Operation: Orphix Venom

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Quotes

Stop the Sentients!

Father is putting his Necramechs to the challenge in Operation: Orphix Venom! The Sentients have resumed their campaign against the Origin System and have deployed weaponized pulses cleverly designed to disable Warframes! Arm your Necramech to take on the Sentient Orphix, or Transference into a fallen Necramech found in the Operation.

Operation: Orphix Venom is an event released on December 18, 2020. It is the second Sentient invasion against the Origin System as part of The New War story arc.

The event will last from December 18, 2020 2:50 PM ET to January 18, 2021 2:00 PM ET on PC.

Event Synopsis

Following the Tenno's victory and the Sentients' defeat in Operation: Scarlet Spear, Erra and the Sentients have retreated and went into hiding. The second Sentient invasion in the Origin System thus begins, and the Orphix Sentient Units return, but this time they have been taught to override Warframes by deploying weaponized pulses cleverly designed to disable them, leaving the Necramechs as the Tenno's last option.

During the Operation, Natah transmits messages to the Tenno, revealing that she was the one who taught the Orphix to disable Warframes. Her messages about deploying the Orphix series reveal a code that when put together says: "I AM DYING".

How to Start

To participate in the event, players must have completed The War Within and Heart of Deimos quests to gain access to Operator mode and to perform Transference into fallen Necramechs.

There are three event missions that can be accessed from the Star Chart's alert bar:

• Normal, located on Europa using the Corpus Ship tileset
• Advanced, located on Saturn using the Grineer Galleon tileset
• Endurance, located on Jupiter cycling between the Corpus Gas City, Corpus Ship, and Grineer Galleon tilesets every hour

Event Rewards

Mission Completion

Completing Operation: Orphix Venom missions with a certain number of points will yield one-time rewards.

Mission	Required Points	Reward
Normal	500	Operation Orphix Venom Emblem Emblem
Advanced	1,000	Ayatan Hemakara Sculpture
Endurance	2,000	Aura Forma + Mausolon Supulchrax Skin

Clan Leaderboards and Clan Trophies

Clan Scores are determined based on the sum of all participating members' best scores. They are balanced around about 50% member participation for Gold Tier trophies.

Clan Tier	Terracotta	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Ghost	1,390	5,860	13,920	18,850
Shadow	3,510	22,275	69,120	137,250
Storm	11,700	75,250	230,400	457,500
Mountain	35,100	222,750	691,200	1,372,500
Moon	117,000	742,500	2,304,000	4,575,000

Shop

Father in the Necralisk on Deimos will have a shop where players can spend their earned  Phasic Cells, including a brand-new Warframe, his helmet, and his weapon, new Necramech mods and cosmetics, and items previously available from Operation: Scarlet Spear.

•  Lavos Blueprint & Parts
•  Cedo Blueprint & Parts
• New Necramech Mods
  •  Necramech Deflection
  •  Necramech Rebuke
  •  Necramech Repair
  •  Necramech Enemy Sense
  •  Necramech Augur
  •  Necramech Rage
  •  Necramech Aviator
• New Cosmetics:
  • Lavos Cordatus Helmet
  • Cryptanaut Necramech Helmet
  • Cortege Supulchrax Skin
  • Morgha Supulchrax Skin
  • Lavos In Action Glyph

View New Event Rewards List▾▾

 Lavos Blueprint
(1,500)

 Lavos Neuroptics Blueprint
(1,000)

 Lavos Chassis Blueprint
(1,000)

 Lavos Systems Blueprint
(1,000)

Lavos Cordatus Helmet
(1,500)

 Cedo Blueprint
(1,500)

 Cedo Barrel
(1,000)

 Cedo Receiver
(1,000)

 Cedo Stock
(1,000)

Cryptanaut Necramech Helmet
(750)

Cortege Supulchrax Skin
(750)

Morgha Supulchrax Skin
(750)

 Necramech Deflection
(500)

 Necramech Rebuke
(500)

 Necramech Repair
(500)

 Necramech Enemy Sense
(500)

 Necramech Augur
(500)

 Necramech Rage
(500)

 Necramech Aviator
(500)

Lavos In Action Glyph
(100)

• Returning Scarlet Spear items:
  •  Ceti Lacera Blueprint
  •  Basmu Blueprint
  • Stance Forma Blueprint
  • The Ballroom Simulacrum
  • Phased Clan Sigil
  • Glyphed Clan Sigil
  • Gilded Clan Sigil
  • Warframe Arcanes

View Returning Event Rewards List▾▾

 Ceti Lacera Blueprint
(2,000)

 Basmu Blueprint
(1,500)

Stance Forma Blueprint
(1,000)

The Ballroom Simulacrum
(1,000)

Phased Clan Sigil
(200)

Glyphed Clan Sigil
(200)

Gilded Clan Sigil
(200)

 Arcane Tempo
(200)

 Arcane Consequence
(200)

 Arcane Momentum
(200)

 Arcane Ice
(200)

 Arcane Nullifier
(200)

 Arcane Warmth
(200)

 Arcane Resistance
(300)

 Arcane Healing
(300)

 Arcane Deflection
(300)

 Arcane Victory
(300)

 Arcane Strike
(300)

 Arcane Awakening
(300)

 Arcane Guardian
(300)

 Arcane Phantasm
(300)

 Arcane Eruption
(300)

 Arcane Agility
(300)

 Arcane Acceleration
(300)

 Arcane Trickery
(300)

 Arcane Velocity
(300)

 Arcane Precision
(400)

 Arcane Pulse
(400)

 Arcane Ultimatum
(400)

 Arcane Aegis
(400)

 Arcane Arachne
(400)

 Arcane Rage
(400)

 Arcane Fury
(400)

 Arcane Avenger
(400)

 Arcane Energize
(800)

 Arcane Grace
(800)

 Arcane Barrier
(800)

• To buy all Orphix Venom event-exclusive (or at the very least time-exclusive) items at least once, players will need 15,350 Phasic Cells.
• To buy all Scarlet Spear event-exclusive (or at the very least time-exclusive) items at least once, players will need 6,100 Phasic Cells.
• To buy all Arcanes available through the event to max rank, players will need 218,400 Phasic Cells.

Mission Rewards

The mission reward rotation is AABC. Every three destroyed Orphix will reward an item from the rotation table.

View Mission Rewards List▾▾

• Normal
• Advanced
• Endurance

Locations:

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Phasic Cells/Scoring

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Score Gain

Orphix #	Score per Orphix
	Normal	Advanced	Endurance
1	100	150	200
2	100	150	200
3	100	150	200
4	150	200	250
5	150	200	250
6	150	200	250
...
24	450	500	550
...
36	N/A	N/A	750
Total	6,600	7,800	17,100

 Phasic Cells are a unique event-exclusive currency that can be gained by completing Orphix Venom missions. They are earned at the rate of 1 Phasic Cells per 10 points. For every second that there are no active Orphix on the map, players will earn 2 points. Additional points can be earned for each Sentient killed and a base 100/150/200 points are rewarded for destroying Orphix on Normal/Advanced/Endurance missions. Score gain per destroyed Orphix will scale in all difficulties based on the following formula:

Score per Orphix = $\text{Base points} + 50\times(\text{N}-1)$

where N is the number of reward rotations, up to 8 for Normal/Advanced missions and 12 for Endurance.

Phasic Cells gained in a mission = $\frac{\text{Total score}}{10}$ rounded down

Score Gain

Enemy Type	Score per kill
Battalyst	1
Brachiolyst	1
Ortholyst	1
Choralyst	2
Conculyst	2
Symbilyst	3
Summulyst	3
Aerolyst	??

Each Orphix has an initial value of 100 points in the first Operation mission. As your fight evolves, so will the Orphix, awarding you more points at a greater difficulty. Orphix will be worth 200 points at the hardest difficulty (Endurance), and scale up from there! Kill Sentients to increase your score as well. The higher your score, the more Phasic Cells you'll walk away with. Try to survive for as long as you can - 36 Orphix will be the maximum amount in the Endurance mission, so once you've hit 36, it's time to extract! The first two Operation missions have a limit of 24 Orphix. Players looking to maximize their score should head to Endurance!

Phasic Cells can be earned in any Operation mission. But remember - Endurance gives the most points per Orphix, so you'll earn the most Phasic Cells there. A prepared and coordinated squad even more so! While this Operation is possible Solo, best results will come from coordinated Squads!

Mechanics

Enemy Scaling

Orphix #	Orphix/Enemy Level
	Normal	Advanced	Endurance
1	15	25	35
2	16	26	36
3	17	27	37
4	18	28	38
5	19	29	39
6	20	30	40
...
22	38?	48?	69
23	38?	48?	71?
24	38?	48?	74
25	N/A	N/A	77
26	N/A	N/A	80
27	N/A	N/A	83
28	N/A	N/A	85
29	N/A	N/A	88
30	N/A	N/A	92
31	N/A	N/A	95
32	N/A	N/A	97
33	N/A	N/A	102
34	N/A	N/A	104
35	N/A	N/A	107
36	N/A	N/A	110

The event missions are modified Survival missions that require players to defeat Orphixes in a timely manner in order to survive.

Orphix Spawns

Orphix spawns are not random and occur once every 1 minute and 30 seconds, cycling through three distinct tile locations. The following diagram shows how the Orphix spawn locations are laid out in a linear fashion.

  Tile A ---> Tile B --->  Tile C ---\
    ^                                |  
    |                                v
    \<--- Tile A <--- Tile B <--- Tile C
   

Example Orhpix spawns

The first Orphix will spawn at Tile A. The second Orphix will spawn at Tile B. The third and fourth Orphix will spawn at Tile C. From the fifth Orphix onward, the Orphix's spawn will cycle in either an ABBACC pattern or a BAABCC pattern. Note that spawning tiles will be adjacent but not necessarily in linear arrangement and probably have branch paths that lead to dead ends.

Fighting the Orphix

Orphix radiate a pulse field that disables Warframes and dispels any buffs and active abilities. Crossing into the pulse field with the Warframe will force the player into Operator mode to rely on their Necramechs via Necramech Summon. If the player does not own a Necramech, there will be fallen Necramechs to use Transference into, which are rank 30 and equipped with a  Mausolon but are unmodded.

There are two distinct phases when fighting an Orphix: destroying Orphix Resonators and weakening the Orphix.

Possible Orphix Enemy Wave Spawns^{Confirmation needed}

4-5 Brachiolysts

3 Brachiolysts, 1 Aerolyst/Battalyst/Conculyst/Symbolyst

2 Brachiolysts, 2 Symbolysts

2 Brachiolysts, 1 Battalyst, 1 Conculyst

Summulysts, Choralysts, Ortholysts

The Orphix is protected by three or more Orphix Resonators near it and can only be damaged when all Resonators are destroyed, opening up its center blue cavity to spawn more Sentient troops to help defend it. In ascending order of frequency, Orphix can spawn Aerolysts, Summulysts, Choralysts, Ortholysts, Symbilysts, Conculysts, Battalysts, and Brachiolysts. At 50% health, the Orphix will close up its cavity to respawn Resonators. Once the Orphix is dead, all Sentient enemies spawned by that Orphix will disappear. The Sentient control meter will also decrease by 50% upon defeating an Orphix.

After successfully destroying three Orphix, players may extract or continue destroying more Orphix, up to a maximum of 24 in normal/advanced missions and 36 in the endurance mission. Orphix will continue to spawn even if one is active; if Orphix are left active for 100 seconds (100% Sentient control), players cannot continue and are forced to extract. A mission failure will result if Sentient control reaches 100% when the player has not destroyed three Orphix.

Orphix Damage Resistance

Main article: Orphix#Damage Resistance

Orphix possess DR that scales depending on your weapon's DPS excluding Critical Hits. DPS is calculated by:

$(\text{total damage})\cdot(\text{total fire rate})\cdot(\text{total multishot})\cdot(\text{body part multipliers})$

Critical Hits are applied after DR is calculated. Additionally, the average DPS is calculated using Health Modifiers and is quantized.

${ \text{Damage Modifier} = \begin{cases} 1,\; & \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 1000 \\ 0.7 + \frac{300}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 1000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 2500 \\ 0.5 + \frac{800}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 2500 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 5000 \\ 0.2 + \frac{2300}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 5000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \leq 10000 \\ 0.02 + \frac{4100}{\text{DPS}_{Average}},\; & 10000 < \text{DPS}_{Average} \end{cases} }$

Notes

• The Necramech Summon has a 1 minute cooldown to revive the Necramech instead of the usual 3 minutes.
• Players must hit the glowing blue cavity of Orphix with a direct hit to deal damage with area of effect weapons. Radial damage will not damage Orphix.
• Resource Boosters and Smeeta Kavat's  Charm does not affect the number of Phasic Cells rewarded from event missions as they are directly rewarded based on point score rather than as a drop.
• Orphix Resonators have 3,000 Object health.
• The event missions count towards challenges that involve survival missions, such as weekly Nightwave Acts.
• Tenno Specters will be killed instantly if affected by the Orphix pulse field.

Tips

• Orphix Resonators can be instantly destroyed with the Operator's Void Blast or Necramech's Melee, Slide, and Slam Attack.
•  Fluctus and  Zenith have infinite punch through and can damage the Orphix Resonators from everywhere.
•  Mausolon's alt fire and  Arquebex deal massive damage to Orphix.
•  Ironbride is capable of damaging the Orphix from any angle.
• Warframes can still use their abilities outside the pulse field. The following Warframes can continuously generate energy orbs for Necramechs:
  •  Gara's  Spectrorage with  Spectrosiphon augment
  •  Hildryn's  Aegis Storm
  •  Nekros's  Desecrate (can affect corpses inside the pulse field)
  •  Protea's  Dispensary
• Use Voidrig's Storm Shroud and Bonewidow's Meathook and Shield Maiden to stay alive.
  •  Necramech Rage aids in maintaining energy to cast abilities.
  •  Necramech Repair can greatly improve the Necramech's survivability.
• Building for and will allow for maximum damage against the armored Orphix.

Media

Warframe - Operation Orphix Venom Intro -4K-

Warframe - Operation- Orphix Venom Cinematic

How to complete Operation- Orphix Venom for Beginners - Warframe

External Links

• Operation: Orphix Venom (Live on PC)! forum post
• Event leaderboards
• Google Doc Spreadsheet with calculatable costs
• Reddit post confirming the existence of Natah's secret message

Patch History

Hotfix 29.6.3 (2020-12-22)

Operation

Orphix Venom Changes & Fixes:

• Fixed players being prevented from summoning Necramechs if they are too far away (applies to the Operation and Landscapes).
• Fixed an issue where Leaderboard scores were not appearing if you had a higher score before they were added. Your score shown on Profile from before the Leaderboard went live will not appear on the Leaderboard. This change just means that you can now set a Leaderboard score if it’s lower than what your Profile shows.

Hotfix 29.6.2 (2020-12-22)
With this Hotfix comes the enabling of Operation: Orphix Venom Leaderboards and Clan Trophies!

You can find links here to view the Leaderboards outside of game:

Human Readable:

http://content.warframe.com/dynamic/orphixVenom.php

Bot & Tool Readable:

http://content.warframe.com/dynamic/orphixVenomJS.php

Full Operation and Clan Trophy Details here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1241211-operation-orphix-venom-live-on-pc/

Operation: Orphix Venom Changes & Fixes:

• Reduced the bright screen range from the Orphix death to 25 meter range (from 120 meter).
• We now show your current amount of Phasic Cells in Father’s Operation shop in the Necralisk
• Operation Orphix will now sort higher on Navigation’s list of current events than fissures or ghouls
• Optimized the behaviour that when casting Voidrig’s Guard Mode with exactly 50 energy, you just jam your guns and go through the animations without actually being able to use the ability. You can no longer cast when you’re at exactly 50 energy.
• Changed the height threshold for Necramechs to do the ‘hard landing’ behaviour to be much higher. This change was made because often you’d just hop on a flat floor and be stuck in the ‘hard landing’ behaviour animations which would disrupt flow.
• Fixed a case where you’d be unable to use Abilities in your Necramech if you resummoned it and its last position was inside an Nullifier.
• Fixed some erroneous ‘Up/Down’ actions visible for players in a Necramech.
• Fixed being able to damage an Orphix before it spawned (i.e slashing empty air).

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with Sentients persisting after Host Migration when an Orphix is destroyed.
• Fixed being able to use a Warframe if you bleed out in the Orphix zone as seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/kh7x8v/getting_revived_near_an_orphix_makes_your/

Hotfix 29.6.1 (2020-12-18)

• Fixed several crashes related to Operation: Orphix Venom.
• Fixed two players being able to occupy the same Necramech in Operation: Orphix Venom.
• Fixed a crash associated with Equinox abilities on Orphix Venom.
• Fixed an issue where Orphix would not be destroyed even if their health was at 0.

Update 29.6 (2020-12-18)

• Introduced.