Warframe’s latest event has brought back a fan favourite boss, and crashed the stock market for a very special hammer

Markets took a tumble last night and some traders have been seeing crying and calling family members on Saturn and Venus, as prices for the Wolf Sledge dropped sharply. Warframe, the Sci-fi MMORPG where you can ride a dragon and buy space cats with Platinum released a new event for the Easter season that has absolutely decimated a once reliable trade good.

This event, called Wolf Hunt, reintroduces assassination missions for lovable prison reform activist The Wolf of Saturn Six. First added to the game back in 2019, the Wolf was a pretty tough big boss that came out alongside the game’s first Nightwave battle pass. When killed by players, he had a chance to drop parts for his trademark hammer. It’s a special hammer too, which you can throw at enemies to deal…ranged melee damage. Gimmicky sure, but fun. More importantly, rare!

Not only were the original drop rates for the parts low, the Wolf was largely removed from the game alongside with his parts after Nightwave season one concluded. The only way to fight him again was by using a Wolf Beacon, a special item that can be occasionally bought by from the Nightwave store through Nightwave cred offerings. Even still, the drop rates remained low, forcing many players to group up into dedicated Wolf hunting groups to maximize their chances of getting the parts they wanted.

A weapon people want, in limited supply? That sounds to me like the making of a valuable good! Enter the Warframe economy and trading community, the financial backbone that allows players to trade their in-game items for other items, or the in-game currency – Platinum. It’s a popular-end game activity for those who have that one mod or digital goodie they desperately want, and more currency than time. It’s also how some players have managed to play the completionist in the MMORPG without spending any money whatsoever, by farming stuff and selling it on to others.

Wolf Sledge parts, with their low drop rate and relative scarcity, have proven invaluable for those looking to make a decent chunk of change over the years. If you go to Warframe Market and look at the last 90 days of trades for the Wolf Sledge set, the entire set was selling for around 70 Platinum in decent quantaties. 90 Platinum is around $4.70/£3.70 or your regional equivalent. Not super expensive, but an honest paycheck for humble space farmers.

But then the Wolf Hunt event comes in, which offers players all the parts and the blueprint for the Wolf Sledge guaranteed just for completing four Assassination missions, and the price for Wolf Sledge parts…well…

Oh no… As you can see from this screenshot, it’s taken a tumble. Now, in the long run, this may well recover over time! But the sheer amount of extra Wolf Sledge supply that has hit the community will be felt for a while. It has also perhaps killed the Wolf Sledge farm groups, at least for now, which is sad. But they died for a good cause, spiritually ascending while the people get to throw around big hammers.

All jokes aside, this is a cool event and a good thing for the vast majority of players. There’ll be a few people out there with piles of Wolf Sledge parts in their inventory, but their financial loss is the world’s gain. Finally, people will be able to try out a genuinely fun and niche weapon. If you want to invest some time and forma into it, here’s a hint: grab your Chroma warframe and subsume in Kullervo’s Wraithful Advance ability. Use it with Chroma’s Vex Armour for massive melee damage boosts. Build your Chroma for ability strength and melee damage, some heavy attack mods on the Wolf Sledge itself, and go HAM.