Malicious Code

Malicious Code
Tradeable
Can be obtained from transmutation
📝 Update Infobox Data
Max Rank Description
50% chance for enemies within 15m to cower in fear for 8 seconds
General Information
Type	Parazon
Polarity	Universal
Rarity	Rare
Max Rank	0
Endo Required To Max	0
Credits Required To Max	0
Base Capacity Cost	0
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Malicious Code is a Parazon mod that has a chance to make nearby enemies cower in fear after performing a Mercy kill.

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Spy	Neptune Proxima Spy	A	6.67%	1	0.0667	Brom Cluster, Neptune Proxima
Spy	Pluto Proxima Spy	A	6.67%	1	0.0667	Peregrine Axis, Pluto Proxima
Spy	Veil Proxima Spy	A	6.67%	1	0.0667	Sabmir Cloud, Veil Proxima
Spy	Venus Proxima Spy	A	6.67%	1	0.0667	Orvin-Haarc, Venus Proxima

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Trivia

• Despite there being an actual cowering animation present in Kuva Lich's with quirks that make them fearful, enemies will actually roll over on the ground in a pain animation rather than cowering.

Patch History

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

• Fixed enemies with Overguard being affected by the Malicious Code Parazon Mod when they should be immune to crowd control effects.

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

• Fixed the following Parazon Mods not functioning properly on Thrall Mercy Kills.
  • Malicious Code

Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)

• Introduced.

See Also

• Mercy
• Mods