Hydraulic Crosshairs

Hydraulic Crosshairs
Tradeable
Untransmutable
Max Rank Description
On Headshot: +135% Critical Chance when Aiming for 9s
General Information
Type	Pistol
Polarity	Madurai
Rarity	Common
Incompatible Mods	Galvanized Crosshairs
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	310
Credits Required To Max	14,973
Base Capacity Cost	2
Trading Tax	2,000
Introduced	Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)
Drop Table Sources
Missions Necralisk Bounty (30-40-1, 30-40-2, 30-40-3) Spy (Lua)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Hydraulic Crosshairs is a common Pistol mod that increases critical chance while aiming for a brief time upon a headshot.

Stats

Rank	Critical chance	Duration	Cost
0	+22.5%	1.5s	2
1	+45%	3s	3
2	+67.5%	4.5s	4
3	+90%	6s	5
4	+112.5%	7.5s	6
5	+135%	9s	7

Notes

• Hydraulic Crosshairs is additive with similar mods. For example, a  Sicarus with a max rank Hydraulic Crosshairs and  Pistol Gambit will have a 16% × (1 + 135% + 120%) = 56.8% critical chance.
• Hydraulic Crosshairs will trigger upon headshots, i.e. any weapon hit to an enemy's head, whether the target survives or not.
  • Headshots will refresh Hydraulic Crosshairs' timer.
• If activated, Hydraulic Crosshairs will display an icon timer beside the player's health UI, and the Warframe will be briefly surrounded by an energy ribbon.
• Hydraulic Crosshairs' buff does not seem to multiply prior flat-crit% buffs such as  Arcane Avenger.

Tips

• This mod is best used on full-auto pistols with high critical stats, such as the  Aksomati, as their high rate of fire ensures that they have a better chance of landing headshots against enemies.
• Can be combined with  Primed Pistol Gambit for a total increase of +322% after getting a shot to an enemies' head. This allows the  Akmagnus,  Lato Vandal,  Lex Prime,  Spira,  Spira Prime,  Pandero,  Plinx and  Twin Grakatas to gain a critical chance of over 100% after performing a headshot, allowing orange crits.

Patch History

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

• Now drops from level 30-40 Necralisk Bounties

Update 23.8 (2018-09-12)

• Removed ability to unintentionally equip Hydraulic Crosshairs and Sharpened Bullets on Mesa’s Regulators. Although the buff appeared to trigger, it never actually applied due to the "on aim" criteria not being fulfilled (unless you had a very specific loadout with the Mesa Waltz Augment equipped).

Hotfix 19.8.1 (2017-01-27)

• Fixed Argon Scope, Hydraulic Crosshairs and Repeater Clip not using proper HUD buff icon.

Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

• Added as potential reward from Lua Spy missions.

Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)

• Added to the game as an event-exclusive drop from Operation: Shadow Debt.

Last updated: Hotfix 24.1.5 (2018-12-13)

See Also

•  Galvanized Crosshairs, the Galvanized counterpart.
•  Argon Scope, the rifle counterpart.
•  Laser Sight, the shotgun counterpart.