The Grinlok is a 
Grineer lever-action rifle crafted from the Chem lab via clan research. By nature, the Grinlok sports high damage with accurate delivery, supported by its high critical damage and very high status chance, but its extremely low fire rate and small magazine size hampers its ability to manage crowds of enemies.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Innate polarity.
- Can equip the Grinlok-exclusive Deadly Sequence and Grinloked (Conclave only) mods.
Advantages:
- Tied with Prisma Grinlok for the second highest base damage of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Kuva Chakkhurr.
- Second highest status chance of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Nagantaka.
- Little to no vertical recoil.
- Very small spread.
- Excellent ammo efficiency.
- Normal Attack
- Above average max ammo
- Above average damage
- High reload speed
- High status chance
- High crit multiplier
Disadvantages:
- Tied with Prisma Grinlok for the second slowest fire rate of all semi-automatic rifles, after Kuva Chakkhurr.
- Tied with Nagantaka for the lowest magazine size of all semi-automatic rifles.
- Normal Attack
- Below average crit chance
- Below average magazine
- Low effective fire rate
Comparisons:
- Grinlok (Normal Attack), compared to Prisma Grinlok (Normal Attack):
- Equal base damage, but different composition:
- Lower base critical chance (15.00% vs. 21.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.5x vs. 2.9x)
- Lower base status chance (35.00% vs. 37.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (229.07 vs. 261.61)
- Lower burst DPS (382.55 vs. 436.89)
- Lower sustained DPS (290.81 vs. 384.86)
- Smaller magazine (9 vs. 21)
- More accurate (44.4 vs. 32)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 11)
- Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.30x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
Acquisition[]
The Grinlok's blueprint can be researched from the Chem Lab in the dojo.
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 30,000 |
 2 |
 5,000 |
 5,000 |
 1 |
Time: 24 hrs |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 150
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 Blueprints Price:15,000
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Chem Lab Research 3,000
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5,000 |
 10 |
500 |
400 |
 150 |
Time: 72 hrs |
| Prereq: Detonite Injector | |||||
 x1  x3  x10  x30  x100
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This weapon can be sold for 
7,500.
Notes[]
- The Grinlok often ragdolls enemies on lethal shots, a side effect of it dealing mainly Impact damage.
- The Grinlok's focus on both Impact and Slash damage makes it generally effective against the Corpus and the Infested.
Tips[]
- While the Grinlok is similar to the Latron, it comes with a lower magazine capacity and slower rate of fire, making it more punishing for missed shots. Focus on aiming at heads or weak spots.
- Shred is an excellent mod to help the Grinlok with crowd control, as it increases its slow rate of fire while piercing through groups of enemies, letting each shot deal its massive damage to multiple targets.
Trivia[]
- The News tab in the UI mistakenly referred to this gun as Grinlock.
- The weapon's name may be a combination/corruption of "Grineer" and "Flintlock", the latter of which was an early firing mechanism in guns used in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
- Despite the unusual combination of technologies mentioned, a lever-action flintlock rifle did exist in real life.
- While Marelok is, theoretically, a sawn-off pistol version of this rifle, its magazine is curiously relocated.
Media[]
Original look and stats of Grinlok
Grinlok on codex
Grinlok as shown in the Arsenal
Tenno Reinforcements - Grinlok
Warframe - All Grineer Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)
Warframe - All Grineer Weapon Reloads in 2 minutes (2012 - 2019)
Grinlok Skins
Patch History[]
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
- Converted materials to PBR on the Grinlok
Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)
- PBR treatment.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 7.
- Damage increased from 120 to 187.
- Critical damage increased from 2x to 2.5x.
- Mag size increased from 6 to 9.
- Reload speed increased from 2.1s to 1.7s.
- Increased accuracy while aiming.
Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)
- Weapon skin for the Grinlok is now available from Teshin!
Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)
- Increased the damage of the Grinlok in Conclave.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- The Grinlok is now available in Conclave.
Hotfix 12.4.5 (2014-03-12)
- Fixed inability to fire Grinlok while sprinting.
Hotfix 12.1.1 (2014-02-13)
- Changes to Grinlok's muzzle flash/sounds.
Update 12.1 (2014-02-13)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 22.20.9.2 (2018-06-07)
See Also[]
- Marelok, the pistol counterpart.
- Vaykor Marelok, the custom pistol counterpart used by Steel Meridian.
- Deadly Sequence, a Grinlok exclusive Syndicate mod.
- Grinloked, a Grinlok exclusive Conclave mod.
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