Cronus

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Cronus
General Information
Type	Sword
Mastery	0
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ (1.48x)
Attack Speed	0.917
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.5 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal Attack
31.8
15.9
58.3
Total Damage	106 (55%)
Crit Chance	6%
Crit Multiplier	1.5x
Attack Speed	0.917
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	18%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	530
Slam Damage	424
Radial Damage	424
Slam Radius	8 m
Wind-up	0.6 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	318
Slam Radius	7 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	106
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Introduced	Vanilla (2012-10-25)
Polarities
Stance Polarity

CODEX

A strong blade forged using ceramic.

The Cronus is a ceramic sword wielded by Captain Vor.

It can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages over other sword-type melee weapons:

• Tied for highest disposition with  Dark Sword,  Heat Sword, and  Plasma Sword.

Disadvantages over other sword-type melee weapons:

• Very low damage.
• Very low critical chance.
• Below average critical multiplier.
• Below average status chance.

Acquisition

The Cronus's main blueprint can be obtained from defeating Captain Vor on Tolstoj, Mercury.

Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Main Blueprint	5%	20 Kills	135 ± 45 Kills

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official droptables.

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
15,000	1	500	75		Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Trivia

• 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 (2013-04-19), 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. It would ultimately be changed to the 5% drop chance it currently has now.
• The Cronus was the original melee weapon of the Stalker before update Update 7.11 (2013-05-17).
• Despite being classed as a Tenno weapon, the Cronus is wielded by Captain Vor, who is Grineer.
  • This would make Cronus the only weapon in the game to be used by an enemy whose faction is not related to the weapon itself.

Media

Cronus in the Codex

The Cronus holstered by Captain Vor.

The Cronus blueprint on the mission reward screen.

Cronus drop orb after Update 18

Cronus Skins Edit

Frysta

Kopesh

Rephrax

Dero
Steam™ Exclusive

Eisen
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengushen
Steam™ Exclusive

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• 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.

Update 7.8 (2013-04-19)

• 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.

Vanilla (2012-10-25)

• Item introduced with game release.

See Also

•  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.