Kuva Lich, Sisters of Parvos and Coda Hunting Guide (2026)

Reviewed September 10, 2026, current through Update 43.5. Iceblade of Narin lands September 23 and is not reflected yet; this page is re-checked after every major patch.

What you need first

Progenitor element: which frame to stab with

The Warframe you use for the Mercy kill sets the Lich or Sister's element and its weapon bonus. Coda do not use this system.

Kuva Lich, start to finish

1. Run a Grineer mission at level 20 or higher (not Sorties, Fissures, Invasions or quests). When the lights flicker, kill fast and the Larvling appears.
2. Down it and read the weapon icon before you stab; that is the Kuva weapon this Lich carries. Walk away if it is one you do not want.
3. Mercy it with the frame whose element you want. Your Lich now owns nodes on Earth and taxes rewards there.
4. Kill and Mercy its Thralls on those nodes to fill the three murmur rings in the Codex.
5. Farm Requiem relics from Kuva Siphons and Floods and open them in Requiem fissures on the Kuva Fortress for the eight Requiem mods.
6. Slot the three hinted mods on the Parazon and stab the Lich when it shows up. Wrong mod, or right mod in the wrong slot, and it ranks up and leaves.
7. A correct stab reveals the order; three correct stabs and it flees to Saturn Proxima.
8. Take the Railjack to Saturn Proxima, clear the fighters and Crewships, board the Galleon and take its last health bar down.
9. Vanquish for the Kuva weapon and your stolen loot back, or Convert for an ally that revives you and crews the Railjack.

Sisters of Parvos: the differences

1. Use a Zenith Granum Crown on a Corpus ship mission at level 10 or higher and clear the Granum Void at Nightmare tier or better; a Candidate spawns on the way back.
2. Mercy the Candidate with the frame whose element you want; her Tenet weapon shows before the stab.
3. Her Hounds replace Thralls: kill them on her nodes for murmurs. Same eight Requiem mods, same order rules.
4. At rank 5 she retreats to Neptune Proxima. You need Railjack Intrinsics rank 3.
5. Board her Capital Ship, kill two Warframe Specters and her Hound, then finish her. Vanquish grants the Tenet weapon with no Mastery Rank gate; Convert gives an ally and a Hound.

Technocyte Coda: a different loop

1. Farm Mixtapes from Techrot in Hollvania Exterminate, Hell-Scrub, Legacyte Harvest or bounties, and hack one. Success or fail, Arthur calls: a Coda exists.
2. It holds Hollvania nodes. Finishing a mission or Hex bounty there adds to the Disinfection meter.
3. Duets (a paired Coda spawn) appear on those nodes, guaranteed by the fourth try. Slot up to three Antivirus mods on the Parazon and test them; only one of the eight works.
4. Once it works, swap the other two slots for Potency mods and Mercy Duet members for bonus Disinfection.
5. No anger, no rank-ups, no reward tax. At 100% it retreats to Earth Proxima.
6. Railjack to Earth Proxima and finish it in the Hollvania Stadium. Vanquish for the Coda weapon.

Requiem mods in one minute

• Eight mods: Fass, Jahu, Khra, Lohk, Netra, Ris, Vome, Xata. Three charges each, no drain, no polarity.
• They drop from Requiem relics, which come from Kuva Siphons (chance) and Kuva Floods (guaranteed) and open only in Requiem fissures on the Kuva Fortress.
• Oull is a wildcard that fills any slot; it can drop when your own Lich flees after a correct stab.
• A Requiem Ultimatum forces your Lich or Sister to spawn regardless of anger; Palladino sells one weekly for Riven Slivers.
• The Codex Adversary screen shows the three hint rings; do not stab until all three are filled.

Vanquish or convert

What you are hunting for

Kuva NukorHunt firstKuva ZarrRoom nukeTenet Arca PlasmorBest Tenet gunTenet CycronRecharging primerCoda PathocystBest glaiveCoda BassocystInfested Plasmor

The Requiem mods

All eight, as cards. Three charges each; refill by opening more Requiem relics.

3

Fass

Fass

Roiling, moaning, this realm of ours In madness lost shall die

Parazon

3

Jahu

Jahu

Corporeal laws are unwrit As suns and love retreat

Parazon

3

Khra

Khra

To cosmic forms from tangent planes We end as we began

Parazon

3

Lohk

Lohk

From brooding gulfs are we beheld By that which bears no name

Parazon

3

Netra

Netra

Carrion hordes trill their profane Accord with eldritch plans

Parazon

3

Ris

Ris

In luminous space blackened stars They gaze, accuse, deny

Parazon

3

Vome

Vome

To cosmic madness laws submit Though stalwart minds entreat

Parazon

3

Xata

Xata

Its heralds are the stars it fells The sky and Earth aflame

Parazon

Tips that save runs

• Hunt solo or in a small squad; murmurs and stabs are per player and a full squad muddies the Codex.
• Farm murmurs on Exterminate and Capture nodes; long missions do not give more Thralls per minute.
• Read the weapon icon before every stab. Walking away from a bad Larvling costs nothing.
• Keep spare Requiem charges; Oull and duplicates make the next hunt half the work.
• Level Railjack Intrinsics before you need them, or the finale is a wall.
• For Coda, stock Potency mods from Steel Path Hollvania so the Disinfection race is short.

Mistakes that waste runs

• Stabbing with two rings filled and guessing the third; a wrong stab is a full rank-up.
• Right mods, wrong slots. It fails exactly the same way.
• Opening Requiem relics outside the Kuva Fortress; they will not crack anywhere else.
• Converting for the ally and then wanting the weapon; only Vanquish gives it.
• Letting Antivirus charges run dry before the working one is confirmed.

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