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Ash

Banshee

Ember

Excalibur

Frost

Loki

Mag

Nova

Nyx

Rhino

Saryn

Trinity

Vauban

Volt

	Warframe exo-armor uses unique combative technology to create the ultimate weaponry. The Warframes hold many mysterious powers and mastering one requires dedicated use.
–Warframe Official Website[1]

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Warframes are the name of the exoskeletons used in the Warframe universe. They protect the wearer with regenerating shields while allowing him or her to use special abilities such as faster movement speed, higher jumping heights or control over elemental forces.

Warframe

Comparison Mods

Warframe Spotlight

Nova, The Antimatter Mistress. 

		Creates a mote of antimatter that orbits around the Warframe which will seek out and collide with the nearest foe within a certain range.
		Shoot a bubble of antimatter. Slow projectile (but doesn't fall), explodes when shot or on collision. Amplified explosion if hit with a Matter Spike.
		Nova shifts the matter in the surrounding area creating a wormhole entrance at her current location and a wormhole exit at a target location. Nova and allied Tenno can travel through this wormhole.
		Primes all enemies in a radius with antimatter. Upon death the antimatter and matter collide causing high damage in a certain radius.

Overview

Warframes are dynamic and do not adhere to a single archetype, allowing them to be tailored to any play style. Though there are some Warframes that excel in certain situations, they are not necessarily limited to any particular role.

The extent to which a Warframe may be customized is primarily determined by the configuration of its modules, which may be installed to upgrade certain Warframe Attributes and even alter their abilities. Further bonuses can be achieved by equipping add-ons, such as Helmets.

Every Warframe features four unique powers that allow for a large degree of control over the surrounding environment. These powers can allow a Tenno to cast virtually anything, ranging from devastatingwaves of energies to defensive barriers, or even mass healing. Warframes greatly augment the physical abilities of a Tenno as well, affecting natural skills like swordsmanship, marksmanship and most notably acrobatics.

New players start as an Excalibur Warframe in a tutorial session. Upon completion, players are given a choice to start the game using either Excalibur, Loki, or Mag. By default, players are allotted 2 Warframes slots, each additional slot costing  20. There are two ways to obtain a new Warframe: 

• The longer method requires the Tenno to acquire the Blueprints for the desired warframe's Chassis, Systems, and Helmet from a boss, build the items in the Foundry, purchase a Warframe blueprint with credits from the market, and manufacture the desired Warframe.
• Purchase the Warframe with Platinum from the Market. Warframes acquired in this manner come with a pre-installed Orokin Reactor and their own slot.

Leveling Up

Main Article: Affinity

Warframes require affinity, conventionally known as experience points (XP), in order to attain higher levels. Frames level up separately from others and from the player to a max of level 30. During missions, players can be rewarded XP through actions getting such as killing enemies, using abilities, completing objectives, reviving downed teammates or simply completing the mission. With each successive level, a Warframe gains mod capacity and passive increases to shields, health, energy capacity, and 200 mastery points. Status boosts received from ranking up are calculated from the base value of the Warframe for each status, preventing modules from affecting the bonus.

Attributes

Main article: Warframe Attributes

Attributes are the stats and functionality of warframes such as Health, Armor, Shields, Energy, Stamina and Movement Speed. Each warframe is made unique with a different combination of these and their powers.

Alternative Equipment

Main article: category:helmet

Every Warframe thus far has at least one alternative helmet players can choose to wear as oppose to the standard helmet. As well as aesthetic differences alternative equipment will also change the stats of your Warframe, giving a bonus in one place and a negative effect in another.

Alternative helmets can either be bought from the Market or found as blueprints via Alerts with "?" as a reward. To equip your newly bought or crafted helmet, go into the 'Arsenal' page, then click on 'Customize Colors'. The Helmet will be under 'Select Skin'.

Season 2 helmets introduced the use of jiggle-bones (dubbed by Digital Extremes as "Dangly Bits") which allow for a more natural secondary movement to the Warframe.

Origins

The name "Warframes" comes from a 1950's Boeing (Company) WWII research project equipping WWII soldiers with exoskeletons.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Warframes | Warframe
2. ↑ Origins of the word "Warframes"

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	Ash • Banshee • Ember • Excalibur • Frost • Loki Mag • Nova • Nyx • Rhino • Saryn • Trinity • Vauban • Volt
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