Understand Hearty Nourishment
Useful when…
- Grendel setups using Nourish that can benefit from clearing Status Effects.
- Situations where immunity duration based on swallowed victims is useful.
How does Hearty Nourishment work?
This standard Grendel augment modifies Nourish. It clears Status Effects and grants Status Immunity for each victim in Grendel's stomach. At rank 0 the listed duration is 2 seconds per victim; rank 2 gives 4 seconds, and maximum rank gives 5 seconds. It has Zenurik polarity and uses a standard slot.
What is the condition for the immunity?
The duration is tied to the number of victims in Grendel's stomach. That makes the augment most relevant when swallowed enemies are available as part of the Nourish use. Its stated effect is status cleansing and immunity; it does not list a damage, energy, or movement bonus.
How should I rank it or compare it?
It reaches rank 3, with listed fusion costs of 30, 60, and 120 Endo and 1,449, 2,898, and 5,796 credits. Other Grendel augments alter different abilities or effects: Catapult modifies Pulverize movement, Gastro changes Regurgitate's enemy impacts, and Gastroparesis adds Gas Damage to primary and secondary weapons per consumed enemy. They are separate augment choices, not equivalent Nourish status protection.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Requires Grendel and modifies Nourish in a standard mod slot.
- Status Immunity duration depends on the number of victims in Grendel's stomach.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the immunity duration is fixed regardless of how many victims are in Grendel's stomach.
- Expecting this Nourish augment to modify Pulverize, Regurgitate, or weapon damage.