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Update 29.5: Deimos Arcana
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Since the initial Heart of Deimos release, you’ve delved into the putrid hills and caverns of the Cambion Drift and found a familiar place with the Entrati. As Deimos continues to fester within the Origin System, its insides twist and turn to expose new growth and life!
In this update, Deimos: Arcana uproots newly unearthed Isolation Vaults in The Underground of the Cambion Drift. The new Necramech, Bonewidow , with sword wielding weaponry awaits you in these unexplored rancid tunnels.
Prepare your Tranq Rifle and aim strong, the Undazoa and Nexifera have been spotted occupying the rotting landscape of the Cambion Drift. Remember to look both ways before crossing the Exocrine; the new Deimos Mitosid can attack at any angle!
Arm yourself with a slew of Infested weapons , build new Infested Kitguns , shatter enemies with the Gara Kaleida Collection , and much more with Deimos: Arcana!
***Please note, Test Cluster specific changes are at the very bottom of the Notes!*
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NEW DEIMOS ISOLATION VAULT BOUNTIES:
The Cambion Drift Underground you’ve come to recognize swells with new areas to discover.
Mother has 3 new Isolation Vault Bounties to complete! These new Isolation Vault Bounties become available after completing the initial Isolation Vault tier, with the respective Mother then offering the new Vault Bounty. As you unlock these new Vault Bounties, the difficulty will increase to match the prerequisite Isolation Vault and rewards will differ per Bounty.
In addition, 4 new Entrati Vault ruins await you in Isolation Vault Bounties!
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General Isolation Vault Changes:

• Removed the Vome/Fass cycle reset on the Isolation Vault Bounties tiers.
  
  • Oftentimes the Vome/Fass cycle reset during an Isolation Vault Bounty was understandably confusing, for new players especially, and was reported as more of a “bug” than a feature - so we’ve removed its effect on Isolation Vault Bounty tiers! Also, with the addition of the new Isolation Vault Bounties, the time it may take squads/solo players to complete them all could exceed the Vome/Fass cycles.
• Increased the speed of Loid/Otak in the Isolation Vault!
  
• Reduced Loid/Otak’s base Health by 37.5% to compensate for the speed increase.
  
  • The slow speed of Loid/Otak was common feedback to be addressed, but increasing the speed made their journey too easy as enemies barely put a scratch into them as they attempted to catch up.
• Changed Otak/Loids defend HUD marker to the standard yellow version to help differentiate between Allies and enemies.
  
• Adjusted Loid/Otaks path to create a more evenly spaced consistent length path to avoid a long slow return to the Vault when all 4 Generators are activated, or when clusters of Generators are very close together.
  
• Adjusted Isolation Vault Transmission flow at the very start to speed things up a bit and get into the phases a little faster.
  
• Scintillants have a chance to respawn in Isolation Vault Bounties.
  
  • The new Isolation Vault Bounties bring you back through the previously completed Vaults and further into the Underground. Having Scintillant respawn grants another kick at the can even if Scintillant was already found in a Vault.
• Esophages in Isolation Vault Bounties now have a press and hold context action to avoid accidentally interacting, and thus having to go all the way back down to do the Vault Generators.
  
• Rebalanced enemy Voidrig (and the upcoming Bonewidow) Isolation Vault fights for a more fair experience that embraces the precedent set with Kuva Liches:
  
  • *Enemy Voidrig & Bonewidow Necramechs now have the ‘Lich’ treatment with vulnerability to Status Effects, meaning you can now apply Status Effects to Necramechs! Additionally, certain damage immunities and diminishing returns for Warframe abilities have been added to balance this out.
    • The damage immunities apply to movement abilities, such as Banshee’s Sonic Boom, to prevent yeeting the Necramech into the sun. The diminishing returns are present to also prevent 1HKOs - on par with Kuva Liches.
  • Increased the cooldown time when the Voidrig (and Bonewidow) cast their invulnerability shield while in their “armless” phase.
    • Necramechs are intended to have shorter cooldowns while missing both arms. The cooldown reduction was too high however and you’d often see Voidrig Necramechs recasting their shield within seconds!
• Added an objective marker to the Bait Device if your Bait throw missed the monster-door.
  

NEW ISOLATION VAULT ENCOUNTERS:
New Isolation Vault Bounties also have 3 new encounter types within the Bounty!
Deimos Delicacies!
Daughter has tasked you to escort/protect a friendly POLYP-HOG JUGGERNAUT that is searching for Fungal Polyps! But we all know what happens when someone bothers us while we’re eating…
Infested Research!
Curious behaviors have been observed of the Infested interacting with the organic fluids in the underground caves. Subvert the fluid extraction device and throw it back at them to collect samples!
Cracks in Deimos!
There is a mysterious mist wafting throughout the area, driving the creatures within mad! Negate the effects of the mist with the Emitter Unit and seal the mist fissures before the creature's attempt to open the fissures.
BOUNTIES & ISOLATION VAULT FEEDBACK THREAD: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236087-deimos-arcana-new-bounties-isolation-vaults-megathread/
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NEW NECRAMECH - BONEWIDOW:
This fearsome Necramech, fashioned in honor of the Entrati matriarch, is a robust front-line fighter. Favoring armor and health over shield strength, Bonewidow can grab and hurl enemies, deploy a heavy shield for personal defense, and cleave through opposing ranks with a massive warblade.
Abilities:
MEATHOOK
Skewer and hold a target. Use again to hurl the victim damaging them and anyone near the impact site.
SHIELD MAIDEN
Raise Bonewidow’s shield to block incoming forward damage.
FIRING LINE
Sweep surrounding enemies into the line of fire with a force beam.
EXALTED IRONBRIDE
Summon a devastating exalted blade.
*See balance details on these abilities at the bottom of the document from our Public Test Cluster!
*Acquire the Bonewidow Blueprint and the required parts from Loid for Necraloid Standing!
MORGHA
Blast through enemies with a double-barreled shot of energized slugs. This siphons their life essence which is then used to generate the secondary fire’s massive air-burst mortar. The ancient Entrati weapon was built for Necramechs but also functions as an Archgun.
*Acquire the Morgha Blueprint and the required parts from Loid for Necraloid Standing!
BONEWIDOW FEEDBACK THREAD: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236086-deimos-arcana-bonewidow-necramech-megathread/
New Necramech Mods (max rank):
Necramech Flow +150% Energy Max
Necramech Efficiency
+60% Engine Efficiency
Necramech Drift
+150% Hover Efficiency
Necramech Friction
+60% Slide Efficiency
Find these Necramech Mods as rewards from the new Isolation Vault Bounties or from Loid for Necraloid Standing!
NEW INFESTED KITGUNS
Heart of Deimos brought forward the “Weapons Vendor '' of the Entrati, Father, of whom we mentioned would bring Infested Kitguns - and here they are! Purchase these parts from Father and visit your friendly Rude Zuud in Fortuna to build!
CHAMBERS:
*Vermisplicer *
Primary: Long-range proboscis attaches to a target and then splits off to attack up to five more enemies.
Secondary: Three short-range proboscises fiercely latch onto targets and maul them.
Sporelacer
Primary: Launches spore-sacs that explode with toxic mist on each bounce. Automatic trigger.
Secondary: Fires spore-sacs that rupture into three smaller toxic projectiles on impact. Semi-automatic trigger.
GRIPS :
Palmaris
This secondary grip increases fire-rate while sacrificing little in the damage delivery.
Ulnaris
This primary grip increases fire-rate while sacrificing little in the damage delivery.
LOADERS:
Arcroid
Small loader that contributes to both Critical Chance and Status Chance.
Macro Arcroid Large loader that contributes to both Critical Chance and Status Chance.
Thymoid
A higher capacity small loader with a slower reload process.
Macro Thymoid
Massive capacity loader with a long, cumbersome reload.
INFESTED KITGUN FEEDBACK THREAD:
https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236085-deimos-arcana-infested-kitguns-megathread/
NEW KITGUN & WARFRAME ARCANES
Actualise... synergy... SYNERGISE! Residual Arcanes and Theorem Arcanes are geared towards synergising with each other to provide a different method of imposing elemental damage. Discover these new synergized Kitgun and Warframe Arcanes as rewards from the new Isolation Vault Bounties.
*Please review changes to these Arcanes at the bottom of the document from our Public Test Cluster!
Kitgun Arcanes (max rank)
Residual Viremia - On Kitgun Kill
20% chance to create a pool of toxic blood for 12s, dealing 40 Toxin Damage/s. Standing in the area applies the Toxin Damage to Theorem Arcanes.
Residual Malodor - On Kitgun Kill:
20% chance to create a frigid mist for 12s, dealing 40 Cold Damage/s. Standing in the area applies the Cold Damage to Theorem Arcanes.
Residual Boils - On Kitgun Kill:
20% chance to spawn volatile hives for 12s that explode when enemies approach for 80 Heat Damage in 10m. Standing in the area applies Heat Damage type to Theorem Arcanes.
Residual Shock - On Kitgun Kill:
20% chance to spawn an electrified spike for 12s, dealing 200 Electricity Damage to enemies within 10m. Standing in the area applies Electricity Damage to Theorem Arcanes.
Warframe Arcanes (max Rank)
Theorem Contagion
Standing in a zone created by a Residual Arcane creates a globe that orbits the player every 2s. The globes will strike the nearest enemy within 15m dealing *150 damage *increasing their vulnerability to the globe’s damage type by 200% for 6s. Globes will persist for *30s upon leaving the zone.
+1 Arcane Revive.
Theorem Demulcent
Standing in a zone created by a Residual Arcane increases weapon damage by *12%/s stacking up to 15x. Effect persists for 20s upon leaving the zone.
+1 Arcane Revive.
Theorem Infection
Standing in a zone created by a Residual Arcane increases damage of Companions and summoned Allies within *90m by *24%/s stacking up to 15x. Effect persists for 20s upon leaving the zone.
+1 Arcane Revive.
ARCANE FEEDBACK THREAD:https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236088-deimos-arcana-new-arcanes-megathread/
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NEW DEIMOS ENEMY - MITOSID
It takes two to tango, Tenno. Previously known as “Splitter,” the clever Mitosid splits in twain to divide and conquer as the Diploid. Both the Basal and Feral Diploid make up for what they lack in maneuverability with what they have in appendages!
*****New Mitosid Mod Set*
We anticipated shipping a Mitosid Mod Set with Deimos: Arcana. After review, these Mods needed a bit more time in the oven, and we wanted to make this clear for those who may have come across them on the Test Cluster in any form to explain their fate!. We’ll return to the drawing board and ship at a later date!
Aerial attacks now execute a spin attack that deals +20% damage repeating 2 times in succession.
Mitosid Carapace
+60% Armor, +90% Health
Mitosid Claws
+90% Slash, +60% Status Chance
Mitosid Viscera
+90% Slash, +60% Status Chance
To use the Mod Set Bonus, simply do a Neutral Aerial Melee Attack (Space to jump, no input on WASD, then Melee!)
NEW ENTRATI MEMBER OFFERINGS
Grandmother has a new ‘Mend the Family’ option that allows you to provide Deimos Resources for Tokens of each Entrati member.

• Here with Grandmother, ‘Mend the Family’ gives you another option for those spare Resources, Gems, and Fish Parts to put towards Tokens outside of their usual Entrati member role. For example, use a mix of Resources and Fish parts for Son Tokens! Use a mix of Gems and Resources for Daughter Tokens! Keep checking back to see how you can Mend the Family.

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Loid (or perhaps Otak..) are tooting their own horn with the Loid Sentinel Skin - available for Necraloid Standing with Loid! This faithful Necraloid has served the Entrati family for centuries. He now stands ready to offer his service to you. Complete the double-sided look with the Mask, Tail, and Wings.
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Loid has come into possession of the Ayatan Kitha Sculpture! Struck to commemorate the Entrati family’s power and prestige, as well as safeguarding their memories of one another. Many things changed in the years that followed, and that which had once shone brightly grew dark and dim. But even a single Ayatan Star may make all the difference.
Spend your Necraloid Standing for this new evergreen item!
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Son has new Vulpaphyla and Predasite Precept Mods available for Entrati Standing!
Vulpaphyla

• Martyr Symbiosis: Drains and stores 20 Health from corpses within 25m up to 20% of their Master’s Health. Sacrifices itself to heal their Master if they fall below 10% Health.

Predasite

• Maggot Summoner: Maggot Summoner: In combat, spit up a maggot every 15s. The maggot latches onto the nearest enemy and provokes other enemies within 40m to attack them. It then explodes dealing 400 Viral Damage within 10m.

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NEW INFESTED K-DRIVE!
Grandmother has gotten her hands on a new Infested K-Drive and it can be yours by completing each of her Races out in the Cambion Drift! Once you’ve acquired the Ferverspine, Gristlebuck, Nodulite, and Steeba parts visit your friend Roky in Fortuna to build the Infested K-Drive!
DEIMOS QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES:
Tenno have spent a lot of time with the Entrati family, and have shared valuable insights on how to improve their systems! Deimos Arcana brings many sought after quality-of-life improvements:

• Vome/Fass time indicators now appear when viewing the map inside the Necralisk hub!
  
  • Cetus and Fortuna have been given the same treatment.
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• The mining drop rate of Thaumica has been doubled! We’ve also Reduced the chance of getting Namalon while Mining in the Cambion Drift so that the chance of getting Thaumica is significantly increased.
  
  • Both Necrathene and Thaumica were similarly rare, but Thaumic Distillate is used in a wider variety of Blueprints, so expect to see it appear more often from yellow mineral deposits.
• Son’s Conservation tasks have been made more rewarding and accessible! There are two main factors to this change:
  
  • Higher quality Conservation captures will now provide better rewards, as they do in our other Free Roam landscapes. Scoring a “Good” capture will now provide 2 animal capture Tags instead of 1, and “Perfect” captures will award 3 Tags!
  • Son’s Token exchange has been reorganized, based on player inventory statistics. Smaller offerings will require more commonly found creatures, and larger offerings with more Tokens will require creatures that are harder to come by.
• Necramechs will now increase max level by 2 for each Forma applied, up to Rank 40!
  
  • With twelve Mod slots to fill, borrowing the Polarity mechanics introduced with the Paracesis made perfect sense. This change also prompted a discussion to address the mission restrictions with Necramech leveling (Free Roam only). As a result, we’ve increased the Shared Affinity Range in Free Roam missions (see below for more details). We still have plans to allow deployable Necramech’s in normal mission modes at a later date - stay tuned!
  • If you have already reached Rank 30 on your Necramech prior to this update, you will retain the full Mastery Points for it. You are still free to level it to Rank 40 to unlock further Mod slots!
• Enabled Shield-Gating for summoned Necramechs! You’ll now experience the brief invulnerability period when your Necramech Shield breaks.
  
• Universal Medallions can now be traded in the Necralisk at Grandmother for Entrati Standing and Loid for Necraloid Standing.
  
• The Latrox Une Bounty mission has received a balance pass to address both the length this mission takes and the Bonus being too challenging compared to others:
  
  • Doubled the Drone Shields Health.
  • The Drone Shield now regenerates after being emptied.
  • Samples now drop at a faster rate.
  • Less samples are required to complete the mission.

FREE ROAM SHARED AFFINITY CHANGE:
We’ve increased the Shared Affinity Range in Free Roam missions from 50 meters to 250 meters! When implementing the change to make Necramech’s level up to 40, it prompted the conversation of Necramech leveling and its restriction to Free Roam missions. With the addition of Bonewidow, it felt appropriate to dial the Shared Affinity Range up for these much larger tilesets. While it’s always ideal to stick together, we hope the 250 meter range allows you to both level up your Necramech faster and venture a bit farther in the landscape.
FISHING & CONSERVATION:
Undazoa and Nexifera now prowl across Deimos. Help Son study these new species of Infested wildlife!
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UNDAZOA
These peculiar creatures inhabit the exocrine, consuming contaminants and depositing their eggs. They will not instigate an attack, but if you provoke an Undazoa, be wary of each variant’s unique defense.
*Acquire the Undazoa Echo-Lure and Pheromone Gland from Son’s Offerings!
NEXIFERA
These heavy creatures occupy caves, poised to drop from the ceiling onto unassuming victims. Each variant’s landing has a unique effect. Be quick if you hope to catch a Nexifera before it ascends! They will burrow into the ceiling to make a quick escape.
*Similar to Velocipods, the Nexifera is an ambient encounter creature you can find out in the Cambion Drift.
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The Endocrine are home to 2 new species of Fish! Find the elusive Flagellocanth and Lobotriscid to bring back to Daughter!
FLAGELLOCANTH These specimens were originally parasites, breeding inside the wyrm-guts of Fass and scattered across Deimos in the debris of his explosive demise. They are drawn to his light. Processed Fass Residue is required to attract the Flagellocanth!
LOBOTRISCID
A muscular, three-tailed fish, the Lobotriscid trawls through Exocrine vapor across the surface of Deimos when Vome is dominant.
FISHING & CONSERVATION CHANGES & FIXES:

• Enabled Imprinting and breeding for Predasites and Vulpaphyla.
  
  • Mutagens and Antigens are inherited through breeding, allowing pets to stack their benefits.
  • Predasites and Vulpaphyla can only be named when Gilded, so naming after hatching is skipped.
  • Predasites and Vulpaphyla can not be cross bred with non-modular pets.
  • Imprints of Predasites and Vulpaphyla can only be taken when the pet is Gilded.
• Disabled Conservation Tranq and Track during the Heart of Deimos quest.
  
  • When it was enabled you wouldn't have been able to catch anything or see anything on map, but there was a chance to just happen across a start point.
• Companion Predasites and Vulpaphylas now have their own description, seperate from the wild ones in the Cambion Drift.
  
• Improvements to trails to address some of the more drastic upwards jumps required to follow the path.
  
• Made a bunch of updates to Lure sounds and mix effects. Added more variations to scat burst sound (yum). Also made adjustments to transmission timing.
  
• Increased number of Avichea spawned at Call Points from 1 to 2-4 and improved spawn position.
  
• Increased the number of Cryptilex spawned at Call Points from 1 to 2-4.
  
• Expanded number of available call points in the Magna, Infested Seraglio, Undulatum, and Albrechts Prospect areas.
  
• Added height arrow indicators to Conservation markers.
  
  • This reduces the number of call points that end up in caves. For the ones that do spawn in caves, the height arrow indicator should relieve that confusion.
• Added debuffs to Deimos animals when they’re Wounded by Infested and reduced max Health on wild Predasites and Vulpaphylas so you’re not waiting around for Infested to wound the animals.
  
• Added Vome/Fass cycle information to Deimos Conservation creatures in the Codex!
  
• Fixed losing all control functions for a short period of time after throwing a Fishing Spear - most commonly experienced in Cambion Drift.
  
• Fixed cases of issues with Avichea circling movement used when found ambiently and when they arrived at Call Points that would cause them to float way up into the sky.
  
• Fixed Cryptilexes missing their Conservation drone pickup animation, which created an animation pop after capturing.
  
• Fixed Conservation start points not regenerating on Deimos which would prevent certain encounters from spawning.
  
• Fixed some Conservation call points spawning under the Endocrine.
  
• Fixed ambient spawns only spawning common fish and ignoring bait (fishing with the Spear out still worked as intended).
  
• Fixed Fishing after landscape time change not altering obtainable fish.
  

CONSERVATION FEEDBACK THREAD: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236093-deimos-arcana-conservation-changes-megathread/
GENERAL DEIMOS CHANGES:

• *Necramechs (Bonewidow and Voidrig) now have a built-in vacuum!
  
• Necralisk Fast Travel UI now displays the respective Token for each Entrati member.
  

• Entrati Tokens you don’t have the required resources for will now appear greyed out in each Entrati member’s Token acquisition menu. Saving you from having to hover and view each Token individually to see if you have the resources needed.

• Added “Mother Tokens” next to the Token icon itself in Mother’s ‘Reward Details’ screen.
  
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• Added “Requirements Met” category to the Necralisk vendors. Selecting this category will sort wares based on if you have the necessities to purchase it.
  
• Added “Expiry” and “Tokens” filters to the Necralisk vendors.
  
  • “Expiry” sorts Tokens by remaining time until they expire. Tokens expiring sooner will be sorted at the top of the list.
  • “Tokens” sorts Tokens by the amount in one purchase. In other words, the higher the number of Tokens in a single purchase the higher it will appear in the list.
• Added more idle Otak lines in the Necralisk when interacting with him.
  
• Added another race node to the Cambion Drift Abyssal Skim race to lead the player better.
  
• Increased the Deimos Juggernaut variants Affinity gain to 500.
  
  • This was done to be more consistent with the Deimos Saxum variants.
• Made slight updates to Son’s skin textures and fixed neck seam issues.
  
• Made slight revisions to Daughter’s textures to better match her head to her body.
  
• Enemies in the Cambion Drift will now have a blue energy FX applied to their weapons when Vome is alive and wyrming around.
  
• Added Deimos Leapers and Deimos Conservation animals to the Codex.
  
• Made improvements to the enemy pathing in tight underground areas in the Cambion Drift.
  
• Changed the number of Obelisks that appear in the Cambion Drift from 6 to 5.
  
  • With the introduction of the newest Bounties, we reviewed Obelisk spawn sites and saw that they were occupying vacant sites that we felt would be better used for new Bounty objectives! These sites were also difficult for enemies to maneuver and access, and they would often get stuck in the Obelisk shards.

NEW INFESTED WEAPONRY:
Your Arsenal is about to get a whole lot more sticky with a slew of new Infested weapons!
CATABOLYST
Splatter enemies with a short-range stream of corrosive bile. Upon reload, toss the ammo bladder as a grenade. The emptier the pistol’s ammo bladder, the more potent its damage.
*Acquire the Blueprint for the Catabolyst from Bio Lab Research in the Dojo!
PROBOSCIS CERNOS
A version of the Mutalist Cernos Bow, each arrow spawns a swarm of sticky appendages on impact. These tongue-like probes latch onto nearby unfortunates and drag them close before bursting into a mess of diseased goo.
*Acquire the Blueprint for the Proboscis Cernos from the Market.
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PULMONARS
Take-hold of the malignant evolution of an ancient martial weapon with these Infested nunchaku. Pummel and infect with these two pulsating hunks of flesh connected by a ligament.
*Acquire the Blueprint for the Pulmonars from the Market.
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BUBONICO
This infested arm-cannon rapid-fires toxic terror on its enemies. Rain down a triple volley of explosive disease bladders from a distance, then move in for the kill by unloading a multi-shot barrage of toxic barbs with primary fire.
*Acquire the Blueprint for the Bubonico from Bio Lab Research in the Dojo!
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SPOROTHRIX
This long-distance sniper rifle fires a razor-sharp, virus-soaked barb that continues to attack its host before violently erupting in a spore-laden mist. Scoped headshots increase lethality.
*Acquire the Blueprint and Components for the Sporothrix from the new Isolation Vault Bounties.
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ARUM SPINOSA
Slash through enemies with two leaves of the exceedingly rare Arum Spinosa plant. Heavy Attack to whip a flurry of toxic spines at ranged attackers.
*Acquire the Blueprint and Components for the Arum Spinosa from the new Isolation Vault Bounties.
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CAMBION ARMAMENTS COLLECTION
New weapons have emerged from the seething horror of the Infestation, each bringing a fresh, living aspect to their power. Featuring the bile-loaded Catabolyst Pistol, Proboscis Cernos Bow, Pulmonars Nunchaku, and the devastating Bubonico arm cannon.
INFESTED WEAPON FEEDBACK THREAD: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236089-deimos-arcana-tenno-reinforcements-megathread/
GLAIVES REVISITED:
Many of these changes focus on enhancing the unique gameplay options that a Glaive can offer. We’ll start simple with throwing mechanics, and work our way up:
Heavy Attack (aka Glaive detonation) will now do more damage, more consistently! Damage numbers have been increased, and the area-of-effect falloff has been removed, meaning max damage no matter what part of the explosion hits an enemy. This should help encourage use of Glaives’ unique detonation functionality; another option to compliment swinging and throwing the weapon, allowing for massive bursts of damage when needed.
“Hold throw” mechanics now apply in Equipped Melee mode! When we added the ability to wield a Glaive alongside any one-handed secondary, we introduced a new system for throwing Glaives that was quicker and more intuitive. This modern system for both ground and air throwing has been applied to pure melee mode, making Glaives consistent no matter how they are used.
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In “Glaive + Gun” mode, players must use the melee key to detonate the Glaive while in flight. With only the Glaive in hand, the alt fire button is no longer reserved for your secondary weapon, which allows for added flexibility - press alt fire for a Heavy Attack detonation, or tap melee for a simple recall
Glaive throws can now be performed while sliding! Tap to perform a regular spin attack, or hold to throw. An added level of flexibility to the Glaive playstyle.
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Throw melee inputs can be “queued up”, one after the other! Also known as “buffering”, this means if you are holding a melee input as the Glaive returns to your hand, you will start charging another throw as soon as possible. With this change, a smooth gameflow emerges: throw a Glaive, hold melee as it returns, catch, release, repeat.
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Glaives can now be thrown multiple times in a single jump! Limitations to this type of throw have been removed to allow more chained throws.
With all of these improvements, Glaive throwing and detonating should become a more prominent and viable way to use these weapons. But we’re only getting started!
Another feature that makes Glaives stand out from other melee weapons, is their ability to be wielded alongside a one-handed secondary. This “Glaive + Gun” mode is also getting a couple upgrades:
Melee stance combos are now available in Glaive + Gun mode! Using a weapon combo will no longer restrict your melee options and movement, making Glaives even more deadly.
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Glaive + Gun mode now utilizes melee auto blocking when not aiming or firing! This feature introduced in recent melee system updates will now also apply to the weapon combo mode, offering the benefits of actively equipped melee while still keeping your secondary at the ready.
With all these changes combined, we hope Glaive gameplay will feel more fluid, fun and unique. To encourage exploration of these new mechanics, we are also making changes to Glaive Modding options, improving old Mods and introducing new choices for players to try!
Glaive Mod Power Throw has been given respective buffs:

• Increased Punch Through from 0.6 to 2m.
  
  • +2m Punch Through. On Consecutive Throw: +100% Throw Damage (up to maximum 3 stacks)
• Added 60% projectile speed.
  

This Mod will now be great for players who embrace the “catch and release” playstyle introduced by the changes to melee input queueing.
We also have two new Mods to help modify your playstyle even further…
Volatile Rebound: 100% Chance to explode on Bounce (Disables Punch Through).
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Volatile Quick Return: -4 Bounce. +100% Blast Radius. 100% chance to explode on Bounce (disables Punch Through).
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Unlike a Heavy Attack, the explosions from these Mods do NOT consume your combo counter. Equip Volatile Rebound to inflict as much chaos as possible from a single throw, or Volatile Quick Return for rapid targeted strikes.
*Find the Volatile Rebound and Volatile Quick Return Mods from Cambion Drift Deimos enemies!
Below are some specific changes per weapon from the above changes:
Cerata

• Added guaranteed Toxin proc on Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Increased Critical Damage from 2.2 to 2.3x of throw.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 30%.
  

Falcor

• Added guaranteed Electricity proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
  

Glaive

• Added guaranteed Impact proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
  

Glaive Prime

• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.

Halikar

• Added guaranteed Impact proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
  

Kestrel

• Added guaranteed Impact proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
  
• Reduced Max self CC from Knocked Down to Stagger.
  

Orvius

• Added guaranteed Cold proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced AoE fall off from 50% to 40%.
  
• Quick Throws now perform the Hover Attack.
  

Pathocyst

• Added guaranteed Viral proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.
  
• Reduced Max self CC from Knocked Down to Stagger.
  

Xoris

• Added guaranteed Electricity proc to Heavy Attack Detonation.

Wolf Sledge

• Now uses the new Glaive hold melee to throw mechanics (no air throws at this time).
  
• Wolf Sledge now explodes on impact when Thrown.
  

Glaive specific stat display changes:

• Removed ‘Damage’ value from Heavy Attack since this value is no longer used.
  
• ‘Radial Attack’ has been renamed to ‘Bounce Attack’.
  
  • This stat is only shown when the weapon is equipped with a mod that has the chance to explode on bounce qualifier (ie. the new Glaive mods Volatile Rebound and Volatile Quick Return!)
• Added a stat for % chance to explode on bounce.
  
• Added ‘Heavy Radial Attack’ stat to both Throw and Charge Throw categories.
  

GLAIVES FEEDBACK THREAD: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236096-deimos-arcana-glaive-changes-megathread/
XAKU ROUND 2 CHANGES & FIXES:
We’ve been keeping tabs on the usual feedback channels to read and review your takes on Xaku in their updated form. We have been pleased to see that generally these changes have been enjoyed thus far, and that we’ve taken a step in the right direction. But as many have expressed, and to which we have found ourselves agreeing, our work is not done yet on this Community Warframe!
So here we are with a second round of changes based on the most standout and widely discussed points we saw strewn across the feedback hubs. Whether it's iterating on Round 1 or offering new insight on Xaku’s abilities, we thank you for sharing!
General Changes:

• Xaku's "The Lost" ability description will now include descriptions of "Accuse", "Deny", and "Gaze" within it.

Xata’s Whisper (Void Status Effect):

• Void damage’s Status Effect will now redirect projectiles to the body part it proc’d on.
  
  • How it will work: If you shoot at an enemy’s head with Xata’s Whisper enabled and proc, the bubble will redirect all projectiles to the head. If you shoot at the feet, it’ll be redirected to the feet, etc.! It is however possible that even if you proc on the head but then shoot at the lower part of the bubble it might hit the body on the way up to being redirected to the head.
  • This is a game wide change to Void Status Effect! Now that we have a Warframe that can harness Void damage at the click of a button, it has brought much focus to and discussion around its Status Effect. For those of you who are unfamiliar, in its current state it creates a bullet attractor bubble that directs all projectiles to the center of the enemy’s torso regardless of where it procs. Since Xata’s Whisper applies Void damage to all of their weapons, it was increasingly noticeable to Xaku players that the bubble’s current redirecting position prevents any attempt at enemy headshots until its duration expires. This is one of the main reasons for this change. Headshot disruption ultimately limits your damage output by removing the opportunity for headshot multipliers while it is active. Now, you will be able to use your headshotting skills to greater benefit, while also having generally more options to focus projectiles where desired. Note that regardless of where the Status Effect occurs, it will continue to prevent enemies from being able to shoot at you without having their projectiles redirected back to the center of the bubble.

Grasp of Lohk:

• Re-casting will now steal weapons up to the max number of affected targets.
  
  • How it will work: You will be able to re-cast up to the max number of targets that you can steal from. In other words, you can add to the current batch of weapons. For example, if your max target is set to 6, and you have 3 weapons active, Grasp of Lohk can be re-cast to “top up” to the remaining 3 weapon allowance. Newly grabbed weapons from re-casts will have independent durations from the previous batch - similar to Protea’s Blaze Artillery.
  • We made re-casting available in Round 1 and set it up to replace the entire current active batch of weapons. Our original reasoning was that this allowed for a ‘fresh’ cast to be made if an undesirable pull occurred. But what makes far more sense is to follow the precedent set by Nekros’ Shadows of the Dead. So now you can maintain your current floating auto-cannon sidekicks and re-cast to refill or top up to the max on command. This will give far more control in maintaining the max number of active weapons you can have at once.

1.0174, 09/02/2021

• Fixed an issue with demolishing a bridge right next to another bridge
• Fixed an issue with 'Fetch mode' for a building not being saved

1.0173, 29/01/2021

• Fixed a tooltip that was missing the name of the island/planet

1.0172, 14/1/2021

• Fixed a couple of issues with Light Towers

1.0171, 13/1/2021

• Fixed an issue where a redundant test in the code was doing something dumb

1.0170, 12/1/2021

• In Shipping Lane mode, dragging a resource between Ports sets up the lane with the correct default value for Maintain
• Fixed an issue where the wrong Peeps were being listed in the Peep Details Panel if you selected a different island in the dropdown
• Seasonal update is over

1.0169, 6/1/2021

• Cleaners etc. calculate their ranges correctly when going around water tiles
• Fixed Forest Construction sites being broken on load
• Fixed Aegis not covering the whole planet when the planet has 4 islands
• Construction preview cards now list full effects of adjacency bonuses
• Other small fixes

1.0168, 18/12/2020

• Seasonal update... 🎅

1.0167, 17/12/2020

• Fixed an issue where the Sphinx could destroy player-built Forests
• Fixed an issue where buildings upgraded to something that requires Power wouldn't then take that power from Power Lines

1.0166, 10/12/2020

• Fixed some translation issues, including long-stating errors in the Italian translation of the tutorial!
• Tooltip about rainforest bonus only appears for building on a rainforest island
• Cleaners whose range covers a polluted tile on another island won't try to go there

1.0165, 09/12/2020

• Possible fix for an issue where buildings don't appear when changing planets

1.0164, 08/12/2020

• Version number is now displayed on Main Menu
• Menu on Player-build Transmogrifier closes when you deselect it
• Ships arriving at Ports that are being upgraded behave better now
• Some tooltips corrected to show full number instead of "1K"
• Fixed some translations of rounding numbers to "1K"
• Improved question text when demolishing upgraded roads
• Fixed door shutting too early on animals entering a house
• Fixed issue where hovering over a new building to remove the New outline wouldn't then display it's hotkey number
• Animals don't float over unexplored tiles
• Prevented Stasis boxes from spawning on permanent resources (e.g. Oil)
• Fixed minor issue with pathfinding over bridges
• Fixed issue where ship didn't close up whale-removed sea tiles
• Fixed issue where Cleaners were returning home after each tile they cleaned
• Fixed an issue with power lines not appearing to connect to some buildings
• Mines/Quarries who use up their input resource no longer register as having Empty Posts

Changes to new games only

• Added new biomes (Swamp, Rainforest and Crystal)
  • Swamp biomes are like the Desert but reversed - you can only build smaller buildings on swamp tiles.
  • Rainforests are covered with trees. They give a significant bonus to the production rate of Fields, but that bonus drops the more trees you cut down
  • The Crystal Island... well, you'll see...
• SIGNIFICANTLY updated the game generation algorithm:
  • Fertilities now tend to cluster on the earlier planets, so that when you reach the edge planets for Purple research you still need to go back to earlier planets to get good food and other important resources
  • Some islands can have Iron+Electronics - no 'Mountains'
  • Things like Oil, Milk, Wool etc tend to be on more difficult islands
  • Tutorial games will always start with 1 grass + 2 desert islands, but non-tutorial games can now have other biomes for the 2nd/3rd islands on the first planet
  • Swamp/desert islands are slightly more common towards the sun
  • Snow/Rainforest islands are slightly more common away from the sun
  • Made lots of things controlled centrally instead of being completely random, so there should be less chance of weird/broken games (once we work out any wrinkles)
  • Added a bunch of new island shapes:
    • Archipelagos
    • Inverted islands (eg the Highlands on the coast, rather than inland)
    • Crescent shaped islands
  • Added a chance for ruined villages to be on islands
  • Added a chance for an extra-hard desert - no green tiles, less trees
  • Added coral reefs
• Added a difficulty option to change resource availability (Iron, Stone etc)
• Added a difficulty option for changing pollution rate
• Added a difficulty option to change how many resources constructing buildings use

Changes on all games (previous & new saves)

Gameplay

• Added something secret when you explore Ancient/Sunken Ruins
• Added cats and dogs and scorpions and cows and sheep and squirrels and toucans!
  • Peeps will sometimes 'pet' cats and dogs
• Added a Frog - how many times can you find it?
• You can plant forests now!
• Added Automation/Filtering upgrades to a bunch of buildings that were missing them
• Added a new "Research Institute" building, which:
  • Gives you a timer for the next Space Whale attack
  • Allows you to build things on any island on that planet without a Library
  • Generates a little bit of research in all colours.
• Peeps now use Luxuries more often (when they're below 'Normal' level happiness rather than below 'Sad')
• Added Boulders that you demolish for Stone. Demolishing a Forest no longer supplies Stone. Tutorial has been updated
• Tutorial gives a bit more information about Fatigue
• Shipping lanes created by dragging a resource in the main shipping view also start with Maintain set to 20
  • Except for Research, because generally you want to send *all* your research to another island
• Slightly reduced the speed that Pollution increases
• Buildings stop contributing to pollution once it's higher than their rating - so a Slightly polluting building won't cause any more pollution to a tile that's already at Slightly Polluted or greater
• Elevators and Bridges can now be built on islands without a Library, and by Peeps without a home, just in case the extra mobility is required
• Exploring an Ancient Ruin when you've already invented everything you can will now reveal a tech you don't yet have the right research for (such as Shipping on your first island if there's a Ruin on it)
• Refactored the code controlling Space Whales. It's now a bit more deliberate about progressing through stages as time goes on.
• When colonising a new Planet you can now choose your landing site on the first island
• When not playing the tutorial, your initial game start area sometimes isn't all nice and clear with the ring of roads around the shelter
• Mill, Baker, Kitchen, Smoothie Maker, Desalination Plant and Battery Power Generator have Automation Upgrade
• Smoothie Maker has Filtering Upgrade
• Roads can be upgraded through their card when selected
• Added 3 new music tracks and fiddled with when music plays
• Made it so that if an Island is attacked by a space whale, it can't be selected as the target for the next two attacks, unless it's the only option
• Defeated minotaur now falls over briefly
• After a building has been destroyed by the Sphinx, clicking on it will move to and select the destroyed building
• Player-constructed Shelters now produce a little bit of Potatoes and Water, like the original Shelter
• Improved behaviour when moving between islands when you've got a building menu open
• Scouting islands with Guardians after you've discovered Purple research (and so unlocked Museum etc tech) won't tell you that you've unlocked them anymore

Visual

• Added rocky tile sides to high ground tiles that go right down to ocean
• Added some new tree models, including a super rare type (no in-game effect, just visual)
• Added fireflies!
• Added snow/sand flurries!
• Added Waterfalls!
• Added 'flow' effects to rivers

UI

• Fertility dropdown in the top bar includes text describing the biome rules
• Added a button to allow copying the game seed to clipboard
• Added confirmation dialogs for removing ships from shipping lanes and deleting shipping lanes
• Changed "New" to a star because some languages can't fit into the space
• Newly revealed technologies have a pulsing border in the technology panel
• Updated Smoothie Maker icon
• Added some tweaks to the technology panel so that when zoomed out it's more readable
• A bunch of notifications now state the island and planet where they happen.
• Fertility button in top bar now shows an icon depending on the biome of the island
• Added better icons to indicate differing efficiency of Wind/Solar power on different islands
• Colony (space)ship construction buttons now list the Food+Drink they require
• Added a line to the Shipwright and Launchpad descriptions to acknowledge the requirement for the island to have a certain population
• Clicking on "Could not unload ship as Port is full" notifications now takes you to the Port. It also lists the name of the Ship
• Holding your mouse over a "New" building's construction button will remove the New marking
• Top menu dropdowns close when you press Escape
• Fixed the zoom location for some islands
• Press '\' to close all notifications
• Removed full path for screenshots, to avoid revealing private info if streaming
• Ancient Technology deposits now state what colour they are in their title
• Updated the error message when trying to place an elevator on an occupied tile, to account for the occupier being a resource heap or ancient tech
• Highlight around selected Shipping Lane in Shipping Manifest is thicker
• Upgrading to a House/Apartment will remove the "New" border on their construction button
• When you first launch a rocket, when you get to space the rocket will be selected
• Children's happiness chart now has a line, and a thing in the key to say they're always happy
• Two-way arrow on ships in the Shipping Manifest now changes to a one-way arrow when the ship is moving, indicating the direction they're travelling
• Added an icon to building description for buildings that have to go on high ground
• If you discover gremlins/sphinx/minotaur after discovering purple research, the discovery should no longer mention that lighting/museum/training ground is unlocked now.
• Stasis boxes pick up the overlay colour of their tile
• Pending road upgrades can now be individually demolished in the road card
• You can now cancel a road upgrade from under an in-progress elevator
• You can now place an elevator over an in-progress road upgrade
• Added a red border around the unhappy workers in a building card
• Continuing a game will populate the save game dialog with its name now
• Technology queued up in another library should now show it's position in the queue.
• Made shipwright card taller when UI Scale is low, to avoid unnecessary scrollbar
• When adding a shipping lane, the Ports are now listed alphabetically

Settings

• Added an options slider for how fast the Space Whale difficulty ramps up
• Added a "High Contrast Cursor" option in Game Options
• We've started to increase the amount of data in the game-seed. It produces a new seed that encodes all the game settings rather than just the planet generation random seed
• Added an options slider for how fast the Space Whale difficulty ramps up
• Added a "High Contrast Cursor" option in Game Options
• We've started to increase the amount of data in the game-seed. It produces a new seed that encodes all the game settings rather than just the planet generation random seed

Fixes

• Added some variation to how many trees are on an island
• Added some optional data to an extra save file, so that more graph and overlay history is stored (but not transferred in Cloud Saves - they'll regenerate the data when you load on the other computer)
• Added borders to the editable numbers in the resource dropdown and Warehouse card to make it more obvious that they are editable
• Added Power Line functionality to Aegis
• Updated fatigue:
  • Added a timer to the info pin so you can see how long it'll last
  • At work, fatigued Peeps work (very) slowly instead of not working at all
  • Updated the Fatigue pin to be clearer it’s about being tired not sad
• On Islands with no Road Layer building the road upgrade buttons are disabled
• Colony ship tooltip updated when you're trying to colonise an island but over a tile it can't reach (in the middle of the island or over the wrong island)
• Peaceful Kraken should have their glowy ball back
• Zooming in on a laptop trackpad with two-finger-swipe should work now
• If a Port/Landing pad finishes construction while you're in Shipping Mode, a card for the new Port gets added
• If a tech finishes while you've got a building category open, new buildings get added to the category
• Rearranged the resource dropdown in the top bar to be more readable.
• Prevented starting an upgrade on a building that's doing assigned work (like a Shipwright constructing a ship)
• Dialog asking "Do you want to delete this game" appears over the load/save button like it should
• Landing a scout on a single low tile on an Atoll no longer makes the game freeze
• Suggested save name is now correct if you load two games in a row
• Prevented submarine from disappearing near edges of planet
• Fixed an issue where a Peep would sometimes list Gloom multiple times in their happiness summary
• Fixed a minor issue with helpful Minotaurs getting confused
• Fixed a bug that was breaking Peeps going to explore Ancient Ruins if they left before they were done
• Fixed a bug with Power distribution to some large buildings
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to build a bridge over a river with a Port on the inland side of it
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to click on controls underneath a question dialog
• Fixed a situation where the sheltespaceship wasn't releasing Peeps to fill empty housing slots because there was a homeless person working in construction
• "Similar building" icons now work better when a building is being upgraded
• Fixed an issue that was making placing a road fail if you did so very quickly after placing another road
• Fixed a French translation issue
• Fixed the names for upgrades in Ports and Whale Charmers
• Fixed a pathfinding issue if a Peep winds up standing on the corner of a bridge
• Fixed description of Gardening technology
• Fixed an error when moving a colony ship
• Ship, spaceship and guardian sounds now pause when game is paused
• "Space Whale ate stuff on the planet" notification now takes you to the planet when clicked on
• Fixed planet stated on "the kraken is now helpful" notifications
• Minotaurs no longer get stuck on terrain that should be inaccessible
• Fixed a pathing error if a ship is trying to reach the unexplored centre of an island when the very edge of the island isn't explored, but the central area is still surrounded with explored tiles
• Fixed Island colonisation action+tooltip if you're next to a valid island but not next to a valid tile
• Spam clicking on a planet while in space doesn't reset the zoom-in
• Peeps no longer open and close their doors repeatedly when a minotaur is nearby
• Minotaur card resized if it changes state while selected
• Fixed a couple of issues with the glass smelter step in the tutorial
• Fixed a bug that wasn't allowing you to enter shipping mode if your camera happened to be in just the right position
• Rearranged the Port-Ship Resource Transfer dialog a little to better fit long names
• Fixed an issue that would occasionally make ships appear to clip through land tiles at 4x speed
• Hopefully fixed an issue that was causing mysterious ship-moving sounds to play from nowhere after you load a second game in the same session
• Fixed a couple of things when you've got a destroyed building you don't have the resources to repair
• In Difficulty settings, Demolition resources doesn't go grey when it's at 100%
• Homeless peeps will no longer try to reach construction jobs they can't access
• When a Road tile is cleaned, it's card should update to show the changed pollution level
• Show Planets option is no longer visible before the first spaceship is launched
• Fixed an error if you click the Launch button for a spaceship while zooming from space to planet
• Improved the way the camera is controlled when tracking the first whale encounter, so it should stay onscreen better
• Fixed an error when launching colony spaceships
• Fixed "Space sound" not disappearing when you zoom back into a planet
• Reduced the size of the click area for planets in space, so that they don't cover spaceships that are near-but-behind the planet
• Hopefully fixed an issue where the first whale attack would be tracked by the camera on the wrong planet
• Port upgrade button no longer closes any time a ship docks
• Fixed an issue when clicking notification about Trade Spaceships
• Fixed an issue where ships appear to move through land tiles on 4x speed
• Fixed an issue where peeps wouldn't fetch from a Stepped Warehouse after all the nearby elevators were destroyed by a whale
• Fixed an issue where ocean/river tiles covered by a bridge didn't have the water shoreline texturing

GAO reddit post
Edit 08/31/2020: added new section at the end regarding the new Ship Assault update.
So begins our community Tips and Tricks post. If you have anything to add, by all means drop a comment. Sorry it's so huge but I wanted to cover the major aspects of the game and I don't currently know a better way to format this, otherwise I'd split it into smaller sections.
I will be editing this post as I go, adding more as I find them or figure them out myself and I will be giving credit where due. I just put this up so bear with me, I will be giving credit.
FYI; I'm not trying to spoil everything, the discovery is part of the fun, but if you're struggling with the game; these tips just might help avoid a rage-quit, without resorting to spoilers in the wiki.
Space Ship Safety for Dummy's: 1. Keep your Tractor Beam, Hangar, Refinery and Deposits on the same deck, as these all have a risk of aliens or infections coming out of them. This way you aren't running willy nilly across your ship.
Also, you can set up energy barriers in doorways, crawlspaces and even around the Tractor Beam to help slow the baddies and give your brave but stupid clones a decent chance at survival. And remember; turrets are your best friends and suitable for all locations and occasions; the perfect +1 to any party.
And keep an eye out for little green gas clouds, they aren't from the clones having chili night; they're alien spores. They'll float about spawning disease clusters or alien eggs, and that's not good. Luckily, fire is your friend. The Laser Pistol/Rifle, Energy Rifle or Flamethrower all work great at clearing infestations and the spore clouds as well, since the energy weapons have a small blast radius and the Flamethrower doesn't damage the power terminals in your ship. And c'mon, it's a friggin flamethrower.

1. Cover your mouth when you cough! Keep Crew Quarters and modules like the Lounge on a separate deck; when clones get infected with a disease they will stop working and go rest in their quarters, spreading the disease they have on the way. This way you minimize the spread.

Speaking of diseases; when a clone gets sick a notice will pop up on the left side of the screen saying they've left their job. Go track them down and start stalking them like a creepy ex. As they walk to their quarters they'll be coughing/sneezing/farting out bits of infection which runs the risk of infecting other crew members. More importantly, they'll spit out little chunks which you can scoop up with your collector tool; collect ten of these and you can go to the Medical Research module, spend some Rad Blue and make your crew immune to that particular germ.

1. Feel free to experiment with ship designs; you can always dismantle a room to get your resources back, as long as you have room in storage. An important note; some modules have a limit on how many you can build, but you don't necessarily have to have the maximum.

Also, try to keep your ship design simple; the easier it is to navigate, and defend, the better. Complicated ships lead to complicated problems.

1. Name That Door! It might seem like a small thing, but the Ship Naming tool on your PDA is actually very helpful. With it you can rewrite the signs above the doors; it's especially helpful with doors leading to corridors, as you can create your own directions eg: the door inside a room could be renamed "" reminding you the hangar is to the left and the turbolifts to the right. You can also name a deck level by using it in turbolifts: Hangar Deck, Crew Deck, Reactor Deck, etc.
   
2. Life needs a garden, dig it: Be careful when putting in plants as you can't get them back if you destroy them.
   

Stick to one or two atmosphere types and the clones that use them, until you get more comfortable with the game. Because a Genesis requires a certain number of clones using a specific atmosphere type, in addition to having enough plants to support them.
Also don't try to grab every plant you see, as they take up space in your deposits.

1. Curb your obsessive compulsive kleptomania: Make sure you have plenty of storage, around 160 and deposits about 24 slots at most, but don't try to hoard everything; it's safer to grab what you need and keep moving. You can always come back later.
   
2. Power Underwhelming: Unfortunately you have a limited number of reactors you can build (5 by default) and thus a limited amount of power. You'll have to balance needs versus wants. Try to avoid building too many corridors and duplicate modules; build what you need first, then get creative.
   
3. There's no monster under the ahhh! This is space, and as we've learned from countless sci-fi horror books, TV shows and movies; alien freakazoid monsters love to hide in the crawlspaces under the deck.
   

And everything has a crawlspace. Make sure you check these regularly, because you never know when an infestation will take hold. Last thing you need is to get raided by pirates and suddenly you're surrounded by spiders the size of pitbulls. Set a few turrets beneath the decks to help control pest outbreaks.
Your hearing can be a powerful tool as well; infestations will make gross squelchy noises when they start, so get the peanut butter out of your ears.

1. Always be Moving. Don't stay in one place too long. In combat, standing still is the universal language to aliens for "Please Eat Me" On planets; the aliens will just keep coming infinitely, so just get what sites/resources you need and go.

For your ship in space, roving space pirates are a big problem; they don't like you and your clones are deathly allergic to their guns. So try not to spend too much time in one system, because sooner or later they will show up when you don't want them to, just like your relatives. Once you have a few shields though, you should be fine.

1. The Harvester (of Souls). The harvester in your hangar is a vital tool; it takes you and your clones to planets to feed ahem I mean meet the local wildlife.

Also you can pick up raw materials and find cool stuff at the sites like new weapons or data telling you where to find stuff. But it's also extremely hazardous to the health of your clones, as they don't have the best self-preservation instincts.
If it's too dangerous, tell the clones to stay on the harvester or just leave them on the ship. On the other hand, if it's only resources you're after; just send the clones. You won't ever lose clones assigned to the harvester when you send it to a planet, but they might bring back Hitchhikers, so make sure to be in the hangar or have some turrets for when they get back.

1. Radiation Blue, the kinder, gentler radiation. Radiation Blue is an absolutely vital resource, as it is required to perform any kind of research. Wether you're curing diseases, unlocking or upgrading clones, weapons and abilities or cooking a mean batch of chili; they will all cost you Rad Blue. So grab the stuff every chance you get and never, and I mean NEVER trade it away.
   
2. Tools of the Trade.
   

There's a huge variety of weapons in the game, with only a few that are variations on the same thing.
There's four different damage types, each more or less effective against certain aliens. Unfortunately you only carry two weapons at once and you can have four loaded on your weapon rack, which is done at the Workshop.
Make sure, once you find some, that you have some options. You'll always want a fire and ballistic weapon on hand, since they're at least somewhat effective against most space freaks, with maybe a corrosive and the one radiation weapon.
Don't be afraid to experiment with the weapons, see which ones perform better against what and also which ones you like using better. Bonus: once you've discovered a weapon, it will be unlocked for you to pick as an artifact in your next game.

1. Send in the Clones.

Clones are a vital resource cough I mean important friends, yeah. Initially you only have boring Humans, but with time, effort and a little luck; you can create hybrid clones. FYI: all clones cost 5 biomass, so don't neglect the stuff.
Each one has four stats:
Health: how much damage they can take before dying.
Resistance: effects how much damage they take, higher res equals less damage taken.
Intelligence: effects how fast they work in a module. Not how good they are in combat sadly.
Immunity: tier 3 clones get a special immunity to a specific type of damage, potentially a very powerful advantage.
Clones come in four basic archetypes: Human or humanlike: good intelligence with middling resistance.
Smart: intelligence scores and speed is higher than humans, but physically squishy with less resistance and health.
Strong: higher resistance and health but lower intelligence.
Tough: massive levels of resistance and health, but dumb as rocks; sometimes literally.
The clones serve a few purposes;
1st: They can be assigned to different modules to operate them automatically, leaving you free to deal with other things. Very handy, though you need to be careful, as some modules have a chance of "surprises", so make sure to set up some security; because they suck at fighting.
2nd: They are vital to your overall mission, because in order to perform a genesis; you have to have a sufficient number of clones of the specific atmosphere type of the world.
3rd: If you wind up dying, which you inevitably will, you will randomly take control of another nearby clone. Depending on which one, this could be better or worse for you. Just be careful that you don't run out of clones. If you die without any other clones on board, it's game over.
New!!! Dropping some new info for the new Ship Assault patch.
First I recommend starting a new game. The new content is going to need a new seed/random gen to add the new stuff/reorganization.

1. Site changes and New Game.

Sites have been shuffled around as follows; suit upgrades are assigned to the new Rogue Captains now, so you'll need to take the fight to the Mechanics and Framen to get them. Some can still be found on planets, but not many.
Ship Modules will now primarily be found on the new Derelict ships, identified by Biohazard symbols on the galaxy map. Left overs will be on planets, and of course you can buy them from merchants too.
Artifact picks have changed slightly, everybody now gets 4, 6 or 8 artifact picks depending on tier. Mechanics, Framen and Rocket Star get 8, since they're treated as a tier 3.

1. Ship Assaults, kickem in the dishpan.

You can now board derelict vessels and even attack the Mechanics and Framen. You'll need to use the fittingly titled Ship Assault module to do this. Inside it you'll find a glowing teleport pad in the center, along with a terminal that will show you information about the ships contents/cargo and it's captains name if it has one. Cargo is initially hidden, the names will be Rand gobbledygook until you scan it. There are also workstations which serve two purposes: firstly as scanners, so you can see things like; 22 Biomass, 9 Framework, 4 Gunpowder and 2 Sites.
Secondly; this module has honest to God weapons. You sadly don't get to see the actual fireworks, but all the same using the workstations allows you to damage the enemy ship. You can't see exact enemy health, so you just have to hit them repeatedly until it disables them. But they're gonna attack you back of course, so try to wait until you can get shields if you can. If you can't, just assign a clone or two to work the room, they'll slowly blast away until they're dead or run, leaving you free to fight off boarders. Once the enemy is disabled they won't be able to run, so you're free to heal/reload/put out fires until you're ready.
Be warned, derelict or pirate, there's gonna be a metric buttload of enemies to fight and you can't resupply except for ammo boxes that have a chance of dropping, so bring your best weapons for the job. You can always leave and go back, but I think some enemies will be respawned and you'll be dropped somewhere random so you might get dropped in a room full of enemies the next time. You can however use weapon racks and healing stations on the enemy/derelict ship, though the heal stations can only use whatever biomass is on board, so the Healing ability is highly recommended. The weapon racks will have a few ammo boxes and usually one or two turrets and energy barriers you can steal.
Stealing cargo or biomass is easy; just head to a storage or biotank module, stand inside and profit. Crews on Rogue ships will be warned and will swarm your position, so be careful. Derelicts are just jam packed with alien nests, of both xenomorph and humanoid aliens.
Derelicts will usually have Biomass, random refined resources and sites which contain Ship Modules, sometimes you'll find one that has Module Upgrade Chips, you'll have to find them in the same places you'd find them on your ship, just enter the room so you can read the details on the map and check if it has a module upgrade installed or not.
Rogue ships don't have sites, instead they have Captains and Hostages. Hostages will be found in the Alien Research Module behind shield doors, the only way to open them is to blast the door with an energy weapon. Once rescued, you'll find them in rescue pods in your Assault module, ready to be released when you want them and have the atmosphere needed for them.
Captains are hardcore jerkbags with powerful weapons and a hefty amount of health; you'll want a powerful weapon and some shields/turrets if you want to take them out safely, and the crew will come running when you attack them too. Your reward, as mentioned earlier, is Suit Upgrades.

1. Wormholes are weird because they don't have worms.

Wormholes have been added as randomly placed sites on planets to provide a fast travel system. On the galaxy map you'll notice a new star system icon, a single pulsing star dot. You'll have to land on the planet to know which one it's on, you'll see a giant pyramid. Head inside and stand on the glowing platform in the center for about 5ish seconds to activate it. Once you have at least two activated, you just need to have your ship parked in a system with an active wormhole, then target a system with another active wormhole and you can jump there free of charge; no fuel rod necessary. The benefit to this is you won't have to spend fuel rods and you won't need a maxed out hyperdrive, or any really, to cross massive distances.

1. The Crewman Experience.

Your crew has received some much needed enhancements. Levels, perks, slightly better (less stupid) combat AI, snazzy shiny stars to represent their levels and the ones in the Hangar get some extra armor. First. Your crew can now level up. There's three levels, each providing armor and an extra perk.
Level 1 gives them some armor and they mine resources on planets a bit faster, which is great since planet mining is a great way to level them; they get XP for killing enemies and for mining resources.
Level 2 gives more armor and allows you to equip them with a small selection of weapons, provided you have them unlocked. This is a godsend for those crews armed with Power Shotguns (crap range) or Laser Pistols (just crap).
They can be equipped with the following guns: Heavy Pistol; accurate, good damage, slow Rifle SA1; great damage, accuracy, slow Machine gun; good damage, accuracy, fast Minigun; ok damage, accuracy, fast firing Normal Shotgun; ok damage, speed, less crappy range Autoflak; should need no introduction, great choice.
Obviously they won't be as deadly as you, but equipped with something better than the default is great. You'll see a star on the weapon icon at game start when picking artifacts and you'll see a star on the weapons list on the workshop terminal.
Stahlunion, General Ballistics and Framen benefit the most, since their weapons are kinda crap on the clones. GB and Framen benefit by actually being able to hit the broad side of a barn and SU because they can actually kill something. Superior Genetics and Mechanics have great default weapons, but this is still good as you can split the crews damage types between radiation/energy and ballistic, meaning they can perform better against almost any enemy type.
Level 3 grants a final armor boost and makes them extremely helpful, as they will help you a bit with infestations. Level 3 crew will shoot any nest/disease source when it's at least 50% grown when they see it. They don't actively go looking for them sadly, but if they spot one they'll blast it. This is all insanely helpful for the hazard rooms, the Tractor, Hangar and Refinery, since they can better defend themselves and at level 3 will deal with infestations they see.

1. With great power (leveling) comes great responsibility, AKA: dead men get no XP.

Power leveling is something most gamers do, it's like it's in our DNA or something, but I heartily recommend that you DON'T in GAO. Yeah that armor and the perks are cool and all, but XP doesn't come very quickly or safely. They get 2xp per kill, 3xp for mining on a planet and 5xp for finishing a job on the ship: refining, beaming, crafting, cloning, etc. They also get 5xp for doing a crew only harvester mission, no harvesting xp though so as to keep it fair. They also get 20xp for surviving diseases.
So yeah, you gotta either collect or spend resources, or be in danger, in order to earn XP; so don't try to force it, wasting resources is a bad idea and dead crew members don't earn XP. Don't worry though, the first two levels come pretty quick, it's just level 3 that will take some time, but it's worth it. But now you definitely have more of a reason to keep those clones alive.

1. Quality of Life improvements.

There's been a few nice QOL additions to the game, besides the whole crew leveling thing.
First up, clone research. Remember how it used to be that when you'd research better clones, you'd have to sacrifice (murder) them in order to make better ones? And you'd have to suicide yourself so that you could get a better clone? Well that crap is over my friends. Now, whenever you research an upgrade to a clone type, your whole crew gets automatically upgraded to that tier, with all the benefits that comes with it. Same goes for you Captain, if the species upgraded was your current species, you'll get the boost as well.
Similar thing has happened to diseases, your crew will now properly be fully immunized to a disease as soon as it's been researched, science marches forward!
Second, the Robot Station. It's a new one tile module that provides a station for a robot. Want to keep extra work robots next to the Hangar for faster unloading? Done. Want to have one right next to your Refinery or Deposit so the Refinery works faster? Also Done. Want to have easily accessed locations for your patrolling Guard Bots to recharge and heal? Here ya go.
Third, this one kinda sucks actually: Arachnoid, Kraul and Leviathan clones, only at tier 3, have had their max health reduced. Not by a metric crap load, but I guess people felt they were a little too strong, so they've been nerfed. I haven't gotten to them yet so I can't say how much HP they have now, but you've been warned.
And that pretty much covers it for now folks, I'll toss additional strategies/tips as I discover them and if there's anything y'all want to add; just drop a comment and you'll be getting an up-doot and a thank you.