Jackal

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Jackal is the Corpus boss of the Venus system. Although a more bulky and old model compared to more recent Corpus robotics, the Jackal possesses invulnerable shields, a giant shockwave ability to knock players down, and one of the most powerful Corpus weapons, the Plasma Grenade Cluster. Dissected models of the Jackal can be found in some Grineer tilesets, either showing that the Grineer have an interest in utilizing Corpus tech, or that they have simply purchased merchandise. The Jackal is fought on the mission Fossa, Venus. After defeating it and finishing the mission, the player will receive  Rhino component blueprints, as well as a chance to get a  Stahlta or  Stropha blueprint.

A Terra variant may spawn in Orb Vallis during high alert state, which is considered a common enemy and will neither drop blueprints nor anger the Stalker. A Corrupted variant appears in The Circuit Assassination as a boss with some alteration to its mechanics.

Appearance[]

The Jackal is a blue and white, quadruped mechanical proxy of the Corpus, modeled similarly to the real Jackal anatomy-wise. Its head is composed of an ocular piece attached to its chassis in a ball-socket joint manner, of which it has two yellow mechanical-eyes with two short antennae strewn forward abductively along with a long downward "jaw" attached, much like an osprey's ocular piece. It mounts a pair of heavy turrets hidden inside its ear shutters along with a pair of presumably ammunition boxes. It has four three-jointed mechanical legs connecting in a hinge-jointed manner with three-fingered mechanical fingers on its end, much of it composed of machinery ball-socket-jointed to the chassis.

Behavior[]

The Jackal can stomp around with its massive legs and uses various gunfire and grenade weaponry.

• Turret: Two cheek-mounted turrets fire volleys of machine gunfire.
• Rippling Shockwave: Stomps the ground with its massive legs, producing a shockwave that knocks Tenno off their feet and disables Warframe Abilities.
• Plasma Grenade Cluster: Deposits a volley of plasma grenades that shortly explode after sticking to the ground.
• Grid Wall: After one of its legs is shot, the Jackal floats into the air and deploys a large grid wall in an X shape, which sweeps around the room. They start off blue, but begin to do damage after turning red. In subsequent phases, the grid wall will pause to rotate in the opposite direction. The wall can be bullet jumped over, and the Tenno can wall jump and wall latch on the walls at the edge of the room to stay above it.
• Massive Shockwave: Following the Grid Wall, the Jackal drops down onto the ground, creating a large shockwave, but is left vulnerable to the Parazon.
• Electric Field: An environmental hazard created by the four pillars in the room of Phase 2 when destroyed by the Jackal's attacks, dealing high  Electricity damage.

Strategy[]

Phase 1[]

After activating the terminal to "Deploy Jackal", the platform in the middle will rise to reveal a rather small MOA, much to the Lotus's surprise who expected it to be bigger. Shortly after, the real Jackal drops in from the ceiling, crushing the MOA under its massive frame.

The Jackal's main body is protected by invulnerable shielding, but its four legs are vulnerable. Destroying one of the legs will force it to engage its Grid Wall and Massive Shockwave. Afterward, it will attempt to auto-repair its damaged leg. Approaching the Jackal in this downed state will prompt a Mercy stab with the Parazon, interrupting its auto-repair and preventing the damaged leg from being restored.

It is recommended to use the MK1-Paris or another type of bow, as using a rifle or other weapon that can destroy multiple legs at once will softlock the fight (see below) if you are not careful, and the MK1-Paris has a very controllable single - shot property.

Phase 2[]

After being stabbed once, a cinematic shows the Jackal retreating to an adjacent, identical room, followed by the Tenno's Parazon lasso. The process simply needs to be repeated three more times on the Jackal's remaining legs.

Summary[]

• Phase 1: Destroy one leg, survive Grid Wall and Massive Shockwave, then stab with Parazon.
• Phase 2: Repeat above three more times until it is defeated.

Softlocking[]

• The fight only progresses by the amount of times a Parazon is used, not how many legs are destroyed. Because of this and the two facts that destroyed legs do not heal back and that multiple legs can be destroyed in a single Parazon use, the amount of legs left can be lower than the amount of Parazon uses needed to defeat the Jackal. In layman's terms, destroying multiple legs in between cutscenes makes the fight impossible to win.
  • Letting the Jackal auto - heal when more than 1 leg is destroyed, or simply only destroying 1 leg every cycle will prevent the fight from bugging out.

Variants

• Terra Jackal

Terra Jackal	General		Drops
	Introduced	Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)	Mod Drops:  Organ Shatter 7.588%  Reach 7.588%  Fever Strike 0.738%  Molten Impact 0.738%  North Wind 0.738%  Reflex Coil 0.738%  Shocking Touch 0.738%  Stretch 0.738%  Life Strike 0.202%  Split Chamber 0.202%
	Tileset	Orb Vallis
	Ability	Electric Shield
	Codex Scans	3
	Statistics
	Robotic	3,000
	​+  ​++  ​+  ​-  ​-
	Proto Shield	3,000
	​+ ​+ ​+++ ​‐‐ ​‐‐ ​‐‐
	Alloy Armor	100
	​+ ​+ ​+++ ​‐‐ ​‐‐ ​‐‐
	Affinity	1,000
	Base Level	1
	Spawn Level	19

This variant is always vulnerable, but may activate a projected energy barrier when suffering high damage – similar to  Volt's  Electric Shield or a Shield Dargyn's barrier. While the barrier is active, its shields will regenerate at a rapid pace.

Trivia[]

• The Jackal boss fight was completely reworked in Update 28.0 (2020-06-11). The Jackal's outer texture was changed from yellow to dark blue with white stripes. The model itself has not changed (though has been slightly upscaled) but received several new skeletal animations.
• The Jackal is the first Corpus boss (excluding Orb-Mothers in Orb Vallis), and the first non-quest boss that players will encounter.
• While players only fight it on Venus, the Jackal is perhaps the most ubiquitous boss in the game. Aside from the Jackal itself and its Vallis counterparts;
  • The Jackal's design serves as the template for the Lynx and the Razorback, with the Lynx, in particular, appearing in one Grineer Data Vault layout;
  • The Clan Dojo's Energy Lab has a partially-disassembled Jackal suspended from the ceiling; and
  • The Jackal, either in one piece or in individual components, serves as an occasional decoration in various tilesets.
• The Test MOA that appears in the Jackal cinematic has been named "Popcorn" by the community and developers.
  • Hotfix 28.0.1 (2020-06-11) added Popcorn to Iron Wake.
• Using Zenith's alternate fire indicates that the Jackal has two heads unlike most enemies.

References To Dark Sector[]

• The original Dark Sector demo showed the Lasrian troopers releasing a Jackal on Hayden Tenno.
  • Unlike its Warframe counterpart, this model was shorter, chunkier, and is equipped with a more visual set of Gatling guns.
• It is also shown in the trailer (2004) of Dark Sector under a completely different design, yet still heavily resembling Jackal.

Bugs[]

• Briefly, after Hotfix 20.0.4 (2017-03-27) and Hotfix 20.0.5 (2017-03-28), the Jackal would drop  Gorgon Wraith parts because of a bug that shared the drop table update to the Razorback.

Patch History[]

CollapseBosses and Mini-Bosses
Grineer	Planet	Captain Vor (Mercury/Ceres) • Councilor Vay Hek (Earth) • General Sargas Ruk (Saturn) • Kela De Thaym (Sedna) • Lieutenant Lech Kril (Mars/Ceres) • Tyl Regor (Uranus)
	Mission	Kuva Liches • The Grustrag Three (Assassin) • Ven'kra Tel and Sprag (Orokin Sabotage)
	Quest	Elder Queen (The War Within)
	Event	Balor Fomorian (Fomorian Fleet)
Corpus	Planet	Alad V and Zanuka (Jupiter) • Ambulas (Pluto) • Jackal (Venus) • Hyena Pack (Neptune) • Raptors (Europa) • The Sergeant (Phobos)
	Mission	Exploiter Orb (Orb Vallis) • Lynx (Orokin Sabotage) • Profit-Taker Orb (Orb Vallis) • Zanuka Hunter (Assassin)
	Quest	Protea Specter (The Deadlock Protocol)
	Event	Razorback (Razorback Armada)
Infested	Planet	Jordas Golem (Eris) • Juggernaut Behemoth (Eris) • Mutalist Alad V (Eris) • Lephantis (Deimos) • Zealoid Prelate (Deimos)
	Mission	Juggernaut (Infested Ship)
	Quest	Infested Mesa (Patient Zero)
	Event	Phorid (Phorid Manifestation) • Hemocyte (Plains of Eidolon - Operation: Plague Star)
Orokin	Mission	Corrupted Jackal (The Circuit Assassination) • Corrupted Vor (Tier 4 Void / The Circuit Exterminate) • Nihil (Nightwave/Series 3)
	Quest	Necramech (Heart of Deimos)
Sentient	Planet	Ropalolyst (Jupiter)
	Mission	Eidolon Teralyst • Gantulyst • Hydrolyst (Plains of Eidolon)
	Quest	Suda-Hunhow (Octavia's Anthem) • Typholyst (The New War)
	Event	Condrix (Earth - Operation: Scarlet Spear)
Stalker	Mission	Acolytes (The Steel Path) • Stalker / Shadow Stalker / Protector Stalker (Assassin)
Wild	Mission	Wolf of Saturn Six (Assassin) • Void Angel (Zariman Ten Zero)
	Duviri	Dax Equitem • Kullervo • Orowyrm
Narmer	Mission	Archon Amar • Archon Boreal • Archon Nira (Archon Hunt)
	Quest	Ballas (The New War)
The Murmur	Planet	The Fragmented (Suzerain • Anchorite • Zelator • One)
	Mission	Scathing Whisper • Mocking Whisper

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