Helminth

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

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Tenno Infested

Quotes

For the Infested Kubrow, see Helminth Charger.

Helminth
Information
Introduced	Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)
Faction
First Appearance	Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)
Quotes	Helminth/Quotes

Disgusting, is it not Operator? Ordis would enjoy PURGING THIS ...uh, cleaning this room but sadly this... vile mass serves you and your Warframes. A necessary evil.

—Ordis

(Who nurtures you in your times of rest? Who restores your battle-torn frame, day after day after day? Whose milk enriches your kindred flesh with endless strength and vigor? It can only be me.)

—Helminth

The Helminth is a being residing in the Helminth Infirmary of the Orbiter, behind a sealed door that requires special access methods to enter. It is responsible for the ship's "biological functions", namely the behind-the-scenes repair and maintenance of the Warframes.

While the Infestation in the room as a whole is probably part of the Helminth itself, the "main body" of the Helminth can be considered the big mouth attached to the back wall, which it uses to swallow resources. The Tenno can interact with the Helminth's core functions by having their Warframe sit down on the infested chair in the center of the room.

Lore

It is revealed during The Sacrifice by Executor Ballas that the Helminth was created by the Orokin to convert human subjects into Infested-hybrids, giving birth to Warframes. According to Ballas' Vitruvian, when a subject is exposed to a Helminth strain, it transforms their skin into sword-steel, as well as interlinking their internal organs into untold resilience, while at the same time preventing the same infestation from destroying their mind.

Helminth Cyst

Fully grown cyst (7 days from infection)

The Helminth room becomes accessible for the first time after obtaining a Helminth Cyst from another infected player or by equipping  Nidus.

At the center of the Helminth Infirmary is a chair that Nidus can sit on. Should the player choose to sit on the chair (in spite of Ordis's protests), a needle will inject the left side of the Nidus' neck and will release it afterward. This will infect him with the Helminth virus, and also "awaken" Helminth in the Infirmary, triggering its communications to the Tenno. 24 hours after the injection, a small, pink, Infested cyst will start growing at the site of injection. The cyst will continue to grow in size until 7 days have passed, at which point it will be fully matured, as seen by the small tendrils sprouting from its surface. The player may drain the mature cyst while incubating a Kubrow to breed a new type of Companion, the Helminth Charger, from the Orbiter's Incubator Segment; a new cyst will appear 24 hours after draining it.

As long as Nidus is infected, any Warframes that come into contact with him will also contract the Helminth Virus. Players will know if they have been infected when they hear an 'injection' sound, and are briefly surrounded by a light, brown cloud. After 24 hours, the same cyst will appear on the newly infected Warframe. The now-infected Warframes can also spread the virus to other Warframes the same way as Nidus.

However, the virus can only be spread during missions, in a Clan Dojo, or in a player's Orbiter, and cannot be spread in Relays. Infected players can also spread the virus to players who have yet to complete The Glast Gambit or any of its prerequisite quests (namely The War Within).

In order to cure an infected Warframe of the virus, the player can enter any Warframe carrying a cyst, regardless of whether it is immature or has fully grown, into the Helminth Infirmary and interact with the chair and cure them of the infection. This not only removes the cyst from the Warframe but also inoculates them against further infection. This also prevents the inoculated Warframe (except  Nidus) from accessing the Helminth Infirmary until the Helminth Segment is acquired.

Other than affecting the Warframe's appearance, the Cyst has no positive or negative effects.

Ability Replacement

The Helminth has the ability to replace Warframe Abilities with those of other Warframes or even unique ones. It can be accessed through the Helminth Infirmary on the Orbiter, requiring a Helminth Segment purchased from Son in the Necralisk for 15000 Standing 15000 and requires Mastery Rank 8 and the Rank of Associate with the Entrati.

Manufacturing Requirements
50,000	5	20	5	15	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 50 Platinum 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:  15,000

Once the segment has been built and installed, the Helminth Infirmary will be permanently open, even without the Cyst or Nidus, and the ability to Fast Travel to the Helminth becomes available. Upon sitting on the chair to install the segment, the player is prompted to name the Helminth. The Helminth can be freely renamed using the console to the left of the entrance.

Subsuming Warframes

Subsume your Warframe into the Helminth System, learning one of its abilities.

WARNING

Your Warframe will be consumed in the process.

—In-game description

Any built non-Prime/non-Umbra Warframe can be sacrificed to the Helminth, freeing an inventory slot while doing so. After 23 hours, the sacrificed Warframe will have one predetermined subsumed ability, as listed in the chart below, available for use through the Helminth. This permanently unlocks the ability to replace another Warframe's ability with said subsumed ability. For example, sacrificing a single  Mag Warframe will unlock her subsumed ability,  Pull, to be used on any other Warframe. Passives are not affected by the system.

Note that the Warframe does not have to be at max rank in order to be subsumed. Only one Warframe can be subsumed at a time, and the process can be rushed for 50 Platinum 50. There is also a limited number of subsumed abilities the Helminth can hold, which can be increased with the Helminth's Metamorphosis rank. The same Warframe cannot be subsumed more than once.

To subsume a Warframe, the currently equipped Warframe must be brought to the Helminth Infirmary. Sitting on the chair will prompt an option to "Subsume Warframe", with a note that the chosen Warframe will be consumed. Selecting this option will display the Warframe being sacrificed and their ability being taken, and prompts the player to type CONFIRM to confirm the subsuming. The sacrificed Warframe will then be rendered inert and held in the back of the room by the Helminth's tendrils to be slowly absorbed into its biomass, and the player will have their oldest Warframe auto-equipped.

Once fully subsumed, a Lotus flower with its colors matching the sacrificed Warframe will appear in the infirmary. The Petals will match the Primary color, Stamen the Secondary color, and Stem the Tertiary color. There will also be a glow emitting from the center of the flower matching the Energy color and using a Deluxe skin will add metallic striations to the petals (possibly matching the Accents color.) If no colors have been modified, the flower will use the Warframe's default colors.

Secretions

In order to subsume a Warframe or replace Warframe abilities with a subsumed one, the Helminth must be fed a certain number of resources from different categories to start the process. Almost all resources in the game can be used to feed the Helminth, which are then converted into specific Secretions which are then spent for various Helminth functions. Different resources generate different types of Secretions, which are consumed when feeding Helminth.

Category	Resources Consumed
Oxides	15,000 2,500 20,000 25 750 20,000 10 10,000
Calx	300 7,000 175 30 300 50 50 50 6,000
Biotics	8 8 50 25 8 50 8 8 8 8 25 25 8 8 8 8 50 8
Synthetics	10 7,000 75 125 125 100 15 25 15 12,500
Pheromones	3 3 125 20,000 15 4,000 3 3
Bile	900 3 4,000 3,000 5 150 200 7 40 65 10 50
Sentient Appetite	2 5 75 10 5

The Helminth has a preferred diet of resources that it wants which affects the efficiency that the resource is converted into Secretions. Note that the Helminth starts out liking all available resources.

• A green upwards arrow on a resource means that the Helminth prefers that resource, thus doubling the amount of Secretions gained, up to a maximum of 30%.
• A red downwards arrow means the Helminth has no appetite for the resource, significantly reducing the amount of Secretions converted, to a minimum of 3%.
  • If a resource is disliked, the Helminth can be fed a resource from Sentient Appetite to restore its interest in its most disliked resource by 50% of the gauge. Sentient Appetite can be used until the disliked resource returns to neutral.
• No arrows means the Helminth is neutral towards the resource, converting it into the standard amount of 15%.
  • , and always provide twice the amounts.

The Helminth will progress from liking a resource, to neutral, and finally losing appetite if the same resource is fed to it consecutively. Feeding order can also affect the number of resources that are converted: if the Helminth is fed a resource that it likes, feeding it with a different neutral or disliked resource will boost the conversion amount for them by a small amount.

The maximum amount of any Secretion is 100%. Topping off will cause any excess to be wasted.

Over time, Helminth's appetite for consuming certain resources will gradually increase as long as those resources have not been fed to it. It will take 24 hours for a resource to go from fully red to neutral and another 24 hours from neutral to fully green.

Injecting and Replacing Abilities

Once Helminth subsumes an ability, it can replace any chosen Warframe's ability, including those on Prime or Umbra variants, via an injection. However, each Warframe can only have one subsumed ability, from either a Warframe or Helminth, per loadout configuration. Players can choose which mod configurations the injected ability can be used in. For example, an  Excalibur Prime could have  Pull replace their  Radial Javelin on their first mod config slot and keep Radial Javelin on the other two slots as normal.

Additionally, on  Chroma,  Mirage,  Rhino,  Octavia and  Xaku, the damage buffing abilities  Eclipse,  Roar, and  Xata's Whisper can only replace  Vex Armor,  Eclipse,  Roar,  Amp, and  Xata's Whisper respectively.

The appropriate Warframe Augment Mods can be installed on the Warframe with the injected ability.

Ability changes are reversible, but Secretions consumed from the injection are not returned and re-injecting the ability will still have costs. It is also not possible to swap subsumed abilities around replaceable abilities and loadout configurations without removing and re-injecting the subsumed ability. For example, if Pull is slotted onto Radial Javelin on the first mod config slot, Pull cannot replace the other three abilities to return Radial Javelin, nor can it be moved onto the second or third mod config slots, until Excalibur returns to the Helminth to remove and re-inject Pull.

Note however, that the game won't tell you when placing an ability on a already occupied mod config slot. The infusing process goes as usual, so keep that in mind.

Metamorphosis

Feeding resources, subsuming Warframes, and injecting abilities using the Helminth will upgrade its Metamorphosis rank. Each rank gained will increase the number of held subsumed Warframe abilities as well as unlocking a unique Helminth ability for use.

Rank	Experience Required	Cumulative Experience	Effect
1	2250	2250	Warframe Subsuming + 3 Subsume Slots Subsume Warframes into the Helminth to allow infusing one of their abilities into other Warframes. Also grants 3 subsume slots, which are used when a Warframe is subsumed.
2	3375	5625	Unlock Ability: Rebuild Shields Instantly restore your shields.
3	4500	10125	Unlock Ability: Perspicacity Automatically succeed at your next hack attempt.
4	5625	15750	10 Subsume Slots Slots used to subsume Warframes into the Helminth.
5	6750	22500	Unlock Ability: Energized Munitions Increase the efficiency of your ammo consumption.
6	7875	30375	Unlock Ability: Marked For Death Stun an enemy; a portion of the next damage you deal to it will be dealt to all enemies around it.
7	9000	39375	20 Subsume Slots Slots used to subsume Warframes into the Helminth.
8	10125	49500	Sentient Appetite Feed Sentient resources to the Helminth, to increase its appetite for one resource that it no longer craved.
9	11250	60750	Unlock Ability: Expedite Suffering Affect enemies in a cone, removing any Bleed and Poison status from them and dealing any remaining damage not yet suffered in a single burst.
10	12375	73125	Unbound Subsume Unlimited Subsume Slots.

Activity	Experience Gained
Subsuming a Warframe	1600xp
Injecting an ability	8xp per 1% used material
Feeding the Helminth	~6.66 xp per percent gained: Liked (30%) - 200xp Neutral (15%) - 100xp Disliked (7%) - 46xp Hated (3%) - 20xp

Subsumable Abilities

Warframe	Subsumable Abilities	Applicable Augments	Notes	Secretions For Subsuming	Secretions For Injecting	Experience Gained per Injection
Ash	Shuriken	Seeking Shuriken	—	50% Calx 77% Pheromones 80% Bile	51% Oxides 38% Biotics 17% Synthetics	848
Atlas	Petrify	Ore Gaze	Petrified enemies do not drop Rubble.	75% Oxides 57% Synthetics 80% Bile	19% Calx 19% Biotics 60% Pheromones	784
Banshee	Silence	Savage Silence	—	80% Biotics 54% Pheromones 80% Bile	52% Oxides 22% Calx 23% Synthetics	776
Baruuk	Lull	Endless Lullaby	—	51% Oxides 79% Synthetics 80% Pheromones	33% Calx 58% Biotics 10% Bile	808
Chroma	Elemental Ward	Everlasting Ward	Elemental Ward versions of the ability are determined by the chosen Warframe Primary Emission Color.	80% Calx 48% Synthetics 80% Pheromones	32% Oxides 34% Biotics 31% Bile	776
Ember	Fire Blast	Healing Flame  Purifying Flames	Armor reduction per cast is capped at 75%, achievable with Ability Strength of 100% at max ability rank. Healing Flame heals for 25 health for each enemy hit. Heal amount is affected by Ability Strength.	80% Calx 49% Biotics 80% Bile	18% Oxides 18% Synthetics 59% Pheromones	760
Equinox	Rest & Rage	Calm & Frenzy	Rest or Rage versions of the ability are determined by the chosen Warframe Primary Emission Color.	80% Oxides 62% Biotics 64% Bile	16% Calx 15% Synthetics 72% Pheromones	824
Excalibur	Radial Blind	Radiant Finish	—	80% Biotics 52% Pheromones 80% Bile	50% Oxides 27% Calx 24% Synthetics	808
Frost	Ice Wave	Ice Wave Impedance	—	68% Calx 70% Synthetics 70% Pheromones	11% Oxides 61% Biotics 30% Bile	816
Gara	Spectrorage	Spectrosiphon	—	77% Calx 55% Biotics 80% Bile	28% Oxides 27% Synthetics 49% Pheromones	832
Garuda	Blood Altar	N/A	—	71% Calx 71% Synthetics 72% Pheromones	47% Oxides 14% Biotics 37% Bile	784
Gauss	Thermal Sunder	N/A	Deals damage as if at 50% battery; 225/300/375/450 damage. 450/600/750/900 damage.	46% Oxides 80% Pheromones 80% Bile	50% Calx 15% Biotics 35% Synthetics	800
Grendel	Nourish	N/A	Does not have a swallowed enemy requirement, as other Warframes cannot cast  Feast. Self heal and provides Nourish Strike buff only. Self heal formula omits swallowed enemy level and scales only with Ability Strength.	53% Oxides 80% Biotics 80% Synthetics	33% Calx 16% Pheromones 50% Bile	792
Harrow	Condemn	Tribunal	Other Warframes cannot benefit from the Tribunal augment, due to their inability to cast  Penance and  Thurible.	80% Oxides 56% Calx 80% Pheromones	20% Biotics 62% Synthetics 20% Bile	816
Hildryn	Pillage	Blazing Pillage	Costs 50 Energy instead of 150 Shields. Does not generate shields for  Inaros and  Nidus. Other Warframes cannot benefit from the Blazing Pillage augment, due to their inability to cast  Haven.	54% Calx 74% Biotics 80% Pheromones	52% Oxides 26% Synthetics 24% Bile	816
Hydroid	Tempest Barrage	Corroding Barrage	—	79% Oxides 80% Calx 51% Synthetics	36% Biotics 34% Pheromones 32% Bile	816
Inaros	Desiccation	Desiccation's Curse	—	73% Calx 80% Biotics 53% Bile	17% Oxides 14% Synthetics 70% Pheromones	808
Ivara	Quiver	Empowered Quiver  Power of Three	Tap-cast for Cloak, hold-cast for Noise. Sleep and Dashwire arrows not available. Tap/hold cast inversion in Settings menu still applies.	67% Calx 73% Biotics 71% Pheromones	17% Oxides 71% Synthetics 12% Bile	800
Khora	Ensnare	N/A	—	67% Oxides 70% Calx 68% Synthetics	61% Biotics 18% Pheromones 18% Bile	776
Lavos	Vial Rush	N/A	Costs 0 energy with a 5 second cooldown. Base ability does not include hold-cast to imbue the next ability cast with damage.	77% Calx 55% Biotics 80% Bile	28% Oxides 27% Synthetics 49% Pheromones	832
Limbo	Banish	Rift Haven	Base ability includes hold-cast to cancel the ability, releasing all affected targets from the Rift.	48% Oxides 80% Synthetics 80% Pheromones	30% Calx 62% Biotics 10% Bile	816
Loki	Decoy	Deceptive Bond  Savior Decoy	—	53% Oxides 80% Pheromones 80% Bile	59% Calx 18% Biotics 18% Synthetics	760
Mag	Pull	Greedy Pull	—	72% Oxides 71% Calx 68% Synthetics	21% Biotics 23% Pheromones 61% Bile	840
Mesa	Shooting Gallery	Muzzle Flash	—	80% Oxides 80% Calx 48% Biotics	35% Synthetics 51% Pheromones 15% Bile	808
Mirage	Eclipse	Total Eclipse	Limited to 1 damage buffing ability per Warframe. Base damage bonus reduced to ?%/?%/?%/150% and damage reduction capped at 75%.	67% Oxides 72% Calx 68% Bile	50% Biotics 34% Synthetics 16% Pheromones	800
Nekros	Terrify	Creeping Terrify	—	80% Oxides 80% Biotics 52% Pheromones	15% Calx 12% Synthetics 71% Bile	784
Nezha	Fire Walker	Pyroclastic Flow	—	68% Oxides 68% Calx 68% Synthetics	34% Biotics 34% Pheromones 33% Bile	808
Nidus	Larva	Larva Burst	Base radius reduced to ?m/?m/?m/8m.	80% Biotics 80% Pheromones 80% Bile	80% Oxides 31% Calx 10% Synthetics	968
Nova	Null Star	Neutron Star	—	80% Oxides 69% Biotics 63% Synthetics	22% Calx 18% Pheromones 58% Bile	784
Nyx	Mind Control	Mind Freak	—	80% Oxides 80% Biotics 49% Bile	32% Calx 32% Synthetics 30% Pheromones	752
Oberon	Smite	Smite Infusion	—	80% Calx 49% Pheromones 80% Bile	14% Oxides 80% Biotics 13% Synthetics	856
Octavia	Resonator	Conductor	—	80% Calx 60% Biotics 73% Bile	34% Oxides 36% Synthetics 32% Pheromones	816
Protea	Dispensary	N/A	Base duration reduced to ?/?/?/12 seconds.	58% Calx 80% Biotics 74% Synthetics	21% Oxides 23% Pheromones 60% Bile	832
Revenant	Reave	Blinding Reave	—	80% Oxides 80% Calx 55% Bile	35% Biotics 32% Synthetics 34% Pheromones	808
Rhino	Roar	Piercing Roar	Limited to 1 damage buffing ability per Warframe. Base damage bonus reduced to 2%/9%/15%/30%.	80% Oxides 80% Biotics 80% Pheromones	37% Calx 12% Synthetics 77% Bile	1008
Saryn	Molt	Regenerative Molt	—	80% Biotics 80% Pheromones 52% Bile	14% Oxides 46% Calx 35% Synthetics	760
Sevagoth	Gloom	—	—	77% Calx 55% Biotics 80% Bile	28% Oxides 27% Synthetics 49% Pheromones	?
Titania	Spellbind	Spellbound Harvest	Spellbound Harvest augment grants 50 shields if used on  HildrynConfirmation needed	63% Oxides 80% Calx 66% Bile	16% Biotics 12% Synthetics 70% Pheromones	784
Trinity		Pool of Life	Base ability includes heal over time over large radius. Percentage of damage dealt to the target converts into area healing.	50% Oxides 80% Synthetics 80% Bile	38% Calx 17% Biotics 52% Pheromones	856
Valkyr	Warcry	Eternal War	Base attack speed bonus reduced to ?%/?%/?%/30%.	72% Oxides 68% Biotics 68% Pheromones	30% Calx 59% Synthetics 10% Bile	792
Vauban	Tesla Nervos	Tesla Bank	—	48% Oxides 80% Calx 80% Biotics	52% Synthetics 23% Pheromones 23% Bile	784
Volt	Shock	Shock Trooper	—	80% Oxides 48% Biotics 80% Pheromones	31% Calx 10% Synthetics 61% Bile	816
Wisp	Breach Surge	N/A	—	45% Oxides 80% Synthetics 80% Bile	23% Calx 26% Biotics 51% Pheromones	800
Wukong	Defy	N/A	Armor bonus capped at 750.	80% Synthetics 80% Pheromones 80% Bile	30% Oxides 62% Calx 29% Biotics	968
Xaku	Xata's Whisper	N/A	Limited to 1 damage buffing ability per Warframe.	53% Oxides 80% Calx 80% Bile	19% Biotics 22% Synthetics 57% Pheromones	784
Zephyr	Airburst	N/A	Base ability includes tap-cast for wind vacuum, hold-cast for wind explosion.	80% Oxides 80% Biotics 47% Bile	33% Calx 14% Synthetics 47% Pheromones	752

Helminth Abilities

The Helminth possesses its own set of unique abilities unlocked by ranking up through Metamorphosis. These abilities have their own stats and functions, allowing the player to customize their loadout further. Only one Helminth ability may occupy one ability slot in a loadout configuration at a time. Helminth abilities also count as an ability replacement preventing other subsumed Warframe abilities from occupying the same ability loadout. Mods that affect Ability Duration, Ability Efficiency and Ability Strength all function normally on them.

Helminth abilities can be cast with the hotkey assigned to the ability slot it occupies (e.g. default 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ).

See Helminth#Injecting and Replacing Abilities on replacing one of a Warframe's abilities with these.

	N/A 25	Empower Increase the strength of your next ability use. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Misc: + 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 % (strength bonus) ∞ (bonus duration)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

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• Expend 25 Energy to increase the Ability Strength of the next ability cast, granting it a 20% / 30% / 40% / 50% additive Ability Strength bonus. Empower lasts indefinitely until the bonus applies to a different ability.
  • Empower's icon with the bonus percentage is displayed next to the shield and health indicators while active. Ability icon becomes greyed-out with an in-use animation.
• Empower's ability strength bonus is similar in function as the  Energy Conversion mod.
  • Single cast abilities instantly benefit from the bonus on cast.
  • Channeled and toggled abilities benefit from the bonus as long as the ability remains activated.
  • Cycled abilities such as  Minelayer and  Quiver only benefit from the bonus upon cast and will not apply the bonus during sub-ability selection.
• Cannot be recast while active. Empower does not affect itself.
• Casting Empower is a full-body animation that restricts movement and other actions.
• The Warframe visually initiates a fighting stance as energy radiates from its left hand. While Empower is active, a continuous energy pulse emits from the right shoulder.

	N/A 50	Infested Mobility Increase your parkour velocity. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:35 / 45 / 50 / 60 % (sprint speed bonus) 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 % (parkour velocity bonus)
			Duration:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 s
			Range:N/A
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

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• Expend 50 Energy to instantly increase sprint speed by 35% / 45% / 50% / 60% and parkour velocity by 15% / 20% / 25% / 30%, lasting for 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds.
  • Infested Mobility's icon with the sprint speed percentage is displayed next to the shield and health indicators while active.
• Cannot be recast while active.
• Casting Infested Mobility does not play an animation.
• The Warframe visually leaves a trail similar to  Volt's  Speed.
  • This ability is functionally different from Volt's Speed, however, as it only increases specifically sprinting speed, but not walking speed, therefore it does not speed up abilities that lock the warframe in a walking state, such as  Assimilate or  Mesa's Waltz.
  • However, because this ability also affects parkour speed, it can increase the speed of dodge maneuvers and their momentum. This means that while it does not affect walking speed, walking abilities such as  Ivara's  Prowl can still take advantage of the faster rolling speed to move faster without breaking the invisibility conditions.
• The effects from this ability can stack with similar speed boosting abilities while it is active, such as  Speed.
  • The sprint speed buff stacks additively with other sprint speed modifiers. For example,  Rush combined with Infested Mobility at max rank and 130% Ability Strength will increase the frame's sprint speed by 1 + 30% + (60% × 130%) = 2.08x
  • The multiplicative speed buff from  Volt's  Speed also multiplies the buff from Infested Mobility. For example,  Rush combined with Speed and Infested Mobility at max rank and 130% Ability Strength will increase the frames sprint speed by (1 + 30% + (60% × 130%)) × (1 + (50% × 130%)) = 3.432x

	N/A 50	Master's Summons Heal your companion and call it to your side. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 % (health and shield restore) ∞ (teleport range)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

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• Expend 50 Energy to instantly restore the user's Companion's Shield and Health points by 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% of their maximum capacity, while teleporting it to the user's side from any distance.
  • Instantly revives any incapacitated companion.
• Does not affect  Venari.
• If the player is airborne or away from solid surfaces, the companion will teleport to the nearest solid surface from the player's position.
• Casting Master's Summons is an upper-body animation that allows movement while restricting other actions.
• The Warframe visually lifts and clenches its right hand into a fist, creating a flash of light as the companion teleports nearby from within a combustion-like particle effect.

	N/A 50	Rebuild Shields Instantly restore your shields. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 % (shields restored) 12 s (cooldown)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to restore Shield points to 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% of maximum capacity, while triggering a 12 second cooldown before this ability can be cast again.
  • Remaining cooldown time is displayed on the ability icon during its countdown.
  • Shields are restored after the casting animation finishes.
• Does not restore shields to the Companion.
• Cannot be cast while shields are at maximum capacity or during cooldown.
• Casting Rebuild Shields is a full-body animation that restricts movement and other actions.
• The Warframe visually builds up energy in both hands and arms, as it crouches to spread the energy outward in a spiraling aura particle effect.

	N/A 25	Perspicacity Your next hack will be automatic. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 100% (hack chance) ∞ (chance duration)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

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• Expend 25 Energy to grant the user a 100% chance to trigger an auto-breach on the next hack. Perspicacity lasts indefinitely until the player initiates a hack from consoles and other interactive Objects.
  • Perspicacity's icon with the hack chance percentage is displayed next to the shield and health indicators while active. Ability icon becomes greyed-out with an in-use animation.
• Works during Nightmare Mode missions, Sorties, and Archon Hunts.
• Cannot be recast while active.
• Casting Perspicacity is an upper-body animation that allows movement while restricting other actions.
• The Warframe visually brings its hands together while motioning a spherical shape, gathering energy that envelops the entire body once the motion is completed.

	N/A 50	Energized Munitions Imbue your weapons with ammo efficiency. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:3 / 3.5 / 4 / 5 s
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 75 % (ammo efficiency)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

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• Expend 50 Energy to improve all equipped weapons' Ammo Efficiency by 75%, lasting for 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 5 seconds.
• This ability reduces ammo usage to 1 after every 4 shots.
  • The way this works is by dividing the ammo cost so each shot consumes a quarter of the original, and keeps track of the fractions as well.
  • For weapons with a single-round magazine like the  Exergis, the round gets consumed after the 4th shot so such weapons can greatly benefit from the ability.
  • Archguns deployed via an Archgun Deployer are also fully affected by this, so such weapons with heavy ammo limits like a  Grattler can also greatly benefit from the ability.
  • For bows, an arrow is used every 4 shots, but it will still have a reload delay between each shot.
  • For weapons with a magazine-emptying alt fire burst like the  Nagantaka, the burst fire will fire as many shots as there were in the magazine at the time the burst was started, but will still consume 1 ammo after every 4 shots. So after the burst there will be ammo remaining, and the burst can be used again.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of Ammo Efficiency.

	N/A 50	Marked For Death Stun an enemy; a portion of the next damage you deal to it will be dealt to all enemies around it. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:35 / 45 / 60 / 75 % (damage)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:7 / 8 / 9 / 10 m (explosion range) 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 m (cast range)
			Misc: 1 (max targets) ∞ (mark duration) 150% (maximum damage)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to stun a single target on the aiming reticle within 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 meters, marking it for death indefinitely until the next hit from the caster or upon its death. 35% / 45% / 60% / 75% of the next damage instance including Critical Hit and Status Effects the user inflicts to target is then inflicted to all other enemies in direct line of sight and within 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 meters from the marked target; only 1 target may be marked for death at a time.
  • Damage is capped at 150%.
  • Marked For Death's ability icon becomes grayed-out with an in-use animation while active.
  • The marked target is also dealt damage from the explosion.
• Allies and companions can not set off the explosion of a marked target, only the original caster can.
  •  Sevagoth's Tombstone passive's ability  Consume does not set off the explosion of a marked target.
• The explosion damage is calculated after all other bonuses and reductions, except multishot, and is quantized. 35% / 45% / 60% / 75% of that damage is then dealt to enemies in range upon explosion. It is essentially a portion of the damage number that appears on-screen when damaging the marked target.
  • Bonuses include mods, buffs from outside sources, critical multiplier and finisher multipliers, body part multipliers, the  Viral/ Magnetic status effect, and the marked target's damage vulnerabilities from Damage Type Modifiers.
  • Reductions include mods, debuffs from outside sources, damage reduction from the marked target's armor, and the marked target's damage resistances from Damage Type Modifiers.
  • The final damage distribution is the same as the distribution of the modded weapon.
• Damage cannot exceed the target's remaining health/shield. For example, a target with 5 health receives 100 damage, but will only spread 5 damage to all other enemies.
• Casting Marked For Death is an upper-body animation that allows movement while restricting other actions.
  • The Warframe visually clasps its right hand while facing the target to tag it with an energy mark, stunning the target in place for a few seconds; the marked target visually emits a downward stream of energy while marked.

Tips & Tricks

• Due to the health/shield gate, Marked For Death works more effectively when used against heavy units such as Bombard, Corpus Tech, Ancients, or any Eximus.
• A rapier finisher guarantees a  Slash proc on all affected enemies.

	N/A 50	Expedite Suffering Hit enemies in a cone, affected enemies will have their Bleed and Toxin status removed and their remaining damage dealt in a burst. Introduced in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)	Strength:1 x (damage multiplier)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m
			Misc: 45° (cone angle) 100% (stagger on hit)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to affect all enemies within 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 meters and a 45° angle cone in front of the caster. Enemies hit by Expedite Suffering while debuffed with active  Slash and  Toxin Status Effects will instantly receive the full damage from all damage ticks of the procs, multiplied by 1 times; status effects are removed after inflicting damage. If enemies without the two types of eligible status effects are hit by Expedite Suffering, they are only briefly  Staggered.

Tips & Tricks

• • • Status duration mods increase the damage inflicted. This is a useful way to multiply damage on top of extra status change modifiers.
    • A great way of dealing with tough bosses, as players can simply refresh the Bleed and Toxin procs on them after using the ability to inflict burst damage.
    •  Saryn benefits especially well with this Helminth ability due to her passive naturally extending inflicted status duration.

	N/A 50	Parasitic Armor Sacrifice Shields to reinforce Armor for a period of time. Introduced in Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)	Strength:25 / 50 / 75 / 100 % (Shields to Armor conversion)
			Duration:10 s / 15 s / 20 s / 25 s
			Range:N/A
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to sacrifice Shields to increase Armor value by 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% of the total Shield capacity for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 seconds.
  • Armor gain is based on the current total Shield capacity.
    • Shield capacity increase from any source (e.g.  Shield Charger,  Haven, and  Elemental Ward) can increase armor gain.
    • Current Shields or Overshields do not contribute to armor gain.
    • For example, 100 Shields at 300% ability strength provides 300 armor.
• Disables regular shield regeneration.
• Can be recast to cancel early.
• Shield sacrifice triggers  Chroma's  Vex Armor.

	N/A 50	Hideous Resistance Grant yourself immunity to Status effects. Introduced in Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)	Strength:4 / 6 / 8 / 10 Charges
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to cleanse active Status Effects and become immune to the next 10 status effects.
• Does not remove status effects that were obtained during the casting animation.
• There is no grace period or delay between charge use, making them deplete rapidly sometimes.
• Cannot be recast while active.

	N/A 50	Voracious Metastasis Consume Energy to heal yourself and grant matching Energy to each ally. Introduced in Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)	Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 (health restored)
			Duration:16 / 14 / 12 / 10 s
			Range:N/A
			Efficiency: 50 (energy restored, equal to cost)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to self-heal by 500 Health points over the course of 10 seconds. Allies within Affinity Range receive a total of 50 energy over the course of the same duration.
  • Energy restored is negatively affected by increasing Ability Efficiency (or positively in case of reduced Efficiency via  Blind Rage).
  • The extended affinity range in Railjack missions does not apply.
• Total Health and energy restored are not affected by Ability Duration - Voracious Metastasis will restore the same total amount regardless of duration.
  • If it restores 500 health and 50 energy with a duration of 10 seconds, it will restore 50 health and 5 energy per second. Reducing that duration to 5 seconds will restore 100 health and 10 energy per second.
  • This means Voracious Metastasis will restore more health and energy per second with lower Ability Duration.
• When subsumed onto  Hildryn, the ability will still grant energy to allies equal to the amount of shields sacrificed.
• Subsuming this ability onto  Lavos will not allow him to grant energy to allies, as he cannot spend energy.

Tips & Tricks

• This ability is incredibly effective on Hildryn as she can quickly restore any spent shields via  Pillage, and assuming her Ability Efficiency is unmodified she generates up to 500 energy for her allies; for reference the highest base Energy Capacity on any Warframe is  Garuda Prime's 320, with a build focused on maximizing energy capacity increasing it to 1333.
• This is an alternative option to consider for  Saryn and  Regenerative Molt. Both have identical Energy Costs and sum total health restored, but while  Molt provides a decoy, debuff removal, and a brief speed boost, Voracious Metastasis can heal Saryn without using up a mod slot and provides some energy for Saryn's allies.
•  Blind Rage synergizes well with this ability, as the increased Ability Strength increases self-heal amount and the increased Energy cost also translates to increased Energy restore to allies.

	N/A 50	Sickening Pulse Emit a pulse that adds stacks to Status Effects already afflicting enemies, except Bleed, Heat, and Toxin effects which are duplicated with fresh timers. Introduced in Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:2 s (expansion duration)
			Range:5 m / 6 m / 7 m / 8 m (pulse initial radius)
			Misc: 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 m/s (expansion distance per sec) 10 status stacks / 1 status stack ( Heat,  Slash, and  Toxin)
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks
• Bugs

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to emit a radial pulse with an initial radius of 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 meters, which follows as an aura and rapidly expands outward by 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 meters per second over a duration of 2 seconds. All enemies in direct line of sight touched by this pulse have 10 new stacks of each active Status Effect currently affecting them;  Heat,  Slash, and  Toxin status procs instead add 1 new status proc with a full timer for the damage of all respective procs combined.
  • Damaging procs created by this ability do not take elemental mods for their respective proc type into account with the exception of  Heat.
  • For  Heat procs only one stack is added but for the combined damage of all active  Heat procs, and the timer of all  Heat stacks is refreshed (normal behaviour when new  Heat stacks are applied).
  • For  Slash and  Toxin only one stack is added that does the combined damage of all the respective active procs not caused by this ability.
  • For  Electricity and  Gas, ten stacks are added, with each proc in the stack doing combined damage of all the respective active procs not caused by this ability.
  • New stacks do not take status-duration modifiers from mods (e.g.  Continuous Misery) into account.
  • New stacks do take status-duration modifiers from Warframe abilities and passives (e.g. Lavos' passive) into account.
  • New stacks only have factions mods (e.g.  Bane of Grineer) applied once instead of twice, with the exception of  Heat.
• Cannot be recast while the Pulse's Aura is active.

Tips & Tricks

• Good in conjunction with abilities and weapons that can apply low amounts of status stacks to a big group of enemies. e.g.  Cedo alt-fire.
• Repeated usage with heat procs escalates the damage exponentially.
• Lower duration limits range but allows for more frequent casting, allowing for faster stacking of heat procs.

Bugs

• When all originally applied slash/toxin procs ended and only copies from this ability are active the new copies only deal 1 damage per tick.
• Despite being able to apply  Heat and  Toxin procs, this ability does not trigger  Archon Vitality or  Archon Continuity

	N/A 50	Golden Instinct Send out a short-lived Void Spark that is drawn toward the nearest Medallion, Ayatan Sculpture, rare crate, unscanned Kuria or unscanned Fragment. Introduced in Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)	Strength:N/A
			Duration:N/A
			Range:200m
			Subsumable to Helminth

• Info
• Tips & Tricks

Info

• Expend 50 Energy to summon a Void Spark for 5 seconds which seeks out the location of nearby Syndicate Medallions, Ayatan Treasures, Rare Storage Containers, Voidplumes, Zarium Accolades, Orokin Defixios, Voca, Sentient Cores and unscanned Kuria, Cephalon Fragments, Frame Fighter fragments, and Somachord fragments within 200 meters. Casting the ability triggers a 20 second cooldown before the next activation is allowed.
  • Cooldown can be lowered with  Lavos'  Transmutation Probe.
• If nothing is in detection range, the ability will not be used and show the message "AREA IS BARREN".
• Golden Instinct will not trigger on Sabotage caches.
• Golden Instinct will not trigger on Maroo's Weekly Mission's target Ayatan Sculpture, but may still trigger on other possible objects of interest in the same mission including other Ayatan Sculptures.
• Golden Instinct will not trigger on open Rare Storage Containers. Should a player stop getting Void Sparks without finding any items and after using a large area of effect or crate-breaking ability, it may mean a nearby Rare Crate has been opened.
• Alternatively, since Sentient Cores are considered "rare" enough to be detected, a previously detected core could have been picked up since, with no other detectable items on the map. With long enough Ability Range, Golden Instinct will detect cores that are too far away to be marked on the HUD, creating situations where the player may be unaware of a core dropped by Sentient killed by another Tenno far behind the player's position, yet Golden Instinct will mislead the player to believe there is something worth coming back for. It is therefore recommended to use  Vacuum/ Fetch and hoover up all the cores as soon as they drop from enemies to avoid "poisoning" the pool of detectable items, and to not stray too far from other players on Sentient-heavy maps.

Tips & Tricks

• Equipping  Narrow Minded on a Warframe with Golden Instinct can actually be a helpful option, as it greatly reduces the radius upon which the Void Spark can detect an item and thus reduce the area needed to cover to search for said item, as opposed to having a large range and then having a far larger area to search around.
  • A reduced Ability Range also allows a player to repeatedly try activating the skill until a detectable item is in actual range and conveniently close to look for, saving up Energy and possibly time.
• Golden Instinct can be paired with Orokin Eye support ability of the Parallax landing craft. It can be particularly effective if Ability Range of Golden Instinct is reduced to just below 150m of Orokin Eye: move through the map and repeatedly try to use Golden Instinct; once it detects something, immediately deploy Orokin Eye to pinpoint the location of the item.
  • This can also be done without a reduced Ability Range, but in that case the item might be out of range of Orokin Eye, wasting its use. However, multiple Tenno coordinating their use of Orokin Eye in different areas of the map after Golden Instinct with a large Ability Range confirms the presence of a rare item early in the mission can offset this and in most cases find it even faster. Keep in mind that on larger maps, default or lower Ability Range may be insufficient to detect anything without deviating from the main path, so this approach might be more effective overall.

Strength Mods	Duration Mods	Range Mods

Notes

• A fully subsumed Warframe will leave behind a Lotus flower that inherits the colors of the Warframe.
  • The upper, broad part of the petals (blade) uses the primary color.
  • The lower, narrow part of the petals (claw) and the pistil uses the secondary color.
  • The stem uses the tertiary color.
  • Energy glow uses energy color.
  • Accent colors are not used.
• If subsuming completes while aboard the Orbiter, the flower will not appear until the next time the player enters their Orbiter. The Subsumed Warframe will also simply vanish.
• Of the 6 main secretions that Helminth uses, subsuming a Warframe will use three and Infusing that ability will use the other three.
  • For example, Subsuming  Excalibur costs Biotics, Pheromones, and Bile, and Infusing his ability  Radial Blind costs Oxides, Calx, and Synthetics.
• The decoys left by  Decoy and  Molt have their appearances altered to match the Warframe using them.
  • This includes Decoy's  Lato on normal Warframes and  Lex Prime on Prime Warframes.
•  Excalibur Umbra will use  Mind Control when autonomous, however, it will prematurely end if the player returns from operator mode, or vise versa. This is the same with all subsumed abilities, with Umbra preferring to use his first ability when summoned.
•  Splinter Storm from  Gara does not appear to be able to affect the damage absorb on  Mind Control.
• Subsumed abilities injected to  Hildryn will cost shield points instead of energy, with their costs multiplied by 10 times.
• Replacing  Khora's  Venari will only remove the ability to command Venari, change her posture, and resummon her. Venari will still be present and boost Khora's movement speed while alive, due to also being part of her Passive.
• Subsumed abilities injected to  Lavos costs no energy, instead having a 10 second cooldown that begins after the ability was cast.
  •  Transmutation Probe's cooldown reduction affects subsumed abilities.
  • On non-recastable abilities (e.g.  Roar), the cooldown begins after the ability's duration expires, unless modded with an augment that allows it to be recastable (e.g.  Piercing Roar).
  • On channeled abilities (e.g.  Gloom), they instead have a 12 second base duration.
  • Subsumed abilities removes Lavos's ability to elemental imbue the original ability it replaced. In addition, Lavos cannot elemental imbue subsumed abilities.
• Elemental boosting abilities such as  Smite with  Smite Infusion will add damage and procs to  Khora's  Whipclaw.
  • They will not however add damage to exalted weapons, such as  Mesa's  Peacemaker or  Excalibur's  Exalted Blade.
• Enemies under  Garuda's  Blood Altar will not be targeted by  Null Star, making it viable on  Nova without fear of losing damage reduction from the ability.

Tips

• Augments or abilities that boost the damage or add damage types to friendly units (such as  Roar or augments like  Shock Trooper) will be applied to  Mind Controled targets, significantly increasing the damage conversion during the invulnerability period and adding damage not originally possible with  Nyx alone.

Trivia

• The word helminth (from Greek: "intestinal worm") is a term used to superficially describe worm-like organisms, some of which are strictly parasitic or worms.
• Although the community compares it to a virus, the Helminth cyst can be more accurately described as an infectious disease. These include a majority of infectious agents including viruses, plagues, and helminths.
• Helminth has lines that can only be heard depending on the player's moral alignment as determined from their chosen decisions in The War Within, The Glast Gambit, and The Sacrifice quests. Currently, Helminth is the only character who acknowledges this.
• If Nidus comes close to any Infested organisms in the ship, his mutations will activate.
• The floor of the Helminth Infirmary features an aquarium containing two Mawfish and a giant, reddish Mortus Lungfish.
  • These fish were first introduced with the Helminth, and their models were recycled as fishing elements in the Plains of Eidolon in Update 22.0 (2017-10-12).
• After installing the Helminth Segment, the ability to "interact" with the Helminth's mouth becomes available, in which it will interact with the player's Companion.
  • If the companion is a Kubrow, Helminth Charger, or Predasite, it will dance in front of the mouth which gurgles and grunts before blowing air at the playful companion, seemingly appearing as an allergic reaction.
  • If the companion is a Kavat or Vulpaphyla, the mouth shows signs of affection by giving them gentle kisses. Alternatively it will inhale them, hold them in its mouth, and then spit them out.
  • If the player has a Carrion Domestik Drone placed anywhere on the Orbiter, the drone will jump into the mouth to clean it from inside.
• When the Helminth System was first revealed in TennoCon 2020, it was named Helminth Chrysalis System. The "chrysalis" was dropped due to the name being too lengthy.
  • A chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly in which it metamorphosizes.
• There are 46 basic Warframes available, meaning there are 46×(41 + 8 - 1)×4 + 39×(3)×4 + 2×(3) + 3×(2) = 9,312 different Warframe Power combinations (this accounts for the restriction of only a single damage buffing ability being allowed).
• Fully subsuming every Warframe costs 1,810% Oxides, 1,809% Calx, 1,676% Biotics, 1,117% Synthetics, 1,525% Pheromones, and 1,807% Bile.
• Infusing every Warframe Ability once costs 624% Oxides, 689% Calx, 763% Biotics, 824% Synthetics, 1,036% Pheromones, and 743% Bile.
  • Infusing every Ability, both Warfame and Helminth, once costs 594% Oxides, 773% Calx, 800% Biotics, 795% Synthetics, 976% Pheromones, and 880% Bile.

Bugs

• The player can view the cyst in its fully-matured form before the infection is seven days old when switching between  Equinox​'s Day and Night forms.
• If the player has been infected before completing The Glast Gambit, Helminth's lines will not play at all.
  • To fix this bug, simply have the mature cyst removed from Nidus's neck, leave the room, re-enter and have Nidus re-infected. Helminth will then "awaken".
• Sitting in the chair as Nidus may immediately trigger the removal of the Cyst, despite Nidus not having sat in the chair to receive the cyst in the first place. Afterward, Nidus will no longer be able to sit in the chair to receive the Cyst and will no longer be able to become infected with the Cyst through other means.
• The player can view the fully matured cyst by looking at someone’s profile if that person has a Warframe with the cyst at any stage. (This also includes the player’s own profile)
• Some Warframes do not result in a lotus flower, even after reloading the orbiter.

Subsume Ability Bugs

•  Warcry negatively affects  Mind Controlled targets currently (even if Warcry is used after using Mind Control).
•  Celestial Twin cannot use  Mind Control.
•  Reservoirs do not effect  Mind Controlled targets.

Media

Warframe - Helminth Room - Before & After Heart of Deimos

TennoCon 2020 Helminth Chrysalis

Patch History

Hotfix 30.0.5 (2021-04-16)

• Fixed Sevagoth’s Gloom not working when Subsumed onto Lavos. It will use Duration instead of Drain.

Update 30.0 (2021-04-13)

• Fixed enemies unable to target Titania when Reave (via Helminth Subsume) is cast while Razorwing is active.

Hotfix 29.10.1 (2021-03-19)

• Fixed a script error occurring when the Helminth talks to you.

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

NEW RAILJACK RESOURCE

Ticor Plate

High-density alloy armor plating used in the construction of offensive spacecraft.

This resource is a catch-all essential Forge Resource for Tenno! Ticor Plate can be fed to Helminth for Bile.

REMOVED RAILJACK RESOURCES

We are removing 6 Railjack Resources from drop tables:

• Pustrels
• Copernics
• Trachons
• Kesslers
• Bracoid
• Fresnels

We wanted to reduce the number of Resources we introduced in our original Railjack launch. They'll remain in your Inventory as we’ll be looking at possibly reintroducing them at a later date. These Resources have also been removed from Helminths Bile Feeding menu.

General Changes:

• Changed the Asterite feeding bundle for Helminth from 1500 to 300.
  • Player feedback and comparing the amount to other Asterite uses we concluded the original amount of 1500 was far too high!

Fixes:

• Fixed a crash after using Arsenal and then Helminth.
• Fixed Helminth UI sorting preferences in the Infuse Ability menu and item Feeding menu not saving if you swap between the two menus.
• Fixed crash when sitting in the Helminth chair.

Hotfix 29.6.8 (2021-01-25)

• Fixed ability to fire equipped weapons during Wisp’s Sol Gate when the Helminth ability Empower is cast prior.

Hotfix 29.6.5 (2021-01-09)

• Fixed enemies becoming permanently crowd controlled when under the combined effect of Hydroids Tentacle Swarm and Larva (Helminth Infused).

Hotfix 29.6.4 (2021-01-06)

• Fixed Infusing Lavos' Vial Rush to another Warframe not allowing it to inflict any Damage/Status.

Hotfix 29.5.5 (2020-11-27)

• Fixed script error when closing Warframe during the Helminth Subsume animation.

Hotfix 29.5.3 (2020-11-23)

• Fixed an issue with the Subsume action on the Helminth sometimes losing player input.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Reduced repetitive Helminth animations when interacting with it.
• Fixed being unable to access the “INCOMPLETE” filter at the Helminth using the LB/RB buttons, as reported here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1231253-controller-bumpers-lbrb-do-not-change-between-helminth-all-and-incomplete-filters/
• Fixed being able to cast Subsumed Abilities during Hildryn’s Aegis Storm.
  • This fixes a host of issues that were caused by many Subsumed ability combinations with Hildryn. Each ability presented a new individual issue.
• Fixed rare script error with Helminth interactions.
• Fixed Companions teleporting during Helminth interaction if you swap to a different furry friend in the Arsenal.
• Fixed issues with Domestik Drones interacting with the Helminth room door.
• Fixed being able to interact with Kavat during Helminth animation, as reported here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/iqkcs8/so_i_found_out_you_can_interact_with_your_kavat/

Hotfix 29.3.1 (2020-11-04)

• Fixed a script error that could occur when casting Warframe abilities that are overridden by Helminth that could result in inconsistent results across multiple players.

Update 29.3 (2020-10-27)

• Fixed Helminth XP gain UI FX getting stuck on screen.

Hotfix 29.2.4 (2020-10-15)

• The Helminth Subsume confirmation prompt will now show the Forma count on the respective Warframe.

Hotfix 29.2.3 (2020-10-08)

• Fixed the Subsumed Rest & Rage ability description stating its effect is dependent on Energy color rather than Emissive Color.

Hotfix 29.2.2 (2020-10-06)

• Removed ability to open the Helminth screen by fast-traveling using Operator mode, this led to issues with your Warframe becoming invisible.
• Fixed enemies becoming permanently ragdolled after casting Nezha’s Divine Spears into a Larva via Helminth Subsumed ability.
• Fixed Helminth Infused ability functionality issues when casting Wisp’s Sol Gate.
• Fixed missing UI indication on Quiver Cloak Arrow's duration remaining via Helminth Subsumed.
• Fixed Nidus’ abilities HUD having greyed out icons for Helminth Infused abilities.

Update 29.2 (2020-09-29)

Helminth Railjack Resources and Bile Changes:

(Original Dev Workshop can be found here)

Railjack Resources:

There will be a reduction in the batches of Railjack Resource Costs across the board required to yield Helminth Secretions.

The changes are as follows:

Resource	Pre-Hotfix Batch	Post-Hotfix Batch	% Reduction
Asterite	5,000	1,500	30.00%
Aucrux Capacitors	25	10	40.00%
Bracoid	2,000	200	20.00%
Carbides	10,000	2,500	25.00%
Copernics	15,000	4,000	26.67%
Cubic Diodes	12,500	7,000	56.00%
Fresnels	1,000	150	15.00%
Gallos Rods	300	175	58.33%
Isos	400	200	50.00%
Kesslers	300	100	33.33%
Komms	25	15	60.00%
Nullstones	225	50	22.22%
Pustrels	15,000	5,000	33.33%
Titanium	20,000	10,000	50.00%
Trachons	10,000	1,000	10.00%

Additionally, anyone with Helminth installed and Railjack owned will receive an Inbox of Resources after the Hotfix goes live that includes the reduced costs. A perfect script is not possible, but a generous grab bag is! If you meet the criteria, you will receive the Resources via Inbox after the Hotfix date. We’ll let you know in this thread once the Inbox script has completed - stay tuned!

Bile:

To give players more options for the Bile Secretion, we are adding the following components as feedable to Helminth to create Bile:

• Antiserum Fragment x 900
• Javlok Capacitor x 7
• Nav Coordinates x 65

General Helminth Changes:

• Helminth now shows you a locked status when you sit in the chair with a Warframe whose ability you’ve already Subsumed (stops player confusion).

Fixes:

• Fixed the interaction of Limbo’s Cataclysm and Tesla Nervos (via Helminth Subsumed) dealing more than the normal amount of damage.
• Fixed an issue where Warframes would flicker if you stayed in the Orbiter while they completed their Subsume and queued another.

Hotfix 29.1.2 (2020-09-22)

• Disabled Ordis Transmissions while in the Helminth screen. Our trusty Cephalon must be shielded from this room.
• There is now an ‘Incomplete’ tab on the Helminth to show you which abilities you have not Subsumed.
• Fixed an issue with the sound of casting Roar on a Warframe that has the ability Infused.
• Fixed the Ability screen not updating after using Helminth until you go into a mission or use the Arsenal.

Hotfix 29.1.1 (2020-09-18)

• Fixed Helminth ability ‘Perspicacity’ not functioning after using a Cipher or manual Hack. As reported here!

Update 29.1 (2020-09-17)

Marked for Death Changes

Before we jump into the nitty gritty, let’s revisit what the ‘Marked for Death’ Helminth Infusion is: Stun an enemy; a portion of the next damage you deal to it will be dealt to all enemies around it.

It’s important to note that the description mentions ‘a portion of the next damage’, which was always our intent, meaning we have some bugs to fix and explanations to make on the next steps here.

With Marked for Death now in the wild and being experimented with, it was apparent to not be working as intended by overwhelmingly nuking enemies left, right, and center when combined with certain loadouts and due to certain bugs. We recognize the players who brought this forward with understanding that it needs to be addressed. Let’s get into the meat of it:

• Fixed Mods applying twice to the Marked for Death Damage portion dealt in the AOE.
• Fixed base Damage using the Health/Shield Damage dealt and not capped at the Health+Shield the target had prior (e.g. enemy with 5 Health gets hit by 100 damage, and 100 damage is shared in AOE. It should just be the 5).
  • Radial damage was never meant to exceed the target’s Health and this was our bad. The desired strategy we wanted was players prioritizing tank units like Heavy Gunners to do AOE clears since heavy units have more Health than normal, thus the radial AOE would likely be lethal, not just normal units. This issue combined with numerous bugs of Mods stacking meant this was way over powered. A key part of reviewing these changes will be ensuring that players understand the best case scenario we envision for the power is targeting high-Health enemies to do radial damage to weaker enemies.
• Removed Critical Chance from Marked for Death radial AOE.
• Capped Damage multiplier stat to 75% and normalized Damage type mults.
  • Here’s an example of normalized Damage type: if the Damage you deal is 0.5 Impact, 0.4 Slash, 0.3 Heat that sums to 1.2x but after normalizing they become 0.42 Impact, 0.33 Slash, 0.25 Heat.
• Fixed Marked for Death with Arcane Trickery equipped triggering invisibility almost every time, because each enemy hit by the AoE has its own 15% chance to activate Arcane Trickery.

Helminth Fixes

• Fixed a crash when hovering over the Roar ability in the Upgrade screen on a Hildryn which had Balefire replaced by Roar via Helminth.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when sitting in the Helminth chair with poor connection quality.
• Fixed Infested Mobility buff effects never ending when under Rank 3.
• Fixed Infested Mobility not being affected by Strength like the Arsenal stat screen claims.
• Fixed Infusing a new ability via the Helminth to Config D, E, or F not showing the ability has been applied until the player loads into a mission.
• Fixed Titania's Tribute HUD not working if Razorwing was overwritten via Helminth.
• Fixed rare case of the UI showing that you have the exact Secretion % required but won’t let you perform the action. This was due to rounding values in the back end that aren’t visible in the UI.
• Fixed missing check mark beside recently earned Helminth Rank until you close and re-open the Helminth interface.

Hotfix 29.0.8.1 (2020-09-10)

• Fixed Atlas’ Rumblers no longer Petrifying enemies in radius when casting Rumblers if you replace the Petrify ability via Subsumed ability.

Hotfix 29.0.8 (2020-09-10)

• Fixed losing weapon functionality when casting Resonator on a Warframe other than Octavia (Subsumed).
• Fixed getting double prompted to Rush a Subsume if you rejected the first prompt and then went to Feed the Helminth.
• Fixed being able to fire your weapon during Undertow or Danse Macabre if active while certain abilities inherited from Helminth expire.

Hotfix 29.0.7 (2020-09-03)

• Added Helminth Ability videos on hover of the respective abilities.
• Fixed rare case of getting forced-logged out of Warframe when attempting to Subsume a Warframe to the Helminth under poor Network conditions. As reported here.
• Fixed losing weapon functionality if Octavia had Shooting Gallery (Mesa Subsume) active and casted one of her other abilities.
• Fixed getting stuck in an inescapable UI loop when attempting to Rename Helminth from the specific console (just inside the door) if you try to submit an invalid name.
• Fixed memory leak in UI system that could cause a crash when chilling in the Helminth chair.
• Fixed ability to purchase multiple unnecessary copies of the Helminth Segment.

Hotfix 29.0.6 (2020-09-01)

• You can now Rush Subsume when hovering over the active Subsume ability with the Helminth.
  • Please note that Rushing a Subsume will not result in a flower until the next time you visit the Orbiter. Please also note we have made this change based on player requests for it, despite it not being in the original design.
• Fixed all Subsumed Warframes not creating their own flowers. As reported here.
  • We’re working on a script to find the missing flowers and their respective colors! We’ll update this thread when the script has started - don’t worry, your flowers are not lost!
• Fixed Helminth Subsume flower for the currently Subsuming Warframe having default flower colours (pink petals) if the Warframe being Subsumed had default colours.
• Fixed game breaking bug of the Helminth choosing to not interact with the Carrion Domestik Drone.
• Fixed Vauban’s Tesla, Tempest Barrage, Blood Altar and Ivara’s Quiver ability not functioning when used by Hildryn via Helminth Subsume.
• Fixed several Helminth text lines overlapping when Ranking up.
• Added descriptions to Helminth Secretions. Yum!
• Fixed a couple script errors when Feeding Resources to the Helminth.

Hotfix 29.0.1 (2020-08-25)

• Removed the Helminth ‘Interact’ context action until you have installed the Helminth Segment. But is it a cat or dog person?! Did you find out?!

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)
NEW GAMEPLAY SYSTEM: THE HELMINTH
REVIEW OUR FULL DEV WORKSHOP HERE: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1212921-the-helminth-dev-workshop

Customize your Warframe’s Abilities at a depth never experienced before in Warframe! Introducing THE HELMINTH.

The Helminth System is an expansion of the Helminth room on your Orbiter - you may only know this room as an infested space that allows you to remove the Helminth Cyst. With the ‘Heart of Deimos’ Update, that’s all changing. The Helminth system enables you to customize your Warframes by infusing new Abilities in place of existing Abilities.

Once you’ve unlocked The Helminth System, you can fast travel to the Helminth Infirmary under the Equipment pause menu!

Hotfix 28.3.2 (2020-08-12)

• Fixed the Helminth not having any collision (and apparently a poor dental plan).

Update 28.3 (2020-08-12)

• The Helminth Infirmary has been visually expanded! Make yourself familiar with Helminth before THE HELMINTH launches with the Heart of Deimos. For now you’ll still need a Cyst to enter the room so you can simply gaze at the Helminth in awe (read: disgust).

Hotfix 28.0.6 (2020-06-24)

• Fixed Helminth Cyst being on the wrong side of Protea's neck.

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

• Helminth Cysts can now be removed in the Helminth Infirmary after one day as opposed to waiting a whole week.
• Fixed ability to clip through the Helminth Infirmary chair after having your Helminth Cyst removed.

Hotfix 27.3.15.1 (2020-04-17)

• Fixed a script error related to having a Cyst.

Hotfix 27.3.15 (2020-04-17)

• Fixed a script error with the Helminth Cyst.

Hotfix 27.0.9 (2020-01-09)

• Fixed violent flickering in Helminth room.

Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)

• Fixed a script error when removing your Cyst.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

• Fixed inability to use the Helminth Infirmary chair if your Domestik Drone opened the door for you.

Hotfix 25.5.1 (2019-08-02)

• Fixed the camera becoming locked in place after exiting the Cyst removal chair in the Orbiter.

Hotfix 23.3.2 (2018-08-13)

• Fixed using the Helminth chair not aligning the camera at the start of the animation.

Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)

• Fixed fog FX from the Helminth Infirmary creeping more into the hallway than intended.

Update 22.16 (2018-03-15)

• Fixed players getting trapped in the Helminth Infirmary when visiting a player’s Orbiter.

Update 22.10 (2018-01-25)

• Fixed interacting with your Companion in the Helminth Infirmary after removing the Cyst resulting in the door locking you in.

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

• Fixed not being able to sit in the Helminth Infirmary chair as Nidus.

Update 20.2 (2017-04-12)

• Fixed interacting with your Kubrow/Kavat in the Helminth Infirmary causing the door to close/remain closed on you.

Hotfix 19.11.5 (2017-02-28)

• Fixed inconsistencies in visibility/scale for the Helminth Cyst while Archwing is equipped.

Hotfix 19.9.3 (2017-02-07)

• Fixed the Helminth Infirmary chair not curing your Warframe of the Cyst.

Hotfix 19.6.3 (2017-01-17)

• More performance optimizations for the Helminth Infirmary.

Hotfix 19.6.1 (2017-01-13)

• Fixed Companions closing the Helminth Infirmary door and trapping you inside.

Update 19.6 (2017-01-11)

• The Helminth Cure: As stated and shown on Devstream #85, the Helminth Cure is here. By now, a majority of Tenno have been faced with a persistent and protruding infection on numerous Warframes. For those with a fully 7-day matured Helminth Cyst, the individual permanent cure awaits you in the Helminth Infirmary. The completion of Glast Gambit is not required to have your Helminth Cyst removed, and once the cure has been administered that Warframe will not be granted access back into the room and can no longer be infected. Keep in mind that breeding a Helminth Charger requires a mature Helminth Cyst to be drained- the choice is yours!
• Fixed a script crash if you go near the Operator on your Landing Craft with the Helminth Cyst.

Hotfix 19.5.4 (2017-01-03)

• Fixed Operators having an “infection” which resulted in a crash and was not intended.

Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 28.3.3 (2020-08-13)

See Also

• Orbiter
•  Nidus