Kuva Lich/Rewards (2024)

Progenitor[]

Element	Progenitor Warframe*
Impact	Baruuk • Dante • Gauss • Grendel • Rhino • Sevagoth • Wukong • Zephyr
Heat	Chroma • Ember • Inaros • Kullervo • Nezha • Protea • Vauban • Wisp
Cold	Frost • Gara • Hildryn • Revenant • Styanax • Titania • Trinity
Electricity	Banshee • Caliban • Excalibur • Gyre • Limbo • Nova • Valkyr • Volt
Toxin	Atlas • Dagath • Ivara • Khora • Nekros • Nidus • Oberon • Saryn
Magnetic	Citrine • Harrow • Hydroid • Lavos • Mag • Mesa • Xaku • Yareli
Radiation	Ash • Equinox • Garuda • Loki • Mirage • Nyx • Octavia • Qorvex • Voruna

*Note that the Primed or Umbra version of a Warframe share the same element

Kuva Weapons[]

Main article: Kuva (Variant)

Kuva weapons are a special variant of existing weapons carried by a player's Lich and can be acquired once the Lich is Vanquished. If the player has enough weapon slots, they can claim these weapons from their Foundry, bypassing the supposed Mastery Rank requirement on these weapons. The weapons vary in attributes, dependent on the Lich the player has slain. The Energy Color on the weapon is depicted by what elemental bonus was augmented on the weapon during Lich creation and the progenitor Warframe. All weapons have an equal chance of spawning from a Kuva Lich.^[1]

Certain Kuva weapons are unique to Kuva liches, and are not based on existing Grineer weapons:

Mechanics[]

A Kuva variant of a weapon will only provide mastery points once. A second weapon of the same variant but with a different Lich name will not provide extra mastery. These weapons have a max rank of 40. To obtain the maximum rank, the player must polarize the weapon five times, with each Forma increasing the maximum possible rank by 2 (similar to Paracesis).

The Kuva weapons additionally have bonus damage of one damage type, ranging from 25-60% of the weapon's base damage determined randomly, with lower percentages being more common.^[1] The damage type of this bonus damage is determined by the Progenitor Warframe, as per this table.

Note: This additional bonus damage applies as weapon base damage, meaning elemental mods and status that scale from base / modified base damage will be affected.

Valence Fusion[]

Valence Fusion combines two of the same Kuva or Tenet weapons into one with a higher Elemental Bonus, multiplying the highest bonus of the two weapons by 1.1, capping at 60% bonus. Valence Fusion can be found under the Actions button while modding a weapon. After selecting Valence Fusion, a player is required to choose another of the same Kuva/Tenet weapon from the inventory (not in Foundry or with the Kuva Lich / Sister of Parvos) to fuse it with. If the weapon's element bonuses differs, the player will be prompted to choose between the two available elements.

The final value of the Elemental Bonus after a Valence Fusion is performed is given by the formula:

Any other properties (Orokin Catalyst, Forma, Stance Forma, Exilus Weapon Adapter, or Focus Lens) do not transfer over, meaning the order of fusion is important. Put simply, it is best to equip the weapon with the most resource investment (weapon rank, Catalyst, Forma, and Exilus that you wanted to keep) and fuse other weapons to it.

After selecting the donor weapon to be used in the fusion, a confirmation screen displays the desired weapon's new damage type and bonus values and warns that the transfer will consume the selected donor weapon. Players are then prompted to type FUSE to confirm the fusion.

• Example: KuvaKohm (A) has 40% Heat Damage and an Orokin Catalyst. Kuva Kohm (B) has 52% Radiation damage. The player has two options, to fuse (A) with (B) or to fuse (B) with (A).
  • Since 52% is higher than 40%, the result will always be according to the percentage of (B) and multiplied by 1.1, resulting in 57.2%.
  • Fusing (B) to (A): Equip (A), under Valence Fusion, select (B). The result of this will be a Kuva Kohm with 57.2% Heat or Radiation damage with an Orokin Catalyst. (B) will be destroyed.
  • Fusing (A) to (B): Equip (B), under Valence Fusion, select (A). The result of this will be a Kuva Kohm with 57.2% Heat or Radiation damage without an Orokin Catalyst. (A) will be destroyed.

For Weapons and same-tier Armaments, maximum% bonus (60%) can be achieved in the following number of fusions:

For example, a TenetEnvoy with a 43% Toxin bonus will need at most 4 Fusions to reach the maximum element bonus of 60%.

Ephemera[]

Kuva Liches have a 20%^[2] chance to be created with an Ephemera equipped that corresponds to the Progenitor Warframe who created them. These Ephemeras can be equipped on Companions,Archwings, and Necramechs. Players will receive a Lich's Ephemera regardless of whether they Vanquish or Convert them.

Element	Ephemera	Visuals
Impact
Heat
Cold
Electricity
Toxin
Magnetic
Radiation

Ally[]

Converted Kuva Liches can randomly appear in missions after the player enters bleedout, fighting alongside the Tenno. The converted Kuva Lich's level follows the formula Lich Rankx 20(cappedat level 80in normal mode and level 135 in The Steel Path) regardless of mission level, their weapons have a 3x damage multiplier, and will use all of their abilities. They will stay for a minimum of 2 minutes. Any Weaknesses, Resistances and Immunities that the Kuva Lich had at the time of conversion remain effective and are reflected by using the Synthesis Scanner's Data-Parse Widget

Railjack Crew[]

With Command Intrinsic Rank 8, Converted Kuva Liches can be brought aboard Railjacks as Crew members.

Unlike NPC crew members hired from Ticker, the Kuva Lich cannot be given weapons and will default to using their own, cannot operate Railjack systems such as the pilot seat, turrets, and repair, do not have moddable stats, and are restricted to the Defender role. However, their health and shields are significantly higher than NPC crew members, making them built for endurance and quite suited for repelling boarders.

Kuva Liches as crew members follows a different level scaling formula compared to randomly appearing converted Liches: Lich Rank x 15. For example, a Rank 5 Lich will be at level 75 when they are equipped as crew members.

Regalia[]

After the player successfully defeats their first Kuva Lich, the Old Blood Emblem and Old Blood Sigil will both be granted to them automatically as proof of their accomplishment. Both cosmetics can then be equipped on their Warframes as Regalia and depict the logo of Kuva Liches. These items are only granted once.

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