Excalibur

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## **Excalibur**

### Subsumed Ability

Radial Blind

CODEX
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.

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## **Excalibur Prime**

### Polarities

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### Progenitor Element

Electricity Damage

CODEX
The Sentients had won. They had turned our weapons, our technology, against us. The more advanced we became, the greater our losses. The war was over unless we found a new way. In our desperation we turned to the Void. The blinding night, the hellspace where our science and reason failed.
We took the twisted few that had returned from that place. We built a frame around them, a conduit of their affliction. Gave them the weapons of the old ways. Gun and blade. A new warrior, a new code was born. These rejects, these Tenno, became our saviors. Warrior-Gods cast in steel and fury striking our enemies in a way they could never comprehend.
Excalibur was the first.

- Orokin 'Warframe' Archives

> Excalibur Prime is the epitome of mobility and offense, and features the same abilities as Excalibur, but has unique mod polarities installed allowing for greater customization.
>
> In-game Description

**Release Date:** December 18th, 2012

**Excalibur Prime** is the Primed variant of ****Excalibur****, possessing higher armor and energy, as well as an additional ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg polarity and a ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg Aura polarity. Excalibur Prime is a Founders-exclusive Warframe released alongside Lato Prime and Skana Prime.

## Acquisition

Excalibur Prime was only obtainable by upgrading a Warframe account to Founders status of Hunter or greater, **which is no longer available**. He came with his own Warframe slot and was already augmented with an Orokin Reactor.

The Founders' program closed on the 1st of November, 2013, as announced on the warframe forums. This closure is inclusive of pack upgrades.

## Notes

* Excalibur Prime, compared to **Excalibur**:
	+ Higher Armor (300 vs. 225)
	+ Higher Energy (150/225 vs. 100/150)
	+ Different Polarities (ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg vs. ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg)
	+ Different Aura Polarity (ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg vs. None)
* Excalibur Prime, compared to Excalibur/Umbra:
	+ Different Polarities (ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg vs. ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png)
* As a Prime Warframe, Excalibur Prime possesses a special passive ability where contact with an Orokin Void Death Orb will make them release an energy pulse that grants **250** Energy to all nearby allies. This effect can only occur once per Death Orb, and can occur even if the Death Orb has been previously destroyed.

## Trivia

* Excalibur Prime is the first Prime Warframe in the game.
	+ He is also the first Prime Warframe to come with two different polarities, as opposed to one. This was followed by Ember/Prime and Loki/Prime.
* There is a statue of Excalibur Prime inside the Orokin Vaults on Deimos, and one of the Lua Spy vaults.
	+ Interestingly, at the start of Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) Excalibur Prime was given a short-lived full body skin called "Alabaster", which was explained by Digital Extremes as a test skin that was released by mistake. The skin's texture was similar to said Vault statues.
* Compared to the later prime Warframes, Excalibur Prime has the least cosmetic difference compared to his standard counterpart, with the only significant additions being the Void Key-shaped emblem on his helmet and golden blades along his forearms.
* When he was released, it was widely believed that Excalibur Prime had a slightly higher shield recharge rate compared to the non-prime variant.
	+ While the existence of this feature can neither be confirmed, nor denied, Excalibur Prime currently does not possess this stat change.
* Much like how Update 14.0 (2014-07-18) gave the standard Excalibur an ethereal Skana when using his abilities, Excalibur Prime uses an ethereal Skana Prime with his abilities, which was also added in the same update.
* On the Chinese build of Warframe, **Excalibur Umbra Prime** serves as a stand-in for Excalibur Prime.

## Media

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## See also

* Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.

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## **Excalibur Umbra**

### Polarities

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### Progenitor Element

Electricity Damage

สําหรับ the China-exclusive variant ดูเพิ่มเติมที่ Excalibur/Umbra Prime

CODEX
From the shadow of the long night emerges a new Excalibur.

> Ferocious and untamed, Umbra’s fury is second only to his mastery of the blade.
>
> Introduction of Umbra

**Release Date:** June 15th, 2018

**Excalibur Umbra** is the Umbra variant of **Excalibur**, sporting higher armor and energy, as well as three ไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png polarities while losing a ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svg. Unique to Umbra is his display of sentience, allowing him to fight on his own when not piloted by the Operator.

He was first released in the Chinese build of WARFRAME as **Excalibur/Umbra Prime** and was later added to the Global build in Update 23.0 (2018-06-15) as a non-prime. He can be acquired through the The Sacrifice quest.

## Acquisition

The blueprint for Excalibur Umbra is given to players upon completing the first mission of The Sacrifice quest, and the ability to build the Warframe is granted on completing the second mission. Unlike other Warframes, Umbra requires no further components and is crafted entirely from the single blueprint. However, even after being crafted, he cannot be used until the penultimate mission, where he is automatically Rank 30 with a free, pre-installed Orokin Reactor and Warframe slot. A second blueprint will not be given on replays.

## Lore

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บทความหลัก: The Sacrifice

> But you won't have to imagine. A lovingly cultured Infestation swarms within your blood. Your transformation has begun, reshaping you into a sacred surrogate of the unholy Tenno... A Warframe with but a Single. Burning. Memory. It is... a miracle! But all miracles require sacrifice.
>
> Ballas

Excalibur Umbra was originally an Orokin Dax soldier who was punished by Ballas for attempting to interfere with his betrayal. The soldier was deliberately exposed to the Infestation to become an anti-Sentient weapon, a "miracle" that requires "sacrifice", and was fitted with a unique Transference Bolt that forced him to obey Ballas's whims. He was then psychologically tortured into rote obedience by forcing him to kill his son, Isaah.
As a result of Umbra's torment, he retains most of his sentience and is capable of acting on his own without the Tenno's control, even initially rejecting the Operator's Transference and going rogue. Umbra also carries the memories of his final moments before transforming into a Warframe, which the Operator discovers to contain codes that unlock Ballas's Vitruvian recordings of the Sentient's betrayal, the creation of Warframes, and the Tenno.

Umbra is first seen in a courtyard on Earth battling his creator and his allied Sentients, but due to Transference influence he is unable to disobey Ballas, allowing him to be easily destroyed by Natah. The Operator discovers Umbra's remains on Earth, which leads them to a containment cell on Lua housing Ballas's Vitruvian, allowing the Operator to rebuild Umbra. However, Umbra immediately goes rogue and flees across the solar system, but not before the Operator taps into his memories.

> --We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... We brutalized their minds... but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will - not their Void devilry - not their alien darkness... It was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing-- And take away its pain.
>
> Ballas

After seeing all of Umbra's memories, the Operator reassures Umbra that they will fight Ballas together. Upon seeing this act of compassion, Umbra calms down and finally accepts the Operator's Transference. Together they battle Ballas on Earth, whose attempts to subdue Umbra prove futile when the Operator's Transference overpowers Ballas's control, allowing Umbra to wound his creator.

## Notes

* Excalibur Umbra, compared to **Excalibur**:
	+ Higher Armor (300 vs. 225)
	+ Higher Energy (150/225 vs. 100/150)
	+ Different Polarities (ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png vs. ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg)
	+ Different Aura Polarity (ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg vs. None)
* Excalibur Umbra, compared to Excalibur/Prime:
	+ Different Polarities (ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.pngไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png vs. ไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svg)
* Umbra, along with the Skiajati, will be obtained by the player already fully ranked. All the Mastery Rank points that would normally be granted from ranking up Warframe and weapon will be automatically received upon acquiring them.
	+ Due to their unique nature both are also unable to be sold from the inventory.
* Excalibur Umbra comes with three mod slots polarized with the unique ไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png*Umbra* polarity. He also comes with 3 Umbral Mods: Umbral Intensify, Umbral Fiber, and Umbral Vitality fusioned to rank 5 out of 10. His Skiajati Nikana and Exalted Umbra Blade each have two ไฟล์:Umbra Pol.png polarity slots and come with Sacrificial Pressure and Sacrificial Steel equipped.
* In place of Radial Blind, Umbra has Radial Howl, which not only blinds enemies, but also removes any active damage resistances from Sentient units and Shadow Stalker within range.
* Unlike other Warframes, Excalibur Umbra's sentience allows him to remain active after using Transference, supporting the Operator with abilities and equipped weapons. However, Umbra can be damaged, and will stop moving once all of his health is depleted.
	+ Excalibur Umbra is incapable of using Arch-guns when in autonomous mode, as transferring out with the Operator will make him switch back to using his primary weapon.

## Trivia

* *Umbra* is the Latin word for "shadow".
* Excalibur Umbra is the first Umbra variant of a Warframe to be released in WARFRAME.
* Excalibur Umbra is the only quest Warframe that cannot be purchased from the Market or be sold.
* Excalibur Umbra's agile and noble animations are the only animations that are able to be used on other Warframes without prior purchase.
* According to its Codex entry, the Skiajati, Umbra's signature weapon, is a Nikana "grafted" from Umbra's flesh.
* In the Chinese build, Excalibur Umbra originated as part of their Founder's pack exclusive, as **Excalibur Umbra Prime**, gameplay-wise identical to Excalibur Prime. The pack also included the Nikana Prime and the Spira Prime, as well as the Gauvan Prime Sekhara, a shoulder accessory obtainable only through that Founder pack.
* Upon release, Excalibur Umbra had the passive ability of Prime Warframes to gain energy from Orokin Void Death Orbs, as an erroneous leftover from his data origins as Excalibur Umbra Prime. This was later removed in Hotfix 23.0.3 (2018-06-19).
* Umbra utilizes a different sword design for his Exalted Blade, which is named **Exalted Umbra Blade**. The stats for both weapons, however, are identical.
* Upon completion of The Sacrifice quest, players will receive an Excalibur Umbra-exclusive **Excalibur Umbra Sunder Helmet** in their inbox, which is a battle-damaged version of the regular Umbra helmet.
* Excalibur Umbra is the first Warframe confirmed to originally be a "human being". He is also the first frame to have had his face exposed due to damage to his helmet.
	+ Ballas confirms that Warframes are created from human subjects as Infested-hybrids cultivated by the Helminth.
	+ Aside from Excalibur Umbra, Titania is the only frame with lore regarding her *original* creation.
	+ Aside from his facial features exposed from his damaged helmet, Xaku is the second Warframe that also has facial features when using the ability, The Vast Untime
* When interacting with Baro Ki'Teer, Baro will treat Umbra as he would be any other non-Prime frame.
* Umbra's scarf and torso lining, along with his Orokin ornaments, remain visible when other Excalibur skins are equipped, similar to the Prime details of Prime Warframes when using TennoGen skins. Hotfix 25.4.1 (2019-07-24) added a "Toggle Prime Details" option, which removes his scarf, torso lining and ornaments on other skins when toggled on.
* Looking closely, Shadow Stalker uses a unique variant of Excalibur Umbra's body, which lacks the Orokin ornaments and Umbra's signature scarf, along with a different loincloth design.
* In the "The Sacrifice" teaser of TennoCon 2017, Umbra wielded a regular Nikana on the Orokin Moon tileset.
* It was revealed at TennoCon 2018's Sound Panel that Excalibur Umbra's howls were voiced by [DE]Steve Sinclair, Game Director of Warframe.

* Before Update 24.6 when DE introduced the Two-Energy Colors, Excalibur Umbra used to have gold energy on Radial Howl and Exalted Umbra Blade. The gold energy can still be seen on Radial Howl when using different colors. This can be seen in The Sacrifice quest when Umbra goes berserk when equipping him the first time and also only in public sessions.

## Media

* HeaderBG.jpgUmbra on official The Sacrifice info page header.
* Umbra1.jpgUmbra's introduction picture on The Sacrifice info page.
* Launcher (English Version).pngLauncher (English Version)
* Lucas-hug-umbradax.jpgDax Umbra and his son
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## References

1. ↑ Tennocon 2018 - Sounds of the System 7:50

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