The Rakta Ballistica is an exclusive version of the 
Ballistica available only from the Red Veil. The Rakta Ballistica has a higher portion of 
Puncture damage than its default version and features a larger magazine.
Acquisition[]
- The Rakta Ballistica can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Exalted with the Red Veil, and spending
100,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Rakta Ballistica cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Exalted rank. - Syndicate weapons can be also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.
- Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 6 to acquire the Rakta Ballistica, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- High base damage.
- Uncharged shots fire four bolts consecutively.
- High fire rate.
- Fast Projectile Speed.
- Charged shots fire a single round.
- Silent - will not be present on opponent's minimap.
- No projectile arcing.
- On kill, bodies will follow the bolt that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
- Innate and polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Impact and Slash damage – less effective against shields.
- Projectiles have travel time.
- Burst:
- Low accuracy and high horizontal recoil.
- Consumes 4 ammo per shot, resulting in a 5-shot magizine.
- Linearly less efficient – sometimes a target may only die with five projectiles, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.
- Charge Shot:
- Low Projectile Speed.
Comparisons:
- Rakta Ballistica (Burst Shot), compared to Ballistica (Burst Shot):
- Lower base damage per projectile (49.00 vs. 50.00)
- Lower total damage (49 vs. 50)
- Lower average damage per tap (196 vs. 200)
- Lower burst DPS (163.17 vs. 166.5)
- Higher sustained DPS (122.40 vs. 117.56)
- Larger magazine (20 vs. 16)
- More shots per magazine (20 vs. 16)
- Smaller max ammo capacity (40 vs. 64)
- More polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 2)
- Rakta Ballistica (Burst Shot), compared to Ballistica Prime (Normal Shot):
- Lower base damage per projectile (49.00 vs. 61.80)
- Lower total damage (49 vs. 247.2)
- Lower average damage per tap (196 vs. 988.8)
- Lower burst DPS (163.17 vs. 823.17)
- Lower sustained DPS (122.40 vs. 457.52)
- Lower multishot (1 vs. 4)
- More shots per magazine (20 vs. 5)
- Slower reload time (2.00 s vs. 1.20 s)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 14)
Notes[]
- Rolling when a shot is charged will actually fire the weapon, rather than reset the charge.
Trivia[]
- This is the second item in the game with the "Rakta" prefix, the first one being the Rakta Syandana.
- Rakta is derived from the Sanskrit word rakta , meaning blood.
- Prior to Update 16.0 (2015-03-19), the Rakta Ballistica could not be recolored, with only its energy color being customizable.
- Its appearance prior to Update 16.0 (2015-03-19) appeared to be based on Wraith weapons. The weapon's current inventory icon shows what the Rakta Ballistica formerly looked like.
- When the Rakta Ballistica was first introduced, its charged attack dealt primarily Impact damage instead of Puncture damage. The primary damage type changed in Update 15.16 (2015-02-25) (along with several other improvements to the weapon) to be more consistent with the regular version.
Media[]
Rakta Ballistica in Codex in Update 16.
Rakta Ballistica in Codex pre-Update 16.
Rakta Ballistica Colour Customisation
Warframe Syndicates Rakta Ballistica, Getting Punctured thequickdraw
Lets Max (Warframe) E53 - Rakta Ballistica
Rakta Ballistica Skins
Patch History[]
Update 17.8 (2015-10-21)
- Fixed enemies becoming alert to players using a charged Ballistica shot.
Hotfix 16.8.1 (2015-06-10)
- Grineer Forest Camo now works on the Rakta Ballistica.
Hotfix 16.3.4 (2015-04-16)
- Fixed the Rakta Ballistica not sitting on Chroma when holstered.
Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)
- Fixed Red Veil allies in Syndicate Missions using the incorrect skin on their Ballistica.
Update 15.16 (2015-02-25)
- Increased charged bolt damage of Rakta Ballistica from 100 to 300.
- Increased uncharged bolt damage of Rakta Ballistica from 25 to 75 per bolt.
- Rakta Ballistica is now a fully Silent weapon.
Hotfix 15.15.0.1 (2015-02-18)
- Rakta Ballistica now deals 30 damage per uncharged bolt. The damage type is broken down to 15 Puncture, 7.5 Impact and 7.5 Slash.
Update 15.13 (2015-02-05)
- Rakta Ballistica's crit chance has been buffed from 15 to 20 on charge.
- Ratka Ballistica's damage on charge has been changed to 5 Slash, 5 Impact, 90 Puncture.
Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.10.8 (2018-10-25)
See also[]
- Ballistica, the original version.
- Ballistica Prime the primed counterpart.
- Red Veil, the Syndicate that offers this weapon.
- Syndicate Weapons
