The Viper Wraith is the Wraith version of the 
Viper that has higher damage with a slight boost to 
Impact damage in exchange for lower 
Slash, larger magazine size, and better accuracy, but with lower reload speed.
Acquisition[]
The Viper Wraith can be potentially sold by Baro Ki'Teer in the Concourse section of the Tenno Relay for 
75,000 and 
400. Note that Baro Ki'Teer's stock changes with each appearance, and this weapon may not be available on a succeeding appearance.
The weapon can be traded, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed. The trading recipient must also have a Mastery Rank of at least 4.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
Advantages:
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields. - Very high reload speed.
- High accuracy.
- Tied with Viper for highest fire rate of all single-handed pistols.
- Can use Viper-exclusive Skull Shots mod.
Disadvantages:
- Low Puncture and Slash damage – less effective against health.
- Small magazine size.
- Combined with its very fast fire rate results in frequent reloading.
- Inefficient ammo economy.
Comparisons:
- Viper Wraith (Normal Attack), compared to Viper (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (25.00 vs. 27.00)
- Lower total damage (25 vs. 27)
- Lower average damage per tap (25 vs. 27)
- Lower burst DPS (359.5 vs. 388.26)
- Higher sustained DPS (228.22 vs. 225.86)
- Larger magazine (20 vs. 14)
- More shots per magazine (20 vs. 14)
- Larger max ammo capacity (60 vs. 56)
- Slower reload time (0.80 s vs. 0.70 s)
- More accurate (N/A vs. N/A)
Trivia[]
- This is the first single-handed weapon that was added after it's dual-wielding counterpart, Twin Vipers Wraith.
Viper Wraith Skins
Patch History[]
Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)
- Fixed missing Viper Wraith disposition.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Status chance increased from 5% to 9%.
- Critical chance increased from 18% to 19%.
- Ammo capacity increased to 420.
Update 22.9 (2018-01-17)
- Viper Wraith damage reduced in Conclave.
Hotfix 22.8.4 (2018-01-11)
- Introduced via Baro Ki'Teer.
See Also[]
- Twin Vipers, the original twin pistols.
- Viper, the original automatic pistol.
- Wraith, a special weapon variant.
