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Zephyr
📝 Update Infobox Data
Description
Command the power of the wind. Zephyr's cyclonic abilities protect her, deal high damage, and provide crowd control. She swoops in from above and leaves a path of destruction.
Passive
Zephyr moves faster and falls slower while airborne. Also gain 150% Critical Hit chance with weapons while airborne.
Abilities
1st Ability	Tail Wind
2nd Ability	Airburst
3rd Ability	Turbulence
4th Ability	Tornado
General Information
Sex	Female
Mastery Rank	0
Max Rank	30
Health	455 (555 at Rank 30)
Shields	455 (555 at Rank 30)
Armor	105
Energy	100 (150 at Rank 30)
Starting Energy	50
Sprint Speed	1.1
Aura Polarity
Exilus Polarity	None
Polarities
Introduced	Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)
Themes	Air Elemental, Avian
Progenitor Element	Impact
Subsumed Ability	Airburst
Tactical Ability	Tornado
Sell Price	10,000
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

CODEX

Command the power of the wind. Zephyr's cyclonic abilities protect her, deal high damage, and provide crowd control. She swoops in from above and leaves a path of destruction.

This is Zephyr, light, yet deceivingly lethal.

Zephyr brings graceful destruction to the battlefield. Look up, Tenno.

—Lotus

Release Date: February 5th, 2014

Light-footed and graceful, the beautiful and deadly Zephyr is in her element while airborne. With the power to bend air currents, she is an agile skyterror who delivers swift judgement from above. Zephyr soared to the skies in Update 12.0 (2014-02-05).

Acquisition

Zephyr's blueprints can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.

Crafting

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 1	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: 275			Blueprints Price: 35,000
Zephyr Neuroptics Blueprint
15,000	Circuits 150	Oxium 200	Polymer Bundle 200	Salvage 500	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Zephyr Chassis Blueprint
15,000	Oxium 200	Nano Spores 900	Rubedo 50		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Zephyr Systems Blueprint
15,000	Control Module 1	Oxium 200	Polymer Bundle 500	Plastids 400	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Tenno Lab Research Blueprint • 5,000 5,000  Mutagen Mass 1  Detonite Injector 1  Fieldron 1  Oxium 200 Time: 3 Day(s) Prereq: N/A Neuroptics • 1,500 10,000  Detonite Injector 1  Neural Sensors 1  Nano Spores 1,000  Oxium 20 Time: 3 Day(s) Prereq: Zephyr Chassis • 1,500 10,000  Mutagen Mass 1  Control Module 1  Ferrite 1,000  Oxium 20 Time: 3 Day(s) Prereq: Zephyr Systems • 1,500 10,000  Fieldron 1  Morphics 1  Salvage 1,000  Oxium 20 Time: 3 Day(s) Prereq: Zephyr x1  x3  x10  x30  x100

Notes

• Zephyr has reduced friction against air and increased resistance to gravity.
  • Zephyr jumps higher and has longer hang time than other Warframes.
• Due to a bug(?), a Zephyr playing as a client will have complete lateral air friction when not sliding, meaning that the player will completely stop moving laterally while in the air as long as a movement button is not held.

Trivia

• Zephyr's name is derived from Zephyrus, one of the four most important Anemoi in Greek legend. Zephyrus holds domain over the west wind and flowers, and he also serves as a messenger for Aphrodite and Eros.
• Zephyr was confirmed to be originated as a fan-made concept in Devstream 22 by user Volkovyi (also known as Liger Inuzuka). Digital Extremes did not specify who followed up the idea, but it was mentioned as being conceptualized by the community.
  • Volkovyi was acknowledged as the one who inspired Zephyr by Grineeer (Scott) on twitter, explaining that his nickname simply escaped him during the Livestream.
  • In contrast to  Ash, Zephyr was originally portrayed as a male in the concept art rather than a female.
  • Volkovyi also created the concepts for several Deluxe Skins, including Nidus Phryke, Nezha Empyrean, and Excalibur Zato. After being hired by Digital Extremes, their past concept for a Warframe named "Wraithe" was revamped into Sevagoth.
• As mentioned by Scott and Steve on the Update 12 highlights, Zephyr is less affected by gravity than other frames making her descents slower and being able to jump higher than other frames. This can be attributed to the Oxium used in her manufacture. This technically makes Zephyr the first Warframe to have a Passive Attribute.
  • However, this characteristic is still slightly buggy.
• Zephyr is the first Warframe entirely released as a Clan lab project, which makes getting her components much easier.
• The moving pieces on her helmet may move around in the Codex, instead of being perfectly still. This is a bug or clipping issue.
  • This is due to realtime physics still being active in static dioramas. Other physics-enabled elements such as syandanas are affected in other dioramas.
• Zephyr was originally named Tengu during development.
  • This has now become the name of one of her helmets.

Bugs

• Zephyr's Airburst will override the floating effect of Titania's Spellbind, with enemies getting up once the pull of Airburst ends.

See Also

• Happy Zephyr, a tribute to the now-removed app game, Flappy Bird.