War

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

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For the mission node, see War (Node).

Sentient

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

War

Untradeable

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Normal Attack

120
( 48%)

60
( 24%)

70
( 28%)

Heavy Attack

Heavy Slam Attack

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slam Radius

9.0 m

Slam Attack

Slam Radius

8.0 m

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slide Attack

Slide Element

Same damage type distribution as Normal Attack

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

Sell Price

5,000

Users

Shadow Stalker

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

The Stalker's sword as bestowed to him by the Sentient Hunhow.

War is a heavy sword used by Shadow Stalker, given to him by the Sentient Hunhow during the events of the Second Dream Quest.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
Every hit on enemies that are not knocked down procs an Impact status effect.
Stance slot has polarity, matches Cleaving Whirlwind and Tempo Royale stances.
Innate polarity.

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Tied with Azothane for the longest reach of all non-exalted melee weapons.
Tied with Galatine Prime and Scindo Prime for the third highest critical chance of all heavy blades, behind Paracesis and Gram Prime.
Tied with Gram Prime and Paracesis for the highest critical multiplier of all heavy blades.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (26.00%)
- High total damage (250)
- Very high attack range (3.20 m)
- High crit multiplier (2.60x)

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Low attack speed (0.92x animation speed)
- Below average disposition (●●●○○ (1.05x))

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Acquisition

The War's blueprint is dropped by the Shadow Stalker. It is also included in the Hunhow's Gift bundle for 516 Platinum 516 in the market.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Blueprint	Shadow Stalker	5.87%	~ 17 Kills	114 ± 38 Kills

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	Polymer Bundle 2,300	Rubedo 1,400	Nitain Extract 5	Broken War 1	Time: 12 Hour(s)
20,000	Polymer Bundle 2,300	Rubedo 1,400	Nitain Extract 5	Broken War 1	Rush: 45
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Notes[]

Because the Broken War received from completing The Second Dream quest comes with a free Orokin Catalyst, it is recommended not to use it to craft War, as the pre-installed catalyst will not carry over into the crafted War. A separate Broken War can be crafted and used to craft War – the player will be given the choice of which to use at the Foundry.

Trivia[]

The energy that surrounds War's blades and the glowing light in its hilt will react to different things.
- If the Energy color is not customized, the lights correspond to the elemental damage present on the weapon. If no elements are present, the lights glow red, identical to when the Shadow Stalker is attacking the player. The light blue seen in the weapon icon and other appearances can be achieved with Magnetic damage.
- War's lights will also briefly glow after it kills an enemy.
- When holstered, both the blade and hilt glow will dissipate until brandished again.
- When channeling was still available, both would also glow extremely bright and gradually return to normal brightness after turning channeling off. This specific trait was shared with the Synoid Heliocor and Heliocor.
In the The Second Dream quest, War was not only the sword that the Shadow Stalker used, but also housed the consciousness of the Sentient Hunhow. War would be shattered in two during the climax of the quest, creating the Broken War sword, which is simply the broken off piece re-purposed as a weapon.
This weapon, along with the Broken War, is the first Sentient weapon available to players.
The pommel of this weapon is similar in shape and design to the Hunhow Sentinel Mask.
The name "War" references the biblical Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The horseman of the red horse, War, is charged with bringing battle and slaughter, and is given a great sword. This is reflected in the weapon's main color being red, and its sheer size.

Bugs[]

On very rare occasion, War's lights won't stop glowing after getting a kill or channeling is toggled off. This can often be visually distracting, but can usually be fixed by dying. It is unconfirmed whether or not this bug still exists after channeling being removed from the game.

Media[]

War Skins

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Patch History[]

Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)

Increased (Shadow) Stalker’s drop rate for War to 11.73% each.
- Note: The Drop Chance of rolling a reward from this Drop Table is unchanged (i.e. 50%).

Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)