Karyst

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Karyst
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Dagger
Mastery Rank Requirement	6
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	0.75x animation speed
Block Angle	45°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Follow Through	0.9x
Range	1.75 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
30 ( 10.99%)
84 ( 30.77%)
72 ( 26.37%)
87 ( 31.87%)
Total Damage	273 (31.87%  Toxin)
Attack Speed	0.75x animation speed
Crit Chance	10.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	0.750 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	26.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	546
Slam Damage	1,092
Radial Damage	1,092
Slam Radius	6.0 m
Wind-up	0.4 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	546
Slam Radius	5.0 m
Radial Damage	273
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	273
Slide Element	Toxin
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	DAGGERS_STANCE
Riven Family	Karyst
Introduced	Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Users	Saryn Specter
Variants	Karyst  Karyst Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Tenno Weapons Toxin Damage Weapons Dagger Karyst Melee Weapons N/A Weapons Saryn Specter Base Silent Weapons Untradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

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 Tenno single dagger introduced in Update 14.2 (2014-08-13) that deals innate damage.

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

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	1,500	800	100	1	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 95			Blueprints Price:20,000

The Karyst dagger blueprint can be acquired from the Market for 20,000 Credits 20,000.

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• Highest base damage (tied with Rakta Dark Dagger) and critical chance among the single dagger category, barring some Zaw daggers.
• Highest damage of all non-Zaw melee weapons.
  • Innate damage, making it easy to mod for , and .
• Second highest status chance of all dagger-type weapons.
• 100% chance of dealing Status Effect on Ground Slam.
• Can use the dagger-exclusive  Covert Lethality mod.

Disadvantages:

• Second lowest attack speed of all dagger-type weapons, shared with Heat Dagger.
• Normal attack damage cannot be increased with physical damage mods.
• Toxin damage deals 50% less damage to Fossilized Infested.
• Ground slam attack does not knock down enemies. 

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Notes

• The stance slot has polarity, matching the  Stinging Thorn and  Pointed Wind stances.
• Quick melee limits the weapon to attacking a single target at a time.
• Has Momentum so while swinging you are immune to knockdowns, pulls, etc.
• When combining elemental mods, the Karyst's innate damage is added last.
• Jump attacks will always inflict the 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 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

• This is the first non-infested melee weapon that deals pure  damage.
• The Karyst is the only single dagger that is available in the Market. All other daggers are available only through Alerts, 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.
• The swirl pattern on the blade closely resembles patterns seen on Damascus steel.

Media

• Karyst in Codex.

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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)

Patch History

Update 17.3 (2015-09-02)

• Karyst is now available in Conclave.

Update 14.2 (2014-08-13)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 22.19.1 (2018-05-03)

See also

• Dual Ichor, -based dual swords.
• Cerata, another -based melee weapon.