- For the
Orokin execution method, see Jade Light.
Release Date: June 18th, 2024
Angelic allure graces the assembly in blissful song, hymns threefold of wartime armistice and abhorrent passion. Echo the Naga Drums to
Tenno heartbeats, delivered thus to the
Orokin a coup d'état. Amidst the anthems of devastation, a solemn soul sings proud, her audience awestruck by oblivion's embrace. Blessed be the Lucent Virtuoso, Jade, whose glorious choir casts forth a crescendo of emerald blaze. Before heavenly ascent, thou shall behold one final glimpse: sublime plumes unfurl to seraphic wings most divine. Jade descended from the heavens in Update 36.0 (2024-06-18).
Acquisition
Jade's main blueprint is acquired upon completion of the Jade Shadows quest. Her component blueprints are obtained from Ascension on Brutus, Uranus, at a 5% drop rate.
Alternatively, the blueprints can also be purchased from Ordis in the Drifter's Camp with| Item | Source | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension | 5% | ~ 20 A Rotations | 134 ± 44 A Rotations | |
| Ascension | 5% | ~ 20 A Rotations | 134 ± 44 A Rotations | |
| Ascension | 5% | ~ 20 A Rotations | 134 ± 44 A Rotations |
All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables stored on Module:DropTables/data.
See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
For more detailed definitions and information,
visit here.
Crafting
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25,000 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
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| Jade Neuroptics Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
1,000 |
750 |
3 |
4 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
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| Jade Chassis Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
600 |
4,000 |
1,500 |
6 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
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| Jade Systems Blueprint | |||||
15,000 |
600 |
600 |
1,100 |
10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
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Lore & History
Forbidden Love
- Main article: Jade's Promise
During the
Orokin Era, Jade was once human, engaged in a secret relationship with a Low Guardian named Sorren. Sorren's desire for a child, which was considered a violation of the Legems, worried him. Jade dismissed his worries in the belief that Sorren would always protect them.[1]
Jade and Sorren were eventually caught by Executor Ballas, who saw their relationship as spiteful.[2] As punishment, Jade was forcibly transformed into a Warframe while pregnant, where Ballas taunted her failure to birth the child. Her source of power, the Jade Light, resulted in the Orokin's need to contain her in a hibernation pod within the execution chamber on Lua. Her only moments of freedom being to carry out the Seven's executions. Believing her to be in a dreamless sleep within her pod, unbeknownst to them, Jade would instead dream of seeing her child's face, and the time they would have spent together.[3]
Ballas would continue to taunt Jade, stating that Sorren was still alive, having been transformed into a Warframe just like herself. Sorren only blamed himself, and, seeking to repent, chose to loyally serve the Orokin in hope of seeing his wife again.[4]
Jade was eventually given an Operator, and sent on an assignment to Mars. Horrified at what the Orokin did to the child, Jade lulled her Operator to sleep and fought of her own free will to spare the child, believing that the Orokin's reckoning would one day come.[5]
When the Naga drums echoed the night of the Orokin Fall, Jade finally encountered Sorren, who had become the being known as Stalker, but he did not recognize her. As the
Tenno began to massacre the Orokin at the Terminus, Jade fought her way to Sorren and flew him away, ultimately arriving at what would later become Hunhow's tomb on Uranus.[6] Recalling the taunts of Ballas that her unborn child may stir if she laid still for a long time, Jade spent the remainder of her life channeling all energy into her pregnancy.[7]
Jade's Passing
- Main article: Jade Shadows
In the present, Jade had fallen critically ill. The Stalker attempted to nurse her back to health as thanks for saving his life. Despite his attempts at stealing Bioplasma from the
Corpus and Cortichrome from the Infested, Jade's life continued to fade. Hunhow urged Stalker to move past his hate, finally forcing him to turn to the Operator for help. Via Transference, the Operator discovered that Jade is not fighting an illness, but is instead gestating a child. Despite the Stalker's help, the Operator can only help Jade with her birth, and she ultimately dies soon after, dissolving into motes of green light while comforting Stalker one last time.
While attempting to heal Jade, Stalker would catch the attention of the Corpus Captain Xeto, who raids his lair soon after Jade dies. Stalker, now protecting his newborn son, fights past the invading Corpus to reach the surface. Upon reaching his ship, Xeto corners Stalker with a barrage of laser fire. However, upon hearing the cries of the child, Xeto orders her forces to stand down and allows the Stalker to escape.
After reminiscing his promise to protect his family, Stalker names the child either Sirius or Orion.
Finally, Hunhow then contacts the Tenno. Despite Stalker's hatred, he entrusts Jade's blueprint to them, believing its what Jade would have wanted.
Granum's Desecration
- Main article: Operation: Belly of the Beast
When Jade died, she disintegrated into motes of Jade Light which have now permeated the Stalker's hideout. Sensing opportunity, Corpus Founder Parvos Granum sends his Corpus to collect the motes to further his Jade Eximus project,[8] intent on using her power as a tool of his desire.[9] However, Parvos's current Jade Eximus are unfinished, requiring Jade's
Volatile Motes to perfect them. The Tenno fight to collect these motes first, consigning them to be burned in the sun so Jade can finally be at rest.[10]
Despite his remaining hatred for the Tenno, the Stalker would provide them aid, and could be seen fighting alongside them.
The Tenno are ultimately victorious, with Parvos now attempting to harvest Jade's lesser
Vestigial Motes to complete his project. However, due to their lack of sheer power compared the Volatile Motes, his progress is virtually halted.[11]
Notes
- After completing Jade Shadows, an assembly of seven of Jade's feathers will appear behind Teshin in any Relay, in front of some tombstones.
- Currently,
Evensong,
Cantare, and
Harmony all lack a Signature Weapon bonus with Jade. - If Stalker, Shadow Stalker, or Protector Stalker appears in the mission via Death Mark and Jade is present, the Stalker will immediately de-spawn and drop his loot.
Trivia
- Jade is the 57th unique Warframe to be released.
- Because of the circumstances during Jade's conversion into a Warframe, any copies of her, like the one crafted by the Operator, also appear to be pregnant.
- She is voiced by Raffaela Wayma.[12]
- In the Pax East 2024 live audience Devstream 178, Jade's update teaser splash art was revealed with the Stalker's Landing Craft looming in the background. In Devstream 179, Jade's concept art, theme, signature weapons, and alt helmet were shown. In Devstream 180 her full gameplay reveal was demonstrated by a prerecording from [DE]Pablo.
- Notably, considerable effort was done to hide her pregnancy prior to her introduction to the game: Teaser art either featured her from behind or in one case, with
Harmony obscuring her stomach, while gameplay footage and animations never showed her from up front.
- Notably, considerable effort was done to hide her pregnancy prior to her introduction to the game: Teaser art either featured her from behind or in one case, with
- Jade takes several inspirations from angels from Abrahamic religions. Most notable in the numerous sets of wings she has and her link to choral music.
- Her dress and the covers wrapped around her chest and her helmet are feather-like protrusions with cloth physics; they stay folded and compact when idle, then expand into angelic wings during Idle Animations and
Glory on High. - Symbols for
Symphony of Mercy's three auras resemble biblical angel's wings in various shapes and forms. - Additionally, Jade is named "Choir" in the game files.
- Her dress and the covers wrapped around her chest and her helmet are feather-like protrusions with cloth physics; they stay folded and compact when idle, then expand into angelic wings during Idle Animations and
- She is the first Warframe whose name starts with the letter 'J'. At the time of her announcement, there was 1 remaining letter in the English Alphabet 'U', that did not have an associated Warframe.
- She is the next female Warframe in line after
Trinity,
Equinox,
Wisp,
Yareli,
Gyre, and
Dagath to wear a skirt or dress with cloth physics. - Jade is also the name
Nyx originally went by during development. - She is the first Warframe to have two Aura mod slots as her unique passive.
- She is the second Warframe to have three Signature Weapons after
Gara. - She is the third Warframe after
Protea and
Dante with a built-in universal Aura polarity. - She is the third Warframe after
Titania and
Hildryn to use a flight-based fourth ability associated with an Exalted Weapon. - She is the eleventh Warframe after
Limbo,
Hildryn,
Wisp,
Titania Prime,
Protea,
Xaku,
Sevagoth,
Gyre,
Qorvex, and
Dante with a unique dodge roll animation, where Jade dashes with her arms outstretched, or twirls during sidesprings, along with the wings on her torso spreading. - Jade's weapons are parallel to the Stalker's:
Dread vs.
Evensong bow,
Despair vs.
Cantare throwing knives, and
Hate vs.
Harmony scythe. - Jade's component blueprints were accidentally included in Dagath's Hollow in the Clan Dojo upon the initial release of the Jade Shadows update. The blueprints were subsequently removed on Hotfix 36.0.1 (2024-06-19), and all players who bought copies of Jade's component blueprints this way were allowed to keep them.
References
- ↑ "You're going to be a father, Sorren." - Jade "But... the Legems! If the Lords found out-" - Sorren "You'll take care of us, always, won't you?" - Jade: Flashback during Jade Shadows.
- ↑ "-But you chose to spite Us. And for that sin, you will mother only ashes and oblivion. Jade." - Ballas, Memory Feather 02
- ↑ Jade's Promise, Memory Feather 03
- ↑ Jade's Promise, Memory Feather 04
- ↑ Jade's Promise, Memory Feather 05
- ↑ Jade's Promise, Memory Feather 06
- ↑ Jade's Promise, Memory Feather 07
- ↑ "Ordis will not stand idly by while Parvos Granum reaps the last vestiges of Jade for his Eximus executioner program. He must be DENIED." - Ordis, during Operation: Belly of the Beast.
- ↑ "Cephalon! I know who you are. Well, were. Do you think you are helping Jade? Preserving her honour? Her dignity? The Orokin used her like they used you. A pantomime of justice and truth. She could have been a force of something greater. She still can, as a weapon of my righteous desire. The free hand of the market made freer one smouldering beam of Jade Light after another!" - Parvos Granum, during Operation: Belly of the Beast.
- ↑ "Jade's light will be returned to the life-giving fire of our sun." - Ordis
- ↑ "-Operator, Ordis detects no more Volatile Motes within the Stalker's Lair. Parvos can, and likely will still try to harvest Vestigial Motes... but they lack the sheer power he needs to complete his Jade Eximus project. His desire is thwarted. His dream of an Jade Eximus army? Finished. We have won." - Ordis, at the end of Belly of the Beast.
- ↑ https://www.warframe.com/news/meet-the-voice-cast-of-jade-shadows
Passive
Where sacred light shines the song of life begins, as the shadow of time marches evermore toward deathly silence. As The Anointed, Jade possesses two passives:
- Access to 2 Aura mod slots in her Arsenal loadouts to assist herself and her squadmates.
- This also includes increased mod capacity from both Auras (+28 from two maxed Auras, or +32 / +36 with
Steel Charge and/or
Power Donation), allowing Jade more modding space with less need for Polarization, as well as granting her more potential Starting Energy.
- This also includes increased mod capacity from both Auras (+28 from two maxed Auras, or +32 / +36 with
- Enemies that enter
Light's Judgment well and
Glory on High's primary fire at a 10% chance afflict enemies with the Judgements debuff as an overhead icon visual, applying 50% Damage Vulnerability lasting for 10 seconds.
- Enemies killed while debuffed by Judgments extends
Symphony of Mercy's duration by 2 seconds. - Glory on High's Alternate Fire can detonate Judgments, with increased damage and range.
- Detonated Judgments have an increased 1.5x explosion radius while inside Light's Judgment.
- Enemies killed while debuffed by Judgments extends
Abilities
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Light's Judgment Create a well of light that heals allies and hurts enemies. Those who enter the well will be highlighted by Judgments. Introduced in Update 36.0 (2024-06-18) |
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 % health restore per second |
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Misc:
∞ buff time inside well |
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Symphony of Mercy Cycle through three songs that strengthen allies. Power of The Seven increases Ability Strength. Deathbringer increases Weapon Damage. Spirit of Resilience increases Shield Effectiveness. Extend the duration of each song by killing enemies surrounded by Judgments. Introduced in Update 36.0 (2024-06-18) |
40 / 60 / 80 / 100 % Deathbringer weapon damage bonus 1 / 6 / 8 / 10 % Spirit of Resilience Shields recharge per second -10% Spirit of Resilience shield recharge delay reduction |
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Misc:
10m (pushback range) |
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Ophanim Eyes Jade summons an accusatory gaze that slows nearby enemies and dissolves their Shields and Armor. When the gaze falls upon allies, they can be revived from a distance. Introduced in Update 36.0 (2024-06-18) |
4 / 6 / 8 / 10 % armor and shield strip per second |
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Misc:
70° cone angle | |||
| Subsumable to Helminth |
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Glory on High Soar with destructive power. Use alternate-fire to detonate Judgments, causing an explosion of Jade Light. Enemies inside the Light's Judgment radius empower the explosion. Introduced in Update 36.0 (2024-06-18) |
750 / 1000 / 1,250 / 1,500 Alternate Fire 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 % damage reduction |
4 m alternate fire explosion | |||
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50% damage reduction cap |
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Patch History
Update 37.0 (2024-10-02)
- Jade’s Light’s Judgement now can heal Defense targets!
- Defense targets will be healed 75 Health per second when within range of Light Judgement.
- Fixed Jade’s Deathbringer buff not applying to Melee weapons.
- Fixed only the secondary emissive color appearing on Jade.
- Fixed a dropped frame in Jade’s Light’s Judgement ability video.
- Fixed Jade’s Light Judgement FX disappearing if cast on an enemy who is recovering from ragdoll.
Hotfix 36.0.8 (2024-07-25)
- Fixed Jade firing from her feet in Glory on High if players had subsumed over Ophanim Eyes.
Hotfix 36.0.5 (2024-07-20)
- Updated the Jade location descriptions to indicate that Ordis is found in the Drifter Camp now that Operation: Belly of the Beast has concluded.
- Adjusted Jade’s Glory on High SFX as follows:
- Reduced the volume of the chorus SFX while Jade is in motion. The chorus sound also no longer plays while Jade is stationary.
- Players will no longer hear the Glory on High chorus SFX from Jades in their squad.
Hotfix 36.0.4 (2024-06-26)
- Added more SFX to Jade’s Idle animations.
- As noted in Hotfix 36.0.3, Jade’s Universal Polarity has been restored to its intended slot for players who had swapped it.
- Fixed the subsumed version of Jade’s Ophanim Eyes not actually having the eyes present on cast (this was a visual only bug).
- Fixed performance issues caused by Jade’s Ophanim Eyes VFX not despawning.
- Fixed being unable to sell Jade from Inventory.
- Fixed Jade’s Glory on High ability SFX ducking level music.
- Fixed instance where Jade would not aim-glide in the fall after deactivating her Glory on High ability.
Hotfix 36.0.3 (2024-06-20)
- Fixed Jade’s Aureolt Helmet not opening and closing.
- Fixed being able to swap Jade’s Universal Polarity from her Aura Slot onto another slot.
- We’ll be reverting the moved Universal Polarity back to its intended spot in a future Hotfix.
- Fixed offset issues with the left Harkonar Wraith Leg Plate when equipped on Jade.
- Fixed Jade’s Glory on High SFX clipping for Clients when rapidly firing.
- Fixed a script error caused by Jade’s Glory on High alt-fire.
Hotfix 36.0.1 (2024-06-19)
- Enemies are now visually ragdolled after being killed by Jade’s Glory on High ability.
- Fixed Operation: Belly of the Beast missions not using the intended Ascension Drop Tables (which you can view in our public drop tables).
- This meant that players were not earning Jade’s component or weapon blueprints from their Operation missions. Now you should be able to farm for Jade while also earning the Operation rewards!
- Fixed Archon Intensify not triggering when Jade’s Light’s Judgment ability heals players.
- Fixed Jade’s Blueprints being available to research in Dagath’s Hollow Clan room.
- They snuck past their intended spot which are the Ascension/Operation drop tables and Ordis’ Volatile Motes store. For those who have already acquired those Blueprints via the Dojo, they are yours to keep!
- Fixed hitting teleport volume while in Jade’s Glory on High ability causing the player to be teleported back to the location where they last touched the ground.
- Fixed the Jade Chorus Pack exclusive items (Jade Ophanim Sigil and Jade In Action Glyph) being available for Platinum in the in-game Market.
- For those who had purchased them there, they are yours to keep!
- Fixed offset issues with the Harkonar Wraith Leg Plates when equipped on Jade.
- Fixed several script errors in Jade’s Light’s Judgment ability.
- Fixed a script error in Jade’s Ophanim Eyes ability.
- Fixed several script errors in Jade’s Glory on High ability.
- Fixed a script error caused by using Jade’s Glory on High alt-fire.
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- Introduced.
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