The term "Judgement Points" in Warframe primarily refers to a resource historically associated with the Rathuum event and accessing the Kela De Thaym assassination mission. While not a current widespread currency, understanding its original context and similar high-stakes mechanics in other modes is useful.
Rathuum: Kela De Thaym's Judgement Points
Historically, Judgement Points were a specific resource tied to the Grineer assassination target, Kela De Thaym, and her Rathuum execution arenas on Sedna. This system has largely been phased out for accessing her fight.
Original Acquisition:
- Players earned Judgement Points by successfully completing Rathuum arena missions: Nakki, Yam, and Vodyanoi on Sedna.
- The number of points awarded increased with the difficulty of the arena, with Vodyanoi offering the most.
Original Purpose:
- These points were primarily consumed as an entry requirement to initiate the assassination mission against Kela De Thaym on the Merrow node (Sedna).
- A specific total of Judgement Points (e.g., 25 points for the highest difficulty challenge of Kela) was required from the squad to start the boss fight.
Current Relevance:
While the Rathuum arena nodes (Nakki, Yam, Vodyanoi) still exist for gameplay and unique mod drops (like Executioner mods), the system of accumulating Judgement Points to access Kela De Thaym has been significantly reworked. Access to her fight is now typically gained through completing the Sedna Junction and then directly accessing the Merrow node. The specific "Judgement Point" currency for this purpose is no longer a primary gatekeeping mechanic for the Kela De Thaym encounter in its original form.
Arbitrations: High-Stakes Revival Mechanics
While not featuring a currency named "Judgement Points," the end-game Arbitrations game mode incorporates a demanding revival system that effectively acts as a form of "judgement" on a team's survivability, awareness, and coordination.
Death and Revival Process:
- In Arbitrations, players do not enter a standard bleedout phase upon losing all health; they are instantly incapacitated.
- A fallen player drops multiple Resurgence Burdens (typically five items that look like small, glowing towers or drones).
- Living teammates must collect all of these burdens from the ground where the player fell.
- Once all burdens are collected by a single player, they must then locate and interact with a Resurgence Beacon (often called a Revival Tower) that spawns randomly on the map. Depositing the burdens at this beacon revives the incapacitated teammate.
Consequences and "Judgement":
- If a player is not revived using this method, they remain incapacitated and out of action for the remainder of the current mission rotation (e.g., for the full 5 waves in Defense, or 5 minutes in Survival). They can only rejoin active play once a new rotation begins.
- The mission fails immediately if all active players in the squad are incapacitated simultaneously.
- Furthermore, Arbitration Shield Drones make enemies invulnerable until the drones themselves are destroyed. Failure to manage these drones, coupled with the unforgiving revival mechanic, quickly punishes unprepared teams, emphasizing the mode's challenging nature.
This system places a significant emphasis on teamwork, individual player skill, and situational awareness, as failure to manage revivals and the unique threats of Arbitrations carries severe penalties within the mission.
