Hildryn

Release Date: March 7th, 2019

Reinforced by her stalwart physique, the Herculean cyborg, Hildryn, fortifies her allies' defenses as enemy barricades crumble beneath her overwhelming might. Rocket skyward at full thrust, achieve atmospheric flight, and launch shield-powered warheads to raze the battlefield with heavy artillery firepower. Hildryn first rained death from above on March 7th, 2019 during Operation: Buried Debts.

Acquisition

5,000  5,000

 Vox Solaris

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Systems Blueprint	Exploiter Orb	22.56%	~ 4 Kills	27 ± 9 Kills
Chassis Blueprint	Exploiter Orb	38.72%	~ 2 Kills	14 ± 4 Kills
Neuroptics Blueprint	Exploiter Orb	38.72%	~ 2 Kills	14 ± 4 Kills

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Alternatively, upon completion of The Duviri Paradox, Hildryn's main and component blueprints can be earned from The Circuit. By selecting her on the rotating week she is available, players can earn her blueprints after reaching Tier 2 (Neuroptics), 5 (Chassis), 8 (Systems), and 10 (Main) rewards.

Crafting

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 3	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: 325			Blueprints Price: 5,000
Hildryn Neuroptics Blueprint
15,000	Lazulite Toroid 2	Argon Crystal 1	Mytocardia Spore 85	Circuits 1,600	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Hildryn Chassis Blueprint
15,000	Lazulite Toroid 2	Nitain Extract 2	Thermal Sludge 90	Rubedo 2,300	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Hildryn Systems Blueprint
15,000	Lazulite Toroid 2	Tellurium 2	Gorgaricus Spore 95	Plastids 1,500	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25

Notes

• If Hildryn wields her signature  Larkspur/ Larkspur Prime, the weapon gains 300 more Ammo Maximum in Atmospheric mode, for a total of 700.
• Hildryn has the second highest base shields out of all Warframes (1,380 unranked and 1,880 at rank 30), behind  Hildryn Prime.
  • When taking overshields into consideration, Hildryn is the Warframe with the third highest base total shield value, behind  Harrow,  Hildryn Prime, and  Harrow Prime.
• Hildryn, along with  Lavos, boasts the lowest base energy out of all Warframes in the game, having none at all.
• Any abilities subsumed on Hildryn require ten times their energy cost in shields to cast.
• While piloting a Railjack, Hildryn will use her own shields in place of energy to power the Railjack's activated abilities.
  • The cost in shields is ten times that of the cost in energy. Furthermore, each usage of an ability increases that abilities' cost by an increment proportional to its cost; after the last use of the ability the cost will begin to decline until it reaches the original value.
  • The speed of reduction is the same for most or all Railjack abilities resulting in longer wait times for higher cost abilities while lower cost abilities are restored within a few seconds.

Tips

• As a Warframe with large Shield capacity, Hildryn gains a lot of benefits from  Guardian and Arcane Enhancements affecting Shields, namely  Arcane Aegis and  Arcane Barrier.
• Hildryn is relatively more vulnerable against  Magnetic status, especially in The Steel Path as a single hit while being under Magnetic proc can deplete all her shield and prevent her from immediately using  Pillage until the shield is partially replenished.
  • Keep an eye out for Eximus Energy Leech/Parasitic, Thrax Centurion and |Thrax Legatus as they can easily inflict Magnetic proc during an intense battle.
  •  Arcane Nullifier can potentially increase her survivability.
• As with other Warframes with high shield values, Hildryn also benefits well from  Adaptation, essentially increasing the amount of damage her shields can absorb.
• Hildryn can absorb a higher amount of damage while being airborne with  Aegis Storm, by equipping  Aerodynamic,  Agility Drift and/or  Aviator.
  • This can be further increased by the Boreal's set bonus, equipping  Boreal's Anguish and  Boreal's Hatred in Hildryn and  Boreal's Contempt in a Polearm.
• Hildryn's lack of energy makes her an ideal Warframe to use in missions where energy regeneration would be severely hampered, such as in Nightmare Mode missions with the Energy Drain modifier, or Energy Reduction Modifiers in Sorties.
  • Conversely, Hildryn should not be brought on missions that severely affect shields, such as the No Shields Nightmare Mode modifier.
  • In Rathuum and The Index where Tenno start with no energy, Hildryn can immediately utilize her abilities.
• Hildryn's reliance on shields instead of energy for abilities means that she does not suffer from energy loss caused by energy drain attacks and abilities, such as from Parasitic Eximus units and Sensor Bars.
  • Conversely, due to her lack of energy, all energy interactions other than energy orbs provide no benefit for her, such as  Trinity's  Energy Vampire,  Energy Siphon,  Rage/ Hunter Adrenaline,  Quick Thinking/ Gladiator Finesse,  Zenurik, or  Arcane Energize.
• Having a Sentinel/MOA (Companion) with  Guardian can allow for Hildryn's shields to instantly recharge upon depletion, effectively resetting her Shield Wall passive.
  • Equipping  Shield Charger is also useful for boosting shield regeneration and providing temporary additional shields and overshields.
  • Both  Guardian and  Shield Charger have a cooldown of 30 seconds.
• Hildryn has significantly reduced effectiveness against the Infested as they often lack armor or shields for her to  Pillage and replenish her own shields.
  • This weakness can be circumvented with  Balefire Surge or  Blazing Pillage.
• Despite the caveats, Hildryn's passive ability allows for a dramatic increase in the frequency of Railjack ability use. Mods increasing max shields and the rate of shield regeneration further increase this advantage.

Trivia

• Hildryn was first revealed in Devstream 122 along with Wisp, sharing space in the same concept art.
• Hildr is an Old Norse word for "battle".
  • Hildr is also a valkyrie in Norse mythology, attested in the Prose Edda.
• Hildryn is the 39th Warframe to be released (excluding Primed and Umbra variants).
• Hildryn is the second Warframe whose blueprint can be acquired from a syndicate, Vox Solaris, using standing, the first being  Baruuk.
  • Unlike Baruuk, Hildryn's component blueprints cannot be acquired from Vox Solaris. Instead, they are dropped from the Exploiter Orb.
  • She is the first Warframe whose component blueprints are dropped from a Landscape's boss.
  • She is also the first Warframe whose component blueprint acquisition method depends on a recurring Event, Thermia Fractures (also see Operation: Buried Debts).
• Each of Hildryn's component requires 2 Lazulite Toroids to build, for total of 6 Lazulite Toroids. Considering each Lazulite Toroid provides 12,000  12,000 and her main blueprint costs 5,000  5,000, Hildryn is the most expensive in terms of syndicate standing, worth 77,000  77,000 in total.
• Hildryn is the first Warframe that does not use energy for any abilities, later followed by  Lavos.
  • Also, Hildryn is the third Warframe to use an alternate resource for her abilities, after  Nidus and  Baruuk and later  Gauss. In Hildryn's case, she uses her shields.
• The Orokin script on her default helmet reads "shield maiden."
• Hildryn is the second Warframe with unique rolling animations, the first being  Limbo. She instead deploys "wings" from her shoulders and launches herself forward a short distance.
• Hildryn is the first Warframe to have an Exalted Weapon as a first ability, immediately available from Unranked.
  • Other Warframes with Exalted Weapons have theirs as a fourth ability, available at rank 10 and onward.
• Hildryn is the first Warframe to have an Archgun,  Larkspur, as a Signature Weapon.
  • The  Larkspur is her only signature weapon, however she also possess an Exalted Weapon, the  Balefire Charger.
• Hildryn is the second Warframe that can be airborne via a channeled ability,  Aegis Storm, the first being  Titania.

Bugs

• Hildryn can't use most of the normal interactions that drain energy from Warframes, such as the energy draining hall in Lua Spy missions and puzzles, due to having zero energy.