IN WarframesHelminth is an infected creature that lives in your Orbiter. You can utilize Helminth to transfer Warframe abilities to another Warframe, add modern abilities unlocked in Helminth to a Warframe, Revive Warframes to make them stronger for a narrow time, insert Archon Shards into a Warframe, and combine Archon Shards to create more powerful shards.
Helminth is an extremely powerful mechanic Warframes player should utilize, but it’s not well explained and can be confusing. Read on for a breakdown of all of Helminth’s different systems, as well as how to unlock Helminth, how to upgrade it, and how to level it up effectively.
How to unlock Helminth in Warframe
Helminth is located in the room in the Orbiter across from your personal quarters. The room itself becomes available when you utilize Nidus, Nidus Prime or Warframe with Helminth cyst.
Using Nidus, you can enter Helminth’s room and interact with Helminth to obtain the Helminth Cyst. You can then infect other Warframes you come into contact with during the mission. The day after being infected, a Helminth Cyst will appear on Warframe.
However, you can’t actually utilize Helminth, even if you have access to his room, until you purchase it Helminth segment for your Orbiter. You can buy the segment from the Son in the Necralisk on Deimos. You’ll have to be Mastery level 8 AND Rank 3 with Entrati.
The Helminth segment costs money 15,000 are standingand its crafting requirements are as follows:
- 5 purple Velocipod markers
- 20 Adramal alloy
- 5 Saturated muscle mass
- 15 Ganglion
After 24 hours of creation, you will be redirected to the Helminth room and have the chance to name your Helminth. Then you can start using it. However, in order to access Revive, Archon Shards, or be able to upgrade Archon Shards, you must upgrade your Helminth.
How to upgrade Helminth in Warframe
There are three different Helminth upgrades in the form of Orbiter segments.
The Helminth Revival Segment allows you to Revive your Warframe, which gives you short-lived Warframe buffs that last for a week. You can buy the segment from the Son in the Necralisk on Deimos. You have to be Mastery level 8 AND Rank 5 with Entrati.
The Helminth Revival segment costs money 30,000 are standingand its crafting requirements are as follows:
- 5 vizier predestination tokens
- 20 Hardened bafolite
- 10 purulent cognitive nodules
- 15 Pustulit
The Archon Helminth’s Shard Segment allows you to connect Archon Shards to Warframes, which give the Warframe powerful, indefinite buffs. Archon Helminth’s Shard Segment Blueprint is a reward for completing the quest Curtain breaker the quest and its crafting requirements are:
- 2 Entrati Lantern
- 10 Decentralized Namalon
- 5 spore bags
- 50 Thrax Prisms
The Helminth coalescing segment allows you to combine Archon Shards to create more powerful versions of Shards or modern types of Shards with different sets of buffs. You can buy the segment from Bird 3 in Sanctum Anatomica on Deimos. You have to be Rank 2 With Guinea pig.
Helminth’s coalescing segment costs money 30,000 are standingand its crafting requirements are as follows:
- 50 Steles
- 5 Echo Voca
- 5 Entrati Lantern
- 25 Necracoil
How to utilize Helminth in Warframe
The basic mechanics of Helminth are summing up. Basically, you sacrifice a Warframe (the base variant, not the main one) to add one of its four abilities to Helminth. You can then add this ability to other Warframes, replacing one of the four abilities of your choice.
Once you capture a frame to unlock an ability in Helminth, that ability will forever be available to add to other Warframes. However, only the specific ability of each Warframe can be subsumed. This is done for the sake of balance and you can check out the wiki for a full list of slave abilities.
Please note that a subordinated ability may function differently than the ability normally in its original form. For example, Rhino’s Roar is a tamable ability that is very popular, but Roar has a lower damage boost when bonded to another Warframe compared to Rhino itself.
It’s also worth noting that Boost Mods can be used on Warframes with the appropriate ability taken. So Rhino’s Piercing Roar mod can be installed on any Roar-equipped frame. However, some Boost Mods will have functionality specific to their original Warframe.
In addition to hidden skills, Helminth has its own set of skills that you can add to your frames. Some of Helminth’s abilities are quite powerful, such as Charged Ammo, which causes your weapon to only consume ammo every four shots rather than every shot when busy.
However, you cannot do any of the above without the necessary resources.
How to feed Helminth in Warframe
Whether you revive a Warframe, slot Archon Shards, or claim abilities, every Helminth action has a price. And you pay Secretions.
There are seven different categories of secretions consisting of various resources from throughout the game. For example Oxides The secretion consists of metal resources such as Aluminum plates. By feeding the Helminth these resources, you fill the oxide secretion.
The secretion can be filled to a maximum of 100%. How much a particular resource fills the secretion is up to you Helminth’s appetite. The more you feed your Helminth a specific resource, the less it will fill its secretion. So you need to change the way you feed your Helminth.
However, if you give your Helminth some time after feeding it, feeding it again with this material will fill your secretions as normal. What your Helminth craves is indicated by arrows on this resource in the feeding menu. Helminth can be hungry, unhungry, or neutral.
A green arrow means that Helminth is hungry for that resource, so you will fill your Secretion at the maximum amount, while a red arrow means that he is tired of something and you will fill your Secretion with much less. The absence of an arrow means that your Helminth is neutral towards that resource.
At last, Sentient discharge works differently than the rest. You can feed the Sentient Helminth’s resources to restore its appetite for a specific resource. So if you have a lot of one resource that the Helminth is tired of, you can turn its arrow from red to green by feeding it.
How to level Helminth in Warframe
How many Warframes you can conquer, as well as what Helminth abilities you have access to, is up to you Helminth’s Metamorphosis rank. This is basically the level of your Helminth. To even start counting frames, you must be Metamorphosis Rank 1.
Leveling Helminth is straightforward. By providing him with resources, conquering Warframes, placing Archon Shards or Animating Frames in slotsyou will receive Metamorphosis XP. However, leveling Helminth quickly is a more hard task, especially considering the resource costs associated with feeding it.
Wake-ups grant a ton of Metamorphosis XP, so even if you don’t plan on using a specific frame, Revive is a great way to quickly level up. You should also be careful when feeding Helminth so as not to waste your resources, which means wasting precious Metamorphosis XP.
The resource with the green arrow can fill the secretion by up to 30%, so feeding your Helminth the resource it craves when the corresponding secretion is already at 90% is not very effective. So don’t feel the need to keep your secretion level at 100%, just top it up as needed.
You can also remove a captured ability from a Warframe and then add a modern one, which can be an effective way to utilize up your Secretions, which in turn can be refilled – both will give you Metamorphosis XP. Just be careful not to feed the Helminth resources you need.
As a precaution, even if you are effective, Helminth isn’t something most players can max out in a few days. Depending on how many frames you need to capture and what resources you have, it may take a month or longer.
