See, the first two stages of this test weren’t that bad if you use a certain build.
But that last stage…
😨
The only requirement is kill all enemies without being noticed.
You only get a melee weapon.
You can pick your Warframe.
You can pick your melee weapon.
Soooo…
- The Redeemer is considered a melee weapon (it’s a gunblade, but yeah). The gun part is a shotgun with a ridiculously long range.
- Banshee can fire guns without enemies hearing (even if you can hear the blast). With any other frame, the noise level would be “alarming”, but with Banshee, it’s “silent”.
(People also had success with other builds, like using Umbra’s sword, which makes you invisible after killing an enemy or the Glaive. I’ve never used Umbra’s sword for this test, but I found the Glaive EXTREMELY difficult to control when throwing it.)
ANYWAY, even with Banshee + Redeemer, I STILL had trouble with the last stage. I’ve completed the test several times in practice mode, but when I went to do the actual test, I would just fail.
What’s Different Now?
The requirement is kill all enemies without being noticed, using whatever Warframe or melee weapon you want. There are also no requirements to where you need to be when killing them.
The end of the Stage 2 area overlooks the Stage 3 area. But enemies in Stage 3 won’t spawn in until you actually land on Stage 3. BUT once they’ve spawned, they’ll stay spawned. Soooo…
[1:16] Jump onto the Stage 3 area. Don’t shoot anyone, otherwise they’ll notice you. There’s about 5 or 6 enemies in Stage 3 vs. Stage 2’s 4. Turn around and dash jump back onto the bottom floor of Stage 2.
[1:16 – 1:40] Massive bloopers 😬 I’m playing on PS5 this time and not used to the controls. So…yeah, see me fail all those jumps.
[1:40] And then! Just snipe at the Grineer with the Redeemer. Duck behind cover after each shot and wait about 10-15 seconds, especially if you take one out while there was another standing next to him. They won’t hear the gunfire, but they’ll notice their buddy got killed, raising their internal sus alarms. If you’re not careful, they’ll see you.
When I took out the last Grineer, Banshee just stopped and stood there, but even though I never got the message from the Lotus, saying I failed the test, I for sure thought I failed.
And then I got the Rank 9 Mastery Test Complete screen! 😮💨
Since the MR points stack up, even if you have a rank test pending, I already had another test queued up, but due to rank test rules, I couldn’t try it out for another 24 hours. And since I’ve been stuck at MR 8 for a really long time, I probably have a huge backlog of rank tests. So….yeah…