The Rakta Cernos is a modified 
Cernos bow exclusively available to the Red Veil. It features the fastest charge time of all bows, increased base damage, and innate Blight effect, at the expense of slightly lower critical chance and status chance.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily 
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields. - Very high critical chance.
- Good status chance.
- Shortest charge time of all bows and all chargeable weapons.
- Tied with the Daikyu for the fastest arrow flight speed of all bows.
- Arrows have a low arc due to flight speed.
- Charged shots have innate 1 meter punch through.
- Pinpoint accuracy when aiming (RMB ).
- Silent.
- On kill, bodies will follow the arrow that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
- Innate Blight effect.
- Two innate and one polarities.
- Can use the bow-exclusive Thunderbolt mod.
- Fire rate mods apply double their bonuses.
Disadvantages:
- Low Puncture and Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
- Arrows have travel time with slight arcing.
- Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.
- Innate Blight effect can put enemies into minor alert status during stealth.
Comparisons:
- Rakta Cernos, compared to Cernos:
- Higher base damage (235.0 vs. 190.0)
- Lower charged critical chance (35% vs. 36%)
- Lower charged status chance (15% vs. 18%)
- Higher charge attack damage (470.0 vs. 380.0)
- Faster charge time (0.25 s vs. 0.5 s)
- Lower base critical chance (35% vs. 36%)
- Lower base status chance (15% vs. 18%)
- Innate Blight effect
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 6)
- Lower disposition (1.25 vs. 1.3)
- Rakta Cernos, compared to Cernos Prime:
- Lower base damage (235.0 vs. 276.0)
- Lower charged status chance (15% vs. 30%)
- Lower charge attack damage (470.0 vs. 552.0)
- Faster charge time (0.25 s vs. 0.5 s)
- Lower base status chance (15% vs. 30%)
- Faster reload speed (0.6 s vs. 0.7 s)
- Innate Blight effect
- Different polarities ( vs. )
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
- The Rakta Cernos can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Exalted with the Red Veil, and spending 125,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Rakta Cernos cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Exalted rank.
- Syndicate weapons can also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.
- Players must have a Mastery Rank of at least 12 to acquire the Rakta Cernos, either through trading or through the Syndicates themselves.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Has a unique holster style where the bow is upside down on the Warframe's back instead of being slung across its shoulder.
Tips[edit | edit source]
Weapon Loadouts[edit source]
- See Category:Rakta Cernos Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Rakta Cernos Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The word "Rakta" can be traced back to the Sanskrit language, meaning "blood" or "coloured". It means the same in many other Indic languages derived from Sanskrit / Prakrit - like Marathi, Hindi etc.
Media[edit | edit source]
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The Rakta Cernos (left) alongside the Rakta Ballistica (right) as seen on Devstream 58.![]()
Lets Max (Warframe) E83 - Rakta Cernos
Warframe Syndicates Rakta Cernos, Yanking It's Way to the Top thequickdraw
Warframe Playtest Ratka Cernos vs. Dread, Better than the Best? raw
Warframe Rakta Cernos Setup 1x Forma (U17.4.5)
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Rakta Cernos Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Normalized quick shots to have the same critical chance/damage and status chance as charged shots.
- While reviewing Bow stats the team has also refreshed all their FX (including the Lenz)!
- Quick Shot increased from 150 to 235
- Charged Shot increased from 250 to 470
- Introduced.
See also[edit | edit source]
- Cernos, the normal counterpart.
- Cernos Prime, the Primed counterpart.
- Mutalist Cernos, the Infested counterpart.
- Proboscis Cernos, another Infested counterpart.
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