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An Infested pet bred from the Helminth Cyst

Acquisition[]

The Helminth Charger is a pet, similar to a Kubrow, obtainable after interacting with Helminth.

The Kubrow Incubator screen, with Helminth Cyst section visible.

24 hours after being infected by Helminth or another player, a pink cyst will appear on the infected Warframe's neck. Six days after its appearance the cyst will be fully grown (a single tendril will be visible, emerging from the follicle) and ready to drain.

While using the infected Warframe, the player can select "Begin Incubation" under the Kubrow Breeding tab. There, a new Helminth Cyst option will appear at the bottom of the Incubator menu (see picture) via a button marked "drain". (This will consume an egg as well) Clicking this will bring up a confirmation dialog, after which the incubation process will proceed as it would for any other pet.

Skins[]

Notes[]

  • More than one Warframe per player can have the cysts.
  • Be warned: After curing a cyst on a Warframe by sitting in the chair, that Warframe will be unable to be infected with the Helminth virus again. This is not the case with draining the cyst to make a Helminth Charger.
  • If one chooses to remove the cyst by sitting in the chair, the cyst cannot be used to breed the Helminth Charger.
  • Prior to Update 20.0 (2017-03-24), the pet shared the same model with that of an Infested Charger, however attached to a Kubrow skeleton. As such, the model often stretched awkwardly and cosmetics didn't properly fit.
    • The Charger model is purchasable in the Marketplace for Credits64 10,000.
  • The natural color of the Helminth Charger may not come out as the expectation photo and it is completely random. The color, however, can still be customized by purchasing the Kubrow Gene-Masking Kits in the Market (Credits64 100,000 for the basic one) and/or the Kavat Gene-Masking Kits (Credits64 160,000), as well as the Drahk, Feral Kubrow, and Feral Kavat gene masking kits from Master Teasonai in Cetus. (Master Teasonai's gene masking kits will vary in the materials, and the amount of each needed as his inventory rotates daily.)
  • Players must complete the Howl of the Kubrow quest before using the Helminth Charger in a mission. The Helminth Charger can be used to complete the quest.
  • Players cannot get imprints from Helminth Chargers.
  • When the Helminth Charger is age-regressed via the Incubator, it becomes an immobile blob of flesh with two protruding tendrils similar to that of a full-grown Helminth cyst, pointing to its rather macabre origins from a Warframe's neck.

Bugs[]

  • After the Helminth Charger has matured for combat, the player may notice they cannot equip the pet due to a "Missing Collar" lock. Simply exit Warframe and re-login, or entering any mission node will allow the Charger to be equipped.
  • If Mod TT 20px Scavenge is equipped and the Helminth Charger is currently opening a locker, going into Operator form may make the Helminth Charger invisible for the duration of the mission. The Helminth Charger will still be seen by enemies however, so this is purely a visual bug.
  • Though classed as a Kubrow, the Helminth Charger cannot be equipped with Mod TT 20px Mecha Overdrive.

Media[]

Patch History[]

Hotfix 34.0.4 (2023-10-24)

  • Fixed Mystic Bond’s chance at a free Warframe ability cast triggering every 5 seconds instead of the intended “after Companion uses abilities with cooldowns 5 times” when equipped with the Strain Mod on a Helminth Charger.

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

COMPANION STAT CHANGES

Two broad changes have been made with regard to your Companion's base stats to increase their staying power:

1. Health, Shields and Armor have been refactored across the board.
This simple numeric buff was made with the goal of increasing Companion survivability. This also means that the choice of whether to use, for example, Enhanced Vitality or Linked Vitality, will depend on your Warframe choice instead of the Linked Mod always being strictly superior.

2. Non-Sentinel Companions now gain their full Health and Shield values immediately when you acquire them.
Historically Health and Shield values would increase as your Companion ranked up, which you could see as "Rank Bonuses" in the Upgrades screen. We've removed this behavior and simply given Companions what would end up being their Rank 30 values at Rank 0. This should let you immediately take your Companions on more difficult missions after earning them!

Including both the removal of Companion Rank bonuses, and the base increase to stats, the following lists the stat changes for all Companions at Rank 0:

Revised Kubrow Stats:

  • Helminth Charger: 710 Health (from 190), 330 Shield (from 85), 200 Armor (from 50)

Update 30.9 (2021-11-11)

  • Fixed a large spot-load when exiting the Arsenal in quick succession if you had a Helminth puppy.

Update 30.7 (2021-09-08)

  • Fixed an issue where the pedestal for the cyst of a regressed Helminth Charger would retract into the floor when opening and closing the Arsenal.
  • Fixed Helminth Kubrow puppy appearing as a default Kubrow and not a Helminth variant.

Hotfix 30.6.1 (2021-08-10)

  • Fixed a script error related to the Incubator and a Helminth puppy.

Hotfix 30.5.5 (2021-07-29)

  • Fixed Helminth Kubrow puppy not correctly appearing as a Helminth puppy.

Update 30.3 (2021-05-25)

  • Fixed Helminth Charger Emblems clipping into shoulders.

Hotfix 24.0.2 (2018-11-09)

  • The Hastened Deflection Mod is now a ‘BEAST’ Mod, meaning it’s also compatible with Kavats and Helminth Charger.
  • Fixed inability to equip Bite, Pack Leader, and Medi-Pet Kit on the Helminth Charger.

Update 22.15 (2018-03-07)

  • Fixed Kubrow Armor not appearing on Helminth Chargers with Drahk Skin equipped.

Hotfix 21.3.1 (2017-08-04)

  • Fixed the ability to procure the unreleased Helminth Ferocity mod via Transmute/trade.

Hotfix 21.0.2 (2017-06-29)

  • Fixed receiving an error when attempting to incubate a Helminth Charger.

Hotfix 20.0.9 (2017-04-03)

  • Fixed custom energy color on the Helminth Charger not being very noticeable.

Hotfix 20.0.4 (2017-03-27)

  • Fixed crash when changing Armor for the Helminth Charger.

Hotfix 20.0.3 (2017-03-26)

  • Fixed the Helminth Charger Codex diorama freezing the game.

Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)

Update 19.6 (2017-01-11)

  • Fixed the Helminth Hunt precept Mod having redundant description text.

Hotfix 19.5.5 (2017-01-03)

  • Fixed incorrect Codex entry.

Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

  • (Undocumented) Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 23.4.1 (2018-08-16)

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