Understand Tek Collateral
Useful when…
- Pistol builds that benefit from critical damage while fighting inside the Marked Zone.
Effect and condition
The bonus applies only to pistol attacks made while you are inside the Marked Zone: +25% critical damage at rank 0 and +100% at rank 3. It is a Warframe mod with Naramon polarity, a standard slot, and a maximum rank of 3.
Investment and limitations
Fusion costs rise across the listed steps: 30/1,449 Endo/credits for rank 0→1, 60/2,898 for 1→2, and 120/5,796 for 2→3. Rank it according to how often you can remain in the zone and how much the conditional critical-damage bonus matters to your pistol. The description mentions increased pistol ammo recovery, but no amount or rank scaling is specified; do not treat it as a quantified benefit.
Related choices
Constitution shares Naramon polarity and the Warframe group, but supplies ability duration and knockdown recovery rather than conditional pistol critical damage. Handspring and Pain Threshold are Exilus mods focused on knockdown and stagger recovery, respectively; neither duplicates Tek Collateral's pistol effect.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Its critical-damage bonus requires both a pistol attack and being inside the Marked Zone.
- Higher ranks cost progressively more Endo and credits.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Expecting the critical-damage bonus to apply outside the Marked Zone.
- Treating the unquantified ammo-recovery description as a rank-scaled numeric effect.