Acrid

Grineer Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Acrid
File:Acrid2.png
Statistics
Mastery Level 7 Weapon Slot Secondary Weapon Type Pistol Trigger Type Semi-Auto
Utility
Flight Speed 65.0 Noise Level 45.0m Fire Rate 6.7 rounds/sec Accuracy 100 Magazine Size 15 rounds/mag Max Ammo 210 rounds Reload Time 1.2s
Normal Attacks
Elemental Type Elemental Dmg 35.0 Crit Chance 5.0% Crit Multiplier 2.0x Status Chance 10.0%
Miscellaneous
Polarities None Introduced Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

CODEX

Acrid fires an acidic-infused needle.

The Acrid is a Grineer weapon unlockable through Bio Lab Research in the dojo. It is a toxic weapon system that delivers toxin-filled flechettes, rather similar to the rounds from the Boltor.

This weapon can be sold for 2,500 Credits 2,500.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	5	6,000	5,000	1	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 35 Platinum 35
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:  15,000
Bio Lab Research
7,500	10	150	500	1,000	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Torid
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Innate damage.
  • 25% bonus damage to Ferrite Armor - effective against Grineer units equipped with it.
  • Toxin damage ignores Shields and deals 50% bonus damage to Flesh - effective against Corpus.
  • Has 100% proc chance on each hit, which occurs in addition to procs from the weapon's status chance.
• Fast reloading speed.
• High rate of fire.
• Perfect accuracy.
• Decent ammo efficiency due to the damage over time effect.
• No recoil.
• Can use the Acrid-exclusive Toxic Sequence mod.

Disadvantages:

• Needles have a travel time.
  • Delay and small size of the needles can make it difficult to hit moving targets at a distance.
• Damage cannot be increased with , or mods.
• May take time to completely kill enemies, if relying on DoT.
• DoT is only affected by base damage and toxin damage (adding elemental damage besides toxin will not increase it)
• damage deals less damage to Robotics, Machinery and Fossilized.
• Low critical chance. 

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Notes

• A tiny Grineer emblem is visible on both sides of the weapon's receiver.
• As of a recent update, the Acrid is no longer silent. It appears to be actually quite loud in game terms. This can still be countered by using the Suppress mod.
• The Acrid leaves a stackable damage-over-time (DoT) effect due to its proc, which ticks 9 times over 9 seconds. Each tick deals Toxin damage.
• Enemies disintegrate when killed, similar to Saryn's Miasma. This effect is unique to the Acrid and is not shared with other weapons like the Torid or the Embolist.
• As of Update 10.3 (2013-10-09), the toxin mixture in the barrel is affected by the Acrid's energy color, and the tiny explosion effect on needle impact. Note that the explosion effect is purely cosmetic. 
• As of Update 11.3 (2013-12-12), the effect's DoT scales with the Acrid's base damage, including toxin damage mods. Only Hornet Strike, Magnum Force, and Faction Damage Mods directly affect the DoT. Damage per tick is 50% of this base damage.
• Even if the weapon is modded to no longer deal damage on-hit, toxin mods like Pathogen Rounds still increase the damage of the DoT.
• Considering its accuracy and effectiveness, slotting a Pistol Ammo Mutation won't be necessary unless you're playing long sessions of Survival or Defense.
• Despite its incredibly high base accuracy the Acrid's accuracy value is heavily degraded by Magnum Force well beyond what the mod's penalty would suggest, making the weapon highly inaccurate as a result.
• To clarify on how the weapon proc works: the weapon will proc toxin on every single shot, unless another elemental status procs. So if you mod the weapon to deal only corrosive damage using an electricity mod, the weapon will proc toxin on every shot unless the corrosive procs. The proc chance listed on the weapon is actually for any other elemental damage that is created by the 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.
• Getting headshots will not only double the damage of the weapon, but double the resulting damage ticks as well.
• Toxic Sequence can cause proc length to triple; stacking shots quickly on enemies will cause their health to quickly succumb to thousands of damage a second, with players able to stack many shots at once before the first damage tick expires.

Trivia

• Before Update 10.0 (2013-09-13), equipping Saryn, Mire, Torid and Acrid would give you the only loadout consisting solely of toxin-based attacks.
• As of Update 15.5 (2014-11-27) the Acrid is physically the largest handgun in Warframe.
• One definition for "acrid" is "sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor", likely owing to the gun's toxin-based damage.
• The Acrid has written in Grineer near the barrel, this translates to "Obey".
• Inside of a Chem Lab, a holographic Acrid can be seen, similar to many other Grineer weapons. 
• The Acrid is the only non-Infested weapon available via the Bio Lab. 

Media

• Acrid default stats post Update 11 & Damage 2.0
• Acrid as sidearm carried on the leg

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Warframe Acrid 2.0

Warframe Damage 2.0 ACRID Base Build

Warframe Acrid Pro Builds 4 Forma Update 14.10.2.1

Warframe Acrid Build Guide w Toxic Sequence Mod (U15.5.3)

Patch History

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

• Fixed the Acrid's Toxin DoT not applying to Osprey enemies.

Update 15.0 (2014-10-24)

• Acrid: Toxic Sequence: adds 50% status duration.

Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)

• Base damage increased from 20 to 35.
• Critical Chance increased from 2.5% to 5%.
• Crit multiplier increased from 1.5x to 2x.

Hotfix 14.0.11 (2014-07-30)

• Reduced Acrid damage multiplier from 1 to .25

Hotfix 11.0.1 (2013-11-20)

• Acrid Pistol, damage increases.

Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)

• Fixed Acrid weapon not doing damage over time.

Update 10.5 (2013-10-23)

• Corrupted Heavy Caliber mod now works with Acrid.

Update 10.3 (2013-10-09)

• Acrid now uses energy color.

Update 9.5 (2013-08-09)

• Added custom reload sound for Acrid.

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

• Fixed Acrid DOT numbers not showing up on capture target, and death affect not replicating.

Update 8.2 (2013-06-28)

• Fixed Acrid’s DOT not always working on client.

Hotfix 8.1.3 (2013-06-19)

• Fixed Hornet Strike not affecting DOT from the Acrid.

Hotfix 8.1.2 (2013-06-13)

• Fixed Acrid darts not disappearing.

Update 8.1 (2013-06-07)

• Fix for Capture Target being dissolved by Acrid, becoming un-capturable.

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

• Weapon introduced.

See also

• Toxic Sequence, an Acrid exclusive Syndicate mod.