Understand Tempered Bound
Useful when…
- Adding shield capacity in Conclave while accepting lower mobility.
Effect and restrictions
At rank 0 it gives +7.5% Shield Capacity and -2.5% Mobility; at rank 3 it gives +30% Shield Capacity and -10% Mobility. It is an Exilus Warframe mod, Conclave variant, with Naramon polarity and maximum rank 3. It is incompatible with Adept Surge, Air Thrusters, Calculated Spring, and Rising Skill.
Rank investment
Fusion costs are 20 Endo and 966 credits for 0→1, 40 and 1,932 for 1→2, and 80 and 3,864 for 2→3. The shield benefit rises with each rank, as does the mobility penalty. Stop at a rank whose tradeoff fits your movement and shield priorities.
Related Conclave options
Adept Surge trades 25 Health for +10% Mobility; Air Thrusters gives +100% Slide Boost when airborne and -20% Mobility; Calculated Spring trades mobility for +25% Health. All three are explicitly incompatible with Tempered Bound, so plan around that restriction rather than expecting to equip them together.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Shield capacity increases at the cost of mobility.
- Several named Conclave mods cannot be equipped with it.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating it as a standard PvE Warframe mod rather than a Conclave variant.
- Trying to equip one of its explicitly incompatible mods at the same time.