Caustacyst

Infested Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Caustacyst
Statistics
Mastery	7
Slot	Melee
Type	Scythe
Utility
Attack Speed	1.0
Range	2.9 m
Combo Duration	5 s
Block Angle	60°
Follow Through	60%
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.3)
Normal Attacks
17.0
71.0
69.0
103.0
Total Damage	260.0 ( 40%)
Crit Chance	9%
Crit Multiplier	2.0x
Status Chance	37%
Slam Attacks
Slam Impact	780.0
Radial Damage	260.0
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Heavy Attacks
Heavy Impact	1560.0
Wind-up	1 s
Heavy Slam	1300.0
Radial Damage	1300.0
Slam Radius	9.0 m
Other Attacks
Slide Attack	520.0
Miscellaneous
Polarities
Stance Polarity
Stances	Reaping Spiral () Stalking Fan () Shadow Harvest () (PvP Only)
Introduced	Update: The Index Preview

CODEX

Charge attacks from this scythe unleash a wave of acid that mutilates enemies and leaves a trail of corrosive sludge.

The Caustacyst is an Infested Scythe available through clan research. Aside from dealing Corrosive damage, its heavy attacks create a trail of sludge that damages and staggers enemies who walk into it.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	10	15,000	4,000	5	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 230			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research 3,000
5,000	30	600	4,000	1,200	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Embolist
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Characteristics

This weapon deals Corrosive damage.

Advantages:

• Highest base damage of all scythes.
  • Innate Corrosive damage – effective against Ferrite Armor and Fossilized.
  • High Puncture and Slash – effective against armor and health.
• Highest status chance of all scythes.
• Heavy attacks throws a Corrosive wave of up to 20 meters in the direction of the player's aim. The wave leaves a temporary trail on the ground, damaging and staggering enemies standing in it.
• stance polarity matches  Stalking Fan.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate Corrosive damage – less effective against Proto Shields.
• Lowest critical chance of all scythes.

Notes

• When performing a heavy attack, the Caustacyst throws a toxic wave in the direction of the player's aim. This wave will travel up to 20 meters, dealing Corrosive damage to all enemies it hits. The wave will also leave behind a temporary trail on the ground that deals Corrosive damage to enemies that stand on it.
  • Wave range is not affected by  Reach or  Primed Reach.
  • Wave has infinite Punch Through.
  • The wave inherits any elemental damage from mods and can proc their status effects, having an approximated 10% base status chance.
• Enemies hit by the wave are also staggered, making them vulnerable to melee finishers (default E ) and susceptible to stealth damage multipliers.
  • Enemies stunned by these pools do not have their alert status changed; enemies can be damaged by the pools and still be killed for stealth kills as long as their stun animation is still playing.
  • This allows players to launch a pool, then launch up to 3 more charge attacks before the enemy can become alerted.

Tips

• The Caustacyst is an excellent weapon against the Grineer, allowing for Corrosive and Viral to be used at the same time, as well as additional Heat to attack their health or Electricity for extra stunning capabilities.
  • Alternatively, it can be paired with Radiation for bonus damage against Alloy Armor, pairing with Corrosive's innate armor-peeling to allow for more general use against Grineer enemies.
• The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping  Fury ( Prime) alongside  Berserker and  Gladiator Vice.

Trivia

• This is the first melee weapon with innate  Corrosive damage.

Media

• Caustacyst in Codex.

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Warframe Caustacyst

Warframe - Caustacyst (Quiet Shy)

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Warframe Insane damage Caustacyst

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Caustacyst Skins

Spearmint
Seasonal

Thanatos

Patch History

Update 26.0

• Damage increased from 75 Corrosive to 260 (17 Impact, 71 Puncture, 69 Slash, and 103 Corrosive).
• Range increased from 1 to 2.9.
• Status Chance increased from 30% to 37%.
• Critical Chance increased from 5% to 9%.
• Slam Attack increased from 150 to 780.
• Slide Attack increased from 150 to 520.
• Parry Angle set to 60.
• Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update: The Index Preview

• Introduced.

See Also

• Embolist, a secondary pistol which shares the same theme.