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Slash targets with a single precise bolt from Garuda's signature crossbow. Alt-fire to let loose a barrage of bolts. All bolts have a chance to cause Bleeding and Headshots have a chance to increase Reload Speed. When wielded by Garuda Nagantaka gains a slight Punch Through.

The Nagantaka is GarudaIcon272 Garuda's signature crossbow, firing DmgSlashSmall64 Slash bolts with a very high status chance in a semi-automatic fashion. It features an Alternate Fire that unleashes all remaining rounds in the magazine in a rapid-fire volley. Additionally, killing an enemy through a headshot will boost the speed of Nagantaka's next reload. Bolts receive Punch Through when fired by Garuda.

It can be sold for Credits64 7,500.

Characteristics[]

  • This weapon deals mostly DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage.
  • Headshot kills from direct bolt damage boosts reload speed by 50%.
  • Guaranteed DmgImpactSmall64 Impact proc.
    • Guaranteed DmgImpactSmall64 Impact proc may make it hard to land consecutive headshots to trigger its passive.
  • Alternate Fire shoots all remaining ammunition in the magazine in a quick burst, at approximately 2.3 times its listed standard Fire Rate.
    • Benefits from magazine increasing mods to further increase the burst's damage.
    • Abilities can be cast during the burst without interrupting it. However, Stagger effects such as a self-stagger from a Mod TT 20px Thunderbolt explosion will interrupt the burst.
  • Innate 1 meter Punch Through if used by GarudaIcon272 Garuda.
  • On kill, bodies will follow the arrow that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
  • Counts as a bow in regards to fire rate mods, doubling the fire rate bonus.
  • Can use the bow-exclusive Mod TT 20px Thunderbolt mod.
  • Innate Madurai Pol polarity.

Advantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Second highest base damage of all semi-automatic rifles, behind Grinlok Grinlok/PrismaGrinlok Prisma Grinlok.
  • Highest status chance of all semi-automatic rifles, and third highest status chance of all bows behind MutalistCernos Mutalist Cernos and Daikyu Daikyu.
  • Very high base accuracy.
  • Very ammo efficient.
    • High ammo reserve for its magazine size.
    • Uses rifle ammo pickups instead of the scarcer sniper ammo pickups.
  • Primary fire is Silent.
  • Semi-Auto (wiki attack index 1)
    • Above average total damage (159)
    • Above average ammo max (540)
    • Very high status chance (39.00%)
    • Above average disposition (●●●●○ (1.30x))
    • Above average crit multiplier (2.30x)
  • Burst Shot (wiki attack index 2)
    • Above average ammo max (540)
    • High fire rate (5.000 attacks/sec)
    • High status chance (39.00%)
    • Above average disposition (●●●●○ (1.30x))

Disadvantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Primary fire is tied with Hind Hind/KuvaHind Kuva Hind for the third slowest fire rate of all semi-automatic rifles, after Grinlok Grinlok/PrismaGrinlok Prisma Grinlok and KuvaChakkhurr Kuva Chakkhurr.
  • Tied with Grinlok for the lowest magazine size of all semi-automatic rifles.
  • Fairly slow reload when not boosted by its passive.
  • Projectiles have travel time.
  • Alternate Fire is Alarming, making it ill-suited for stealth gameplay.
  • Semi-Auto (wiki attack index 1)
    • Below average crit chance (15.00%)
    • Below average reload speed (2.30 s)
    • Below average magazine (9)
    • Below average fire rate (2.500 attacks/sec)
  • Burst Shot (wiki attack index 2)
    • Low crit chance (15.00%)
    • Low magazine (9)

Comparisons:

Acquisition[]

The Nagantaka's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.


Manufacturing Requirements
📝 Edit blueprint requirements
Credits
25,000
Neurodes
3
Gallium
4
NanoSpores
3,000
Rubedo
1,200
Time: 1 Day(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 25
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge 125 Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:Credits40,000

Note[]

  • When used by GarudaIcon272 Garuda or GarudaPrimeIcon Garuda Prime, the Nagantaka gains 1 meter innate Punch Through.
  • Can be used in bow-only Sortie missions.
  • In its semi-automatic primary fire mode it can be difficult to achieve its full listed firing rate, especially with Speed Trigger equipped, given the forced delay after each shot where if the fire button is pressed too early it is simply not registered for the next shot.
  • The Alternate Fire of the Nagantaka will eject all of the remaining ammunition in the magazine in a single burst.
    • If buffed with unlimited ammo such as from the Reactant Buff, the weapon will only fire its magazine amount at a time, with small delays between each trigger pull.
    • Unlike Pandero Pandero or Mod TT 20px Wild Frenzy, Nagantaka can still be aimed during the burst, allowing the weapon to still benefit from Acolyte Mods. However, recoil can be a bit of an issue when trying to aim the entire burst at a single target especially if Mod TT 20px Speed Trigger is used, so you may need to equip Mod TT 20px Stabilizer to account for it.
    • Given the much higher damage-per-shot of the Nagantaka compared to other Burst and Auto rifles, while in mid-burst the Nagantaka has a higher total DPS rate than all of them.
  • Being knocked over will not interrupt your burst from the weapon's alt fire.
  • "Precision Reload", its reload speed buff only triggers from headshot kills from direct bolt damage. It does not trigger if killed by a damage over time effect made from a headshot's status proc.
    • No weak spots other than actual heads will trigger this effect.
    • Headshots on invulnerable enemies will still grant this effect, but not with invulnerable bosses.
    • The buff lasts approximately 3 seconds.
  • Despite the Alternate Fire's Alarming noise level, it does not break IvaraIcon272 Ivara's Prowl130xWhite Prowl. However enemies will still act alerted.

Tips[]

  • Because DmgSlashSmall64 Slash procs are common with this weapon, adding DmgViralSmall64 Viral damage to increase damage done to enemy health through proccing, will allow for quick dispatching of enemies, bypassing their armor.
  • Rolling can be used to interrupt a burst from the secondary attack, useful for not wasting ammo if a target has died within the first few shots of the burst.
  • As with most weapons with the ability to unload an entire magazine in a single burst, the Nagantaka's alt-fire synergizes well with MagIcon272 Mag's short-tap Magnetize130xWhite Magnetize bubble, as the quick torrent of shot can pulverize crowds of enemies caught in the bubble. Mag can also take advantage of the weapon's high status chance to inflict deadly status effects on pulled enemies.

Trivia[]

  • Nagantaka (नागांतक), Hindi for "The Ender of Snakes", "Naga" = Snake, and "antak"= Ender, was one of Garuda's alternate names. This name was given to Garuda as he, according to the mythology, preferred eating the meat of snakes.
  • Unlike most other crossbows, Nagantaka's design is based on a reverse-draw crossbow.
  • Nagantaka and it’s Prime variation both have a firerate Of 2.5. This is perfectly on the dot for the multiplier for Internal Bleeding. While it’s unlikely that this is intentional, it is a coincidence that the Blood-Themed warframe’s signature weapon works perfectly with the mod named Internal Bleeding.

Media[]

Patch History[]

Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

  • Fixed the blood FX from Nagantaka’s projectiles not taking on custom energy color.

Update 28.0 (2020-06-11)

  • Polished and tweaked Nagantaka's firing animation to reduce possible motion blur issues.

Update 25.8 (2019-10-01)

October 2019 Riven Disposition Change
  • Nagantaka: 1.1->1.2

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

  • Having a ‘signature’ weapon now actually benefits you!
    • Nagantaka: 1m innate Punch-Through when wielded by Garuda.

Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

  • Introduced.

See also[]

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