Xaku/Main

Release Date: August 25th, 2020
Of the Void ethereal, yet coalesced into corporeal shape, the fractured anomaly Xaku exists as an entity thrice entwined. Fused from the shattered remnants of three warriors, they bridge reality to the horrors from beyond the fold. Xaku reassembled in .
==Acquisition==
Xaku's main blueprint is awarded upon completion of the Heart of Deimos quest. Xaku's component blueprints are acquired from Cambion Drift Bounties: the are obtained from Bounties lvl 15-25, from lvl 30-40 and - from either lvl 40-50 or Steel Path lvl 100; each of those can be acquired from any stage beyond the first one.
Additional main blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris for .
Additionally requires either Rank 5 - Old Mate with Solaris United or Rank 1 - Operative with Vox Solaris in order to acquire required in its construction.
==Crafting==
==Lore==
Xaku is a composite of three Warframes that used to be beneficiaries of the Entrati. Throughout the ages, the trio were lost to the Void. Over time, their shattered remnants fused together into the being that is now known as Xaku."This Warframe Xaku. Somewhat of a family themselves. A sum of many, a composite of others we lost in the ages that our Entrati family has served here." - Grandmother at the end of the Heart of Deimos
==Notes==
*When Xaku wields their signature /, the weapon's heavy attack ethereal daggers become more accurate.
*Xaku's ability kit is able to inflict damage, which provides bonus damage to and but is neutral to all other health types meaning its damage is neither increased or decreased against most enemies. and 's Deny are also able to trigger the Bullet Attractor Status Effect and reset Sentient and Shadow Stalker's resistances.
**However, Xaku's damage lacks numerous benefits provided to Operators, such as destroying Kuva clouds in Kuva Siphons, bypassing Eidolon-type Sentient invulnerabilities, changing Profit-Taker Orb's shield weakness, or killing Thrax Centurion's and Thrax Legatus' spectral forms.
*Xaku possesses two Appearance Auxiliary Attachments: Corporeal, which keeps Xaku in their default form even during ; and Skeletal, which gives Xaku the appearance of their skeletal form that they take upon using The Vast Untime.
==Trivia==
*Xaku is the 44th unique Warframe to be released.
*Xaku is the second community-designed Warframe after . Xaku's theme selected from the chosen entries is "Broken Warframe", suggested by forum community member eaterofstorms.
**Xaku's abilities were selected from multiple suggestions by hundreds of community members in the Open Call forum threads, with a Void-manipulation power theme chosen by the developers.
**Community artists involved with the design of Xaku and their accessories include: Eornheit (Warframe concept art), Faven (alternate helmet), Kedemel (signature weapon), and Karu (signature Syandana).
*Because Xaku is an amalgamation of three different Warframes, Xaku is the first Warframe to not have a distinct gender, being addressed by DE as "they/them".Confirmation Tweet (Archived)
**Despite this, concept art for Xaku shows that they were originally designed as a distinctly feminine Warframe. Some elements of this early design were incorporated into the final version.Concept Art Tweet (Archived)
*Xaku's idle, dodge, and ability animations involve the fragmentation of their body parts and exposure of the arboriform skeletal structure beneath.
**Xaku is the sixth Warframe with unique rolling animations, after , , , , and , where Xaku launches themselves forward a short distance while their broken pieces come apart and reattach onto their energized skeletal form.
**Xaku becomes fully skeletal in appearance while is activated.
*Xaku's ability names relate to four Requiem Mods: Xata, Lohk, Fass and Ris.
**Based on the meanings of the Voidtongue words, translates to "Truth's Whisper", and translates to "Grasp of (the) Void".
**The Lost's name may refer to part of Fass' description ("Roiling, moaning this realm of ours / In madness lost shall die") and the name of its sub-abilities - Gaze, Accuse, and Deny - are taken from Ris' description ("In luminous space blackened stars / They gaze, accuse, deny")
*Xaku is the first Warframe to possess an ability buff that deals damage.
*Xaku is the first Warframe to break the trend that all Warframe base attributes are multiples of 5. This was later followed by .
*Xaku's skeletal form has a visible face with distinct eye slits and eyes within them, marking them as the second Warframe in the game to have visible facial features, after Excalibur Umbra.
*When Xaku is unarmed and using Wisp's Agile animation, they will split into their composite and skeletal form. This is similar to, who summons his with the same animation, or who will split into her Day and Night forms.
==References==
Category:Xaku
Category:Androgynous