Keratinos

Infested Weapons

Keratinos
Statistics
Type	Claws
Mastery	9
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.00x)
Attack Speed	0.917
Follow Through	80%
Range	1.7 m
Noise Level	Alarming
Normal
79
45
87
33
Total Damage	244 (35.66%)
Crit Chance	13%
Crit Multiplier	2.1x
Attack Speed	0.917
Status Chance	29%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,708
Slam Damage	976
Radial Damage	976
Slam Radius	7 m
Wind-up	0.8 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	732
Slam Radius	6 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	732
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Infested/Melee/InfTransformClaw/InfTransformClawsWeapon
Introduced	Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)
Polarities	None
Stance Polarity

CODEX

Leave your mark with these infected claws with increased heavy attack range. Heavy attack at max combo to keep the extended range and slam radius for three minutes.

Keratinos are Infested claws that grow in length to perform a deadly spin attack for Heavy Attacks. The claws stay in their increased range for 3 minutes when a heavy attack is executed at full combo.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.

Advantages

• Second highest base damage of all claws, behind  Garuda's Talons.
  • Innate  Viral damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
  • High  Slash and  Impact damage – effective against health and shields.
• Above average critical multiplier.
• Second highest status chance of all claws, behind Garuda's Talons.
• Heavy Attacks perform a 7-hit spin with increased range.
  • The first 3 hits do 100% damage, the next 3 do 100% damage and have a forced  Slash proc, and the 7th hit does 300% damage and has a forced  Slash proc.
  • Executing a heavy attack with max combo retains the increased range by 2-3m (amount needs confirmation) for all attacks for 3 minutes.

Disadvantages

• Innate  Viral damage – less effective against Infested and Infested Sinew.
• Low  Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
• Below average attack speed.
• Low critical chance.

Acquisition

Keratinos are acquired by reaching Rank 0 - Neutral with the Entrati. Father sells the main blueprint for 1,000 Standing 1,000 and component blueprints for 500 Standing 500; a total of 3,000 Standing 3,000 is needed for all parts.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	2	2			Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 175			Blueprints Price:1,000

Keratinos Blades

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	40	24	6	4	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25 Platinum 25
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:  500

Keratinos Gauntlet

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	20	16	6	4	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 25 Platinum 25
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:  500

Notes

• One gauntlet and blades blueprints are required to reach Rank 2 - Acquaintance with the Entrati.

Trivia

• The Keratinos' name is most likely derived from Keratin, a fibrous protein which makes up the claws, nails, hair, feathers, and hooves of most animals.

Media

Keratinos wielded by Excalibur and Zymos wielded by Ember

Patch History

Hotfix 30.5.3 (2021-07-09)

• Fixed Chat Links for the Keratinos lacking build/acquisition hints.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Fixed the Keratinos appearing backwards and snapping back while viewing the Deimos Infested Bundle in the in-game Market.

Hotfix 29.2.2 (2020-10-06)

• Fixed missing Blueprint locations for the Keratinos when viewing in the Market.

Hotfix 29.0.6 (2020-09-01)

• Fixed ability to contribute pending Keratinos Blueprints for Entrati Rank up without warning, which causes them to disappear in the Foundry.
  • Pending Foundry Blueprints won’t be eligible for Syndicate Rank up.

Hotfix 29.0.4 (2020-08-27)

• Tweaked the holstered idle pose of the Keratinos to avoid clipping.

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

• Introduced.

See Also

•  Zymos, the secondary counterpart to this weapon.