The Shadowgrapher

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Time to get artsy, Tenno!  The Shadowgrapher brought us a haunted painting, a brand new game mode, and one very inky Warframe.  Let's get to it!

There's a bunch of new stuff that came with this update: Follie's Hunt (new game mode), the 64th Warframe Follie, the Enkaus (her signature rifle), Aspirant Zorba, plus a new resource called Atramentum, three new Adversary weapons, a new system for clans, and a full remaster of The Awakening.  First thing to do is to make sure you completed The Chains of Harrow quest.  You need that because that unlocks Follie's Hunt and Zorba.

Follie's Hunt is the latest mission to join the world of Warframe.  It takes place in the ruins of the Vesper Relay, which can be found over on Venus.  Once you've finished The Chains of Harrow quest, a new node will appear on the right side of the planet.  In the mission, you will see a "loading zone" at the very start.  Simply go through the inky-looking vortex portal to start the mission, and your goal is to complete three Shadowgraphs (the canvases, marked A, B, and C once you or a teammate find them), then extract. 

Vesper Relay on the right side of Venus

To fill a canvas, you need Paint (silly concept, I know).  Look for the pools of Paint around the map, which have a chime sound when you get close and have a weird white image in the world and the map/mini map.  Simply cross over it and if you are in your Warframe, it kicks you out to your Operator or Drifter.  You now have a bunch of Paint on your character and now you need to run to one of the canvases on the map to deposit it.  While in this particular mode, you cannot Void Sling or use Transference.  If you get downed while carrying Paint, you lose it.  How much Paint that needs to go on the canvas depends on the size of the squad.

NOTE: If you kill some enemies, you might notice a yellow trail that pops up.  These simply direct you to more pools of Paint.  I highly recommend a crowd control (CC) kind of Warframe because the enemies can get out of hand really fast. 

As soon as that initial Paint gets delivered, Follie wakes up and starts hunting you.  She can't be killed, but she can damage you and sap your Energy if you stand anywhere near her.  Just keep moving and you'll be fine (mostly).  The longer you stay in this mission, the nastier things get.  More Follies spawn, Follie statues can summon the real one if you carry Paint and pass by, ink balloon mines appear, and doors get locked down by ink.  

NOTE: Air Support Charges are disabled here, just like other assistance kind of options. 

Paint pools in the  game and on the map (left pic) | Shadowgraph canvas (right pic)

Every run guarantees Atramentum (5 on the normal path, 10 on the Steel Path), plus 1 Steel Essence on Steel Path.  Just like other missions, you have a chance for blueprints to drop for Follie and her gun, Syndicate medallions (kind of rare but my RNG is bad), credit caches, and Endo.

NOTE: Popping the pinky-purple Atramentum balloons with weapon fire also rewards Atramentum, and so does killing enemies in the mission (not all).  Don't skip out on these! 

Atramentum balloon

You can spend Atramentum with Aspirant Zorba over at the Relay.  He can be found just outside the Arbiters of Hexis enclave in any Relay, or just simply fast traveling to him.  He sells all of the wares for this new mission, including Chromatic Atramentum.  

Aspirant Zorba's wares and Atragraph Mod example
 

Chromatic Atramentum is something that turns the cosmetic of certain mods into an Atragraph Mod.  Nothing else changes the mod, just the image.  Please note that only the one Mod you pick to change is the Mod that is affected.  In other words, if you have two Serration, the one you turn into an Atragraph Mod will have the new cosmetic.  The other Serration mod is untouched.

Follie is the 64th Warframe to join the arsenal.  Besides her abilities, you can actually redraw the art of each one of her Amphors via her sketchbook.  You can actually get pretty detailed (within reason) and these become available as you rank her up.  

Follie

NOTE: Sketchbook art has to follow the Community Guidelines.  If you don't want to see other people's art, you can turn on Creator Mode. 

To build Follie, you will need:

  • The main blueprint and component blueprints (Zorba for Atramentum, or Follie's Hunt drops)
  • 3 Orokin Cells
  • 30,000 Credits 

The Neuroptics need:

  • 2 Neurodes
  • 3 Gallium
  • 150 Cryotic
  • 2 Neural Sensors 

The Chassis needs:

  • 800 Alloy Plate
  • 2 Argon Crystals
  • 800 Ferrite
  • 600 Salvage 

The Systems need: 

  • 250 Circuits
  • 500 Polymer Bundle
  • 4 Morphics
  • 50 Oxium 

Three weapons got the Adversary treatment: the Kuva Ghoulsaw (from Kuva Larvlings), the Tenet Quanta (from Sister Candidates), and the Coda Bubonico (from Eleanor in Höllvania, when her Batch B wares are up).  The Valence Bonus roll on Kuva Lich and Sisters of Parvos weapons is also properly randomized now.  

NOTE: You can ride the Ghoulsaw, but only as a charge attack.  Simply move forward, then use the weapon's forward block and attack button.

There's also a new mode in the Dark Refractory called The Guilty.  You can't access this until you have Uriel equipped.  All you have to do is bow in front of the Lotus and you will gain access to this new mode.  The drops are nice, including some specialized Honoria.

Now for the part about a new system for clans.  DE introduced something called the Clan Cooperation System, which essentially rewards you and your clanmates from playing with each other.  Just squad up and do missions.  That's it.  By doing this, you earn bonus resources which are then deposited straight into your Clan Vault at the end of the mission.  Two clanmates give a 10% bonus per player, three give 15%, and a full squad of four gives 20%.  This bonus is added on top of what you already collect, so your own resources aren't affected. 

Weekly Clan Initiatives found via your Clan menu on the bottom right side

By doing these contributions, your Weekly Initiatives track gets filled, resetting every Monday.  There are a total of four tiers (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%), where each tier gives you one random reward.  The top tier can also give you a fully built Omni Forma.  All you have to do is open your Clan menu and claim them.  A special icon shows up when something is ready for pick up.  

Another thing worth mentioning here is that one planet gets a 2x Clan Vault bonus each week.   

A few other goodies came along with this update:

  • The Awakening has been remastered top to bottom with new tiles, lighting, re-recorded lines, and tutorial changes.  You can replay it from the Codex.
  • Survival gets Security Bypasses, which speed up time for a minute when you deliver one to a console.  Excavators are sturdier, too.
  • Grind reductions for older gear, including shorter build times for Excalibur, Volt, and Mag blueprints (24 hours instead of 72).
  • New cosmetics: the Gauss Moto and Grendel Turbis collections, TennoGen skins for Styanax and Nova, the first TennoGen Signas, and 44 new Honoria.

References:

https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Update_42:_The_Shadowgrapher
https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Follie
https://www.warframe.com/en/patch-notes/pc/42-0-0