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Companions

The companions are distinguished mainly by the companion mods exclusive to them, as well as access to different weapons. Remember to get the priority mods among the mods listed in Mods.

They complement your builds via different bonuses:

Utility pets: double-loot, energy, CC
DPS pets
  • DPS of companions themselves
  • Buff of warframe weapons:
    • Tenacious Bond +1.2x crit damage
      • compatible:
        • all animal companions with Bite or Hunter Synergy if needed
        • sentry weapons WITHOUT riven: Prime Laser Rifle, Vulcax, Vulklok, Burst Laser Prime
      • sentry weapons WITH riven: Verglas Prime
    • Reinforced Bond +60% fire rate
      • Do NOT rely on the internal mod recharge to exceed 1200: bugged if you are not host in a party
      • companions exceeding 1200 shields with Calculated Redirection: Wyrm Prime, Nautilus Prime, Huras Kubrow, Raksa Kubrow, Sunika Kubrow, all vulpaphylas and Predasites, all Moa/Hounds with shield-oriented parts

Companions: Essential

The basics, the ones to build/use as priority. Companions with AoE and survival skills that help a lot. An AoE + Synth Deconstruct allows generating health orbs, and energy if your frame has Equilibrium or a shard purple.

Panzer Vulpaphyla

Panzer Vulpaphyla

Panzer: advantages

Acquisition
  • go to Cambion Drift on Deimos during the Fass period (Deimos day/night cycle)
  • buy a Tranq rifle from The Business or Son, equip it in your consumable wheel in your Arsenal (2nd tab at top left)
  • search and capture via conservation a Weakened Panzer. To be weakened, the Panzer must have been attacked by an Infested. You can do bounties and sometimes get already weakened capturable ones without effort... otherwise actively search via the Tranq Rifle zoom which indicates nearby enemies (beep + arrows)
  • bring your weakened Panzer for revification to Son in the Necralisk with an Antigen and a Mutagen of your choice (blueprints sold by Son, to craft in your Foundry)
Panzer: build

Panzer Build: Panzer build

Panzer Claws Build: Panzer claws

Diriga

Diriga

Diriga: advantages

  • electric stun AoE with Arc Coil
  • can take "Guardian" to regen your shields
  • take weapon with lots of status to inflict status with Manifold Bond (priming)
  • diriga: recommended weapon
    • Prime Laser Rifle, has all melee Impact Puncture Slash status + can easily have +50% crit to unlock Tenacious Bond
    • or just a Verglas viral/fire to explode enemies (or nuke a room with Contagious + Manifold + Momentous Bond)
Diriga: Obtention

Purchasable for credits in the Market of your orbiter.

Diriga: build

Diriga Build: Dirigia build

Diriga Weapon Build (Prime Laser Rifle): Diriga Prime Laser Rifle

Vasca Kavat

Vasca Kavat

Vasca: advantages

Acquisition
  • upgrade your Incubator with the Kavat Upgrade Segment (blueprint in the Dojo in Tenno Lab or drop in Grineer missions). Requires an Argon Crystal which drops only in the Void and 60,000 Alloy Plates, see Resources for good spots
  • genetic codes will be a limiting factor.
  • the best place to scan kavats is the 2nd stage of the Inaros quest doable only once
  • other farming location: Formido on Deimos (Sabotage)
  • plan for control that doesn't deal damage and immobilizes (Ivara's arrow, Equinox night mode 2)
  • if possible use the Synthesis Scanner with speed and double scan upgrades (can double drops in this case). Stack loot boosters if possible
  • Vasca-specific steps:
    • use previously raised Kavats
    • take them at night on Earth in the Plains of Eidolon, cross wild Vasca Kavats and let your Kavat get infected (red aura)
    • recover the genetic imprint of your infected Kavat in the Incubator
    • repeat to get 2 Vasca genetic imprints
    • incubate a kavat by adding the 2 Vasca imprints
Vasca: build

Vasca Build: Vasca build

Vasca Claws Build: Vasca claws

Companions: Notable

Less versatile than the Essentials, they can complete a build or fulfill a particular function via their niche abilities.

Smeeta Kavat: NO LONGER PROVIDES RESOURCE LOOT BUFF

This has been exported and generalized to all Retriever mods for animal companions.

Companions: Niche

Not useless but much less versatile than the others. For experts only.