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Wardens are special units that appear in Rescue missions, tasked with protecting prison complexes where hostages are kept. They appear as Heavy Gunners or Ballistas for Grineer missions, Corrupted Heavy Gunner for Orokin Moon missions, and Sniper Crewman and Corpus Tech for Corpus missions, and are more durable than normal units. They are however highly vulnerable to stealth attacks and takedowns.

Variants

Corpus Warden General Drops
DECorpusWarden
Introduced Undetermined Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Point Strike 1.1382%
Endo Endo 1.1382%
Mod TT 20px Charged Shell 0.1659%
Mod TT 20px Cleanse Grineer 0.1659%
Mod TT 20px Swirling Tiger 0.1659%
Endo Endo 0.1659%
Mod TT 20px Handspring 0.0603%
Tileset Corpus Gas City
Corpus Ship
Corpus Outpost
Corpus Ice Planet
Weapon Lanka Lanka
Supra Supra
Prova Prova
Codex Scans 3
Statistics
Flesh 400
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgToxinSmall64 ++ DmgViralSmall64 ++ DmgImpactSmall64 - DmgGasSmall64 -
Proto Shield 300
DmgImpactSmall64 +DmgToxinSmall64 +DmgMagneticSmall64 +++DmgPunctureSmall64 ‐‐DmgFireSmall64 ‐‐DmgCorrosiveSmall64 ‐‐
Base Multiplier Stealth/Finisher: 16.0x
Head: 2.0x
Affinity 500
Base Level 1

Corrupted Warden General Drops
OrokinHeavyFemaleAvatar
Introduced Undetermined Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Blunderbuss 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Magazine Warp 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Slip Magazine 0.5691%
Endo Endo 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Shell Compression 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Decisive Judgement 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Other Drops:
Gorgon Gorgon Blueprint 1%
Tileset Orokin Moon
Weapon Gorgon Gorgon
Vulkar Vulkar
Sheev Sheev
Codex Scans 3
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 600
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 500
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Base Multiplier Stealth/Finisher: 16.0x
Head: 2.0x
Affinity 500
Base Level 1

Grineer Warden General Drops
DEGrineerWarden
Introduced Undetermined Mod Drops:
Mod TT 20px Blunderbuss 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Magazine Warp 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Slip Magazine 0.5691%
Endo Endo 0.5691%
Mod TT 20px Shell Compression 0.3318%
Endo Endo 0.3318%
Mod TT 20px Decisive Judgement 0.0303%
Endo Endo 0.0303%
Other Drops:
Gorgon Gorgon Blueprint 1%
Tileset Grineer Asteroid
Grineer Galleon
Grineer Settlement
Grineer Shipyard
Weapon Gorgon Gorgon
Hind Hind (Vor's Prize)
Vulkar Vulkar
Sheev Sheev
Codex Scans 3
Statistics
Cloned Flesh 600
DmgSlashSmall64 + DmgFireSmall64 + DmgViralSmall64 +++ DmgImpactSmall64  DmgGasSmall64 ‐‐
Ferrite Armor 500
DmgPunctureSmall64 ++ DmgCorrosiveSmall64 +++ DmgSlashSmall64 - DmgBlastSmall64 -
Base Multiplier Stealth/Finisher: 16.0x
Head: 2.0x
Affinity 500
Base Level 1

Tactics[]

  • Wardens can only be found in the prison complex tile of a Rescue mission, usually appearing in quantities of 3 to 4 units, though they can sometimes spawn up to a maximum of 10 units.
  • When a player has been spotted, they will quickly activate the prison complex's Execution system, which sets off a timer counting down to the prisoner being killed.

Tips[]

  • Due to their durability, Wardens can be tough to face head-on, which may make rescuing the hostage difficult. However, they are highly vulnerable to Stealth Attacks, taking +1600% or effectively 16x more damage, therefore one can usually be killed in a single hit despite their durability. Use this to eliminate Wardens from a position of stealth.
    • Apart from stealth attacks, Wardens also share the same vulnerability to Counterattack Finishers, allowing players to kill them instantly if fighting them directly.
  • Wardens have a stricter and more predictable patrol route than most enemies, which can be used to avoid them or set up stealth kills.
  • The codex scanner can be used to highlight the location of any wardens, even through walls.
  • Excalibur's Radial Blind can be useful for taking down Wardens since they are highly vulnerable to Stealth Attacks.

Notes[]

  • Despite being based off Heavy Gunners, Grineer Wardens will sometimes be seen carrying Vulkar Vulkars instead. Corpus Wardens will also sometimes carry a Supra Supra instead of their normal Lanka Lanka sniper rifles.
  • Like many other enemies, Wardens can also spawn as Eximus units. Warden Eximus units feature Life Leech ability and improved movement speed.

Trivia[]

  • The Eximus of both the Grineer, Corpus and Corrupted Wardens have 601 Cloned flesh and 401 Flesh respectively.
    • These are the only Eximus variants to have 1 armor value higher than their non Eximus counterparts.
  • Corpus Warden currently cannot be cut to pieces by slash weapons. Other enemies that share this bug include the Elite Crewman and Grineer Commander.

Media[]

Patch History[]

Hotfix 27.5.4 (2020-05-20)

  • Fixed Wardens in Rescue missions sometimes teleporting ahead of the player en route to extraction.

Update 13.2 (2014-05-01)

  • Introduced.

See also[]

  • Rescue, which introduced this enemy type.


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