Movement and parkour

In Warframe you do not just walk. Your Warframe can slide, launch itself through the air like a bullet, hover in mid-air and run along walls. This is called parkour. If you master it, you reach your goal faster, dodge shots and get to places you could not reach otherwise. The game hardly shows you any of this, so here it is step by step.

The most important terms in short:

Bullet Jump

A jump out of a crouch. Your Warframe shoots off in the direction you are looking. This is the most important move in the game.

Aim Glide

You aim while in the air. You fall slowly and hover for a bit, and enemies hit you less often.

Wall Dash

You jump at a wall and run up it or sideways along it. Often called wall running.

Wall Latch

You cling to a wall and hang there for a moment, for example to shoot from above.

Dodge

A quick roll. While it lasts you take much less damage and cannot be knocked down.

Parkour Velocity

A stat on many mods. It makes Bullet Jump, double jump and rolls faster and longer.

Slam Attack

A melee attack from the air straight down. It gets you to the ground quickly or carries you a long way at an angle.

Everything in this guide uses the default PC key binds. Controllers use different buttons. Most maneuvers are combinations of the same basic actions though, so they are easy to transfer.

1. 01

   Sprint

   Hold Shift. Every Warframe has its own sprint speed, Gauss for example is especially fast. Shooting ends the sprint.

2. 02

   Slide

   Press Ctrl while moving. Your Warframe slides across the floor and slowly loses speed. This gets you under obstacles quickly, and you can shoot while sliding. Pressing melee turns the slide into a slide attack.

3. 03

   Dodge

   Tap Shift. Your Warframe rolls forward a bit. During the roll you take 75% less damage and cannot be knocked down. Aim plus a direction (left, right or back) gives you a side roll or a backflip.

1. 01

   Bullet Jump

   Hold Crouch (Ctrl) and press Jump (Space). Your Warframe shoots up at an angle toward where you look. It also works straight out of a slide, which makes it extra fast. Look down and you fly up steeply.

2. 02

   Double jump

   Press Jump again in the air. After a Bullet Jump you can still add a double jump, but not the other way round.

3. 03

   Aim Glide

   Hold the right mouse button in the air. You fall slowly and hover for about 3 seconds. During that time you can aim well and enemies hit you less often. After that you fall normally.

4. 04

   Air roll

   You can also dodge once in the air. Use it to change direction quickly or stretch a jump.

The standard chain for moving fast looks like this: slide, Bullet Jump forward, short Aim Glide, double jump, land and slide again right away. That is much faster than plain sprinting.

1. 01

   Wall dash upward

   Sprint straight at a wall and press Jump. Keep holding Jump to run up the wall.

2. 02

   Wall dash sideways

   Sprint at a wall at an angle and press Jump. You run along the wall. Steer with the camera: up, sideways or away from the wall.

3. 03

   Wall Latch

   Aim (right mouse button) during a wall dash. You cling to the wall for up to 6 seconds. This timer is shared with Aim Glide.

4. 04

   Jump off the wall

   Turn the camera away from the wall and jump, or do a Bullet Jump right away.

When you reach a ledge, your Warframe pulls itself up automatically. Press Jump again during this to climb faster.

• Slam Attack: Look down in the air and press E. Your Warframe dives at the ground. Good for getting down a cliff fast, and depending on the angle also for covering long distances diagonally.
• Heavy Slam Attack: Middle mouse button in the air. It never turns into a normal aerial attack by accident, which makes it better for long, flat leaps.
• Slide attack: Press melee while sliding, or in the air after crouching. Your Warframe spins with the weapon. Light, fast weapons push you forward a little.

• Zipline: Some maps have lines strung between two points. Press X near one, even in the air, and you stand on it. You can walk, sprint, slide and shoot on it, but not cast abilities or use melee. Press X again or Bullet Jump to get off.
• Hard landing: If you fall from a big height, your Warframe lands heavily and cannot move for a moment. There is no damage. Avoid it by double jumping, rolling or Aim Gliding just before the ground. The mod Kavat's Grace also helps.
• Void Sling: Your Operator hurls themselves through the Void a short way toward where you look. On PC press Jump in the air or Ctrl + Space. A tap covers about 15 m, holding it up to 30 m. While slinging you are invisible and invulnerable and knock enemies back. It costs 25 Operator energy. You unlock the Operator with the quest “The War Within”, more in Focus, Operator and Drifter explained.
• Drifter in Duviri: The Drifter moves more simply on foot than a Warframe. Instead of sliding like the Operator, they do a normal roll. For long distances there you call your Kaithe as a mount.

Most movement mods are Exilus mods. You put them into the Exilus slot and do not lose a normal slot for damage or survival. You unlock that slot with a Warframe Exilus Adapter, see Modding basics: capacity, Endo, Forma and more.

Mod	Slot	Effect (max rank)	Where from
Mobilize	Exilus	+20% Parkour Velocity, +20% Aim Glide/Wall Latch duration	Sabotage on Desdemona (Uranus), tradeable
Lightning Dash, Firewalker, Ice Spring, Toxic Flight	Exilus	+24.2% Parkour Velocity, +24.2% Aim Glide/Wall Latch duration, elemental damage on Bullet Jump	Lightning Dash and Firewalker: Sabotage on Desdemona, tradeable
Patagium	Exilus	+90% Aim Glide/Wall Latch duration	Sabotage on Desdemona, tradeable
Aero Vantage	Exilus	−100% gravity while Aim Gliding	Disruption on Ganymede (Jupiter), Amalgam enemies
Rush	Exilus	+30% sprint speed	Capture missions
Streamlined Form	Exilus	+30% slide, −30% friction	Nightmare missions
Rolling Guard	Normal	On dodge: invulnerable for 3 s, removes status effects, 7 s cooldown	Arbiters of Hexis, 20 Vitus Essence
Aerodynamic	Aura	Squad takes 24% less damage in the air, longer Aim Glide and Wall Latch	Arbiters of Hexis, 30 Vitus Essence
Sprint Boost	Aura	Squad +15% sprint speed	Nightwave shop

Almost all of these mods are tradeable and usually cost only a little platinum from other players. Rolling Guard comes from Arbitrations: rules, Vitus Essence and rewards.

It is best to practice in an easy mission where nothing threatens you, for example on Earth or on the Plains of Eidolon outside Cetus. Take five minutes and go through these steps:

1. 01

   Straight line

   Slide, Bullet Jump forward, short Aim Glide, double jump, land, slide again right away. Repeat until it feels smooth.

2. 02

   Upward

   Find a tall wall. Look down, Bullet Jump steeply up, then wall dash higher and pull yourself over the ledge.

3. 03

   Between two walls

   In a wide corridor, jump from wall to wall without touching the floor. Every wall recharges your jumps.

4. 04

   From above

   Climb to a high spot, Wall Latch, aim down, then land with a Slam Attack and roll away right after.

5. 05

   In combat

   At the next group of enemies, go airborne, Aim Glide and shoot from above. If you take heavy hits, roll away.