The Cronus is a ceramic sword wielded by Captain Vor.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
Advantages:
- High
Slash damage – effective against health.
- Good status chance.
- Stance slot has
polarity, matches
Crimson Dervish,
Swooping Falcon and
Vengeful Revenant.
- Innate
polarity.
Disadvantages:
- Lowest base damage of all swords.
- Very low critical chance.
- Low critical multiplier.
- Below average attack speed.
Acquisition
The Cronus's main blueprint can be obtained from defeating Captain Vor on Tolstoj, Mercury.
Drop | Chance | Expected | Nearly Guaranteed |
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Main Blueprint | 5% | 20 kills | 135 ± 45 kills |
Expected refers to total number of attempts a player can expect to need in order to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
Nearly Guaranteed refers to the total number of attempts a player needs to obtain a 99%, 99.9%, and 99.99% probability to receive at least one of each drop associated with the respective values.
For more detailed definitions and information on how these number were obtained, visit here.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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![]() 500 |
![]() 75 |
Time: 12 hrs | |
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Tips[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Cronus (alternatively Cronos or Kronos) is the youngest of the twelve titans in Greek mythology and father of Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.
- Since Update 7.8, the Cronus Blueprint will only be a guaranteed reward the first time Tolstoj is completed and its drop chance exponentially decreases with each repetition. This was put in place to prevent credit farming.
- The Cronus was the original melee weapon of the Stalker before update Update 7.11.
Media[edit | edit source]
Cronus Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Damage increased from 35 to 106.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Status Chance increased from 10% to 18%.
- Critical Chance increased from 5% to 6%.
- Slam Attack increased from 70 to 318.
- Slide Attack increased from 75 to 106.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
- The Cronus blueprint is now only a guaranteed drop the first time Tolstoj is completed; the percentage chance for it to drop continues to decrease on additional runs.
- Item introduced with game release.
See Also[edit | edit source]
Dakra Prime, the possible Prime variant of this weapon
Ceramic Dagger, the dagger variant.
- Captain Vor, the boss who uses the Cronus.
Seer, another weapon wielded and dropped by Vor.
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