Warframe Dog Days 2026: Nakak Pearls, Missions and Every Reward in Review
The Warframe Dog Days event ran from August 4 to September 8, 2026 and is over. In the yearly water fight, you collected Nakak Pearls and traded them to Nakak in Cetus for skins, cosmetics and Floofs.
This recap covers how the 2026 event worked, how many pearls the missions paid and what Nakak had on offer. Since Dog Days comes back every year, it also helps you plan for the next round.
🎯 What the Dog Days event is
Dog Days is Warframe's summer event. Story-wise, Kela De Thaym is behind it: her usually bloody Rathuum arena gets turned into a beach arena where Tenno and Grineer go at each other with water guns.
Getting in was easy. Per the official announcement, you needed the completed quest “Vor's Prize” and access to Cetus. Digital Extremes didn't name a minimum Mastery Rank.
Your gear didn't matter. Mods, upgrades like Archon Shards, companions and abilities were turned off. You had 100 health, no shields and only the Soaktron water gun. A strong build didn't help at the Warframe Dog Days event.
🗺️ Dates and alerts in 2026
The event ran from August 4 to September 8, 2026, per the community-run wiki at wiki.warframe.com and Digital Extremes' official forum thread.
Alongside it, the “Floaty of Fury” alerts ran on five weekends, each worth 175 Nakak Pearls and 50,000 credits. During one of these alerts, per the wiki, the Noodletron with increased attack speed was your only weapon.
On top of that came a sixth bonus alert from August 5 to 12, worth 350 pearls and 50,000 credits. Per the wiki, it was compensation after an exploit with Sirius and Orion and the Archgun Deployer disrupted public lobbies. Digital Extremes fixed it with Update 43.5 on August 12, 2026.
⚒️ How a round played out
You started the missions from your Orbiter's navigation under the events tab. The arena was a beach map, the enemies were Executioners. Ammo boxes were replaced by water vents, and there were Lob Blobs, which are water balloons.
Winning came down to points. For Mission 2, for example, the wiki lists tiers at 50, 100 and 200 points, each with its own glyphs.
📊 Pearls per run
The four main missions paid much more on the first completion than on any repeat. Values per the community wiki:
| Mission | First completion | Each repeat |
|---|---|---|
| Mission 1 | 25 pearls | 10 pearls |
| Mission 2 | 50 pearls | 20 pearls |
| Mission 3 | 75 pearls | 30 pearls |
| Mission 4 | 100 pearls | 30 pearls, plus 2 per kill and 1 per assist |
That led to the most important farming rule: only Mission 4 was worth repeating, because it was the only one paying a bonus per kill and assist. You played Missions 1 to 3 once for the first-completion rewards.
If you were there from the start, you got 1,475 pearls without a single repeat: 250 from first completions, 875 from the five alerts and 350 from the bonus alert. That's our math based on the wiki values.
🛒 Rewards from Nakak
Nakak is in Cetus. Per the wiki, all exclusive items together cost 9,876 pearls. That total sits in the general part of the wiki page, though, not in a separate 2026 section. Confirmed individual prices:
| Item | Price in pearls |
|---|---|
| Dog Days Ephemera | 1 |
| Emblems | 75 each |
| Sigils | 175 each |
| Redeemer Abysso and Redeemer Pyrus Skin | 225 each |
| Soaktron Rifle Skin | 340 |
| Dax Daybreak Syandana, Samia Towsun Syandana | 350 each |
| Soaker Ephemera | 490 |
The best value every year was the Dog Days Ephemera for a single pearl. For many other items like Floofs, glyphs or color palettes, we don't have confirmed 2026 prices, so they're not listed here.
💡 Warframe Dog Days: what to take into next year
- Join early: The alerts ran on fixed weekends. If you showed up late, you missed their pearls.
- Grab first completions right away: Together they gave 250 pearls with no grind.
- Only repeat Mission 4: It was the only one with a per-kill bonus.
- Spend pearls in time: Whether pearls carry over between event years isn't documented officially or on the wiki.
If you want to collect gear on a steady basis, our Warframe platinum farming guide has more reliable routes. Another recurring event is covered in our Plague Star guide, and what's running right now is in our article on Epoch Operation: Taubound.
📦 FAQ about the Warframe Dog Days event
When did Warframe Dog Days run in 2026?
From August 4 to September 8, 2026. The event is over.
What were the requirements?
The quest “Vor's Prize” and access to Cetus. No minimum Mastery Rank was officially named.
Which mission was worth farming?
Mission 4. On repeats it paid 30 pearls plus 2 per kill and 1 per assist.
Did you need a good build?
No. Mods, abilities, companions and upgrades were disabled in the arena.
Checked as of October 2026, event over. Checked against Digital Extremes' official announcements on warframe.com, the official forum thread on the event dates and the community-run wiki at wiki.warframe.com (Dog Days page). Prices we couldn't confirm for 2026 were removed, along with an estimate of “eight runs per hour” and an unconfirmed forum report about missing pearls.
