1999 – Technocyte Coda, explained – Destructoid

Kuva Lich and Sisters of Parvos weapons are some of the strongest weapons in Warframe, but with Warframe: 1999, a new class of weapon is being added: Infested weapons. These come to us by way of a new adversary system: the Technocyte Coda.

There’s a ton of content in Waframe: 1999, and a new Prime is on the way, but keep reading to learn what the Technocyte Coda are, how the system will work, and what Infested weaponry you can look forward to playing with when Warframe: 1999 releases later this year.

What are the Technocyte Coda in Warframe?

The Technocyte Coda are Warframe’s latest adversary system that are Infested versions of Kuva Liches or Sisters of Parvos. Technocyte Coda are based on On-lyne, a 1999-era boyband in the Warfarme universe. On-lyne is made up of Zeke, Drillbit, Harddrive, DJ RoM, and Packet.

Instead of fighting Liches or Sisters, you’ll be chasing Technocyte Coda ‘band members’ across your star map. However, the Technocyte Coda adversary system doesn’t just have a new aesthetic and new weapons to unlock and upgrade, the system itself has some major upgrades.

How do Technocyte Coda work in Warframe?

Like always, you can’t be targeted by a Sister or Lich to chase after a Technocyte Coda. To find a Technocyte Coda, you’ll have to defeat Infested enemies in Warframe: 1999 content, which have a chance to drop a unique item on death.

Then, you’ll bring the item to a nearby computer terminal, where you’ll complete a hacking puzzle. Once the puzzle is completed, the process will continue after you extract from your mission, much like how it works once you capture a Kuva Lich or Sister of Parvos.

Once extracted, you’ll be able to see your particular Technocyte Coda and any relevant customization in a splash screen, while your Technocyte Coda will rob you of certain resources at the end of missions until you defeat them, like a Sister of Parvos or Kuva Lich does.

You can face off with your Technocyte Coda in any Warframe: 1999 mission, and once you damage it enough, it’ll become vulnerable to a Parazon attack. However, you will need a new set of Antivirus Parazon mods to use when fighting Technocyte Coda.

Antivirus mods are acquired in a ‘specialized bounty mission’ and are themed around 1999-era antivirus companies. After you damage your Technocyte Coda enough and figure out the correct order of Parazon Antivirus mods, you’ll finish off the process with a Railjack mission.

Like with Sisters or Liches, you can either vanquish a Technocyte Coda, or you can convert it for trading. The big change with this system comes down to how you acquire certain weapons. Unlike Liches and Sisters, Technocyte Coda aren’t attached to specific weapons.

How Technocyte Coda are different from Liches and Sisters in Warframe

Instead of being able to see an attached weapon before you start your Technocyte Coda process, vanquishing Technocyte Coda will award you with currency that you can then spend on an Infested weapon of your choice at a vendor with a rotating selection of weapons.

It’s currently unclear how much currency vanquishing a Technocyte Coda will award you as well as what the prices of Infested weapons will be. Digital Extremes notes that the rotation will be similar to Ergo Glast’s Tenet Weapons, and that system works as follows:

• Five weapons are available
• Rotation changes every four days
• Only one purchase of a weapon is allowed per rotation
• Weapons have random progenitor bonuses and increases

If the new vendor works exactly like Ergo Glast, you can expect fully upgrading Infested weaponry to take a lot longer than it would with Kuva or Tenet weapons. However, Digital Extremes has said the Technocyte Coda Vendor will be “similar” to Ergo Glast, so there may be changes.

What Infested weapons will be available in Warframe: 1999?

When Warframe: 1999 launches, 10 Infested weapons will be available. These are upgraded versions of pre-existing Warframe weaponry, though we don’t have their stats just yet:

Primaries:

Secondaries:

Melees:

• Caustacyst
• Hirudo
• Mire
• Pathocyst

Digital Extremes also promises that three all-new Infested weapons will be added, but we currently don’t have any details on what those weapons will be or how they’ll perform.

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