Vulkar Wraith

Grineer Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Vulkar Wraith
Statistics
Mastery	7
Slot	Primary
Type	Sniper Rifle
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Ammo Type	Sniper Rifle
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Noise Level	Alarming
Fire Rate	2
Accuracy	13.3
Magazine Size	8
Max Ammo	72
Reload Time	3 s
Combo Decay	2 s
Combo Min	2 shots
Disposition	●●●●● (1.40x)
Normal Attack
245.7
27.3
Total Damage	273 ( 90%)
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Fire Rate	2
Status Chance	25%
Crit Chance	20%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Punch Through	1 m
Damage Falloff	100% damage to 400 m 50% damage past 600 m
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity
Polarities
Introduced	Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)
Variants	Vulkar

CODEX

A blood-red variant of this devastating sniper rifle.

The Vulkar Wraith is the Wraith variant of the Vulkar Vulkar, featuring higher damage, fire rate, and magazine size.

This weapon can be sold for 7,500 Credits 7,500.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily Impact Damage Impact damage.

Advantages:

• Third highest base damage of all sniper rifles behind Lanka Lanka and Vectis Prime Vectis Prime, and second highest damage of all hit-scan sniper rifles behind Vectis Prime.
  • High Impact Damage Impact damage – effective against shields.
• High critical chance.
• Very high status chance.
• Second highest magazine size of all sniper rifles, behind Lanka.
• Low recoil.
• Pinpoint accuracy while zoomed in; shots will hit exactly on the reticle dot, perfect for headshots.
• Innate 1 meter punch through.
• Three zoom modes:
  • First zoom has 2.5x zoom distance and +35% headshot damage.
  • Second zoom has 4.0x zoom distance and +55% headshot damage.
  • Third zoom has 8.0x zoom distance and +70% headshot damage.
• Staggers most enemies with every hit.
• Can use the Vulkar-exclusive Lasting Purity Lasting Purity and Meticulous Aim Meticulous Aim mods.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low Puncture Damage Puncture and no Slash Damage 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).
• Slow reload speed.
• Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.
• Rifle scope is ineffective in dark areas and at close range.
• Inaccurate when fired from the hip, bullets may widely spread when fired.
• Purity effect from Lasting Purity Lasting Purity causes a screen shake, disrupting aiming.

Comparisons:

• Vulkar Wraith, compared to Vulkar:
  • Higher base damage (273 vs. 225)
    • Higher  Impact damage (245.7 vs. 180)
    • Lower  Puncture damage (27.3 vs. 33.8)
    • Lower  Slash damage (0 vs. 11.2)
  • Higher total damage (273 vs. 225)
  • Higher fire rate (2 round(s)/sec vs. 1.5 round(s)/sec)
  • Larger magazine (8 round(s) vs. 6 round(s))
  • Different polarities ( vs. None)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 3)
  • Lower disposition (1.4 vs. 1.45)
  • Higher average damage per shot (max Progenitor bonus if applicable) (327.6 vs. 270)
  • Higher burst DPS (max Progenitor bonus if applicable) (655.2 vs. 405)
  • Higher sustained DPS (max Progenitor bonus if applicable) (374.4 vs. 231.43)

Acquisition

This weapon was first awarded from Operation: Shadow Debt to players who defeated the final challenger, complete with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst.

The Vulkar Wraith is now potentially sold by Baro Ki'Teer in the Concourse section of the Tenno Relay for 300,000 Credits 300,000 and 450 Ducats 450. Note that Baro Ki'Teer's stock changes with each appearance, and this weapon may not be available on a succeeding appearance.

The weapon can be traded, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed. The trading recipient must also have a Mastery Rank of at least 7.

Notes

• Requires only 2 shots to activate its Shot Combo Counter, giving it an immediate 1.5x total damage bonus on the first hit if Multishot mods like Split Chamber Split Chamber trigger a 2nd shot that also lands on the target.

Combo Counter Bonus Tier	Total Base Damage Multiplier	Minimum Consecutive Hits Required
1	1.5x	2
2	2.0x	6
3	2.5x	18
4	3.0x	54
5	3.5x	162
6	4.0x	486
7	4.5x	1468
8	5.0x	4374

Media

• Vulkar Wraith in Codex.
• Vulkar Wraith's default polarities, as well as proof that it can equip Lasting Purity.
• The Vulkar Wraith's scope.

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WARFRAME - Vulkar Wraith Builds and Synergies

VULKAR WRAITH - None shall live 3 forma - Warframe

VULKAR WRAITH - Lasting Purity Mod 3 forma - Warframe

Vulkar Wraith 2021 (Guide) - The Shade Shot - Warframe

Vulkar Wraith Skins Edit

Desert Tactics

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Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 7.
• Damage increased from 250 to 273.

Hotfix 22.0.6 (2017-10-18)

• Reduced the headshot damage of the Vulkar series, Snipetron series and Vectis series in Conclave.

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

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

Vulkar Wraith

• Fire rate increased from 1.5 to 2.
• First level zoom +15% Damage replaced with +35% Head Shot Damage.
• Second level zoom 15% Damage replaced with +55% Head Shot Damage.
• Second level zoom reduced from 6x to 4x.
• Third level zoom 20% Damage replaced with +70% Head Shot Damage.
• Third level zoom reduced from 12x to 8x.

Hotfix 19.7.2 (2017-01-23)

• Lowered the Ammo pool of Vulkar Wraith in Conclave.

Update 19.6 (2017-01-11)

• Vulkar Wraith is now usable in Conclave!

Hotfix 18.4.1 (2016-01-25)

• Introduced.