- For the weapon class, see Category:Nikana.
The Nikana is a 
Tenno blade that is heavily based on the ancient traditional katana, made to slice targets elegantly with precision and speed. It can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.
It is a requisite ingredient for 
Dragon Nikana.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Decisive Judgement, Tranquil Cleave, Blind Justice and Fateful Truth (Conclave only) stance.
- Innate and polarity.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- No numerical advantages.
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Lowest base damage of all nikanas.
- Lowest critical chance, status chance, and attack speed of all nikanas.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average crit chance (16.00%)
- Low total damage (142)
- Low attack speed (0.92x animation speed)
- Low status chance (16.00%)
- Low disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Nikana (Normal Attack), compared to Dragon Nikana (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (142.00 vs. 188.00)
- Lower total damage (142 vs. 188)
- Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 22.00%)
- Lower base status chance (16.00% vs. 22.00%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 8)
- Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))
- Nikana (Normal Attack), compared to Nikana Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (142.00 vs. 198.00)
- Lower total damage (142 vs. 198)
- Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.40x)
- Lower base status chance (16.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92x animation speed vs. 1.08x animation speed)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●○○○○ (0.60x))
- Nikana (Normal Attack), compared to Dex Nikana (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (142.00 vs. 168.00)
- Lower total damage (142 vs. 168)
- Lower base critical chance (16.00% vs. 24.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.60x)
- Lower base status chance (16.00% vs. 18.00%)
- Lower attack speed (0.92x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (4 vs. 8)
- Higher disposition (●●●○○ (0.95x) vs. ●●○○○ (0.70x))
Acquisition[]
The Nikana's blueprint can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 5,000 |
 Argon Crystal3 |
 Oxium75 |
 Alloy Plate200 |
 Forma1 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 275
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 Blueprints Price:15,000
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Tenno Lab Research 3,000
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5,000 |
Argon Crystal 1 |
Oxium 100 |
Alloy Plate 150 |
 Polymer Bundle300 |
Time: 2 Day(s) |
| Prereq: Akstiletto | |||||
 x1  x3  x10  x30  x100
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Trivia[]
- The Nikana is the first melee weapon released that is used as a component to craft its more powerful version, the Dragon Nikana.
- The Nikana is wielded by Excalibur in many of the recent trailers for Warframe along with appearing in Loki's hands in the layout of warframe.com, making the Nikana currently one of the most iconic weapons of Warframe.
Media[]
Nikana in Codex.
Screenshot of the Nikana being used in dev stream 26
The description of the Nikana in the arsenal weapon equip screen.
The guard on the hilt of the Nikana.
Idle Stance
Warframe Nikana
Nikana Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on old follow through.
- Damage increased from 45 to 142.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
- Status Chance increased from 10% to 16%.
- Critical Chance increased from 10% to 16%.
- Slam Attack increased from 90 to 426.
- Slide Attack increased from 96 to 284.
- Parry Angle set to 55.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Added custom leap attack animations for the Nikana.
- Fixed the sheath orientation on the Nikana when attacking.
- Fixed the Nikana sheath becoming unattached from your hand and flipped around when performing an air attack.
Update 20.1 (2017-04-05)
- Fixed Nikana weapons not being able to stealth-finish Infested Chargers.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3 (2016-08-23)
- Reduced damage of Nikana series in Conclave.
Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)
- Nikana series damage has been decreased in Conclave.
Update 17.1 (2015-08-12)
- The Nikana has been enabled for use in Conclave.
Hotfix 15.0.6 (2014-10-27)
- Fixed an issue with Nikana weapons using the wrong animation for jump slams.
Hotfix 14.10.3 (2014-10-15)
- Altered the Nikana jump roll transition time and animation to match the default roll.
Update 14.10 (2014-10-08)
- Fixed an animation hitch seen when performing a forward roll with the Nikana equipped.
Hotfix 13.0.6 (2014-04-17)
- Fixed an issue with elemental effects not properly being displayed when the Nikana is sheathed.
Hotfix 13.0.3 (2014-04-10)
- Fixed an issue with the Nikana sheath acquiring accessories meant for the Nikana itself.
Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Dragon Nikana, the upgraded version of this weapon.
- Nikana Prime, the Prime version of this weapon.
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