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Episode 150 – Endgame Warframes, Companions & The End of Cephalon Squared

After 150 main episodes spanning a period of 3 years and 2 months, Cephalon Squared’s Warframe podcast is finally coming to an end.

 In this final episode, the Cephalons discuss endgame warfames and companions, based on feedback from their Discord community, followed by heartfelt thank yous as the show winds down. Before to stick around until the end for a silly surprise, as should be expected from the guys.

Thank you to all of you for listening over the years, we really appreciate your support. In fact, we couldn’t have done it without you.  

If you think you’ll miss these crazy Aussies, join the Discord.

Episode Notes:

In case you’ve been asleep recently – Nidus Prime Access is out, and it was the biggest Prime Access ever. 

Plague Star is back – go get you some forma!

Warframe’s 7 year Xbox anniversary is here – there’s plenty of stuff to get, so make sure you log in during September! 

There’s yet another Amazon Prime Gaming bonus – this time it’s an ephemera! What are you waiting for? 

Thanks, as always, for listening.

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Episode 149 – Devstream 156 & Endgame Melee

Well, it’s the penultimate episode of Cephalon Squared, and not only are we continuing our Endgame discussion with Melee weapons this week, but we also bring you our thoughts on Devstream 156! Bonus!

Stick around for the big finale in a couple of weeks (and note that we may record from time to time after big announcements/releases).

Topics:

  • News: new Prime Gaming freebies, Yareli buffs, Gara Prime Access finishing up September 8
  • Discussion: Devstream 156 & Endgame Melee

Episode Notes:

New Prime gaming stuff! This time, it’s a Domestik Drone and colour picker – go get ‘em!

There were some Yareli buffs that were unexpectedly released… Yep. They’re buffs alright.

Gara Prime is finishing up on September 8 and at the same time, Atlas Prime is headed into the Vault… I wonder what that means? Time for the infestation to spread…

Devstream 156! 

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Episode 148 – Endgame Secondaries

Only 3 more episodes to go, but this week, we’ve continued our endgame focus, with a discussion about endgame-viable secondary weapons, based on feedback from our Discord community!

It’s a lot of fun, and there are a few surprises – join us, and let us know your favourites!

Topics:

  • News: Nora’s Choice has started, Prime Vault beings back Rhino and Nyx, TennoGen Rd 21 closing soon, and Clan Featured Dojo contest is live again
  • Discussion: Endgame Secondaries

Episode Notes:

Nightwave: Nora’s Choice has started… 

Rhino and Nyx Prime have been unvaulted once again! And with them there’s Ankyros, Boltor, Hikou and Scindo Primes! Go on, get ‘em! 

Submissions for TennoGen Rd 21 end on September 7th! 

Submit your clan for the featured dojos! 

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Episode 147 – Endgame Primaries

While there wasn’t a whole lot of news on the Warframe front this time around, it’s an important episode for Cephalon Squared news. We encourage you to listen.

In addition, we asked our community for their opinions on viable endgame primary weapons – and we share them all in this episode! If you’re struggling with Steel Path, this might be for you!

Topics:

  • News: Esteem Pack discount on Switch,another new Prime Gaming pack, and the next Nightwave starts this week
  • Discussion: Endgame Primaries, according to the Collective 

Episode Notes:

Community Streams took a short break after TennoCon, but are returning this week. 

Switch players! There’s an 80% discount on the Esteem pack until August 6th – that’s Excalibur (and slot) a guandao, a bunch of skins, a couple of 3-day boosters and 170 platinum. Worth it! 

The Redeemer and Verv skin have been added to the Twitch Prime rewards, so… you really should grab them! 

Nightwave Intermission is over (and we are currently in a kind of… intermission), but note that the next Nightwave series “Nora’s Choice” starts August 4! 

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Nightwave Weeklies: Intermission 3, Week 25

Welcome back, Dreamers.

The Nightwave weekly bounties change every Sunday at 12 midnight GMT (or Monday morning, if that’s your preference), so keep your eyes out every week after that time for our weekly update – letting you know the activities you’ll need to complete for the week (note this will not include daily challenges, of course).

This Week's Bounties

The following challenges are in place until Midnight Sunday 25 July / Monday 26 July:

  • Kill 100 Enemies with a Necramech
  • Complete 1 Sortie
  • Complete 10 Syndicate Missions
  • Complete 8 Zone of Sanctuary Onslaught
  • Complete 5 Different Bounties in the Orb Vallis
  • Kill Profit-Taker
  • Unlock 10 Relics

Some Tips

Kill 100 Enemies with a Necramech: Well… this is interesting. For now, it can only be done on Deimos, but do keep in mind this will also work on the “dead” mechs if you haven’t got your own just yet. Not that hard, but annoying to some, I would assume, and just a pain in the butt.

Complete 1 Sortie: Sadly, this locks out players that are yet to complete The War Within, but it’s not terribly difficult.

Complete 10 Syndicate Missions: Nice and easy – you can knock out a bunch of passive challenges as well while doing these, as well as possibly some less passive ones, such as Simaris scans and so on. 

Complete 8 Zone of Sanctuary Onslaught: Not difficult, and unlocked fairly early in the Star Chart, so this is accessible to most players. All you need to do is survive long enough to last 8 waves – advanced players can probably do this solo, newer players should enter in public or with friends. And yes, you can knock out some passive kill challenges at the same time! Not only that – you can do this in chunks (i.e., it doesn’t have to be 8 waves in one session).

Complete 5 Different Bounties in the Orb Vallis: Bit of a pain in the butt, this one, but mainly because it’s just time consuming. You can smash out all 5 in a row if you want, or spread them out over the week, but it will definitely take more time than it’s (perhaps) worth.

Kill Profit-Taker: Oof. Glad this is an Elite challenge, as it’s not one that many players can actually achieve, particularly lower level players. Still, not only will you be taking down the Profit-Taker Orb, but you’ll also be fighting a bunch of Corpus, so best to combine this one with “Kill XXX number of enemies” challenges (don’t make it too complex, as you will need to concentrate on the Orb fight).

Unlock 10 Relics: Another easy Elite challenge. Keep in mind that you can combine this with challenges that require you to complete a certain number of specific mission types, as you can pick and choose what specific Void Fissure mission you want to do.

What's in the Store this week?

AURA MODS:

  • Pistol Scavenger (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Rejuvenation (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Sniper Scavenger (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Sprint Boost (Aura) – 20 Creds

WARFRAME MODS: 

  • Purging Slash (Excalibur) – 20 Creds

WEAPON MODS:

  • Double Tap (Latron) – 20 Creds
  • Shrapnel Rounds (Marelok) – 20 Creds

WARFRAMES:

  • Vauban Chassis Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Neuroptics Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Systems Blueprint – 25 Creds

WEAPONS:

  • Glaive Blueprint – 50 Creds
  • Jaw Sword Blueprint – 50 Creds
  • Pangolin Sword Blueprint – 50 Creds

MATERIALS:

  •  5x Nitain Extract – 15 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Catalyst – 75 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Reactor – 75 Creds
  • 10,000x Kuva – 50 Creds
  • 1x Enter Nihil’s Oubliette – 60 Creds

DECORATIONS:

  • Nihil’s Oubliette – 60 Creds

WARFRAME HELMETS:

  • Baruuk Meroe Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Chroma Drac Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Ember Backdraft Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Equinox Clisthert Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Hildryn Asuron Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Limbo Aristeas Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Loki Enigma Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mag Coil Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mesa Longhorn Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mesa Ovis Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nekros Raknis Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nidus Prion Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Revenant Vania Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Rhino Vanguard Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Saryn Chlora Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Trinity Aura Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Xaku Kintsu Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds

WEAPON SKINS:

  • Atterax Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Falcor Shock-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Karak Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Plinx Shock-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
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Episode 146 – TennoCon 2021

For Warframe players, TennoCon is the best time of year — it’s like Christmas. It’s when we all get together to share our love of the game and see what big things are next in store fr us.

And this year was no different, except maybe that the two things that were shown off were maybe the most anticipated pieces of Warframe content ever. So that’s a thing.

So whether you caught the panels or not, grab a snack, sit back, and listen to our overview of TennoCon 2021. And get excited, Tenno – big things are coming.

Topics:

  • News: Unreal Tournament skins are back,  New Omen PC bundle, new Prime Gaming pack, new Warframe merch
  • Discussion: all the TennoCon 2021 panels

Episode Notes:

The Unreal Tournament Skins are back on PC until the 22nd, so hurry up and grab them from the Epic store! Console players haven’t been forgotten this time around — there are new alters available to secure these skins, available until July 29! 

There’s a new Ember Omen bundle available for free on PC – includes Ember, Mk1-Strun (*gee, thanks*), Tenno Palette, and a 7day affinity booster! 

There’s a new Prime Gaming pack available for TennoCon – includes a Color Palette, an armor set, a pistol skin and more! Get it by linking your Prime Gaming account. 

New Merch is available in the official Warframe store! Go get it! 

SOUND PANEL

Q&A

ART PANEL

TENNOLIVE

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Episode 145 – Sisters of Parvos

Sisters are doing it for themselves! Standing on their own two feet… wait. Wrong song.

Finally, the Sisters of Parvos update has seen fit to grace our servers, and what an update it is. Not only does it bring the Sisters themselves, and a whole raft of weapons, but there’s a brand new Warframe in there and a major weapon rebalance.

Listen to hear our thoughts, and we’ll see you again next week for our TennoCon follow-up.

Topics:

  • News: Prime Gaming freebies, new Supporter Packs, new features on Warframe Companion App
  • Discussion: Sisters of Parvos update

Episode Notes:

A new syandana is available from Prime Gaming, so go get it.

The team shared behind the scenes recordings for Sleeping in the Cold below, so go watch it!

Sisters of Parvos is on all platforms – huzzah! (So go play it.)

And with the new update comes new Supporter packs! There are two new packs to consider – the cheaper one provides the new bubble gun, while the more expensive gives you that plus Yareli, plus Ambassador! (and both, of course, also provide cosmetics and platinum)

New features on the Warframe companion app – mostly Syndicate support so you can check stuff, plus you can view featured clans 

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Nightwave Weeklies: Intermission 3, Week 23

Welcome back, Dreamers.

The Nightwave weekly bounties change every Sunday at 12 midnight GMT (or Monday morning, if that’s your preference), so keep your eyes out every week after that time for our weekly update – letting you know the activities you’ll need to complete for the week (note this will not include daily challenges, of course).

This Week's Bounties

The following challenges are in place until Midnight Sunday 11 July / Monday 12 July.:

  • Find All Caches in 3 Sabotage Missions
  • Complete 5 Different Bounties on the Plains of Eidolon
  • Complete 3 Exterminate Missions
  • Complete 3 Mobile Defense Missions
  • Unlock 4 Orokin Vaults on Deimos
  • Complete 4 Halls of Ascension on Lua (Elite)
  • Complete 8 Zones of Elite Sanctuary Onslaught (Elite)

Some Tips

Find All Caches in 3 Sabotage Missions: This isn’t a difficult challenge, but it’s definitely time consuming. Sometimes you just can’t find those damned caches. I wouldn’t recommend trying to double up with “Kill XX enemies” challenges as you just want to look for caches, but you can possibly knock these out at the same time as doing other related missions. You could always double up on the “Silver Grove” challenge by choosing the Earth Sabotage mission as well.

Complete 5 Different Bounties on the Plains of Eidolon: Now that there are camps on the Plains, this will be much easier. You can either jump in and just smash out 5 in a row, or do a few here and there across several days. Not hard, but time consuming, as usual. Good chance to farm for anything you are missing from the Plains.

Complete 3 Exterminate Missions: This one is really easy, but keep the daily acts in mind, as you can double or triple up on basic challenges (such as Kill XX enemies with XX weapon type, and so on). You might be able to also cover any Invasion Acts as well, but only if you’re lucky enough to have an Exterminate mission in Invasions.

Complete 3 Mobile Defense Missions: Again, an easy one, and definitely one that can be doubled up with Invasion challenges (as Mobile Defence missions are often offered as Invasion mssion types). Can also be combined with Dailies, depending on what they are, so consider them before jumping in.

Unlock 4 Orokin Vaults on Deimos: This is accessible to all players now, as a result of the Derelict moving to Deimos, but lower MR players may struggle. Recommend lower players to go in with friends/clannies. Still, this can also be solo’d by higher level players, and is a great opportunity to collect some rare (and highly tradeable) mods.

Complete 4 Halls of Ascension on Lua: You need to have unlocked Lua to have access to this (by completing The Second Dream). There are 7 different challenge rooms that appear at random on Lua maps. People tend to have their favourites, but I like the Crossfire Exterminate, myself. Keep in mind that the musical challenge (that awards an Octavia blueprint) does NOT count towards this.

Complete 8 Zones of Elite Sanctuary Onslaught: There are some great rewards to be gained from ESO – including Radiant Relics, and the Braton and Lato Vandal variants, but lower level players are likely to struggle. Note, though, that this is a great place to also farm focus, and you can also knock out a bunch of kills, including Eximus enemies.

What's in the Store this week?

AURA MODS:

  • Dead Eye (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Energy Siphon (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Rifle Scavenger (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Sniper Scavenger (Aura) – 20 Creds

WARFRAME MODS: 

  • Purging Slash (Excalibur) – 20 Creds
  • Rumbled (Atlas) – 20 Creds

WEAPON MODS:

  • Double Tap (Latron) – 20 Creds

WARFRAMES:

  • Vauban Chassis Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Neuroptics Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Systems Blueprint – 25 Creds

WEAPONS:

  •  Dark Dagger Blueprint – 50 Creds
  • Dark Sword Blueprint – 50 Creds

MATERIALS:

  • 5x Nitain Extract – 15 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Catalyst – 75 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Reactor – 75 Creds
  • 10,000x Kuva – 50 Creds

DECORATIONS:

  •  Emissary Ornament – 40 Creds
  • Gral’s Pobber Floof – 40 Creds
  • Kinetic Siphon Trap Decoration – 40 Creds
  • Nihil’s Oubliette – 60 Creds

WARFRAME HELMETS:

  •  Banshee Chorus Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Chroma Drac Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Ember Phoenix Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Excalibur Mordred Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Frost Aurora Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Frost Squall Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Hydroid Ketos Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Ivara Zirastra Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Khora Delphi Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Limbo Magrite Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mesa Ovis Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mirage Harlequin Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nezha Jinza Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nidus Myxini Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nova Flux Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nyx Menticide Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Saryn Hemlock Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Trinity Meridian Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Valkyr Bastet Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Volt Storm Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds

WEAPON SKINS:

  • Dual Zoren Dagger-Axe Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Grinlok Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
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Nightwave Weeklies: Intermission 3, Week 21

Welcome back, Dreamers.

The Nightwave weekly bounties change every Sunday at 12 midnight GMT (or Monday morning, if that’s your preference), so keep your eyes out every week after that time for our weekly update – letting you know the activities you’ll need to complete for the week (note this will not include daily challenges, of course).

This Week's Bounties

The following challenges are in place until Midnight Sunday 27 June / Monday 28 June:

  • Pick up 8 Rare Mods
  • Kill 500 Enemies
  • Complete 3 Spy Missions
  • Complete 3 Sabotage Missions
  • Complete 5 Scans for Cephalon Simaris
  • Complete a Defence Mission reaching at least Wave 20 (Elite)
  • Complete a Survival Mission Reaching at Least 30 Minutes (Elite)

Some Tips

Pick up 8 Rare Mods: Seems difficult at first glance, because Rare mods … well, they’re rare. They don’t necessarily drop that often. While it’s quite possible that 8 will drop as you do other challenges, this pairs PERFECTLY with an Index challenge, as all Index mods are Rare, and they drop frequently. TL;DR: go to the Index, if you can.

Kill 500 Enemies: Super easy, because it can be done passively! Don’t focus on this at all – it should just happen. If not, choose a high-level Exterminate and you should knock this out quickly.

Complete 3 Spy Missions: Again, an easy one, and again, one that you might be able to double up on with Invasion missions (if you’re lucky). This will work for ANY Spy mission, so keep an eye on the Sortie as well, because that might tick off one of these if you also need to do a Sortie challenge.

Complete 3 Sabotage Missions: Another super duper easy one, and one that can be doubled up with Invasions or Relic runs if that is also on the cards for that week (provided, of course, that there are Sabotage missions available). Otherwise, smash out three low level ones and be done with this in 10 mins.

Complete 5 Scans for Cephalon Simaris: Keep in mind that you will need to have a target assigned by Cephalon Simaris, so go see him at any relay first. Hopefully he’ll give you a common target. You can quite easily combine this with most other mission types, depending on the target you have, so ensure you have your scanners equipped.

Complete a Defence Mission reaching at least Wave 20: Not too hard, you just have to last a long time. That many waves is going to be at least half an hour, so buckle in – and remember, all you need to do is survive, so you should be fine with a good group. You can smash out a bunch of other passive challenges as well, so make sure you bring the right weapons to get multiple jobs done (if they are on the menu for that day/week).

Complete a Survival Mission Reaching at Least 30 Minutes: With a good group, this is actually quite easy. I’d recommend doing this while cross-referencing other requirements for the week, as you may be able to knock off a few passive challenges as well. Not too straining, but tedious if you don’t enjoy long(ish)-term survival.

What's in the Store this week?

AURA MODS:

  •  Corrosive Projection (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • EMP Aura (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Shotgun Scavenger (Aura) – 20 Creds
  • Sprint Boost (Aura) – 20 Creds

 
WARFRAME MODS: 

  • Recharge Barrier (Volt) – 20 Creds

 
WEAPON MODS:

  • Focused Acceleration (Tetra) – 20 Creds
  • Skull Shots (Viper) – 20 Creds

WARFRAMES:

  • Vauban Chassis Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Neuroptics Blueprint – 25 Creds
  • Vauban Systems Blueprint – 25 Creds

WEAPONS:

  • Ceramic Dagger Blueprint – 50 Creds
  • Heat Sword Blueprint – 50 Creds

MATERIALS:

  • 5x Nitain Extract – 15 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Catalyst – 75 Creds
  • 1x Built Orokin Reactor – 75 Creds
  • 10,000x Kuva – 50 Creds
  • 1x Enter Nihil’s Oubliette – 60 Creds
  • 1x Wolf Beacon – 50 Creds

DECORATIONS:

  • Gral’s Thumber Floof – 40 Creds
  • Nihil’s Oubliette – 60 Creds

WARFRAME HELMETS:

  • Chroma Amaru Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Ember Backdraft Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Garuda Bathory Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Hildryn Asuron Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Hydroid Triton Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Inaros Canopic Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Limbo Aristeas Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Mag Coil Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nezha Circa Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nova Quantum Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Nyx Vespa Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Protea Mavv Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Rhino Thrak Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Valkyr Kara Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Vauban Armistice Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Wolf Hood Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Wukong Dasheng Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Xaku Kintsu Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds
  • Zephyr Tengu Helmet Blueprint – 35 Creds

WEAPON SKINS:

  • Atterax Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Hek Desert-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
  • Plinx Shock-Camo Skin Blueprint – 30 Creds
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Episode 144 – The Arsenal Divide Workshop Overview

Coming in only a couple of days later than DE had suggested, the weapons workshop hit, and brought with it some other workshop announcements – changes are also incoming for the Parazon and Helminth Abilities.

There was a lot to go over, but hopefully we can help clarify all of the changes that are coming. And they are coming soon – all of the changes are expected as part of the forthcoming Sisters of Parvos update!

Join  us – and let us know your thoughts!

Topics:

  • News: Dog Days, Pride Palette, new Updates page, TennoCon updates
  • Discussion: The Arsenal, Parazon, and Helminth workshops

Episode Notes:

Dog Days is back! 

To celebrate Pride Month, DE has released a new Pride Color Palette – 1 credit in the Market for the month of June! 

Find update info easier! Head to warframe.com/updates

We are well upon the road to TennoCon! This week, DE released the schedule, so go check it out and make sure you have time for all your favourite panels! 

Dev workshop 

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