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 Guard and the Tenno. After the downfall of the Orokin, surviving Kubrow on Earth adapted and became feral, but they can be 'redomesticated' to become loyal and protective companions to their new owner.

Variants

 * -|Huras Kubrow =

Huras Kubrow are noted to be best in these missions according to developer, David Chen.

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).

Universal Mods
Mods for Kubrows are dropped by Feral Kubrows.
 * Bite: Increases the Kubrow's critical hit chance and damage.
 * 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.

Accessories
Nai-Zhen Collar: A common adornment used to distinguish a Kubrow that is loyal to its master.

Bugs

 * Setting a marker/waypoint on your Kubrow will indicate it as an enemy; this occurs with all companions.
 * If you die/bleed out in a mission your Kubrow will instantly die too. The Kubrow will not lose loyalty when this occurs.
 * The Kubrow, unlike Sentinels, will not revive when it's owner uses a revive.
 * The Kubrow will not initiate a bleed out phase when it is killed, making the (-20%? -40%?) damage penalty extremely common.
 * Spamming the interact key (default 'E') will push the Kubrow to temporarily live outside the incubator. Relogging or playing a mission will fix this.

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.