Critical Mutation
What does Critical Mutation do?
Critical Mutation gives Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 30% up to 300%. Reduce by 30% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. at max rank.
- Max rank
- 5
- Drain (max)
- 7
- Unranked
- 17.3p
- Maxed
- 35p
Effect by rank
| Rank | Effect | Drain |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 5% up to 300%. Reduce by 5% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 2 |
| 1 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 10% up to 300%. Reduce by 10% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 3 |
| 2 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 15% up to 300%. Reduce by 15% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 4 |
| 3 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 20% up to 300%. Reduce by 20% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 5 |
| 4 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 25% up to 300%. Reduce by 25% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 6 |
| 5 | Each kill increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 30% up to 300%. Reduce by 30% when fewer than 3 enemies are struck by the grenade explosion. | 7 |
Effect text is Digital Extremes’ own, straight from the Public Export. Drain rises by one per rank from a base of 2.
Price by rank
| Rank | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 17.3p | 2p |
| 5 (max) | 35p | — |
Ranks are priced separately on purpose. An unranked and a maxed copy are different goods — averaging them gives a figure that describes neither.
Ranking it up
Upgrading a mod costs Endo and credits, and each rank doubles the previous rank’s Endo cost — which is why the jump from rank 4 to 5 usually costs more than every rank before it combined. As a rare mod, the per-rank cost scales with that rarity band. If you only need the effect occasionally, buying a maxed copy outright can beat ranking one yourself once you price the Endo — compare the unranked and maxed prices above.
Its Madurai (V) polarity halves the drain when slotted into a matching polarised slot — at max rank that is the difference between 7 capacity and 4. It fits the Catabolyst slot, so it competes for capacity with every other Catabolyst mod on this page’s related list.
About this mod
Rank effects and drain come from Digital Extremes’ Public Export. Drop locations come from the official drop tables. Prices are the 25th percentile of visible sell orders from online sellers on warframe.market, recorded hourly and split by rank.
See the full price history for Critical Mutation, or browse all mods.