Butchers are Grineer units that wield single Cleavers. They lack the armor and ranged firepower standard Grineer units possess, making them much easier to kill; in exchange, they can move quicker and deal more damage with their melee weapons. Butchers will wind-up their attacks for a split second, making it possible for players to dodge.
Tactics[]
- Their attacking style is simple, running towards their target straight forward. This makes them easy targets to kill with non-hitscan weapons, added with their low durability.
- Their attacks have a chance of inflicting a
Slash proc, dealing damage over time that ignores armor.
Variants[]
Arid Butcher
Frontier Butcher
Drekar Butcher
Kuva Butcher
Tusk Butcher
Kosma Butcher
Gyre Butcher
Exo Butcher
Notes[]
- Butchers have a level limit of 15, frequently seen in low level Survival and Defense missions. The treatment of spawning is similar with the Grineer Lancers, as the Butchers are seemingly replaced by either Grineer Flameblades, Powerfists or Scorpions in higher-level missions.
Farming Locations[]
These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the enemies until better facts are proven.
- Normal Butcher
| Target | Planet | Name | Type | Level | Tile Set |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sedna | Kelpie | Spy | 35 - 40 | Grineer Galleon |
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Saturn | Cassini | Capture | 21 - 23 | Grineer Galleon |
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Sedna | Adaro | Exterminate | 32 - 36 | Grineer Asteroid |
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Earth | Mantle | Capture | 2 - 4 | Grineer Forest |
Trivia[]
- In early versions of the game, Butchers were called Sawmen and wielded
Glaives with a spinning animation that had a distinctive sound. Update 7.11 (2013-05-17) changed their weapon to the single cleaver they use now, but their names were never changed to reflect this until Update 11.0 (2013-11-20). 
Well of Life still depicts a handsaw-armed Butcher.
- At some point late into Update 10.0 (2013-09-13), they were given personal shielding to increase their durability. This was removed in Update 11.
- Butchers are the only units in the game that are capable of slicing corpses to pieces unlike other melee combatants, a rather fitting attribute to their namesake.
- An undocumented addition to Update 15.8 (2014-12-19) added reindeer antlers to the top of butchers helmet.
- In the back of the Red Veil room within the Tenno Relays, there is what appears to be a butcher who is bound within Warframe dissecting equipment as seen within the Zanuka Project, about to be dismembered by one of the Veil's members with a
Heat Sword. - The Butcher's weapon, a single Cleaver, is a one-handed version of the
Dual Cleavers. - In Hotfix 11.3.2 (2013-12-13) the Slash proc chance has been reduced to reduce chances of unranked frames getting killed.
Media[]
Butcher Codex
Butcher
Frontier Butcher
Arid Butcher
Previous version Butchers (Sawmen)
Butchers (formerly Sawmen) prior to Update 7.11
The Christmas reskin
Videos[]
Oak Brown Pigment Farm Dojo Colors
Patch History[]
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- (Undocumented) Kosma, Gyre, and Exo health types changed from Flesh to Cloned Flesh.
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
- Fixed Grineer Butchers appearing to be unarmed for Clients.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- (Undocumented) Renamed to Butcher.
Update 7.11 (2013-05-17)
- Grineer Sawmen have had their saws replaced with cleavers.
Vanilla (2012-10-25)
- Introduced
