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Release Date: March 19th, 2015
Overwhelming his foes with fiery rage, shocking touch, venomous breath, or a cold embrace, the draconic hunter Chroma wields elemental caprice to reign supreme. Chroma awoke in Update 16.0 (2015-03-19).
Acquisition
Chroma's main blueprint is rewarded upon completion of the quest The New Strange. Component blueprints are awarded by completing Junctions: The Neuroptics from the Uranus Junction, the Chassis from the Neptune Junction, and the Systems from the Pluto Junction. Additional blueprints can be bought from Cephalon Simaris; 
25,000 for component blueprints and 50,000 for main blueprint.
Alternatively, upon completion of The Duviri Paradox, Chroma's main and component blueprints can be earned from The Circuit. By selecting him on the rotating week he is available, players can earn his blueprints after reaching Tier 2 (Neuroptics), 5 (Chassis), 8 (Systems), and 10 (Main) rewards.
Crafting
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 25,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 1 |
Volt Neuroptics |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: 375
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 Blueprints Price: N/A
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| Chroma Neuroptics Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
 Plastids200 |
 Neural Sensors2 |
 Polymer Bundle350 |
Ember Neuroptics |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 50
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| Chroma Chassis Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
 Neurodes2 |
 Salvage900 |
Plastids 50 |
Frost Chassis |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 50
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| Chroma Systems Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
 Oxium400 |
 Argon Crystal2 |
Neurodes 1 |
Saryn Systems |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 25
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Notes
- Considering the resources required to craft the necessary non-Chroma Warframe parts, the total cost of crafting Chroma is 4
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Neural Sensors, 3 Neurodes, 2 Argon Crystals, 2 
Morphics, 1 
Control Module, 1300 
Rubedo, 1000 
Ferrite, 900 
Nano Spores, 650 Polymer Bundles, 600 Plastids, 550 Salvage, 400 Oxium, 300 
Alloy Plates, and 
135,000. - While players will have access to most of the component blueprints by the time they reach Pluto, players will still have to gain access to Sedna to get Saryn systems from Kela De Thaym to craft Chroma.
- When editing the appearance of Chroma, there is a special option to view him without his Effigy on.
- Completing the steel path junctions will not reward you with components for a second time
Trivia
- Chroma was first revealed during Tennolive 2015 and hinted at during Devstreams 45 and 46.
- Chroma shares a similar name with an enemy from Digital Extremes' 2008 game darkSector.
- The word Chroma means "Color" in Greek. His name likely refers to his unique gameplay mechanic that his selected emissive color determines the elemental damage type dealt by his abilities.
- His name may also refer to Chromatic Dragons from the popular role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons", whose elemental affinities are, similarly, indicated by the color of their scales. This connection was hinted by Community Manager Rebecca Ford in livestreams prior to Chroma's unveiling.
- Chroma was originally developed simply under the name Dragon and is still referred to as such internally in the game files.
- Chroma is the second tallest Warframe due to his stature and the pelt he wears.
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Limbo is the tallest, due to his "top hat." - Chroma's Drac Helmet shows Chroma's actual helmet, the only one to do so while Effigy is inactive. The 'head' of the pelt rests on top of Chroma's base helmet in a fashion similar to that of cloaks capes or hats of skinned animals where the upper part of the head and snout is used as a hat.
- The helmet also resembles a seahorse. The Leafy Sea Dragon and Weedy Sea Dragon are both closely related to seahorses.
- Its appearance seems inspired by the Greek depiction of dragons, most notably the snout, which appears thinner in contrast to the typical European dragon. This is further backed by the fact that Chroma's name has a Greek origin.
- Chroma is the second Warframe to have a separable part, the first being Limbo.
- In Chroma's case, his outer pelt separates from his body during his 4th ability, Effigy, to create the sentry. Because the sentry's helmet design is determined by the cosmetic helmet selected for the Chroma warframe, this also reveals Chroma's "true" helmet which is not affected by the helmet selected.
- Following the above notes, Chroma presumably wears his dragon-skin outer pelt like a hunter might do for animal skin.
- In Chroma's case, his outer pelt separates from his body during his 4th ability,
- The line in Lotus' summary, "When all the land is in ruins, Tenno, only Chroma will remain" is a reference to the song about the character Trogdor, a fictional dragon-like being from the web cartoon Homestar Runner.
- Chroma is another in the line of heavily fan-requested warframes (such as Zephyr, Nova, and Mesa), with inspiration being drawn from a long-surviving thread on the Fan Concepts forum.
- When equipped with Tonfa-type weapons (ex.
Kronen), Chroma stores them on his back with the weapon's blades running nearly parallel each other, rather than diverging outward as with other Warframes. Chroma is currently the only Warframe to store Tonfas in this manner, and the second Warframe to have a unique holster style for a melee weapon, with the first being Nekros when stowing Dual Daggers. - Chroma is the first and only Warframe whose component blueprints are acquired from Junctions.
- Chroma is the first and only Warframe to require components from other Warframes to construct.
- It is also the first Warframe whose blueprint uses a fourth Warframe component in the place of a resource like Orokin Cells or Argon Crystals.
- The increased credit drop chance from enemies killed by Chroma's 4th ability, Effigy, may be a reference to common legends of dragons hoarding gold.
- On release, a bug allowed Chroma to double end of mission credit rewards for all allies on missions with no extraction, chiefly Defense and Interception. His release coinciding with a double credit weekend, with a credit booster more than 1.3 million credits was obtainable from The Law of Retribution. Removed in Hotfix 16.1.4.1 (2015-03-29).
- Chroma's default helmet (along with the default helmets of Loki and Excalibur) are available as unlockable antenna toppers in Rocket League.
- Chroma appears to have six fingers, but the digit coming out from his hand is actually a part of his effigy.
- Chroma is the first known Warframe to be controlled by a faction other than the Tenno, in this case the Infested, and being hostile toward the players.
- When or how Chroma comes into this circumstance is unknown.
- Chroma is the third quest-driven Warframe that has a Prime variant, after Mirage and Limbo.
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596 comments
Did they remove the ability to choose your elemental ward starting color via primary emission from the game?
Nah I think that is a bug to my knowledge, sometimes I see that it has happened, but sometimes I have not. Weird, huh?
Its odd, I seem to be able to use his 1 to rotate elemental choice. Toxin/Cold/Heat/Electric. Tap to change, hold to cast.
Further it affects his aura as well. Kinda like him like this. Sorta similar to Lavos, but still distinctly him.
That is normal? Was that your first time using it or am I mistaken?
BAD DRAGON
He is good boi!! D:<
Saddly... the worst dragon character design I've ever seen in a game.
Yeah.. But hey, you will LOVE his other skins maybe?! Prime, Zunlong, or Dynasty!
In fact, your fashion frame is incredible. However, the design of the skills, with the exception of the first, does not compare to other dragon-themed characters and is quite boring.
I agree with you totally. You can probably find my own rework I'd give him somewhere in these comments as he isn't much of a dragon warframe sadly.. Like, an actual FUN dragonframe.
Saddly... the worst dragon character design I've ever seen in a game.
Still waiting for rework, c'mon Pablo, pls
It needs to be a DRAGON frame, not a damn "dragon killer knight". We even have a pregnant angel warframe that flies, but the "dragon" frame just has a useless and shit AI ability.
THANK YOU random user, I found someone who agrees in needing a DRAGON WARFAME!!
TBH I think spectral scream just needs a buff and that the active abilities change if you sicle throw elements
If we are talking rework I would buff spectral scream and elemental ward and rework efiggy and vex armor.
Passive so silly i forgot it existed. It's true Chroma deserves at the very least a 1 and 4 rework.
Agreed. I just hope they swap around his 4th ability and keep it as either his 2nd or 3rd ability. It obviously needs to be buffed and the energy drain is insane. Chroma without his pelt is 11/10 design. Elemental Ward and Vex Armor could very well just be combined to be 1 ability tbh.
Yeah vex and ward should be fused I hate having buffs take over half of his kit
Recieve content creep.
Witness all the nerfs.
Twist to a boring form.
Now i helminth you.
Skill 1 and 4.
I prostate myself before you.
In this moment.
Grant a rework
(Rework please, please, please, please!
Its year of the dragon ffs!
give the flightless dragon some love!!!).
I agree wholeheartedly.
My dragon boi NEEDS a rework! Like he isn't really a dragon but I want to play a dragon warframe!
Jade's 4 allows her to fly freely and is a pseudo exalted weapon. She's more dragon than Chroma lol
No kidding!
The official blurb for Chroma says "soar with winged fury" yet he can't fucking fly
If you just buff damage on 1 and 4 to contemporary warframe levels, Chroma is god tier. Vex armor and elemental ward are both insanely strong. Why use abilities when you can bullet jump twice instead, while giving yourself an extra 2 primary arcanes worth of damage on your weapons plus 3k+ armor that never expires from vex, and a mod slot worth of extra health or shield from ward?
Ok, his kit is boring. That's fine, I don't need to button mash on Lavos or Dante every time I play warframe. Even if they just increased the range to 25-30m on the credit fountain function of his 4 I would probably have him in my top 3 most played frames.
If you want to make him 'interesting', make his 4 into a toggle mobile companion with mod slots that gives extra credits on assists and spreads status. Buff the damage on 1 and/or have it build combo or something and call it a day. Or just let the augment scale to equinox levels of damage instead of 500... lol.
As he is right now, if you don't feel like being a wizard and just want to shoot/punch and ninja around, he looks pretty damn good.
"I'd love to hear how you suppose DE will make him 'feel like a dragon' in your head other than turning his 4 into another shit exalted weapon with a flying gimmick."
Literally "What's 2 + 2? But you can't say 4." The ability to fly is exactly what Chroma needs most to feel like a dragon, possibly with his breath turned into a moddable exalted weapon. If you like shooting guns then I suggest sticking to Rhino, or better yet Mesa, since she actually suits that playstyle thematically, instead of wasting Chroma's potential to be unique and deliver an important fantasy
DE listened !!
Now Chroma has 3 Bullet Jumps
Such buff
Much jump
Wow
Almost like flying dragon
From the top down 3rd fandom user: While you have good points, understand that people who say this stuff are the reason things stay the way they are.. This is a DRAGON warframe, and catters or tries to at least to us who enjoy Dragon-like characters, sadly he isn't much of one. Now, there are many Warframes that you described are like that, even better then Chroma, but please know that a lot of us want him to get a dragon related rework, just like how other Warframes that many have been saying "No rework needed, it good!!" even when they are least used, but now they are solidly built. And despite Chroma being mid tier used, he isn't as great as Rhino or the others. He needs to feel like a dragon, as on par with his entire theme, which, fails.
Chroma is the most fun warframe in the new Ascension gamemode. Two bullet jumps. With Mobilize in the exilus slot or a Praedos equipped, It feels like Zephyr.
Arguably better than Zephyr cause her weird low gravity while airborne + sucky aim with the 1st make her terrible to fly around if you're actually going out collecting all the booster ionic charges, Chroma just pulls a second bullet jump out his behind and makes accessing the spawn locations MUCH easier
Is the bit about holstering tonfa no longer true? My chroma prime holsters them normally. I've tried swapping to the standard skin and it's the same stock location
Chroma's page is so neglected that the ability calculator doesn't show up and they didn't put a quick summary of his new augment. rip.
The quick summary is literally just a content transclusion from that augment article. Fixed thanks. The ability calculator has been depreciated for some time and won't see an update unless someone finds a better way of implementing it on the wiki or as an independent web app.
Chroma is lame because he doesn't feel anything like a dragon, he fails to deliver that fantasy almost completely
True
Well, as of now. There isn't much of a way to make him fun, is he powerful if modded correctly? Yes. But he needs a lot of room for work.. And they still haven't fixed nor given him a full rework, which he desperately needs.
A dragon rework, mind you.
Is it possible to make him fun to play? His only working/good ability is his armor/buff for weapons...
Pretty much, after I modded him properly I saw some 30x+ damage buff and I'm like "NO WAY IS THIS WHAT I THINK IT IS" well no, it doesn't boost anything but the base abilities which deal pathetic damage lol
So uhh, who else is immune to all statuses other than knockdown rn?
Is there context i'm missing here? I'm fairly sure knockdown is considered a status for every relevant status immunity effect, and I wasn't aware chroma got one
Edit:I now realize this was asking "am I the only one who is immune to non-knock down status effects as chroma" instead of "what other warframe has non-knockdown status immunity" I couldn't reproduce this myself, so i'll just leave this has a monument for my derpness.
I am curious, what is causing the status immunity besides knockdown?
Okay, so we know that they will be reworking another Warframe at some point (I do hope for Chroma) but in the meantime here is what I would have changed for him to make him better.
We all know him, the one who had an amazing start, and had gotten even better, but now is a C tier frame? And while yes he is VERY good with the right settup, it must be a very specific kind and there is almost no room for any change. Also, he is just boring, buff 2 and 3 and boom, done.. gameplay lacking with his kit. His 1 is awful and can barely do any good, his 4th? Meh honestly, unless you are doing profit taker where doubling credits is amazing and glorious, and maybe low level defense missions, there is nothing doing to him there. Now his design.
His design at base version is.. honestly strange and kinda ugly, the meaty looking body, the stupid looking head he has, and his tail isn't even draconic either. I understand these things are up as an opinion, and if you personally find his base look appealing, good for you, however, I do not.
There are now three main skins that actually make him amazing looking. First off, his Prime version, it seems definitely more draconic but a mix of a dark knight, which is actually, really beautiful looking to say the least. Now secondly, his Dynasty skin. The design is VERY interesting, maybe not draconic that much, but still a very good skin in my eyes. And lastly, the newest and third one, the Zunlong skin. This skin actually takes in many draconic features, not just Eastern dragons but of Western dragons as well, and is as close as you can get to an actual dragon skin in game. Now, we have seen his abilities and his look, what would I change? Well, lets see then..
First off, his passive is fine, but could be better, A triple jump is cool in all, but if he could actually fly in some capacity like Zephyr, that would make him more interesting. His one I'd keep the elemental breathing but make it so it is a lot bigger, damage scales a lot better, and is basically a better version of the Ignis Waith but as an ability. His second and third ability could shift into one, but remove the needing to take damage in order to buff, or make it multiplicitive again (But then this whole idea would be redundant, wouldn't it?). A third would instead take the form of a either the elemental area like effect with ultimately better stats, or just give him a signature greatsword and let him eviscerate his enemies (Not fully my idea for the greatsword, but it just fits!), honestly, anything could go here and should be fine as long as it works and makes practical sense. And finally, his forth. He is a dragon frame, is he not? Yes despite this and that at the end of the day the in-game files says it all: dragon. I'd say turn him into an actual dragon for his 4th, unleashing the draconic as either an Orowyrm like Sevagoth's 4th, or like Voruna's where she does her own thing as a wolf. Either way, that is all I have that I would personally want to make him better.. And maybe shift his 1 to 2, 2 to 3, and 3 to 1 for consistency. But all in all, I would love him either way.
I'd change his passive to something like "Reduced elemental damage from fire, Ice, toxic and electric", how much % idk
We could have that too as well. But maybe at least to the attument that he has.
I'd make bullet jumping remove a type of status effect.
That doesn't sound too bad, but at this rate just make him have better vertical mobility, not just an extra jump.. Even though I actually quite like it.
Incoming buff for Chroma next week.
Vex armor will have its damage bonus able to be charged with ranged kills and armor bonus can be charged with melee kills.
Oh so it will still do nothing because by the time you end buffing yourself your team will wait you at the extraction point?
Yeah he need a full rework all abilities are trash
At this point rework entire Warframe cus it's trash running on engine from 2003 with miniscule improvements mainly toward "Visual Effects"
As the original "master of elements" frame, he just applies them poorly. He should have been reworked with the status proc reworks. The damage buff is nice, but it's too conditional. You can look at mirage now with her eclipse, it's just one button press for a multiplicative weapon damage buff now. Even Lavos can get a 200% weapon elemental buff of his choice now.
Could someone update his page? He doesn't have his cosmetics from Lunar New Year nor the new augment that was given just currently.
To the person who updated that, thanks! Same guy btw..
How does his Effigy work considering resource boosting?
You might not be aware but you need credits for multiple things including upgrading mods and building items in the foundry.