Höllvania

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Höllvania

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Höllvania is a city-state located on Earth during the year 1999. It is available after completing The Hex, using the Pom-2 found on the Orbiter's Landing Craft, the Höllvania Central Mall, or Backroom.

Ravaged by the  Techrot, Höllvania's once-bustling city streets have been reduced to rubble or overrun by the Infested mass. The Höllvanian government responded by dispatching the  Scaldra armed forces, who have set up checkpoints and barricades across the streets. Race along the roads with the Atomicycle, or stalk the rooftops to take up firing positions.

As the Scaldra control the surface, the Techrot run rampant in the underground and dominate the subterranean caves and malls.

Lore & History

Höllvania is an ancient walled city-state that was founded during the reign of an individual named the Radiant Khan.

Due to an outbreak of the  Techrot within Höllvania, martial law has been decreed. The state's military force, the  Scaldra, now keep the nation under a strict quarantine, locking down any roads in and out.

As the Techrot infests and corrupts Höllvania's districts, numerous buildings and apartments can be seen covered in bulbous fumigation tents, while Efervon Gas is continually pumped in to disinfect the interiors.

While civilians are present within the city, the Scaldra appear have to no intentions of actually saving them, enforcing strict curfews and openly defaming  The Hex, with the gas they employ being just as harmful to humans. Lieutenant Viktor Vodyanoi also sees the Techrot crisis as an opportunity to purge undesirable individuals from Höllvania.

Enemies

Scaldra	Techrot
Scaldra Jaeger Scaldra Flayer Scaldra Barbican Scaldra Eradicator Scaldra Dedicant Scaldra TI-92 H-04 Efervon Tank H-09 Efervon Tank/H-09 Apex (First Form)	Techrot Galliflex Techrot Volatile Galliflex Techrot Miasmite Techrot Matmas Techrot Skuzzi Techrot Obsolyte Techrot Babau Legacyte H-09 Efervon Tank/H-09 Apex (Second Form)

Missions

Target	Name	Type	Level	Credit Reward	Additional Credit Reward	Tile Set	Mastery EXP	Internal Name	Hidden Node
	Lower Vehrvod	Faceoff	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode855	❌
	Victory Plaza	Assassination	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode856	❌
	Köbinn West	Legacyte Harvest	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode850	❌
	Old Konderuk	Hell-Scrub	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode852	❌
	Vehrvod District	Faceoff	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode857	❌
	Rhu Manor	Exterminate	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode854	❌
	Mausoleum East	Exterminate	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode853	❌
	Mischta Ramparts	Hell-Scrub	65 - 70	7,400	0	Höllvania	0	SolNode851	❌

Features

Unique Enemies

There are two new enemy factions that occupy Höllvania: the  Scaldra soldiers that battle with  Corrosive and  Gaseous Efervon, and the  Techrot that occupy computer-like systems. Generally, the Scaldra claim the streets of Höllvania, while the Techrot dominate the city's underground centers, though certain mission modifiers may allow the Techrot to emerge from the surface.

Weather

There are four seasons that span across the entire year: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn. This affects the appearance of the tileset, and increases the spawns of a particular Eximus type:

• Winter: Arctic Eximus
• Spring: Jade Light Eximus
• Summer: Arson Eximus
• Autumn: Energy Leech Eximus

The seasons span three months of in-game time:

• Winter: January, February, March
• Spring: April, May, June
• Summer: July, August, September
• Autumn: October, November, December

Seasons advance weekly at Monday 00:00 UTC.

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Hex Treasure

Hex Treasures are Höllvania's counterpart of Syndicate Medallions for  The Hex. Up to 8 treasures can spawn within a mission, with a potential 9th found in Techrot Safes.

Techrot Safes

Techrot Safe and Biocode In game

A single Techrot Safe can be found within any Höllvania mission (except Exterminate) and can be opened with a nearby Biocode, awarding  100,000, an Arcane Enhancement ( Arcane Bellicose,  Arcane Truculence,  Arcane Impetus,  Arcane Camisado,  Arcane Crepuscular,  Primary Crux,  Secondary Enervate,  Melee Doughty), and a Hex Treasure. They are waypointed once the player is within 100 meters of them. Drops from the safe are not squadwide.

The Biocode is placed somewhere within the same tile of the Safe, indicated by a faint blue glow and a humming noise distinct from Hex Treasures. They are considered a resource that can appear on the minimap via Radar mods like  Loot Detector or  Thief's Wit, and can be detected by Orokin Eye or  Golden Instinct. As carriables, the Biocode will disable the use of primary weapons.

Scaldra Supply Cache

Efervon Charge In game

Exclusive to Exterminate missions, Scaldra Supply Caches are sealed up boxes which can be opened with nearby Efervon Charges equal to 1 + Number of Squad Members, awarding an Arcane Enhancement ( Arcane Bellicose,  Arcane Truculence,  Arcane Impetus,  Arcane Camisado,  Arcane Crepuscular,  Primary Crux,  Secondary Enervate,  Melee Doughty) but sending stronger enemy reinforcements (Scaldra Stormfall paratroopers or Techrot Infested Spawn Pods) while also increasing enemy levels by 20. Upon nearing a Scaldra Supply Cache, players have 2 minutes to open it before it self-destructs and destroys its contents. Drops from a cache are squadwide.

Efervon Charges are indicated by green pillars of light and emit a low humming sound, and are automatically waypointed once the player is within 8 meters of one. They do not appear on the minimap via Radar mods like  Loot Detector or  Thief's Wit, nor can they be detected by Orokin Eye or  Golden Instinct. They will always spawn in the same location within a tile. As carriables, the charges will disable the use of primary weapons.

Notes

• While Acolytes do spawn on The Steel Path, the other Assassins, such as The Stalker, The Grustag Three, Zanuka Hunter and Syndicate Death Squads cannot spawn, even when the respective Beacon is used.
• Due to story reasons, the Operator cannot appear in Höllvania. While the Operator can still be selected and customized in the Backroom, initiating Transference still forces control of the Drifter.
• Eximus have a much higher spawn rate in Höllvania missions.
• Converted Kuva Liches and Sisters of Parvos can still aid you in battle if you're defeated.
• All kinds of Alerts, Void Fissures, Syndicate Missions, Sorties and Archon Hunts cannot happen in Höllvania.

Trivia

• The name "Höllvania" is possibly derived from German hölle, meaning "hell", and the suffix -sylvania present in names like Transylvania, which describes something pertaining to forests.
• While its exact location on Earth is never confirmed, Höllvania's architecture appears to mainly be inspired by that of Central and Eastern Europe, especially the countries of the former Soviet Union-influenced Eastern Bloc such as Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
  • Arthur mentions that there are mountains to the north of the city-state.
  • The skybox features two large ships akin to cruise liners, implying that Höllvania has access to a sea, an ocean or a large river such as the Danube.
  • The "Radiant Khan" mentioned as the reason why Höllvania is surrounded by walls could be an indication that the city is located in an area that was subject to Mongol (or equivalent) invasion.
• As with many other elements of 1999 that look to be spiritual successors to Digital Extremes' previous game Dark Sector, Höllvania can be seen as a spiritual successor to Lasria, the fictional post-Soviet state which suffers the outbreak of the Technocyte Virus and the lockdown by Lasrian Military, similar to the Techrot plague and the Scaldra military seen in Höllvania.

Media

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

The full flag of Höllvania, including the city sigil depicting Sol and Lua.

The summer skybox, showing the environment surrounding Höllvania, located in a valley between mountains and access to a port.

Patch History

Hotfix 38.0.5 (2024-12-18)

• Höllvania missions that must be completed to receive the 1999 Steel Path Trophy/Emote are now marked with an “!” icon.
  • As a refresher, earning the 1999 Steel Path Trophy and Emote requires you to complete all missions on the Normal Path before any Steel Path node completion would count towards the Steel Path Trophy. This set-up is different from other Regions, and has led to a lot of confusion from players who have completed all of the Steel Path nodes but have not received the Trophy/Emote inbox. Changing the logic requires a Code Fix, which we unfortunately could not implement before the holidays, so this is our workaround for the time being.
  • Now, if you have NOT completed all missions on the Normal Path (and therefore cannot earn Trophy progress for the Steel Path nodes), this “!” icon should help indicate that your Steel Path progress is not being registered. With the aid of our PSA, players hopefully then know they are missing a Normal Path node that they must play for Steel Path progress to be registered. We know this is far from ideal, but we wanted to at least have some visual indication of “completion is not being registered” while we work on a better fix.
• Fixed performance issues caused by the enemy spawns after opening Scaldra Caches in Höllvania Exterminate missions.
• Fixes towards script error caused by the pools of Efervon released from the tanks in Höllvania.

Hotfix 38.0.4 (2024-12-17)

• Improved the Biocode spawn distances to make them easier to find in relation to the Techrot Safe.
  • Also increased the VFX on Biocodes to make them easier to see in Höllvania.
  • Also fixed issues with being unable to interact with the Techrot Safe’s context action.
• Added a new SFX when picking up Hex Treasures in Höllvania missions.
  • Also increased the volume of the hum to help you locate them.
• Fixed rare script error caused by exploding propane tanks in Höllvania.

Hotfix 38.0.3 (2024-12-16)

• Fixed instances where Hex Treasures could spawn inside of the Höllvania tile, making them impossible to collect.
• Fixed filepath showing up for the Höllvania Bounty Board in the map legend.
• Fixed gaps and floating mesh issues in the Höllvania tileset.
• Fixed script error in Höllvania Exterminate missions.
• Fixed script error in the Höllvania streaming tunnel.

Hotfix 38.0.2 (2024-12-14)

• Fixed cases of enemies not spawning in Scaldra Exterminate missions (notably Masoleum East in Höllvania).

Hotfix 38.0.1 (2024-12-14)

• Fixed players being unable to earn Steel Path trophies for Höllvania missions.
  • With this fix, in order to properly unlock the Höllvania Steel Path nodes to get your trophy please proceed with the following:
    • 1: complete all 1999 nodes on normal difficulty -- you're now officially qualified to make progress on the Steel Path versions!
    • 2: complete all those 1999 nodes again on Steel Path difficulty -- you get a trophy!
  • A full breakdown can be found here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1426240-psa-steel-path-trophies-on-h%C3%B6llvania-post-hotfix-3801/
• Fixed the "Kill X Eximus" 1999 Calendar To Do challenge not progressing when killing Eximus in Höllvania.
• Fixed Dante's Noctua not utilizing equipped mods when loading into Höllvania missions from the Mall.
• Fixed Biocodes (used to open Techrot Safes) not being detected by Golden Instinct and Orokin Eye.
• Fixed instances where the Legacyte in Legacyte Harvest missions could get stuck in certain Hollvania tiles.
• Fixed Atomicycle SFX fading in and out while loading into missions started from Höllvania Central Mall.
• Fixed minimap being broken in certain Höllvania tiles.
• Fixed mesh overlapping issues throughout the Höllvania tileset.
• Fixed a couple floating snowpiles in the Winter Höllvania tileset.
• Fixed floating pillars in the Höllvania tileset.
• Fixed gaps in the buildings and walls in the Höllvania tileset.
• Fixed several floating props and clipping issues in the Hollvania tileset.
• Fixed lighting intersecting into the ground and causing strange patterns in certain areas of the Höllvania tileset.
• Fixes towards crashes when leaving certain Höllvania tiles.
• Fixed script error caused by some of the destructible vehicles in Höllvania. Hope the Höllvanians have good car insurance...

Update 38.0 (2024-12-13)

• Introduced.