#teralyst

EIDOLON TERALYST, GANTULYST, and HYDROLYST

(Due to the nature of the Sentients, some mild Warframe story spoilers may be ahead.)

These are some seriously camera-shy bosses. It's almost impossible to get a good look at the Grand Boss Eidolons, due to their size, speed, and rarity. Fortunately for me, however, the three of them share a body layout, and just get a fresh coat of paint for each subsequent boss fight! Personally, I like the Hydrolyst's color scheme the best, but I'm not nearly good enough to fight it. The giant Eidolons do not disappoint in bizarre geometry, just like their allies. First and foremost, the big obelisk looking thing isn't their "head", it's the glowy jellyfish beneath it, which is a sentence I am honored to get to write. Their whole body is built off of that obelisk's curvature, which gives it the solid feel a raid boss needs. I like the continuation of the rocky and organic textures that make up the majority of the Eidolon's skin - in some places, it's literally made of rock that it salvaged to make itself whole again. The combination of robotics, stonework, and organic frills easily convey the feeling of an amalgam boss (no, not that amalgam, we'll get to them). You can definitely tell this creature isn't put together according to its IKEA handbook, but not in a body-horror way. It's just missing pieces that it lost in a long forgotten battle. I am referencing, of course, the random debris stapled to the Eidolon's arm. The Orokin have a running subtheme of trees and roots as a replacement for wires and computers, so the tree on the Teralyst keeps very close to the existing look and feel of the Orokin. The Gantulyst has a big shard of rock it snagged from a ruin, which just... looks cool, no story implications or anything. The Hydrolyst has some sort of Grineer weapon or digging tool (though there isn't much of a difference with the Grineer). I like that detail specifically showing us that the Sentients as a whole are completely adaptable to any sort of technology. I know I just sort of described the Eidolons here, but there's just so much going on that it's hard to get past any of it without stopping to appreciate how much detail went into the design. I can't say they're my favorite Sentient enemies, but they certainly look the part for being called Grand Bosses.

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(Animal Crossing plays in the background because this was meant to be a AC warframe mix)

Eidolon Chibis - something nobody asked for

Behold! I made a thing!

Everything you need to know to start hunting Eidolons! This guide focuses on telling you the reasons behind the Eidolon meta as well as giving you all the information you could ever need to start killing them! It is geared toward people who are brand-new to hunting Eidolons and do not know where to start.