Archwing

Amesha

Elytron

Itzal

Odonata

For the soundtrack, see Archwing (Soundtrack).

I was in a dying dream. I saw a bright spot blurring and weaving toward me. I felt a tug toward it from the metal clasps on my suit. It reached me, rising up - a gleaming beast, a plume of golden wings rising and unfolding behind it. An angel. It snatched me from my death. I could feel my lungs fill as it wrapped me in its wings. Its Void Shield shimmered blue, strained under the enemy beams. I felt a suddenly tug of acceleration. I closed my eyes and held on it like a child.

— Mag Prime Codex entry on Odonata Prime

The Archwing is an all-environment flight system of Orokin design used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space, offering a potent mix of firepower and mobility to engage spaceborne enemies. Unlike Warframe's traditional land-bound gameplay, Archwing missions take place on a three-dimensional plane, offering nearly complete freedom of movement in all directions. Though intended for space use, the Archwing also has the ability to engage in both atmospheric (Plains of Eidolon and Orb Vallis) and underwater (Grineer Sealab) combat.

AcquisitionEdit

An Archwing comprises three components, each of them are acquired through different means depending on the Archwing.

Wings	Harness	Systems

Players can acquire their first Archwing, the Odonata, by completing The Archwing quest available to all players with Mastery Rank 2 and above, have unlocked the Mars Junction, and have completed Suisei on Mercury.

The rest of the Archwings (Amesha, Elytron, and Itzal) can all be obtained using Clan Research.

AccessEdit

The Archwing section of the Arsenal can be accessed via the vehicle button upon bringing up Select Mode at the bottom right of the main Arsenal overview (Note: For XB1 and PS4, click in the left stick), and has the following three sections available:

Tenno Loadout

• Archwing - The player's Archwings can be managed and customized in this section.
• Arch-gun - The section where Archwing primary weapons can be managed.
• Arch-melee - The Archwing's melee weapons can be managed here.

MechanicsEdit

MissionsEdit

Once a player has built and acquired an Archwing, they can participate in dedicated Archwing missions, with two possible tilesets: Free Space, a Grineer-controlled territory which puts players in open space with lots of room to explore and maneuver and Corpus Ship, where players speed down through tight corridors inside a severely damaged Corpus ship. An Infested variation of this tileset is used in the Jordas Golem Assassination mission. Archwings are also mandatory on Uranus, and are used to move in the underwater sections of the Grineer Sealab.

In Free Roam missions, Archwings can be deployed via Archwing Launchers.

Archwings can also be used in Empyrean mission, representing a faster, albeit much more vulnerable, method of moving around the map, as well as being used to board Crewships, points of interest, and the Murex ships.

Archwing ManeuversEdit

Main article: Archwing Maneuvers

Archwing Maneuvers are a set of actions that a player can perform with the Archwing, a set of mechanical wings used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space and underwater.

Archwing flight controls are similar to normal ground-based controls, with some variations for three-dimensional movement. Movement is controlled with both the W A S D Space Ctrl  keys and mouse, in conjunction. Unlike ground combat, Archwings retain momentum after releasing movement keys mid-flight. Higher velocity allows a further coast.

Hitting objects at high speed will result in the Archwing taking damage, making collision avoidance important to gameplay. Maneuvers still remain the same in submersible combat, albeit with reduced speed due to the water surrounding the player.

CombatEdit

Combat is mostly identical to traditional controls. Stances are unavailable, though blocking and Heavy Attacks can be performed. Jump Attacks and Wall Attacks are also unavailable, with only Slide Attacks being available in the form of a swirling slash that deals higher damage.

Archwings have their own set of exclusive weapons – a Primary (Arch-gun) and a Melee (Arch-melee) – and abilities, which replace the player's selected Warframe weapons and abilities; Submersible and Free Roam missions, however, still use the Warframe's primary and secondary weapons. Instead of having a magazine and total ammo pool, Arch-guns have a single pool of ammo that acts as the magazine. This ammo will replenish itself over a short period of time after the weapon hasn't been fired for a second or two.

Most Warframe stats and mods do not carry over to Archwing missions, with the exception of Auras, radar mods (only for their radar component),  Adaptation,  Rolling Guard, and  Coaction Drift, and some Passive Abilities such as Hildryn's shield gating or Mesa's increased health without an Arch-melee. Arcane effects also do apply.

Companions cannot accompany the player in Archwing missions, though  Animal Instinct will still apply.

ModsEdit

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Afterburner	Elytron Augment Mod for Core Vent		Rare
Argon Plating	Increases Armor		Common
Auxiliary Power	Increases Maximum Energy		Uncommon
Cold Snap	Itzal Augment Mod for Cosmic Crush		Rare
Efficient Transferral	Increases Power Duration		Rare
Energy Amplifier	Increases Power Range		Uncommon
Energy Field	Odonata Augment Mod for Energy Shell		Rare
Energy Inversion	Increases Shield Capacity		Common
Enhanced Durability	Increases Health		Uncommon
Hyperion Thrusters	Increases Flight Speed		Rare
Kinetic Diversion	Damage to health restores Archwing energy		Rare
Morphic Transformer	Increases Power Strength		Rare
Primed Morphic Transformer	Increases Power Strength		Legendary
Superior Defenses	Increases Shield Recharge Rate		Uncommon
System Reroute	Increases Power Efficiency		Rare

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Ammo Chain	Increases Maximum Ammo		Uncommon
Archgun Ace	Increases Fire Rate and Reload Speed for a brief time upon a headshot kill		Rare
Automatic Trigger	Increases Fire Rate		Rare
Charged Bullets	Increases Electric Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Combustion Rounds	Adds Heat Damage		Uncommon
Comet Blast	Adds Impact Damage		Rare
Contamination Casing	Increases Toxin Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Critical Focus	Increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage while aiming		Rare
Deadly Efficiency	Increases Base Damage for a brief time upon reloading from an empty magazine		Rare
Dual Rounds	Adds Multishot Chance		Rare
Electrified Barrel	Adds Electric Damage		Uncommon
Hollowed Bullets	Increases Critical Damage		Rare
Hypothermic Shell	Increases Cold Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Magazine Extension	Increases Magazine Capacity		Common
Magma Chamber	Increases Heat Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Marked Target	Increases Status Chance while aiming		Rare
Modified Munitions	Increases Status Chance		Uncommon
Parallax Scope	Increases Critical Chance		Common
Polar Magazine	Adds Cold Damage		Uncommon
Quasar Drill	Adds Puncture Damage		Rare
Quick Reload	Increases Reload Speed		Uncommon
Resolute Focus	Increases Stagger/Knockdown Resistance and Reduces Spread while aiming		Uncommon
Rubedo-Lined Barrel	Adds Base Damage		Uncommon
Sabot Rounds	Increases Base Damage Increases Punch Through		Rare
Shell Rush	Increases Charge Rate		Uncommon
Venomous Clip	Adds Toxin Damage		Uncommon
Zodiac Shred	Adds Slash Damage		Rare

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Astral Autopsy	Melee Kill Scans		Rare
Astral Slash	Increases Base Slash Damage		Rare
Blazing Steel	Adds Heat Damage		Uncommon
Bleeding Edge	Increases Critical Damage		Common
Cryo Coating	Increases Cold Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Cutting Edge	Increases Melee Damage		Common
Extend	Increases Range		Common
Furor	Increases Attack Speed		Uncommon
Galvanized Blade	Adds Electric Damage		Uncommon
Glacial Edge	Adds Cold Damage		Uncommon
Infectious Injection	Increases Toxin Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Ion Infusion	Increases Electric Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Meteor Crash	Increases Base Impact Damage		Rare
Nebula Bore	Increases Base Puncture Damage		Rare
Poisonous Sting	Adds Toxin Damage		Uncommon
Searing Steel	Increases Heat Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Sudden Impact	Increases Status Chance		Common
Tempered Blade	Increases Critical Chance		Common

Archwing MissionsEdit

RewardsEdit

All Archwing mission types have unique reward tables not shared by non-Archwing missions:

Rewards
Automatic Trigger	38.72%
Extend	38.72%
Phaedra Receiver	5.64%
Morphic Transformer	5.64%
Shell Rush	5.64%
Shell Rush	5.64%

Locations:

• Montes, Venus
• Syrtis, Mars

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Rotation A		Rotation B		Rotation C
250 Endo	38.72%	250 Endo	10%	400 Endo	22.56%
250 Endo	38.72%	250 Endo	10%	400 Endo	9.68%
Automatic Trigger	2.51%	Argon Plating	10%	Axi A10 Relic	9.68%
Combustion Rounds	2.51%	Bleeding Edge	10%	Axi A6 Relic	9.68%
Dual Rounds	2.51%	Electrified Barrel	10%	Axi A9 Relic	9.68%
Hollowed Bullets	2.51%	Energy Inversion	10%	Axi B3 Relic	9.68%
Magazine Extension	2.51%	Furor	10%	Axi G4 Relic	9.68%
Modified Munitions	2.51%	Glacial Edge	10%	Axi T4 Relic	9.68%
Parallax Scope	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%	Axi T5 Relic	9.68%
Rubedo-Lined Barrel	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%
Venomous Clip	2.51%

Locations:

• Caelus, Uranus

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Rewards
Polar Magazine	38.72%
Superior Defenses	38.72%
Astral Slash	3.76%
Comet Blast	3.76%
Meteor Crash	3.76%
Nebula Bore	3.76%
Quasar Drill	3.76%
Zodiac Shred	3.76%

Locations:

• Erpo, Earth
• Salacia, Neptune

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Rewards
400 Endo	5.06%
400 Endo	5.06%
Furor	5.06%
Galvanized Blade	5.06%
Glacial Edge	5.06%
Poisonous Sting	5.06%
Sudden Impact	5.06%
Tempered Blade	5.06%
Meso B4 Relic	5.06%
Meso C4 Relic	5.06%
Meso D4 Relic	5.06%
Meso E4 Relic	5.06%
Meso N9 Relic	5.06%
Meso R3 Relic	5.06%
Neo M3 Relic	5.06%
400 Endo	3.16%
Blazing Steel	3.16%
Cutting Edge	3.16%
Efficient Transferral	3.16%
Extend	3.16%
Superior Defenses	3.16%
System Reroute	3.16%
400 Endo	1.01%
400 Endo	1.01%

Locations:

• Pandora, Saturn

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Rotation A		Rotation B		Rotation C
Furor	16.67%	150 Endo	77.44%	400 Endo	9.68%
Galvanized Blade	16.67%	Blazing Steel	3.76%	Lith C4 Relic	9.68%
Glacial Edge	16.67%	Cutting Edge	3.76%	Lith C6 Relic	9.68%
Poisonous Sting	16.67%	Efficient Transferral	3.76%	Lith D1 Relic	9.68%
Sudden Impact	16.67%	Extend	3.76%	Lith M5 Relic	9.68%
Tempered Blade	16.67%	Superior Defenses	3.76%	Lith N4 Relic	9.68%
		System Reroute	3.76%	Lith S8 Relic	9.68%
				Lith W2 Relic	9.68%
				Astral Slash	7.52%
				Meteor Crash	7.52%
				Nebula Bore	7.52%

Locations:

• Kepler, Phobos

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Rewards
Galvanized Blade	25.81%
Glacial Edge	25.81%
Tempered Blade	25.81%
Astral Slash	3.76%
Comet Blast	3.76%
Meteor Crash	3.76%
Nebula Bore	3.76%
Quasar Drill	3.76%
Zodiac Shred	3.76%

Locations:

• Galilea, Jupiter

Up to date as of Hotfix 27.5.6.1

Weapon Part LocationsEdit

The Imperator and Veritux are the starter weapons, first used during the final events of The Archwing quest. Additional blueprints of these weapons can be bought from Cephalon Simaris for 100,000‍100,000 each.

Most Archwing weapons consist of parts which are obtainable as offerings from the six core Syndicates, each requiring Rank 2-3 and costing 20,000‍20,000 Standing. Blueprints that use these parts are obtainable from the Market. All weapon parts except for the blueprint are tradeable.

Steel Meridian	Arbiters of Hexis
Kaszas Handle Velocitus Receiver Corvas Stock Agkuza Guard Fluctus Stock	Dual Decurion Barrel Phaedra Barrel Corvas Barrel Cyngas Barrel Centaur Aegis
Cephalon Suda	The Perrin Sequence
Dual Decurion Receiver Velocitus Barrel Corvas Receiver Cyngas Receiver Fluctus Barrel	Onorix Handle Phaedra Receiver Cyngas Stock Centaur Blade
Red Veil	New Loka
Kaszas Blade Velocitus Stock Rathbone Handle Agkuza Handle Fluctus Limbs	Onorix Blade Phaedra Stock Rathbone Head Agkuza Blade Centaur Handle

The Archwing weapons that do not come from Syndicates include:

• Knux, Grattler, and Larkspur, obtainable from Clan Research.
• Imperator Vandal, rewarded from Fomorian Sabotage during Balor Fomorian Invasions. Comes in multiple parts, and unlike the Archwing Syndicate weapons, the blueprint is tradeable.
• Prisma Veritux, potentially sold by Baro Ki'Teer.
• Kuva Ayanga, obtained after killing a Kuva Lich using one.

NotesEdit

• It is confirmed that an Archwing possesses life support, allowing its user to remain in vacuum space without repercussions, as seen in the trailer and Mag Prime's Codex entry, in which the author quoted: "I could feel my lungs fill as it wrapped me in its wings...."
• The Archwing is stored inside the Landing Craft as shown by the ship deploying the Archwing from its underbelly.
• Most consumables like Squad Ammo Restores, Codex Scanners and others can be used while in Archwing missions.
  • Specters and Air Support cannot be used in Archwing missions.
  • As there are no terminals in Archwing missions, it follows that ciphers also cannot be used in them.
• Emotes can be used while in Archwing missions, although they cause Warframes to appear to be standing on solid ground with their Archwings still attached.
• Abilities that affect the player will dispel the moment the player transitions from standard gameplay to Submersible Archwing combat and vice versa.
• Due to the high shield and health capacity of most Archwings, Arcane Grace, Arcane Barrier, Physique, and similar all have noticeably more powerful effects.

TriviaEdit

• The Archwing was first unveiled in Devstream 35 on August 8, 2014, at Gamescom 2014, and made its debut in Update 15.0.
• The Archwing was alluded to in Mag Prime's Codex Entry: Warframe Archive - Debrief Excerpt, where she used an Archwing to save the narrator from death.
• The preview also shows a black Fomorian ship in the background, confirmed to be the Balor Fomorian mentioned in Operation Cryotic Front.
• Much of the assets used in Archwing gameplay are actually scaled-down proportionately compared to normal assets in ground-based missions. This results in the models for Mods, Resource pickups and orbs being as large as players.
• Due to the sheer speeds that Archwings can travel, certain helmet attachments may disjoint themselves temporarily as they try to catch up with the players. Examples include the loose fabric of Mesa's default helmet and the "ponytail" of Ash's Locust Helmet.
• Up until Update 17.0, the Codex entries for all Archwing guns showed them all being held using the normal underhanded grip for ground weapons, instead of the correct overhand grip used by Archwing weapons.

BugsEdit

• Bringing Equinox is ill-advised as there is a bug where the Archwing will only gain the converted Health and Energy from orbs.
• Using melee or speeding close to some large debris may result in one getting impaled and stuck in the mesh; take caution using melee attacks around objects to avoid this.
  • Similar to the bug above, it is possible to get stuck in debris where the player will either die or be stuck permanently.
• There have been various encounters with stretched and disjointed player models in Archwing missions.
• Instances of glitches including "flying" Archwings on Submerge Missions.
  • When dying in the water with the Archwing equipped, reviving will place the player on land that is closest to where the player died, and the player can use their Archwing while on land. You can fly around as if you are underwater or in space while using Archwing abilities and Archwing weapons.
• If mods which increase the magazine capacity are equipped on any of the player's (Warframe) weapons, then upon entering and exiting a submerged area, the magazine capacity will have reverted to the default for the weapon. This can be quickly fixed by reloading the weapon, but it can still present an annoyance.
• Occasionally, the mouse sensitivity changes when going into Archwing missions.
  • The sensitivity change stays after completing or leaving the mission; relogging may alleviate the issue.
  • Some players are unable to use the archwings and are forced to walk in mid-air as if it were a normal ground mission.

• "Flying" Archwing on Titania (vs. Tyl Regor) After Defeating Tyl Regor.
• "Flying" Archwing on Titania (vs. Tyl Regor) At Extraction.
• "Flying" Archwing on Titania Submerge (vs. Tyl Regor), At extraction with Ground Warframe.
• The old Codex display bug with the Imperator

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• The Archwing in use.
• A frontal view of the Archwing, along with the Veritux.
• The Warframe Volt, using an Odonata Archwing.

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Patch HistoryEdit

Archwing • Compare All
Archwings	Amesha • Elytron • Itzal • Odonata (Prime)
Arch-guns	Corvas • Cyngas • Dual Decurion • Fluctus • Grattler Imperator ( Vandal) • Kuva Ayanga • Larkspur • Phaedra • Velocitus
Arch-melees	Agkuza • Centaur • Kaszas • Knux Onorix • Rathbone • Veritux ( Prisma)

Mechanics
Currencies	‍ Credits • ‍ Ducats • ‍ Platinum • Standing
General	Arsenal • Challenges • Codex • Daily Tribute • Foundry • Market • Mastery Rank • Nightwave • Orbiter • Syndicates
	Modding and Arcanes	Arcane Enhancements • Fusion • (Flawed, Riven) Mods • Polarization • Transmutation
	Lore	Alignment • Leverian • Quest
	Social	Chat • Clan • Clan Dojo • Trading
Gameplay	Affinity • Alert (Arbitrations, Tactical) • Archwing • Buff & Debuff • Death • Empyrean • Inactivity Penalty • K-Drive • Landscape • Maneuvers • Matchmaking • Mission • One-Handed Action • Pickups • Squad • Star Chart • Tile Sets • Void Relic • Waypoint
	Enemy factions	Corpus • Grineer • Infested • Orokin • Sentient • Unaffiliated
	Enemies	Bosses • Death Mark • Enemy Behavior • Kuva Lich • Threat Level
	Activities	Captura • Conservation • Fishing • K-Drive Race • Ludoplex • Mining
	Stealth	Hacking • Noise Level • Stealth
	PvP	Duel • Conclave (Lunaro) • Frame Fighter
Equipment	Warframe	Attributes (Armor • Energy • Health • Shield • Sprint Speed) • Abilities • Passives
	Weapons	Accuracy • Alternate Fire • Ammo • Attack Speed • Critical Hit • Damage • Damage Falloff • Exalted Weapon • Fire Rate • Melee • Multishot • Parazon • Projectile Flight Speed • Punch Through • Recoil • Reload • Signature Weapon • Status • Trigger Type • Valence Fusion • Zoom
	Operator	Amp • Focus (Madurai • Vazarin • Naramon • Unairu • Zenurik)
	Railjack	Armaments • Avionics • Components • Intrinsics • Valence Fusion
Technical	Chat • Host Migration • HUD • Inactivity Penalty • Key Bindings • Settings • Stress Test • Text Icons
Mathematical	Drop Tables • Enemy Level Scaling • Maximization (Duration • Efficiency • Range • Strength) • User Research