Argon Scope

Argon Scope
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
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Max Rank Description
On Headshot: +135% Critical Chance when Aiming for 9s
General Information
Type	Rifle
Polarity	Madurai
Rarity	Rare
Incompatible Mods	Galvanized Scope
Incompatibility Tags	POWER_WEAPON
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	930
Credits Required To Max	44,919
Base Capacity Cost	2
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Argon Scope is a rare rifle mod that increases critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.

Stats

Rank	Critical chance	Duration	Cost
0	+22.5%	1.5s	2
1	+45%	3s	3
2	+67.5%	4.5s	4
3	+90%	6s	5
4	+112.5%	7.5s	6
5	+135%	9s	7

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Necralisk Bounty	Necralisk Bounty Lvl 30-40 Final Stage	A	37.74%	1	0.3774	Cambion Drift/Necralisk, Deimos; talk to Mother
Necralisk Bounty	Necralisk Bounty Lvl 30-40 Stage 4	C	21.51%	1	0.2151	Cambion Drift/Necralisk, Deimos; talk to Mother
Necralisk Bounty	Necralisk Bounty Lvl 30-40 Final Stage	C	37.74%	1	0.3774	Cambion Drift/Necralisk, Deimos; talk to Mother
Necralisk Bounty	Necralisk Bounty Lvl 30-40 Stage 4	A	21.51%	1	0.2151	Cambion Drift/Necralisk, Deimos; talk to Mother
The Circuit	Tier 4 The Circuit (Normal)	A	1.49%	1	0.0149	Accessed through Duviri's The Circuit gamemode
The Circuit	Tier 6 The Circuit (Normal)	A	1.03%	1	0.0103	Accessed through Duviri's The Circuit gamemode

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Notes

• Argon Scope is additive with similar mods. For example, a  Snipetron with a max rank Argon Scope and  Point Strike will have a 30% × (1 + 135% + 150%) = 115.5% critical chance.
• Argon Scope will trigger upon headshots, i.e. any weapon hit to an enemy's head, whether the target survives or not.
  • Headshots will refresh Argon Scope's timer.
  • The headshot that triggers Argon Scope will not benefit from the buff itself (unless the buff was already active).
  • Only hitting the head body part counts as headshot. Hitting other weak spots (such as Moa's backpacks) does not give the buff.
• If activated, Argon Scope will display an icon timer beside the player's health UI, and the Warframe will be briefly surrounded by a flashing energy ribbon.
  • This icon is the same as  Hydraulic Crosshairs and  Cat's Eye and features the four-leaf clover.
• Can be installed alongside  Point Strike or  Critical Delay in order to further increase the critical chance.

Gallery

Rank 4 has a few unnecessary decimals.

Patch History

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

• Now drops from level 30-40 Necralisk Bounties

Hotfix 19.8.1 (2017-01-27)

• Fixed Argon Scope, Hydraulic Crosshairs and Repeater Clip not using proper HUD buff icon.

Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)

• Added to the game as an event-exclusive drop from Operation: Shadow Debt.

Last updated: Hotfix 24.1.5 (2018-12-13)

See Also

•  Galvanized Scope, the Galvanized counterpart.
•  Laser Sight, the shotgun counterpart.
•  Hydraulic Crosshairs, the pistol counterpart.