Rubico

Tenno

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Rubico

Statistics

Utility

Zoom

3.5x (+35% Critical multiplier)
6x (+50% Critical multiplier)

Normal Attacks

144.0

27.0

9.0

Damage Falloff

Full damage up to 400.0 m
Min damage at 600.0 m

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 18.0

Variants

Rubico Prime

CODEX

Scope out the enemy with this long-range revolver style rifle.

Ivara ran at a wall, and up it.

Hanging there, waiting, as the Myrmidon flipped into the room, blasting the spot where he had expected her to be. Frustrated he again made that same elaborate gesture, trying his luck, and she saw it: that bracelet upon the wrist that glowed softly with the movement of that clutching gesture. Ivara flipped from her perch, shouldering her exquisitely-crafted Rubico as she did so, and sighted the enemy.

Through the Orokin-sculpted scope, hunter and huntress met eye-to-eye, each loosing a desperate blast: a bullet from Ivara, a killing light from the Myrmidon. The green light lashed, touching a shoulder plate of Ivara's Avia Armor, reducing it to dust. It saved her. Huntress won out, her shot claiming the Myrmidon's device in a shower of sparks.

But the Myrmidon's weapon remained lethal, and with it he lashed out at Ivara in an emerald fury.

—Drusus

The Rubico is a revolver-styled Tenno Sniper Rifle. It currently boasts an extreme critical multiplier at the expense of status chance.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.

Advantages:

High Impact damage – effective against shields.
Tied with the Snipetron and Vectis Prime for the second highest critical chance of all sniper rifles, behind Rubico Prime.
Tied with Rubico Prime and Sporothrix for the highest base critical multiplier of all sniper rifles.
Tied with Vectis Prime for the third fastest fire rate of all sniper rifles, behind Rubico Prime and Komorex.
Good ammo economy.
Pinpoint accuracy while zoomed in; shots will hit exactly on the reticle dot, perfect for headshots.
Innate 1 meter punch through.
Two zoom modes:
- First zoom has 3.5x zoom distance and +35% critical multiplier.
- Second zoom has 6.0x zoom distance and +50% critical multiplier.
Has the smallest shot combo requirement of all sniper rifles.
Can use the Rubico-exclusive Ambush Optics mod.

Disadvantages:

Low Puncture and Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 50% from 400m to 600m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
Tied with Snipetron for the lowest status chance of all sniper rifles.
Relatively small magazine size.
Fairly low reload speed.
Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.
Inaccurate beyond short range when fired from the hip.
Very short shot combo decay timer.

Comparisons:

Rubico, compared to Rubico Prime:
- Lower base damage (180.0 vs. 187.0)
  - Lower Impact damage (144.0 vs. 149.6)
  - Lower Puncture damage (27.0 vs. 28.1)
  - Lower Slash damage (9.0 vs. 9.3)
- Lower critical chance (30% vs. 38%)
- Lower status chance (12% vs. 16%)
- Lower fire rate (2.67 rounds/sec vs. 3.67 rounds/sec)
- Slower reload speed (2.4 s vs. 2 s)
- Different polarities (None vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (6 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (0.8 vs. 0.6)
- Higher zoom distance (3.5x/6x vs. 2.5x/5x)

Acquisition[edit | edit source]

The Rubico's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	3,800	1,300	900	2	Time: 12 hrs
20,000	3,800	1,300	900	2	Rush: 35
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:20,000

Notes[edit | edit source]

The Rubico has the highest critical multiplier of any sniper rifle, with a base multiplier of 3x.
- On the other hand, it has a dismal status chance of 12%, being the lowest for all the sniper rifles. This is compared to the 20-30% of the other sniper rifles, a considerable difference.
- The crit damage bonus from zooming is treated in the damage calculation like a respective mod. Therefore, it is additive with mods like Vital Sense, Hammer Shot, and Bladed Rounds.
It closely resembles the Grineer Vulkar in terms of damage type distribution and other stats; the main difference being the Rubico has higher critical stats, while having lower status, base damage, and magazine.
The Rubico requires only a single shot to activate its Shot Combo Counter, giving it an immediate 1.5x total damage multiplier on the first shot, and a 2.0x total damage multiplier after its third shot, giving it the ability to quickly ramp up its damage with a single magazine. On the other hand, it has a short combo decay counter that lasts only 2 seconds, thus reloading at 2.4 seconds will always lower its shot combo counter if there are no reload mods present
The combo multiplier starts at 1.5x on the first shot and requires triple the amount of shots to reach each consecutive tier.

$\mathrm {Multiplier} =1.5+0.5\lfloor \log _{3}(\mathrm {Combo\ hits} )\rfloor$

Combo Counter Bonus Tier	Total Base Damage Multiplier	Minimum Consecutive Hits Required
1	1.5x	1
2	2.0x	3
3	2.5x	9
4	3.0x	27
5	3.5x	81
6	4.0x	243
7	4.5x	729
8	5.0x	2187

Tips[edit | edit source]

Due to its high critical chance and damage multiplier, modding for critical is very effective. Adding Point Strike and Vital Sense increases the critical chance to 75% and the multiplier to 6.6x. Argon Scope, Bladed Rounds and Hammer Shot can increase it even further. Scoping in also boosts its critical damage by up to +50% at maximum zoom level.
It is not suggested to use the Charged Chamber/ Primed Chamber mod on the Rubico due to its long reload times.
If the zoom HUD can make aiming difficult, turn off "Use Sniper Scopes" in Interface Options if it hinders you from aiming properly.

Weapon Loadouts[edit source]

See Category:Rubico Build to see how players mod this weapon.
See Category:Rubico 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]

Rubico is a clay made from crushed basalt that is used to build tennis courts, with its green color being similar to the default color of this weapon.
The Rubico appears to share an aesthetic with the Talons thrown bombs and Lacera bladed whip, both of which are also included in the Huntress Bundle.

Bugs[edit | edit source]

It seems as though there is a chance for a bullet to not hit its mark, even when scoped in.

Media[edit | edit source]

Rubico in Codex.
Rubico's unique zoom HUD

Warframe Rubico, Bigger Harder Better? - 6 Forma thequickdraw

RUBICO - CRITS SUPREME 6 Forma - Update 18 Warframe

Warframe Rubico

Warframe - All Tenno Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2012 - 2019)

Warframe - All Tenno Weapon Reloads in 3 minutes (2012 - 2019)

Rubico Skins

Patch History[edit | edit source]

Update 25.8

October 2019 Riven Disposition Change

Rubico: 0.7->0.65

Hotfix 23.0.2

Fixed Sniper combo not decaying over time and instead resetting to zero.

Hotfix 22.12.3

Minor sound remastering updates have been made to the Rubico.

Update 22.12

Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 6.
Status chance increased from 5% to 12%.
Critical chance increased from 25% to 30%.
Reload speed increased from 3s to 2.4s.
Damage decreased from 200 to 180.

Update 22.0

General Sniper Changes:

Reticle sway removed from all zoom levels!
1 meter punch through added to all snipers without any to start with (snipers with innate punch through unchanged).
1 combo count removed at a time when duration runs out instead of all of them (decay vs. cooldown).
1 combo count removed on miss instead of all of them
Additional bullets from multishot will each count as their own hits and misses in the combo counter
Combo duration reduced to 2 seconds for all snipers apart from Lanka which is reduced to 6
Damage fall off begins at 400 meters and ends at 600 meters with damage reduced to 50% past 600 meters.

Specific Sniper Weapon Changes: Rubico