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How to Get Deep Freeze in Warframe (2026): Where It Drops, Stats and Is It Worth It

Deep Freeze increases Cold damage on a secondary weapon by 90% at max rank

Last Updated on September 18, 2026

The short answer

Deep Freeze is an uncommon pistol (secondary) mod: Deep Freeze increases Cold damage on a secondary weapon by 90% at max rank. The fastest way to get Deep Freeze is to run Lua/Pavlov (Spy) Rot B due to its highest drop chance. It is on 5 of our 242 weapon builds.

Reviewed September 13, 2026, current through Update 43.5. Stats are max rank from the live game data, drop chances from the official drop tables; this page is re-checked after every major patch.

Mod facts
SlotPistol (secondary)
RarityUncommon
PolarityVazarin (D)
Drain at max rank11 (rank 5)
At max rank+90% Cold
Fastest routeThe fastest way to get Deep Freeze is to run Lua/Pavlov (Spy) Rot B due to its highest drop chance.
On our builds5 of 242 weapon pages

The card

Tap it to unfold the full card at max rank.

11
Deep Freeze
Deep Freeze
+90% Cold
Pistol

Where it drops

Official drop table, best chance first.

WhereChanceRarity
Lua/Pavlov (Spy), Rot B7.49%Rare
Uranus/Miranda (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Uranus/Bianca (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Uranus/Stephano (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Neptune/Proteus (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Pluto/Outer Terminus (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Eris/Kala-Azar (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Eris/Ixodes (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Sedna/Hydron (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Lua/StöFler (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Kuva Fortress/Nabuk (Defense), Rot B6.67%Rare
Jupiter/Io (Defense), Rot B6.25%Rare

Weapons we put it on

Deep Freeze is in the recommended build on these guides; the tile opens the full build with every mod card.

Tips that save runs

  • Hornet Strike on secondary weapons for increased base damage.
  • Pistol Pestilence on secondary weapons to combine with Cold for Viral damage.
  • Jolt on secondary weapons to combine with Cold for Magnetic damage.
  • This mod only affects secondary weapons.
  • It provides a flat increase to Cold damage.

Mistakes that waste runs

  • Players might try to equip it on primary or melee weapons.
  • Players might confuse it with mods that increase Cold status chance.
  • Players might assume it affects all weapon types.

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