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During the darkest days of the Old War many a Tenno relied solely on the Tonbo to keep them alive.

The Tonbo is a TennoIcon Tenno polearm that specializes in high status chance which combines with its high DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage to consistently bleed enemies.

This weapon can be sold for Credits64 5,000.

Characteristics[]

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • High attack range (3.00 m)
    • High disposition (●●●●● (1.38x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Lowest base damage of all polearms.
  • Lowest critical chance of all polearms.
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Very low crit chance (5.00%)
    • Below average total damage (184)

Acquisition[]

The Tonbo's blueprint can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.


Manufacturing Requirements
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Credits
20,000
ControlModule
2
Plastids
800
Ferrite
2,000
Oxium
100
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 35
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 180 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits15,000
Tenno Lab ResearchClanAffinity643,000
Credits
5,000
Morphics
1
Ferrite
500
Oxium
20
Plastids
300
Time: 2 Day(s)
Prereq: Nami Skyla
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100

Notes[]

  • Even though the weapon requires Oxium Oxium to construct, the Tonbo is quite inexpensive for a weapon exclusive to Clan Research, as most Clan Research-exclusive weapons typically require Forma Forma or other rare resources such as ArgonCrystal Argon Crystals.
  • The ground slam has a chance to inflict a DmgBlastSmall64 Blast proc.

Trivia[]

  • "Tonbo" (蜻蛉) is Japanese for "dragonfly".
    • The weapon's name is likely derived from the Tonbogiri (蜻蛉切), a spear also known as the "Dragonfly Cutting Spear", and was said to be wielded by Honda Tadakatsu. The spear derives its moniker from the myth that a dragonfly landed on its blade and was instantly cut in two.
  • The blade itself resembles those found on Bill polearms, though with significantly larger proportions.
  • At its initial release this weapon could not be researched in the Clan Dojo, this was fixed in Hotfix 15.15.0.1 (2015-02-18).
  • Listed as FlowerPowerPolearm in the game files.

Gallery[]

Media[]

Tonbo Skins

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Patch History[]

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

  • Damage increased from 80 to 184.
  • Range increased from 2 to 3.
  • Slam Attack increased from 160 to 552.
  • Slide Attack increased from 178 to 368.
  • Parry Angle set to 55.
  • Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.

Update 22.10 (2018-01-25)

  • Fixed various Polearms having incorrect attachments when the Phorcys Skin is equipped.

Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)

  • Fixed polearms clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.

Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)

  • Decreased the damage of the Tonbo in Conclave.

Hotfix 15.15.0.1 (2015-02-18)

  • Fixed the Tonbo not appearing in Tenno Research Lab.

Update 15.15 (2015-02-18)

  • Introduced.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

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