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**The [[Clan Dojo]]'s [[Research#Energy Lab|Energy Lab]] has a partially-disassembled Jackal suspended from the ceiling; and |
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Revision as of 10:15, 15 June 2020
Jackal is the final boss of the Venus system, and represents the first Corpus boss that players encounter (excluding Orb-Mothers and Terra boss variants encountered in Orb Vallis). Although a more bulky and old model compared to more recent Corpus robotics, the Jackal possesses invulnerable shields, a giant shockwave ability to knock players down, and one of the most powerful corpus weapons, the Plasma Grenade Cluster. Dissected models of the Jackal can be found in some Grineer tilesets, either showing that the Grineer have an interest in utilizing Corpus technology, or that they have simply purchased merchandise. It can be found on the mission Fossa. After defeating it and finishing the mission, the player will receive 
Rhino component blueprints, as well as a chance to get a 
Stahlta or 
Stropha blueprint.
A Terra variant may spawn in Orb Vallis during high alert state. This variant is considered a common enemy, not a boss, and will neither drop blueprints nor anger the Stalker.
Appearance
The Jackal is a blue and white, quadruped mechanical proxy of the Corpus, modeled similarly to the real Jackal anatomy-wise. Its head is composed of an ocular piece attached to its chassis in a ball-socket joint manner, of which it has two yellow mechanical-eyes with two short antennae strewn forward abductively along with a long downward "jaw" attached, much like an osprey's ocular piece. It mounts a pair of heavy turrets hidden inside its ear shutters along with a pair of presumably ammunition boxes. It has four three-jointed mechanical legs connecting in a hinge-jointed manner with three-fingered mechanical fingers on its end, much of it composed of machinery ball-socket-jointed to the chassis.
The Jackal, like other bosses, has unique taunts. Here is a list of them:
New taunts currently missing
Behavior
The Jackal can stomp around with its massive legs and uses various gunfire and grenade weaponry.
- Turret: Two cheek-mounted turrets fire volley of machine gunfire.
- Rippling Shockwave: Stomps the ground with its massive legs, producing a shockwave that knocks Tenno off their feet and disables Warframe Abilities.
- Plasma Grenade Cluster: Deposits a volley of plasma grenades that shortly explode after sticking to the ground.
- Grid Wall: After one of its legs is shot, the Jackal floats into the air and deploys a large grid wall in an X shape, which sweeps around the room. They start off blue, but begin to do damage after turning red. In subsequent phases, the grid wall will pause to rotate in the opposite direction. The wall can be bullet jumped over, and the Tenno can wall jump across the ceiling to stay above it.
- Massive Shockwave: Following the Grid Wall, the Jackal drops down onto the ground, creating a large shockwave, but is left vulnerable to the Parazon.
- Electric Field: An environmental hazard created by the four pillars in the room of Phase 2 when destroyed by the Jackal's attacks, dealing high Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Strategy
Phase 1
After activating the terminal to "Deploy Jackal", the platform in the middle will rise to reveal a rather small MOA, much to the Lotus's surprise who expected it to be bigger. Shortly after, the real Jackal drops in from the ceiling, crushing the MOA under its massive frame.
The Jackal's main body is protected by invulnerable shielding, but its four legs are vulnerable. Destroying one of the legs will force it to engage its Grid Wall and Massive Shockwave. Afterward, it can be stabbed with the Parazon.
Phase 2
After being stabbed once, a cinematic shows the Jackal retreating to an adjacent, identical room, followed by the Tenno's Parazon lasso. The process simply needs to be repeated three more times on the Jackal's remaining legs.
Summary
- Phase 1: Destroy one leg, survive Grid Wall and Massive Shockwave, then stab with Parazon.
- Phase 2: Repeat above three more times until it is defeated.
Variants
| Terra Jackal | General | Drops | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:|200x200px]] |
Introduced | Update 24.0 (2018-11-08) | Mod Drops: Organ Shatter 7.588% Reach 7.588% Fever Strike 0.738% Molten Impact 0.738% North Wind 0.738% Reflex Coil 0.738% Shocking Touch 0.738% Stretch 0.738% Life Strike 0.202% Split Chamber 0.202% | |
| Tileset | Orb Vallis | |||
| Ability |  Electric Shield
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| Codex Scans | 3 | |||
| Statistics | ||||
| Robotic | 3,000 | |||
 +  ++  +  -  -
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| Proto Shield | 3,000 | |||
 + + +++ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐
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| Alloy Armor | 100 | |||
+ + +++ ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐
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| Affinity | 1,000 | |||
| Base Level | 1 | |||
| Spawn Level | 19 | |||
Volt's Electric Shield or a Shield Dargyn's barrier. While the barrier is active, its shields will regenerate at a rapid pace.Trivia
- The Jackal boss fight was completely reworked in Update 28.0 (2020-06-11). The Jackal's outer texture was changed from dull yellow to dark blue with white stripes. The model itself has not changed (though has been slightly upscaled) but recieved several new skeletal animations.
- The Jackal is the first Corpus boss (excluding Orb-Mothers in Orb Vallis), and the first non-quest boss that players will encounter.
- While players only fight it on Venus, the Jackal is perhaps the most ubiquitous boss in the game. Aside from the Jackal itself and its Vallis counterparts;
- The Jackal's design serves as the template for the Lynx and the Razorback, with the Lynx, in particular, appearing in one Grineer Data Vault layout;
- The Clan Dojo's Energy Lab has a partially-disassembled Jackal suspended from the ceiling; and
- The Jackal, either in one piece or in individual components, serves as an occasional decoration in various tilesets.
- The MOA that appears in the Jackal cinematic has been named "Popcorn" by the community and developers.
- Hotfix 28.0.1 (2020-06-11) added Popcorn to Iron Wake.
References To Dark Sector
- The original Dark Sector demo showed the Lasrian troopers releasing a Jackal on Hayden Tenno.
- Unlike its Warframe counterpart, this model was shorter, chunkier, and is equipped with a more visual set of Gatling guns.
- It is also shown in the trailer (2004) of Dark Sector under a completely different design, yet still heavily resembling Jackal.
Bugs
- Briefly, after Hotfix 20.0.4 (2017-03-27) and Hotfix 20.0.5 (2017-03-28), the Jackal would drop
Gorgon Wraith parts because of a bug that shared the drop table update to the Razorback.
Media
Patch History
Hotfix 28.0.3 (2020-06-12)
- Removed the unintended Riven Sliver drop from the Jackal when it is below Level 41. We have, however, kept the Riven Sliver drop if the Jackal is above Level 41 (Sortie).
- Fixes towards Clients sometimes being left in the first stage Jackal arena if you died/Revived before the second stage.
- Fixed the Parazon Jackal Finisher not working if you Revived after he landed into his stun, were using an Exalted weapon, or Transferred to the Operator.
Hotfix 28.0.2 (2020-06-11)
- Removed the ability to skip transition cinematic in the Jackal Arena fight due to resulting in many broken states.
- Fixed the Jackal getting stuck in midair while doing its ‘UFO’ attack, resulting in an inability to progress in the fight. If you still see this, let us know.
- Fixed a crash when attempting to skip the Jackal 2nd phase cut scene after a Host migration had occurred.
- Fixed electric sparks audio in Jackal arena not ending when the FX expires.
Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)
- JACKAL REWORK
Return to Fossa to face an upgraded threat. Equipped with a suite of the latest technology and upgraded combat capabilities, the Corpus have spent mind-boggling sums of Credits for the sole purpose of taking you out.
- (Undocumented) The Jackal encountered in the Orb Vallis has been renamed Terra Jackal.
Hotfix 27.4.2 (2020-05-04)
- Fixed an issue with Jackal functionality in terms of boss properly navigating rooms.
- Fixed the Jackal getting stuck in various room geometry.
Update 7.8 (2013-04-19)
- Sniper ammo now drops from containers during Jackal fight
