Dread

The Dread is a deadly hunting bow firing bladed arrows, serving as the Stalker's signature weapon.

This weapon can be sold for.

The Dread cannot be purchased separately, but it is included in the What Stalker? bundle. Its blueprint can be dropped by the Stalker upon death or when he is forced to flee.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * Highest critical chance of all weapons, alongside the Amprex and Synapse.
 * Highest critical chance of all bows.
 * Can achieve red criticals with a rank 4 Point Strike.
 * Silent.
 * Can stagger Ancients on every hit, even with uncharged shots, helpful on long Infested/Void missions, where high level Ancients become hard to deal with.
 * Can puncture through multiple enemies.
 * The bow exclusive mod Thunderbolt makes this weapon more devastating against groups of enemies.
 * This makes it rely on its base damage, and cannot crit.
 * Charged shots have innate Punch Through.
 * Allowing it to hit multiple enemies in a line.
 * Pinpoint accuracy when aiming down sights.

Disadvantages:
 * Reliant on its high critical damage potential, which makes it ill-suited against object-based health.
 * Low  and  damage – less effective against Shields or Armor.
 * Slow fire rate renders Dread ill-suited for close quarters.

Tips

 * Use the Arrow Mutation mod to compensate for the low ammo capacity and regain lost ammo.
 * Using a build of Shred, Speed Trigger, and/or Vile Acceleration will allow you to charge your bow almost instantly.

Trivia

 * The Dread is unique in that its 'string' glows. Light runs along the string towards the draw point.
 * This light glows reddish when it is drawn.
 * Unlike the other bows, the Dread uses arrows with a curved blade for a tip, as opposed to the pointed head of Paris and Paris Prime, or the blunted mace-like head of the Cernos.
 * When drawing the bow, the arrow's blade rotates from a horizontal to a vertical position, meaning that fully charged shots are fired with their blades vertically.
 * Being designed to kill Tenno (and assuming they have at least human like anatomy) fully charged arrows should be fired with their blades horizontal for better intercostal penetration as the arrowhead being parallel to the ribs mean less risk for it to get stuck in bones. Vertical arrowheads are best suited to animals hunting for the same reason, most of them having vertical ribs.
 * The Dread has a cylindrical object installed near the grip. While its purpose is unknown; it is possibly a laser sight, rangefinder, or other form of optical assist.
 * Despite the Dread being referred to as the Stalker's calling card, it is strangely available for purchase with Darvo having stock. It is never explained where he attained this stock of the Stalker's weapons, or where the Dread, Despair and Hate are produced.