Warframe: How to Get Grendel (2026) Guide

Grendel is a gluttonous Warframe who sees every enemy on the battlefield as a personal buffet, devouring foes to grow stronger and turn fights in his favor.

He’s tanky and relentless, stacking Armor with each enemy inside his belly while using his hunger to heal himself and empower allies around him.

Abilities like Pulverize and Regurgitate let him control crowds, slam through enemies, and deal serious Toxin damage, making him deadly in both solo runs and team fights.

How To Get Grendel?

Grendel’s Main Blueprint can be purchased from the Market, which will cost you 35,000 Credits, while his Component Blueprints are obtained from Unique Missions unlocked by Locators.

Locators can be purchased from the Arbitration Honors NPC, who can be found at the Arbiters of Hexis Hall, found in relays.

There are 3 Locators that can be purchased, each providing you with a mission to obtain a specific Component Blueprint for Grendel.

• Grendel Chassis Locator
• Grendel Neuroptics Locator
• Grendel Systems Locator

Purchasing a Locator will cost you 25 Vitus Essence, which requires you to have 75 in total for all parts, and these can be obtained from Arbitrations.

Additionally, Grendel may also be purchased for 325 Platinum to get the Warframe fully built.

Grendel Crafting Requirements

Grendel Main Blueprint

• 25,000 Credits
• 1 Grendel Neuroptics
• 1 Grendel Chassis
• 1 Grendel Systems
• 3 Orokin Cell

Grendel Neuroptics

• 15,000 Credits
• 2 Argon Crystal
• 5 Control Module
• 3,500 Ferrite
• 3,800 Alloy Plate

Grendel Chassis

• 15,000 Credits
• 25 Condroc Wing
• 30 Kuaka Spinal Claw
• 20 Tralok eyes
• 15 Murkray Liver

Grendel Systems

• 15,000 Credits
• 1,125 Circuits
• 10 Morphics
• 125 Fish Meat
• 100 Fish Oil

Grendel Prime

Grendel Prime became available on October 18, 2023, and has increased Armor and Energy compared to its original variant.

Stat Comparison

Grendel Prime Void Relics

Grendel Prime Crafting Requirements

Grendel Prime Blueprint

• 25,000 Credits
• 1 Grendel Prime Neuroptics
• 1 Grendel Prime Chassis
• 1 Grendel Prime Systems
• 5 Orokin Cell

Grendel Prime Neuroptics

• 15,000 Credits
• 2 Argon Crystals
• 600 Cryotic
• 1,100 Circuits
• 4,975 Nano Spores

Grendel Prime Chassis

• 15,000 Credits
• 2 Tellurium
• 450 Plastids
• 1,425 Polymer Bundle
• 5,500 Alloy Plate

Grendel Prime Systems

• 15,000 Credits
• 2 Nitain Extract
• 3 Neurodes
• 1,250 Rubedo
• 3,800 Salvage

To know more about some of the effective “Grendel Builds” read the below guide:

Warframe Grendel Builds (2025) Guide

Grendel Abilities

Passive Ability

Grendel gains 250 additional Armor for each enemy that he is digesting with his Feast ability, which can reach a maximum of 1,250 Armor, capped at 5 enemies.

The amount of Armor temporarily gained can be increased by an additional 150 Armor, giving you 400 per enemy and capped at 2,000 with the Gourmand Augment Mod.

1) Feast

Grendel’s belly opens up and sucks enemies in front of him, placing them inside his belly where they are slowly digested.

Based on the number of enemies inside of Grendel’s belly, Grendel will gain Armor that stacks up to 5 times, providing him with 250 for each enemy being digested.

Feast (Max Rank)

Augment Mods: 

• Gourmand causes Grendel to consume health instead of energy when casting Feast, which also adds an amount of Armor to enemies being digested. Obtained from Steel Meridian/Red Veil.

2) Nourish

Grendel begins to consume an enemy within his belly, damaging them or even killing them to provide a buff for himself and his allies.

Enemies that attack Grendel or that are attacked by him will suffer from Viral Damage, and the energy gained will also be increased.

Nourish (Max Rank)

Augment Mods: 

• Heavy Nourishment causes Grendel to remove Status Effects and provide him with Status Immunity based on the number of victims in his stomach. Obtained from Steel Meridian/Red Veil.

3) Pulverize

Grendel curls up into a ball and can continue moving, which will knock over enemies in his path if he happens to collide with them.

While in his curled-up ball form, Grendel can jump, which will result in a shockwave being sent out as he slams into the ground,

Pulverize (Max Rank)

Augment Mods: 

• Catapult allows Grendel to launch himself in the direction you are aiming at using the Heavy Attack button. Obtained from Steel Meridian/Red Veil.

4) Regurgitate

Grendel unleashes an enemy soaked in bile from his stomach, which turns them into a toxic projectile that deals damage at the area of impact.

Enemies who are in the area where the projectile hits will also be slowed and will have their Armor greatly reduced.

Regurgitate (Max Rank)

Augment Mods: 

• Gastro causes the projectile spat out by Grendel to bounce up, creating gas clouds where they land that remain in the area for a short duration, inflicting enemies in these areas with the Gas Status Effect. Obtained from Steel Meridian/Red Veil.

Verdict

Grendel performs well when he can keep eating enemies, turning every foe into stacked Armor, health, and energy for himself and his squad.

His crowd control tools let him knock enemies around, soften them up, and punish groups, making his gluttony a tactical advantage in battle.

While he can hit hard with raw damage builds, Grendel’s real power comes from being a gluttonous juggernaut, capable of taking enemies down on his own or clearing a path for his allies.