Cronus

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

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

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 Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High Slash Damage Slash damage – effective against health.
• Good status chance.
• Stance slot has  polarity, matches Crimson Dervish Crimson Dervish, Swooping Falcon Swooping Falcon and Vengeful Revenant Vengeful Revenant.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Lowest base damage of all swords.
  • Low Impact Damage Impact and Puncture Damage Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
• 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
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.
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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.
• The Cronus was the original melee weapon of the Stalker before update Update 7.11 (2013-05-17).

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

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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 Dakra Prime, the possible Prime variant of this weapon
• Ceramic Dagger Ceramic Dagger, the dagger variant.
• Captain Vor, the boss who uses the Cronus.
  • Seer Seer, another weapon wielded and dropped by Vor.