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A primal warrior with the heart of a trickster.

This is Wukong, the enduring, the swift.

Everybody's got something to hide, Tenno. Except Wukong.

—Lotus

Release Date: November 25th, 2015

Descending from the empyrean eternal, the unruly primal saint Wukong wreaks havoc in the System with his immortal trickery and savage beatings. Divide and conquer with twice yourselves, then journey unseen under a cloak of clouds. Endure through any assault with arrogant poise, donning the legendary staff to tip the balance in his favor, and his opponents off their feet. Wukong and his twin embarked on their new journey in Update 25.2.

Manufacturing Requirements

25,000

1

Time: 72 hrs

Rush:

50

Market Price:

275

Blueprint Price:

35,000

Neuroptics

15,000

1,400

1

2,600

2

Time: 12 hrs

Rush:

25

Chassis

15,000

1

900

50

4

Time: 12 hrs

Rush:

25

Systems

15,000

2

8,000

4,000

Time: 12 hrs

Rush:

25

Tenno Lab Research

Blueprint • 5,000
5,000	5	25,000	9,000	1	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: N/A
Neuroptics • 1,500
10,000	1	1	1,000	500	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Wukong
Chassis • 1,500
10,000	3	1	1,000	500	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Wukong
Systems • 1,500
10,000	2	1	1,000	500	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Wukong
x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Acquisition

Wukong's blueprint can be purchased from the Tenno Research Lab interface in the Clan Dojo once it has been researched. It costs 35,000‍35,000 to replicate (purchase) the main blueprint and 15,000‍15,000 for each component blueprint for a total of 80,000‍80,000.

Notes

Wukong's research requires 11 Nitain Extract. This will require 45‍45 worth of Nightwave offerings. Furthermore, crafting Wukong requires 6 Nitain Extract for an additional 30‍30.
- Although Reactor Sabotage caches have a chance to reward Nitain Extracts (and thus, cut down on ‍ costs), it should not be wholly relied on due to the low chance of Nitain being rewarded.

Trivia

Wukong descended on September 29th, 2015 for the Chinese build, then on November 25th, 2015 for the global build.
Wukong is named after Sun Wukong, (also known as the Monkey King), one of the main characters in the highly influential classic Chinese story Journey to the West. The majority of the Warframe's power set is based upon the Monkey King's lore.
- The variable-size Iron Staff that Wukong summons upon using Primal Fury (and to a lesser extent Defy) is based off the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Monkey King's signature weapon capable of changing its size at whim. It was one of several treasures bestowed upon the Monkey King after he defeated the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.
- Cloud Walker is a reference to the Jingdouyun (which translates to "Rolling Cloud"), a skill learned from his master when he was young.
- Celestial Twin is a reference to the Monkey King's ability to clone himself through his magical hairs.
- Five Levels of Immortality is a reference to the Monkey King becoming immortal through five different means.
Wukong is the second of three Warframes that were initially introduced as timed exclusives to Warframe China, the others being Excalibur Umbra Prime and Nezha.
The line in Lotus' summary, "Everybody's got something to hide, Tenno. Except Wukong," is a reference to the song "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey", by the Beatles.
Wukong has never had official alternate look (skin), except from TennoGen, until the release of Wukong Prime.
When Equipped with Wisp's Agile animation, and unarmed, he will summon his Celestial Twin. He is the 2nd of two frames to feature a unique version of the animation, Equinox being the only other frame respectively.
Wukong can give himself a handshake by activating the Handshake emote while his Celestial Twin is close by.

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The trickster-warrior ascends to his ultimate incarnation.

Release Date: July 6th, 2019

Wukong Prime is the Primed variant of Wukong, possessing increased shield capacity, armor, energy capacity, and sprint speed, as well as an additional polarity. Wukong Prime was released alongside Zhuge Prime and Ninkondi Prime.

Manufacturing Requirements
25,000				5	Time: 72 hrs
25,000				5	Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprint Price: N/A
Neuroptics
15,000	4	750	200	3,550	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	4	750	200	3,550	Rush: 25
Chassis
15,000	2	6	825	2,200	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	6	825	2,200	Rush: 25
Systems
15,000	2	7	1,150	3,800	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	2	7	1,150	3,800	Rush: 25

Acquisition

Wukong Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.

Blueprint	Neuroptics	Chassis	Systems
Axi W1 Rare Lith W1 Rare (V) Lith W2 Rare (V) Meso W1 Rare (V)	Neo T2 Common Axi T4 Common Axi Z1 Common Lith D2 Common (V) Neo I1 Common (V) Axi G2 Common (V)	Meso K3 Uncommon Neo N13 Uncommon Axi A10 Uncommon Lith K3 Uncommon (V) Meso B4 Uncommon (V) Neo S12 Uncommon (V)	Neo I2 Uncommon Axi A11 Uncommon Meso K2 Uncommon (V) Axi P3 Uncommon (V) Axi R3 Uncommon (V)

^{Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic}

Notes

Wukong Prime, compared to Wukong:
- Higher Shields (120/360 vs. 100/300)
- Higher Armor (275 vs. 250)
- Higher Energy (130/195 vs. 120/180)
- Higher Sprint Speed (1.05 vs. 1.0)
- Additional Polarities ( vs. )
As a Prime Warframe, Wukong Prime possesses a special passive ability where contact with an Orokin Void Death Orb will make them release an energy pulse that grants 250 Energy to all nearby allies. This effect can only occur once per Death Orb, and can occur even if the Death Orb has been previously destroyed.
Wukong Prime's Cloud Walker features additional lightning effects:
- When Wukong Prime disappears into a cloud, there will be a lightning strike up into the air.
- When he reappears, there will be several lightning strikes outward from his body onto the ground around him.

Trivia

Wukong Prime was officially revealed and released during TennoCon 2019.
Wukong Prime's tail is slimmer and longer than that of his non-Primed counterpart.
Wukong's Prime Access contains various references to the Chinese novel Journey to the West, from where Wukong is best known.
- It comes bundled with the Tang Fur Pattern for Kubrow and Sanzang Kubrow Armor in reference to Tang Sanzang, who Wukong aids in his journey to retrieve the Buddhist sutras from the West in the aforementioned novel.
- Wukong Prime's signature Syandana is named Jindou Prime in reference to the Jīndǒuyún (筋斗雲), the technique that allows him to ride or leap through clouds.

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Warframe GOD MODE WUKONG PRIME ENDGAME BUILD & SETUP

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Passive

Wukong has learned five techniques to avoid death whenever he takes fatal damage. Wukong will be randomly allowed 3 of these techniques per mission to avoid death 3 times. Each technique will make Wukong avoid entering bleedout upon taking fatal damage, invulnerable for 2 seconds, restore 50% health, and provide a unique buff.

Primal Forces: 300% elemental damage for 60 seconds.
Heavenly Cloak: Invisibility for 30 seconds.
- Invisibility does not reveal Wukong when he attacks.
Cosmic Armour: Invulnerable for 30 seconds.
- Invulnerability is removed when entering and exiting Operator form (bug).
Monkey Luck: Enemies killed yield extra loot drops for 60 seconds.
- Stacks with other loot abilities that loot while alive ( Ivara's Prowl), loot while petrified ( Atlas's Ore Gaze), and loot corpse ( Nekros's Desecrate and Chesa Kubrow's Retrieve). However, it does not stack with other loot on death abilities ( Hydroid's Pilfering Swarm and Khora's Pilfering Strangledome).
Sly Alchemy: Orbs 4x more effective for 60 seconds.
All passive values are not affected by Mods.
When the passive activates, the three randomly selected buffs are briefly displayed as buff icons at the top center part of the HUD. Passive buff icons and timers are displayed beside the shield and health bars.
These passive buffs cannot be dispelled even if Wukong's abilities becomes disabled, such as falling out of bounds or crossing a Nullifier bubble.

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ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Celestial Twin Shedding part of himself, Wukong creates a twin to fight by his side. Attack at range and the twin will melee, pull a blade and the twin will lay down covering fire. Use again to command the twin to attack a target with increased damage. Command Energy Cost: 0	Strength:1.5 / 1.6 / 1.75 / 2 x (health multiplier)
		Duration:N/A
		Range:N/A
		Misc:∞ (twin lifespan) 2 x (damage multiplier) ? m (twin recall range)

Wukong splits himself into two corporeal forms, creating a loyal Specter armed with all of his weapons. Celestial Twin attracts enemy attention as he follows Wukong, attacks with either gun or melee dependent on the player's currently held weapon, and has a health multiplier of 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.75 / 2; the twin remains at Wukong's side indefinitely until killed or manually dispelled at any time by holding down the ability key (default 1 ).
- Health multipliers are affected by Ability Strength.
- Twin Warframe and weapons stats are affected by Wukong's equipped Mods.
- Health multiplier affects both the health and shields of the twin.
- Celestial Twin specter AI is designed to aggressively attack nearby enemies while also staying close to Wukong's proximity. It will not attempt to parry enemy attacks with its melee weapon, and will also frequently teleport to reposition near Wukong.
- Celestial Twin will have swirling aura around his body (affected by energy color).
While active, Wukong can command his twin to prioritize a target on the aiming reticle by tapping the ability key (default 1 ), leaving a mark above the target for no energy cost. Once commanded, the twin will seek and destroy the target, dealing increased damage to it with a multiplier of 2.
- Damage multiplier is not affected by mods.
- The twin will teleport to his mark if it cannot reach the target after several attempts.
Celestial Twin will cycle its weapons depending on Wukong's equipped weapon, if he has them equipped in his arsenal.
- If Wukong wields a primary or secondary weapon, or an Arch-gun called down by an Archweapon Deployer, the twin will use a melee weapon.
  - If Wukong has no melee weapon but has both a primary and secondary weapon, the twin will only use the primary weapon.
- If Wukong wields a melee weapon, the twin will use Wukong's last primary or secondary weapon equipped prior to switching.
- If Wukong has only one weapon equipped, the twin will use that weapon.
- On weapons with Alternate Fire, only the primary mode will be used.
- The twin cannot use an Arch-gun.
- The twin is not affected by Sortie weapon restrictions.
- The twin can trigger weapon-related Warframe Arcanes and Exodia Arcanes, i.e. on critical condition, upon meeting the requirements.
If a Celestial Twin crosses a Nullifier bubble, it will not immediately die, but will instead take constant health damage.
- Wukong himself crossing a Nullifier bubble has no effect on the Twin.
If a Celestial Twin falls out of bounds, it will immediately die.
If Wukong's abilities become disabled, such as by the Stalker or falling out of bounds, the twin will immediately die.
- Equipping Archwing during Landscape mission, which also renders abilities disabled, will kill the twin as well.
Ability Synergy:
- When activating Cloud Walker, the twin becomes invulnerable to damage and receives its health restore per meter travelled bonus. After Cloud Walker ends, Wukong's twin is teleported to his side instantly.
  - Enveloping Cloud affects the twin, turning it invisible for its duration.
- When activating Defy, the twin will also use Defy, gaining the same increased Threat Level, invulnerability, damage reflection, and armor bonus.
- When activating Primal Fury, the twin will also arm itself with the Iron Staff.
When using Emotes with a Celestial Twin, the twin will perform the same emote. Wukong can also perform Handshakes with his own twin.
Triggering the Inactivity Penalty will cause the twin to cease all activity and remain immobile until player activity resumes.

Main article: Celestial Stomp

Celestial Stomp is a Warframe Augment Mod for Wukong that commands his Celestial Twin to perform a slam attack for an energy cost when the ability button (default 1 ) is held, suspending nearby enemies in the air.

Rank	Range	Energy cost	Cost
0	12 m	25	6
1	14 m	25	7
2	17 m	25	8
3	20 m	25	9

ENERGY 25 KEY 2	Cloud Walker Evaporate into a cloud of mist and float through the battlefield, dazing any enemy encountered, while healing Wukong and his twin.	Strength:0.5% / 0.6% / 0.8% / 1% (health / meter)
		Duration:2 s (cloud duration)
		Range:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 m (stun radius)
		Misc:30 m/s (cloud movement speed) 100% (status cleanse on cast) 2 s (stun duration)

Wukong disappears into a cloud and hides himself from enemy view for 2 seconds. In this form, Wukong moves at 30 meters per second, gaining vertical and horizontal flight capabilities using the movement (W A S D ), crouch (Ctrl ), and jump (Spacebar ) hotkeys, similar to Archwing Maneuvers but without the Afterburner. While traveling in the cloud, Wukong is invulnerable to damage, cleanses all Status Effects, and restores 0.5% / 0.6% / 0.8% / 1% health per meter travelled. Enemies that come within the cloud's radius of 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 meters are temporarily stunned for 2 seconds. Cloud Walker can be manually cancelled by pressing the ability key again (default 2 ) or by attacking.
- Health restore per meter travelled is affected by Ability Strength.
- Cloud duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Stun radius is affected by Ability Range.
- Stun duration is not affected by mods.
- Stunned enemies are open to melee finishers (default X ).
- Unalerted enemies staggered by Cloud Walker remain unalerted during the stagger animation, and thus can engage Stealth Kill Affinity Bonuses when killed.
- Health restore affects companions such as Kubrows, Kavats, and MOAs, but only if Link Health is equipped.
  - As Link mods cannot be equipped on companions, Cloud Walker's healing has no effect on Sentinels.
- Cloud movement speed is not affected by Sprint Speed.
Cloud Walker does not trigger defenses like Sensor Bars, Laser Barriers, and Security Cameras.
- Cloud Walker can pass through Spy vault's defenses without triggering an alarm.
Ability Synergy: When activating Cloud Walker with an active Celestial Twin, the twin becomes invulnerable to damage and receives its health restore per meter travelled bonus. After Cloud Walker ends, Wukong's twin is teleported to his side instantly.
Wukong cannot cast other abilities, perform parkour Maneuvers or general interactions while channeling this ability.

Main article: Enveloping Cloud

Enveloping Cloud is a Warframe Augment Mod for Wukong's Cloud Walker that gives allies near the cloud temporary invisibility.

Rank	Range	Duration	Cost
0	2.5m	8s	6
1	3m	10s	7
2	3.5m	12s	8
3	4m	14s	9

An equipped Sentinel with Vacuum will still collect nearby items and hold onto them for you to collect when Cloud Walker ends, similar to Hydroid's Undertow.

ENERGY 50 KEY 3	Defy Wukong and his twin become invulnerable and defy enemies to attack. All damage is captured, stored, and dealt back in a single furious strike of Wukong's staff. Bonus Armor is then granted relative to the damage captured.	Strength:4 / 5 / 6 / 7.5 x (damage multiplier) 0.8 / 1 / 1.2 / 1.5 x (armor multiplier)
		Duration:2 s (invulnerability duration) 15 / 18 / 20 / 25 s (armor duration)
		Range:7 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (staff swing radius)
		Misc:-50 % (move speed penalty) 100 % (status cleanse on spin) 50 AP (min. armor bonus) 1,500 AP (armor bonus cap)

Wukong engages a defiant stance while priming his Iron Staff, becoming invulnerable to damage and new Status Effects, increasing his Threat Level to taunt enemies into attacking him, and reducing his movement speed by 50% for 2 seconds. Any damage Wukong takes while in this stance is absorbed and stored; after the invulnerability period expires, Wukong cleanses himself of any negative status effects, spins in place while elongating his staff and inflicts the stored damage multiplied by 4 / 5 / 6 / 7.5 times to all enemies within a radius of 7 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters. The spin can be executed earlier by pressing the ability key again (default 3 ) or using melee attack.
- Invulnerability duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Damage multiplier is affected by Ability Strength.
- Swing radius is affected by Ability Range.
- Status cleanse and movement speed penalty are not affected by mods.
- Enemies hit by the staff are ragdolled away in the direction of the swing.
After executing his spin, Wukong gains a variable Armor bonus lasting for 15 / 18 / 20 / 25 seconds or until Defy is recast; Defy armor bonus value depends on the damage absorbed during the taunt, with the stored amount multiplied by 0.8 / 1 / 1.2 / 1.5 times to grant a minimum of 50 armor points, up to a maximum of 1,500 armor points.
- Armor duration is affected by Ability Duration.
- Armor multiplier is affected by Ability Strength.
- Minimum and maximum armor bonuses are not affected by mods.
- Armor bonus is removed if Defy is recast before it expires.
- While the armor bonus is active, a stylized armor bonus counter appears above the ability icons.
Ability Synergy: When activating Defy with an active Celestial Twin, the twin engages in Defy, gaining the same increased Threat Level, invulnerability, damage reflection, and armor bonus.
Wukong cannot cast other abilities, perform parkour Maneuvers or general interactions while channeling this ability.
Subsuming Wukong to the Helminth will offer Defy and its augments to be used by other Warframes.
- However, Subsumed Defy's armor bonus is capped at 750.

ENERGY 10 KEY 4	Primal Fury Summon the Iron Staff and unleash fury. Energy Drain: 5 s^-1	Strength:100 / 125 / 200 / 250 (damage)
		Duration:N/A
		Range:N/A
		Misc:3.5 m (staff reach)

Wukong equips his legendary Iron Staff as his melee Exalted Weapon. Normal attacks inflict 100 / 125 / 200 / 250 damage and can strike enemies within 3.5 meters.
- Damage is distributed between 68% Impact damage and 32% Slash damage.
- Wall attacks inflict 167 / 208 / 333 / 417 damage.
- Slide attacks inflict 214 / 267.5 / 428 / 536 damage.
- Aerial attacks and slam attacks inflict 200 / 250 / 400 / 500 damage, and slam attacks inflict an additional 150 Impact damage with a 30% status chance within 3 meters.
Attacks have a 200% critical multiplier with a 25% critical chance and a 30% status chance.
Damage is affected by Ability Strength, the Melee Combo Counter and most mods.
- As an example, with a maxed Pressure Point, Shocking Touch and Intensify, the normal attacks of a rank-3 Primal Fury will deal
  $Base Damage \times (1 + Damage Mods) \times (1 + Elemental Mods) \times (1 + Strength Mods) =$
  $250 \times (1 + 1.2) \times (1 + 0.9) \times (1 + 0.3) = 1,358.5$ damage.
- The mods that affect Iron Staff include:
  - damage (e.g., Steel Charge)
  - physical damage (e.g., Jagged Edge)
  - elemental damage (e.g., Shocking Touch)
  - faction (e.g., Smite Corpus)
  - Critical chance and critical multiplier (e.g., True Steel and Organ Shatter)
  - Status chance (e.g., Melee Prowess and Vicious Frost)
  - Attack speed (e.g., Fury and Berserker)
  - range (e.g., Primed Reach)
  - Condition Overload
  - Drifting Contact
  - Healing Return
  - Shattering Impact
    - Set Mod bonuses do not affect Exalted Weapons (with the exception of the Sacrificial Mod Set).
- Melee range mods affect Primal Fury's initial reach but do not affect the radius of slam attacks.
- Iron Staff can not be equipped with weapon augments (e.g., Justice Blades), class-specific mods (e.g., Covert Lethality), Melee Combo Counter Mods (except Drifting Contact), Acolyte Mods (e.g., Blood Rush), or Amalgam Mods).
- Riven Mods are not generated for Iron Staff.
- The combo counter will reset when equipped with Xoris.
- Primal Fury's combo counter decay is affected by Power Spike.
- Radial damage from slam attacks diminishes with distance, does not have a critical chance, is not affected by the Melee Combo Counter, and will stagger enemies within range.
- Ground finishers inflict 300% of the total modified damage from normal attacks. Prompted Finishers inflict 2400% of the total modified damage from normal attacks as True damage.
  - The damage composition of a ground finisher is the same as a modified normal attack.
  - The finisher multipliers for both attacks are affected by Finishing Touch.
- Each attack adds to the Melee Combo Counter; however, radial damage from slam attacks does not.
Ability Synergy: When activating Primal Fury with an active Celestial Twin, the twin will also equip the Iron Staff.
Primal Fury drains 5 energy per second while active and will remain active until Wukong's energy is depleted, or the ability is deactivated by pressing the ability key again.
- Activation energy cost is affected by Ability Efficiency, and the energy drain is affected by Ability Efficiency and Ability Duration.
- Wukong cannot replenish energy using Energy Siphon, Energy Vampire, Rift Plane's energy regeneration, Energizing Dash or Squad Energy Restores while Primal Fury is active but can replenish energy using Energy Orbs, Orokin Void Death Orb energy restores, Arcane Energize, Rage, or Hunter Adrenaline.
- Primal Fury's energy drain is not converted into shields by Augur Mods.
While Primal Fury is active, Iron Staff is the only melee weapon Wukong can use. However, his other abilities can still be cast normally.
Primal Fury comes installed with its own unique stance. Additional combos will be unlocked as Primal Fury increases in rank.
The ends of Iron Staff have portions made out of energy.
- These portions are affected by Wukong's energy color.
- With the range bonus active, these portions are elongated.
Primal Fury's attacks can damage enemies across the Rift Plane.

Main article: Iron Staff

Iron Staff is Wukong's and Wukong Prime's signature Exalted Weapon that can only be used upon activating the ability Primal Fury. The weapon exclusively uses the Primal Fury stance.

Main article: Primal Fury (Stance)

Primal Fury is a unique Stance exclusive to Iron Staff that can only be acquired and used by activating Wukong's fourth ability, Primal Fury. This Stance overrides the Stance on any currently equipped melee weapon for as long as Primal Fury remains active.

Main article: Primal Rage

Primal Rage is a Warframe Augment Mod for Wukong that increases the critical chance of Primal Fury with every kill, up to a maximum of 150%. The additional critical chance gradually falls off after Wukong stops killing for 5 seconds.

Rank	Decay per second	Critical chance per kill	Cost
0	-1%	+8%	6
1	-1%	+10%	7
2	-1%	+12%	8
3	-1%	+15%	9

It is preferable to use Steel Charge over Growing Power when modding for pure damage as the former adds more damage to Primal Fury than the latter.
- Even with Steel Charge equipped, using Power Drift will provide a larger increase in damage than Coaction Drift.

Strength Mods	Duration Mods	Range Mods

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