The Taxon is a Sentinel pre-equipped with the 
Artax as its default weapon. Intended for players starting out in WARFRAME, the Taxon is designed to protect Tenno through its 
Molecular Conversion precept by converting damage dealt into a Warframe's shields.
Acquisition
The Taxon's blueprint is awarded for completion of the Venus Junction on Earth. Players who have already completed that junction prior to Update 19.10 (2017-02-09) will receive the blueprint via email at next login. The blueprint is also available in the Market for 
5,000.
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 15,000 |
 500 |
 200 |
 200 |
 1 |
Time: 24 hrs |
Rush:  30
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:  5,000
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Taxon-Exclusive Precept mods
RetargetSentinel will attack first visible enemy in range. Increasing level increases range. (Replaced by
Assault Mode in Update 24.0 (2018-11-08))
Molecular ConversionBlast enemies within range, converting damage into shields for the Warframe
Notes
- The Taxon-exclusive precept mod
Retarget no longer drops as of Update 24.0 (2018-11-08). It was replaced with the non-exclusive Assault Mode precept mod.
- Retarget cannot be simultaneously equipped with Assault Mode.
Trivia
- The name Taxon likely comes from the surgical term Taxis (taksəs), the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting.
- The Taxon is currently the cheapest Sentinel to both acquire and craft.
- The shape and design of the Taxon resembles the quests symbol used in navigation.
See Also
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- COMPANION STAT CHANGES
Two broad changes have been made with regard to your Companion's base stats to increase their staying power:
1. Health, Shields and Armor have been refactored across the board.
This simple numeric buff was made with the goal of increasing Companion survivability. This also means that the choice of whether to use, for example, Enhanced Vitality or Linked Vitality, will depend on your Warframe choice instead of the Linked Mod always being strictly superior.
2. Non-Sentinel Companions now gain their full Health and Shield values immediately when you acquire them.
Historically Health and Shield values would increase as your Companion ranked up, which you could see as "Rank Bonuses" in the Upgrades screen. We've removed this behavior and simply given Companions what would end up being their Rank 30 values at Rank 0. This should let you immediately take your Companions on more difficult missions after earning them!
Including both the removal of Companion Rank bonuses, and the base increase to stats, the following lists the stat changes for all Companions at Rank 0:
Revised Sentinel Stats:
- Taxon: 560 Health (from 200), 250 Shield (from 100), 80 Armor (from 50)
Hotfix 31.0.8 (2022-01-12)
- Fixed the Kerulyst Sentinel Attachments not mounting properly to Taxon.
Hotfix 23.8.2 (2018-09-19)
- Desert Camo Skin added.
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Introduced.
| Companion | ||
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| Robotic | ||
| Sentinel |  Carrier ( Prime) •  Dethcube ( Prime) •  Diriga •  Djinn •  Helios ( Prime) Nautilus ( Prime) •  Oxylus •  Shade ( Prime,  Prisma) •  Taxon •  Wyrm ( Prime)
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| MOA |  Lambeo Moa •  Oloro Moa •  Para Moa •  Nychus Moa
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| Hound |  Bhaira Hound •  Dorma Hound •  Hec Hound
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| Beast | ||
| Kubrow |  Chesa Kubrow •  Helminth Charger •  Huras Kubrow Raksa Kubrow •  Sahasa Kubrow •  Sunika Kubrow
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| Predasite |  Vizier Predasite •  Pharaoh Predasite •  Medjay Predasite
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| Kavat |  Adarza Kavat •  Smeeta Kavat •  Vasca Kavat •  Venari ( Prime)
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| Vulpaphyla |  Sly Vulpaphyla •  Crescent Vulpaphyla •  Panzer Vulpaphyla
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