Volatile Parasite

Volatile Parasite
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
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Max Rank Description
In combat, spits up a maggot every 15s. The maggot latches onto the nearest enemy and provokes other enemies within 40m to attack them. It then explodes dealing 400 Viral Damage within 10m.
General Information
Type	Predasite
Polarity	Penjaga
Rarity	Rare
Max Rank	3
Endo Required To Max	210
Credits Required To Max	10,143
Base Capacity Cost	0
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
Vendor Sources
Vendors Son (Rank 4: Friend)  10000 for x1
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

For the Empyrean mission, see Volatile.

For the Glaive mods, see Volatile Rebound and Volatile Quick Return.

For the Infested enemy, see Volatile Runner.

Volatile Parasite is a mod for Predasites that grants them the ability to spawn maggots that home on enemies and explode, dealing  Viral damage.

Stats

Rank	Cooldown	Range	Viral Damage	Radius	Cost
0	30s	10m	100	2.5m	0
1	25s	20m	200	5m	1
2	20s	30m	300	7.5m	2
3	15s	40m	400	10m	3

Acquisition

The mod can be bought from Son for 10,000 Standing 10,000 after reaching Friend with the Entrati.

Notes

• Maggots have increased Threat Level, drawing fire away from both the Predasite and its master.
• If maggots are not latched onto enemies, they will explode after a period of time.

Patch History

Hotfix 29.5.4 (2020-11-25)

• Fixed Nidus’ Virulence not benefiting from Volatile Maggot / Strain Maggots.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Introduced.