Kuva Tonkor

Grineer Weapons

Kuva Tonkor
Statistics
Mastery	13
Slot	Primary
Type	Launcher
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Ammo Type	Sniper
Projectile Type	Projectile
Projectile Speed	30 m/s
Noise Level	Alarming
Fire Rate	3.17
Accuracy	100
Magazine Size	1
Max Ammo	60
Reload Time	1.5 s
Disposition	●●●○○ (0.95x)
Grenade Impact
59
14.75
Total Damage	73.75 (80%)
Projectile Type	Projectile
Projectile Speed	30 m/s
Fire Rate	3.17
Multishot	1 (73.75 damage per projectile)
Status Chance	17%
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.5x
Grenade Explosion
168
204
302
168.5
Total Damage	842.5 (35.85%)
Projectile Type	AoE
Range	7 m
Fire Rate	3.17
Multishot	1 (842.5 damage per projectile)
Status Chance	17%
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.5x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 0 m 30% damage at 7 m 70% max reduction
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity
Polarities	None
Users	Kuva Lich
Introduced	Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Variants	Tonkor Tonkor
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Grineer/KuvaLich/LongGuns/Tonkor/KuvaTonkor

CODEX

This Lich-variant grenade launcher hurls mayhem and destruction with an increased Reload Speed.

The Kuva Tonkor is the Kuva variant of the Tonkor Tonkor grenade launcher, sporting increased critical chance, status chance, reserve ammo, reload speed, damage and a wider spread of damage types, but removes the minimum arming distance.

Characteristics

This weapon does primarily Blast Damage Blast damage.

Advantages:

• Innate Blast Damage Blast damage – effective against Machinery and Fossilized.
• High Slash Damage Slash and Puncture Damage Puncture damage – effective against health and armor.
• Very high critical chance.
• High critical multiplier.
• Above average status chance.
• Grenades explode in a 7 meter radius after impacting a surface or enemy.
  • Initial hit and explosion apply status separately.
  • Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
• Direct hits cause knockdown, whether or not the grenade explodes.
• Pinpoint accuracy.
• Heavy Caliber Heavy Caliber's effect is minimal on this weapon, especially in combination with Multishot mods.
• Fast reload speed.
• Can use the Tonkor-exclusive Precision Strike Precision Strike mod, and the launcher-exclusive Adhesive Blast Adhesive Blast mod.
• Can benefit from Firestorm Firestorm (Primed Firestorm Primed), Amalgam Furax Body Count Amalgam Furax Body Count, and Cautious Shot Cautious Shot.
• Polarizing the weapon increases its max rank by 2, capping at rank 40 after 5 polarizations, granting the weapon additional mod capacity.
• Comes with an additional bonus Impact Damage Impact, Heat Damage Heat, Cold Damage Cold, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin, Magnetic Damage Magnetic, or Radiation Damage Radiation damage, based on the Kuva Lich's progenitor Warframe, which increases the listed base damage of the weapon by 25%-60%.

Disadvantages:

• Innate Blast Damage Blast damage – less effective against Ferrite Armor.
• No Impact Damage Impact damage – less effective against shields.
  • Explosion damage cannot be increased by Impact Damage Impact damage mods.
• Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 50% from ?m to ?m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
• Grenades have travel time and heavy arcing.
• Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
• Explosion has linear damage falloff from 100% to 30% from central impact.
• Extremely low magazine capacity of just 1 round, requires frequent reloading.
• Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.

Comparisons:

• Kuva Tonkor (Grenade Explosion), compared to Tonkor (Grenade Explosion):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (842.5 vs. 650)
    • Higher Puncture Damage Puncture damage (168 vs. 0)
    • Higher Slash Damage Slash damage (204 vs. 0)
    • Lower Blast Damage Blast damage (302 vs. 650)
    • Higher Lich System/Progenitor MinProgenitorBonus damage (168.5 vs. 0)
  • Higher total damage (842.5 vs. 650)
  • Higher base critical chance (30% vs. 25%)
  • Higher base status chance (17% vs. 10%)
  • Higher average damage per shot (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (1,563.68 vs. 893.75)
  • Higher burst DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (4,956.87 vs. 2,833.19)
  • Higher sustained DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (861.31 vs. 443.45)
  • Larger max ammo capacity (60 round(s) vs. 30 round(s))
  • Faster reload time (1.5 s vs. 1.7 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 5)
  • Lower disposition (0.95 vs. 1.3)

Acquisition

Kuva Tonkor is obtained by vanquishing a Kuva Lich who generated with one equipped. After the Lich is vanquished it will be in the player's Foundry ready to claim.

While the weapon itself is not tradeable, a converted Kuva Lich generated with the weapon can be traded to another player. The trade is performed inside a Clan Dojo's Crimson Branch room, and the recipient must not have any active Lich. Once traded, the recipient must fight and vanquish the Lich to claim its weapon.

Notes

• When Multishot mods and Heavy Caliber Heavy Caliber are equipped on this weapon, one of the grenades will fly towards the point of aim while the rest of the grenades will fan out horizontally and explode close to the point of aim. This helps in giving a single shot of grenades a larger effective AoE, especially if Firestorm Firestorm (Primed Firestorm Primed) is also loaded, as well as bigger damage on enemies near the point of impact.

• As with all Kuva and Tenet weapons, the player does not have to meet the Mastery Rank displayed to obtain this weapon. It can simply be claimed from the foundry after the Kuva Lich or Sister carrying it has been vanquished.
• The weapon will have a prefix of the name of the Lich/Sister it was acquired from (e.g. Odizrigg Agekk Kuva Kohm).
• The weapon's max rank caps at 40 after 5 polarizations (max rank increases by 2 per Forma added).
  • Additional polarizations can be added when the weapon reaches its new max rank at that polarization level.
  • Each additional rank also gives 100 Mastery Rank experience, giving 4,000 points in total at level 40.
  • Mod capacity scales with the additional ranks, and can reach a total of 80 at rank 40 with an Orokin Catalyst installed.
    • Without an Orokin Catalyst, the max is 40. Combined with the five polarized mod slots required to reach that point, an Orokin Catalyst might not be required to finish modding the weapon.
    • After polarizing a weapon, any additional mod capacity above 30 (60 with an Orokin Catalyst) will not take effect until the weapon's rank reaches 31 and above.
      • Legendary Mastery Rank increases the minimum mod capacity for such weapons, without the weapon needing to be rank 31 and above. For example, Legendary 1 increases the minimum capacity to 31 (62 with an Orokin Catalyst).
• Comes with an additional damage stat, dependent on the Warframe that summoned the Lich/Sister.
  • This damage stat ranges between 25%-60%, and is randomly generated by the Lich/Sister. It can be brought up to its maximum value with Valence Fusion using another copy of the weapon.
  • This bonus stat is considered a base damage type that is added after all elemental mods.

  View detailed explanation about element merging  ▾▾

• • If the weapon innately has a primary element type (Heat Damage Heat, Cold Damage Cold, Electricity Damage Electricity, Toxin Damage Toxin) AND has a different primary element as its bonus stat, the elements on the weapon will combine in a unique way: Whichever of the two primary elements comes first in this element order - Heat Damage Heat > Cold Damage Cold > Electricity Damage Electricity > Toxin Damage Toxin, or "HCET" for short - will be placed second to last in the element combine order, while the other primary element will be placed last in the combine order. This order can be subsequently shifted based on the order of the equipped mods.
  • For example, if the weapon innately has Cold Damage Cold, using an Electricity Damage Electricity progenitor Warframe to add base Electricity Damage Electricity damage to the weapon will change the weapon's base element to Magnetic Damage Magnetic.
    • Because Cold Damage Cold comes before Electricity Damage Electricity in the HCET element order, Cold Damage Cold will be placed second to last in the element combine order, and Electricity Damage Electricity will be placed last.
    • If the weapon is then modded with only Heat Damage Heat, the elements will be arranged in the order Heat Damage Heat, Cold Damage Cold, Electricity Damage Electricity, resulting in the weapon having Blast Damage Blast + Electricity Damage Electricity. If the weapon is instead modded with only Toxin Damage Toxin, the elements will be arranged in the order Toxin Damage Toxin, Cold Damage Cold, Electricity Damage Electricity, which will create Viral Damage Viral + Electricity Damage Electricity.
    • If modded with Electricity Damage Electricity and Heat Damage Heat, the Electricity Damage Electricity will be moved earlier in the combine order due to now being a modded element, so the new combine order will be Electricity Damage Electricity, Heat Damage Heat, Cold Damage Cold, resulting in Radiation Damage Radiation + Cold Damage Cold. If modded with Heat Damage Heat and Toxin Damage Toxin, the combine order will be Heat Damage Heat, Toxin Damage Toxin, Cold Damage Cold, Electricity Damage Electricity, resulting in Gas Damage Gas + Magnetic Damage Magnetic.

HCET Damage Priority Results

Bonus Element + Modded Element / Innate Element	Innate Heat Damage Heat (Tenet Spirex Tenet Spirex)	Innate Cold Damage Cold (Tenet Envoy Tenet Envoy)	Innate Electricity Damage Electricity (Tenet Agendus Tenet Agendus)	Innate Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Heat Damage Heat + Modded Cold Damage Cold	-	-	Blast Damage Blast + Electricity Damage Electricity	Blast Damage Blast + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Heat Damage Heat + Modded Electricity Damage Electricity	-	Radiation Damage Radiation + Cold Damage Cold	-	Radiation Damage Radiation + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Heat Damage Heat + Modded Toxin Damage Toxin	-	Gas Damage Gas + Cold Damage Cold	Gas Damage Gas + Electricity Damage Electricity	-
Bonus Cold Damage Cold + Modded Heat Damage Heat	-	-	Blast Damage Blast + Electricity Damage Electricity	Blast Damage Blast + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Cold Damage Cold + Modded Electricity Damage Electricity	Radiation Damage Radiation + Cold Damage Cold	-	-	Magnetic Damage Magnetic + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Cold Damage Cold + Modded Toxin Damage Toxin	Gas Damage Gas + Cold Damage Cold	-	Viral Damage Viral + Electricity Damage Electricity	-
Bonus Electricity Damage Electricity + Modded Heat Damage Heat	-	Blast Damage Blast + Electricity Damage Electricity	-	Radiation Damage Radiation + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Electricity Damage Electricity + Modded Cold Damage Cold	Blast Damage Blast + Electricity Damage Electricity	-	-	Magnetic Damage Magnetic + Toxin Damage Toxin
Bonus Electricity Damage Electricity + Modded Toxin Damage Toxin	Gas Damage Gas + Electricity Damage Electricity	Viral Damage Viral + Electricity Damage Electricity	-	-
Bonus Toxin Damage Toxin + Modded Heat Damage Heat	-	Blast Damage Blast + Toxin Damage Toxin	Radiation Damage Radiation + Toxin Damage Toxin	-
Bonus Toxin Damage Toxin + Modded Cold Damage Cold	Blast Damage Blast + Toxin Damage Toxin	-	Magnetic Damage Magnetic + Toxin Damage Toxin	-
Bonus Toxin Damage Toxin + Modded Electricity Damage Electricity	Radiation Damage Radiation + Toxin Damage Toxin	Magnetic Damage Magnetic + Toxin Damage Toxin	-	-

*Note that the Primed and Umbra versions of a Warframe share the same element (including altered, exalted, spectral or enhanced forms such as Atlas using Rumbled, Titania in Razorwing, or Sevagoth's Shadow).

Tips

• With Primed Magazine Warp Primed Magazine Warp, the Kuva Tonkor will have 1 × (1 + 55%) = 1.55, rounded to 2 magazine capacity, giving it a higher overall DPS rate.
• As with the standard Tonkor, the Kuva Tonkor's high critical chance makes it a good candidate for Hunter Munitions Hunter Munitions.

Trivia

• The Grineer text on the side of its barrel translates to "Ravage".

Media

Kuva Tonkor as shown in the arsenal

Patch History

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

• Removed Kuva Tonkor’s arming distance from projectiles.

Hotfix 27.3.8 (2020-04-02)

• Fixed the Kuva Tonkor requiring an Orokin Catalyst to unlock its Exilus Slot instead of an Exilus Adapter.

Hotfix 27.2.2 (2020-03-06)
Reduced the following AoE weapons Radial Damage Falloff from central impact that were all previously 90%:

• Kuva Tonkor: 70%

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

Self Damage Changes

We are getting rid of Self Damage and replacing it with something else: instead of Self Damage, it’s now ‘Stagger’. This change completely removes the chance of killing yourself, and instead now creates scenarios where you will interrupt yourself - or ‘Stagger’ - to varying degrees if you aren’t careful.

The degrees of Self-Interrupt start with a small stumble all the way to full knockdown depending on how close you are to the center of explosion. Any Mods referring to Self Damage will be converted to acknowledge Stagger.

With this Self-Interrupt system, we have added dozens of new recovery animations that harness a ninja-like recovery experience. By pressing ‘Jump’ at the correct time, you can execute a ninja-skill-based knockdown recovery to ALL in-game knockdowns. This ninja recovery window is indicated by a glowing FX on your Warframe.

In the original Dev Workshop, we said:
As a result of this overall systemic change, Weapons with Stagger will be getting approximately a 20% buff in Damage, with any weapons with AOE receiving a 50% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact.

This is no longer accurate after continued testing. What we are doing now is:

No damage buffs have been added, but any weapons with AOE are receiving ~20% increase in Radius. Additionally, AOE weapons are receiving a 90% Radial Damage Falloff from central impact. This means on the very outer section of the explosion Radius 10% of the Damage will be dealt. Tactics will be deadly - aim true, Tenno.

Why: Several players brought up the history of the Tonkor and we want to make sure we ship this change in a place that’s conservative in its starting point from a balance perspective. The complete removal of Self Damage does change the pace of destruction with some of the game’s most powerful weapons, so we want to make sure we can iterate upwardly instead of releasing a bonanza of explosions with no other choices.

Hotfix 26.0.7 (2019-11-14)

• Explosion damage changed from 674 Blast to 176 Puncture, 270 Slash, and 228 Blast (undocumented).
• Fixed Kuva Lich weapons that do damage on both impact and explosion (Kuva Ogris, Kuva Ayanga, etc) doing significantly less overall damage than expected. This was due to the Elemental bonus only being applied to the "on impact" of the projectile itself and not the explosion.

Hotfix 26.0.4 (2019-11-05)

• Reload speed changed from 1.7 to 1.5

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Introduced.

See Also

• Tonkor Tonkor, the normal counterpart of this weapon.