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Release Date: March 27th, 2024

Recite the epic tales of yore and chronicle our heroic deeds, woven therein the gilded tapestry of  Orokin history. Since foreshadowed from the Noctua's luminous pages, authored by the Keeper of History, Dante, he illustrates for defiant foes their predestined demise. Don his occult quills and tome, with gun and blade in tow, to inscribe our legacy as fate unfolds. Rescind the  Corpus plot to denude Leverian's exhibition halls, thus devise narratives yet unwritten upon its walls.

Dante is a male scribe-themed Warframe who wields  Noctua, an Exalted Tome. Dante's new tale began in Update 35.5 (2024-03-27): Dante Unbound.

Acquisition

Dante's main and component blueprints can be obtained from Rotation C of Disruption Armatus on Deimos. Access requires completion of The Deadlock Protocol and Whispers in the Walls.

The blueprints can also be purchased from Loid in Sanctum Anatomica with  Vessel Capillaries, which are dropped by Disruption Armatus Demolishers in quantities of 2-4 (5-7 on The Steel Path). Each component blueprint requires 90 and the main blueprint requires 270, totaling 540 Vessel Capillaries for the whole set.

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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Crafting

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 3	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: 350			Blueprints Price: N/A
Dante Neuroptics Blueprint
15,000	Entrati Lanthorn 3	Control Module 10	Bellow Voca 4	Neural Sensors 4	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Dante Chassis Blueprint
15,000	Entrati Lanthorn 2	Alloy Plate 8,000	Entrati Obols 12,000	Plastids 2,000	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Dante Systems Blueprint
15,000	Entrati Lanthorn 3	Circuits 4,000	Entrati Obols 9,000	Necracoil 450	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25

Lore & History

Main article: Leverian#Dante

Main article: Loid (Original)/Quotes#Research Dante

General

Dante served as scribe and historian who worked with  Entrati. Additionally, he was the main chronicler of the Leverian, a little-known museum named after Drusus Leverian, it's curator. A student of history and avid seeker of knowledge, Dante soon became close friends with both Drusus and Albrecht Entrati's assistant, Loid.

Due to his nature as a Warframe, Dante was unable to speak with a conventional voice; instead, he spoke through his writing, and his voice was indeed beautiful.^[1] A natural scholar, Dante possessed an affinity for knowledge, and often shared the Entrati's interest with bones and the dead.^[2] He even went on to publish some of the finest works detailing ancient Earth archaeology, something that was considered impossible for a mere Warframe to accomplish.^[3]

Dante was one of the few warframes who didn't immediately go mad and join in the Warframe Insurrection. However, he became a wanted fugitive.^[4]

Dante's Investigation

When Albrecht disappeared, Dante became eager to unveil the mystery behind the disappearance. Despite promising Drusus otherwise, he ventured into Albrecht's Laboratories against his friend's wishes. Within the hauntingly silent halls, Dante encountered the lab's malfunctioning Necramechs; all acting violent and chanting in eldritch Voidtongue.

As Drusus watched, the wrong-tongued dialect began to worm into Dante's mind, tempting him with his one weakness; the promise of knowledge. He had discovered The Book, an unknown, unearthly tome of knowledge that was laid as a trap by The Indifference as an attempt to seize control of him. As Dante struggled to resist its knowledge, he heard his dear friend say, "Dante, what you have found can never be brought forth. Parvos must never know of this."

Thus, Dante gave up, allowing himself to succumb to the Book's influence and take his life. However, the Book and the hellish words within did not allow Dante to die, and instead altered the very fabric of who the Warframe was. Transported to stars unknown, that wrong-tongued Voice now murmurs endlessly within his head, longing to be known, to exist, and to survive.

Notes

• Currently,  Ruvox lacks a Signature Weapon bonus with Dante.

Trivia

• Dante is the 56th unique Warframe to be released.
• In Devstream 176, his concept art for his model, alt helmet, signature weapon, and WIP floating animations were showcased. Full gameplay reveal and signature Syandana were shown in Devstream 177.
• Dante, a common name known around the world, could possibly be named after the author and main character of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri. The poem reads Dante's self-described journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
• He is the second Warframe whose name starts with the letter 'D', the first being  Dagath.
• Dante is the first Warframe to utilize the following:
• He is the fourth Warframe behind  Wisp,  Titania Prime, and  Sevagoth's Shadow with unique floating directional movement.
• He is the second Warframe behind  Caliban with floating Idle Animations.
• He is the second Warframe behind  Protea with a built-in universal Aura polarity.
• He is the tenth Warframe after  Limbo,  Hildryn,  Wisp,  Titania Prime,  Protea,  Xaku,  Sevagoth,  Gyre, and  Qorvex with a unique dodge roll animation, where Dante dashes upright while floating.
• All abilities cast by Dante vocalize different Voidtongue sentences.
• Dante and his Noctua inflict primarily  Slash damage and status, which allude to wounds made by papercuts.
• First being  Fighter Escort and second  Razorwing, Dante's Pageflight is the third ability to summon flying companions, and the first at creating birds.

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