Mystic Bond GUIDE
Understand Mystic Bond
Useful when…
- Consider it when your Companion uses abilities with cooldowns that can contribute to its trigger.
Trigger and effect
At max rank, after your Companion uses abilities with cooldowns five times, you may cast a Warframe Ability without expending Energy. This is a free cast, not a general Energy restoration effect.
Rank and mod details
Mystic Bond is a standard Companion mod with Naramon polarity, base drain 4, and maximum rank 5. Rank 0 requires ten qualifying uses; rank 3 requires seven; rank 5 requires five.
Other Companion mod effects
Astral Bond grants Companion attack bonuses after Operator or Drifter damage. Contagious Bond spreads status effects after the Companion kills an enemy afflicted with a status effect. Pack Leader heals the Companion with melee hits, with excess healing granting Overguard. These describe different triggers and outcomes from Mystic Bond's free cast.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The free cast requires repeated Companion ability uses with cooldowns.
- Rank reduces the required count from ten uses to five.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Counting Companion abilities without cooldowns toward the stated trigger.
- Assuming the Companion reliably meets the trigger regardless of setup.
- Mistaking the effect for Energy restoration rather than a cast that expends no Energy.