Cronus

The Cronus is one of the first weapons players can craft (along with the Heat Sword), and is wielded by Captain Vor. Compared to the Skana players can start with, the Cronus has a faster attack speed and greater damage, making it a reasonable upgrade for Sword wielders early in the game.

Cronus can be sold for.

The blueprint for the Cronus is a potential drop from Captain Vor, after defeating him on Tolstoj, Mercury. Neither his encounter on Phobos nor his Corrupted counterpart will drop this blueprint.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages
 * Comes with a polarity, ideal for attack boosting mods.
 * Stance slot has  polarity, matches Crimson Dervish and Vengeful Revenant stances.

Disadvantages
 * Can only hit one target at a time without Stances.
 * Relatively low damage.
 * Low critical chance.

Tips

 * The high slash damage is effective against Infested. However the fact that the Cronus only strikes one target at a time may make using the weapon inefficient against the hordes the Infested tend to come in.

Trivia

 * On, the Cronus Blueprint was only a guaranteed reward the first time Tolstoj was completed and its drop chance would exponentially decrease with each future. This was put in place to prevent credit farming.
 * The Cronus was the original melee weapon of the Stalker before update.
 * Cronus (alternatively Cronos or Kronos) is the youngest of the twelve titans in Greek mythology, father of Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.