Caliban/Main

Release Date: December 15th, 2021
Amalgamated with our ancient nemesis, his vessel of Helminth morph suffused by adaptive bionics. Hybridize the powers of Warframe and combined as Caliban, the chimeral prototype. Splinter forth his triad of familial fragments, to sweep death from Tau across Origin, through cyclonic devastation and destructive energy infusion. Caliban returned to wage war in : The New War.
==Acquisition==
*Caliban's main blueprint is purchased from the Market. His component blueprints are acquired from Narmer Bounties after completion of The New War. One component blueprint is available as an uncommon drop; which component is available is chosen randomly on every Bounty refresh after 2½ hours.
===History===
*To celebrate his rework on , all players who logged into WARFRAME between October 2nd to October 16, 2024 received a free Caliban Warframe complete with a pre-installed Orokin Reactor and Warframe Slot via inbox message.
==Crafting==
==Lore==
Birthed during The Old War by the warlord, Erra, Caliban was created for a single purpose: to destroy the .
A freakish amalgamation of both Warframe and Sentient, it is a miracle that his creator no longer controls him.
==Notes== 
*When Caliban wields his Signature , each Melee hit has a 50% chance to gain additional Melee Combo points.
*Caliban's ability kit is able to inflict damage, which is neutral to all health types meaning its damage is neither increased or decreased against all enemies. His abilities are also able to trigger the Status Vulnerability Status Effect.
==Trivia==
*Caliban is the 48th unique Warframe to be released, and is the second -themed Warframe after .
*Caliban was first revealed in TennoCon 2021's Art of Warframe digital panel. The panel featured his concept artist, Keith Thompson, who designed much of the Sentient faction's aesthetic.
*Caliban is a character from Shakespeare's play The Tempest, which depicts him as half human and half monster.
*Caliban is second in line of Sentient-themed Warframes, after who is predominantly based on the Eidolon, a subspecies of undead spectral Sentients.
**Similar to Revenant's Eidolon energy, Caliban exudes the signature Sentient unlight within his core cavity and the various exhaust vents on his body.
**Caliban sports animated parts on his body ranging from the antennae spikes to the hovering shoulder blade pads.
**Much like the Sentient drones and fragments, Caliban's body is bisected in two from the neck down, giving him the Sentients' thematic starfish-like appearance.
**Caliban's abilities are derived from some attacks used by Sentient enemies:
***'s spinning from Conculysts.
***'s shockwave from Eidolons.
***'s Sentient summon from Eidolons, Oculysts, and Summulysts.
***'s beam convergence from Ropalolyst.
*Following his rework on , Caliban is the first Warframe to possess abilities that inflict damage.
*Caliban shares his name with a mission node on Uranus.
*Caliban is third Warframe after and and the first male Warframe with hovering Idle Animations. However, he does not have unique movement animations.
* Oddly enough, despite Caliban's Sentient composition that would make him highly susceptible to damage, he and do fine in areas rife with Void Energy such as the Orokin Void and the Zariman Ten Zero.
*Caliban is currently the last Warframe to have a dedicated profile video, as subsequent releases (, , and so on) lacked such.
==References==