Conclave:Kulstar

Grineer Weapons

COOPERATIVE (PvE)

Kulstar
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	5
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	N/A
Ammo Max	6
Disposition	××××× (0.00x)
Fire Rate	2.00 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	3
Reload Time	2.00 s
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Rocket Impact
91.0000 ( 100%)
Total Damage	91 (100.00%  Impact)
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Fire Rate	2.00 attacks/sec
Headshot Multiplier	1.0x
Noise Level	Alarming
Projectile Speed	100.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Rocket Explosion
143.0000 ( 100%)
Total Damage	143 (100.00%  Blast)
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Noise Level	Alarming
Projectile Type	AoE
Cluster Bombs
143.0000 ( 100%)
Total Damage	429 (100.00%  Blast)
Crit Chance	0.00%
Crit Multiplier	1.00x
Headshot Multiplier	1.0x
Multishot	3 (143.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Projectile Speed	8.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Kulstar
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
Polarities
Variants	Kulstar
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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CODEX

Rain hell on the enemy with this handheld cluster-rocket launcher

The Kulstar is a Grineer-built torpedo/cluster bomb launcher that was introduced in Update 17.0 (2015-07-31). Once its torpedo comes in contact with an enemy or a surface, or if the player manually detonates it with Alternate Fire, it detonates and fragments into 3 smaller bomblets, which spread from the point of impact, also exploding on impact. This makes the Kulstar ideal for dealing with tightly grouped enemies.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	Kraken 1	Tellurium 2	Cryotic 4,800	Plastids 3,600	Time: 1 Day(s)
					N/A
Market Price: 190			Blueprints Price:40,000

Characteristics

This weapon deals  Blast damage.

Advantages

• Very high total damage.
  • Rocket impacts have high  Impact damage — effective against shields.
  • Explosions and cluster bombs have innate  Blast damage — effective against shields.
• Rocket impacts release 3 cluster bombs that cover a large range.
• Rocket projectile can be manually detonated by pressing the Alternate Fire key/button — effective against enemies that have taken cover.
• Very high accuracy.
• Has a polarity.

Disadvantages

• No  Puncture or  Slash damage - less effective against health.
  • Does not benefit from  Puncture or  Slash mods.
    • The physical contact rocket deals only  Impact damage, while explosion and cluster bombs deals only  Blast damage, therefore the explosion and cluster bombs do not benefit from any physical damage mods.
• Capable of high amounts of self damage. Additionally cluster bombs make avoiding self damage difficult.
• Very high recoil when not aiming.
• Rockets have travel time, making it harder to hit targets from a distance.
• Extremely ammo inefficient.
  • Extremely small magazine size of just 3 rounds; requires frequent reloading.
  • Extremely low ammo capacity of just 6 rounds; requires just 3 reloads to fully deplete all ammo reserves.

Notes

• The Kulstar possesses an unusual difference in recoil between hipfire and aiming. When hipfiring, the Kulstar has very high recoil per shot, violently shaking aim, while stopping to aim will drastically reduce the recoil. 

Trivia

• The Kulstar was first presented in the Echoes of the Sentients Highlight Video.
• The Kulstar could be an intentional mispronunciation of the word "Cluster", which would be fitting given the Kulstar's projectiles are cluster bombs.
  • The bomblets themselves resemble naval contact mines. While smaller than the torpedoes, they are much higher resolution as they are recoloured versions of the mines from the Grineer Sealab tileset.

Media

Kulstar in Codex.

A Kulstar torpedo (rocket) with the default colours.

A Kulstar bomblet with the default colours.

WARFRAME Kulstar

Warframe Kulstar, Inevitable Splash Damage therundown

WARFRAME - Magnetized Kulstar

Warframe - Kulstar

Warframe KULSTAR Basic Setup - No Forma (U17.0.5)

KULSTAR - It's raining bombs Hallelujah 2 forma - Warframe

Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 5.
• Changed contact damage from Explosion to Impact.
• Added guaranteed Knockdown to contact damage.
• Contact damage increased from 175 to 200.
• Radial damage increased from 200 to 300.
• Status chance increased from 10% to 19%.
• Critical chance increased from 5% to 17%.
• Critical damage increased from 2x to 2.3x.
• Improved projectile trail FX of the bomblets after the initial explosion.
• Ammo capacity decreased from 30 to 15.
• Added recoil.
• Decreased accuracy.

Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)

• Arsenal now includes alt-fire stats for the Kulstar.

Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)

• Increased damage of Kulstar in Conclave.
• Kulstar projectiles are now more visible in Conclave.

Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

• Increased AoE damage of the Kulstar in Conclave.
• Increased the damage of the Kulstar in Conclave.

Hotfix 18.4.10 (2016-02-11)

• Removed the headshot multiplier from the Kulstar in Conclave.
• The Kulstar's explosive damage no longer ignores cover in Conclave.

Hotfix 17.2.2 (2015-08-21)

• Reduced the number of visual particle FX on the Kulstar's explosions.

Hotfix 17.0.5 (2015-08-07)

• Reduced the damage of the Kulstar in PvP.

Hotfix 17.0.3 (2015-08-04)

• Fixed the Kulstar's secondary fire hitting enemies outside of Limbo's rift while Limbo is riftwalking.

Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 23.2.1 (2018-08-03)

See also

•  Angstrum, a similar secondary rocket launcher.