Kubrow


 * For the Wild Kubrows, see Kubrow (Feral).

The Kubrow are a canine-like monotreme species (laying eggs instead of giving live birth) that originally served as companions and pets for the Orokin, and later as attack and guard animals for the Orokin elite. After the downfall of the Orokin, surviving Kubrow on Earth adapted and became feral with only the most aggressive and ferocious surviving. Recent DNA-altering technologies have been unearthed that can allow them to once again be domesticated to become loyal and protective companions to their new owner. However, this process leaves the domesticated animals riddled with degenerative genetic defects that must be constantly repaired. Intelligent and highly social, domesticated Kubrow also require regular interaction by those they have imprinted upon to remain at peak efficiency.

For the Tenno, a Kubrow can be a powerful and loyal ally, however, they are limited to melee attacks, and are not as versatile a companion as Sentinels.

Variants

 * -|Huras Kubrow =

Precepts:
 * Hunt: Allows the Huras Kubrow to perform lunging attacks.
 * Stalk: Allows the Huras Kubrow to cloak itself and its master.


 * -|Raksa Kubrow =

Precepts:
 * Howl: Allows the Raksa Kubrow to growl, frightening nearby opponents.
 * Protect: Allows the Raksa Kubrow to replenish its master's shields when they are depleted.


 * -|Sahasa Kubrow =

Precepts:
 * Dig: Allows the Sahasa Kubrow to sniff out and dig up buried items.
 * Ferocity: Allows the Sahasa Kubrow to perform finishing moves on downed opponents.


 * -|Sunika Kubrow =

Precepts:
 * Savagery: Allows the Sunika Kubrow to perform deadly finisher attacks.
 * Unleashed: Allows Sunika Kubrows to knock down VIP targets.

Obtaining a Kubrow
The Kubrow pet can be acquired by doing the Howl of the Kubrow Quest line.

Attention: Currently only one Kubrow Egg can be in the player's inventory. If an Egg has already been collected the second Egg will be impossible to pick up and must be left behind. To continue collecting Kubrow Eggs, the first egg must be placed into the Kubrow Incubator (Requires an active Kubrow slot).

Maintenance
Kubrow have two parameters that must be maintained in order to ensure that they perform to their best during missions, namely Genetic Stability and Loyalty, both which can be viewed in the Incubator.

Genetic Stability refers to the Kubrow's physical vitality, which affects its maximum health. A newly hatched Kubrow starts out with 100% Genetic Stability, giving it a +100% bonus to its maximum health; i.e. a Kubrow with 150 base health will have 300 health at 100% stability. Their Genetic Stability degrades by 20% every 24 hours, which reduces the amount of bonus health and even reduce their maximum health beyond its base if left alone for too long. The Kubrow will eventually die if its Genetic Stability drops to 0%. This degradation can be countered by using DNA Stabilizers available from the Market, which restores lost Genetic Stability by 40% per use.

Loyalty refers to the Kubrow's affection toward you, which affects its combat performance. Kubrow start out with 100% Loyalty, which provides a +100% bonus to its base attack damage. Unlike Genetic Stability, Loyalty does not degrade with time, but instead is reduced by 40% if a Kubrow is killed during a mission. Lost Loyalty can be restored by using the Interact function on the Incubator, where the Tenno plays with their Kubrow to restore their bond, giving 20% Loyalty per interaction. While players can interact with Kubrow as many times as they wish, Loyalty can only be restored up to 3 times every 24 hours. Note that Loyalty does not drop if a Kubrow is killed after their owner has been killed as well.

Universal Mods
Some Kubrow Mods are dropped by Feral Kubrows.
 * Fast Deflection: Increases Shield regeneration rate.
 * Link Armor: Shares owner's Armor with his/her Kubrow.
 * Link Health: Shares owner's maximum Health with his/her Kubrow.
 * Link Shields: Shares owner's maximum Shields with his/her Kubrow.
 * Loyal Companion: Increases the duration of the Kubrow's bleedout phase.
 * Maul: Increases the Kubrow's melee damage.
 * Pack Leader: Heals the Kubrow by a percent of damage done by its master's melee strikes.
 * Scavenge: Allows the Kubrow to alert its master to lockers that can be pried open.

Kubrow Colors and Coats
Information is subjected to change upon release of new colors and coats. All Colors and Coats can be mixed  randomly together.

Accessories
Nai-Zhen Collar: A common adornment used to distinguish a Kubrow that is loyal to its master. A Nai-Zhen collar will be given to all of a player's Kubrows after completing the final section of the Howl of the Kubrow quest.

Comparison to Sentinels
The following comparison assumes that the player possesses all available mods for both Sentinels and Kubrow.

Advantages:
 * Much better survivability.
 * Much larger maximum hit points.
 * Much larger maximum shields.
 * High armor rating.
 * Capable of self regeneration.
 * Takes AoE damage almost separately to the owner.
 * High single-target attack power.
 * Can be revived if downed.
 * Variant-specific abilities are used more extensively, such as Raksa Kubrow's Protect over Sentinel's Guardian and Huras Kubrow's Stalk over Shade Sentinel's Ghost.

Disadvantages:
 * Expensive maintenance, requiring daily upkeep to maintain peak performance.
 * Highly dependent on the player's equipped Warframe stats and mods for toughness.
 * Effectiveness restricted by terrain.
 * Short range melee only attacks prevent it from attacking flying enemies, and reduces its effectiveness against ranged enemies.
 * Difficult to acquire, requiring numerous rare resources to create.
 * Type of Kubrow acquired is random without using Genetic Code Template imprints.
 * If killed after being downed, will not be resurrected if player uses a Revive.
 * Melee damage cannot be upgraded with elemental mods.
 * Slow at attacking and switching targets..

Bugs

 * Setting a marker/waypoint on your Kubrow will indicate it as an enemy; this occurs with all companions.
 * Spamming the interact key (default 'E') will push the Kubrow to temporarily live outside the incubator and can be back stabbed. Relogging or playing a mission will fix this.
 * Sometimes you cannot regain loyalty from petting your Kubrow (Unconfirmed).
 * Kubrow will sometimes use zip-lines.

Trivia

 * It can be assumed that Kubrow pets are hatched from genetically modified feral Kubrow eggs.
 * Though we never see the genetic manipulation of the egg, it would be impossible to simply have a modern feral Kurbow egg hatch into variants of Orokin Kubrows without some sort of genetic template to reverse the evolution.
 * An Orokin Kubrow contained in a stasis cell found in the Clan Dojo's Orokin Lab could explain where the genetic templates were produced from.
 * This could also explain the reasoning behind the DNA degradation.
 * Many of the first batch of Kubrows who matured after Update 14's release were inadvertently killed permanently due to a bug during the quest to obtain their collar. In the notes for the hotfix which fixed the bug, DERebecca posted, "501 of the first cloned Kubrow have been lost, but never forgotten. 20/07/2014." Those who lost a Kubrow from the bug received; the Kubrow Start Kit and a full set of Kubrow Mods, a new Kubrow Egg, a Kubrow Incubator, Kubrow Food, a Kubrow Stasis Slot, a Kubrow blank Trait Print, and 10 x Kubrow Mods.
 * Ordis has a particular distaste for Kubrows, frequently expressing it before correcting himself.