Operation: Orphix Venom - Missions and Rewards (U29.6.1)

Operation: Orphix Venom is a new event, running now until 1400 ET 18th of January 2021. Its main gameplay purpose is to introduce Necramechs into standard gameplay, also taking the opportunity to add some new equipment and cosmetics.

Baro Ki'Teer: 19/12/2020

Last Baro of the year, and something to check out before you jump into the new event. A solid bunch of items this time around.

Review: Bubonico (U29.5.8)

The Bubonico is a new MR13 Infested Arm-Cannon, released in U29.5 in Deimos: Arcana. With two distinct and equally potent firing modes, it is a novel, versatile, all-round fun and very effective Shotgun.

Prime Unvaulting: Banshee and Mirage Primes (2020)

An all-new Unvaulting this time around, Banshee and Mirage Primes. This Unvault will replace the current one (Ember + Frost) on December 15th/16th depending on your time zone.

Review: Sporothrix (U29.5.6)

The Sporothrix is a new MR13 Infested Sniper Rifle. Firing delayed explosive rounds with innate Viral damage and immense Status Chance, it is quite different from most other Snipers in the game.

Baro Ki'Teer: 05/12/2020

A solid bunch of items in Baro's stock this time, including a few new ones.

Review: Deimos Kitguns (U29.5.5)

The release of U29.5 Deimos: Arcana also brought two new Kitgun Chambers, the Vermisplicer (left) and Sporelacer (right). Like with the existing Chambers, they can be made into distinct Primary and Secondary versions, though will only offer a single set of Mastery. There are also two new Grips, and four new Loaders. These components are all cross-compatible with any of the existing Kitgun components.

 

Oddly, although the new Infested component blueprints are all purchased from Father in the Necralisk, you cannot build any Kitguns with him. Instead, you still need to go to Rude Zuud in Fortuna to assemble a Kitgun (for 5000 credits), as well as Gild them (for 5000 Fortuna Standing and 10 Shelter [second tier] Bonds).

 

EDIT 18/12/2020: As of U29.5.7, you can now also build Kitguns at Father, as well as being able to guild them for 25 Father tokens.

Review: Proboscis Cernos (U29.5.2)

The Proboscis Cernos is a new Infested MR15 Bow, introduced in U29.5: Deimos Arcana. Despite the name, it functions nothing like any of the other Cernos', firing a unique projectile that latches onto and pulls in nearby enemies, before exploding. A Status-focused weapon with high Base Damage, it is a fairly powerful and quite novel weapon.

Baro Ki'Teer: 21/11/2020

Only a few items of note (one extra if you're on NSwitch), with the two "new" items being from Twitch giveaways.

Review: Nezha (Prime) [U29.3.2]

Nezha is a Warframe introduced in U18.1, inspired by the Third Lotus Prince Nezha in Chinese folklore. Nezha Prime is much more recent, having been released in U29.3. A varied and versatile Warframe, he is a solid jack-of-all-trades, offering a unique and effective range of abilities.

Review: Prisma Gorgon (U29.3.2)

The Prisma Gorgon is an MR11 Spool-Up Rifle available only from Baro Ki'Teer. With very strong Crit and a high RoF, it trades poor usability for impressive firepower. It also faces rather stiff competition from the many other strong Primaries.

Baro Ki'Teer: 6/11/2020

 

Another Baro visit, not a huge amount of significant value this time around.

Review: Zakti Prime (U29.3.0)

The Zakti Prime is an MR14 Secondary, just released alongside Nezha and Guandao Primes in U29.3. Firing explosive darts, it is fairly potent at clearing tightly packed groups of enemies, and rapidly stacks up Status procs on any survivors.

Baro Ki'Teer: 23/10/2020

A lot of items this Baro visit, but not much of major value. The "new" items aren't really new either.

Review: Vaykor Marelok (U29.2.4)

The Vaykor Marelok is an MR10 Semi-Auto Secondary, available from the Steel Meridian Syndicate. With an unconventional stat spread for a slow-firing weapon, it can inflict powerful Status procs quite reliably, however faces immense competition and powercreep from many newer weapons.

Event: Nights of Naberus

Nights of Naberus is this year's Halloween event, hosted by Daughter in the Necralisk. There's no actual special missions this time, rather Daughter simply sells a whole bunch of exclusive stuff for Mother Tokens. Some of the stock is also taken from the Plague Star event, which DE have suggested may no longer occur.

 

The total number of Mother Tokens required to buy everything is 1965, including getting both Arcanes to Rank 3. Excluding everything that has been available previously, this drops to just 720 tokens for one of everything.

Review: Telos Boltor and Boltor Prime (U29.2.3)

The Boltor family is one of the oldest Rifles in Warframe, and has seen its fair share of meta use throughout the years. In the current state of the game, the two Boltor variants MR12 Telos and MR13 Prime, are both solid, if not particularly meta, Rifles.

Baro Ki'Teer: 09/10/2020

Another Baro visit, a lot of good stuff this time around.

Review: Fortuna Primary Kitguns (29.2.0)

Secondary Kitguns were originally released in Fortuna in U24. As the playerbase began to experiment with them, much like with Zaws on release, we found them to be generally top-tier, or even best-in-class for the most part. Some time later in U28, we were given the ability to create Primary Kitguns as well. They use the same Chambers and Loaders as Secondary Kitguns, but with new Grips. These new Grips largely correspond stat-wise to the existing Secondary Grips.

 

The Tremor has the highest Damage/lowest Fire Rate, Steadyslam increased Damage/low Fire Rate, Shrewd reduced Damage/higher Fire Rate, and Brash lowest Damage, highest Fire Rate. In the case of the Gaze beam weapon, Fire Rate is constant, and Grips affect Beam Range instead.

Like when the Secondary Kitguns came out, I'll be going through each Chamber, how it compares to what is already out there, and how I personally would recommend building it. Unfortunately, Semlar's Kitgun builder has not yet been updated for Primaries, however the Wiki page does have a full table of all the builds. Again, all stats will be based off of Gilded version, which consume 5000 Fortuna standing and 10 Shelter Bonds.

Baro Ki'Teer: 25/09/2020

A new Pistol skin from Baro, otherwise there isn't a great deal of notable stuff here.

Prime Unvaulting: Ember and Frost Primes (2020)

The next upcoming Unvaulting is a classic, Ember and Frost Primes. They will take the place of the current ones, Nova and Trinity Primes, on the 29th of September.

Review: Sepulcrum (U29.1.1)

The Sepulcrum is an MR14 Secondary, the counterpart to the Primary Trumna. Firing pairs of explosive rounds in Primary Fire, and a swarm of homing projectiles with its Alternate Fire, it is powerful, if somewhat unconventional, heavy pistol.

Review: Trumna (U29.0.8)

The Trumna is an MR13 Rifle introduced in U29: Heart of Deimos. With a solid, heavy hitting explosive Primary Fire, and an extremely powerful explosive, bouncing Alternate Fire, it is a relatively slow but very strong weapon.

Baro Ki'Teer: 11/09/2020

A somewhat underwhelming Baro visit this time around, though Volt Prime has not been around for a while and is definitely worth picking up...except Baro only brought one of the two relics containing his parts.

Review: Zymos (U29.0.6) [MISLEADING]

The Zymos is a new MR11 Infested Pistol, released in U29: Heart of Deimos. A slow-firing, explosive Secondary, it rewards precision with many powerful effects on headshots, but suffers from several usability issues.

EDIT 02/09/2020: U29.0.6 increased the Zymos' Mag Capacity from 9 to 17, and spare ammo from 27 to 51. Since these are relatively small, easy changes to cover, I've amended the article accordingly.

EDIT 01/11/2021: The Zymos has some very unusual Crit-mod interactions which I've only recently begun to understood, and these interactions significantly change how it should be modded. Until I have a chance to test it again myself, I'll leave a "misleading" tag on this review.

Baro Ki'Teer: 28/08/20

 

Another Baro visit, nothing exceptional this time around.

Review: Kuva Kohm (U28.3.3)

The Kuva Kohm is an MR13 spool-up Shotgun. On top of increasing in Fire Rate, spooling up also drastically increases the number of pellets fired, though this comes at an increased ammo cost. With solid Crit and great initial Status Chance, it is an extremely potent close-range weapon.

Baro Ki'Teer: 14/08/2020

Several good items in this Baro visit, and a new Credit-only Orbiter decoration!

Review: Athodai (U28.2.1)

The Athodai is a brand-new MR10 Secondary, initially released as a Tennocon 2020 Twitch drop. Yet another weapon with two firing modes distinct in both stat-spread and attack type, it is a powerful weapon that rewards accuracy, but eats through its small ammo pool very quickly if not controlled well.

Baro Ki'Teer: 31/07/2020

Several solid items in Baro's inventory today.

Review: Panthera Prime (U28.2.0)

The Panthera Prime is an MR14 sawblade-launching Primary, recently released alongside Inaros Prime in U28.2. Firing explosive, bouncing sawblades, it is a novel weapon quite effective against groups, however its spread greatly limits single-target damage.

Review: Ignis Wraith (U28.2.0)

The Ignis Wraith is an MR9 Flamethrower Primary. With a large AoE, great Status Chance and solid Crit, it is a very strong all-round weapon, but an especially effective crowd clearer.

Baro Ki'Teer: 17/07/2020

Since Inaros Prime has just released, it is worth noting that Baro Ki'Teer will offer a special item if you have Inaros Prime equipped. Otherwise, not a very good Baro visit, with the main notable items being just the two weapons.

Review: Akstiletto Prime (U28.2.0)

The Akstiletto Prime is an MR10 Dual Secondary, released back in U18.12 alongside Vauban and Fragor Primes. Once a gold standard for Pistols, in recent times it faces stiff competition from a variety of new as well as old, buffed weapons. Nonetheless, it remains a reliable and effective weapon.

Review: Kuva Karak (U28.0.7)

The MR13 Kuva Karak is the undisputed king of the Karak family. With buffs in nearly every stat compared to its predecessors, it is a very generic but unquestionably effective Rifle.

Baro Ki'Teer: 03/07/2020

A couple of decent items this time around, not much amazing.

Review: Tigris Prime (U28.0.7)

Last Updated: 28.0.7

The Tigris Prime is an MR13 shotgun that was released with Nekros and Galatine Primes, in the Silver Grove updates between U18 and U19. A predominantly Slash shotgun with very high base Damage, it can deal great damage-per-shot, but was significantly weakened in the U27.2 Warframe Revised update.

Review: Velox (U28.0.5)

The Velox is an MR8 Full-Auto Secondary, released in U28. Protea's signature weapon, it has the unusual feature of occasionally not consuming ammo, becoming even more efficient in Protea's hands. A high RoF weapon leaning towards Status, it is a decent but vastly outclassed weapon.

Baro Ki'Teer: 19/06/2020

A new Primed mod and a couple of other good items this Baro visit.

Review: Stahlta (U28.0.4)

The Stahlta is a new MR10 Rifle, released in the U28 Deadlock Protocol update. A weapon with two firing modes, it complements a conventional Full-Auto Primary Fire with a slow but incredibly powerful explosive Alternate Fire.

Review: Akbolto Prime (U27.5.6)

The Akbolto Prime is an MR13 dual Secondary, released alongside Mirage and Kogake Primes. With among the best Crit stats in the game and a decent Status Chance, it possesses impressive firepower. However, it is somewhat restrained by firing bolts with travel time, and being a Semi-Auto with a painfully high RoF.

Baro Ki'Teer: 05/06/2020

Solid Baro visit this time round, several solid weapons and a few good mods.

Loadouts: Kuva Survival Khora (U27.5.6)

Kuva Survival is one of the relatively few missions that award Kuva, and one of even fewer that is always available. It is relatively simple and can appear as a Nightwave challenge, so is worth preparing for. This post details my preferred loadout for Kuva Survival.

Review: Kuva Chakkhurr (U27.5.5)

The Kuva Chakkhurr is an MR15 Semi-Auto Rifle that fires explosive rounds. Dealing very heavy damage with a great spread of base stats, it is a unique and very potent Primary.

Baro Ki'Teer: 22/05/2020

A mixed bag of stuff from Baro, not especially noteworthy but far from the worst visit for sure. Notably, it brought the very last weapon I need to master (that I can obtain at least), Machete Wraith, which I'd somehow overlooked every other time it came.

Review: Kuva Ogris (U27.5.4)

The Kuva Ogris is an MR15 Launcher Primary. With a large blast radius and an incredible Augment, it is a novel, unique, and rather effective explosive weapon.

Prime Unvaulting: Nova and Trinity Primes (2020)

A new Unvault has been announced that will immediately follow the closing of Oberon and Nekros: Trinity and Nova. This switch will occur on the 26th of May.

Loadouts: Profit-Taker Orb Chroma (U27.4.4) [OLD]

The Profit-Taker Orb was the first of the three Orb Mothers in the Vallis to be given a boss fight. With several useful drops and the potential to be completed really, really quickly, it is a useful farming spot for several purposes.

The PT fight can only be accessed upon reaching Rank 5 (Old Mate) with Solaris United in Fortuna. It can only be triggered by starting Profit-Taker Heist Phase 4 - the fourth Bounty in the series.

Baro Ki'Teer: 08/05/2020

A new set of Primed mods for those of you collectors/min-maxers, otherwise not a whole lot special.

Review: Corinth Prime (U27.4.1)

The Corinth Prime is an MR14 Shotgun released alongside Titania and Pangolin Primes in U27.3.6. With a large Mag Capacity and two potent and very different firing modes, it is a versatile and powerful Primary.