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- For The node on Uranus, see Caliban (Node).
Release Date: December 15th, 2021
Amalgamated with our ancient nemesis, his vessel of Helminth morph suffused by adaptive bionics. Hybridize the powers of Warframe and 
Sentient combined as Caliban, the chimeral prototype. Splinter forth his trio of familial fragments, to sweep death across the warzone through cyclonic devastation and destructive energy infusion. Caliban returned to wage war in Update 31.0 (2021-12-15): The New War.
Acquisition
- Caliban's main blueprint is purchased from the Market. His component blueprints are acquired from Narmer Bounties after completion of The New War. One component blueprint is available as an uncommon drop; which component is available is chosen randomly on every Bounty refresh after 2½ hours.
- Alternatively, Caliban will be given out for free upon logging in to Update 37.0: Koumei & The Five Fates (2024-10-02).
| Item | Source | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / A | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / A | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / A | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
| Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / A | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / A | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Systems Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / A | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
 Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / C | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / C | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / C | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / C | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / C | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Neuroptics Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / C | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
 Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / B | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stages 2 & 3 / B | 8.11% | ~ 12 Stages | 81 ± 27 Stages |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / B | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / B | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Fortuna Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 5 / B | 7.50% | ~ 13 Stages | 88 ± 29 Stages |
| Chassis Blueprint |
Narmer Cetus Bounty Lvl 50-70 Stage 4 / B | 5.45% | ~ 18 Stages | 123 ± 41 Stages |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 25,000 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
 Orokin Cell12 |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
Rush:  50
| |||||
 Market Price: 325
|
 Blueprints Price: 50,000
| ||||
| Caliban Neuroptics Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
 Anomaly Shard3 |
 Narmer Isoplast12 |
 Neural Sensors10 |
 Tralok Eyes20 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 25
| |||||
| Caliban Chassis Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
Anomaly Shard 3 |
Narmer Isoplast 16 |
 Mortus Horn20 |
 Hespazym Alloy100 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 25
| |||||
| Caliban Systems Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
Anomaly Shard 3 |
Narmer Isoplast 12 |
 Breath Of The Eidolon30 |
 Hexenon30 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
| Rush: 25
| |||||
Lore
Caliban was crafted by the Sentient warlord Erra from the felled remnants of the Old War, where both Warframe and Sentient perished.
Notes
- When Caliban wields his Signature
Venato, each Melee hit has a 50% chance to gain additional Melee Combo points.
Trivia
- Caliban is the 48th unique Warframe to be released, and is the second
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Sentient-themed Warframe after ![RevenantIcon272](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="31" height="32"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
Revenant. - Caliban was first revealed in TennoCon 2021's Art of Warframe digital panel. The panel featured his concept artist, Keith Thompson, who designed much of the Sentient faction's aesthetic.
- Caliban is a character from Shakespeare's play The Tempest, which depicts him as half human and half monster.
- Caliban is second in line of Sentient-themed Warframes, after Revenant who is predominantly based on the Eidolon, a subspecies of undead spectral Sentients.
- Similar to Revenant's Eidolon energy, Caliban exudes the signature Sentient unlight within his core cavity and the various exhaust vents on his body.
- Caliban sports animated parts on his body ranging from the antennae spikes to the hovering shoulder blade pads.
- Much like the Sentient drones and fragments, Caliban's body is bisected in two from the neck down, giving him the Sentients' thematic starfish-like appearance.
- Caliban's abilities are derived from some attacks used by Sentient enemies:
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Razor Gyre's spinning from Conculysts.- Sentient Wrath's shockwave from Eidolons.
- Lethal Progeny's Sentient summon from Eidolons, Oculysts, and Summulysts.
- Fusion Strike's beam convergence from Ropalolyst.
- Caliban shares his name with a mission node on Uranus.
- Caliban is third Warframe after Titania and Wisp and the first male Warframe with hovering Idle Animations. However, he does not have unique movement animations.
- Oddly enough, despite Caliban's Sentient composition that would make him highly susceptible to
Void damage, he and Revenant do fine in areas rife with Void Energy such as the Orokin Void and the Zariman Ten Zero. - Caliban is currently the last Warframe to have a dedicated profile video, as subsequent releases ( Gyre, Styanax, and so on) lacked such.
References
| Warframes | ||
|---|---|---|
 Ash •  Atlas •  Banshee •  Baruuk •  Caliban •  Chroma •  Citrine •  Dagath •  Dante •  Ember •  Equinox •  Excalibur ( Umbra) •  Frost •  Gara •  Garuda •  Gauss •  Grendel •  Gyre •  Harrow •  Hildryn •  Hydroid •  Inaros •  Ivara •  Jade •  Khora •  Kullervo •  Lavos •  Limbo •  Loki •  Mag •  Mesa •  Mirage •  Nekros •  Nezha •  Nidus •  Nova •  Nyx •  Oberon •  Octavia •  Protea •  Qorvex •  Revenant •  Rhino •  Saryn •  Sevagoth •  Styanax •  Titania •  Trinity •  Valkyr •  Vauban •  Volt •  Voruna •  Wisp •  Wukong •  Xaku •  Yareli •  Zephyr
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312 comments
Calibros. It's our time.
No.
It's Calitime.
With the coming of his rework its interesting that he's transitioning to a status based frame. Tau damage status proc increases the status vulnerability of enemies. So our weapons will be dealing a lot more procs with Caliban. Very good for builds that focus on high status procs or making a low status high damage weapon more viable for DOTs.
The haters will join us and embrace us
The haters won't ever erase us.
WE'RE SO CALIBACK!!!!!!
Yeeeeees,he looks incredible now
Caliban is now peak
Yes he is amazing now
"Subsuming Caliban to the Helminth will offer Sentient Wrath and its augments to be used by other Warframes." ahahaahaaa.... *What Augments?????*
Calibros... Update soon... just... 2 more weeks...
Where i drework
Confirmed Rework
Awesome looking Deluxe Skin
Getting Caliban for 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆
We are so back
Caliban farm is pretty easy considering other types of farms in this game, you're just weak ^~^
Make like a whale and krill yourself ^
Git Gud ^
Get gud at what, at wasting time? lmao
Man i really hope the rework changes his passive or makes it work like the Adaptation mod with the same cap.
I want full adaptation not half.... and when i put on the adaptation mod the passive becomes useless.
Also it would be nice if the summons scaled with enemies in missions maybe like the loki clone.
I am hyped for the rework. Please Pablo make it shine!
As far as passives go, it's not that bad. To make effectively a fully modded Adaptation his passive would be a bit too much. If anything, if it was more lore accurate where he could indirectly stack it and pass it on to everyone else when his progeny take damage it would be so much better. They do have increased threat generation and having them be a punching bag for adaptation to start stacking up without endangering yourself would do wonders for his survivability and kit synergy.
We lost, Calibros.
Tennocon is over. The rework was barely, shamefully shown and nothing was explained. a 5 second teaser. His shitty spin is still in. his 3 is still in. not even Pablo knows how to fix him it seems.
"2 more weeks!" says DE. No, I can't take it anymore. It's over.
It's Calibanover.
Calibanover sounds more absurd because it doesn't work, which makes it more catchy.
On the contrary, friend: we've never been more Caliback.
"We lost, Calibros" my ass.
Stop with that Calibullshit, bro.
I believe in you senor Pablo, make my boy chrome and shiny.
WE ARE SO BACK CALIBROS!!!!!
Ugh are they really reworking this nobody nu-frame that nobody gives a fuck about instead of older more important and liked warframes like Valkyr and Chroma?
That's exactly why they're reworking him? To make him more enjoyable to play?
What kind of question is this?
Warframe player try to be happy about others challenge (impossible)
I feel like you just answered your own question there, OP
Facts. Also railjack sucks that's why nobody plays this wf, same with sevagoth but at least that one just got a prime version.
2024/07/16 - New Devstream recap.
CALIBAN ACKNOWLEDGED
REBECCA SAYS TO WATCH TENNOCON FOR CALIBAN NEWS
WE ARE SO BACK
>"one of the best kits available"
>his 1 is a free helminth slot
So, not one of the best kits available.
Wisp, mesa, khora, revenant, protea, rhino, styanax, mag, ember, hildryn, saryn, gyre, sevagoth, etc, etc all have obvious helminth slots. I don't think pointing out a single bad skill in a frame is a downside when helminth exists to let players 'rework' kits as they see fit.
People acting like they don't put nourish/roar/eclipse on every single frame. Only a handful of frames have kits that have perfect synergy or everything is useful enough not to have a helminth slot and even that's debatable on someone like Lavos.
So yes, still one of the best kits available.
And one more thing. Caliban is maligned because he has one of the worst farms in the game and everyone seems to think his sentients should clear rooms for him when he obliterates everything by himself. He is a weapons platform not a pet class.
Insane cope.
I find caliban buff, theres a bug or... somenthing, that let me summon a 4th boy, dont know how make it works, but i will find it!!
Is this what we calibros are reduced to...? having to hunt for bugs to be allowed to spend 50 more energy and get 1 more useless melee minion...?
Someone described a potential augment for Lavos and it was added, and I thought that maybe if we write our ideas for the augment here, maybe DE will add this. So i will start:
-Passive augment: Sentient charge
Casting abilities adds 20% Tau damage to weapons and ability damage, and Tau status changes an enemy's resistance and vulnerability by 0.1 per stack. For example, kuva greener have corrosive and impact vulnerability 1.5 and heat resistance 0.5, wuth 10 stacks of Tau status corrosive and impact vulnerability will 2.5, but heat resistance will heat vulnerability 1.5. Other damage types will not get a Tau status buff.
-Lethal Progeny augment: Sentient Synergy
Every summoned conculyst will give a 10-15% cap for adaptive armor, Caliban's adaptations will transferred to conculysts.
Maybe someday DE will see it and think about some augments...
Pablo just posted on twitter. He's buffing Frost AGAIN - changing an augment to be even stronger.
Calibanos... our status?
Over....
We are so back (maybe). Rebecca said to watch Tennocon for Caliban news. Let's see what Tennocon has in store for Caliban.
HELP HIM
DO SOMETHING
ANYTHING
GOD
No. There is no help coming. Pablo has forsaken us. The future holds empty dreams.
It's over, tenno.
Worse. It's Calibanover.
He is literally like 2 or 3 tweaks away from being a good frame but they just forgot he exists
There's basically zero incentive to touch anything Narmer related, so they just kinda left this guy to rot.
Caliban just makes me sad. A cool concept, a neat design and a backstory just begging to be explored, but he gets no love from DE.
Not even an augment lmao