Focus Lenses are special items that convert a specific percentage of Affinity earned on a fully leveled (Rank 30 or 40) gear item to Focus points; these accumulated points can be spent on upgrading or unlocking Focus abilities. A single Focus Lens can only be installed on fully leveled items; if an item currently equipped with a Focus Lens is polarized, it will need to be fully leveled back to continue earning Focus points. Focus points can be spent by accessing the Focus menu on the Orbiter's Transference Room. These can be spent to unlock a new school, unlock or upgrade a node or increase the maximum Way Capacity.
Equipping a Lens[]
Lenses can be applied to the following pieces of gear:
- Fully leveled/maximum rank (level 30 or 40) Warframe, Weapon, Archwing, Archgun, Archmelee, Necramech, K-Drive
- Gilded Amp
To equip a Lens, visit the "Actions" menu in the Mods loadout screen and select the "Focus Lens" item. Note that once a Lens is installed, it cannot be removed, only replaced with a different one (which will destroy the equipped lens).
Players who have not completed The Second Dream quest will not see the option to install a Lens.
Lens Types and Acquisition[]
 Regular Lens |  Greater Lens |  Eidolon Lens |  Lua Lens |
Regular Lens
Greater Lens
Eidolon Lens
Lua Lens
- Main article: Regular Lens
Regular Focus Lenses convert 2% of excess affinity earned into Focus points. These lenses can be acquired as rewards from Bounties (level 20-40 and 30-50) offered by Konzu in Cetus on the Plains of Eidolon, by Eudico in Fortuna on the Orb Vallis, and by Mother (level 15-25 and 30-40) in the Necralisk on the Cambion Drift. Alternatively, they can also be traded between players with a 
2,000 Trading Tax.
- Main article: Greater Lens
Greater Focus Lenses convert 3% of excess Affinity into Focus points, 50% more than the regular Focus Lens. Blueprints can be bought with credits from the Components section of the Market upon completing The Second Dream quest, with complete Greater Lenses purchasable for 
40. Greater Lenses cannot be traded.
Can be rewarded from Zariman Tier 3-5 bounties.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 25,000 |  1 |  1 |  1 |  4 | Time: 24 hrs |
| Rush: 10 | |||||
 Market Price:  40 |  Blueprints Price:  200,000 | ||||
- Main article: Eidolon Lens
Eidolon Lenses convert 4.25% of excess Affinity into Focus points, ~41.7% more than a Greater Focus Lens and 112.5% more than a regular Focus lens. Their blueprints can be obtained from Cetus Bounties, or traded between players. Crafted Eidolon Lenses that have been attributed to a school can be traded between players. Eidolon Lenses require a Greater Focus Lens from any of the 5 Focus schools to craft.
- Blueprints are now sold by Bird 3 in Sanctum Anatomica
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25,000 |  1 |  5 | Time: 24 hrs | ||
| Rush: 10 | |||||
| Market Price: 80 | Blueprints Price: N/A | ||||
- Main article: Lua Lens
Lua Lenses convert 5.5% of excess Affinity into Focus points, ~29% more than the Eidolon Focus Lens, ~83% more than the Greater Focus Lens, and 175% more than the regular Focus Lens. Their blueprint can be acquired as a Rotation C Lua Disruption reward or traded between players. Lua Lenses require an Eidolon Focus Lens from any of the 5 Tenno Schools to craft.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25,000 |  1 |  5 | Time: 24 hrs | ||
| Rush: 10 | |||||
| Market Price: N/A | Blueprints Price: N/A | ||||
Focus Gain and Affinity Distribution[]
The school of Focus earned is determined by which school of lens that is installed (e.g. installing a NaramonLens on a Warframe will earn 
Naramon Focus). Focus points as mechanics which pertain Affinity distribution are as follows:
- Warframe-power kills award Affinity directly (100% to the Warframe) without any further distribution, fully converting the Focus through the Lens attached on to the Warframe.
- Kills made by procs of Syndicate Weapon Augments are counted as Warframe kills.
- Weapon kills distribute Affinity evenly (50% to the Warframe, 50% to the weapon) between the killing weapon and Warframe. If the Warframe does not have a Lens installed, this results in a loss since the Warframe is unable to convert excess affinity.
- Allied kills distribute Affinity 25% to the Warframe and the remaining 75% shared among all equipped weapons. If a Rank-30 weapon does not contain a Focus Lens, it will not convert any affinity obtained from ally kills into Focus points.
Lens Effectiveness[]
There are multiple types of Focus Lenses of varying effectiveness available, which can be acquired from different sources.
View Focus Conversion Rate Based on Kill Source and Lens List▾▾
| Warframe Lens | Weapon Lens | Warframe-Power Kill | Weapon Kill | Ally Kill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (100% Warframe) | (50% Warframe, 50% killing Weapon) | (25% Warframe, 75% equally distributed between equipped Weapons) [2] | ||
| No Lens | No Lens | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| No Lens | FocusLens | 0% + 0% 0% | 0% + 0.625% 0.625% | 0% + 0.9375% 0.9375% |
| No Lens | GreaterFocusLens | 0% + 0% 0% | 0% + 0.875% 0.875% | 0% + 1.3125% 1.3125% |
| No Lens | EidolonLens | 0% + 0% 0% | 0% + 1.125% 1.125% | 0% + 1.6875% 1.6875% |
| No Lens |  LuaLens | 0% + 0% 0% | 0% + 1.625% 1.625% | 0% + 2.4375% 2.4375% |
| FocusLens | No Lens | 1.25% + 0% 1.25% | 0.625% + 0% 0.625% | 0.3125% + 0% 0.3125% |
| FocusLens | FocusLens | 1.25% + 0% 1.25% | 0.625% + 0.625% 1.25% | 0.3125% + 0.9375% 1.25% |
| FocusLens | GreaterFocusLens | 1.25% + 0% 1.25% | 0.625% + 0.875% 1.5% | 0.3125% + 1.3125% 1.625% |
| FocusLens | EidolonLens | 1.25% + 0% 1.25% | 0.625% + 1.125% 1.75% | 0.3125% + 1.6875% 2% |
| FocusLens | LuaLens | 1.25% + 0% 1.25% | 0.625% + 1.625% 2.25% | 0.3125% + 2.4375% 2.75% |
| GreaterFocusLens | No Lens | 1.75% + 0% 1.75% | 0.875% + 0% 0.875% | 0.4375% + 0% 0.4375% |
| GreaterFocusLens | FocusLens | 1.75% + 0% 1.75% | 0.875% + 0.625% 1.5% | 0.4375% + 0.9375% 1.375% |
| GreaterFocusLens | GreaterFocusLens | 1.75% + 0% 1.75% | 0.875% + 0.875% 1.75% | 0.4375% + 1.3125% 1.75% |
| GreaterFocusLens | EidolonLens | 1.75% + 0% 1.75% | 0.875% + 1.125% 2% | 0.4375% + 1.6875% 2.125% |
| GreaterFocusLens | LuaLens | 1.75% + 0% 1.75% | 0.875% + 1.625% 2.5% | 0.4375% + 2.4375% 2.875% |
| EidolonLens | No Lens | 2.25% + 0% 2.25% | 1.125% + 0% 1.125% | 0.5625% + 0% 0.5625% |
| EidolonLens | FocusLens | 2.25% + 0% 2.25% | 1.125% + 0.625% 1.75% | 0.5625% + 0.9375% 1.5% |
| EidolonLens | GreaterFocusLens | 2.25% + 0% 2.25% | 1.125% + 0.875% 2% | 0.5625% + 1.3125% 1.875% |
| EidolonLens | EidolonLens | 2.25% + 0% 2.25% | 1.125% + 1.125% 2.25% | 0.5625% + 1.6875% 2.25% |
| EidolonLens | LuaLens | 2.25% + 0% 2.25% | 1.125% + 1.625% 2.75% | 0.5625% + 2.4375'% 3% |
| LuaLens | No Lens | 3.25% + 0% 3.25% | 1.625% + 0% 1.625% | 0.8125% + 0% 0.8125% |
| LuaLens | FocusLens | 3.25% + 0% 3.25% | 1.625% + 0.625% 2.25% | 0.8125% + 0.9375% 1.75% |
| LuaLens | GreaterFocusLens | 3.25% + 0% 3.25% | 1.625% + 0.875% 2.5% | 0.8125% + 1.3125% 2.125% |
| LuaLens | EidolonLens | 3.25% + 0% 3.25% | 1.625% + 1.125% 2.75% | 0.8125% + 1.6875% 2.5% |
| LuaLens | LuaLens | 3.25% + 0% 3.25% | 1.625% + 1.625% 3.25% | 0.8125% + 2.4375% 3.25% |
- ↑ https://forums.warframe.com/topic/957940-ask-me-almost-anything/?do=findComment&comment=9784472
- ↑ Lens Effectiveness is calculated assuming all equipped weapons have the same lens.
Patch History[]
Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)
- Made improvements to Lens flare visibility.
Hotfix 30.9.3 (2021-11-12)
- Fixed Convergence Orbs spawning when you didn’t have a Lens equipped.
Hotfix 29.5.5 (2020-11-27)
- Fixed Focus Lens icons appearing stretched when awarded from a Bounty.
Hotfix 29.5.4 (2020-11-25)
- Fixed Foundry Blueprints that require a Lens as a component having the Lens icon appear squished.
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Fixed Lens Blueprints appearing as purchasable in the Amp configuration screen if no Lenses are owned. This also fixes unowned Lenses showing as owned in the Lens selection screen.
- Fixed Focus Lenses missing their Focus School icon when viewed in the Inventory screen.
Hotfix 25.7.5 (2019-09-09)
- Fixed the Lua Lens appearing as the same basic Lens icon in the Arsenal/Inventory screen.
Hotfix 25.7.3.1 (2019-09-03)
- Fixed not gaining any Affinity from an installed Lua Lens if the Blueprint was Rushed. As reported here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1125101-lua-lens-bug-gain-zero-or-unasigned-affinity/
- A script is in the works to refund Blueprint Rushing costs to those affected.
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
NEW REWARD:
- LUA LENS BLUEPRINT
A new Focus Lens found only on Lua Disruption which allows you even greater Focus conversion!
General Additions:
- Eidolon Lenses have been added to the Market!
Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)
- Increased the size of Focus Lens icons to be more on par with the size of Forma, Mastery, and other icons.
Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)
- Introduction of Focus 2.0.
- Added Eidolon lenses.
- Daily limit of focus gain increased to 250,000 from 100,000.
Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
- Introduced.
| Equipment | |
|---|---|
| Superchargers |  ExilusWarframeAdapter •  ExilusWeaponAdapter •  PrimaryArcaneAdapter •  SecondaryArcaneAdapter •  MeleeArcaneAdapter •  AmpArcaneAdapterFocus Lens ( FocusLens, GreaterFocusLens, EidolonLens, LuaLens)Forma ( AuraForma,  StanceForma,  UmbraForma) •  Gravimag •  OrokinCatalyst •  OrokinReactor |
| Keys / Navigation |  AnimoNavBeacon •  BaroVoid-Signal •  ClanKey •  EnterNihil'sOubliette •  GrendelChassisLocator •  GrendelNeuropticsLocator •  GrendelSystemsLocator •  JudgementPoints •  MutalistAladVAssassinate •  SimulacrumAccessKey |
| Riven Tools |  RivenTransmuter •  VeiledRivenCipher |
| Extractors | (Prime) Titan Extractor • (Prime) Distilling Extractor |
| Boosters |  AffinityBooster •  CreditBooster •  ModDropChanceBooster •  ResourceBooster •  ResourceDropChanceBooster |
| Others |  RushRepairDrone |
