# entry, beat, and rewards – Destructoid

If Warframe 1999 goes swimmingly for you, however you need extra warmth added to the problem, you will have heard of this so-called “secret boss” going about. 

What’s it? 

We are able to reply that for you, together with some builds to arrange and the rewards you possibly can count on.

entry the key boss in Warframe 1999

To entry the key boss of Warframe 1999, you will need to first unlock the Metal Path model of the Victory Plaza. That is the Assassination mission in Hollvania, the place you’d struggle the tank boss.

When you’ll play this mission usually, there’s a hidden terminal you need to unlock for every of the “Destroy Barricade” aims. They’re throughout the pink circle radius of the target, so go searching for them. 

These terminals appear like the standard 1999 computer systems with some TechRot on them, however they are going to require an Emergency Transponder. Scaldra models regularly drop this stuff contained in the mission space to name down paratroopers with the RPGs.

Whenever you use a Transponder on the terminals, you’ll need to play the basic worm sport on the terminal, however you possibly can’t use a Cipher to skip it. It’s a must to beat it. Failing it can require you to get one other Transponder.

You additionally need to take care of enemies round you so that they gained’t kill you whereas making an attempt to beat the minigame.

When you full the terminal on each aims earlier than the boss, it is best to see these symbols beneath your minimap that appear like the Scaldra Syndicate image and a diamond. The diamond needs to be transformed into the Scaldra image to indicate that you’ve deciphered each terminals.

Arthur will let you know that you simply’re daring for rising the menace stage, which means you unlocked the key struggle.

beat the key boss in Warframe 1999

Earlier than you simply waltz into this mission, your typical construct that you simply run into this struggle with will in all probability not be sufficient to even scratch this factor. You’ll face a stronger model of the H-09 Efervon Tank referred to as the H-09 Apex. It’s stronger and has just a few tips up its sleeve.

Getting ready in opposition to the H-09 Apex

So, to begin, you wish to have a bunch of elemental resistance or immunity to Magnetic and Fuel. The boss itself offers a bunch of magnetic harm whereas surrounding enemies lay out blankets of fuel puddles that deal devastating harm. 

Use Arcane Nullifier for resistance to Magnetic and a subsumed potential like Hideous Resistance to struggle in opposition to Fuel. As soon as these are coated, you need a weapon in every slot that may both strip armor, deal AoE harm, or deal huge single-target harm.

Loadout choices

As talked about earlier, you need weapons that strip armor. You are able to do that with high-status builds that focus solely on corrosive and warmth. Ideally, you need any weapon that may deal a single component so that you gained’t have to fret about different standing results, making it longer to strip armor.

Utilizing snipers, shotguns, or any single goal weapons that may make do with the harm attenuation might be what you wish to destroy the tank’s weak factors. Ideally, you wish to spec them with as a lot DPS as potential, with some consideration to Corrosive and Magnetic as a method to deal extra. 

The tank is weak to Corrosive harm, even after having its armor stripped. Don’t worry about dropping out on harm due to that.

You need an AoE weapon to take care of mobs of enemies and hit a number of weak spots concurrently because the struggle progresses. The Apex tank strikes rather a lot, so hitting the weak vents on it will likely be exhausting.

Warframe loadout

Whereas Arcane Nullifier and Hideous Resistance are a should on this struggle, you’ll additionally want actually good harm discount in opposition to the Apex tank.

Protect gating might be your greatest pal right here, so apply all the next mods so you possibly can forestall a fast dying:

• Catalyzing Shields
• Vigilante Vigor
• Fortitude
• Quick Deflection
• Temporary Respite

This may, sadly, not apply to frames that shouldn’t have a defend. 

Subsequent, you need to use mods that cut back harm, like Adaptation or Rolling Guard, however so long as the shield-gating is tough at work, there’s some wiggle room to cater to utilizing skills or getting extra harm discount. 

Means spam gained’t win you any fights right here, so give attention to something defensive for this struggle whereas your weapons do many of the harm.

What do you get for beating the boss?

It’s essential to know that the one actual worthwhile rewards for defeating this boss are if you happen to beat it with the next Warframes:

• Excalibur
• Nyx
• Magazine
• Volt
• Trinity
• Cyte-09

Doing so with any of solo these gives you a particular Glyph of their Protoframe counterpart. For those who beat this mission with anybody else, it’ll be simply as if you happen to accomplished this on Metal Path.