Nidus
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Teeming Crit
Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Nidus — Teeming Crit

Optimised build. +200% primary crit on a four-hit Virulence. The gun becomes the nuke.

Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current

Nataruk, incarnons, gun-and-Larva Steel Path

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Don’t build this yet

The Hatchling first

This loadout sits at Optimised. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.

Open The Hatchling

Why this build?

Optimised for Nataruk, incarnons, gun-and-Larva Steel Path

Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.

Play this in Steel Path
  • Teeming Virulence is still +200% at rank 3. Duration mods extend the window. Link's second Virulence counts toward the four hits.
  • Overextended looks like a Strength tax. Larva range is the actual DPS increase.
  • Three augments is greedy and correct. This is the gun-Nidus god setup.

Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · new accounts · ability-nuke as the damage

Helminth, shards, and a finished configuration

You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.

Bring: Primary (bring a real one) — Nataruk, Felarx, Phenmor, Torid Incarnon, or any high-crit primary. Teeming is a 200% additive crit chance buff.

Alternative if…

Instead: The HatchlingInstead: The Hatchling — Star ChartInstead: Persistence God — Steel PathInstead: Persistence God — Optimised

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  • Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
  • Forma 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
  • Helminth · optional — Not required
  • Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
  • Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 3 shards · 1 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.

Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current

Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.

Your next step

Next: Persistence God — Endgame

Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.

Persistence God — Endgame

Plan

Today → next → later

Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.

  1. TodayPlay The HatchlingThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
  2. NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
  3. After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  4. LaterTauforged Azure · ArmorHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  5. FinalTeeming CritOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma

Upgrade from here

Persistence God — Endgame

Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.

Open Persistence God — Endgame

Farm the gap

  • Nidus augments — Teeming · Larva Burst · Parasitic Vitality · Insatiable · Abundant Mutation
  • Arcane Persistence — Roathe · 5 Maphica · rank 5 needs 21 copies

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

  • 1 Tauforged Azure · Armor — 700 Persistence without FiberArchon locked
  • 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Virulence on tempoArchon locked
  • 2–3 Violet · Primary crit / electric — Piles on TeemingArchon locked

Tonight

What is actually up

30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.

  1. 30 minutes

    Farm Corrosive Projection

    One named gap. Open Nightwave

  2. 60 minutes

    Corrosive Projection, then Forma

    Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.

  3. 120 minutes

    One Archon Hunt

    If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.

Who this is for

Play this build from zero

You brought a real primary — Nataruk, an Incarnon, Felarx, Phenmor, Torid. You want Larva to be a piñata and Virulence to be the crit buff.

Time to a playable copy
Once Teeming Virulence is bought and Persistence is already online. This is a gun platform, not a first Nidus.
First mission to practice in
Steel Path Exterminate or Alchemy with a punch-through bow. You want lines of bodies.

4 button drills · 14 parts · tick the lists as you go

Before you start

0 of 3 done

Put it on the Warframe

0 of 2 done

Keep this up

Crit loop

Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.

  1. 1Larva (2) five-plus enemies. Virulence (1) through them — Teeming procs.
  2. 2Shoot the ball with your primary. Punch-through weapons delete the pile.
  3. 3Recast Larva (Larva Burst) to pop leftovers instead of waiting out the timer.
  4. 4Link (3) the companion. Ravenous (4) when you want the heal / status immunity carpet.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Larva five or more

    2

    Wide Larva. You want four-plus in the ball so the next press of 1 procs Teeming. Two enemies is a fail. Wait.

    You will know it worked when: A fat ball. Stretch should make this easy. If it is not easy, Overextended is not ranked.

  2. 2

    Virulence through them — Teeming procs

    1

    One stomp that hits four enemies grants +200% primary crit chance for 15 seconds (Duration-scaled). Link’s second Virulence line also counts toward the four. Buff icon up, then swap to the bow.

    You will know it worked when: A buff icon. Your next Nataruk shot critting like a maniac. If no icon, you hit three or fewer.

  3. 3

    Shoot the ball

    Punch-through weapons delete the pile in one or two shots. Then recast Larva (Larva Burst) to detonate leftovers instead of waiting on the timer.

    You will know it worked when: Red crits. The ball collapsing. Burst Toxin popping stragglers.

  4. 4

    Do not forget you are still a tank

    3 and 4

    Link the companion. Ravenous when the bow animation has you rooted in a stupid place. Persistence plus carpet means the heavy that walked behind you does not matter.

    You will know it worked when: You greed a charged shot in the open and do not die.

Common mistakes

  • Virulence on two enemies, then wondering where the buff is

    Four hits. Wait for the crowd.

  • A status primary 'because Nidus is viral'

    Teeming is a crit buff. Bring a crit weapon.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Violet shards for primary critElite Temporal. Optional greed on top of Teeming. Azure armor still comes first.

Parts checklist

0 of 14 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.

Dependencies

17 dependencies

Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.

  1. 1●nidusframe
  2. 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
  3. 3○Cunning Driftmod
  4. 4○Teeming Virulenceaugment
  5. 5○Parasitic Vitalityaugment
  6. 6○Larva Burstaugment
  7. 7○Stretchmod
  8. 8○Overextendedmod
  9. 9○Archon Continuitymod
  10. 10○Hunter Adrenalinemod
  11. 11○Arcane Persistencearcane
  12. 12○Arcane Bellicosearcane
  13. 13○Tauforged Azure · Armorshard
  14. 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
  15. 15○Violet · Primary crit / electricshard
  16. 16○Steel Pathunlock
  17. 17○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock

Depends on

What this loadout needs

Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.

Required

Recommended

Optional

Watch it played

YouTube for this loadout

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Strength

~154–250% — enough for guaranteed Larva stacks at 200%

Duration

155% so Teeming lasts

Range

235% with Stretch + Overextended

Ninjase-style: three augments, huge Larva, Persistence still on. Azure shard for 700 armor.

From the mods

Live power

Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.

Strength
40%
Duration
155%
Range
250%
Efficiency
100%
Energy
base
Capacity
45 / 67

Open slots

Weapon HUD

Arsenal numbers

Base × damage mods × crit expectation × fire rate × multishot. No faction, no quantization. Galvanized kill stacks are a slider, not assumed.

Damage
35
Crit
12% × 2.00
Status
26%
Fire rate
9.58
Multishot
1.00
Avg hit
39
Arsenal DPS
376

Toggle common mods

Nidus mods

  • AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
  • ExilusCunning DriftMore Larva radiusLua Halls
  • 1Teeming VirulenceThe whole build. 4 hits = +200% primary crit, 15 s.Steel Meridian / Perrin · 25k
  • 2Parasitic VitalitySteel Meridian / Perrin · 25k
  • 3Larva BurstDetonate the ball when it is already deadSteel Meridian / Perrin · 25k
  • 4StretchEnemy drops
  • 5Overextended12 m Larva becomes a tile-grabberOrokin Vaults
  • 6Archon ContinuityKahl / Archon Hunts
  • 7Hunter AdrenalineCetus / Ghouls

Primary (bring a real one)

Nataruk, Felarx, Phenmor, Torid Incarnon, or any high-crit primary. Teeming is a 200% additive crit chance buff.

Arcanes

Arcane Persistence

You still do not die while lining the bow

Roathe · 5 Maphica

Arcane Bellicose

Strength from the Vitality pool

Market / Descendia

Archon shards

  • 1Tauforged Azure · Armor700 Persistence without Fiber1 · Netracells
  • 2Amber · Casting SpeedVirulence on tempo1 · EDA / Bird 3
  • 3Violet · Primary crit / electricPiles on Teeming2–3 · Elite Temporal Archimedea
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