Faction cheat sheet

Ferrite/ alloy armor scales with level. Strip armor first, then slash or heat.

• Status: Corrosive, Viral (after armor strip), Heat
• Mods: Corrosive Projection, Shield of Shadows less relevant
• Watch: rollers, bombards, napalms at higher tiers

Salvage · Alloy Plate · Detonite Injector

Shield-heavy. Magnetic procs help; toxin bypasses shields on health.

• Status: Magnetic, Toxin, Viral on flesh
• Nullifiers and combas strip abilities — bring amp or brute force
• Robotics: Radiation for confusion

Polymer Bundle · Control Module · Oxium

Swarms with toxic auras. Range and AoE shine; ancients can disrupt.

• Status: Heat, Gas, Corrosive on ancients
• Healing: bring frames that resist or cleanse toxin

Nano Spores · Mutagen Mass · Forma (Hieracon)

Void towers and fissures. Expect shielded heavies and armored units together.

• Status: Corrosive + Magnetic or Viral combo
• Relic rewards — check world state for fissures

Void Traces · prime parts via fissures

Eidolons and railjack sentients adapt to repeated damage types. Cycle weapons and elements.

• Operator amp for shields, then match element to weak point
• Void damage resets adaptations — Operator / Paracesis

Eidolon Shard · Breath of the Eidolon

Angels and holdfast missions. Void and slash builds common; check current community guides for arcane swaps.

• Bring reliable survivability — burst damage windows matter
• Archon shards and incarnon weapons are popular here

Narmer missions blend factions. Armor strip and shield break both help.

• Status: flexible — Corrosive, Magnetic, Heat
• Archon mods drop from weekly hunts

Archon Shard