell×1
Full crafting timeline
| Stage | Build time | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Nova Chassis | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova Flux Helmet | 12h | 20,000 |
| Nova Flux Helmet | 0h | 0 |
| Nova Neuroptics | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova Prime | 72h | 25,000 |
| Nova Prime Chassis | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova Prime Neuroptics | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova Prime Systems | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova Quantum Helmet | 12h | 20,000 |
| Nova Slipstream Helmet | 12h | 20,000 |
| Nova Systems | 12h | 15,000 |
| Nova (final assembly) | 72h | 25,000 |
| Total (components in parallel) | 144h | 200,000 |
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 Nova cannot be traded — no player can sell you one, so the drops above are the only route to it. Nova Prime is tradeable, and its set goes for about 74p. 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.