The Pupacyst is an Infested polearm that innately deals
Viral damage.
Characteristics
- This weapon deals both
Viral and
Impact damage.
- Stance slot has
polarity, matching
Shimmering Blight and
Argent Scourge (Conclave only) stance.
- Innate
polarity.
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 |
![]() 5 |
![]() 8,750 |
![]() 2,250 |
![]() 1 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
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Bio Lab Research![]() | |||||
![]() 5,000 |
![]() 30 |
![]() 650 |
![]() 4,500 |
![]() 3,750 |
Time: 3 Day(s) |
Prereq: Embolist | |||||
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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)
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