The Vulkar Wraith is the Wraith variant of the 
Vulkar, featuring higher damage, fire rate, and magazine size.
This weapon can be sold for 
7,500.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
This weapon deals primarily 
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- Third highest base damage of all sniper rifles behind
Lanka and Vectis Prime, and second highest damage of all hit-scan sniper rifles behind Vectis Prime.
- 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 and Meticulous Aim mods.
- Innate polarity.
Disadvantages:
- Low Puncture and no 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 causes a screen shake, disrupting aiming.
Comparisons:
- Vulkar Wraith, compared to Vulkar:
- Higher base damage (273.0 vs. 225.0)
- Higher fire rate (2 rounds/sec vs. 1.5 rounds/sec)
- Larger magazine (8 rounds vs. 6 rounds)
- Different polarities ( vs. None)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 3)
- Lower disposition (1.4 vs. 1.45)
Acquisition[edit | edit source]
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 and 
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[edit | edit source]
- 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 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 |
Tips[edit | edit source]
Weapon Loadouts[edit source]
- See Category:Vulkar Wraith Build to see how players mod this weapon.
- See Category:Vulkar Wraith Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
- For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.
Media[edit | edit source]
WARFRAME - Vulkar Wraith Builds and Synergies
VULKAR WRAITH - None shall live 3 forma - Warframe
VULKAR WRAITH - Lasting Purity Mod 3 forma - Warframe
Vulkar Wraith Skins
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 7.
- Damage increased from 250 to 273.
- Reduced the headshot damage of the Vulkar series, Snipetron series and Vectis series in Conclave.
- 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.
- Lowered the Ammo pool of Vulkar Wraith in Conclave.
- Vulkar Wraith is now usable in Conclave!
- Introduced.
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
