Pupacyst

A two-pronged attack; the bone-grafted cocoon at the tip of this staff rends flesh, while the viral mass living within spreads itself into the wounds of each new victim.

The Pupacyst is an Infested polearm that innately deals Viral damage. It can be researched from the Bio Lab in the Dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements
30,000	5	8,750	2,250	1	Time: 24 hrs
30,000	5	8,750	2,250	1	Rush: 35
Market Price: 150			Blueprints Price:50,000
Bio Lab Research 3,000
5,000	30	650	4,500	3,750	Time: 72 hrs
5,000	30	650	4,500	3,750	Prereq: Embolist
x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

CharacteristicsEdit

This weapon deals both Viral and Impact damage.

Advantages:

Tied with Guandao for the third highest base damage of all polearms, behind Lesion and Kesheg.
- Innate Viral damage – effective against Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
- High Impact damage – effective against shields.
Decent critical chance.
Third highest status chance of all polearms, behind Cassowar and Lesion.
- Can reach 100% status chance with Volcanic Edge, Vicious Frost, Voltaic Strike, Virulent Scourge, and Drifting Contact.
Stance slot has polarity, matches Shimmering Blight stance.
Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

Innate Viral damage – less effective against Machinery and Infested.
No Puncture and Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
Low critical multiplier.
Tied with Kesheg and Guandao for the lowest attack speed of all polearms.

Weapon LoadoutsEdit

See Category:Pupacyst Build to see how players mod this weapon.
See Category:Pupacyst Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

TipsEdit

The Pupacyst is an excellent anti-Corpus weapon as its innate Viral damage lowers health but can also be modded to gain Gas damage to affect health, and Magnetic damage to devastate shields.
The slow attack speed can be mitigated by equipping Fury (Primed) alongside Berserker and Gladiator Vice.

TriviaEdit

Although the Pupacyst's description claims that its tip "rends flesh", it has no Slash damage whatsoever.
- Similarly, its description refers to Pupacyst as a staff, even though it's classified as a Polearm in-game.

MediaEdit

WARFRAME - Pupacyst Builds and Synergies

Warframe Pupacyst - 2 forma Build

Patch HistoryEdit

Update 23.10

Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 23.10.6

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