Citrine/Main

Release Date: February 15th, 2023

Glisten bright with gemstone purity and become bejeweled in adamant amber. Revealed by luminous lustre, witness her pristine beauty as the Crystal Bastion, Citrine, ascends from the cavernous unknown. Embrace beloved kin in her diamond lattice, then fracture brilliant light into its elemental spectrum. Summon saffron shards and fractal fissures soaring toward the surface, to embed and embalm the fallen within exquisite mementos. Citrine crystallized in Update 32.3 (2023-02-15): Citrine's Last Wish.

Acquisition[]

Citrine's main and component blueprints can be obtained from Rotation C of Mirror Defense Tyana Pass on Mars, whose access requires completion of Heart of Deimos.

Alternatively they can be purchased from Otak in the Necralisk, Deimos with  Belric Crystal Fragment and  Rania Crystal Fragment, awarded from Mirror Defense in quantities of 5 (7 on The Steel Path) cycling between the two from collecting Citrine's Remnants, and in quantities of 10 (15 on The Steel Path) per rotation; the Neuroptics and Chassis blueprints cost 350 of each fragment type, while the Systems cost 350 Rania Crystal Fragments but only 300 Belric Crystal Fragments; the main blueprint costs 500 of each fragment type. To acquire all of the blueprints this way it would total up to 1,550 Rania Crystal Fragments and 1,500 Belric Crystal Fragments.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Systems Blueprint	Mirror Defense / C	6.10%	~ 16 C Rotations	109 ± 36 C Rotations
Neuroptics Blueprint	Mirror Defense / C	6.10%	~ 16 C Rotations	109 ± 36 C Rotations
Blueprint	Mirror Defense / C	9.30%	~ 10 C Rotations	70 ± 23 C Rotations
Chassis Blueprint	Mirror Defense / C	6.10%	~ 16 C Rotations	109 ± 36 C 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.
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Requires Rank 2 - Acquaintance with the  Entrati in order to make the  Stellated Necrathene in her construction.

Crafting[]

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 3	Time: 3 Day(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: 325			Blueprints Price: N/A
Citrine Neuroptics Blueprint
15,000	Rubedo 1,000	Salvage 1,500	Faceted Tiametrite 15	Argon Crystal 2	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Citrine Chassis Blueprint
15,000	Cryotic 1,200	Alloy Plate 3,000	Stellated Necrathene 6	Nano Spores 2,000	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
Citrine Systems Blueprint
15,000	Circuits 1,500	Polymer Bundle 1,500	Gallium 3	Morphics 2	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25

Lore[]

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During The Old War, Citrine was the guardian Warframe of Belric and Rania. When the Sentients began their advance on Deimos, the couple set off a bio-bomb, releasing the Infestation on the moon. Instead of fleeing, Citrine chose to sacrifice herself, transmuting the couple's bodies into crystals to prevent them from being infested.

After Deimos returned to Martian orbit, smugglers discovered that separating Belric and Rania's remains would create a Void tunnel through the fabric of reality, linking the two together; a Conceptual Embodiment of their love. In addition to the tunnel, the Void would also generate Citrine's Remnants; small crystal fragments formed from Citrine's desire to protect the couple in her final moments. Collecting enough of them will spawn one of Citrine's  Prismatic Gems above one of the crystal formations, aiding in its protection.

Notes[]

• If Citrine wields her Signature Weapons:
  •  Steflos: +40% Projectile Speed.
  •  Corufell: Faster Heavy Attack transformation speed.

Trivia[]

• Citrine is the 52nd unique Warframe to be released.
• Citrine debuted in Devstream 167 showcasing her concept art drawn by Keith Thompson, screenshots of her in-game model, and work-in-progress Idle Animations, which were demonstrated with a model consisting of  Loki Prime's head attached to  Saryn Prime's body.
  • Her concept art placeholder name was Stalactus, referring to the word stalactite. Stalactites are mineral formations that solidify and hang from cave, hot spring, and structural ceilings.
• Given Ballas' description of a Warframe's organs being interlinked with "untold resilience" by the infestation reagents, Citrine's appearance (of having windows into missing/modified organs as well as deep gashing cuts for increasing the exposure of inner surfaces) suggests that her important organs were, in classic brutal Orokin fashion, turned into a functional part of what makes her a war machine.
• Citrine is a mineral variant of quartz known for its yellowish/golden coloration and rarity in nature. Commercially sold citrines are heat-treated amethysts with a brownish/orange hue. It is coined the "merchant's stone", "money stone", and "success stone", in belief that those who possess such item become prosperous.
  • Her work-in-progress appearance featured purple geode fissures across her body, which resemble real-world amethysts or the lore-based  Argon Crystal and  Amarast.
  • Her finalized appearance sports yellowish and orange gems that resemble  Dagonic and  Heciphron, which are found on Deimos, within proximity to Mars where Citrine's scattered components reside.
• Alongside  Zephyr, Citrine is the second original Warframe to release in a February Update.
• Unlike the trend of new releases, Citrine was not featured in the Warframe Launcher main welcome screen; the featured spotlight model animations were Rhino Deathwatch Skin and Otak. Her titular update also did not receive unique login screen music, instead defaulted to the Tenno drumbeats linked with the 10th anniversary of the game.  (download, history)