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Grendel Prime

Primal. Insatiable. Grendel Prime devours all who oppose him.

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Grendel Prime

(Base stats)

Health
1095
Shield
95
Armor
400
Energy
200
Sprint
0.95
Mastery
0

Values as reported by the game export at max rank · snapshot 19 Sept 2026

(Where it sits)

Across the 117 frames in the roster, Grendel Prime sits in the top fifteen per cent for health (4th of 117) and armor (14th of 117).

It is thin on shield (112th of 117), which is what a build has to answer for.

It ships with 4 polarities already installed, plus Naramon on the aura slot, so that much of the board costs no forma.

(Loadout facts)

Pre-installed polarities
NaramonVazarinVazarinMadurai
Aura slot
Naramon
Helminth can subsume
Nourish
Progenitor element
Impact
Role
Survival
Introduced
34

(Passive)

Each enemy consumed grants _ bonus armor.

(Abilities)

  1. 01

    Feast 25 energy

    Swallow enemies whole and store them in Grendel's gut. Hold to vomit out stored enemies, covering them in toxic bile.

    Augment: Gourmand

  2. 02

    Nourish 50 energy Subsumable

    Regenerate health as Grendel absorbs nourishment from enemies in his gut. While he digests, enemies that attack or are attacked by Grendel suffer Viral Damage and energy sources provide more energy. These buffs extend to squad mates.

    Augment: Hearty Nourishment

  3. 03

    Pulverize

    Grendel curls into a ball. He heals over time as he rolls, knocking over anyone in his path. Jumping slams Grendel into the ground and generates a damaging shockwave.

    Augment: Catapult

  4. 04

    Regurgitate

    Violently puke out a bile soaked enemy from Grendel's gut, turning the consumed into a toxic projectile. Nearby enemies are slowed and have their armor dissolved by the bile.

    Augment: Gastro

Costs are base figures, before efficiency.

(Acquisition)

Grendel Prime comes out of Void relics — 20 of them across its 4 parts. It is in the Vault: those relics no longer drop, so the only routes left are a player who already holds them and the occasional unvaulting.

In the Vault — the relics below are not in the current drop tables.

Blueprint

Relic Intact Exceptional Flawless Radiant
Lith G8 2%4%6%10%
Meso G6 2%4%6%10%
Meso G8 2%4%6%10%
Neo G10 2%4%6%10%
Neo G7 2%4%6%10%

Chassis

Relic Intact Exceptional Flawless Radiant
Lith A11 11%13%17%20%
Lith C12 11%13%17%20%
Lith G13 11%13%17%20%
Lith M10 11%13%17%20%
Neo S18 11%13%17%20%

Neuroptics

Relic Intact Exceptional Flawless Radiant
Meso A5 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Meso B8 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Neo M5 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Neo Q1 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Axi G15 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Axi M6 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%
Axi S17 25.33%23.33%20%16.67%

Systems

Relic Intact Exceptional Flawless Radiant
Neo M6 11%13%17%20%
Axi G11 2%4%6%10%
Axi G14 2%4%6%10%

Chances are per reward roll, as the drop tables state them. Relic rows show the chance at each refinement; a relic drops Intact.

(Craft)

Credits, all in
70,000
Build time
3 days 12 hours
Rush, all in
125 p

Build time assumes the 3 components build at the same time in separate foundry slots — 12 hours for the slowest, then 3 days for the frame itself. One slot at a time comes to 4 days 12 hours.

Everything it eats

  • 5,500 Alloy Plate
  • 4,975 Nano Spores
  • 3,800 Salvage
  • 1,425 Polymer Bundle
  • 1,250 Rubedo
  • 1,100 Circuits
  • 600 Cryotic
  • 450 Plastids
  • 5 Orokin Cell
  • 3 Neurodes
  • 2 Argon Crystal
  • 2 Nitain Extract
  • 2 Tellurium

The tree

Grendel Prime blueprint 25,000 cr · 3 days · rush 50 p
  • 5 Orokin Cell
Prime Neuroptics 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 2 Argon Crystal
  • 600 Cryotic
  • 1,100 Circuits
  • 4,975 Nano Spores
Prime Chassis 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 2 Tellurium
  • 450 Plastids
  • 1,425 Polymer Bundle
  • 5,500 Alloy Plate
Prime Systems 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 2 Nitain Extract
  • 3 Neurodes
  • 1,250 Rubedo
  • 3,800 Salvage

(Builds)

No build has been written up for Grendel Prime yet. Anything published by the community shows up below as soon as it exists.

(Sources)

Stats, ability text and art come from the game export. Polarities, ability costs, augments, subsume status and the crafting recipes come from the WARFRAME Wiki , CC BY-SA. Every figure, ranking and total on this page is computed from our own dataset.