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A perfect balance of mobility and offense, Excalibur is the ideal Warframe for new players.

> This is Excalibur, a master of gun and blade.
> No matter your style, Tenno, Excalibur is a formidable choice.
>
> Lotus

**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

Excalibur is one of the three starter Warframes, alongside Mag and Volt, during Awakening.

Excalibur's main blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Excalibur's component blueprints can be obtained from defeating Lieutenant Lech Kril on War, Mars.

Excalibur can also be bought complete from Teshin for **60,000 Standingไฟล์:ReputationBlackx64.png 60,000** once players have achieved **Typhoon** rank in the Conclave.

 Neuroptics Blueprint
 Systems Blueprint

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official droptables.

**Expected** refers to *total* number of attempts a player can *expect* to need in order to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
**Nearly Guaranteed** refers to the *total* number of attempts a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
*For more detailed definitions and information on how these number were obtained, visit here.*

## Warframe Guides

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*See Category:Excalibur Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.*

## Trivia

* It 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, Nekros being the second.
* Excalibur is similar in design to Hayden Tenno's suit from Digital Extremes' previous game Dark Sector. This is further reinforced with the Proto-Armor Skin, which is a near-exact copy of that very suit.
* Excalibur is named after the legendary sword of Arthur; King of the Britons. Many of his alternate helmets feature names based off Arthurian legend.
* 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 Radial Javelin with a Galatine), nonsensical (Slash Dashing with the Kogake) or impossible (using any of his abilities *without* a melee weapon equipped). Update 14 changed this by making him generate an ethereal Skana 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 Braton). Humorously, ethereal copies of that weapon would appear upon using Radial Javelin.
* Before Hotfix 22.8.3 (2018-01-11), Excalibur parts blueprints dropped from Ambulas on Hades, Pluto. This is now the drop location of Trinity.
* In Update 23.0 (2018-06-15), Excalibur's Exalted Blade 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 Exalted Blade (Weapon).
* 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 Loki and Chroma) 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.

* This is so far the Warframe with the most variations. Having a Total of 4 versions; Basic, Prime (Founder's exclusive), Umbra, and Umbra Prime (Warframe China Exclusive)