Conclave:Cestra

Corpus Weapons

COOPERATIVE (PvE)

Cestra
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	4
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Auto
Utility
Accuracy	N/A
Ammo Max	90
Disposition	××××× (0.00x)
Fire Rate	8.33 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.00 s
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Normal Attack
8.0000 ( 20%)
32.0000 ( 80%)
Total Damage	40 (80.00%  Puncture)
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Fire Rate	8.33 attacks/sec
Headshot Multiplier	1.2x
Noise Level	Alarming
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Cestra
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
Polarities	None
Variants	Cestra
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Corpus Weapons Puncture Damage Weapons Pistol Cestra Secondary Weapons Auto Weapons Automatic Base Alarming Weapons Projectile Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Compact and deadly, the Cestra discharges bolts of energy at an increasingly rapid rate.

The Cestra is a Corpus-built sidearm added in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20). 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 Credits 5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for  Dual Cestra (x2).

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	Nano Spores 3,000	Rubedo 1,200	Gallium 4	Neurodes 2	Time: 1 Day(s)
					Rush: 25
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:20,000

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Puncture damage.

Advantages:

• High  Puncture damage – effective against health.
• High magazine size.
• Very high accuracy.
• Fast fire rate.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Impact and no  Slash damage – less effective against shields.
• Projectiles have travel time.
• Has a short spool-up time before reaching optimal fire rate.
• High recoil when fully spooled.
• Poor ammo economy.

Comparisons:

•  Cestra (Normal Attack), compared to  Dual Cestra (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (40.00 vs. 27.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 8 vs. 5.4)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 32 vs. 21.6)
  • Higher total damage (40 vs. 27)
  • Higher average damage per tap (40 vs. 27)
  • Lower burst DPS (333.2 vs. 337.5)
  • Higher sustained DPS (214.23 vs. 195.18)
  • Lower fire rate (8.33 attacks/sec vs. 12.50 attacks/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (30 vs. 60)
  • Less shots per magazine (30 vs. 60)
  • Smaller max ammo capacity (90 vs. 180)
  • Faster reload time (2.00 s vs. 3.50 s)
  • More accurate (N/A vs. N/A)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 7)

Notes

• 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. 

Trivia

• 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

• 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

Cestra in Codex.

Warframe Cestra

Warframe 11 ♠ Cestra

Warframe - Gameplay & Information Cestra (Full-Auto Pistol)

Cestra Skins

Edit

Shock-Camo

Capstan

De Nas

Elixis Latron

Nusku

Oscira

Perla

Stratus

Zundi

Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• 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.

Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

• Cestra's conclave magazine reduced from 60 to 30.

Update 17.5 (2015-10-01)

• Fixed weapon skins not properly attaching to the Cestra.
• Fixed the Cestra’s barrel not properly sitting in the correct position after a reload.

Hotfix 16.4.5 (2015-05-06)

• Reduced the damage of all Cestra weapons in PvP.

Hotfix 16.4.3 (2015-04-24)

• Made various audio adjustments to the Cestra.

Update 14.0 (2014-07-18)

• Limited the max instances of Cestra fire sound effects.

Update 13.3 (2014-05-14)

• Fixed an issue with Cestra's barrel disappearing if a reload animation is interrupted.

Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 22.15 (2018-03-07)

See also

•  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.