Nidus Prime · The kit
Hit five times. Count one stack. Never die at fifteen.
June 2026 doubled the stack cap to 200, let Link target companions, and made Ravenous heal scale with range. Arcane Persistence then capped incoming damage at 500/s once you sit at 700 armor.
Health
825 → 925
Shields
0 → 0
Armor
425 → 525
Energy
140 → 190
Prime armor
525
Rank 30. Persistence is dark below 700.
Tau Azure
+225
525 + 225 = 750. Umbral Fiber is the no-shard path.
Damage cap
500/s
Arcane Persistence at 700 armor. Ravenous outheals it.
Mutation & Undying
Every fifth ability hit (Virulence contact, Ravenous maggot burst, or a Larva-held kill) grants one Mutation stack, capped at 200 — 500 with Abundant Mutation. Stacks multiply Virulence and maggot damage. If you die with 15 or more stacks, Undying spends 15, grants 5 s of invulnerability, and restores 50% Health.
- 3 Tendrils erupt on the left helm and arm.
- 5 The mass covers chest and back.
- 7 Right side and thighs erupt. Golden spikes flare. Nanites ooze.
- 10 Head and thighs fully covered. Spore cloud.
Virulence
40 · refunded per initial hitStomp. A 16 m fungal line deals 200 Puncture, then 100 Viral per second for 5 s (Duration-scaled). Every enemy touched — initial hit or linger — is 1/5 of a Mutation stack. Energy refunds on the initial hit only, which is why Blind Rage is comfortable. With Parasitic Link up, a second line fires from the linked target.
- Puncture
- 200 × STR × (1 + stacks)
- Viral linger
- 100 /s for 5 s
- Range
- 16 m line
- Mutation
- 1/5 stack per hit
Larva
25A pod at the aimed point grabs every enemy in 12 m for 7 s. Kills on grabbed targets have a 50% chance to grant Mutation; 200% Strength makes it guaranteed. Recasting replaces the previous Larva. Subsumed Larva shrinks to 8 m. Larva Burst detonates for 600 Toxin per grabbed enemy plus a guaranteed Toxin status each.
- Grab radius
- 12 m
- Duration
- 7 s
- Kill → stack
- 50% · 100% at 200% STR
- Helminth
- Subsumable
Parasitic Link
25 · no longer costs stacksJune 2026 killed the stack cost. Link a companion, specter, or Tenno (40 m) for a Strength-scaled Ability Strength and weapon-damage buff to both. Link an enemy (20 m) to dump your incoming damage onto them, capped at 90% once you sit at 180% Strength — enemy links also grant status immunity. Companion links do not. Recast on the same target to refresh. 3 s grace before the tether breaks. Downed companions keep the buff. Parasitic Vitality adds 4% max Health per Mutation stack to you and the host, and it locks out Vitality / Umbral Vitality / Archon Vitality.
- Duration
- 60 s
- Ally range
- 40 m
- STR / weapon buff
- 25% × STR
- Redirect cap
- 90% at 180% STR
Ravenous
3 Mutation stacksSpend 3 stacks. Maggots swarm, latch, and burst for 150 Blast × STR × (1 + stacks). Standing on the nest regenerates 75 Health per second (Strength-scaled). Range now scales the carpet, so Stretch actually matters. Maggot explosions are 1/5 stack each. Insatiable rolls extra stacks while you stand in it. This is how Persistence becomes true immortality — 75 × STR health/s outheals the 500 damage/s cap.
- Cost
- 3 stacks
- Heal
- 75 HP/s × STR
- Maggot burst
- 150 Blast × STR × (1 + stacks)
- Duration
- 35 s
The plague loop
01
Larva (2) a cluster. The ball is the engine, not a panic button.
02
Virulence (1) through the ball. Energy refunds. Every fifth hit is a Mutation stack.
03
Parasitic Link (3) a companion for comfort, or an enemy for status immunity and 90% redirect.
04
Ravenous (4) on cooldown once you have a few stacks. The carpet is the heal that outpaces Persistence.
Augments
Virulence
Teeming Virulence
Hit 4 enemies: +200% primary crit chance for 15 s (Duration-scaled). Link's second line counts.
Steel Meridian (General) or Perrin Sequence (Partner) · 25,000 standing
Larva
Larva Burst
Recast to detonate. 600 Toxin per grabbed enemy in 8 m, one guaranteed Toxin status each.
Steel Meridian / Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Parasitic Link
Parasitic Vitality
+4% max Health per Mutation stack to Nidus and the linked ally, Strength-scaled. Locks out Vitality, Umbral Vitality, and Archon Vitality. Only while Link is active.
Steel Meridian / Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Ravenous
Insatiable
60% chance (Strength-scaled, can multi-proc) for bonus Mutation whenever you gain a stack on the nest.
Steel Meridian / Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Passive
Abundant Mutation
+300 max stacks (200 → 500). Undying gains a 30 s cooldown.
Steel Meridian / Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Mutation calculator
Mutation calculator
Stacks in, numbers out
Rank-3 Nidus Prime. Strength scales Virulence, maggots, Link, Ravenous heal, and Parasitic Vitality.
100 stacks
- Virulence Puncture
- 56,358
- Viral linger /s
- 28,179
- Maggot burst
- 42,269
- Ravenous heal /s
- 209
- Health (R30 Prime)
- 11,248
- Persistence timer
- 22s
- Link STR / weapon
- +70%
- Enemy redirect
- 90%
Persistence timer is Health ÷ 500 with the arcane on — Ravenous healing is extra. Vitality Health only exists while Parasitic Link is active. Undying is ready (15 stacks spent on death).
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