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

Operation: Shadow Debt is an event released with Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25). Calling in his favor from The Second Dream, Alad V requests the Tenno's aid in hunting down the Stalker's newly-minted Acolytes. The event started on January 26, 2016 for PC.

Mechanics

What You'll Need To Do

• In order to track down the Acolytes, players will first be tasked in acquiring security data from Grineer and Corpus systems so that Alad V can pinpoint their locations.
  • The first two missions are Spy missions set on Mercury and Venus respectively. Players must successfully break into at least two data vaults for a successful mission.
  • The last two missions are Mobile Defense missions set on Earth and Jupiter respectively. They are otherwise identical to regular Mobile Defense missions.
• Once all the security data has been collected, the Acolytes will be detected for the community to locate and hunt down. There are six Acolytes in total.
  • An Acolyte will be located on a given planet and players must locate the mission node where he or she is found. Once the Acolyte's mission node is located, their location is announced in the Operations tab in the Mission selection screen.
  • To hunt down an Acolyte, players must selected the mission node and explore the map. The Acolyte can spawn in any location of the map, ranging from dead-end rooms to the mission path. The Acolyte will announce his or her presence to the player in a manner similar to the Stalker and will spawn shortly afterward.
  • Once the Acolyte spawns, players must damage the Acolyte until it leaves, whereupon it drops a mod.
  • All Acolytes have a global health bar that is reduced by community effort with no given time limit. Once the health bar reaches 0%, the Acolyte is killed. Be warned however; the Acolytes will move to different mission nodes and even planets to evade their hunters, so be vigilant.
• Once five Acolytes are defeated, the final Acolyte will spawn. Unlike the previous five, the final acolyte will only last for 3 days.

What You Need To Know

• This Operation will last until 5 Acolytes have been killed by the community, plus the three days that the 6th will be available.
• While it's not required to have encountered any of the first 5 Acolytes before facing the last Acolyte, it is encouraged to hunt them down for Mod collecting and helping out the community goal.

The Acolytes

Angst
Agile and ferocious
Defeated

Malice
Disciplined and accurate
At Large

Mania
Elusive and deadly
Defeated

Misery
Zealous and patient
Undiscovered

Torment
Arrogant and calculating
Defeated

Violence
Fast and vicious
At Large

Rewards

Collect 4 Cloaking Data	Defeat 10 Acolytes	Defeat Final Challenger	Clear 15 Waves against Final Challenger
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Acolyte Sigil Orokin Catalyst	Acolyte Badge Orokin Reactor	Vulkar Wraith	Lacera Acolyte Skin

Acolyte Drops

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Name	Rarity	Type	Description	Dropped By
Blood Rush	Uncommon	Melee	Increases Critical chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Torment
Body Count	Common	Melee	Extends the duration of the Melee Combo Multiplier.	Angst
Weeping Wounds	Uncommon	Melee	Increases Status chance as the Melee Combo Multiplier increases.	Mania
Maiming Strike	Rare	Melee	Increases the chance of a Critical Hit on slide attacks.	Violence
Hydraulic Crosshairs	Common	Pistol	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Argon Scope	Rare	Rifle	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Laser Sight	Uncommon	Shotgun	Increases Critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.	Torment
Sharpened Bullets	Uncommon	Pistol	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Bladed Rounds	Uncommon	Rifle	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Shrapnel Shot	Common	Shotgun	Increases Critical damage while aiming for a brief time upon a kill.	Violence
Pressurized Magazine	Rare	Pistol	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Spring-Loaded Chamber	Uncommon	Assault Rifle	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Repeater Clip	Uncommon	Shotgun	Increases Fire Rate while aiming for a brief time upon reloading.	Angst
Embedded Catalyzer	Uncommon	Pistol	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Catalyzer Link	Common	Rifle	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Nano-Applicator	Rare	Shotgun	Increases Status chance while aiming for a brief time after casting an ability.	Mania
Narrow Barrel	Rare	Shotgun	Temporarily increases accuracy while aiming after hitting an enemy.	Malice
Focused Defense	Common	Melee	Increases armor while channeling with a melee weapon.	Malice
Guided Ordinance	Uncommon	Assault Rifle	Temporarily increases accuracy while aiming after hitting an enemy.	Malice
Targeting Subsystem	Uncommon	Pistol	Temporarily increases accuracy while aiming after hitting an enemy.	Malice

Clan Trophies

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 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 50,000 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.
  • Acolytes can be found on any Nightmare Mode and Invasion missions on the node, but not Syndicate Alerts.
• 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 Warframe abilities. Use whatever means possible to take them down. Beware, however, that Violence can cancel warframe abilities in the same manner as the Stalker, including Focus abilities.
  • Crowd Control abilities, such as Rhino's Rhino Stomp or Nova's 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.
    • Equinox's Rest will not affect Acolytes.
  • Damaging abilities, such at Banshee's Sonar or Nova's 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.
  • Status Effects will not lock down the Acolytes. Therefore, abilities such as Ember's Accelerant will not stagger the Acolyte (damage will still be increased).

Trivia

• The date on Alad V's ingame message is January 18th, 2016, which marked the event's intended release goal prior to development delays.
• The event was originally developed under the name "Project Sinister".
• Although Torment had already been defeated by January 26th, she was officially revived following the changes to Acolyte drops in Hotfix 18.4.3 (2016-01-27). This resulted in four Acolytes active simultaneously, and lasted until Angst was defeated on January 28th, and she was not revived afterward.

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