Elite Crewman

The Elite Crewmen are a more powerful version of the regular Corpus Crewmen. They wield the Flux Rifle, which fires a sustained laser beam capable of dealing extremely high DPS at medium range, and has the tendency to inflict Slash procs against their foes frequently.

According to their Codex entry, The Elite Crewmen currently appear in Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto and Europa.

Farming LocationsEdit

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the enemies until better facts are proven.

Normal Elite Crewman

Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
Lua	Copernicus	Capture	25 - 30	Orokin Moon
Lua	Zeipel	Rescue	25 - 30	Orokin Moon
Venus	Venera	Capture	5 - 7	Corpus Outpost

TacticsEdit

Elite Crewmen behave similarly to regular Crewmen.
Their Flux Rifle has a significant increase in accuracy compared to Dera rifles used by standard Crewmen.
- These can constantly aim at their targets effectively while dealing devastating damage even against the most durable of Warframes.
- These rifles are exceptionally powerful against the Grineer in comparison with the Dera.
- With these, Elite Crewmen synergize very well along with the Shockwave MOAs as they can chase off their targets constantly even when targets fly off from their places, dealing significant damage without chances of fighting back.
As of Update 11.0, Elite Crewmen bear greater health and shields, allowing them to take more punishment than regular Crewmen.
Unlike their standard counterparts, their helmets cannot be shot off, but they still take the damage multiplier if hit on the head.
As of Update 17.0, Elite Crewmen replace regular Crewmen from about level 15, but not Detron Crewmen, if they appear.

TriviaEdit

The Elite Crewman was first introduced in Operation Arid Fear: Escalation, the second phase of the event.
- Until Update 11.0, Elite Crewmen were exclusive to Alert Missions and Corpus faction swaps in the Orokin Derelict.
Flux Rifle-armed Crewmen can be seen in the diorama for the Sling-Stone Event, roughly half a month before Elite Crewmen were added.
Elite Crewmen can rarely be found wandering in Orokin Derelicts. A possible reason for this: the Derelict vessels are one of the few places which have Orokin technology. This makes them a valuable target, but also a dangerous place to salvage technology from.
Previously, the Elite Crewman was able to sever and dismember the Tenno as like Slash is able to when this was still possible for enemies to do so.

BugsEdit

Rarely, and if left unnoticed, Elite Crewmen have a tendency to constantly shoot their Flux Rifles on idle when immediately terminating their targets.
Elite Crewmen currently are unable to be cut to pieces by Slash weapons. Other enemies that share this bug include the Corpus Warden and Grineer Commander.

VariantsEdit

General		Miscellaneous
Introduced	Update 28.0
Tileset	Corpus Ship	Codex Scans	5
Weapon	Supra	Other Drops	None
Statistics		Mod Drops	Ammo Drum 0.76% Thief's Wit 0.76% 15 Endo 0.76% No Return 0.33% Reaping Spiral 0.33% Hell's Chamber 0.03% 80 Endo 0.03%
Flesh	300
+ ++ ++ - -
Shield	200
++ ++ +++ - -

General		Miscellaneous
Introduced	Update 25.0
Tileset	Corpus Gas City	Codex Scans	5
Weapon	Exergis Prova	Other Drops	None
Statistics		Mod Drops	15 Endo 2.28% Fury 0.17% Infected Clip 0.17% No Return 0.17% 50 Endo 0.17% Gnashing Payara 0.02% Jagged Edge 0.02% 80 Endo 0.02%
Flesh	60
+ ++ ++ - -
Shield	200
++ ++ +++ - -
Base Level	16

General		Miscellaneous
Introduced	Hotfix 24.0.9
Tileset	Orb Vallis	Codex Scans	5
Weapon	Tetra / Prova	Other Drops	None
Statistics		Mod Drops	Metal Fiber 7.59% Pistol Gambit 7.59% Chilling Grasp 0.88% Fury 0.88% Infected Clip 0.88% No Return 0.88% Shotgun Savvy 0.88% Guardian Derision 0.1% Jagged Edge 0.1% Rapid Resilience 0.1% Vital Sense 0.1%
Flesh	300
+ ++ ++ - -
Shield	400
++ ++ +++ - -
Affinity	150
Base Level	1
Spawn Level	30