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Arcane Epidemic is an Arcane Enhancement for Zaws that unleashes a wave of Infested energy that suspends enemies caught in the blast radius, generated from the melee ground slam performed immediately after a bullet jump or double jump.
Effect[]
| Rank | Duration |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 sec |
| 1 | 2 sec |
| 2 | 3 sec |
| 3 | 4 sec |
Acquisition[]
- Exodia Epidemic is obtainable from limited-time events:
- Operation: Plague Star sold Exodia Epidemic from Nakak for
5,000 + 1,500, requiring Rank 2 - Defender with Operational Supply. - The October 2020 and 2022 Nights of Naberus event sold Exodia Epidemic from Daughter for 50 Mother Tokens each.
- Operation: Plague Star sold Exodia Epidemic from Nakak for
Notes[]
- Perform a bullet jump (Ctrl + Spacebar ) or double jump (Spacebar x2) then perform a ground slam (look downward and press E ) to create a wave of energy that applies a Lifted effect to nearby enemies.
- The wave is ~5 meters wide, and will travel forward for ~31 meters, going over terrain elevations and passing through enemies, dealing 10 Blast Damage, before exploding at the end and dealing Viral damage in a ~7 meters radius. Enemies hit by the wave will tumble backward and be suspended in the air similarly to Rhino Stomp for a short time period, up to 4 seconds with a full set.
- This wave has a very high chance for Viral procs to occur, if not 100%, but also has a chance to proc your weapon's elemental effects as well.
- This wave has a very high chance for
- Trading tax scales with rank:
- Rank 0: 100,000
- Rank 1: 300,000
- Rank 2: 600,000
- Max Rank: 1,000,000
- Rank 0:
Trivia[]
- Installing this arcane (or Exodia Contagion) on a Zaw will give the Zaw's Links an infested visual appearance.
- Unlike other Exodia Arcanes, Exodia Epidemic depicts a symbol, instead of inscription.
- Prior to Update 24.6 (2019-04-04), Exodia Epidemic was purchasable as a blueprint with the following requirements to build:
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 7,500 |
 5 |
 10 |
 800 |
 3 |
Time: 1 hrs |
Rush:  10
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:  500 +  1,500
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Media[]
WARFRAME - Exodia Epidemic (The Best Arcane for Dagger Zaws)
Exodia Epidemic Arcane (For Zaw Melee)
Patch History[]
Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)
- Replaced Arcane Blueprints with Arcanes in Operational Supply Offerings meaning that Arcanes no longer need to be built.
- Players that had previous Arcane Blueprints in Inventory were crafted on patch login for free.
Update 22.19 (2018-05-02)
- Fixed Exodia Epidemic ground slam wave counting towards finisher damage instead of the intended explosion damage.
Update 22.4 (2017-11-23)
- Fixes towards Exodia Epidemic causing enemies to get knocked down twice and remain permanently inactive.
Hotfix 22.3.5 (2017-11-20)
- Fixed Zaws with Covert Lethality and Exodia Epidemic unintentionally insta killing enemies. Covert Lethality does not carry over to projectiles or other effects created by weapons, and only applies on Melee finishers.
Update 22.3 (2017-11-15)
- Introduced
Last updated: Update 22.19 (2018-05-02)
