The Razorback is a Corpus boss introduced in the Divine Will Tactical Alert in Hotfix 18.4.10 (2016-02-11). A creation of Nef Anyo, the Razorback is essentially a much larger Jackal and is boastfully claimed to be "impervious to evil," but possesses a vulnerability to Nef Anyo's previous creations, the Bursas.
The Razorback is fought during a limited-time event called Razorback Armada, once the construction status in the Invasion menu is completed by supporting the Corpus, which appears as a node next to any active Relay. Completing the Razorback Armada mission three times per event awards 
200,000 and a built Orokin Catalyst.
Razorback Cipher[]
Once the Razorback Armada node appears, the Lotus will send all players an inbox message about the Razorback threat and deliver a Razorback Cipher Blueprint in their inventory. All players are required to have a Razorback Cipher to enter the node. The Razorback's room is locked by a hacking terminal whose panels continuously shift, making it impossible to solve without the Cipher. Automatic hacking such as 
Perspicacity and 
Auto Breach will function normally, but will still consume the Cipher. Although only one person can interact with the terminal to use the Cipher, all players will consume a Cipher upon use.
The Cipher Blueprint is reusable, and requires:
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 1,250 |
 1,500 |
 3 |
 4 |
Time: 1 min | |
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 Market Price: N/A
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Cryptographic ALU can only be found during the course of the Razorback Armada event, dropped by Archwing enemies over Jupiter and Neptune or Empyrean missions within the Venus Proxima, Neptune Proxima, and Veil Proxima.
Appearance[]
The Razorback bears a striking resemblance to the Jackal, but stands roughly twice its size and has a white sheen and bulky leggings.
The Razorback, like other bosses, has unique taunts. Here is a list of them:
- "Analysis Complete: (Player name) = UNBELIEVER"
- "(Player name) Detected: May the Void take mercy upon you"
- "Configuring Tactics: PRAISE THE VOID"
- "(Player name) Victory Probability: UNFATHOMABLE"
Behavior[]
- 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.
- Plasma Grenade Cluster: Deposits a volley of plasma grenades that shortly explode after sticking to the ground.
- Homing Missiles: Launches a large cluster of missiles that home-in on the Tenno.
Along the four corners of the upper balconies of the arena guarded by a Laser Barrier spawn Corpus soldiers, who will drop down into the arena to support the Razorback.
Strategy[]
After activating the terminal to "Warning Test", the platform in the middle will rise to unveil the Razorback.
The Razorback behaves much like the Jackal, with key differences: it is initially immune to all damage the players can throw at it. To damage the Razorback, players must hack into the two terminals located on the sides of the upper balconies of the arena, which will spawn a Bursa, which is hostile to the Tenno. The Bursa must then be damaged and then hacked to turn them against the Razorback, which will cripple its legs and cause it to collapse, allowing Tenno to attack it for up to 25% of its health bar before it rises back up, repeating the process of summoning and hacking Bursas 3 more times after to down it again and shoot it until it dies finally after the 4th.
Hacked Bursas will die 10 seconds after they are hacked. Tenno must continuously hack the terminals and Bursas until the Razorback is down for good.
Rewards[]
Upon completion of the Razorback mission, all members of the squad will receive one of the following:
| Rewards | |
|---|---|
 Gorgon Wraith Barrel |
18.97% |
 Gorgon Wraith Blueprint |
18.97% |
 Gorgon Wraith Receiver |
18.97% |
 Gorgon Wraith Stock |
18.97% |
| Auger Strike |
5.53% |
| Bore |
5.53% |
| Breach Loader |
5.53% |
| Piercing Caliber |
5.53% |
| Magma Chamber |
1.01% |
| Searing Steel |
1.01% |
Locations: Near Relay that is being attacked during Razorback Armada event
Drop tables outdated? Readers can update Module:DropTables/data and cross reference with official drop tables on https://www.warframe.com/droptables.
Notes[]
- The Razorback Armada mission contains many Bursas, Hyenas, and Eximus.
- The Hyenas initially have a 100% drop rate for
Orokin Cells (or rare Region Resource), but gradually diminish over time.[1] - A Bursa may appear if the player is spotted by any Security Cameras along the way.
- Hence, no Juno Crewmen and MOAs appear along the way to the arena, but they will gradually present in the arena during the fight to provide support for Razorback. Among them is Juno Malleus Machinist who will kill any hacked Bursas in one hit if not taken care of immediately.
- The Hyenas initially have a 100% drop rate for
- A shield window will appear in front of the player when the player is hacking the terminal to spawn a Bursa, blocking enemy fire.
- Perspicacityand Auto Breach have diminished effects on the Bursa spawning terminals.
- There seems to be a delay of a few seconds in between the Razorback's damage taking phases during which any hacked Bursas can't actually stagger or attack it, so having multiple hacked Bursas run around is rather pointless.
Razorback Armada History[]
The following tables keep track of Razorback Armada alerts:
Pre-Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)[]
Prior to Update 32.0 (2022-09-07), each platform had their own unique World State and Relay locations.
| Event Date | PC | PSN | XBX | Switch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 May 12 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2017 August 31 | Larunda (Mercury) | - | - | - |
| 2017 September 7 | - | Strata (Earth) | - | - |
| 2017 September 18 | - | - | Orcus (Pluto) | - |
| 2017 November 29 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | - | - |
| 2018 January 5 | - | Kuiper (Eris) | Vesper (Venus) | - |
| 2018 February 21 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2018 March 14 | - | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - |
| 2018 April 9 | - | - | Vesper (Venus) | - |
| 2018 May 7 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | - | - |
| 2018 May 25 | - | Strata (Earth) | - | - |
| 2018 June 12 | - | - | Leonov (Europa) | - |
| 2018 August 6 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2018 August 7 | - | Kuiper (Eris) | - | - |
| 2018 August 14 | - | - | Vesper (Venus) | - |
| 2018 October 8 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | - | - |
| 2018 October 19 | - | Larunda (Mercury) | Strata (Earth) | - |
| 2018 December 28 | Larunda (Mercury) | - | - | - |
| 2019 January 1 | - | - | Orcus (Pluto) | - |
| 2019 January 7 | - | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - |
| 2019 February 1 | - | - | - | Kuiper (Eris) |
| 2019 March 7 | Strata (Earth) | - | - | - |
| 2019 March 11 | - | Larunda (Mercury) | - | - |
| 2019 March 13 | - | - | Strata (Earth) | - |
| 2019 April 30 | Larunda (Mercury) | - | - | - |
| 2019 May 16 | - | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - |
| 2019 May 17 | - | - | Leonov (Europa) | - |
| 2019 May 24 | - | - | - | Leonov (Europa) |
| 2019 July 23 | Strata (Earth) | Kuiper (Eris) | - | - |
| 2019 September 13 | - | - | - | Leonov (Europa) |
| 2019 October 6 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2019 October 8 | - | Strata (Earth) | - | - |
| 2019 November 7 | - | - | Orcus (Pluto) | - |
| 2019 December 16 | - | Larunda (Mercury) | - | - |
| 2019 December 19 | - | - | - | Leonov (Europa) |
| 2020 January 8 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | - | - |
| 2020 January 30 | - | - | Leonov (Europa) | - |
| 2020 February 20 | - | - | - | Kuiper (Eris) |
| 2020 February 24 | - | Kuiper (Eris) | - | - |
| 2020 May 4 | Strata (Earth) | - | - | - |
| 2020 May 19 | - | - | Strata (Earth) | - |
| 2020 July 29 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2020 August 5 | - | - | - | Kuiper (Eris) |
| 2020 October 12 | Strata (Earth) | - | - | - |
| 2020 November 10 | - | - | - | Kuiper (Eris) |
| 2021 January 19 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2021 March 25 | - | Strata (Earth) | - | - |
| 2021 April 15 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | - | - |
| 2021 July 5 | Strata (Earth) | - | - | - |
| 2021 October 4 | Kronia (Saturn) | - | - | - |
| 2022 January 17 | Orcus (Pluto) | - | Strata (Earth) | - |
| 2022 May 3 | Strata (Earth) | - | - | - |
Post-Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)[]
From Update 32.0 (2022-09-07) onwards, all platforms have their World State in sync as well as their Relay active statuses.
| Event Date | Location On All Platforms |
|---|---|
| 2022 October 25 | Orcus (Pluto) |
| 2023 January 6 | Strata (Earth) |
| 2023 March 17 | Orcus (Pluto) |
| 2023 June 13 | Strata (Earth) |
| 2023 December 15 | Orcus (Pluto) |
| 2024 March 1 | Kronia (Saturn) |
| 2024 May 28 | Orcus (Pluto) |
| 2024 September 4 | Strata (Earth) |
Trivia[]
- In a certain tile of the Corpus Gas City tileset, Razorback proxies can be seen behind a window being rapidly produced and sent up an elevator.
- Razorback is the name of the song used in Digital Extremes' 1999 game, Unreal Tournament.
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- Fixed the Earth Razorback Armada node overlapping with the Orbiter in the Star Chart.
Update 33.5 (2023-06-21)
- Fixed new players receiving the Razorback Armada inbox message after they’ve completed The Duviri Paradox Quest but before The Awakening Quest - they will now be sent after they’ve completed the latter when on the Paradox Path.
Update 30.3 (2021-05-25)
- Fixed the Credit icon for the Razorback Armada rewards in the World State Window being affected by your UI theme.
Hotfix 30.0.7 (2021-04-22)
- Added the option for players to start the Razorback boss fight after 30 seconds if no other players reach them.
Hotfix 30.0.4 (2021-04-16)
- Fixed [PH] strings in the World State Window for Razorback.
Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)
- The Corpus Ship tileset remaster brings a new home for Razorback! Fight this Corpus creation in a brand new remastered Arena. Gameplay remains the same!
Hotfix 27.4.2 (2020-05-04)
- Fixed an issue with Razorback functionality in terms of boss properly navigating rooms.
Hotfix 27.0.10 (2020-01-11)
- Fixed Jackal and Razorback not correctly turning to face players sometimes when you get behind them.
Hotfix 27.0.9 (2020-01-09)
- Disabled the new boss Health bar on Razorback because it was causing an issue. Razorback will now have it’s original Health bar.
Hotfix 25.8.1 (2019-10-09)
Hyena Change (Razorback mission only):
An Orokin Cell farming exploit was brought to our attention by not only players, but also our internal flagging system when such a method is tripped for misuse. In short, players were forcing the Hyena’s to spawn infinitely by entering/exiting rooms knowing that their Orokin Cell drop rate is 100%. As a result of this misuse, the Orokin Cell drop rate for the Hyena’s in the Razorback mission will diminish the more you spawn, to still allow for multiple drop attempts but without giving away the entire cake. Please note that players who are trade banned due to triggering this exploit will be manually unbanned after this Hotfix.
Hotfix 25.4.2 (2019-07-25)
- Removed hack doors from the Razorback boss tileset.
Update 22.14 (2018-03-01)
- Updated the Razorback Armada Inbox message with a more clarified message of what to do/where to go.
Hotfix 22.2.5 (2017-11-11)
- Fixed Razorback rockets hitting Warframes in Limbo’s Rift.
Hotfix 21.7.1 (2017-09-12)
- To reduce "droughts" between Fomorian/Razorback events, Grineer and Corpus now gain fractional progress towards *their construction projects while they are actively invading an opponent's location (i.e. earn progress over the *course of their attack regardless of whether they end up occupying the node at the end).
Update 21.7 (2017-09-09)
- The Razorback Armada now has a lore entry in the Codex to show you its drops!
Update 21.6 (2017-08-29)
- Reduced the Razorback Cipher cost from 3500 Polymer Bundle to 1500 Polymer Bundle. Back in May of this year we made numerous fixes towards the Razorback Armada, and with another Armada to appear soon we took a second look at the *Polymer friction involved with this non-useable Blueprint.
Hotfix 20.1.1 (2017-04-07)
- Fomorians & Razorbacks now use the Tactical Alert format in the World State Window.
Hotfix 18.4.11 (2016-02-12)
- Increased the Divine Will Razorback's trigger volume in the boss arena to activate when all players enter the room instead of just within the four pillars.
Hotfix 18.4.10 (2016-02-11)
- Introduced in the Divine Will Tactical Alert.
Last updated: Hotfix 24.2.6 (2018-12-20)
References[]
- ↑ "An Orokin Cell farming exploit was brought to our attention by not only players, but also our internal flagging system when such a method is tripped for misuse. In short, players were forcing the Hyena’s to spawn infinitely by entering/exiting rooms knowing that their Orokin Cell drop rate is 100%. As a result of this misuse, the Orokin Cell drop rate for the Hyena’s in the Razorback mission will diminish the more you spawn, to still allow for multiple drop attempts but without giving away the entire cake." - Hotfix 25.8.1 (2019-10-09) patch notes
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