Vicious Frost

Vicious Frost
Untransmutable
Tradeable
Max Rank Description
+60% Cold +60% Status Chance
General Information
Type	Melee
Polarity	Madurai
Rarity	Rare
Max Rank	3
Endo Required To Max	210
Credits Required To Max	10,143
Base Capacity Cost	4
Trading Tax	8,000
Introduced	Update 14.5 (2014-08-28)
Drop Table Sources
Missions Spy (Tier 1)
Vendor Sources

Vicious Frost is a mod that increases the  Cold damage and status chance of a melee weapon by 15% per rank for a maximum of 60% at rank 3.

Stats

Rank	Cold Damage	Status chance	Cost
0	+15%	+15%	4
1	+30%	+30%	5
2	+45%	+45%	6
3	+60%	+60%	7

Acquisition

• This mod can be acquired as a random end-of-mission reward for a successful Tier 1 Spy mission with all 3 Data Vaults hacked.
• Drop Locations:

Target	Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
	Mercury	Suisei	Spy	8 - 10	Grineer Galleon
	Venus	Unda	Spy	4 - 6	Corpus Outpost
	Earth	Cambria	Spy	2 - 4	Grineer Forest
	Mars	Arval	Spy	9 - 11	Grineer Settlement
	Phobos	Shklovsky	Spy	11 - 13	Corpus Ship

• Originally this mod could be acquired from Operation Cryotic Front by scoring more than 1000 points in a single mission.

Notes

• Vicious Frost is additive with similar mods. For example, a  Galatine with a max rank Vicious Frost and  Melee Prowess will have a 20% × (1 + 60% + 90%) = 50% status chance.
• Can be stacked with  Melee Prowess,  Volcanic Edge,  Voltaic Strike,  Virulent Scourge, and  Drifting Contact for a 370% increase in Status Chance. On weapons with at least 22% base Status Chance, this allows them to achieve a total Status Chance value of 100%, allowing every strike to deal Status Effect procs.
  •  Weeping Wounds can further increase the Status Chance depending on the Melee Combo Counter

Trivia

• All of the dual-stat event mods for melee weapons have names starting with the letter V.
  • Vicious Frost was originally named Cold Touch before it was changed in Hotfix 14.5.2 (2014-09-03) to match the theme of having the Elemental Damage + Status Chance melee mods starting with the letter V.

Patch History

Update 14.5 (2014-08-28)

• Introduced along with Operation Cryotic Front.

See also

•  Virulent Scourge, the Toxin version from The Cicero Crisis.
•  Voltaic Strike, the Electric version from Tethra's Doom.
•  Volcanic Edge, the Heat version from Operation Breeding Grounds.
•  Melee Prowess, another mod that increases Status Chance.
•  Enduring Affliction, a mod that increases Status Chance on lifted enemies.
•  Weeping Wounds, an Acolyte mod that increases Status Chance based on the Melee Combo Counter.
•  Drifting Contact, a Nightmare mod that increases Status Chance and extends the duration of the Melee Combo Counter.