Karyst is a 
Tenno single dagger that deals innate 
Toxin damage.
The Karyst Dagger can be sold for 
5,000.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Toxin damage. - Stance slot has a polarity, matching Pointed Wind and Stinging Thorn stances.
- Can use the dagger-exclusive Covert Lethality mod.
Advantages:
- Grants a 10% Movement Speed bonus when held (i.e. melee mode or quick melee).
- Normal Attack
- Very high damage
Disadvantages:
- Normal Attack
- Very low crit chance
- Very low attack speed
- Low attack range
Comparisons:
- Karyst (Normal Attack), compared to Karyst Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (273 vs. 344)
- Lower total damage (273 vs. 344)
- Lower base critical chance (10.00% vs. 24.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 2.2x)
- Lower base status chance (26.00% vs. 30.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (300.3 vs. 443.07)
- Lower burst DPS (225.22 vs. 295.52)
- Lower sustained DPS (225.22 vs. 295.52)
- Shorter Range (1.75m vs. 2.20m)
- Higher attack speed (0.75 vs. 0.66)
- Lower Block Angle (45° vs. 50°)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.05x))
Acquisition[]
The Karyst's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 20,000 |
 1,500 |
 800 |
 100 |
 1 |
Time: 12 hrs |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 95
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 Blueprints Price:20,000
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Notes[]
- When combining elemental mods, the Karyst's innate Toxin damage is added last.
- Jump attacks will always inflict the Toxin proc, regardless of the weapon's current elemental mods.
- When equipped without a Stance mod, the Karyst adds a 4th lunging stab on its normal attack combo that propels the Warframe a good distance forward, which is useful for catching up to moving enemies. It also has a 100% chance of inflicting Slash bleed proc, despite the fact that the Karyst has no physical damage element. This effect is lost if one uses the Pointed Wind stance, which replaces the lunge with a sweeping slash.
- If the lunge lands behind an unalerted enemy, a stealth attack will be performed instead.
Trivia[]
- The Karyst is the only single dagger that is available in the Market. All other daggers are available only through Nightwave, Invasions and Red Veil.
- The name and shape of this dagger are based on the Kris, an Indonesian dagger. This trait is shared with the Skyla of Nami Skyla.
- Traditionally, the belief is held that poison added to the Kris during the forging process grants it an envenoming effect when used in combat. Further, the "flambard" style blade would help hold poisons applied to the blade before combat, as well as inflict more substantial wounds against sliced opponents; a useful characteristic against unarmored opponents in hot weather climates. This is the likely inspiration for this weapon doing toxin damage.
- The swirl pattern on the blade closely resembles patterns seen on Damascus steel.
Media[]
Karyst in Codex.
A look at Warframe Karyst
Warframe Karyst Pro Builds 1 Forma Update 14.2.0
Warframe Karyst
A Gay Guy Reviews Karyst, A Hammer-Like Dagger?
Warframe Covert Lethality Mod & New Karyst Setup Discussions (U18.8.2)
Karyst Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 6.
- Damage increased from 50 Toxin to 273 (30 Impact, 84 Puncture, 72 Slash, and 87 Toxin).
- Range increased from 1 to 1.75.
- Status Chance increased from 10% to 26%.
- Slam Attack increased from 100 to 546.
- Slide Attack increased from 107 to 546.
- Parry Angle set to 45.
- Follow Through increased from 0.3 to 0.9.
Update 17.3 (2015-09-02)
- Karyst is now available in Conclave.
Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Karyst Prime, the primed counterpart of this weapon.
