The Kunai are a set of throwing knives, released in Update 8.0. It deals a significant amount of damage, but can be hard to aim with because of its arrow-like arc projection.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for 
Tipedo.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 15,000 |  5 |  3,000 |  4,000 |  4,000 | Time: 12 hrs |
Rush:  40
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 Market Price: 175
|  Blueprints Price: 15,000
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Characteristics
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This weapon deals primarily 
Puncture damage.
Advantages:
- High Puncture damage – effective against armor.
- Silent.
- Very high reload speed.
- High fire rate.
- Can hit multiple enemies in a short line (caused by flying dead bodies and not by the Kunai).
- The arc of the shots enable headshots over cover.
- Has two polarity.
- Can use the Kunai-exclusive Stockpiled Blight augment.
Disadvantages:
- Low Impact and Slash damage – less effective against shields and health.
- Low critical chance.
- Low status chance.
- Below average critical multiplier.
- Has travel time, making it difficult to land an accurate shot at long distances.
- Shoots in an arc, making it difficult for use at long range.
Comparisons:
- Kunai, compared to MK1-Kunai:
- Higher base damage (46.0 vs. 40.0)
- Higher critical chance (8% vs. 5%)
- Lower critical multiplier (1.6x vs. 2x)
- Higher status chance (8% vs. 2.5%)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (2 vs. 0)
TipsEdit
- Make sure to adjust your aim for moving targets.
- When using at a distance, aim above the enemy to adjust for the arc of the blades.
- Using the Pistol Ammo Mutation mod can help regain lost ammo when needed.
- Alternatively, bring along Team Ammo Restores.
- The Kunai's throwing arc means you can sometimes aim at targets behind cover. Aiming slightly above the cover will result in the Kunai curving downwards onto the target.
- Note that this is extremely situational, as enemy cover is usually too high to take advantage of this.
NotesEdit
- The Kunai does not have the pinning properties of other projectile weapons, such as the Boltor or Paris, but will simply throw targets backwards upon death.
TriviaEdit
- The Kunai (苦無) were traditionally a multipurpose tool, similar in design to a crowbar or trowel. It could be used for gardening, masonry, and other things. Popular culture has since associated the kunai with ninjas.
- The Despair and Hikou share similarities to the Kunai, they are all thrown secondaries that deal mostly Puncture damage.
- Update 16.7 revealed the Kunai to be a themed-weapon based off the Paris, in the same manner that other themed-weapons like the Akjagara, Aksomati, and Bolto are related to the Tigris, Soma, and Boltor respectively.
MediaEdit
Warframe Let's Build the KUNAI Throwing Daggers (Damage 2.0)
Kunai Skins
Patch HistoryEdit
Update 22.12
- Damage increased from 45 to 46.
- Status chance increased from 2.5% to 8%.
- Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 8%.
- Critical damage increased from 1.5x to 1.6x.
- Picking up disarmed thrown Secondary weapons (Kunai) will now display the context action "Pick Up *Thrown Weapon" instead of "Pick up Auto Pistol".
- Fixed an issue with the Kunai entry diorama being too zoomed in.
- Kunai model reworked.
- Kintsugi and Nocturne weapon skin added.
- Day of the Dead skin added.
- Fixed the bloom FX on Kunai making it too difficult to aim through the glare.
- Fixed thrown weapons not showing the proper energy trails.
- Slightly improved hit effects to Kunai impact visual.
- Adjustments made to Kunai and Despair holster to remove redundant visual attachments.
- Fixed Agile and Noble animation sets that were playing akimbo pistol idles when using thrown weapons.
- Toned down Kunai trails.
- Kunai now hide on player's thighs when player is attacking with melee weapons.
- Fixed incorrect default colors appearing after choosing to reset colors for specific weapons (e.g. Kunai).
- Fixed weapon attachments (Kunai holsters) that would detach from player while using a sniper rifle.
- Kunai sheaths can now be color customized.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.2.1
See alsoEdit
- Despair, a similar weapon.
- MK1-Kunai, the starter version of this weapon.
- Paris, the bow the Kunai is based off.
- Tipedo, a weapon crafted from the Kunai.
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