Excalibur/Main

"This is Excalibur, the first of the Warframes at your disposal. 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.

Component blueprints drop from Ambulas (Hades, Pluto)

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

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
 * The Avalon Helmet is named after the legendary island where Excalibur was forged.
 * Similarly, the Pendragon Helmet shares its name with a title given to King Arthur.
 * The Mordred Helmet shares this theme, being named after the traitorous knight who in legend, fatally wounded the King of Camelot.
 * 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.
 * 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.