Kuva Tonkor

Grineer Weapons

The Kuva Tonkor is the Kuva variant of the  Tonkor grenade launcher, sporting increased critical chance, status chance, reserve ammo, reload speed, damage and a wider spread of damage types, as well as removing the minimum arming distance thus making the grenades explode on impact and even at closer ranges - which can stagger its wielder.

Characteristics[]

• This weapon does primarily  Blast damage.
• Grenades explode in a 7 meter AoE radius after impacting a surface or enemy.
  • Initial hit and explosion apply status separately.
  • Explosion does not need direct line of sight to deal damage and will penetrate walls.
• Direct hits cause knockdown, whether or not the grenade explodes.
• Can use the Tonkor-exclusive  Precision Strike mod, and the launcher-exclusive  Adhesive Blast mod.
• Can benefit from  Firestorm ( Primed) and  Cautious Shot.
• Comes with an additional bonus  Impact,  Heat,  Cold,  Electricity,  Toxin,  Magnetic, or  Radiation damage, based on the Kuva Lich's progenitor Warframe, which increases the listed base damage of the weapon by 25%-60%.
  • Valence Fusion can optionally change the resulting output damage type, and can upgrade the bonus increase (up to 60%).
• Polarizing the weapon increases its max rank by 2, capping at rank 40 after 5 polarizations, granting the weapon additional mod capacity.
• Listed Mastery Rank requirement is not enforced - the weapon may theoretically be obtained at any mastery rank by acquiring and vanquishing a Kuva Lich that has this weapon equipped.

Advantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Pinpoint accuracy.
  •  Heavy Caliber's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon, especially in combination with Multishot mods.
• Grenade Impact (wiki attack index 1)
  • High crit chance (30.00%)
  • High reload speed (1.50 s)
  • High crit multiplier (2.50x)
• Grenade Explosion (wiki attack index 2)
  • Above average crit chance (30.00%)
  • High reload speed (1.50 s)
  • Very high total damage (674)
  • Above average fire rate (3.17 attacks/sec)
  • Above average crit multiplier (2.50x)

Disadvantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Grenades have travel time and heavy arcing.
• Extremely low magazine capacity of just 1 round, requires frequent reloading.
• Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
• Explosion has a headshot multiplier of 1x and cannot trigger headshot conditions.
• Explosion has linear Damage Falloff from 100% to 30% from central impact.
• Grenade Impact (wiki attack index 1)
  • Very low magazine (1)
  • Below average total damage (59)
  • Very low ammo max (30)
  • Below average fire rate (3.17 attacks/sec)
  • Below average status chance (17.00%)
  • Low disposition (●●●○○ (0.90x))
• Grenade Explosion (wiki attack index 2)
  • Low active falloff slope (10.0m/%)
  • Low maximum falloff distance (7.0 m)
  • Very low magazine (1)
  • Low ammo max (30)
  • Low status chance (17.00%)
  • Low disposition (●●●○○ (0.90x))

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Comparisons:

•  Kuva Tonkor (Grenade Explosion), compared to  Tonkor (Grenade Explosion):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (674.00 vs. 650.00) (excluding any Progenitor bonus)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 168 vs. 0)
    • Higher  Slash damage ( 204 vs. 0)
    • Lower  Blast damage ( 302 vs. 650)
  • Higher total damage (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (1,078.4 vs. 650)
  • Higher base critical chance (30.00% vs. 25.00%)
  • Higher base status chance (17.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (1563.68 vs. 893.75)
  • Higher burst DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (1042.45 vs. 525.73)
  • Higher sustained DPS (using max +60% Progenitor bonus if applicable) (861.31 vs. 443.44)
  • Faster reload time (1.50 s vs. 1.70 s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 5)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (0.90x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))

Acquisition[]

Kuva Tonkor is obtained by vanquishing a Kuva Lich who generated with one equipped. After the Lich is vanquished it will be in the player's Foundry ready to claim.

While the weapon itself is not tradeable, a converted Kuva Lich generated with the weapon can be traded to another player. The trade is performed inside a Clan Dojo's Crimson Branch room, and the recipient must not have any active Lich. Once traded, the recipient must fight and vanquish the Lich to claim its weapon.

Notes[]

• When Multishot mods and  Heavy Caliber are equipped on this weapon, one of the grenades will fly towards the point of aim while the rest of the grenades will fan out horizontally and explode close to the point of aim. This helps in giving a single shot of grenades a larger effective AoE, especially if  Firestorm ( Primed) is also loaded, as well as bigger damage on enemies near the point of impact.
• While its standard counterpart's grenades fizzle out when shot at too close ranges and hitting someone due to the arming distance mechanic, the Kuva Tonkor's shots explode on impact even at point blank range, making it more reliable at dealing massive damage at close ranges. It does give a risk at staggering the user.

Kuva/Tenet Notes[]

• For weapons obtained from vanquishing the Kuva Lich or Sister:
  • The player does not have to meet the Mastery Rank displayed to obtain this weapon. It can simply be claimed from the foundry after the Lich/Sister carrying it has been vanquished.
  • The weapon will have a prefix of the name of the Lich/Sister it was acquired from (e.g. a Kuva Kohm might be called "Odizrigg Agekk Kuva Kohm").
• Refraining from Mercy killing an Adversary candidate will remove their weapon from the pool of potential Adversary weapons until each has been refused, but only if the mission is completed. Weapons rejected from aborted missions will remain in the current cycle.
• For weapons obtained from Ergo Glast's shop:
  • The player must meet the Mastery Rank displayed to obtain this weapon, as it is claimed from an NPC shop rather than the foundry.
• The weapon's max rank caps at 40 after 5 polarizations (max rank increases by 2 per Forma added).
  • Additional polarizations can be added when the weapon reaches its new max rank at that polarization level.
  • Each additional rank also gives 100 Mastery Rank experience, giving 4,000 points in total at level 40.
  • Mod capacity scales with the additional ranks, and can reach a total of 80 at rank 40 with an Orokin Catalyst installed.
    • Without an Orokin Catalyst, the max is 40. Combined with the five polarized mod slots required to reach that point, an Orokin Catalyst might not be required for some beginner-friendly builds as they typically use less mod capacity.
    • After polarizing a weapon, any additional mod capacity above 30 (60 with an Orokin Catalyst) will not take effect until the weapon's rank reaches 31 and above.
      • Legendary Mastery Rank increases the minimum mod capacity for such weapons, without the weapon needing to be rank 31 and above. For example, Legendary 1 increases the minimum capacity to 31 (62 with an Orokin Catalyst).
• Comes with an additional damage stat.
  • For Lich/Sister-obtained weapons this is dependent on the Warframe that summoned the Lich/Sister.
  • For Ergo Glast shop a random bonus stat will be offered for each weapon and changed every 4 days (96 hours).
  • This damage stat randomly ranges between 25%-60%. It can be upgraded up to its maximum value with Valence Fusion using another copy of the weapon.
  • This bonus stat is considered a base damage type and will be applied after all elemental mods for the purposes of elemental combinations.

Element	Progenitor Warframe*
Impact	Baruuk  Dante  Gauss  Grendel  Rhino  Sevagoth  Wukong  Zephyr
Heat	Chroma  Ember  Inaros  Jade  Kullervo  Nezha  Protea  Vauban  Wisp
Cold	Frost  Gara  Hildryn  Revenant  Styanax  Titania  Trinity
Electricity	Banshee  Caliban  Excalibur  Gyre  Limbo  Nova  Valkyr  Volt
Toxin	Atlas  Dagath  Ivara  Khora  Nekros  Nidus  Oberon  Saryn
Magnetic	Citrine  Harrow  Hydroid  Lavos  Mag  Mesa  Xaku  Yareli
Radiation	Ash  Equinox  Garuda  Loki  Mirage  Nyx  Octavia  Qorvex  Voruna

*Note that the Primed or Umbra version of a Warframe share the same element

Tips[]

• With  Primed Magazine Warp, the Kuva Tonkor will have 1 × (1 + 55%) = 1.55, rounded to 2 magazine capacity, giving it a higher overall DPS rate.
• As with the standard Tonkor, the Kuva Tonkor's high critical chance makes it a good candidate for  Hunter Munitions.
• While the Kuva Tonkor's shots lack the cluster-bomb effects of the  Kuva Bramma and  Kuva Zarr, its very large ammo reserves (for a launcher-type primary) and comparable damage grant it a better ability for sustained crowd control in endless Steel Path missions, especially when loaded with ammo conversion mods such as  Vigilante Supplies.

Trivia[]

• The Grineer text on the side of its barrel translates to "Ravage".

Media[]

Kuva Tonkor as shown in the arsenal

Kuva Tonkor Skins

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Conclave

Daecret

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Desert-Camo

Jade
Xbox™ Exclusive

Nightwatch

Patch History[]

See Also[]

•  Tonkor, the normal counterpart of this weapon.

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