Nidus/Prime

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Mutation is endless. The ravening plague-bearer returns in a long-unseen form, seething with a primal strain of the Infestation. Features altered Mod polarities for greater customization.

> We cast our shining child adrift on strange seas. For with time, these starless currents black as mourning may work a sea-change. And if, one grisly dawn, the skies should hurl you, herald-like, back to Earth, remind us, foundling, of what we immaculate ones have lost.
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> What succulent riches disease's kiss may bring.
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> My festering demigod. My Nidus.
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> Ballas

**Release Date**: September 8th, 2021

**Nidus Prime** is the Primed variant of **Nidus**, sporting enhanced Health, Energy, and Armor. He was released alongside the Strun Prime and the Magnus Prime.

## Acquisition

แม่แบบ:PrimeTable
แม่แบบ:BuildAutomatic

## Notes

* Nidus Prime, compared to Nidus:
	+ Higher Health (175/525 vs. 150/450)
	+ Higher Energy (125/188 vs. 100/150)
	+ Higher Armor (350/525 vs. 300/450)
	+ Different Polarities (ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Naramon Pol.svgไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svg vs. ไฟล์:Madurai Pol.svgไฟล์:Vazarin Pol.svg)
* As a Prime Warframe, Nidus Prime possesses a special passive ability where contact with an Orokin Void Death Orb will release an energy pulse that grants **250** Energy to all nearby allies. This effect can only occur once per Death Orb, and can occur even if the Death Orb has been previously destroyed.
* Nidus Prime's appearance changes as he accumulates Mutation Stacks:
	+ At 3 stacks, black tendrils form on the left side of his face, as well as his entire left arm.
	+ At 5 stacks, the tendrils extend to cover his chest and back.
	+ At 7 stacks, the right side of his fleshy body becomes covered in a black mass, as the golden metallic spikes on his right arm protrude outward, while tendrils form on his lower body.
	+ At 10 stacks, the tendrils extend to cover his entire face and thighs.
* Virulence, Larva, Ravenous' Maggots and its Infested nests have unique models of Orokin design, appearing twisted and overtaken by Nidus' Infestation.
	+ Maggot Prime visually resembles Excalibur/Prime's default helmet.

## Trivia

* Nidus Prime was revealed during TennoCon 2021 on 17th July 2021. Players in the TennoCon Relay were granted an up-close look of his in-game model.
* Nidus Prime's concept art was illustrated by Mike Brennan, the original designer of Nidus.
* Nidus Prime is the ninth Primed Warframe whose non-Primed variant was unlockable through a quest (The Glast Gambit), after Gara, Octavia, Inaros, Titania, Atlas, Chroma, Limbo, and Mirage.

## Media

NidusPrimePoster.pngPoster for Nidus PrimeStrunMagnusPoster.pngPoster for Strun Prime and Magnus PrimeNidusAccessoriesPoster.pngPoster for Karnolyth Necramech Skin and Crinoid Prime SyandanaNidus Prime Image 1.pngNidus Prime concept art from Tennocon 2021Nidus Prime Helmet.jpgNidus Prime Helmet concept art from Tennocon 2021Nidus Prime Stacks.pngNidus Prime Mutation Stacks concept art from Tennocon 2021Nidus Prime Maggot.jpgNidus Prime's Maggot concept art from Tennocon 2021Nidus Prime Relay Preview.jpgNidus Prime as seen in the Tennocon 2021 Relay preview
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