Plinx is a Corpus semi-automatic, battery-powered laser pistol with the ability to auto-refill its ammo passively similar to the 
Cycron. Possessing excellent critical chance and critical multiplier stats, this comes at the cost of a low status chance and very low ammunition.
Characteristics
- This weapon deals primarily
Puncture damage and has innate 
Heat damage. - Does not use ammo pickups; ammo regenerates over time.
- Has a 0.8 second delay after the weapon stops firing before regenerating ammo. Then, regenerates 20 ammo per second; takes 0.5 seconds to regenerate a fully depleted battery excluding the delay.
Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Tied with
Athodai for the fourth highest critical chance of all pistols, behind 
Akbolto Prime, 
Knell Prime and a fully charged 
Epitaph. - Tied with
Aksomati/
Aksomati Prime and 
Spira Prime for the third highest critical multiplier of all pistols, behind 
Nukor and 
Kuva Nukor. - Very high accuracy.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very high crit chance (32.00%)
- Very high crit multiplier (3.00x)
Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Shots have limited range of 100 meters.
- Does not benefit from mods that increase maximum ammo, due to lack of an ammo pool.
- Does not receive benefit from reload-triggered mods such as
Pressurized Magazine. - Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average magazine (10)
- Below average total damage (46)
- Very low ammo max (0)
- Low fire rate (3.33 attacks/sec)
- Very low status chance (4.00%)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Plinx (Normal Attack), compared to 
Tenet Plinx (Semi-Auto):
- Lower base damage per projectile (46.00 vs. 70.00) (excluding any Progenitor bonus)
- Lower total damage (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (46 vs. 112)
- Lower base critical chance (32.00% vs. 44.00%)
- Lower base status chance (4.00% vs. 12.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (75.44 vs. 210.56)
- Lower burst DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (251.21 vs. 701.16)
- Lower sustained DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (147.83 vs. 412.61)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●○○○ (0.70x))
Acquisition
The Plinx's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 20,000 |
 Argon Crystal2 |
 Alloy Plate4,375 |
 Cryotic575 |
 Gyromag Systems10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 200
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 Blueprints Price:20,000
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Tips
- Because the 10 shots count as part of a single magazine rather than an ammo pool, mods like Trick Mag have no effect. Magazine increasing mods like Ice Storm, Slip Magazine, or Tainted Clip could be used instead but these mods have far less potency.
- In addition, the recharge rate is also fast enough to the point where increasing this recharge speed and delay has diminishing returns, offering little effect at the cost of a slot.
Trivia
- The name likely refers to "plinking," a slang term for recreational target shooting.
- The weapon’s design is most likely modeled after the Derringer type of pistol, known for typically having a small caliber and low ammo capacity, which is reflected in its stats. However, the Lato Prime is more visually similar to the Derringer Pistol in design than the Plinx.
- The Plinx is famously featured during the TennoCon/2021 showcase of The New War, as it is the only available gun to Corpus engineer Veso-R who, commenting on the weapon as rather unremarkable, has to equally rely on his command of proxies in order to comply with his superior Alad V's orders.
- In the second part of The New War quest itself, the gun indeed gets used by Veso himself.
Media
Plinx Skins
Patch History
Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)
- The following weapons can now be found in their corresponding categories in the Arsenal when searching using the tag “Battery”:
- Plinx
Hotfix 29.2.2 (2020-10-06)
- Fixed Plinx charge reload audio issues when a Skin is equipped.
Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)
- Fixed Plinx becoming unusable if a negative Multishot Riven is equipped on it.
Update 24.2 (2018-12-18)
- Introduced.
See Also
- Tenet Plinx, the Tenet variant of this weapon wielded by a Sister of Parvos.
Exergis, the primary counterpart of this weapon.
Galvacord, the melee counterpart of this weapon.
