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Vauban is the model of innovative technology. He deploys clever inventions to provide crowd control. His tenacity and focus make him formidable.

This is Vauban, focused and methodical.

Vauban willingly sacrificed his own safety in the name of mayhem. Use him wisely, Tenno.

Release Date: May 17th, 2013

Ingenious contraptions contrived with an innovative mind. Assert control over the battlefield as the tactician Vauban, executing his combat schematics with lethal precision. Mobilize his armada of electrocuting drones to patrol wherever he treads. Besiege the frontlines with his array of minefields designed for suppression and support. Devastate enemy forces with deadly disintegration from orbit, as a merciful release from his technological prison and fortress combined. Vauban deployed in Update 7.11 (2013-05-17) and reinvented his arsenal in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31): The Old Blood.

Acquisition

Vauban's main blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Vauban's component blueprints can be bought from the Nightwave Offerings for Nora'sMixVol5Cred 25 each, for a total of Nora'sMixVol5Cred 75.

Alternatively, upon completion of The Duviri Paradox, Vauban's main and component blueprints can be earned from The Circuit. By selecting him on the rotating week he is available, players can earn his blueprints after reaching Tier 2 (Neuroptics), 5 (Chassis), 8 (Systems), and 10 (Main) rewards.

Crafting

Manufacturing Requirements
📝 Edit blueprint requirements
Credits
25,000
Helmet
1
Chassis
1
Systems
1
OrokinCell
1
Time: 3 Day(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 50
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 300 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price: Credits35,000
Vauban Neuroptics Blueprint
Credits
15,000
AlloyPlate
150
NeuralSensors
1
PolymerBundle
150
Rubedo
500
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 25
Vauban Chassis Blueprint
Credits
15,000
Morphics
1
Ferrite
1,000
Rubedo
300
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 25
Vauban Systems Blueprint
Credits
15,000
ControlModule
1
Morphics
1
Salvage
500
Plastids
220
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 25

Warframe Guides

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Guides are created by users like you. They aren't as strictly regulated as most pages, so keep an eye out for dated or subjective information.
Have your own build and playstyle? You can contribute too! Instructions are within.

See Category:Vauban Guides to read user-made guides on how to play this Warframe.

Bugs

  • Bastille no longer provides armor to objectives, like Kuva Siphon towers or Defense nodes.
  • While TeslaNervos130xWhite Tesla Nervos is active, if the operator exits then enters Vauban, the number of remaining drones will not be displayed. However, the drones will work normally and the number will reappear after one or more drones expending all its charges.
  • While charging up TeslaNervos130xWhite Tesla Nervos, going into Operator form will cause the release of the drones, but transferring back into Vauban will add a cooldown on the ability similar to LavosIcon272 Lavos's abilities or RebuildShields130xWhite Rebuild Shields.
  • TeslaNervos130xWhite Tesla Nervos drones may sometimes take on other colours such as default skin colours or those of other players.
  • For no apparent reason Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer and Bastille130xWhite Bastille will stop working, playing only the cast animation but not spawning any mines. Mines might spawn around 10 to 30 seconds later wherever the player's crosshairs are aimed at. This bug only occurs in multiplayer and happens regardless of whether Vauban is the host or not, and regardless of Vauban's ping.
  • The energy vortex effects and the mine in Bastille130xWhite Bastille's Vortex form will often not line up, resulting in the actual vortex that pulls in enemies ocurring visibly displaced from the mine.
  • Bastille130xWhite Bastille will continue to suspend Bursas even after being hacked and turned into allies.

Trivia

  • Vauban was named after the French military engineer, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban.
  • Being named after a French engineer, this may explain why the Gambit Vauban Helmet looks similar to a beret.
  • Bastille, Vauban's fourth ability, means prison, fort, or fortification. This is aptly named as the ability entraps its targets in an immobile state.
  • Vauban was constructed first under the name Trapper. (internally, /Lotus/StoreItems/Powersuits/Trapper)
  • Vauban used to be called "Trollban" by the community due to Vortex affecting players as well for a short time after his release, as well as the potential of trolling with Bounce.
    • Vauban was later on, and more commonly called, "Booben" by Warframe staff and player base. During the loading screen on the Warframe Nexus app, there is a reference to Booben that will show up on occasion.
  • Vauban is the only Warframe whose components are not always available. Since players cannot access Nightwave after the end of a series until a new one begins, this would make Vauban components temporarily inaccessible as well.

==Passive==

An inventor by nature, the process of creation necessitates demolition and deconstruction. VaubanIcon272 Vauban inflicts 25% extra damage with his weapons and abilities, against enemies that are incapacitated and unable to move. Eligible targets include, but are not limited to, those stunned by an attached TeslaNervos130xWhite Tesla Nervos, entangled by Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer's Tether Coil, lifted by Bastille130xWhite Bastille's prison or pulled by its vortex's gravity.

  • Damage bonus is not affected by Mods.
  • Damage bonus stacks with Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer's Overdriver buff for weapon damage only.
  • Knockdowns, staggers, and temporary stuns such as DmgImpactSmall64 Impact and DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity status effects do not count as incapacitation.
  • Damage bonus applies multiplicatively to total damage, according to this formula: Damage × (1 + 0.25)
  • Damage bonus applies a second time on status damage, if the damaging status effect is applied while an enemy is incapacitated.
    • For example, with a weapon that inflicts 100 damage per shot, that procs a slash status, Vauban's passive will increase the damage per tick from the slash to: 0.35 × 100 × (1 + 0.25) × (1 + 0.25) = 54.6875.
    • The damage bonus is multiplicative to faction bonus damage and to Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer's Overdriver buff. For example, with a Vauban modded with maxed Mod TT 20px Intensify, and a weapon that inflicts 100 damage per shot, modded with maxed Mod TT 20px Serration, maxed Mod TT 20px Bane of Corrupted, that procs a slash status, on an incapacitated corrupted enemy, Vauban's passive will increase the damage per tick from the slash to: 0.35 × 100 × (1 + 1.65) × (1 + 0.3) × (1 + 0.3) × (1 + 0.25 × (1 + 0.3)) × (1 + 0.25) × (1 + 0.25) = 324.5163.
    • If a damaging status effect is applied before the enemy hit is incapacitated, the damage bonus will apply only once. Similarly, the damage bonus for damaging status effects on an enemy is lost should the enemy no longer be incapacitated.

Abilities 

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Main article: Tesla Nervos (edit)
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Tesla Nervos

Deploy a roller drone that attaches itself to enemies and delivers bursts of arcing electricity to anything in the immediate area.


Introduced in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on capsule hit)
80 / 100 / 120 / 150 (DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity damage per discharge)
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity damage per second)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:5 / 6 / 7 / 10 (number of charges)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:4 / 4 / 5 / 6 m (shock radius)

Misc: ? % (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
1 s (discharge interval)
50 % (DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity status chance)
4 (limit of active drones)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Main article: Minelayer (edit)
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Minelayer

Cycle through four deployable mines: Tether Coil, Flechette Orb, Vector Pad and Overdriver.


Introduced in Update 18.12 (2016-05-17)

Strength: 15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on mine hit)
100 / 150 / 200 / 250 (DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage on latch)
Duration: 25 s
Range: 15 / 16 / 18 / 20 m (grab range)
Misc:?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
1 / 1 / 2 / 2 (max targets)
4 (max coils active)

Strength: 15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on mine hit)
200 / 250 / 300 (DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture damage per nail)
Duration: 25 s
Range: N/A
Misc:?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
50% (critical chance)
2.0x (critical multiplier)
100% (DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture status chance)
10 m (target radius)
4 (max orbs active)
1.0x (damage multiplier per 10 enemy levels)

Strength: 15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on mine hit)
25 m/s (speed boost)
Duration: 25 s
Range: N/A
Misc:?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
4 (max pads active)

Strength: 15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on mine hit)
25% (weapon damage bonus)
Duration: 25 s
Range: 10 m (attach radius)
Misc:4 (max drivers active)

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Main article: Photon Strike (edit)
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Photon Strike

Drop a targeting beacon that calls in a devastating laser artillery strike.


Introduced in Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on beacon hit)
1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on explosion)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:4 / 4 / 5 / 5 m (blast radius)

Misc: ?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
1.5 s (strike delay)
1.0x (damage multiplier per 10 enemy levels)
0.73s (grounded cast time)
0.94s (in-air cast time)

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Main article: Bastille (edit)
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Bastille

Erect a containment field to capture enemies and suspended them in stasis, stripping their armor. Hold to collapse all Bastilles into a single damaging vortex.


Introduced in Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:15 (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast damage on device hit)
6 / 8 / 10 / 12 (max targets lifted)
2.5 / 5 / 7.5 / 10 % (armor removal per second)
50 (DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic damage per second in vortex)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 s (bastille duration)
10 / 12 / 13 / 15 s (vortex duration)
10 s (armor buff duration)
3 s (auto collapse vortex duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 / 7 / 8 / 10 m (capture radius)

Misc: ?% (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast status chance)
∞ (armor buff duration in field)
1,000 (armor bonus cap)
?% (DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic status chance)

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Strength Mods

IntensifyMod

Duration Mods

ContinuityMod

Range Mods

StretchMod

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Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer130xWhite Minelayer130xWhite
PhotonStrike130xWhite PhotonStrike130xWhite
Bastille130xWhite Bastille130xWhite Bastille130xWhite

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