Alternate Helmets are different versions of the Warframes' original helmets. They have different designs on aesthetics, such as the addition of jiggle-bones (dubbed by Digital Extremes as "Dangly Bits") which was introduced in the second helmet series.
These helmets are considered as cosmetic items, as such they cannot replace original helmets in the Warframe's crafting process as a component. Prime Warframes use the same alternative helmets as their normal counterparts, and can also use the base helmet of their normal counterpart (regardless of whether the player owns the base Warframe).
Acquisition
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Helmets can be bought for 75 in the 'Equipment' section of the Market. Additionally, their blueprints can be acquired via the Nightwave Offerings.
Once a helmet has been built in the foundry, it cannot be sold again. So building duplicates will clutter your Inventory. This also counts for helmets you automatically acquire from building Warframes and selling those since you'll keep the helmet.
Equipping
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Alternate helmets can be equipped in Arsenal using the "Appearance" tab when modifying a Warframe. They can be unequipped by reapplying the default skin.
Arcane
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At first release, each alternate helmet had stat modifications attached to them, which boosts one of the Warframe's attributes while penalizing another. With the introduction of Nekros in Update 10, upcoming alternate helmets do not affect the stats of Warframes. As of Hotfix 13.2.3, all helmets with stat modifications are replaced with stat-less versions of the helmets in the Market and as a Nightwave Offering.
Helmets with stat modifications, now known with the prefix Arcane, can only be obtained through the Trade System. Only completed helmets can be traded, not blueprints. Previously, players could buy conversion blueprints from the market for 1,000 to convert completed Arcane helmets to stat-less ones, but these blueprints have since been removed. By converting an Arcane helmet to a stat-less helmet a player can own two of a stat-less helmet instead of one.
Stat increases stack additively with other effects, always granting the same absolute effect:
- Net value = Base value * ( 1 + effectother + increasehelmet )
Stat decreases stack multiplicatively with other effects, always granting the same relative effect:
- Net value = Base value * ( 1 + effectother ) * ( 1 - decreasehelmet )
As an example, the Arcane Aurora Helmet gives Frost +25% armor and -5% health.
- This is always an absolute increase of +47.5 armor, which could be a ~+11.9% or +25% relative increase with or without
Steel Fiber, respectively.
- It is always a relative decrease of -5% health, which could be a -37 or -15 absolute decrease with or without
Vitality, respectively.
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All items (137)
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- Ash Carabid Helmet
- Ash Locust Helmet
- Ash Scorpion Helmet
- Atlas Arhat Helmet
- Atlas Shikoro Helmet
- Atlas Tartarus Helmet
- Atlas Telamon Helmet
- Banshee Chorus Helmet
- Banshee Dominia Helmet
- Banshee Echo Helmet
- Banshee Reverb Helmet
- Baruuk Meroe Helmet
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- Ember Backdraft Helmet
- Ember Phoenix Helmet
- Equinox Clisthert Helm
- Equinox Solstice Helmet
- Excalibur Arturius Helmet
- Excalibur Avalon Helmet
- Excalibur Isurus Helmet
- Excalibur Mordred Helmet
- Excalibur Ogrant Helmet
- Excalibur Pendragon Helmet
- Excalibur Umbra Beast Helmet
- Excalibur Umbra Sunder Helmet
- Frost Aurora Helmet
- Frost Himavat Helmet
- Frost Jotun Helmet
- Frost Squall Helmet
- Frost Summit Helmet
- Frost Zastruga Helmet
- Harrow Hieropha Helmet
- Harrow Suffragan Helmet
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- Hildryn Asuron Helmet
- Hydroid Ketos Helmet
- Hydroid Rorqual Helmet
- Hydroid Triton Helmet
- Inaros Anubis Helmet
- Inaros Canopic Helmet
- Inaros Kephri Helmet
- Ivara Loxley Helmet
- Ivara Zirastra Helmet
- Limbo Aristeas Helmet
- Limbo Aureolus Helmet
- Limbo Magrite Helmet
- Limbo Venari Helmet
- Loki Enigma Helmet
- Loki Ersatz Helmet
- Loki Essence Helmet
- Loki Lupu Helmet
- Loki Rogue Helmet
- Loki Swindle Helmet
- Mag Anthro Helmet
- Mag Coil Helmet
- Mag Gauss Helmet
- Mag Induction Helmet
- Mag Toroidal Helmet
- Mesa Dead Eye Helmet
- Mesa Falcon Helmet
- Mesa Longhorn Helmet
- Mesa Ovis Helmet
- Mesa Prime Montesa Helmet
- Mirage Harlequin Helmet
- Mirage Jolli Helmet
- Mirage Trivelin Helmet
- Nekros Charon Helmet
- Nekros Ion Helmet
- Nekros Lazarus Helmet
- Nekros Raknis Helmet
- Nekros Shroud Helmet
- Nezha Circa Helmet
- Nezha Jinza Helmet
- Nidus Myxini Helmet
- Nidus Prion Helmet
- Nova Flux Helmet
- Nova Fusion Helmet
- Nova Lamia Helmet
- Nova Quantum Helmet
- Nova Slipstream Helmet
- Nova Tachyon Helmet
- Nyx Ampulex Helmet
- Nyx Menticide Helmet
- Nyx Vespa Helmet
- Oberon Destrier Helmet
- Oberon Ferosh Helmet
- Oberon Markhor Helmet
- Oberon Oryx Helmet
- Oberon Taurus Helmet
- Octavia Cadenza Helmet
- Revenant Immortuos Helmet
- Revenant Vania Helmet
- Rhino Teutonic Helmet
- Rhino Thrak Helmet
- Rhino Vanguard Helmet
- Rhino Warlust Helmet
- Titania Aurai Helmet
- Titania Mab Helmet
- Trinity Ancyra Helmet
- Trinity Aura Helmet
- Trinity Meridian Helmet
- Trinity Messiah Helmet
- Valkyr Bastet Helmet
- Valkyr Cheetah Helmet
- Valkyr Ion Helmet
- Valkyr Kara Helmet
- Vauban Armistice Helmet
- Vauban Chapelon Helmet
- Vauban Esprit Helmet
- Vauban Gambit Helmet
- Volt Arrester Helmet
- Volt Pulse Helmet
- Volt Relay Helmet
- Volt Storm Helmet
- Volt Thales Helmet