The Volnus is 
Gara's signature glass-themed hammer, boasting a high attack speed and status chance but low critical chance and critical multiplier. Radial slam attacks are much stronger when wielded by Gara.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage. - Innate polarity.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Tied with Volnus Prime for the fastest attack speed of all hammers.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average total damage (220)
- Very high attack speed (1.20x animation speed)
- High attack range (2.90 m)
- Above average status chance (30.00%)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average crit chance (18.00%)
- Very low crit multiplier (1.60x)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Volnus (Normal Attack), compared to Volnus Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (220.00 vs. 250.00)
- Lower total damage (220 vs. 250)
- Lower base critical chance (18.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (1.60x vs. 1.80x)
- Lower base status chance (30.00% vs. 34.00%)
- Less polarities ( vs. )
- Lower Mastery Rank required (9 vs. 14)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
Acquisition[]
The Volnus's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 20,000 |
 Oxium225 |
 Argon Crystal2 |
 Alloy Plate11,000 |
 Cryotic875 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
Rush:  45
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 Market Price: 200
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 Blueprints Price:20,000
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This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
Notes[]
- As a Signature Weapon, Volnus gains a bonus effect with Gara or Gara Prime, gaining 100% additional radial slam attack damage.
Trivia[]
- Volnus is derived from the Latin word vulnus, which means "wound" and is the origin of the word vulnerable.
- This may be a reference to the weapon's high proportion of Slash damage.
- This may be a reference to the weapon's high proportion of
- Upon performing a slam attack, glass shards will fly out from the point of impact. This is purely a visual effect.
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- Fixed flickering on Viral Status effects on the Volnus.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on old follow through.
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 9.
- Damage increased from 100 to 220.
- Range increased from 1.8 to 2.9.
- Slam Attack increased from 200 to 660.
- Slide Attack increased from 200 to 440.
- Parry Angle set to 50.
- Follow Through decreased from 0.9 to 0.4.
Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)
- Having a ‘signature’ weapon now actually benefits you!
- Volnus: Additional slam radial damage when wielded by Gara.
Update 23.0 (2018-06-15)
- Fixed the Volnus preview model rotating in the wrong direction when building in the foundry.
Hotfix 22.20.8 (2018-06-05)
- Fixed the Volnus being rotated the wrong way when building it in the Foundry.
Hotfix 22.0.8 (2017-10-20)
- Fixed a placeholder tag that appeared when using the Volnus.
Hotfix 22.0.6.1 (2017-10-18)
- The Volnus is now usable in Conclave!
Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Astilla, Gara's signature shotgun.
- Fusilai, Gara's signature throwing knives.
- Volnus Prime, the Primed counterpart.
