Kuva Larvling

A Kuva Larvling is a unique Grineer enemy that can spawn on any regular level 20+ Grineer mission. They can be mercied at low health to spawn a Kuva Lich.
Kuva Larvlings will only spawn after you have completed The War Within quest.
After the screen flashes in any level 20+ Grineer mission, players are required to kill at least 10 enemies in under 1 minute for the Kuva Larvling to spawn. The body count requirement may increase by 10 for each Tenno present, so having more players may affect the kill requirement and the length of the timer.
==Farming Locations==
These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the enemies until better facts are proven.
==Notes==
*As noted above Kuva Larvlings will only spawn in regular Grineer missions whose level range is at least level 20. Thus under normal conditions Liches can only be "born" on the Kuva Fortress, Saturn, Sedna and Lua.
**Although its mission nodes fall under the level range, Larvlings cannot spawn on Uranus, likely because they're considered "submersible" missions rather than regular ones.
***Similarly, Larvlings cannot spawn on the Zariman Ten Zero, possibly as a result of the regular faction switching interfering with the Larvlings' spawning logic.
**While they increase the level range of the mission node they're on, Void Fissures, Invasions, Quests and Dark Sectors are not considered "regular" missions and thus cannot spawn Larvlings.
***Nightmare Mode, Kuva Siphons, and The Steel Path are exceptions to this rule, which in turn allows Liches to be born on Ceres, Mars, Earth, and Mercury.
***During an Invasion, should the Grineer successfully occupy Corpus mission nodes within the level range, they can spawn Larvlings during the 24 hours the Grineer have control of the nodes. This allows for Liches born on Europa, Neptune and Pluto.
***Combining the above factors it is possible, though unlikely, for Liches to be born on Phobos and Jupiter if the Grineer successfully invade a node, and Nightmare Mode/Steel Path modifiers take effect.
*After the screen flashes during a mission, players are required to kill at least 10 enemies in under 1 minute, for the Kuva Larvling to spawn. The Larvling will not spawn whatsoever if no enemies are killed during that time or after the timer ends.
*If a Larvling is downed and left alone for 30 seconds, it will die without creating a Lich.
*In Capture missions, the screen flash and subsequent 1 minute timer will not occur until after the target has been successfully captured.
*Once downed, the Larvling will display an icon and name of the Kuva Weapon the created Lich will possess above its head, when standing within 3 meters of it.
**If the Larvling is ignored, upon extracting from the mission the displayed weapon will not show up again in the pool until the entire weapon pool is rejected.
*After being downed, all players in the squad will receive 100 on end of mission, even if not mercied.
*The gender of the Kuva Larvling a player mercies determines the gender of the Kuva Lich that will be generated.
*In a co-op session, only the player who delivers the killing blow is allowed to mercy the Larvling and generate a Lich.
*A prospective weapon icon will appear only when a Larvling has finished kneeling animation. If a Larvling is suspended mid-animation, e.g. by , it can still be mercied but with no icon to indicate a weapon.
*Invisibility may prevent Kuva Larvling from spawning.
==Tips==
*Cassini, Saturn is a quick low level Capture mission to run through for a chance to encounter a Kuva Larvling. Your screen should flash right after the target has been captured (if it doesn't, you have to get within +-600 meters of extraction first)
*Consider doing missions in Solo mode to ensure that you bring the Larvling's health down to mercy it.
*Be mindful of which Progenitor Warframe you are using when looking to summon a Lich, to ensure you get the element bonus that you want on the Lich's weapon.
*After you see the flashing indicator that a Kuva Larvling will spawn, kill as many enemies as possible for a faster Larvling spawn. Bringing an area of effect clearing frame (for the certain element you want) comes in handy for this. Example Warframes:
**: , (Strength/Range build focused on ), or ( and can deal with large numbers of enemies at once)
**: , , or 
**: (use with for mobility) or 
**: or (Strength/Range and negative Duration build focused on )
**: , ( can make short work of large crowds, especially when modded with Thunderbolt), or 
**: (Range and Strength build focused on ) or 
**: or Day 
*Be aware that you can preview the Lich's Weapon by standing near the Larvling before "committing" with a mercy kill. If you do not want the Weapon, ignore the downed Larvling and finish the mission. Note that abandoning the mission will not remove the weapon from the pool.
*Aside from Capture missions like Cassini, the easiest mission type to bring out a Larvling would be one where you are more likely to have a high density of targets in order to meet the requirement of 10 kills within one minute, therefore Exterminate missions (such as Telesto, also on Saturn) may be the easiest mission type to do this.
*Aside from bringing a Warframe that is capable of dealing mass area of effect damage to the mission, it'd be helpful to bring weapons such as or that can do the same.
**Alternatively, if you have access to the , then it would be recommended to summon your -equipped Archgun at the very beginning for this, particularly one that can deal high damage to a large number of targets or that at least deals high radial damage such as the or .
*By skipping a Progenitor (choosing not to Mercy them) the spawned weapon is then put into a ‘reject’ pile for that round of Adversary generation, meaning that it will not appear again and ultimately reducing the weapon pool each time you ‘reject’. The 'reject' list will reset either once you cycle through all the weapons or you accept a Progenitor Larvling weapon.
*It is not recommended to attempt a Survival mission to bring out a Kuva Larvling; while Survival missions are a good place to do this due to the large volume of targets, the flashing starts almost as soon as you finish hacking the terminal. This means that you have a very limited amount of time to kill as many targets as possible to meet the requirement of 10 kills within one minute...not impossible to do, just very difficult. 
==Trivia==
*The male variant shares the same model as Saturn Six Fugitives.
*The female variant shares the same model as Kuva Scorpions.
==Bugs==
*In Co-op sessions where some players have an active Lich but others do not, the Larvling may fail to spawn if the 10th enemy is killed by a player with an active Lich.
*Sometimes, the yellow flash for a Kuva Larvling will also appear in Void Relic missions.
==Media==
File:Male Kuva Larvling.png|Male larvling
File:Female Kuva Larvling.png|Female larvling
Warframe Guide How To Get a Kuva Lich Fast|Example of getting a Kuva Larvling to spawn
==Patch History==
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