The Paracyst is the completely Infested version of the
Quanta. Primarily a burst-fire weapon, the Paracyst possesses an Alternate Fire mode that allows it to shoot tethered spores at enemies, dealing damage and dragging them towards the player's position. This is the weapon of choice for Mutalist Alad V.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals Toxin damage.
Advantages:
- Innate
Toxin damage – effective against Flesh and bypasses Shielded and Proto Shields.
- Tied with
Burston Prime for second highest status chance of all burst-fire rifles, behind
Kuva Hind.
- High accuracy.
- Large magazine size for a burst-fire rifle.
- Second fastest fire rate of all burst-fire weapons, behind Burston Prime.
- Alternate Fire shoots a single tether to pull in enemies.
- Innate
polarity.
Disadvantages:
- Second lowest base damage per bullet of all burst-fire rifles, after
Burston/
Hind/
Kuva Hind.
- Innate
Toxin damage – less effective against Machinery, Robotics, and Fossilized.
- Low critical chance.
- Linearly less efficient – sometimes a target may only die with 4 bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired or the Infested Harpoon.
- All projectiles have travel time.
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
The Paracyst's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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![]() 30,000 |
![]() 5 |
![]() 15,000 |
![]() 1,200 |
![]() 1 |
Time: 24 hrs |
Rush: ![]() | |||||
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Bio Lab Research ![]() | |||||
![]() 5,000 |
![]() 30 |
![]() 400 |
![]() 4,000 |
![]() 800 |
Time: 72 hrs |
Prereq: Mutalist Quanta | |||||
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Spore pull can interrupt enemy casting/power animations, including the charge-up for Railgun MOAs.
- The secondary fire ragdolls enemies it hits as it pulls them to the user. Enemies that are hit gain a yellow aura that prevents them from being grabbed again until they recover.
- Adding Punch Through to the weapon does NOT allow the hook to grab and pull multiple enemies; instead, it will grab the last enemy that it can't punch through, and attempt to pull them.
- When the secondary fire is used in conjunction with
Mirage's
Hall Of Mirrors, each doppelganger will also fire their own spore capable of grabbing and pulling in an enemy.
Alternate Fire[edit | edit source]
- The Paracyst's secondary fire mode fires an Infested spore attached to an energy tether that can pull enemies towards the player.
- The spore costs 1 ammo to fire and requires a short charging time before it can be fired.
- The secondary fire mode has a maximum range of 50 meters. While the harpoon will still hit and reel in enemies up to its maximum range, it will only pull them to around half of its range.
- Enemies hit by the projectile suffer from a damage over time effect with a chance to proc any elemental effects the weapon is built for.
- Enemies hit are also opened to ground finishers.
- Spore pull can also 'pull' humanoid flyers (such as Hellions) down, and pull enemies that are stunned by Warframe powers.
Tips[edit | edit source]
- Enemies can be pulled into bottomless pits or inaccessible areas, killing them instantly.
- Modding for
Corrosive and
Heat along with status will make the Paracyst strip away the armor very quickly on armored enemies, with just a few bursts needed to strip away armor on lower levels if
Corrosive procs occur. The
Heat damage can more easily take down the health of the Grineer with each burst as a result.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The spores fires on normal attacks are colored by the player's color scheme, while spores shot with the secondary tether attack are grey and otherwise colorless. This can be seen when shooting them with
Navigator.
- The name may be a combination of "Parasite" and "Cyst." Parasite is commonly any organism that invades a host to drain nutrients, much like how the Infestation is a parasite to the Quanta. Cyst refers to sacs filled with fluids and other materials that expel when opened. This could be in reference to the Paracyst's alt fire.
- The Paracyst closely resembles the tentacle-like structure of Jordas Golem's supposed mouth.
Bugs[edit | edit source]
- Secondary firing mode is listed as burst fire, despite actually being a charge firing mode.
Media[edit | edit source]
Paracyst Skins
Zebra
Event Exclusive
Event Exclusive
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Fixed some weirdness with the Paracyst’s projectile FX.
- Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 7.
- Damage increased from 30 to 33.
- Increased accuracy while aiming.
- Decreased recoil while aiming.
- Introduced.
See Also[edit | edit source]
Quanta, the original Corpus weapon.
Mutalist Quanta, the hybrid Infested-Corpus version of this weapon.
Harpak, the Grineer equivalent.
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