RANK 0
Empower
Increases the strength of your next ability cast.
HELMINTH INFIRMARY · METAMORPHOSIS
Helminth Guide
The Helminth Segment unlocks for 15,000 Standing from Son (MR 8 plus Associate rank with the Entrati) or for 300 Platinum in the Market. Subsuming a non-Prime, non-Umbra Warframe permanently sacrifices it and adds one of its abilities to the Helminth; you can then inject that ability into slots 1–4 of any Warframe you own.
- INJECTABLE ABILITIES
- 65
- HELMINTH’S OWN ABILITIES
- 14
- METAMORPHOSIS RANKS
- 15
The rank system and what it unlocks
- 0 Unlocks Empower, Infested Mobility and Master’s Summons 0 total XP
- 1 Unlocks subsuming a Warframe and 3 subsume slots 2,250 total XP · +2,250
- 2 Unlocks Rebuild Shields 5,625 total XP · +3,375
- 3 Unlocks Perspicacity 10,125 total XP · +4,500
- 4 Raises you to 10 subsume slots 15,750 total XP · +5,625
- 5 Unlocks Energized Munitions 22,500 total XP · +6,750
- 6 Unlocks Marked For Death 30,375 total XP · +7,875
- 7 Raises you to 20 subsume slots 39,375 total XP · +9,000
- 8 Unlocks Sentient Appetite 49,500 total XP · +10,125
- 9 Unlocks Expedite Suffering 60,750 total XP · +11,250
- 10 Unbound Subsume — the slot limit is removed 73,125 total XP · +12,375
- 11 Unlocks Parasitic Armor 86,625 total XP · +13,500
- 12 Unlocks Hideous Resistance 101,250 total XP · +14,625
- 13 Unlocks Voracious Metastasis 117,000 total XP · +15,750
- 14 Unlocks Sickening Pulse 133,875 total XP · +16,875
- 15 Unlocks Golden Instinct 151,875 total XP · +18,000
Where the XP comes from: subsuming a Warframe gives about 1,600 XP; feeding the Helminth returns 3–30% depending on how much it likes the resource; injecting an ability gives XP based on the percentage of resources spent; an Invigoration injection gives 4,800 XP in one go.
Abilities that belong to no Warframe
These do not come from any Warframe; they are Helminth-specific abilities unlocked straight from the Helminth Infirmary menu as your rank rises.
RANK 0
Infested Mobility
Temporarily increases your parkour speed.
RANK 0
Master’s Summons
Heals your companion and summons it to your side.
RANK 2
Rebuild Shields
Instantly refills your shields.
RANK 3
Perspicacity
Automatically succeeds your next hacking attempt.
RANK 5
Energized Munitions
Improves ammo consumption efficiency.
RANK 6
Marked For Death
Staggers an enemy; a portion of the next damage you deal to it is spread to every enemy around it.
RANK 8
Sentient Appetite
Feeding the Helminth a Sentient resource renews its appetite for a resource it no longer wants.
RANK 9
Expedite Suffering
Condenses every Slash and Toxin status effect into a single instant hit.
RANK 11
Parasitic Armor
Sacrifices your shields for a while to strengthen your armour.
RANK 12
Hideous Resistance
Grants yourself temporary status effect immunity.
RANK 13
Voracious Metastasis
Spends energy to heal yourself and gives every ally an equal share of energy.
RANK 14
Sickening Pulse
Emits a wave that adds stacks to the status effects already on enemies.
RANK 15
Golden Instinct
Sends out a short-lived Void spark towards the nearest medallion, Ayatan sculpture, rare container, unscanned Kuria or fragment.
65 abilities
Ash Shuriken
Armor Strip 
Slash
Slash Seeking Shuriken Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Atlas Petrify
Ore Gaze Red Veil, Exalted
Banshee Silence
Savage Silence Cephalon Suda, Genius
Baruuk Lull
Endless Lullaby Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Caliban Sentient Wrath
Crowd ControlDamage Debuff 
Tau
Tau 
Chroma Elemental Ward
Health BonusShield BonusReload Speed BonusArmor Bonus 
Heat 
Electricity 
Toxin 
Cold
Heat Electricity Toxin Cold Everlasting Ward Cephalon Suda, Genius
Citrine Fractured Blast
Crowd ControlHealingEnergy Restore Slash 
Impact
Slash Impact 
Cyte-09 Evade
Dagath Wyrd Scythes
Crowd ControlDamage 
Viral
Viral 
Dante Dark Verse
Damage Slash Stagger
Slash Stagger 
Ember Fire Blast
Crowd ControlArmor StripHealing Heat
Heat Healing Flame Red Veil, Exalted Purifying Flames Conclave, Tempest
Equinox Rest & Rage
Calm & Frenzy Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Excalibur Radial Blind
Radiant Finish Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Follie Self Portrait
Damage Reduction 
Corrosive
Corrosive 
Frost Ice Wave
Crowd Control Cold
Cold Ice Wave Impedance Cephalon Suda, Genius
Gara Spectrorage
Crowd ControlEnergy Restore Impact 
Puncture Slash
Impact Puncture Slash Spectrosiphon Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Garuda Blood Altar
Gauss Thermal Sunder
Crowd ControlNukingDamage Buff Cold Heat
Cold Heat Thermal Transfer Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Grendel Nourish
Crowd ControlDamage BuffEnergy Restore Viral
Viral Hearty Nourishment Red Veil, Exalted
Gyre Coil Horizon
DamageCrowd Control Electricity
Electricity Coil Recharge Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Harrow Condemn
Tribunal Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Hildryn Pillage
Blazing Pillage Cephalon Suda, Genius
Hydroid Tempest Barrage
Crowd ControlArmor Strip Corrosive Stagger Viral
Corrosive Stagger Viral Viral Tempest Cephalon Suda, Genius
Inaros Desiccation
Desiccation's Curse Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Ivara Quiver
Empowered Quiver Cephalon Suda, Genius Power of Three
Jade Ophanim Eyes
Crowd ControlDefense Strip Heat Slow
Heat Slow 
Khora Ensnare
Koumei Omamori
Kullervo Wrathful Advance
Lavos Vial Rush
Crowd ControlDamage Buff Cold
Cold 
Limbo Banish
Crowd ControlSupport Impact
Impact Rift Haven Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Loki Decoy
Damage Decoy Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim Deceptive Bond Conclave, Tempest Savior Decoy Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Mag Pull
Crowd Control 
Magnetic
Magnetic Greedy Pull New Loka, Flawless
Mesa Shooting Gallery
Muzzle Flash Red Veil, Exalted
Mirage Eclipse
Total Eclipse Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Nekros Terrify
Creeping Terrify Red Veil, Exalted
Nezha Fire Walker
Crowd ControlMovement SpeedStatus Cleanse Heat
Heat Pyroclastic Flow Cephalon Suda, Genius
Nidus Larva
Crowd Control Toxin
Toxin Larva Burst Steel Meridian, General
Nokko Brightbonnet
Nova Null Star
Damage Reduction 
Blast Heat
Blast Heat Neutron Star Cephalon Suda, Genius
Nyx Mind Control
Crowd ControlSupport 
Radiation
Radiation Mind Freak Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Oberon Smite
Armor StripCrowd ControlDamage Buff Radiation Stun Stagger
Radiation Stun Stagger Smite Infusion New Loka, Flawless
Octavia Resonator
DamageCrowd Control Blast Stagger
Blast Stagger Conductor Cephalon Suda, Genius
Oraxia Webbed Embrace
Crowd ControlDamage Buff Toxin
Toxin 
Protea Dispensary
Repair Dispensary Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Qorvex Chyrinka Pillar
DamageCrowd Control Radiation Stagger Ragdoll
Radiation Stagger Ragdoll 
Revenant Reave
Blinding Reave Cephalon Suda, Genius
Rhino Roar
Damage Buff Puncture Knockdown
Puncture Knockdown Piercing Roar Steel Meridian, General
Saryn Molt
Crowd ControlHealing Movement Speed Toxin
Toxin Regenerative Molt Red Veil, Exalted
Sevagoth Gloom
Sirius & Orion Jade Stars
Damage (Jade Stars)Decoy (Astral Shell) Heat Blast
Heat Blast 
Styanax Tharros Strike
Crowd ControlDefense StripHealing Impact Stun
Impact Stun Tharros Lethality Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Temple Pyrotechnics
Damage Impact Puncture Slash Heat
Impact Puncture Slash Heat 
Titania Spellbind
Spellbound Harvest New Loka, Exalted
Trinity Well of Life
Pool of Life
Uriel Remedium
Valkyr Warcry
Eternal War New Loka, Flawless
Vauban Tesla Nervos
Crowd Control Blast Electricity
Blast Electricity Tesla Bank Cephalon Suda, Genius
Volt Shock
Crowd ControlDamage Buff Electricity
Electricity Shock Trooper Arbiters of Hexis, Maxim
Voruna Lycath's Hunt
Wisp Breach Surge
DamageCrowd Control Radiation Blind
Radiation Blind Critical Surge Cephalon Suda, Genius
Wukong Defy
InvulnerabilityArmor BonusStatus Cleanse Impact Ragdoll
Impact Ragdoll 
Xaku Xata's Whisper
Damage Buff 
Void
Void 
Yareli Aquablades
Crowd ControlDamage Slash Stagger
Slash Stagger Surging Blades Cephalon Suda, Genius
Zephyr Airburst
Crowd ControlDamage Buff Impact Puncture Slash Knockdown Ragdoll
Impact Puncture Slash Knockdown Ragdoll Airburst Rounds New Loka, Flawless
The most commonly picked injections
from Rhino
Roar
Damage Buff
from Sevagoth
Gloom
Crowd Control / Healing
from Wisp
Breach Surge
Damage / Crowd Control
from Mag
Pull
Crowd Control
from Banshee
Silence
Damage Debuff / Disable Enemy Abilities / Stealth
from Trinity
Well of Life
Healing / Crowd Control
Common questions
Can I get a subsumed Warframe back?
No. Subsuming is permanent; if you want to use that Warframe again you have to build it from its blueprints all over again.
Can I subsume a Prime or Umbra Warframe?
No — the Helminth only accepts normal (non-Prime, non-Umbra) Warframes.
Do I lose the Mastery Rank points?
No. If you already took a Warframe to at least rank 30 and banked its Mastery points, those points stay with you permanently even after you subsume it.
Can I change an injected ability later?
Yes. You can replace an injected ability with any other from a Warframe you have already subsumed, at any time, by paying the required resources.
Can I put the same ability on more than one Warframe?
Yes — once an ability is unlocked by subsuming, it can be injected separately into every Warframe you own.
Which ability slot does it go into?
When injecting you pick one of the target Warframe’s abilities 1–4 and overwrite it; the original ability in that slot is temporarily disabled.