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Scorpions are female Grineer units that wield Machete Machetes. They deal high damage with their Machetes, and have a grappling hook that they can use to knock down Tenno and drag them. The fast hooks, knockdowns and possibility of continuous hook-spamming by multiple Scorpions can make them a deadly adversary, especially when backed up by other units.


Behavior[]

  • They have similar strategies as Butchers, but will stop to attempt to use their hook attack before continuing to move.
  • As a melee unit, Scorpions can quickly move to catch up to their assailants.
  • If a Scorpion attacks a player continuously, she can do a three-hit combo strike against that player, with a slightly different animation from other Grineer melee units.
    • However, like all melee Grineer troops, the Scorpion suffers from a slow windup on her first attack, making it easily avoidable.
  • Scorpions are able to pull players they cannot navigate to.
  • When a Scorpion throws their hook, there is a 5-second delay before they reel back their hook if the hook does not strike something.
  • Scorpions will stop reeling their victims whenever these victims have received any damage from any source, no matter how small the damage may be.
    • DoT effects can be useful in this situation.

Notes[]

  • The grappling hook has a 1 second delay before being reeled back and inflicting Knockdown b Knockdown. During this time the player can cut the rope with a melee attack, or bullet jump or roll which will cause the Scorpion to be dragged along.

Farming Locations[]

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the enemies until better facts are proven.

Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set
IconGrineerB Ceres Lex Capture 14 - 16 Grineer Shipyard
IconGrineerB Ceres Pallas Exterminate 12 - 14 Grineer Shipyard
IconGrineerB Saturn Telesto Exterminate 22 - 24 Grineer Galleon
IconGrineerB Sedna Kappa Disruption 34 - 38 Grineer Galleon


Trivia[]

  • The Grineer Scorpion may be named after Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat series, who can drag and stun an enemy with his spear attack.
    • This is further construed by her earliest tooltip which read "Get over here!", a well-known battle cry from Scorpion.
  • Humorously, one of the Scorpion's earlier tooltips was "Makes the hurt feel good".
  • When they were first released, the Scorpion's grappling hook was completely unavoidable, guaranteed to hit, even through walls and obstacles, once the attack is triggered. Due to the outcry on the forums, the hook was changed to a fast but avoidable projectile in a hotfix.
  • Oddly, the Scorpion will fire the hook below the Warframe's abdomen towards the groin area.
  • Drekar Scorpions seem to use Butcher animations instead of the normal version's animations, and sometimes with bad clients, firing the harpoon can cause them to stay still and forever hold that pose.

Bugs[]

  • Sometimes after attempting to grapple the player with their hooks, the Scorpion will be stuck in the animation, unable to attack. The player is, however, able to kill them.

Variants

Tusk Predator General Drops
EidolonPredator
Introduced Undetermined Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Flame Repellent 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Trick Mag 0.7587%
Endo Endo 0.7587%
Mod TT 20px Cleanse Corpus 0.2211%
Mod TT 20px Rifle Aptitude 0.2211%
Endo Endo 0.2211%
Mod TT 20px Enemy Sense 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Tileset Plains of Eidolon
Weapon TwinKrohkur Twin Krohkur
Codex Scans 10
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 75
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 5
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Base Level 1
  • They are a hybrid of both Scorpions and Powerfists, able to use both grappling hooks and ground slams.
  • Their Codex description is the same as that of the Flameblade.
    • Despite Codex description they cannot teleport.

Drekar Scorpion General Drops
SeaLabScorpion
Introduced Update 17.0 (2015-07-31) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Pressure Point 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Vitality 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Diamond Skin 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Heated Charge 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Heavy Trauma 0.015%
Mod TT 20px Iron Phoenix 0.015%
Mod TT 20px Streamline 0.015%
Endo Endo 0.015%
Tileset Grineer Sealab
Weapon Machete Machete
Codex Scans 10
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 350
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 150
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Affinity 100
Base Level 1

Kuva Scorpion General Drops
FortressMacheteWoman
Introduced Update 19.0 (2016-11-11) Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Lightning Rod 1.1382%
Endo Endo 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Heavy Impact 0.2211%
Mod TT 20px Serration 0.2211%
Endo Endo 0.2211%
Mod TT 20px Defiled Snapdragon 0.0303%
Mod TT 20px Master Thief 0.0303%
Tileset Kuva Fortress
Weapon Machete Machete
Codex Scans 10
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 150
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 150
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Affinity 100
Base Level 10

Media[]

Patch History[]

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

  • Fixes towards Scorpion enemies propelling players into the air when grappling from higher elevation.

Hotfix 32.2.1 (2022-11-30)

  • Fixed a minor visual glitch when fighting Grineer Scorpions.

Hotfix 31.6.1 (2022-06-09)

  • Fixed script error with the Scorpion’s new hook pull cut mechanic.

Update 31.6 (2022-06-09)

Enemy Grappling Hook Rework:

Scorpions and Tusk Predators have had their grappling hook mechanic reworked! An age-old enemy mechanic from the early beginnings of Warframe, they’ve been grappling Tenno left and right for years - it’s time to break free! Since its introduction, the grappling hook attack has consistently knocked players down or dragged them around, providing no opening for combative counterplay.

NOW Scorpion and Tusk Predator grappling hooks will tether to you, followed by a slight delay (1 second) before they attempt to slowly pull you in. Tenno who are agile enough can now Melee attack in the direction of the rope to destroy it and stagger the enemy. Additionally, Bullet Jumping or dodging during the pulling animation can cause a stagger to the enemy.

Update 30.7 (2021-09-08)

  • Fixed Grineer Scorpions not doing their full melee combo.

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

  • Ancient and Scorpion grappling hooks no longer go through Gara’s Mass Vitrify wall.

Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)

  • Drekar Scorpion's armor is reduced from 500 to 150, to be inline with other variants.

Update 14.0 (2014-07-18)

  • Scorpions will now be able to pull players who are ‘off nav’, which means on boxes or other areas off the main path.

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

  • Introduced.
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