Archwing

Amesha

Elytron

Itzal

Odonata

An Excalibur with the Odonata Archwing.

The Archwing is a set of mechanical wings of Orokin design used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space, offering a potent mix of firepower and mobility to engage spaceborne enemies. Unlike Warframe's traditional land-bound gameplay, Archwing missions take place on a three dimensional plane, offering nearly complete freedom of movement in all directions. Though intended for space use, the Archwing also has the ability to engage in underwater combat.

Acquisition

An Archwing comprises three components, each of them are acquired through different means depending on the Archwing.

Wings	Harness	Systems

Players can acquire their first Archwing, the Odonata, by completing The Archwing quest available to all players from Mastery Rank 2 and above, have unlocked the Mars Junction, and have completed Suisei on Mercury.

Access

The Archwing section of the Arsenal can be accessed via the Archwing button upon bringing up Select Mode at the bottom right of the main Arsenal overview (Note: For XBO and PS4, click in the left stick), and has the following three sections available:

Tenno Loadout

• Archwing - The player's Archwings can be managed and customized in this section.
• Archwing Primary Weapons - The section where Archwing primary weapons can be managed.
• Archwing Melee Weapons - The Archwing's melee weapons can be managed here.

Mechanics

Once a player has built and acquired an Archwing, they can participate in dedicated Archwing missions, of which there are two variants: Free Space, which puts players in open space with lots of room to explore and maneuver, and Trench Run, where players speed down through tight corridors towards a given mission objective. Archwings can also be used in the Grineer Sealab tileset when transitioning into an underwater level, where players can then engage enemies in submarine warfare.

Archwing Maneuvers

Main article: Archwing Maneuvers

Archwing Maneuvers are a set of actions that a player can perform with the Archwing, a set of mechanical wings used by a Tenno to fly and engage in combat in space and underwater.

Archwing flight controls are similar to normal ground-based controls, with some variations for three-dimensional movement. Movement is controlled with both the W A S D Space Ctrl  keys and mouse, in conjunction. Unlike ground combat, Archwings retain momentum after releasing movement keys mid-flight. Higher velocity allows a further coast.

Hitting objects at high speed will result in the Archwing taking damage, making collision avoidance important to gameplay. Maneuvers still remain the same in submersible combat, albeit with reduced speed due to the water surrounding the player.

Combat

Combat is mostly identical to traditional controls, however melee combat will cause the Warframe to automatically dash forward towards a nearby target; players can chain melee attacks from one target to another without requiring precision aiming at targets. Stances are unavailable, though blocking and channeling can be performed. Jump Attacks and Wall Attacks are also unavailable, with only Slide Attacks being available in the form of a swirling slash that deals higher damage.

Archwings have their own set of exclusive weapons - a Primary and a Melee weapon - and abilities, which replace the player's selected Warframe weapons and abilities. All Warframe stats and mods do not carry over to Archwing missions. The only exception are Aura mods, whose effects still work on Archwings. Passive Abilities also currently carry over in addition to Auras. This can be seen by running an Archwing mission with Mesa and unequipping her non-Archwing melee weapon, which will start the Archwing with 50 extra health.

Companions cannot accompany the player in Archwing missions.

Mods

• Archwing
• Arch-Gun
• Arch-Melee

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Afterburner	Elytron Augment Mod for Core Vent		Rare
Argon Plating	Increases Armor		Common
Auxiliary Power	Increases Maximum Energy		Uncommon
Cold Snap	Itzal Augment Mod for Cosmic Crush		Rare
Efficient Transferral	Increases Power Duration		Rare
Energy Amplifier	Increases Power Range		Uncommon
Energy Field	Odonata Augment Mod for Energy Shell		Rare
Energy Inversion	Increases Shield Capacity		Common
Enhanced Durability	Increases Health		Uncommon
Hyperion Thrusters	Increases Flight Speed		Rare
Kinetic Diversion	Damage to health restores Archwing energy		Rare
Morphic Transformer	Increases Power Strength		Rare
Primed Morphic Transformer	Increases Power Strength		Legendary
Superior Defenses	Increases Shield Recharge Rate		Uncommon
System Reroute	Increases Power Efficiency		Rare

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Ammo Chain	Increases Maximum Ammo		Uncommon
Archgun Ace	Increases Fire Rate and Reload Speed for a brief time upon a headshot kill		Rare
Automatic Trigger	Increases Fire Rate		Rare
Ballista Measure	Increases Range		Rare
Charged Bullets	Increases  Electricity Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Combustion Rounds	Adds  Heat Damage		Uncommon
Comet Blast	Adds  Impact Damage		Rare
Containment Breach	Increases  Radiation Damage and Multishot		Rare
Contamination Casing	Increases  Toxin Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Critical Focus	Increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage while aiming		Rare
Deadly Efficiency	Increases Base Damage for a brief time upon reloading from an empty magazine		Rare
Dual Rounds	Adds Multishot Chance		Rare
Electrified Barrel	Adds  Electricity Damage		Uncommon
Hollowed Bullets	Increases Critical Damage		Rare
Hypothermic Shell	Increases  Cold Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Magazine Extension	Increases Magazine Capacity		Common
Magma Chamber	Increases  Heat Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Marked Target	Increases Status Chance while aiming		Rare
Modified Munitions	Increases Status Chance		Uncommon
Parallax Scope	Increases Critical Chance		Common
Polar Magazine	Adds  Cold Damage		Uncommon
Primed Rubedo-Lined Barrel	Adds Base Damage		Legendary
Quasar Drill	Adds  Puncture Damage		Rare
Quick Reload	Increases Reload Speed		Uncommon
Resolute Focus	Increases Stagger/Knockdown Resistance and Reduces Spread while aiming		Uncommon
Rubedo-Lined Barrel	Adds Base Damage		Uncommon
Sabot Rounds	Increases Base Damage Increases Punch Through		Rare
Shell Rush	Increases Charge Rate		Uncommon
Venomous Clip	Adds  Toxin Damage		Uncommon
Zodiac Shred	Adds  Slash Damage		Rare

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity
Astral Autopsy	Melee Kill Scans		Rare
Astral Slash	Increases Base  Slash Damage		Rare
Blazing Steel	Adds  Heat Damage		Uncommon
Bleeding Edge	Increases Critical Damage		Common
Critical Meltdown	Increases  Radiation Damage and Critical Chance		Rare
Cryo Coating	Increases  Cold Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Cutting Edge	Increases Melee Damage		Uncommon
Extend	Increases Range		Common
Furor	Increases Attack Speed		Uncommon
Conductive Blade	Adds  Electricity Damage		Uncommon
Glacial Edge	Adds  Cold Damage		Uncommon
Infectious Injection	Increases  Toxin Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Ion Infusion	Increases  Electricity Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Meteor Crash	Increases Base  Impact Damage		Rare
Nebula Bore	Increases Base  Puncture Damage		Rare
Poisonous Sting	Adds  Toxin Damage		Uncommon
Searing Steel	Increases  Heat Damage and Status Chance		Rare
Sudden Impact	Increases Status Chance		Common
Tempered Blade	Increases Critical Chance		Common

With the exception of Aura mods and Coaction Drift, Warframe mods do not work while using the Archwing and have no effect on Archwing gameplay.

Archwing Missions

Planet	Sector	Type	Faction	Level	Tileset
Earth	Erpo	Mobile Defense	Grineer	1 - 6	Free Space
Venus	Montes	Exterminate	Corpus	3 - 8	Trench Run
Mars	Syrtis	Exterminate	Grineer	8 - 13	Free Space
Phobos	Kepler	Rush	Corpus	12 - 14	Trench Run
Jupiter	Galilea	Sabotage	Corpus	15 - 20	Trench Run
Saturn	Pandora	Pursuit	Grineer	21 - 26	Free Space
Uranus	Caelus	Interception	Grineer	24 - 29	Free Space
Neptune	Salacia	Mobile Defense	Corpus	27 - 32	Trench Run
Eris	Jordas Golem Assassinate	Assassination	Infestation	32 - 34	Free Space

Rewards

All Archwing mission types have unique reward tables not shared by non-Archwing missions:

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• Exterminate
• Interception
• Mobile Defense
• Pursuit
• Rush
• Sabotage

Rewards
Automatic Trigger	38.72%
Extend	38.72%
Shell Rush	11.28%
Phaedra Receiver	5.64%
Morphic Transformer	5.64%

Locations:

• Montes, Venus
• Syrtis, Mars

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A		B		C
Endo x250	77.44%	Endo x250	20%	Endo x400	32.24%
Automatic Trigger	2.51%	Argon Plating	10%	Axi A17	9.68%
Combustion Rounds	2.51%	Bleeding Edge	10%	Axi A18	9.68%
Dual Rounds	2.51%	Electrified Barrel	10%	Axi B7	9.68%
Hollowed Bullets	2.51%	Energy Inversion	10%	Axi D5	9.68%
Magazine Extension	2.51%	Furor	10%	Axi G11	9.68%
Modified Munitions	2.51%	Glacial Edge	10%	Axi L6	9.68%
Parallax Scope	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%	Axi P6	9.68%
Rubedo-Lined Barrel	2.51%	Superior Defenses	10%
Venomous Clip	2.51%

Locations:

• Caelus, Uranus

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Rewards
Polar Magazine	38.72%
Superior Defenses	38.72%
Astral Slash	3.76%
Comet Blast	3.76%
Meteor Crash	3.76%
Nebula Bore	3.76%
Quasar Drill	3.76%
Zodiac Shred	3.76%

Locations:

• Erpo, Earth
• Salacia, Neptune

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Rewards
Endo x400	15.29%
Conductive Blade	5.06%
Furor	5.06%
Glacial Edge	5.06%
Poisonous Sting	5.06%
Sudden Impact	5.06%
Tempered Blade	5.06%
Meso A5	5.06%
Meso B9	5.06%
Meso G6	5.06%
Meso H5	5.06%
Meso H6	5.06%
Meso M4	5.06%
Meso W3	5.06%
Blazing Steel	3.16%
Cutting Edge	3.16%
Efficient Transferral	3.16%
Extend	3.16%
Superior Defenses	3.16%
System Reroute	3.16%

Locations:

• Pandora, Saturn

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A		B		C
Conductive Blade	16.67%	Endo x150	77.44%	Lith A6	9.68%
Furor	16.67%	Blazing Steel	3.76%	Lith C11	9.68%
Glacial Edge	16.67%	Cutting Edge	3.76%	Lith G10	9.68%
Poisonous Sting	16.67%	Efficient Transferral	3.76%	Lith G9	9.68%
Sudden Impact	16.67%	Extend	3.76%	Lith P8	9.68%
Tempered Blade	16.67%	Superior Defenses	3.76%	Lith R5	9.68%
		System Reroute	3.76%	Lith T10	9.68%
				Endo x400	9.68%
				Astral Slash	7.52%
				Meteor Crash	7.52%
				Nebula Bore	7.52%

Locations:

• Kepler, Phobos

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Rewards
Conductive Blade	25.81%
Glacial Edge	25.81%
Tempered Blade	25.81%
Astral Slash	3.76%
Comet Blast	3.76%
Meteor Crash	3.76%
Nebula Bore	3.76%
Quasar Drill	3.76%
Zodiac Shred	3.76%

Locations:

• Galilea, Jupiter

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Part Locations

Archwing parts are obtainable as offerings from the six core Syndicates, each costing 20,000 Standing. Blueprints are obtainable from either the market or Clan Research. All Archwing parts are tradable.

Steel Meridian	Arbiters of Hexis
Kaszas Handle Velocitus Receiver Corvas Stock Agkuza Guard Fluctus Stock	Dual Decurion Barrel Phaedra Barrel Corvas Barrel Cyngas Barrel Centaur Aegis
Cephalon Suda	The Perrin Sequence
Dual Decurion Receiver Velocitus Barrel Corvas Receiver Cyngas Receiver Fluctus Barrel	Onorix Handle Phaedra Receiver Cyngas Stock Centaur Blade
Red Veil	New Loka
Kaszas Blade Velocitus Stock Rathbone Handle Agkuza Handle Fluctus Limbs	Onorix Blade Phaedra Stock Rathbone Head Agkuza Blade Centaur Handle

Notes

• It is confirmed that an Archwing possesses life support, allowing its user to remain in vacuum space without repercussion, as seen in the trailer and Mag Prime's Codex entry, in which the author quoted: "I could feel my lungs fill as it wrapped me in its wings...."
• The Archwing is stored inside the Landing Craft as shown by the ship deploying the Archwing from its underbelly.
• Most consumables like Team Ammo Restores, Codex Scanners and others can be used while in Archwing missions.
  • Specters and Air Support can not be used in Archwing missions.
  • As there are no terminals in Archwing missions, it follows that ciphers also can not be used in them.
• You can use Emotes while in Archwing missions, although they cause Warframes to appear to be standing on solid ground with their Archwings still attached.
• Abilities that affect the player will dispel the moment the player transitions from standard gameplay to Submersible Archwing combat and vice versa.
• Instead of Archwing weapons having a magazine and total ammo pool, they have a single pool of ammo that acts as the magazine. This ammo will replenish itself over a short period of time after the weapon hasn't been fired for a second or two.
• Warframe Passives will still apply during Archwing modes.

Trivia

• The Archwing was first unveiled in Devstream 35 on August 8, 2014 at Gamescom 2014, and made its debut in Update 15.0 (2014-10-24).
• The Archwing was alluded to in Mag Prime's Codex Entry: Warframe Archive - Debrief Excerpt, where she used an Archwing to save the narrator from death.
• The preview also shows a black Fomorian ship in the background, confirmed to be the Balor Fomorian mentioned in Operation Cryotic Front.
• Much of the assets used in Archwing gameplay are actually scaled-down proportionately compared to normal assets in ground-based missions. This results in the models for Mods, Resource pickups and orbs being as large as players.
• Due to the sheer speeds that Archwings can travel, certain helmet attachments may disjoint themselves temporarily as they try to catch up with the players. Examples include the loose fabric of Mesa's default helmet and the "ponytail" of Ash's Locust Helmet.
• Up until Update 17.0 (2015-07-31), the Codex entries for all Archwing guns showed them all being held using the normal underhanded grip for ground weapons, instead of the correct overhand grip used by Archwing weapons.

Bugs

• Using melee or speeding close to some large debris may result in one getting impaled and stuck in the mesh; take caution using melee attacks around objects to avoid this.
  • Similar to the bug above, it is possible to get stuck in debris where the player will either die or be stuck permanently.
• There have been various encounters with stretched and disjointed player models in Archwing missions.
• Instances of glitches including "flying" Archwings on Submerge Missions.
  • When dying in the water with the Archwing equipped, reviving will place the player on land that is closest to where the player died, and the player can use their Archwing while on land. You can fly around as if you are underwater or in space, while using Archwing abilities and Archwing weapons.
• If mods which increase the magazine capacity are equipped on any of the player's (Warframe) weapons, then upon entering and exiting a submerged area, the magazine capacity will have reverted to the default for the weapon. This can be quickly fixed by reloading the weapon, but it can still present an annoyance.

• "Flying" Arching on Titania (vs. Tyl Regor) After Defeating Tyl Regor.
• "Flying" Archwing on Titania (vs. Tyl Regor) At Extraction.
• "Flying" Archwing on Titania Submerge (vs. Tyl Regor), At extraction with Ground Warframe.
• The old Codex display bug with the Imperator

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Media

• The Archwing in use.
• A frontal view of the Archwing, along with the Veritux.
• The Warframe Volt, using an Odonata Archwing.

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