Prusa and Bondtech opened orders for the CORE One INDX, an 8-tool passive toolchanger that sold out its first batch in 1.5 days. Here's the pricing, shipping, and what you actually get.
Orders Are Open — and They Vanished Fast
Prusa has opened orders for the INDX conversion kit for the CORE One / CORE One+, the toolchanger system developed with Bondtech. The first batch sold out in just 1.5 days. Shipping of the first upgrade kits begins in June 2026, with orders from that initial batch scheduled to leave by the end of August. If you missed it, Prusa is taking waitlist sign-ups as production scales up.
What the INDX Actually Is
The INDX is a toolchanger, not another filament-swapping unit. It adds up to eight independent toolheads to your CORE One+, each with its own dedicated material path. Because every filament gets its own nozzle, you can mix rigid and flexible parts in a single print, use easy-remove or dissolvable supports, switch nozzle sizes mid-print, and run multi-color models without purging half a spool between changes.
The clever part is that the tools are passive — no motors, no heaters, no wires, and zero added electronics on the tool side. That keeps expansion cheap and simple: start with a 4-tool setup and grow to 8 as your projects demand. Bondtech's Dynamic Dual Drive extruder automatically adapts its grip for clean extrusion across wildly different materials.
Pricing and What You Need
The kit is an upgrade, not a new machine — you keep your existing CORE One+ with all its features. Current pricing:
- 4-tool INDX kit: $749
- 8-tool INDX kit: $999
- CORE One+ printer (kit): $1,100 | assembled: $1,449
By default the kit ships with hardened high-flow 0.4 mm nozzles, with other diameters available separately later. If you already own a CORE One+, the conversion is the value play; if you're buying in, the bundled path gets you an 8-material machine for well under the cost of a comparably capable industrial toolchanger.
Who It's For
This is squarely for makers who are tired of swapping filaments and wasting purge towers, or who want dissolvable supports and multi-material flexibility without the complexity of a traditional toolchanger. It's a meaningful step up from the 5-filament MMU workflow for anyone doing functional, multi-part prints.
Bottom Line
The INDX turns a strong Core One+ into an 8-material powerhouse for under a grand, and the sell-out shows the demand is real. If multi-material printing has been on your wishlist, this is the most compelling desktop option Prusa has shipped yet.
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