The Kronen resurrects a lethal fighting style once thought lost to the ages.

The Kronen is a pair of bladed Tonfas. They are the second of the fan-made weapon designs from DE's Community Melee Weapon Contest to be implemented^[1], the first being the Silva & Aegis.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits, it is also a requisite ingredient for Boltace.

Characteristics[]

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Tied with Telos Boltace for the second fastest attack speed of all tonfas, behind Kronen Prime.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average attack speed (1.08x animation speed)
- High disposition (●●●●● (1.43x))

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Lowest base damage of all tonfas.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low crit chance (10.00%)
- Very low total damage (130)
- Below average status chance (20.00%)
- Very low crit multiplier (1.50x)

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

Comparisons:

Acquisition[]

The Kronen's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.

Notes[]

The last attack of the Kronen's basic combo can hit enemies behind the player.
The Kronen counts towards the "Dagger Proficiency" achievements.

Trivia[]

This was the first Tonfa-type weapon in Warframe.
At 65,000 Credits credits, the Kronen has the most expensive weapon blueprint in Warframe.
The Kronen is one of the winning weapons from the fan-created melee weapon contest (preceding the Silva & Aegis). Its design was submitted by the player Datareaper, who also inspired the creation of Clem.
Kronen is German for "crowns" or "coins".
When the Kronen was first released, it was unable to do wall attacks due to a bug. This was fixed in Update 14.8 (2014-09-24).
Likely named after the character Karl Ruprect Kroenen from the comics, and movie, Hellboy. In the movie, Kroenen wields swords that are essentially bladed tonfas.