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Electron pulse cannon: deadly accurate electrical pulses fry ships and occupants alike. Can wreak havoc on flight control systems.
—In-game description

Pulsar is a Railjack Armament that auto-bursts hitscan shots that deals primarily  Electricity damage with high status chance, pinpoint accuracy, and extreme range, but has somewhat low fire rate.


Houses & Tiers[]

Turret stats mostly follow the same pattern between Houses within the same tier, i.e. compared to the Sigma variant:

Recovered Mk II and Mk III Turret Wreckages will come with an additional random stat bonus of either Fire Rate or Damage. All turrets of the same tier and House will have the same type of bonus, only the numeric value is randomized. These bonus stats are listed within each individual armament table below.


Sigma Lavan Vidar Zetki
In-Game Stats
Accuracy 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Crit Chance 17.0% 17.0% 24.0% 17.0%
Crit Multiplier 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x
Damage Falloff 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000
Fire Rate 3.33 3.33 3.33 3.33
Heat Accretion 10 10 10 20
Heat Capacity 1000 1000 1000 1000
Reload Time 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Status Chance 19.0% 27.0% 19.0% 29.0%
Damage  Puncture 267.0
 Electricity 322.0
 Puncture 288.0
 Electricity 343.0
 Puncture 267.0
 Electricity 322.0
 Puncture 323.0
 Electricity 443.0
Total Damage 589.0 631.0 589.0 766.0
Stat Bonus 30 - 60%
Fire Rate
30 - 60%
Puncture Damage
30 - 60%
Fire Rate
Derived Stats¹
Average Hit ?? ?? ?? ??
Burst DPS ?? ?? ?? ??
Sustained DPS ?? ?? ?? ??
Damage until Overheat ?? ?? ?? ??

Sigma Lavan Vidar Zetki
In-Game Stats
Accuracy 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Crit Chance 12.0% 12.0% 17.0% 12.0%
Crit Multiplier 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x
Damage Falloff 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000
Fire Rate 3.33 3.33 3.33 3.33
Heat Accretion 10 10 10 20
Heat Capacity 1000 1000 1000 1000
Reload Time 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Status Chance 13.0% 19.0% 13.0% 20.0%
Damage  Puncture 162.0
 Electricity 206.0
 Puncture 166.0
 Electricity 228.0
 Puncture 162.0
 Electricity 206.0
 Puncture 199.0
 Electricity 279.0
Total Damage 368.0 394.0 368.0 478.0
Stat Bonus 30 - 60%
Fire Rate
30 - 60%
Puncture Damage
30 - 60%
Fire Rate
Derived Stats¹
Average Hit ? ? ? ?
Burst DPS ? ? ? ?
Sustained DPS ? ? ? ?
Damage until Overheat ? ? ? ?

Sigma Lavan Vidar Zetki
In-Game Stats
Accuracy 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Crit Chance 8.0% 8.0% 11.0% 8.0%
Crit Multiplier 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x 2.0x
Damage Falloff 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000 3000 - 6000
Fire Rate 3.33 3.33 3.33 3.33
Heat Accretion 10 10 10 20
Heat Capacity 1000 1000 1000 1000
Reload Time 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Status Chance 9.0% 13.0% 9.0% 14.0%
Damage  Puncture 84.0
 Electricity 132.0
 Puncture 86.0
 Electricity 146.0
 Puncture 84.0
 Electricity 132.0
 Puncture 120.0
 Electricity 161.0
Total Damage 216.0 232.0 216.0 281.0
Derived Stats¹
Average Hit ? ? ? ?
Burst DPS ? ? ? ?
Sustained DPS ? ? ? ?
Damage until Overheat ? ? ? ?

Sigma
In-Game Stats
Accuracy 100.0
Crit Chance 8.0%
Crit Multiplier 2.0x
Damage Falloff 3000 - 6000
Fire Rate 3.33
Heat Accretion 10
Heat Capacity 1000
Reload Time 3.0
Status Chance 9.0%
Damage  Puncture 50.0
 Electricity 70.0
Total Damage 120.0
Derived Stats¹
Average Hit ?
Burst DPS ?
Sustained DPS ?
Damage until Overheat ?

¹Crit and bonus stats included, status procs excluded.


Acquisition[]

The Pulsar Mk III is researched in the Clan Dojo's Dry Dock.

Manufacturing Requirements

10,000

40

2,000

600
Time: 0 hrs
Rush: N/A
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A
Railjack Lab Research
N/A Time: 1 hrs
Prereq: Mk II
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100


The Lavan Pulsar Mk III is dropped as wreckage by Exo Gokstad Crewships (2%) and Exo Skold Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

5

40

2,000

600
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Vidar Pulsar Mk III is dropped as wreckage by Exo Gokstad Crewships (2%), Exo Skold Crewships (2%) and Elite Exo Gokstad Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

5

40

2,000

600
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Zetki Pulsar Mk III is dropped as wreckage by Elite Exo Gokstad Crewships (2%) and Elite Exo Outriders (11.11%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

5

40

2,000

600
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A

The Pulsar Mk II is researched in the Clan Dojo's Dry Dock.

Manufacturing Requirements

10,000

30

1,500

450
Time: 0 hrs
Rush: N/A
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A
Railjack Lab Research

?

1

750

1,250

300
Time: 1 hrs
Prereq: Mk I
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100


The Lavan Pulsar Mk II is dropped as wreckage by Gyre Gokstad Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

4

30

1,500

450
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Vidar Pulsar Mk II is dropped as wreckage by Gyre Gokstad Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

4

30

1,500

450
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Zetki Pulsar Mk II is dropped as wreckage by Elite Gyre Outriders (11.11%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

4

30

1,500

450
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A

The Pulsar Mk I is researched in the Clan Dojo's Dry Dock.

Manufacturing Requirements

10,000

20

1,000

300
Time: 0 hrs
Rush: N/A
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A
Railjack Lab Research

?

1

500

1,000

150
Time: 1 hrs
Prereq: N/A
Ghost Clan x1   Shadow Clan x3   Storm Clan x10   Mountain Clan x30   Moon Clan x100


The Lavan Pulsar Mk I is dropped as wreckage by Kosma Gokstad Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

3

20

1,000

300
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Vidar Pulsar Mk I is dropped as wreckage by Kosma Gokstad Crewships (2%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

3

20

1,000

300
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A


The Zetki Pulsar Mk I is dropped as wreckage by Elite Kosma Outriders (11.11%).

Manufacturing Requirements

15,000

3

20

1,000

300
Time: 1 hrs
Rush:  20
 Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price: N/A

The base Pulsar is included in the Railjack's initial loadout after it has been repaired in the Rising Tide quest. It cannot be scrapped, and additional copies cannot be built.

Patch History[]

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

  • Damage increased from 52 to 120
    • MKI Sigma/Vidar - damage from 94 to 216
    • MKII Sigma/Vidar - damage from 160 to 368
    • MKIII Sigma/Vidar - damage from 256 to 589
    • Lavan MKI - damage from 94 to 232
    • Lavan MKII - damage from 160 to 394
    • Lavan MKIII - damage from 256 to 631
    • Zetki MKI - damage from 141 to 281
    • Zetki MKII - damage from 240 to 478
    • Zetki MKIII - damage from 384 to 766