Paracyst

Corpus Infested Weapons

Paracyst
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Rifle
Mastery	7
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Burst
Utility
Ammo Type	Rifle
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ (1.31x)
Fire Rate	11.11
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	60
Max Ammo	540
Reload Time	2 s
Projectile Speed	100 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Normal Attack
33
Total Damage	33
Accuracy	50
Burst Count	3
Burst Delay	0.05 s
Burst Rate	8.33
Crit Chance	10%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Fire Rate	11.11
Multishot	1 (33 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Status Chance	30%
Projectile Speed	100 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Infested Harpoon
15
Total Damage	15
Accuracy	50
Charge Time	0.25 s
Crit Chance	0%
Crit Multiplier	1x
Fire Rate	5
Multishot	1 (15 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Range	50 m
Status Chance	30%
Projectile Speed	80 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Infested Harpoon Contact
15
Total Damage	15
Crit Chance	0%
Crit Multiplier	1x
Fire Rate	1
Multishot	1 (15 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Status Chance	30%
Miscellaneous
Riven Family	Paracyst
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)
Polarities
Users	Mutalist Alad V
Vendor Sources

CODEX

Completely overwhelmed by Infested biology, this former Quanta now fires organic ordinance and a harpoon like appendage.

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

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

The Paracyst's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	5	15,000	1,200	1	Time: 24 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research3,000
5,000	30	400	4,000	800	Time: 72 hrs
					Prereq: Mutalist Quanta
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• 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

• The Paracyst's secondary fire mode fires an Infested spore attached to an energy tether that can pull enemies towards the player.
  • Enemies hit by the harpoon suffer from a damage over time effect that lingers for 4 seconds, dealing 5 ticks of  Toxin damage.
  • 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.
  • Spore pull can also 'pull' humanoid flyers (such as Hellions) down, and pull enemies that are stunned by Warframe powers.

Tips

• 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

• 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

• Secondary firing mode is listed as burst fire, despite actually being a charge firing mode.

Media

Paracyst in Codex.

Paracyst as shown in the Arsenal

Warframe - All Infested Weapon Reloads in 30 seconds (2013 - 2019)

Paracyst Skins Edit

Zebra
Event Exclusive

Patch History

Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)

• Fixed the following weapon icons not being angled the same as others:
  • Paracyst Zebra Skin

Hotfix 25.7.6 (2019-09-18)

• Fixed some weirdness with the Paracyst’s projectile FX.

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 7.
• Damage increased from 30 to 33.
• Increased accuracy while aiming.
• Decreased recoil while aiming.

Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)

• Introduced.

See Also

•  Quanta, the original Corpus weapon.
•  Mutalist Quanta, the hybrid Infested-Corpus version of this weapon.
•  Harpak, the Grineer equivalent.