

Exalted Weapons can be used and will benefit from equipped mods in weapon-specific Sortie missions.While Exalted Weapons gain rank, they do not contribute towards a player's Mastery Rank.This is also true for Garuda Talons, as an exception to their non-exalted status.Focus Lenses cannot be installed on Exalted Weapons, but they feed a Warframe's Lens as described.Exalted Weapons always gain the same amount of Affinity as their Warframe, but level faster due to the lower Affinity requirements for weapons.Kills with Exalted Weapons grant 100% of their Affinity, as well as kill and assist stats, to their respective Warframes, as they count as ability kills.Weapon: Garuda Talons/ Garuda Prime Talons.Ability: Passive - Garuda Talons are equipped as long as she does not have a melee weapon, rather than being channeled through an ability.One frame comes with a weapon exclusive to it that is not an Exalted Weapon, and is mechanically a mundane weapon in all important respects, but still shares a few characteristics with Exalted Weapons (see Notes): Weapon: Valkyr Talons/Valkyr Prime Talons.Weapon: Dex Pixia/Dex Pixia Prime and Diwata/Diwata Prime.


Certain mods, such as Weapon Augments, cannot be equipped on Exalted Weapons and Riven Mods are not generated for them. The stats and performances of these weapons are affected by mods equipped on the weapons themselves and also by certain mods equipped on the Warframe, such as Ability Duration mods, depending on the weapon. Exalted Weapons will take the place of the weapon in the corresponding weapon slot when activated (for example, Hildryn's Balefire Charger replaces your secondary, and Valkyr Talons take the place of your equipped melee)-excluding Titania's Dex Pixia and Diwata, as those lock your whole set of equipped weapons-for as long as the corresponding ability is active. Exalted Weapon Exalted Blade, the first exalted weapon Exalted Weapons are special weapons exclusive to certain Warframes that can only be summoned and used upon activating their corresponding Warframe's ability.
