Operation: Orphix Venom is live on PC!

Ophix Venom is a new limit time (30 day) event featuring new features coming to Necramechs! For those who haven't heard, Necramech are the player controlled mechs introduced in the Heart of Deimos update. Previously Necramech usage was constrained to only open world locations like Plains of Eidolon, Orb Vallias, and Deimos. This was because regular warframe missions weren't designed with Necramechs in mind, and so the doorways and hallways of traditional warframe levels were too small for our Mechs to fit in. Well, they've solve the issue and now Operation Orphix Venom let's you test the Necramechs in a limited set of missions set in the regular levels of Warframe.

As Rebecca Ford summarizes in a tweet, the dev team experimented with different implementations of Necramech traversal before deciding ultimately it be much more entertaining to embrace the awkward height difficulties. They put in sparks and sounds when your Necramech collided with the geometry. You can see the Necramech scrapping their heads against the ceiling of door frames without any care.

Rapid and the Giant Bomb PC Community check out a new limited time special event in Warframe. Check it out in the video below:

Special thanks to Natroninja, @wandrecanada@faagadaba and cha0sniper of the Giant Bomb Alliance for their help in the event!

This event is big spoilers for Warframe lore but they are continuing to gear up for the "New War". The Sentients are back, Natah has figured out how to create a Sentient version of a nullifers, these new enemies disperse a transference dampening field disabling the Tenno's Warframe. The Tenno lose connection to their Warframes and are forced out whenever they enter the energy field.

The Sentient Ophix are why for these missions you need to resort to using the Necramech and Operator. There are sections in the mission where you basically can't use your Warframe.

You can still do the new event without a owning a necramech but it is kind of a hassle yes. You basically need to search around the level, there are dormant Necramechs scattered around the level which, when you void dash into with the operator can then take control of.

There are 3 tiers of difficulty:

1. Operation: Orphix Venom (500 Points Needed to Pogress)
2. Operation: Orphix Venom - Advanced (1000 Points Needed to Progress)
3. Operation: Orphix Venom - Endurance (Endless Mode - Farm Points to your content)

When players encounter an area with an Orphix. First, destroy all the Nodes surrounding the Orphix Destroying all the nodes marked in red on the map will cause the Orphix to become vulnerable. Take down the Orphix to half health with either Necramech weapons or Operator amp and soon more nodes will spawn. Take out the remaining nodes then take out the Orphix's remaining health. Shortly after, the next Orphix will spawn. Rinse and Repeat! For every 3rd Orphix that is destroyed the squad will get one of the following reward drops:

Lavos Blueprint & Parts

Cedo Blueprint & Parts

New Necramech Mods

Players can extract from the mission once the first 3 Orphix are destroy or continue to pursuing Orphix for Mission Score. Note:

Try to survive for as long as you can - 36 Orphix will be the maximum amount in the Endurance mission, so once you’ve hit 36, it’s time to extract! The first two Operation missions have a limit of 24 Orphix. Players looking to maximize their score should head to Endurance! .

Phasic Cells can be earned in any Operation mission. But remember - Endurance gives the most points per Orphix, so you’ll earn the most Phasic Cells there. A prepared and coordinated squad even more so! While this Operation is possible Solo, best results will come from coordinated Squads!

Phasic Cells can traded to Father on Deimos for special Rewards. Note: Players can also earn a number of rewards also by just playing the Operation - including Lavos the newest Warframe,

The rewards from Operation - Scarlet Spear are also being offered by Father if players did not have chance to pick those rewards up from the last event.

This new operation is really fun!

I really hope they keep pushing out more and more necromech content. Its so cool having more parallel power progression paths.

Thanks for helping with the run. Let me know you want farm event the more. I still have the Ophix Weapon Blueprint to farm and those weapon skins as well.

The mode is like Survival but with Necramechs but actually encourages you to not just camp in one place. Although, eventually the Orphix start spawning in a pattern and you can anticipate where they will like to spawn next.

Yeah definitely I hope they find a way to integrate the Necramech's more into regular gameplay. It would be shame if they fell into that pitfall as Archwing did where they were kind of one-note and the gameplay really fell short. This was test to see how Necramech would play in regular missions but I feel right now its hard to pick a Necramech over a Warframe unless their was some sort of gimmick (like disabling your Warframe) to make me want to pick a Necramech over a Warframe. But I am optimistic, having a Necramech gives us more options in that you always have a tanky mech on hand even if you playing a support or fragile frame.