Empowered Blades
What does Empowered Blades do?
Empowered Blades gives Squad receives +60% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>90 Shields per hit. at max rank.
- Max rank
- 5
- Drain (max)
- 3
- Unranked
- 44p
- Maxed
- 42p
Effect by rank
| Rank | Effect | Drain |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Squad receives +10% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>15 Shields per hit. | -2 |
| 1 | Squad receives +20% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>30 Shields per hit. | -1 |
| 2 | Squad receives +30% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>45 Shields per hit. | 0 |
| 3 | Squad receives +40% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>60 Shields per hit. | 1 |
| 4 | Squad receives +50% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>75 Shields per hit. | 2 |
| 5 | Squad receives +60% Status Chance and Status Damage on Heavy Attacks, but lose <LOWER_IS_BETTER>90 Shields per hit. | 3 |
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 | 44p | 25p |
| 5 (max) | 42p | 30p |
Ranks are priced separately on purpose. An unranked and a maxed copy are different goods — averaging them gives a figure that describes neither.
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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 Naramon (—) polarity halves the drain when slotted into a matching polarised slot — at max rank that is the difference between 3 capacity and 2. It fits the AURA slot, so it competes for capacity with every other AURA 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 Empowered Blades, or browse all mods.