Excalibur/Main

Release Date: October 25th, 2012
Excalibur is a sword-themed Warframe. With the power to channel energy into his summoned blade, he is a mobile swordsman with potent methods of execution. He is one of three starter options for new players.
==Acquisition==
Alternatively, upon completion of The Duviri Paradox, Excalibur's main and component blueprints can be earned from The Circuit. By selecting him on the rotating week he is available, players can earn his blueprints after reaching Tier 2 (Neuroptics), 5 (Chassis), 8 (Systems), and 10 (Main) rewards.
Excalibur can also be bought complete from Teshin for once players have achieved Typhoon rank in the Conclave.
===Historical===
*Prior to , Excalibur's component blueprints dropped from Ambulas on Hades, Pluto.
==Crafting==
==Trivia==
*Excalibur is named after the legendary sword of King Arthur. Many of Excalibur's alternate helmets feature names based off Arthurian legend.
*Excalibur is based on Hayden Tenno's suit from the original Dark Sector concept by Digital Extremes, WARFRAME's conceptual precursor.
**Digital Extremes' previously released game Dark Sector is a reimagining of said concept, with its version of the suit being available as the Proto-Armor Skin.
*Excalibur costs less Platinum to purchase him outright than to rush construction of the components and main blueprint.
*He is the first of two Warframes with an unpolarized Aura slot, being the second.
*An Excalibur is shown being ripped apart by Alad V while wearing the Pendragon Helmet and the Immortal Skin in "The Profit", a trailer for the PS4 release of WARFRAME.
*Prior to Update 14, Excalibur would use his equipped melee weapon when casting his abilities, regardless if it was impractical (casting with a ), nonsensical ( with the ) or impossible (using any of his abilities without a melee weapon equipped). Update 14 changed this by making him generate an ethereal when using his abilities, rather than using his melee weapon.
**If there was no melee weapon equipped, then Excalibur would use the currently equipped weapon. (i.e. Radial Javelin with a ). Humorously, ethereal copies of that weapon would appear upon using Radial Javelin.
*Before , Excalibur parts blueprints dropped from Ambulas on Hades, Pluto. This is now the drop location of .
*In , Excalibur's received a physical form to allow for customization, replacing its previous form which was made from pure energy.
**The same update also allowed players to directly mod .
*According to the Official Tenno Alphabet Cipher, the design on Excalibur's right shoulder is in fact a word that spells out "Hayden Tenno". The same word can be found on top of Excalibur's head.
*Excalibur's default helmet was added to the real-time strategy game Airmech as a victory gesture after Warframe beating Airmech in a vote of popularity between the two.
**This was originally intended to be Excalibur Prime's default helmet, however the reason for this change is unknown.
*Excalibur's default helmet (along with the default helmets of and ) are available as unlockable antenna toppers in Rocket League.
*Having 12 alternate helmets, Excalibur has the most alternate helmets out of any Warframe, with Excalibur Prime's being exclusive.
*Excalibur has the most variations out of any Warframe: base, (Founder's exclusive), , and (Warframe China Exclusive).
 
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