Understand Bite
Useful when…
- Building companion Claw critical chance and critical damage.
- Investing in a high-rank Claw mod when both listed critical bonuses matter.
Critical bonuses
At rank 0, Bite grants +30% Critical Chance and +20% Critical Damage. At rank 5, the bonuses are +180% and +120%; at rank 10, they reach +330% and +220%. These are mod bonuses, not a stated final critical chance or damage value for a particular claw weapon.
Compatibility and slot
Bite is a standard Rare mod for Claws with Madurai polarity, base drain 6, and maximum rank 10. It occupies a standard mod slot.
Investment and alternatives
Bite’s final rank, from 9 to 10, costs 15,360 Endo and 741,888 Credits, so a partial rank can be a sensible stopping point while resources are limited. Hunter Synergy instead adds critical chance based on the Primary Weapon to the Companion. Burning Claws and Chilling Claws focus on elemental conversion and status chance, rather than Bite’s paired critical bonuses.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Requires a standard Claw slot and has base drain 6.
- High ranks are expensive in Endo and Credits.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the mod’s percentage bonuses as the companion weapon’s final critical stats.
- Spending heavily on the last rank without weighing its sharply higher fusion cost.