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With 'Revenge' and 'Ghost' as default Precepts, Shade is well suited for stealth gameplay. Shade also comes with a burst laser pistol.

Shade is a stealth Sentinel pre-equipped with the BurstLaser Burst Laser as its default weapon and has the ability to cloak the player with its Mod TT 20px Ghost precept and boost their damage with Mod TT 20px Ambush.

Acquisition

Shade's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Note that acquiring Shade requires two open Companion slots: one for Shade itself and one for the BurstLaser Burst Laser robotic weapon it comes with.

Manufacturing Requirements
Credits64
15,000 		AlloyPlate
500 		Circuits
400 		NanoSpores
200 		ControlModule
1 		Time: 24 hrs
Rush: Platinum64 30
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge75 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price: Credits 100,000


Exclusive Precept mods

Notes

  • The Shade-exclusive precept mod Mod TT 20px Revenge is one of the few sentinel AI mods not removed and replaced with the non-exclusive Mod TT 20px Assault Mode precept mod in Update 24.0 (2018-11-08).
    • Mod TT 20px Revenge cannot be simultaneously equipped with Mod TT 20px Assault Mode.
    • Having Mod TT 20px Assault Mode equipped will increase Shade's attack range, but not change its inherent behaviour to only attack after its owner has been attacked.
  • As of Update 7.10 (2013-05-03), Shade will no longer keep you cloaked when a stealth kill is taking place, even if there are enemies nearby.
  • The cloaking cooldown used to be much quicker (around 5 seconds) but was nerfed to take almost 10 seconds to re-cloak again[citation needed]. De-cloaking can have serious penalties in stealth due to this longer cooldown.

Tips

  • Mod TT 20px Ghost only activates if an enemy is in the activation radius sphere for the cloak, and Shade's view of the enemy is not obstructed by nearby objects.
  • The cloaking can last indefinitely as long as an enemy is inside the activation radius.
  • Activation is not dependent on the direction that Shade is facing. Warframe abilities will not bring you out of stealth and you will remain hidden, as long as another enemy is close by.
  • Note that infested Volatile Runners will still explode when you are next to them.
    • Enemies such as Leapers, Rollers, or Ancients that have activated their attacks – e.g. a Leaper getting ready to charge – will still hit you after you cloak if you do not move out of the way.
    • On infested levels, take care around Runners as the explosion could knock you out of cloaking range.
  • Consider Shade when choosing to be a support for your team, as running up to downed players without firing weapons can allow you to revive them while cloaked.

Trivia

  • The name Shade could be derived from the literal meaning of shade or from the mythological creature the Shade which is a spirit of the dead.
  • The Sprite skin for the Shade was first seen in Update 12.0 (2014-02-05), with the addition of the Training section in the Codex, under "Sentinels", as an unknown Sentinel design. Said Sentinel was finally revealed as a Shade cosmetic skin made available for purchase in Update 13.1 (2014-04-23).
  • Shade has the highest health of all the sentinels, although it suffers from having half the shields of other sentinels.
  • Shade, along with Dethcube were available as promotional items within the virtual world of PlayStation Home, following the users Avatar as they move.
  • On the website of the official Warframe merch store, in the Collectibles section under posters in the Prime Poster 3-Pack, a recolored Shade equipped with Summus Prime accessories can be seen hovering next to Mag Prime on the Mag Prime Poster.
  • Shade appeared in the Open Beta Trailer about 1:42 into the video.
  • The Shade is the only Sentinel with a unique capacity of health and shields; 350 and 50 respectively.


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Shade Prime specializes in stealth and comes locked and loaded with the Burst Laser Prime. Together, you can dominate the shadows.

Shade Prime is the the Primed version of the stealth Shade Shade Sentinel, featuring enhanced Health, Shield, and Armor, additional Penjaga Pol and Naramon Pol polarities, and comes with the enhanced BurstLaserPrime Burst Laser Prime. Shade Prime was released alongside HildrynPrimeIcon272 Hildryn Prime and LarkspurPrime Larkspur Prime.

Acquisition

Note that acquiring Shade Prime requires two open Companion slots: one for Shade Prime itself and one for the BurstLaserPrime Burst Laser Prime robotic weapon it comes with.

Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics  |  (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics  |  (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
Shade Prime's Relic Drops
Carapace Systems ShadePrime Blueprint Cerebrum
AxiRelicIntact Axi S16 Rare
LithRelicIntact Lith S15 Rare (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo S18 Rare (V) 		LithRelicIntact Lith A6 Uncommon
LithRelicIntact Lith X1 Uncommon
MesoRelicIntact Meso F5 Uncommon
AxiRelicIntact Axi B6 Uncommon (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso P14 Uncommon (V) 		AxiRelicIntact Axi H8 Uncommon
NeoRelicIntact Neo Z11 Uncommon
AxiRelicIntact Axi A17 Uncommon (V)
AxiRelicIntact Axi W3 Uncommon (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso B9 Uncommon (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso N14 Uncommon (V) 		LithRelicIntact Lith M9 Common
AxiRelicIntact Axi G11 Common (V)
LithRelicIntact Lith C12 Common (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso W5 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo F2 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo N22 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo W1 Common (V)
Manufacturing Requirements
Credits64
15,000 		PrimeChassis
1 		PrimeHelmet
1 		PrimeSystems
1 		OrokinCell
6 		Time: 24 hrs
Rush: Platinum64 30
MarketIcon Market Price: N/A Blueprint2 Blueprints Price: N/A

Comparisons

  • Shade Prime, compared to Shade Shade:
    • Higher Health (700 vs. 600)
    • Higher Shield (300 vs. 130)
    • Higher Armor (100 vs. 80)
    • Has an additional Penjaga Pol and Naramon Pol polarities.
  • Shade Prime, compared to PrismaShade Prisma Shade:
    • Higher Armor (100 vs. 80)
    • Has an additional Penjaga Pol polarity.


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A rare jewel of the Void. How can anything so beautiful be crafted for stealth?

The Prisma Shade is the Shade Sentinel given the Prisma treatment, giving it enhanced Health and Shields, an additional Naramon Pol polarity, and the PrismaBurstLaser Prisma Burst Laser.

Acquisition

The Shade Prisma can be purchased from Baro Ki'Teer in the Concourse section of the Tenno Relay for Credits64 300,000 and OrokinDucats 500. Note that Baro Ki'Teer's stock changes with each appearance, and this item may not be available on a succeeding appearance.

Prisma Shade can be traded, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Reactor installed.

Note that acquiring Prisma Shade requires two open Companion slots: one for Prisma Shade itself and one for the PrismaBurstLaser Prisma Burst Laser robotic weapon it comes with.

Comparisons

  • Prisma Shade, compared to Shade Shade:
    • Higher Health (700 vs. 600)
    • Higher Shield (300 vs. 130)
    • Additional Naramon Pol polarity.
  • Prisma Shade, compared to ShadePrime Shade Prime:
    • Lower Armor (80 vs. 100)
    • Four Penjaga Pol polarities instead of five.
Ducats vector Void Trader Edit

Weapons Prisma PrismaAngstrum Prisma Angstrum • PrismaDualCleavers Prisma Dual Cleavers • PrismaGorgon Prisma Gorgon • PrismaGrakata Prisma Grakata • PrismaGrinlok Prisma Grinlok • PrismaLenz Prisma Lenz • PrismaMachete Prisma Machete • PrismaObex Prisma Obex • PrismaOhma Prisma Ohma • PrismaSkana Prisma Skana • PrismaTetra Prisma Tetra • PrismaTwinGremlins Prisma Twin Gremlins • PrismaDualDecurions Prisma Dual Decurions • PrismaVeritux Prisma Veritux
Vandal GlaxionVandal Glaxion Vandal • OpticorVandal Opticor Vandal • ProvaVandal Prova Vandal • QuantaVandal Quanta Vandal • SupraVandal Supra Vandal
Wraith HalikarWraith Halikar Wraith • IgnisWraith Ignis Wraith • MacheteWraith Machete Wraith • ViperWraith Viper Wraith • VulkarWraith Vulkar Wraith
Mara MaraDetron Mara Detron
Regular Vastilok Vastilok • Vericres Vericres • Zylok Zylok
Prime GotvaPrime Gotva Prime
Sentinels Prisma PrismaShade Prisma Shade

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Armor Eos Prime • Harkonar Wraith • Ki'teer • Ki'teer Foros • Ki'teer Greth • Mulciber • Prisma Avia • Prisma Daedalus • Prisma Edo • Prisma Latron • Prisma Naberus • Tannukai
Syandana Domus • Harkonar Wraith Cloak • Ki'teer Diax • Ki'teer Razza • Ki'teer Solstice • Ki'teer Straed • Ki'Teer • Prisma Hecate • Prisma Yamako • Prisma Uru • Rakta • Reshantur Cult • Wintercress
Ephemera Fae Path, Ki'teer, Ki'teer Reverence, Lotus
Weapon Anpu Staff Skin • Day of the Dead Skins (Dark Sword, Dread) • De Nas Pistol Skin • Dual Sword Lemnas Skin • Elixis Skin (Latron Pistol, Nikana, Opticor, Paracesis, Redeemer, Sonicor, Tiberon, Tigris) • Ki'Teer Arrow Skin • Lemnas Staff Skin • Machete Syachid Skin • Paracyst Zebra Skin • Paris Abra Skin • Prisma Arrows • Quanta Aufeis Skin • Rapier Tributaker Skin • Reshantur Cult Spear Skin • Tannukai Longsword Skin • Towsun Skin (Twin Grakatas, Gorgon, Ignis)
Sugatra Anpu • Coccyst • Ki'Teer • Pyra • Renayla
Operator Masker's Theodolite Crewsuit • The Stranger's Hood • Transmuter Operator Hood • Ki'Teer Atmos Mask • Ki'Teer Atmos Diadem • Ki'teer Cornu Diadem • Scoria Diadem • Ki'Teer Atmos Earpiece • Ki'Teer Earpiece • Ki'Teer Solo Earpiece • Ki'Teer Atmos Oculus
Companion Kubrow Armor (Ki'Teer, Prisma Rostam) • Kavat Armor (Ki'Teer, Wysar Day of the Dead) • Sentinel Attachments (Altra, Kavat, Ki'Teer, Prisma) • Nexus Gene-Masking Kit • Nexus Fur Pattern • Desert-Camo Skin (Diriga, Taxon) • Ki'teer Moa Pet Skin
Archwing Exo-Sac Archwing Skin • Odonata Elixis Skin
K-Drive (Blue, Green) Ki'teer Safari Scrawl
Landing Craft Liset Cydonia Skin • Liset Prisma Skin • Mantis Cydonia Skin • Mantis Prisma Skin • Scimitar Cydonia Skin • Scimitar Prisma Skin • Xiphos Prisma Skin
Orbiter Empyrean Vignette • Ki'teer Stencil • Javi's Scrawling
Decorations Archwing Articula • Fighter • Floof (Desert Skate, Fass, Vome) • Domestik Drone (Beachcomber, Dais, Ki'teer) • Luxxum Ornament • Deimos Prex
Displays Argyle • Dog Days Protea • Rathuum
Posters Class of Ten Zero • Don't Be Afraid • Garv & Latrox • Parazon • Prisma Companion • Rhapsody In Blue
Noggle Statues Baro Ki'Teer • Excalibur with Odonata • Mag with Itzal • Octavia • The New War Teshin • The New War Veso-R • Erra
Miscellaneous Aged Claret of DeNas • Bekran Zaft's Equipment • Bronze Kavat Bust • Bronze Kubrow Bust • Clatharc Planter • Grav Lifter Factory • Javi Scrawling • Karishh's Dinnerware • Ki'teer Lux Pedestal • Ordis Reified Statue • Pedestal Prime • Pedestal Umbra • Secret History Replica • Reshantur Child's Tablet • Telamon Dance of Death • Tenno Kindred Rug
Emblems Despair • Glaring • Ki'Teer Sekhara • Lunar Renewal (Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake) • Pack Leader • Prisma Lotus
Sigils Condrix • Glaring • Pack Leader • Lunar Renewal Ox • Lunar Renewal Tiger • Rhino Palatine • Prisma • Prisma Lotus • Prisma Lotus Bloom • Prisma Lotus Flame • Prisma Thrax
Glyphs Baro Ki'Teer • Baruuk Doan Silhouette • Cookie Kavat • Cookie Kubrow • In Mah Belly • In Action (Excalibur Proto, Ivara) • Ki'Teer Tribute • Prisma Kavat • Prisma Kubrow • Prisma Lotus • Void Angel • Vome-Fass

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Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Continuity • Mod TT 20px Primed Flow • Mod TT 20px Primed Redirection
Regular
Mod TT 20px Peculiar Audience
Rifle
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Bane of Corpus • Mod TT 20px Primed Bane of Orokin • Mod TT 20px Primed Bane of Grineer • Mod TT 20px Primed Bane of Infested • Mod TT 20px Primed Cryo Rounds • Mod TT 20px Primed Fast Hands • Mod TT 20px Primed Firestorm • Mod TT 20px Primed Magazine Warp • Mod TT 20px Primed Rifle Ammo Mutation • Mod TT 20px Primed Sniper Ammo Mutation
Regular
Mod TT 20px High Voltage • Mod TT 20px Thermite Rounds • Mod TT 20px Crash Course • Mod TT 20px Fanged Fusillade • Mod TT 20px Split Flights • Mod TT 20px Primed Chamber
Pistol
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Convulsion • Mod TT 20px Primed Expel Corpus • Mod TT 20px Primed Expel Orokin • Mod TT 20px Primed Expel Grineer • Mod TT 20px Primed Expel Infested • Mod TT 20px Primed Fulmination • Mod TT 20px Primed Heated Charge • Mod TT 20px Primed Pistol Gambit • Mod TT 20px Primed Pistol Ammo Mutation • Mod TT 20px Primed Quickdraw • Mod TT 20px Primed Slip Magazine • Mod TT 20px Primed Target Cracker
Regular
Mod TT 20px Pummel • Mod TT 20px Scorch • Mod TT 20px Jolt • Mod TT 20px Maim
Shotgun
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Ammo Stock • Mod TT 20px Primed Charged Shell • Mod TT 20px Primed Chilling Grasp • Mod TT 20px Primed Cleanse Corpus • Mod TT 20px Primed Cleanse Orokin • Mod TT 20px Primed Cleanse Grineer • Mod TT 20px Primed Cleanse Infested • Mod TT 20px Primed Point Blank • Mod TT 20px Primed Ravage • Mod TT 20px Primed Shotgun Ammo Mutation • Mod TT 20px Primed Tactical Pump
Regular
Mod TT 20px Scattering Inferno • Mod TT 20px Shell Shock • Mod TT 20px Sweeping Serration • Mod TT 20px Full Contact
Melee
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Fever Strike • Mod TT 20px Primed Heavy Trauma • Mod TT 20px Primed Pressure Point • Mod TT 20px Primed Reach • Mod TT 20px Primed Smite Corpus • Mod TT 20px Primed Smite Orokin • Mod TT 20px Primed Smite Grineer • Mod TT 20px Primed Smite Infested
Regular
Mod TT 20px Buzz Kill • Mod TT 20px Collision Force • Mod TT 20px Volcanic Edge • Mod TT 20px Voltaic Strike • Mod TT 20px Combo Fury • Mod TT 20px Combo Killer • Mod TT 20px Mark of the Beast
Stances
Regular
Mod TT 20px Astral Twilight • Mod TT 20px Tempo Royale • Mod TT 20px Vermillion Storm
Archwing
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Morphic Transformer
Arch-gun
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Rubedo-Lined Barrel • Mod TT 20px Primed Deadly Efficiency • Mod TT 20px Primed Dual Rounds
Companion
Prime
Mod TT 20px Primed Animal Instinct • Mod TT 20px Primed Pack Leader • Mod TT 20px Primed Regen

Booster 3 Day Booster (Affinity, Credit, Mod Drop Chance, Resource)
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Color Palette Eminence • Ki'teer • Void Trader
Consumable Grustrag Three Beacon • Stalker Beacon • Zanuka Hunter Beacon • Ki'Teer Fireworks • Orokin Catalyst* • Corrupted Heavy Gunner Specter • Corrupted Bombard Specter Blueprint
Mission Locator Baro Void-Signal
Mod Pack Dragon Mod Pack* • Falcon Mod Pack*
Quest Sands of Inaros Blueprint
Relic AxiRelicIntact Axi A2 • AxiRelicIntact Axi A5 • AxiRelicIntact Axi M5 • AxiRelicIntact Axi V8 • NeoRelicIntact Neo O1
Somachord Login Music (Abyss of Dagath, Angels of the Zariman, Empyrean, Railjack Retrofit, The Lotus Eaters, Whispers in the Walls)
*These items have been removed from his offerings and can no longer be purchased.

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Shade can be equipped with the following items:

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Update 37.0 (2024-10-02)

Changes to Companion Precepts

Many Companion Precept effects are currently too small or too brief to be really beneficial. We want your choice of companion to feel more meaningful and for your Companion to contribute in a more visible way, so there are a whole lot of buffs to get through.

  • Ghost (SHADE Sentinel):
    • When you move out of range of enemies, there is now a 3 seconds grace period before the invisibility effect ends.
    • If you move back within range of enemies, invisibility will be sustained.

Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)

  • Fixed Shade’s Ghost Mod randomly deactivating while surrounded by enemies who are in range.
    • This was because Shade would choose one target to trigger invisibility, meaning the effect would end once they were killed. Now this Mod’s effect is no longer tied to one target, so the invisibility will persist so long as players do not engage in behaviors that will disrupt it.

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

COMPANION STAT CHANGES

Two broad changes have been made with regard to your Companion's base stats to increase their staying power:

1. Health, Shields and Armor have been refactored across the board.
This simple numeric buff was made with the goal of increasing Companion survivability. This also means that the choice of whether to use, for example, Enhanced Vitality or Linked Vitality, will depend on your Warframe choice instead of the Linked Mod always being strictly superior.

2. Non-Sentinel Companions now gain their full Health and Shield values immediately when you acquire them.
Historically Health and Shield values would increase as your Companion ranked up, which you could see as "Rank Bonuses" in the Upgrades screen. We've removed this behavior and simply given Companions what would end up being their Rank 30 values at Rank 0. This should let you immediately take your Companions on more difficult missions after earning them!

Including both the removal of Companion Rank bonuses, and the base increase to stats, the following lists the stat changes for all Companions at Rank 0:

Revised Sentinel Stats:

  • Shade: 600 Health (from 350), 130 Shield (from 50), 80 Armor (from 50)
  • Shade Prime: 700 Health (from 350), 300 Shield (from 100), 100 Armor (from 100)
  • Prisma Shade: 700 Health (from 300), 300 Shield (from 50), 80 Armor (from 50)

Hotfix 32.3.6 (2023-03-15)

  • Introduced Shade Prime.

Update 30.3 (2021-05-25)

  • Fixed Ephemeras not being visible while using skins on the Shade Sentinel.

Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)

  • Fixed inability to trade Prisma Shade.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

  • Converted materials to PBR on the following Sentinels (and Skins):
    • Shade
    • Shade Sprite Skin

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

  • Changed Shade's Mod TT 20px Ghost to avoid using invisibility while the players are doing something that draws aggro (eg: NyxIcon272 Nyx's Absorb130xWhite Absorb).

Hotfix 17.2.2 (2015-08-21)

Hotfix 16.11.5 (2015-07-15)

  • Fixed an issue allowing Shade Sentinel cloak to stealth players still firing weapons with large magazines.

Hotfix 16.5.1 (2015-05-12)

  • Fixed the Shade Sentinel's Ghost and the Hura's Stalk Ability not properly functioning.

Hotfix 13.1.2 (2014-04-25)

  • Scaled the Wings and Tail of the Shade Sentinel when using the Sprite skin.

Update 13.1 (2014-04-23)

  • New Sprite Skin for the Shade Sentinel!

Update 12.6 (2014-03-26)

  • Shade: 30m max range on attack precept.

Update 10.3 (2013-10-09)

  • Fixed weapon energy shader for dark (black) energy colors.

Update 10.0 (2013-09-13)

  • Fixed Shade's Ghost Ability (and other invisibility Abilities) granting the cloaked player invincibility.

Hotfix 7.7.3 (2013-04-12)

  • Shade sentinel will now cloak as well when casting Ghost.

Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)

  • Introduced.

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