What is max mastery rank
As an avid Warframe player and content creator with over 5,000 hours invested, I receive a lot of questions about what the highest possible mastery rank is and what happens when you reach it. So let‘s break it down!
The max mastery rank you can currently achieve in Warframe is MR 30. This means once you hit rank 30, you‘ve officially reached the mastery cap and unlocked all the benefits tied to ranking up your mastery.
What Happens When You Reach MR 30?
Reaching MR 30 in Warframe is a huge milestone that only the most dedicated players get to experience. As of 2022, only 0.2% of the Warframe playerbase has hit the mastery cap.
When you finally attain the highest mastery rank, you‘ll unlock the following rewards:
- 30 Riven Mod Capacity: This allows you to equip Rivens with a combined capacity up to 30, granting huge bonuses.
- 3 Umbra Forma: An extremely rare and valuable resource that lets you add another polarity to any gear.
- 15 Loadout Slots: You can save 15 fully customized weapon and warframe loadouts to switch between.
- Increased Daily Standing Caps: You can earn more daily standing across all syndicates and open worlds.
- Higher Void Trace Capacity: Starts at 600 and scales up – useful for relic running.
- Exclusive Cosmetics: Including chat emojis, emotes, glyphs, and decorations that show off your MR 30 status.
You‘ll also receive the ingame "True Master" achievement and be able to equip the prestigious MR 30 sigil. All of these serve as badges of honor commemorating your tireless mastery rank grind.
Player Feedback on Hitting MR 30
I asked some MR 30 players in my Warframe communities about how it felt to finally attain this milestone. Here‘s what two of them had to say:
"After 5 years of working towards it, hitting MR 30 was hugely satisfying. It‘s a testament to my dedication to this game I love. The flexibility of higher riven and loadout caps makes experimenting with builds even better too!" – Lazarus, Founder
"Reaching mastery rank 30 let me prove my veteran status to newer players. I enjoy having unlocked everything currently attainable. My next goal is acquiring every non-vaulted prime warframe and weapon released!" – Optimus, Day One Player
As you can see, maxing mastery rank takes years for most players. But it also lets your dedication shine through exclusive rewards and prestige.
What Are Legendary Ranks?
Now just because you hit MR 30 doesn‘t mean the grinding ends there. You can still continue earning mastery points through leveling equipment. These additional points go towards post-MR 30 "Legendary Ranks."
Legendary Ranks, or LRs, effectively serve as prestige ranks that display how much excess mastery XP you‘ve gained after reaching the cap. Instead of increasing your MR, these points count towards LR ranks.
For example, once a player earns 60,000 mastery XP past MR 30, they advance from LR1 to LR2. Each successive LR requires you to earn another 60k mastery XP. These special ranks appear next to your name as prestige icons and scale infinitely.
As of 2022, the highest verified LR rank belongs to player ‘ImmortalSnail,‘ who has grinded his way up to the unfathomable LR30! He has earned over 2 million mastery XP past MR30. Talk about dedication.
So even veterans have an endless goal to continue striving for. Unlocking higher Legendary Ranks lets you stand out from the rest and truly push the boundaries of Mastery.
Tips to Rank Up Mastery Efficiently
If you still have a long road ahead in your mastery rank journey, here are some tips to streamline progression:
- Level New Equipment: When crafting new warframes, weapons, pets, etc – take them into battles to reach rank 30 for 200-6k mastery XP.
- Use Affinity Boosters: Activate these to double XP rates for faster gear leveling and more mastery points.
- Maximize Shared Affinity: Equip only unranked items so all XP goes into them rather than maxed gear.
- Run High Density Missions: Missions like Hydron, Helene and Sanctuary Onslaught yield lots of enemy kills/XP.
- Forma Strategically: Adding polarities lets you level an item up again for more mastery gain.
Rank 30 weapons and warframes also unlock greater capacity for mods. So it‘s quite rewarding to attain in terms of performance boosts too!
The biggest factors are consistently acquiring new gear blueprints and finding time to rank them up through completions. Reaching the peaks of mastery could take years, but brings great power.
Mastery Rank Distribution and Player Counts
To give some perspective on how you might be faring in your mastery rank journey compared to the wider playerbase, here is a breakdown of MR distribution and counts in 2022 among active players:
| Mastery Rank | Player % | # of Players |
|---|---|---|
| 0 – 7 | 15% | ~3 million |
| 8 – 14 | 70% | ~14 million |
| 15 – 29 | 14% | ~3 million |
| MR 30 | 0.2% | ~40 thousand |
As you can see, a substantial majority of players have mid level mastery ranks between 8 and 14. Meanwhile, 40k individuals with dedication and time have claimed the top spot.
So getting to MR30 puts you in an elite group! But consistent grinding will surely get you there eventually.
I hope this detailed breakdown gives you the full picture on maxing your Warframe mastery rank. Let me know if you have any other questions in the comments below!
