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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, the Excalibur Warframe is a formidable choice.
>
> Lotus

**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. **Excalibur** is one of three starter options for new players.

## Acquisition

**Error: Item "Conclave:Excalibur" not found or may have an error in Module:Acquisition/data.**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.*

## Trivia

* It costs less platinum to purchase the Warframe outright than to rush construction of the components and frame.
* 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 active 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.
* Excalibur is the only frame that has 12 alternate helmets (with Excalibur Prime's being exclusive).