Karyst

Karyst is a Tenno single dagger introduced in that deals innate  damage.

The Karyst Dagger can be sold for.

The Karyst dagger blueprint can be acquired from the Market for.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Highest base damage and critical chance among the single dagger category.
 * Third highest elemental damage of any melee weapon, after the Serro and the Lacera.
 * Innate damage, making it easy to mod for,  and.
 * 100% chance of dealing Status Effect on Ground Slam.
 * Has a polarity.
 * Stance slot has polarity matching Pointed Wind stance, notable for its high damage multiplier.
 * Can use the dagger-exclusive Covert Lethality mod.

Disadvantages:
 * Slow attack speed, shared with Heat Dagger.
 * Normal attack damage cannot be increased with physical damage mods.
 * Toxin damage deals 50% less damage to Fossilized Infested.
 * Ground slam attack does not knock down enemies.

Trivia

 * This is the first non-infested melee weapon that deals pure  damage.
 * The name and shape of this dagger are based on the Kris, a dagger that is largely associated with Southeast Asian cultures. This trait is shared with the Skyla of Nami Skyla.
 * The swirl pattern on the blade closely resembles patterns seen on Damascus steel.