Epitaph

Tenno Weapons

The Epitaph is  Sevagoth's signature wrist-mounted sidearm. Uncharged shots fire explosive slabs with extreme status chance and a guaranteed  Cold proc, while fully charged shots possess extreme critical chance and critical multiplier with punch through.

Characteristics[]

• This weapon deals pure  Blast damage uncharged and primarily  Slash damage fully charged.
• Shots have a guaranteed  Impact proc on direct hits.
• Uncharged shots:
  • Tied with  Kuva Nukor and  Tysis for the highest status chance of all secondaries.
  • Explodes in an 8 meter radius on impact with 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.
    • Can benefit from  Fulmination ( Primed).
  • Have a guaranteed  Cold proc.
• Charged shots:
  • Second highest critical chance of all secondaries, behind  Epitaph Prime.
  • High critical multiplier.
  • Very fast charge speed.
  • Innate 2 meter punch through.
• Deals +20% headshot damage when wielded by  Sevagoth/ Sevagoth Prime.
•  Magnum Force's accuracy penalty is minimal on this weapon.
• Innate two polarities.

Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• No magazine; does not need to reload.
• Charged Shot (wiki attack index 1)
  • Very high crit chance (48.00%)
  • Very high reload speed (0.60 s)
  • Very high total damage (300)
  • High crit multiplier (2.60x)
• Uncharged Direct Hit (wiki attack index 2)
  • Very high reload speed (0.60 s)
  • Very high status chance (50.00%)
• Uncharged AoE (wiki attack index 3)
  • High reload speed (0.60 s)
  • High status chance (50.00%)

Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

• Uncharged Shots:
  • Lowest critical multiplier of all secondaries.
  • Explosion inflicts self-stagger.
  • Explosion has a headshot multiplier of 1x and cannot trigger headshot conditions.
  • Explosion has linear Damage Falloff from 100% to 20% from central impact.
• Projectiles have travel time. Uncharged shots have slower projectile speed with heavy arcing.
• Charged Shot (wiki attack index 1)
  • Very low magazine (1)
  • Low ammo max (40)
  • Very low fire rate (1.50 attacks/sec)
  • Very low status chance (4.00%)
  • Very low disposition (●○○○○ (0.55x))
• Uncharged Direct Hit (wiki attack index 2)
  • Very low crit chance (2.00%)
  • Very low magazine (1)
  • Low ammo max (40)
  • Low fire rate (1.50 attacks/sec)
  • Very low disposition (●○○○○ (0.55x))
  • Very low crit multiplier (1.20x)
• Uncharged AoE (wiki attack index 3)
  • Very low active falloff slope (10.0m/%)
  • Very low crit chance (0.00%)
  • Very low magazine (1)
  • Very low total damage (20)
  • Low fire rate (1.50 attacks/sec)
  • Low ammo max (40)
  • Low disposition (●○○○○ (0.55x))
  • Very low crit multiplier (1.00x)

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

Comparisons:

•  Epitaph (Charged Shot), compared to  Epitaph Prime (Charged Shot):
  • Lower base damage per projectile (300.00 vs. 315.00)
    • Lower  Impact damage ( 120 vs. 126)
    • Lower  Puncture damage ( 45 vs. 47.25)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 135 vs. 141.75)
  • Lower total damage (300 vs. 315)
  • Lower base critical chance (48.00% vs. 50.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 3.00x)
  • Lower base status chance (4.00% vs. 14.00%)
  • Lower average damage per tap (530.4 vs. 630)
  • Lower burst DPS (884 vs. 1050)
  • Lower sustained DPS (552.5 vs. 656.25)
  • Lower fire rate (1.50 attacks/sec vs. 1.75 attacks/sec)
  • Lower Mastery Rank required (8 vs. 14)
  • Higher disposition (●○○○○ (0.55x) vs. ●○○○○ (0.50x))
• Uncharged Shot:
  • Lower base damage (20.00 vs. 30.00)
  • Lower base critical chance (2.00% vs. 4.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (1.20x vs 1.80x)
  • Lower range (8m vs. 10m)

Acquisition[]

This weapon's blueprint and components can be acquired from Void Storm missions in Earth Proxima, Venus Proxima, and Saturn Proxima. All parts can be traded between players.

Item	Source	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Receiver	Venus Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations
Receiver	Saturn Proxima Void Storm	9.76%	~ 10 A Rotations	67 ± 22 A Rotations
Receiver	Earth Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations
Blueprint	Venus Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations
Blueprint	Saturn Proxima Void Storm	9.76%	~ 10 A Rotations	67 ± 22 A Rotations
Blueprint	Earth Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations
Barrel	Venus Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations
Barrel	Saturn Proxima Void Storm	9.76%	~ 10 A Rotations	67 ± 22 A Rotations
Barrel	Earth Proxima Void Storm	10%	~ 10 A Rotations	65 ± 21 A Rotations

All drop rates data is obtained from DE's official drop tables. See Mission Rewards#Standard Missions for definitions on reward table rotations.
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Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
20,000	1	1	Orokin Cell 7		Time: 12 Hour(s)
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Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:N/A

Notes[]

• Sevagoth's headshot bonus only applies to actual heads and not any other weak spot.
• Epitaph draws ammo directly from the full ammo pool similar to bows, but does not "reload" between shots like them. The delay between shots is all based on its 1.5 fire-rate (0.67s), and Epitaph's displayed 0.6s reload time has no purpose.
• A Specter with the Epitaph equipped will only use its Uncharged Shot.

Tips[]

• Because of both its low fire rate and guaranteed  Impact proc on direct hits, the Epitaph is a perfect candidate for  Hemorrhage to nearly guarantee  Slash procs on every hit.

Trivia[]

• An epitaph is a phrase honoring a deceased person, commonly written on tombstones.

Known Bugs[]

• When  Suppress is installed, enemies will still react to the weapon being fired, and eventually get alerted, making it bad for stealth gameplay.
•  Galvanized Shot is multiplicative to base damage sources on direct hits in both firing modes.
  • For charged shots bonus is multiplied by charge bonus (2x).

Media[]

Without the slab

Concept art

Epitaph Skins

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Cirriped

Patch History[]

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