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Warframe Beginner Weapon Guide (2025)
This guide introduces weapons that are useful for beginners starting Warframe and can be used in the late game. It explains the builds and acquisition methods for each weapon, and why they can be used in late-game content.
1. 🤔 Problems and Solutions for Early Warframe Weapon Selection
- ✅ Investing in powerful weapons early on can be a waste as better weapons come out quickly.
- ✅ Forma and Orokin Catalysts are valuable resources and should be used carefully.
- ✅ This guide introduces weapons that are easy to acquire early on and can be used even in the late game.
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1. 🤔 Problems and Solutions for Early Warframe Weapon Selection
- ✅ Investing in powerful weapons early on can be a waste as better weapons come out quickly.
- ✅ Forma and Orokin Catalysts are valuable resources and should be used carefully.
- ✅ This guide introduces weapons that are easy to acquire early on and can be used even in the late game.
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2. 🔫 Gift for Beginners: Torid
- ✅ This gun can be obtained after completing the tutorial quest.
- ✅ It has a high status chance, making it suitable for virus/heat builds.
- ⚠️ There are many better weapons in the late game, so you don't need to use it for long.
- ✅ It comes with an Orokin Catalyst pre-installed, so you can use it without wasting resources.
| Mod | Effect |
|---|---|
| Serration | Increases base damage |
| Toxin, Cold Mod | Grants Virus attribute |
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3. 🔥 Useful Secondary Weapon from Early to Late Game: Atomos
- ✅ Fires a heat beam, connecting to enemies and dealing AoE damage.
- ✅ You can use the high status chance to inflict status effects.
- ✅ Can be used powerfully in the late game through the Incarnon Adapter.
| Usage | Description |
|---|---|
| Damage Dealing | Build focused on heat damage |
| Status Infliction (Primer) | Inflict various status effects such as virus and heat |
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4. 💥 Warframe's Representative Early Weapon: Soma
- ✅ An LMG/Assault Rifle with a high rate of fire and a generous 100-round magazine.
- ✅ It has a high critical chance and damage multiplier, allowing it to deal powerful damage.
- ✅ It greatly helps in progressing through the story, and can be further enhanced with the Incarnon Adapter.
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| High Critical Chance | 30% base critical chance |
| High Critical Damage Multiplier | 3x critical damage multiplier |
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5. 🪃 Never Sell It: Xoris
- ✅ A Glaive obtainable through the Deadlock Protocol quest.
- ⚠️ You might think it's not good at the beginning, but with certain upgrades, it becomes a very powerful weapon in the late game.
- ✅ Be sure to keep the Xoris and avoid selling it.
| Usage | Description |
|---|---|
| Explosion after Throwing | AoE damage in a wide range |
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6. ✨ Powerful Beam Shotgun: Phantasma
- ✅ A Mastery Rank 9 weapon, obtainable in the early to mid-game.
- ✅ A beam-type shotgun with a high rate of fire and status chance.
- ✅ Specialized in Damage over Time builds, and works well with Elementalist mods and Faction Damage mods.
- ✅ Even more powerful when combined with Rhino's 'Roar' ability.
| Usage | Description |
|---|---|
| Damage Over Time (DoT) Build | Maximize DoT damage such as poison, heat, and electricity by utilizing the high status chance |
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7. 🛡️ Energy Shield and Charge Shot: Hekaza
- ✅ Obtainable from the Shrine defense mission on Earth after completing the Saya's Vigil quest.
- ✅ Creates an energy shield when aiming, reducing damage from the front.
- ✅ The charge meter fills up when killing enemies, allowing you to fire a powerful charge shot.
- ✅ Can be used powerfully in the late game through the Hekaza Serration mod.
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Energy Shield | Reduces frontal damage when aiming |
| Charge Shot | Powerful attack with a piercing effect |
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8. ⚔️ Random Buffs and Powerful Mods: Amanata
- ✅ A polearm obtainable in the same way as Hekaza.
- ✅ You can gain a random buff every 30 melee attacks.
- ✅ Can be used powerfully in the late game through the Amanata Pressure mod.
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Random Buff | Gain various buff effects upon 30 attacks |