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Grendel

Grendel sees every battlefield as a smorgasbord. His insatiable appetite rewards him with high survivability. Enemies will be eaten. And regurgitated.

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Grendel Build

Grendel

(Base stats)

Health
1095
Shield
95
Armor
370
Energy
175
Sprint
0.95
Mastery
0

Values at max rank as reported by the game export · snapshot 30 Sept 2026

(Where it sits)

Across the 119 frames in the roster, Grendel sits in the top fifteen per cent for health (3rd of 119) and armor (17th of 119).

It is thin on shield (113th of 119), which is what a build has to answer for.

It ships with 3 polarities already installed, plus Naramon on the aura slot, so that much of the board costs no forma.

(Loadout facts)

Pre-installed polarities
NaramonVazarinVazarin
Aura slot
Naramon
Helminth can subsume
Nourish
Progenitor element
Impact
Role
Survival
Introduced
26

(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.

Also written for Grendel, under no one ability: Gastroparesis

How to get Grendel

The drop tables carry nothing for Grendel. It is not farmed from a mission — it comes from clan research, a quest reward or an event, none of which the export records.

How to craft Grendel

Credits, all in
70,000
Build time
3 days 12 hours
Rush, all in
125 p
Or buy outright
325 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

  • 3,800Alloy PlateVenus · Phobos · Ceres · Jupiter · Pluto · Sedna · Zariman Ten Zero
  • 3,500FerriteMercury · Earth · Neptune · Void · Lua · Zariman Ten Zero
  • 1,125CircuitsVenus · Ceres · Kuva Fortress
  • 125Fish MeatCut from all Plains of Eidolon Fish via Fisher Hai-Luk in Cetus (Earth).
  • 100Fish OilCut from all Plains of Eidolon Fish via Fisher Hai-Luk in Cetus (Earth).
  • 30Kuaka Spinal ClawPlains of Eidolon on Earth
  • 25Condroc WingPlains of Eidolon on Earth
  • 20Tralok EyesCut from Tralok fish via Fisher Hai-Luk in Cetus (Earth). Catch Tralok in the Plains of Eidolon ocean during the Day. Also drops from Thumpers in the Plains of Eidolon.
  • 15Murkray LiverCut from Murkray fish via Fisher Hai-Luk in Cetus (Earth). Catch Murkray in Plains of Eidolon ocean hotspots at any time of day using Murkray Bait. Also drops from Thumpers in the Plains of Eidolon.
  • 10MorphicsMercury · Mars · Phobos · Europa · Pluto
  • 5Control ModuleEuropa · Neptune · Void
  • 3Orokin CellDeimos · Ceres · Saturn
  • 2Argon CrystalVoid

Under each resource, the planets whose missions drop it — or, where no planet does, how it is found, as the WARFRAME Wiki records it.

The tree

Grendel blueprint25,000 cr · 3 days · rush 50 p
  • 1 Neuroptics · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 1 Chassis · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 1 Systems · 15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 3 Orokin Cell
Neuroptics15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 2 Argon Crystal
  • 5 Control Module
  • 3,500 Ferrite
  • 3,800 Alloy Plate
Chassis15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 25 Condroc Wing
  • 30 Kuaka Spinal Claw
  • 20 Tralok Eyes
  • 15 Murkray Liver
Systems15,000 cr · 12 hours
  • 1,125 Circuits
  • 10 Morphics
  • 125 Fish Meat
  • 100 Fish Oil

(Builds)

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(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.