Tenacious Bond

Tenacious Bond
Full
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
📝 Update Infobox Data
Max Rank Description
Headshot kills reduce Companion Recovery timer by 3s. If the Companion’s Critical Chance is over 50% then you gain +1.2x Final Critical Damage Multiplier.
General Information
Type	Companion
Polarity	Vazarin
Rarity	Rare
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	930
Credits Required To Max	44,919
Base Capacity Cost	2
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
Vendor Sources
Vendors The Business (Rank 3: Doer)  20000 for x1
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Tenacious Bond is a Companion mod that reduces companion recovery on headshot kills. In addition, a Critical Damage multiplier is granted to the owner's weapons if the companion's critical chance is above 50%.

Stats

Rank	Recovery Timer Reduction (Headshot)	Final Crit Damage Multiplier	Cost
0	-0.5s	+0.2x	2
1	-1s	+0.4x	3
2	-1.5s	+0.6x	4
3	-2s	+0.8x	5
4	-2.5s	+1.0x	6
5	-3s	+1.2x	7

Acquisition

The mod can be bought from The Business for 20,000 Standing 20,000 after reaching Rank 3 - Doer with Solaris United.

Notes

• Despite the mod's description reading "over 50%", the buff will still be applied when the companion's crit chance is at 50%. In other words, the companion's crit chance needs to be ≥ 50%.
• The Robotic Weapons that can satisfy the critical chance requirements without Riven Mods are:
  •  Prime Laser Rifle,  Vulcax and  Vulklok with  Point Strike,  Laser Rifle with  Critical Delay.
  •  Burst Laser Prime and  Prisma Burst Laser with  Primed Pistol Gambit.
• Does not affect Amp damage.

Tips

•  Harrow gets the most benefit from this mod, as his headshot-focused gameplay allows him to reliably trigger this mod's recovery reduction, and  Covenant adds a flat critical chance bonus to all allies in Affinity Range, including companions, triggering the critical damage bonus for the duration of the ability as a result.
• A Rank 4  Bite will upgrade the critical chance of all Kavat and Vulpaphyla companions (including  Venari) to exactly 50%, satisfying the requirement for this mod while also saving mod capacity and Endo.
  • Players may also consider  Hunter Synergy for all Beast-type companions, especially Kubrows, Predasites, and the Helminth Charger, to reach 50%. The player's primary weapon must have a critical chance of at least 133%.

Patch History

Hotfix 37.0.1 (2024-10-02)

• Fixed Companions standing still and not using their abilities if any of the Bond Mods are equipped.

Update 36.1 (2024-08-21)

• Fixed Tenacious Bond stacking multiple times when using a Panzer Vulpaphyla with Panzer Devolution.
• Fixed Tenacious Bond’s buff icon not appearing in the HUD if equipped on both Venari and a Companion.
• Fixed Tenacious Bond’s buff not deactivating when Venari dies, to be consistent with how it works on other Companions.

Update 35.1 (2024-02-20)

• Fixed a combination of Magus Aggress and the Tenacious Bond Mod (when equipped on both Khora’s Venari and Companion) causing buff icons to disappear.

Hotfix 35.0.8 (2024-01-11)

• Fixed Tenacious Bond’s Final Critical Damage Multiplier not functioning.
  • While the UI indicated that it was active, it was not actually triggering and applying to the player. It will now!

Hotfix 34.0.8 (2023-11-09)

• Fixed Tenacious Bond’s buff icon not appearing for Clients if it was equipped onto Companion before Crit Mods.

Hotfix 34.0.4 (2023-10-24)

• Fixed the buff icon for Tenacious Bond not disappearing when switching between Companions in the Simulacrum.

Hotfix 34.0.2 (2023-10-19)

• Fixed case where Hounds would not attack or move if they had any of the new Bond Mods equipped.
• Fixed getting some small one-time Affinity popups when first loading into a mission with certain Bond Mods equipped.
• Fixed HUD buff for Tenacious Bond not appearing and not removing itself when swapping Companions in the Simulacrum.
• Fixed Tenacious Bond not taking Hunter Synergy’s +30% Critical Chance-Link into account.
• Fixed multiple of the same Tenacious Bond buffs appearing in the HUD when entering and exiting Archwing as Khora with Venari.

Hotfix 34.0.1 (2023-10-18)

• Fixed Clients seeing two buffs in the HUD for Tenacious Bond if Khora’s Venari and Companion both had it equipped (UI only issue).
• Fixed several script errors with the new Bond Mods while Null Audit is also equipped.
• Fixed a script error when returning to Relay with a Companion that has Tenacious Bond equipped.

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

• Introduced.