The Cestra is a Corpus-built sidearm added in Update 11.0. In essence, It is a scaled-down version of the Supra, where it has a brief spooling period before reaching its maximum fire rate.
This weapon can be sold for 5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for
Dual Cestra (x2).
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- High
Puncture damage – effective against armor.
- High status chance.
- High magazine size.
- Very high accuracy.
- Fast fire rate.
Disadvantages:
- Low
Impact and no
Slash damage – less effective against shields and health.
- Does not benefit from
Slash mods.
- Does not benefit from
- Projectiles have travel time.
- Very low critical chance.
- Below average critical multiplier.
- Has a short spool-up time before reaching optimal fire rate.
- High recoil when fully spooled.
- Poor ammo economy.
Comparisons:
- Cestra, compared to Dual Cestra:
- Lower fire rate (8.33 rounds/sec vs. 18.75 rounds/sec)
- Smaller magazine (60 rounds vs. 120 rounds)
- Smaller max ammo capacity (420 rounds vs. 480 rounds)
- Faster reload speed (2 s vs. 3.5 s)
- More accurate (33 vs. 20)
- Different polarities (None vs.
)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 7)
- Higher disposition (1.52 vs. 1.35)
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
The Cestra's blueprint can be purchased from the Market. Alternatively, it can be acquired from completing the Jupiter to Europa Junction.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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![]() 25,000 |
![]() 3,000 |
![]() 1,200 |
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Time: 24 hrs |
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Despite the high rate of fire, there is a significant and mandatory pause between releasing the fire button and being able to fire again, limiting the Cestra's ability to fire single shots or short bursts.
Tips[edit | edit source]
- If you are planning to make extensive use of this weapon,
Heated Charge and/or
Expel Infested will be necessary to fight the Infested; as this weapon has no
Slash Damage, neither
Razor Shot nor
Maim will have any effect.
Pistol Ammo Mutation (or its
Primed counterpart),
Trick Mag,
Pistol Scavenger or Squad Ammo Restores will be necessary to counteract the high rate of ammo consumption.
- While having good base accuracy, the Cestra has significant recoil that scatters its shots, making it ineffective for long range shooting.
Steady Hands is a must if one plans to utilize the Cestra's high base accuracy effectively.
- To counteract the pause that occurs between releasing and pressing the fire button, use fire rate mods like
Gunslinger or
Lethal Torrent.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The Cestra's barrel rotates clockwise slowly when not in use, and spins faster as it is fired.
- The reload animation consists of the player pulling out the barrel, flipping it and reinserting it back into the Cestra, oddly making the revolving barrel the magazine itself.
- This may suggest that the cylinder may be composed of two separate batteries; one used to fire plasma shots while the other is collecting energy from the ammunition reserve of the user.
- The Cestra may be a numeral-derived name, just like other Corpus-designed weapons released around the time: the
Tetra, which has a barrel with four blocks attached and a "quad-chambered magazine"; and the
Penta, which has a five-grenade magazine. Cestra may be a corruption of Sexa-/Sext-, from sixth, and has a rotating section with six blocks.
- While Tetra- and Penta- are Greek numeral prefixes, Sexa-/Sext- is a Latin numeral prefix. The appropriate Greek prefix would be Hexa-.
Bugs[edit | edit source]
- Currently, the Cestra and its counterparts (
Dual Cestra and
Secura Dual Cestra) cannot increase the damage of
Antimatter Drop.
- When holding a Datamass in a mission, the Datamass will spin whilst reloading.
Media[edit | edit source]
Cestra Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Fixed a script error when firing the Cestra.
- Fixed Cestra’s clip ejecting in the wrong directions when reloading. Also tweaked the reload animation timing so that you can see the arm rotating instead of looking like it pops.
- Increased the speed fire rate ramps up.
- Status chance increased from 5% to 20%.
- Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%.
- Critical damage increased from 1.5 to 1.6x.
- Ammo capacity increased from 210 to 420.
- Cestra's conclave magazine reduced from 60 to 30.
- Fixed weapon skins not properly attaching to the Cestra.
- Fixed the Cestra’s barrel not properly sitting in the correct position after a reload.
- Reduced the damage of all Cestra weapons in PvP.
- Made various audio adjustments to the Cestra.
- Limited the max instances of Cestra fire sound effects.
- Fixed an issue with Cestra's barrel disappearing if a reload animation is interrupted.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 24.1.5
See also[edit | edit source]
Supra, the Rifle version of this weapon.
Dual Cestra, the dual wield version of this weapon.
Secura Dual Cestra, the custom dual wield version of this weapon, used by The Perrin Sequence.
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