Acrid

"The Acrid fires an acidic-infused needle."

- In-Game Description

The Acrid is a weapon unlockable through Bio Lab Research in the dojo. It appears to be a needle gun which kills enemies with toxic injections.

This weapon can be sold for 2,500.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Deals Toxin Damage in a stackable damage over time effect.
 * Effect is very minimal.
 * Deals 25% more damage to Infested
 * Fast reloading speed.
 * High rate of fire.
 * Infested Runners do not explode upon death.
 * Perfect accuracy as of Update 10.3.0, not counting travel time of the projectile.
 * Decent ammo efficiency thanks to the damage over time effect.
 * No recoil.

Disadvantages:
 * Subpar DPS as of Update 11.
 * Needles have a travel time.
 * Delay can make it difficult to hit moving targets at a distance.
 * May take time to completely kill enemies, due to DoT.
 * It is a Dojo research weapon and requires a large amount of materials including a forma.
 * Requires Mastery Rank 7.
 * No Polarities.
 * Semi-Auto function.
 * Currently bugged as of update 11.3 (since update 11) where it will deal Toxin damage regardless of mods.

Acquisition
Torid has to be researched before researching this weapon. Once researched, you can replicate its blueprint for 15,000.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Tips

 * Semi-automatic firing can be countered by simply adding an alternative way of firing on 'scroll up' or 'scroll down' through the key binding customization.

Trivia

 * Before Update 10, Saryn + Mire + Torid + Acrid would give you the only loadout consisting solely of poison.
 * Or use the Dual Ichors in place of the Mire for more damage, and doing pure poison damage vs. the blade damage of the Mire.
 * The Acrid is physically the largest handgun in Warframe.