Tether

Tether
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
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Max Rank Description
Ensnares enemies, increasing vulnerability to Railjack weaponry.
General Information
Type	Railjack (Battle, Slot 2)
Polarity	Universal
Rarity	Uncommon
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	620
Credits Required To Max	29,946
Base Capacity Cost	0
Trading Tax	4,000
Introduced	Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Tether is a Plexus Battle Offensive mod. It shoots a projectile that latches on to and pulls in a set number of enemies. Tethered enemies take increased damage and deal radial  Blast damage when killed.

Stats

Rank	No. of Targets	Radius	Duration	Blast Explosion Damage	Explosion Range	Damage Vulnerability	Energy Cost
0	2	70m	8s	1000	30m	25%	100
1	3	80m	9s	1200	40m	30%	100
2	4	90m	10s	1400	50m	35%	100
3	5	100m	11s	1600	60m	40%	100
4	6	110m	12s	1800	70m	45%	100
5	8	120m	15s	2000	80m	50%	100

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Earth Proxima Point of Interest	Earth Proxima Point of Interest	A	4%	1	0.04	Sover Strait, Earth Proxima Iota Temple, Earth Proxima Ogal Cluster, Earth Proxima Korm's Belt, Earth Proxima Bendar Cluster, Earth Proxima
Venus Proxima Point of Interest	Venus Proxima Point of Interest	A	8.7%	1	0.087	Bifrost Echo, Venus Proxima Beacon Shield Ring, Venus Proxima Orvin-Haarc, Venus Proxima Vesper Strait, Venus Proxima Luckless Expanse, Venus Proxima Falling Glory, Venus Proxima

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt
Axio Gox	15%	3.46%	0.519%	193	1	0.00519
Elite Exo Outrider	15%	6.35%	0.9525%	105	1	0.009525
Elite Gyre Outrider	15%	0.37%	0.0555%	1802	1	0.000555
Elite Kosma Outrider	15%	3.16%	0.474%	211	1	0.00474
Exo Outrider	15%	6.35%	0.9525%	105	1	0.009525
Gyre Outrider	15%	0.37%	0.0555%	1802	1	0.000555
Kosma Outrider	15%	3.16%	0.474%	211	1	0.00474
Orm Gox	15%	5.56%	0.834%	120	1	0.00834
Vorac Gox	15%	0.29%	0.0435%	2299	1	0.000435

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

Notes

• Energy cost and number of tethered enemies are not affected by Reactors or Warframe mods.
• Explosion damage and damage vulnerability are affected by Ability Strength.
• Duration is affected by Ability Duration.
• Tether radius and explosion Range are affected by Ability Range.

Tips

• Tether travels forward for about 500 meters before stopping (unless blocked by debris or asteroids), attempting to drag enemies affected toward it as it travels. Unlike  Shatter Burst or  Void Hole, reactivating Tether will not cause it to stop in place.
  • Alternately, this can be used to draw enemy ships away from the Railjack during a firefight, or tossed behind the Railjack by a side gunner to slow incoming fighters during evasive maneuvers or travel periods.
• Can be used as a quick and cheap means to group enemies for  Blackout Pulse,  Void Hole, the explosion from  Phoenix Blaze, or Ordnance. Use caution when combining with  Munitions Vortex, as the latter will not travel as far as a Tether rocket.
• Enemies dragged towards the Tether can receive collision damage from debris and asteroids between them and the Tether, which can often prove fatal even in Veil Proxima.

Patch History

Hotfix 30.0.8 (2021-04-27)

• Fixed being unable to activate Tether Battle Mods while using a controller.

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

• Introduced new Plexus Mods to replace functionality of some existing avionics
• Avionics have been removed
• Tether Battle Mod (previously Avionic) has been balanced for new gameplay:
  • No longer shoot to destroy.
  • Tethered enemies that die will explode, dealing damage to those around them.
  • Tethered enemies take additional damage from Railjack weapons.
  • Dev Comment: Tether trivialized a lot of the Railjack gameplay flow with how lethal it was toward Fighter units in one-size-fits-all bursts. We want to justify the changes to Tether in the scope of adding new content. Tether would continue to trivialize all phases of Railjack fighter content, so we have made changes to make it more phase-based while still rewarding tactical placement.

Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)

• Introduced.