In essence, the Marelok pistol is a shortened 
Grinlok that has a higher fire rate, at the cost of lower damage and accuracy, as well as reduced critical multiplier, status chance, and magazine size.
Characteristics
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Can use the Marelok-exclusive
Shrapnel Rounds mod. - Innate
polarity.
Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Very good ammunition efficiency.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High total damage (160)
- Above average ammo max (210)
- High status chance (30.00%)
Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Inaccuracy is noticeable over long range.
- High recoil.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average crit chance (15.00%)
- Low magazine (6)
- Very low fire rate (2.00 attacks/sec)
- Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Marelok (Normal Attack), compared to 
Vaykor Marelok (Normal Attack):
- Equal base damage
- Lower base critical chance (15.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Lower base status chance (30.00% vs. 35.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (172 vs. 176)
- Lower burst DPS (344 vs. 352)
- Lower sustained DPS (221.12 vs. 263.98)
- Smaller magazine (6 vs. 10)
- Less polarities ( vs.
) - Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 10)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))
- No innate Justice effect
Acquisition
The Marelok's blueprint can be researched from the Chem Lab in the dojo.
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 30,000 |
 Detonite Injector2 |
 Polymer Bundle5,000 |
 Salvage5,000 |
 Forma1 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
Rush:  30
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 Market Price: 125
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 Blueprints Price:15,000
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Chem Lab Research 3,000
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5,000 |
 Detonite Ampule10 |
Polymer Bundle 300 |
Salvage 650 |
 Alloy Plate120 |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
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 x1  x3  x10  x30  x100
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Notes
- Due to the Marelok's low accuracy, additional bullets generated via Multishot will sometimes hit enemies behind or next to the main target, giving the illusion of Punch Through.
- For this reason, Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is very noticeable at higher ranks.
- For this reason,
Tips
- The Marelok is essentially a cut-down Grinlok, trading out accuracy for increased firepower and rate of fire. Like the Grinlok, its base stats are well-suited for builds that maximize the chance and damage of critical hits, and those that cause many status effects.
- The Marelok is a great sidearm for dealing with enemies at short to mid range for players who have a sniper or bow for their primary weapon. The Marelok's firepower is strong enough to be considered a sub-primary weapon.
- In order to reach the full fire-rate, one must fire the next shot just before the "lever-action" animation is completed.
Trivia
- The Marelok is likely named after the Mare's Leg, which refers to a lever-action rifle cut down to the size of a large pistol.
- Closer inspection reveals that the Marelok is indeed a Grinlok with its barrel and stock cut down to size and its magazine moved to the bottom of the gun.
- The Marelok's description initially misspelled it as Marelock. This was fixed shortly afterward.
- The Marelok is spun around the finger lever after every shot, which was mentioned in Devstream 22 to be a reference to a lever-action shotgun used in the movie Terminator 2.
- The Marelok was first showcased in Devstream 22 along with the Grinlok. It was supposed to be released alongside the Grinlok and come as a dual/akimbo weapon, but its release was delayed due to the additional coding required to handle the animations involved.
- The color scheme of the Marelok is darker compared to the Grinlok.
- Currently, the only Grineer units that use the Marelok are Shik Tal, and the Kuva Shield Lancer, with the former's Marelok having been modified to fire rockets rather than bullets.
Media
Marelok codex
Marelok Color
A Grinlok with an overlay of the Marelok, showing their similarities and differences.
Rhino with marelok
Marelok with 100% Status Chance
Marelok Skins
Day of the Dead
Seasonal
Seasonal
Stratus
Patch History
Hotfix 32.0.7 (2022-09-28)
- Fixed the following weapons not correctly playing their intended animations between shots:
- Marelok - Fixed Warframe not spinning the gun between shots.
Update 25.8 (2019-10-01)
- October 2019 Riven Disposition Change
- Marelok: 0.9->0.95
Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)
- Received PBR treatment.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 7.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 4.2 (2016-09-30)
- Fixed duplicate Marelok appearing in the market. Players who purchased this item have automatically received a refund.
Update: The Silver Grove 4.0 (2016-09-29)
- Nightwatch skin added.
Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)
- Conclave skin added.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- The Marelok series is now available for use in Conclave.
Hotfix 14.0.11 (2014-07-30)
- Damage multiplier for the Marelok have been normalized (no more arbitrary multipliers).
Update 12.3 (2014-02-27)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.7.1 (2018-09-06)
See also
- Grinlok, the rifle counterpart.
- Vaykor Marelok, the Steel Meridian custom version.
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