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Once the blade weapon of choice for an exclusive order of Tenno assassins, the Karyst dagger grew to become a symbol of honor and duty for all Tenno

Karyst is a TennoIcon Tenno single dagger that deals innate DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin damage.

The Karyst Dagger can be sold for Credits64 5,000.

Characteristics[]

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Grants a 10% Movement Speed bonus when held (i.e. melee mode or quick melee).
  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • High total damage (273)
    • Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
    • Very low crit chance (10.00%)
    • Very low attack speed (0.75x animation speed)
    • Low attack range (1.75 m)

Comparisons:

Acquisition[]

The Karyst's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.


Manufacturing Requirements
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Credits
20,000
Salvage
1,500
PolymerBundle
800
Oxium
100
ArgonCrystal
1
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 35
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 95 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits20,000

Notes[]

  • When combining elemental mods, the Karyst's innate DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin damage is added last.
  • Jump attacks will always inflict the DmgToxinSmall64 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 DmgSlashSmall64 Slash bleed proc, despite the fact that the Karyst has no physical damage element. This effect is lost if one uses the Mod TT 20px 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 NamiSkyla 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 Skins

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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[]

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