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Pupacyst

A two-pronged attack; the bone-grafted cocoon at the tip of this polearm rends flesh, while the viral mass living within spreads itself into the wounds of each new victim.

The Pupacyst is an  Infested polearm that innately deals  Viral damage.

Characteristics

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Very high total damage (284)
    • Above average attack range (2.70 m)
    • Above average status chance (27.00%)
    • Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Tied with  Orthos and  Serro for the second lowest critical multiplier of all polearms, after  Cassowar.
  • Tied with  Kesheg and  Guandao for the slowest attack speed of all polearms.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Low crit chance (13.00%)
    • Very low attack speed (0.83x animation speed)
    • Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.


Acquisition

The Pupacyst's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.


Manufacturing Requirements
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30,000
 Mutagen Mass
5
 Salvage
8,750
 Rubedo
2,250
 Forma
1
Time: 1 Day(s)
Rush: 35
 Market Price: 150  Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research3,000

5,000
 Mutagen Sample
30
 Plastids
650
 Nano Spores
4,500
 Ferrite
3,750
Time: 3 Day(s)
Prereq: Embolist
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100

Notes

  • Pupacyst's slam attack matches the damage distribution of its normal attacks, unlike most weapons.
  • Pupacyst's heavy slam attack damage distribution is 45%  Impact and 55%  Toxin.

Trivia

  • Although the Pupacyst's description claims that its tip "rends flesh", it has no  Slash damage whatsoever.

Media

Patch History

Hotfix 36.0.3 (2024-06-20)

  • Fixed Pupacyst’s upgrade screen having the “Lesion’s Frenzy” Unique Trait (this was a UI-only issue).

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

  • Fixed the Pupacyst description calling it a “staff” instead of a “polearm” as intended.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

  • Damage increased from 90 to 284.
  • Range increased from 1.5 to 2.7.
  • Slam Attack increased from 90 to 852.
  • Slide Attack increased from 193 to 568.
  • Parry Angle set to 55.
  • Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)

  • Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)