Proboscis Cernos

Infested Weapons

For the Helminth Charger mod, see Proboscis.

Proboscis Cernos
Statistics
Type	Bow
Mastery	15
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Charge
Utility
Accuracy	16.7
Ammo Type	Sniper
Disposition	●○○○○ (0.60x)
Fire Rate	1
Noise Level	Silent
Magazine Size	1
Max Ammo	9
Reload Time	0.6 s
Projectile Speed	? m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Charged Shot
103.2
30.7
145.1
Total Damage	279 (52.01%)
Charge Time	0.7 s
Crit Chance	7%
Crit Multiplier	1.9x
Fire Rate	1
Multishot	1 (279 damage per projectile)
Status Chance	43%
Projectile Speed	? m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Charge
Appendages
50.625
39.375
Total Damage	90 (56.25%)
Charge Time	0.7 s
Crit Chance	7%
Crit Multiplier	1.9x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 0 m 100% damage at 9 m 0% max reduction
Fire Rate	1
Multishot	1 (90 damage per projectile)
Range	9 m
Status Chance	43%
Projectile Type	AoE
Trigger Type	Charge
Charged Shot Explosion
1,003
Total Damage	1,003
Charge Time	0.7 s
Crit Chance	7%
Crit Multiplier	1.9x
Damage Falloff	100% damage up to 0 m 50% damage at 7 m 50% max reduction
Explosion Delay	1.7 s
Fire Rate	1
Multishot	1 (1,003 damage per projectile)
Range	7 m
Status Chance	43%
Projectile Type	AoE
Trigger Type	Charge
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Tenno/Bows/PrimeDerelictCernos/DerelictCernos
Introduced	Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
Polarities
Variants	Cernos Prime  Cernos  Mutalist Cernos  Rakta Cernos

CODEX

Each arrow spawns a swarm of sticky appendages on impact. These tongue-like probes latch onto nearby unfortunates and drag them close before bursting into a mess of diseased goo.

The Proboscis Cernos is an enhanced  Mutalist Cernos that launches appendages that pulls enemies in towards its zone of impact before releasing a large  Viral explosion.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Viral and  Slash damage.

Advantages:

• High  Slash and  Impact damage – effective against health and shields.
• Third highest status chance of all bows, behind  Daikyu and  Mutalist Cernos.
• Arrows explode in a 7 meter radius after 1.7 seconds on impacting a surface or enemy.
  • Impact releases appendages that stuns and pulls all enemies within 9 meters towards the impact zone.
    • Appendages tick damage twice on all affected enemies before exploding.
    • Ticks do 90 damage, with a distribution of 56.25%  Slash and 43.75%  Viral.
  • Explosion has innate  Viral damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
  • Explosion delay reduces likelihood of inflicting self-stagger.
  • Initial hit and explosion apply status separately.
  • Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
•  Heavy Caliber's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
• Silent.
• On kill, bodies will follow the arrow that killed them, damaging enemies in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
• Can benefit from  Firestorm ( Primed) and  Cautious Shot.
• Fire rate mods apply double their bonuses.
• Innate two polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Puncture damage – less effective against armor.
• Explosion has innate  Viral damage – less effective against Machinery and Infested.
  • Explosion damage cannot be increased with  Impact,  Puncture or  Slash mods.
• Lowest critical chance of all bows.
• Below average critical multiplier.
• Third slowest charge speed of all bows, after  Daikyu and  Lenz.
  • Cannot be fired at partial charge.
• Arrows have travel time with slight arcing.
• Very low ammo reserves.
• Draws ammo from the rare sniper ammo pool.
• Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
• Explosion has linear damage falloff from 100% to 50% from central impact.
• Explosion range cannot be increased with  Amalgam Furax Body Count.
• Appendages are not affected by status chance mods, such as  Rifle Aptitude.

Acquisition

The Proboscis Cernos's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
15,000	1	1,600	5	25,000	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 245			Blueprints Price:30,000

Notes

• Each tick and the final explosion can damage and proc status independently.
• Tendrils do not require line of sight to latch onto enemies, but cannot pull enemies through walls.
• Will not pull or damage enemies inside a Nullifier bubble. Will deal damage to the bubble on the arrow hit and on explosion, but not on pre-explosion damage ticks. This is the case whether firing outside the bubble or from within the bubble.
•  Thunderbolt causes the arrow to explode immediately after landing.
•  Firestorm only affects the radius of the final blast, and does not increase the range of appendages.

Tips

• Because of the weapon's appendages pulling enemies into a cluster, it synergizes extremely well with Warframe ability augment mods that require enemies within the said abilities' area-of-effect to trigger, such as  Spectrosiphon and  Pilfering Swarm.
• Good primary weapon choice for Specters, because of its crowd control abilities and high base damage.
• Can be used to pull enemies into  Xaku's Gaze to ensure their armor is reduced (or removed) before the explosion takes place.

Trivia

• A Proboscis is the elongated, tube-like mouthpart on insects like butterflies, mosquitoes, etc.

Media

Proboscis Cernos when equipped in the arsenal

The quiver for Proboscis Cernos

-U29.5.2- WARFRAME PROBOSCIS CERNOS BUILD -5-6 FORMA- I Steel path I By -Perfect Ultra Instinct-

Proboscis Cernos Build - Revisiting The Fervid Arrow 2021 (Guide) - Warframe

Proboscis Cernos, The Only Build You Need - Warframe

Electromancer Proboscis Cernos - Warframe

Patch History

Hotfix 29.5.1 (2020-11-19)

• Removed Proboscis Cernos from Conclave.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

• Introduced.

See Also

•  Cernos, the normal counterpart.
•  Rakta Cernos, the Red Veil custom counterpart.
•  Cernos Prime, the Primed counterpart.
•  Mutalist Cernos, another Infested Cernos counterpart that is used as a requisite ingredient.