Arquebex

Orokin Weapons

Arquebex
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Exalted Weapon
Mastery	0
Slot	Arch-Gun (Atmosphere)
Trigger Type	Auto
Utility
Accuracy	16.7
Ammo Type	Heavy
Fire Rate	3.33
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	3 s
Projectile Speed	60 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Normal Attack
10
Total Damage	10
Crit Chance	50%
Crit Multiplier	3x
Fire Rate	3.33
Multishot	1 (10 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Status Chance	50%
Projectile Speed	60 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Radial Attack
9,000
3,000
Total Damage	12,000 (75%)
Crit Chance	50%
Crit Multiplier	3x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 0 m 100% damage at 6 m 0% max reduction
Fire Rate	3.33
Multishot	1 (12,000 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Range	6 m
Status Chance	50%
Projectile Type	AoE
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Arquebex
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)
Polarities
Vendor Sources

CODEX

The pinnacle of Entrati weapons design: dual energy mortars that fire with such devastating power that the Necramech must first be locked into a brace, stationary turret mode.

The Arquebex are a pair of heavy energy mortars of Entrati design, functioning as the Voidrig Necramech's built-in Exalted Weapon. It can only be utilized through using the  Guard Mode ability, which will bunker the mech down in a siege-mode to compensate for the recoil.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Blast damage.

Advantages:

• Highest base Area of Effect damage of all weapons in the game, and combined with its firing rate, highest DPS of all weapons in the game.
  • Innate  Blast damage – effective against Machinery and Fossilized.
  • Innate  Heat damage – effective against Cloned Flesh, Infested, and Infested Flesh.
• Tied with  Mausolon for the second highest critical chance of all Arch-guns, behind fully charged  Velocitus.
• Very high critical multiplier.
• Tied with  Larkspur primary fire,  Mausolon alt-fire, and  Morgha alt-fire for the highest status chance of all Arch-guns.
• Shots explode in a 6 meter radius on impact with a surface or enemy.
  • No damage falloff.
  • Initial hit and explosion apply status separately.
  • Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
• Does not have reload.
• Does not consume ammunition for shots.
• Innate  polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate  Blast damage – less effective against Ferrite Armor and Infested Sinew.
• Innate  Heat damage – less effective against Proto Shields.
• Requires time to activate and then again to deactivate.
• User cannot move while active.
• User cannot switch into Operator form or Warframe while active.
• No zoom, thus cannot benefit from  Critical Focus or  Marked Target.
• Projectiles have travel time with heavy arcing.
  • Default-color projectiles can be nearly invisible making it difficult to determine the projectile's trajectory before impact, unless the Energy/Emission color of the weapon is customized to something highly visible like bright blue or green.
• AoE damage does not apply to enemies immune to it, such as Tusk Thumpers, greatly reducing DPS against such enemies.
• Requires Necramech ability energy first to activate, and then drains energy continuously while active even when not firing.

Notes

• The Arquebex appears in the Arsenal after unlocking Voidrig's  Guard Mode ability, allowing for the ability to upgrade it and customize its colors.
• As an Archgun, the Arquebex uses Arch-gun mods, but is incapable of penetrating the armor on the Profit-Taker Orb.
• "Particle System Quality" must be set to Medium or higher in order to see the projectiles and tracer rounds fired by the Arquebex.

Bugs

• The Arquebex will appear in the mission results screen and appear to collect Affinity, even if the Voidrig Necramech was not in use.
• The color of the projectiles fired is determined by Voidrig's Energy color, rather than the Arquebex energy color.

Trivia

• Like  Mesa's  Regulators, the Arquebex is not a summoned weapon but instead activates an already present "body part".
• Its name seems to be derived from the "arquebus", the earliest known design of a rifle.

Media

The Voidrig Necramech in Guard Mode using its dual Arquebex cannons.

Patch History

Hotfix 31.5.8 (2022-05-11)

• Updated the descriptions for Arquebex

Hotfix 29.5.5 (2020-11-27)

• Increased the projectile speed of the Arquebex.

Hotfix 29.1.2 (2020-09-22)

• Fixed recolouring the Arquebex changing colours of attached Necramech in preview.

Hotfix 29.1.1 (2020-09-18)

• Fixed inability to purchase additional Config Slots for Necramech and Arquebex.
• Fixed Arquebex model not displaying properly when viewed via Look Link or Mod Link.

Hotfix 29.0.8 (2020-09-10)

• Fixed the Arquebex having an unintended 9th Mod Slot.
  • Any Polarizations done to this now removed 9th Mod Slot have been transferred over to a free universal (blank) Mod Slot upon login of this Hotfix. In the very rare case of having Polarized the 9th Mod Slot to be universal (blank), the Forma is refunded.

Hotfix 29.0.7 (2020-09-03)

• Fixed applying Forma to the Necramech Arquebex not showing the Polarity right away until you relog.

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

• Introduced.