Operation: Shadow Debt

The Stalker has found others as twisted as himself. He calls them his Acolytes and he's sent them after ME?!

SHHH. I have to be very quiet, they cloak, they could be hiding anywhere… listening to this.

I'm calling in my favor. Break into Corpus and Grineer installations and steal their security data. With enough data, I can determine their cloaking patterns and turn the tables on

these…betrayers."

—A message from Alad V

What You'll need to do

• Help Alad V by completing 4 missions to get data on these Acolytes that are pursuing him.
• Use his signals to track down the mysterious 'Acolytes'!
• Each Acolyte will be detected on a planet – seek them out on various nodes on the listed planet.
• Once the Acolyte is found – the hunt is on! The node will be revealed and players can deploy on this node to hunt out the Acolyte in the level and damage them.
• If enough damage is done, the Acolyte will flee, leaving behind new Mods!
• There are 5 Acolytes in total, find and hunt each of them down until they have 0 Health remaining!
• … but what happens once these 5 Acolytes are killed?

What you need to know

• This Operation is on now until you've killed all 5 Acolytes as a community. Spoilers: Once you've done that, a final challenger will appear which will be active for 3 days! The event duration is however long it takes you as a community to kill the 5 Acolytes, + 3 Days for the final challenger! While it's not required to have encountered any of the 5 Acolytes before facing this Challenger, we encourage you to do so for Mod collecting and helping out the community goal!
• Acolytes will move around to try and escape the hunting tactics of the Tenno – be prepared to seek them out across many planets!

Rewards

Rewards for completing Phase 1

• Complete the first 4 Missions for Alad V: Operation: Shadow Debt Sigil, Orokin Catalyst.

Rewards for completing Phase 2

• Defeat 10 Acolytes in-mission: Operation: Shadow Debt Badge, Orokin Reactor.

• 20 new Event Mods are here, and can be earned as drops from Defeating Acolytes or by playing the bonus final challenger mission. The names of these New mods are as follows, find them in-game to reveal their function:

Name	Description	Dropped By
Blood Rush	Uncommon Melee mod that increases Critical chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Torment
Body Count	A common Melee mod that extends the duration of the Melee Combo Multiplier.	Angst
Weeping Wounds	An uncommon Melee mod that increases Status chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Mania
Maiming Strike	A rare Melee mod that increases the chance of a Critical Hit on slide attacks.
Hydraulic Crosshairs	A common Pistol mod that increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Argon Scope	A rare Rifle mod that increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Laser Sight	An uncommon Shotgun mod that increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Sharpened Bullets	An uncommon Pistol mod that increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.
Bladed Rounds	An uncommon Rifle mod that increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.
Shrapnel Shot	A common Shotgun mod that increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.
Pressurized Magazine	A rare Pistol mod that increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Spring-Loaded Chamber	An uncommon Rifle mod that increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Repeater Clip	An uncommon Shotgun mod that increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Embedded Catalyzer	An uncommon Pistol mod that increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Catalyzer Link	A common Rifle mod that increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Nano-Applicator	A rare Shotgun mod that increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Narrow Barrel
Focused Defense
Guided Ordinance
Targeting Subsystem

• Successfully complete the mission against the final challenger: Vulkar Wraith.
• Clear 15 waves total in the bonus final challenger mission: Acolyte Lacera Skin.

CLAN TROPHY REWARDS

Clan Rewards: All participating Clans will receive an event trophy for their attempts on the bonus final challenger mission. The following table lays out which Trophy your clan will earn depending on the Sum of all participating Members best Wave.

Clan Tier	Terracotta Trophy	Bronze Trophy	Silver Trophy	Gold Trophy
Ghost	25 Waves	50 Waves	75 Waves	100 Waves
Shadow	75 Waves	150 Waves	225 Waves	300 Waves
Storm	250 Waves	500 Waves	750 Waves	1000 Waves
Mountain	750 Waves	1500 Waves	2250 Waves	3000 Waves
Moon	2500 Waves	5000 Waves	7500 Waves	10000 Waves

Notes

• Each Acolyte will hide on a random mission node. Tenno must fan out and scout all mission nodes (no known restrictions at this time) in search of the Acolyte. Once an Acolyte is found, all Tenno will be alerted of its presence within the Acolytes tab of the World State Window.
  • The Acolyte will remain on that node until a set amount of damage (currently 50000 total) has been dealt to it (cumulative from all Tenno contributing).
  • Once the Acolyte has taken its beating, it will find a new node to hide in and the Tenno must search for it once again.
• On mission nodes where they can be found, the Acolyte is hidden within a random room on the map. Upon entering the room the Acolyte is hidden in, the screen will flicker, similarly to other invaders (Stalker, Zanuka, etc.).
  • This means that the Acolyte may be hidden in dead end rooms, or conveniently along the main path of the mission. Acolytes can also spawn in the map's starting room.
• The Operation-only Spy nodes on Mercury and Venus can reward items not usually found in normal missions, such as Transmutation Cores.

Tips

• The Acolytes are not immune to your Warframes' Abilities. Use whatever means possible to take them down.
  • Crowd Control abilities, such as Rhino Stomp or Molecular Prime can be effective at stopping the Acolyte in its tracks. Using certain augments such as Frost's Chilling Globe will also be able to completely freeze them if it successfully procs.
  • Damaging abilities, such at Sonar or Antimatter Drop can do massive amounts of damage to the Acolyte.
    • Note that you can only do a limited amount of damage to the Acolyte within any given mission.

Trivia

• The date on the Alad V mail is January 18, 2016, which marks the initial release goal for this Operation.