Citrine

Support / Healer

Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion. Citrine's crystalline might supports allies on the battlefield. Combat only enhances her fractal beauty.

Role: Support / Healer
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: MaduraiVazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 400
Shield: 270
Armor: 265
Energy: 130
Sprint Speed: 1.0
Build Cost: 30,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion. Built around Fractured Blast, Preserving Shell, Prismatic Gem.

Passive

Citrine grants nearby allies base health regeneration per second. Pick up a Health Orb to increase regeneration by an extra amount, up to a maximum.

When to Pick

You want a support / healer toolkit and Citrine’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Citrine brings — especially Fractured Blast.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Citrine’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

Fractured Blast (Ability 1): Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status.
Preserving Shell (Ability 2): Citrine guards herself and nearby allies with a crystalline shell that gradually decays.
Prismatic Gem (Ability 3): Deploy a gem that shoots prismatic beams.
Crystallize (Ability 4): Citrine summons crystal fractals.

Abilities & Augments

1
Fractured Blast →
Energy 25
Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Enemies afflicted with this Status Effect have an increased chance of dropping Health and Energy Orbs.
No augment
2
Preserving Shell →
Energy 25
Citrine guards herself and nearby allies with a crystalline shell that gradually decays. Kills and assists increase the defensive power of the shell.
No augment
3
Prismatic Gem →
Energy 25
Deploy a gem that shoots prismatic beams. The gem targets enemies that are taking weapon damage from Citrine and her allies. Its beams inflict Heat, Cold, Toxin, and Electricity Status Effects. Status Chance and Status Duration increase for nearby allies.
Augment
Prismatic CompanionOpen augment →
4
Crystallize →
Energy 25
Citrine summons crystal fractals. The fractals rush forward, seeking enemies. Enemies touched by the fractals are paralyzed by crystalline growths. Hit the growths to deal Critical Damage.
Augment
RecrystalizeOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Fractured Blast
Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status.
2
Preserving Shell
Citrine guards herself and nearby allies with a crystalline shell that gradually decays.
3
Prismatic Gem
Deploy a gem that shoots prismatic beams.
4
Crystallize
Citrine summons crystal fractals.

Helminth / Subsume

Fractured Blast is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Preserving Shell and later abilities when they define Citrine’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Mod Scaling

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Citrine’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Citrine if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Citrine is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Priority

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Strong	Use Citrine on Steel Path when the squad already has strip/nukes and you need Fractured Blast. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Point-hold missions reward Citrine: Fractured Blast turns the excavator into a killbox. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Citrine’s support / healer kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Situational	Only if you already know the vaults — Citrine is not a Spy specialist and Fractured Blast won’t save a loud play. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Citrine still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Fractured Blast handles fights. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Citrine wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Fractured Blast won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. Slash and stagger enemies with a crystal blast that inflicts Slash Status. Gaze upon the Crystal Bastion.