Secondary Deadhead

Secondary Deadhead
Tradeable
📝 Update Infobox Data
Max Rank Description
On Precision Headshot Kill/Passive +120% Damage for 24s. Stacks up to 3x. +30% to Headshot Multiplier -50% Weapon Recoil
General Information
Type	Secondary
Rarity	Rare
Refreshable	✔️
Incompatibility Tags	OPERATOR_SUIT
Max Rank	5
Arcanes Required to Max	21
Dissolution	20
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Secondary Deadhead is a Secondary Arcane that increases secondary weapon damage on headshot kill for 24 seconds and stacks up to 3 times. At max rank, it also passively increases headshot damage multiplier and reduces recoil.

Can be sold for 1,000 Credits 1,000.

Effect

Rank	Damage per Stack	Total at 3 stacks	Headshot Multiplier	Recoil
0	20%	60%	-	-
1	40%	120%	-	-
2	60%	180%	-	-
3	80%	240%	-	-
4	100%	300%	-	-
5	120%	360%	+30%	-50%

Acquisition

Awarded for defeating Acolytes in The Steel Path.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
	Mania	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills
	Angst	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills
	Violence	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills
	Torment	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills
	Misery	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills
	Malice	16.67%	~ 5 Kills	37 ± 12 Kills

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Notes

• When the buff times out, one stack is lost and the buff duration resets.
• Headshot bonus stacks additively with similar buffs, such as  Prowl.
• Kills from some status procs on the target's head do not count as a headshot kill.
  •  Electricity and  Gas procs are able to trigger the effect when aimed at the head however, as they are able to land headshots themselves.

Tips

• Can be used on weapons which normally have a 1.0x multiplier to headshots (such as the  Catchmoon (Primary)) to give them a 1.3x headshot multiplier and actually provide a benefit.
• Since Electricity and Gas procs are able to independently land headshots, they benefit twice from the headshot multiplier bonus. Both of these procs will have 1.69x headshot damage from the bonus.

Patch History

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

• Fixed Titania’s Razorflies triggering the effect of the Secondary Deadhead Arcanes.

Update 30.6 (2021-08-04)

• Fixed inability to equip the Secondary Deadhead Arcane on the Athodai.

Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)

• Introduced.