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Primed Animal Instinct
+55m Loot Radar · +33m Enemy Radar
Nautilus Prime · Companions
Synth Cordon Printer
Energy / EquilibriumOrb farming clusters3 forma
Cordon + Assault Mode + Synth Deconstruct for Equilibrium loops — yank, tag, and print health orbs while Momentous Bond keeps the sentinel cycling after Eximus kills.
Best pickCordon WhirlpoolRecommended Nautilus Prime loadout — open it instead if you want the default setup.Loadout
Exilus on top, then eight general slots. Weapons have no Aura slot.
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Cordon
Nautilus forces enemies within 30m of the target into clusters for easier targeting. Cooldown: 15s.
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Manifold Bond
Companion Precept Mods apply Status Effects from Companion weapons. Killing enemies with 3 or more unique Status Effects reduces Companion Ability cooldowns by 3s.
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Vacuum
13.5m Companion Gather-Link. Detects and collects items, including mods.
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Assault Mode
Sentinel will attack the first visible enemy within 30m.
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Synth Deconstruct
Enemies injured by the Companions have 25% chance to drop a Health Orb when killed.
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Momentous Bond
Killing Eximus enemies grants 120% bonus of a random Elemental Damage to your Companion for 30s and reduces Companion Recovery Time by 18s.
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Calculated Redirection
+250% Shield Capacity
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Primed Regen
Sentinel recovery time reduced by 35s. Revives with 10s of invulnerability.
Mods Explained
Why each mod is in this Nautilus Prime loadout.
- Primed Animal Instinct
Radar Exilus stays — orb farms still need to see loot piles and approaching spawns.
- Cordon
Groups enemies so Synth Deconstruct tags and gunfire hit more bodies per pull.
- Manifold Bond
Status-on-precept plus cooldown shaves keep Cordon spamming; denser status also feeds Manifold’s kill condition.
- Vacuum
Scoops the health/energy orbs Synth and Duplex-adjacent loops create before they despawn across the room.
- Assault Mode
Makes the sentinel actively shoot so Helstrum/Tazicor/Verglas keep applying statuses between Cordon pulses.
- Synth Deconstruct
Tagged enemies drop health orbs — the Equilibrium energy pipeline when Cordon stacks a dozen targets for free.
- Momentous Bond
Eximus kills slash revive time and add a random element into the Manifold cocktail for faster Cordon resets.
- Calculated Redirection
Shield HP so Nautilus survives the middle of its own clumps long enough to keep Assault Mode firing.
- Primed Regen
Recovery insurance when a nuke or Eximus deletes the sentinel mid-pull.
Used on Warframe builds
Frame builds that list Nautilus Prime in Arsenal.
- Ash · Marked RedlineClonesStrength-forward Blade Storm Ash with Wrathful Advance for red-crit marks — Smoke Screen covers the cast window while clones delete Steel Path packs.
- Ash · Needle ProtocolStripAsh with Seeking Shuriken for Strength-scaled armor strip, then Blade Storm into the softened pack — the Disruption / Cascade answer when armor still gates kills.
- Ash · Quiet MarksSilenceBlade Storm Ash built around Silence and Savage Silence — stun the room, multiply finisher damage into marks, and let Trickery extend invis after clones connect.
- Ash · Smoke BatteryGunsInvisible gun Ash — Smoke Screen for survival, a damage Helminth for weapons, and Blade Storm only as optional cleanup when packs clump.
- Ash Prime · Marked RedlineClonesStrength-forward Blade Storm Ash with Wrathful Advance for red-crit marks — Smoke Screen covers the cast window while clones delete Steel Path packs. Ash Prime’s extra polarities cut Forma versus base Ash for the same polarity story.
- Ash Prime · Needle ProtocolStripAsh with Seeking Shuriken for Strength-scaled armor strip, then Blade Storm into the softened pack — the Disruption / Cascade answer when armor still gates kills. Ash Prime’s extra polarities cut Forma versus base Ash for the same polarity story.
- Ash Prime · Quiet MarksSilenceBlade Storm Ash built around Silence and Savage Silence — stun the room, multiply finisher damage into marks, and let Trickery extend invis after clones connect. Ash Prime’s extra polarities cut Forma versus base Ash for the same polarity story.
- Ash Prime · Smoke BatteryGunsInvisible gun Ash — Smoke Screen for survival, a damage Helminth for weapons, and Blade Storm only as optional cleanup when packs clump. Ash Prime’s extra polarities cut Forma versus base Ash for the same polarity story.
- Atlas · Bedrock BatteryGunsGun-leaning Atlas — Petrify locks the room, a Helminth buffs weapons, and Landslide is mobility / panic i-frames instead of the clear plan.
- Atlas · Carved LanePathLandslide Atlas with Path of Statues — dash trails petrify for you so rubble and CC stay online while you keep punching.