Understand Tether
Useful when…
- Ensnare enemies before attacking them with Railjack weapons.
- Choose it for control and weapon vulnerability rather than a direct-damage effect.
Effect and use
Tether ensnares enemies and increases their vulnerability to Railjack weaponry. The supplied description does not quantify the vulnerability or specify duration, range, energy cost, or a cast condition, so those details cannot be inferred here.
Fit and rank investment
Tether is an Uncommon rank 5 Railjack Battle Mod for Slot 2, with universal polarity and base drain 0. The recorded rank descriptions at ranks 0, 3, and 5 repeat the same effect, without a numeric increase shown. The listed successive rank examples rise from 20 Endo and 966 Credits for the first step to 320 Endo and 15,456 Credits for the step from rank 4 to 5. Since the available effect text does not show rank gains, invest based on your Railjack mod progression needs rather than expecting a specific stronger ensnare.
Alternatives by purpose
Particle Ram damages anything it touches while the Railjack moves forward; Shatter Burst delivers explosions over a large area. These are damage-oriented descriptions, while Tether’s supplied role is ensnaring enemies and increasing their vulnerability to Railjack weapons. Pick according to the listed effect you want from the Slot 2 choice.
Acquisition
The supplied locations include enemy drops such as Outriders and Gox units, plus caches in listed Earth and Venus Railjack nodes. The listed cache chance varies by location and rotation; these values are specific to those entries.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The effect description does not give numeric vulnerability, duration, or range.
- Ranking has increasing listed fusion costs, but no stronger numeric effect is supplied.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating Tether as a direct damage ability; its listed effect is ensnare and vulnerability.
- Assuming rank increases the vulnerability or ensnare strength when no numeric rank change is stated.