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Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord. His insatiable appetite rewards him with high survivability. Enemies will be eaten. And regurgitated.

Feasting on enemies like his own personal buffet, his hunger for battle is primal. This is Grendel, the devourer, the insatiable.

Dinner is best served with a side of mayhem. Bon appétit, Tenno.
—Lotus

Release Date: October 31st, 2019

Indulge amid the stench of battle as Grendel the voracious gourmand, greedily swallowing armies whole into his fathomless maw. Corpulent and courageous, he consumes prey to invigorate kindred warriors, or disgorges the eaten out drenched in putrid acidic bile. Stampede through strongholds as a spherical menace, leaving cadavers in the wake crushed by his thunderous quake. Grendel's feeding frenzy began in Update 26: The Old Blood.

Acquisition[]

Grendel's main blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Grendel's component blueprints are awarded by completing certain missions on Europa using Locators, which can be purchased from the Arbitration Honors vendor found in any Relay for 25  Vitus Essence each.

Purchasing a Locator will unlock the unique mission associated with it, which guarantees the associated Grendel component as a reward. These missions will have level 25-30 enemies, however players will be unable to use their Gear items, weapons with unique traits (e.g.  Knell's Death Knell) do not function (however, Syndicate Radial Effects from Syndicate Weapons do still occur), Kuva and Tenet weapons will not have their elemental damage bonus, Incarnon weapons will not transform and bonuses from Incarnon evolutions will not apply, Operators cannot be used, and any Focus abilities will be disabled. Also all Mods will be deactivated, except Warframe Augment Mods, which will still work. The effects of Archon Shards also will not apply. Syndicate Death Squads will also not appear in these missions. Arcanes do not work as well.

These missions do not have public matchmaking, requiring players to form pre-made squads.

Locators are only consumed after completing the mission, requiring the purchase of another Locator to unlock once again. However, only the squad host requires a Locator, allowing them to invite other players to participate in the mission, and the component reward will be granted to all players upon completion.

Crafting[]

Manufacturing Requirements
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25,000
1
1
1 		 Orokin Cell
3 		Time: 3 Day(s)
Rush: 50
 Market Price: 325  Blueprints Price: 35,000
Grendel Neuroptics Blueprint

15,000 		 Argon Crystal
2 		 Control Module
5 		 Ferrite
3,500 		 Alloy Plate
3,800 		Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: 25
Grendel Chassis Blueprint

15,000 		 Condroc Wing
25 		 Kuaka Spinal Claw
30 		 Tralok Eyes
20 		 Murkray Liver
15 		Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: 25
Grendel Systems Blueprint

15,000 		 Circuits
1,125 		 Morphics
10 		 Fish Meat
125 		 Fish Oil
100 		Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: 25

Lore & History[]

Karishh's Final Feast[]

Main article: Leverian#Grendel
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Introduction:
Grendel: Primal. Insatiable. And, as this exhibit will demonstrate, a creature of surprising compassion.

After the fall of the Orokin Empire, a surviving Orokin Executor - a violet-scented brute named Karishh - lorded over Europa's frozen, famine-struck city of Riddha.

Safe within his walled manse the moist and loathsome Karishh lived a lavish life while his frail citizens obeyed his every edict in the hope of receiving his pre-masticated table scraps. As the city starved beneath him, Karissh commanded yet another feast for himself and his gluttonous sycophants... twelve courses for each of his twelve grafted digestive sacs... and one... one uninvited guest.

 Masseter:

There remains a shallow trench through the ruins. As if some colossal boulder had crashed from the manse and rolled down the hill... but what if it had rolled... up? Imagine if you will, Karishh's Dax on the day... peering out, dumbstruck by what they saw. They readied no blade, sounded no alarm as the expanding orb of gristle hurtled toward them. And then in a spasm of giblets, Grendel was before them. His 'cutlery' in hand.. the Masseter.

Sumbha Syandana:

Scraps of clothing matching Grendel's unexpectedly elegant Syandana were retrieved from the site, hooked on the remnants of gilded gates, stained with the evidence of his... degustation. Indeed, most of the Orokin hanger-ons who attended the feast... became it. And Karishh himself fled shrieking into the hills of Riddha, as fast as his twelve exo-sac levitators would carry him.

Ancient Allies:

It came as no surprise to me, to find this tiny fragment of Gauss just outside the city. Indeed, if one thing is for certain, wherever we find evidence of Grendel, we're sure to find some trace of Gauss as well. Did they breach the city as a pair? Or did Gauss hang back intercepting returning patrols, generously letting his friend Grendel eat his fill at the feast within?

Grendel Glutt Helmet:

Note the open-face, almost maw-like design. A fitting visage for one of such singular, rapacious predilections. Grendel may hunger, yes, but not with the excesses of gluttony. Not when others are in need. Oral history tells of Grendel, newly-engorged from his repast, rolling through the miserable slums of Riddha, reinvigorating the sick and the lame, the hungry and the dying, with the power he had stolen - consumed - from their oppressors.

Manse Gates:

Here we have shattered fragments of the manse wall and the gate mangled by Grendel's Masseter blade.

One can almost see, the city's masses, newly-rejuvenated by Grendel's healthful blessing, storming the manse. Shattered gates thrown wide, they take back what was theirs. Namely, control of their future.

See here the scattering of genuine Orokin dinnerware. Worn with time, these must have been used for countless meals as the people of Riddha bravely weathered the dark times ahead.

 Grendel:

Many Warframes have speed and litheness but power, momentum, impact... those require mass.

And there... the creased midsection - the seam. Does it split? Yawning with a jagged, vacuous aperture to... to who knows? A certain Orokin may have found out.

That night when the people of Riddha ate their fill, feasting until the frozen mountains lit warmly with the dawn. It was toward those roseate peaks that the Executor fled, pursued by Grendel. What his fate was I cannot say, but as the people feasted, so the story goes, they were suddenly struck by a strange, deep sound. A rumble carried from mountain to mountain: a Single. Satisfied. Belch.

After the Collapse of the Orokin Empire, Karishh found refuge within the frozen, famine-struck city of Riddha, located on Europa. There he would live a lavish life, consuming feast after feast while the emaciated citizens looked on.

The Warframes  Grendel and  Gauss would then appear to liberate Riddha from Karishh's control. Gauss would remain near the entrance of the city, presumably intercepting any returning patrols, while Grendel would go on to plow straight into the city, consuming all of Karishh's sycophants and Dax soldiers. With his gut full, Grendel would then  Nourish all the afflicted masses of Riddha with the power he consumed, leading them to join him in storming the Karishh's manse.

Smashing open the gates with his  Masseter, Grendel would lead the newly reinvigorated citizens, interrupting yet another of Karishh's feasts. The Executor would then flee to the far-off mountains of Riddha, pursued by Grendel. As the citizens sat feasting, Grendel would have a feast of his own, consuming Karishh in one bite.

Notes[]

  • When Grendel wields his signature  Masseter, he will become immune to crowd-control effects while performing Heavy Attacks.
  • Grendel sports the third highest base health of all Warframes, behind  Inaros and  Inaros Prime.
  • Sprint Speed mods do not appear to affect the speed of  Pulverize, however, the  Motus Signal does increase double jump height whilst in the ability.
  • Despite retaining the UI of the last equipped weapon, Grendel is unable to activate Syndicate Radial Effects while in Pulverize.
  • Grendel is able to consume many of the specters in the junctions between planets, largely trivializing each encounter.
  • The following Subsume abilities can not be casted wile  Pulverize is active:
  •  Aquablades
  •  Fire Walker
  •  Molt

Trivia[]

  • Grendel is named for the villainous giant in the epic poem Beowulf. Among Grendel's epithets is "the destroyer and devourer of our human kind," and he is described as eating the flesh from the humans he kills.
    • During his development, Grendel was referred to as the "Oni" Warframe. In Japanese folklore, Oni are depicted as hulking, horned ogres with a penchant for terrorizing humans, up to and including devouring them.
  • Several of Grendel's idle animations as well as the pose he strikes during  Nourish are modeled after Sumo wrestlers.
  • Grendel is the 42nd Warframe to be released (excluding Primed and Umbra variants).
  • Grendel is the first Warframe whose component blueprints are obtained from exclusive mission nodes, which requires Vitus Essences and, in turn, Arbitrations.
  • Grendel was originally intended to release simultaneously with his best friend  Gauss, but required more time for development. As a nod to their friendship, Gauss appears in Grendel's Warframe Profile to receive his support from  Nourish, as well as a mention in Grendel's Leverian exhibit. Grendel also appears in Gauss's profile video riding a K-Drive while Gauss sprints beside him.
  • Grendel's belly maw snaps open with the use of his abilities, namely  Feast and  Regurgitate.
  • Grendel's belly visually enlarges and gains jiggle physics when enemies are eaten and stored with Feast.
  • Voicelines spoken by enemies inside Grendel's gut have a muffled and gurgled sound overlay.
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