Xaku

Weapon Platform

Broken Warframes adrift in the Void converged to create Xaku. Together, they deal high damage. Xaku proves that the sum of the whole is greater than its parts.

Role: Weapon Platform
Aura: Naramon
Polarities: VazarinVazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

RelatedPrime VersionXaku Prime

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 269
Shield: 239
Armor: 146
Energy: 160
Sprint Speed: 1.02
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

Warframe dossier

Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

Broken Warframes adrift in the Void converged to create Xaku. Built around Xata's Whisper, Grasp Of Lohk, The Lost.

Passive

a percentage Damage Reduction on AOE attacks and chance to avoid incoming weapon damage.

When to Pick

You want a weapon platform toolkit and Xaku’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Xaku brings — especially Xata's Whisper.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Xaku’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

Xata's Whisper (Ability 1): Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
Grasp Of Lohk (Ability 2): Void Tendrils steal weapons from nearby enemies to use as your own floating, auto-targeting armament.
The Lost (Ability 3): Cycle through a trio of lost Warframe powers.
The Vast Untime (Ability 4): Temporarily shed the outer pieces of Xaku in a destructive blast, then stalk the battlefield in a new, swifter skeletal form.

Abilities & Augments

1
Xata's Whisper →
Energy 25
Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
No augment
2
Grasp Of Lohk →
Energy 25
Void Tendrils steal weapons from nearby enemies to use as your own floating, auto-targeting armament. Damage output increases based on enemy level. The number of weapons grabbed also determines the damage multiplier for The Lost: Deny's Void beam.
Augment
Vampiric GraspOpen augment →
3
The Lost →
Energy 25
Cycle through a trio of lost Warframe powers. Accuse manifests a Void fissure to corrupt enemies into allies. Gaze grasps targets in Void tendrils that capture damage and inflict it when the target is released. Deny annihilates with a beam of Void energy, wiping Sentient resistances.
Augment
The Relentless LostOpen augment →
4
The Vast Untime →
Energy 25
Temporarily shed the outer pieces of Xaku in a destructive blast, then stalk the battlefield in a new, swifter skeletal form. Enemies damaged by the body shrapnel are rendered weaker to Void Damage. Xaku's other active abilities' duration is frozen in time and resumes once The Vast Untime expires.
Augment
Untime RiftOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Xata's Whisper
Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
2
Grasp Of Lohk
Void Tendrils steal weapons from nearby enemies to use as your own floating, auto-targeting armament.
3
The Lost
Cycle through a trio of lost Warframe powers.
4
The Vast Untime
Temporarily shed the outer pieces of Xaku in a destructive blast, then stalk the battlefield in a new, swifter skeletal form.

Helminth / Subsume

Xata's Whisper is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Grasp Of Lohk and later abilities when they define Xaku’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 Xaku’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Xaku if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Xaku 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	Xaku holds up on Steel Path as a weapon platform; invest Forma if you plan to main Xata's Whisper. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Strong	Xaku can hold Mobile Defense / Excavation without sweating every spawn, mainly via Xata's Whisper. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Strong	Good Exterminate / Capture frame if you skip Xaku’s slow setup and spam Xata's Whisper. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Weak	Loud kit. Leave Spy / Rescue to invis or silence frames; Xata's Whisper doesn’t make Xaku quiet. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated. Broken Warframes adrift in the Void converged to create Xaku.
Open World / Bounties	Strong	Strong on packed bounty camps; Xaku still leans on Operator / Archwing for the empty travel stretches while Xata's Whisper handles fights. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Excellent	Eidolon-style missions are where Xaku stops being ‘just okay’ — Xata's Whisper is built for that lane. Wield Void Damage for all attacks from equipped weapons when activated.