Skaut

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

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Skaut

A Grineer Bolkor remodeled for Tenno reinforcement. Skaut's alert signal calls for Kahl and his Grineer brothers for backup. When backup is active, use the alert signal to replenish your squad's health. Each squad member can call one additional Grineer brother to join the fight.

Also available in the Market after completing the Veilbreaker quest.

—In-game description

The Skaut is Grineer Bolkor modified to serve as a Landing Craft. It comes with the Kahl Beacon air support ability, summoning Kahl-175 and his brothers for support. In addition, the Skaut possesses unique embarking animations that involve walking into the rear opening entrance rather than attaching to a traditional Landing Craft's underside.

The Skaut landed in Update 32.1 (2022-11-02).

Acquisition

• Purchased from the Market for 210 Platinum 210, requiring the completion of the Veilbreaker quest.
• Purchased from Chipper of Kahl's Garrison for 120  Stock, requiring players to be at Rank 5 - Home to purchase.

Kahl Beacon

Call Kahl and a retinue of his Brothers to assist you for a limited time. Subsequent uses heal Kahl's squad and add an additional Brother.

—In-game description

The Kahl Beacon Air Support ability summons Kahl-175 and two allied units, who may either be Tusk Hellion or Corpus Tech. Kahl and his squad will stay for 5 minutes before automatically leaving.

On use, all players will receive the "Kahl" buff for 5 minutes, during which other players using their Air Support Charges will fully heal Kahl's squad, summon one additional unit, and refresh the squad's duration.

Notes

• Kahl and his squad's levels are scaled to match the mission's level.
• Kahl's brothers have randomly generated names as they do in Veilbreaker and Break Narmer.
• Kahl is armed with a  Grattler, can throw incendiary grenades, and uses the customized appearance from the player who summoned him. He also has rapidly regenerating health.
• The Tusk Hellions do not use their jetpacks.
• The Corpus Techs will summon Shield Ospreys on low health. They can grant shields to Tusk Hellions, but not Kahl.

Trivia

• The name Skaut is a transcription of Scout which you can find in some Slavic languages.
• Before its formal introduction in Update 32.1 (2022-11-02), the Grineer Landing Craft was first seen in use during The New War, used by the Drifter, which they later replace with a Condor Dropship for the remainder of the quest.
• Kahl, when completing his Break Narmer missions, evacuates with the Skaut.

Patch History

Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)

• Fixed Skaut appearing invisible during the fly-in cutscene for the Heart of Deimos quest.

Update 35.1 (2024-02-20)

• Fixed Kahl Beacon not consuming Air Support Charges.

Hotfix 35.0.9 (2024-01-17)

• Fixed the Skaut’s “Kahl Beacon” Air Support missing its name and description in the HUD.

Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)

• Fixed Kahl (summoned from Skaut’s “Kahl Beacon” Air Support) not shooting when commanded to hold position.

Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

• Fixed the Skaut Landing Craft appearing to have black lines on certain loading screens.

Hotfix 32.2.10 (2023-01-18)

• Kahl (spawned from the Skaut’s “Kahl Beacon” Air Support) now have a full 360-degree vision to improve their ability to target enemies more effectively.

Hotfix 32.2.5 (2022-12-14)

• Fixed a default Excalibur appearing alongside you when extracting with the Skaut during Quest replays.

Hotfix 32.2.1 (2022-11-30)

• Fixed the Skaut’s broken hatch texture during The Mountain Pass cinematic curing The War Within Quest.

Update 32.2 (2022-11-30)

• Fixed certain textures of the Skaut Landing Craft being completely unlit, causing it to look completely black.
• Fixed the back of the Skaut Landing Craft being completely transparent during the intro cutscene of any Archwing mission on the Corpus Ship tileset. As reported here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/yqe041/shoot_to_thrill_plays/
• Fixed cases of the Skaut Landing Craft causing the spawn in cutscene to be skipped.

Hotfix 32.1.2 (2022-11-04)

• Added more fly-in cinematics for embarking and disembarking from the Skaut.
• Kahl's Grineer Brothers brought in via Skaut “Kahl Beacon” Air Support now have names as intended!
• Fixed Corpus Shield Ospreys spawned by the Skaut “Kahl Beacon” Air Support halting Defense mission progress until they despawn. As reported here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/ykuci2/a_small_issue/
• Fixed Grineer units spawned from the Skaut “Kahl Beacon” Air Support using all the same “Tusk Hellion” name tag.

Hotfix 32.1.1 (2022-11-03)

• The Skaut’s Air Support “Kahl Beacon” no longer spawns friendly Grineer units with Hellion Jetpacks equipped.
  • This was causing many issues due to wonky hover animations - we may re-enable this in the future.
• Fixed crash related to Skaut’s Air Support spawning Corpus agents.

Update 32.1 (2022-11-02)

• Introduced.