- For the Helminth Charger mod, see Proboscis.
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[edit | edit source]
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.
- Explosion has innate Viral damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
- Explosion delay reduces likelihood of inflicting self-stagger.
- 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.
- 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.
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
The Proboscis Cernos's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 15,000 |
 1 |
 1,600 |
 5 |
 25,000 |
Time: 12 hrs |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: 245
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 Blueprints Price: 30,000
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- A Proboscis is the elongated, tube-like mouthpart on insects like butterflies, mosquitoes, etc.
Media[edit | edit source]
-U29.5.2- WARFRAME PROBOSCIS CERNOS BUILD -5-6 FORMA- I Steel path I By -Perfect Ultra Instinct-
Proboscis Cernos Build 2020 (Guide) - The Fervid Arrow - Warframe
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Patch History[edit | edit source]
See Also[edit | edit source]
- 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.
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