The Karyst Prime is the primed variant of the 
Karyst, with an even lower attack speed, but very high damage, good critical strikes, and good status chance. It also grants 10% movement speed bonus when equipped.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily 
Slash damage.
Advantages:
- Highest base damage of all single daggers, and second-highest base damage of all melee weapons behind
Arca Titron.
- High critical chance, highest of all not-Zaw single daggers.
- Above average critical multiplier.
- Tied with Rakta Dark Dagger for the highest status chance of all single daggers.
- Longest range of all single daggers.
- High follow through.
- Stance slot has a polarity, matching Pointed Wind and Stinging Thorn stances.
- Can use the dagger-exclusive Covert Lethality mod.
- Grants a 10% movement speed bonus when equipped.
Disadvantages:
- Innate Toxin damage – less effective against Machinery, Robotic, and Fossilized.
- Tied with Sheev for the slowest attack speed of all single daggers; additionally tied with Pathocyst and Plasma Sword for the slowest attack speed of all melees.
Comparisons:
- Karyst Prime (Normal), compared to Karyst (Normal):
- Higher base damage (344 vs. 273)
- Higher critical chance (24% vs. 10%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.2x vs. 2x)
- Higher status chance (30% vs. 26%)
- Higher Range (2.2 m vs. 1.75 m)
- Lower disposition (1.05 vs. 1.35)
- Lower attack speed (0.67 vs. 0.75)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 6)
- Higher Block Angle (50° vs. 45°)
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Handle | Blueprint | Blade |
|---|---|---|
 Axi A14 Uncommon Lith I1 Uncommon Axi B4 Uncommon (V) Lith T4 Uncommon (V) Neo A5 Uncommon (V)
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Axi C6 Common Axi G6 Common Meso B5 Common Meso P3 Common (V) Neo S14 Common (V)
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Lith K7 Rare Lith K6 Rare (V) Meso K3 Rare (V)
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| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 20,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 15 |
Time: 12 hrs | |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Trivia[]
- The namesake and a part of the dagger's design (that is the wavy, flame-like portion of the blade) are inspired by the Kris, a dagger of Javanese (Indonesian) origin.
- 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 unique and different approach to the Karyst Prime's design compared to the original Karyst is a combination of the regular Karyst/Kris element (wavy blade) and Egyptian jewelry and knives (the curved, hook-like tip) that were used during the mummification process[1] to complement Inaros' Prime theme as ancient Egypt-themed Warframe.
Karyst Prime Skins
Patch History[]
Hotfix 28.2.1 (2020-08-01)
- Fixed incorrect Riven Dispositions for Karyst Prime. They are at the correct Riven Disposition of 0.5.
Update 28.2 (2020-07-14)
- Introduced.
See Also[]
- Karyst, the normal counterpart of this weapon.
