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Praedos is an Incarnon ceremonial tonfa. Once its Incarnon form is unlocked, Tenno can transform this weapon in battle by executing a Heavy Attack with a Melee Combo of 5x or higher, increasing the weapon's range and attack speed.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
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Slash damage. - Stance slot has
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Gemini Cross and Star Divide (Conclave only) stance. - Incarnon weapons can be upgraded via evolution tiers and change perks.
- Unlock this weapon's Incarnon form by killing 100 enemies across any and all missions.
- Activate Incarnon form by executing a Heavy Attack with a Melee Combo of 5x or higher (3x with Swift Transmute).
- When the transformation is ready, the combo counter will shimmer with Void energy.
- Incarnon form lasts for 90 seconds and behaves as follows:
- Grants a 30% Parkour Velocity bonus (through Incarnon Evolution IV).
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High attack speed (1.17x animation speed)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average status chance (20.00%)
- Very low disposition (●○○○○ (0.60x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Acquisition[]
Praedos' main blueprint is purchased from Cavalero of The Holdfasts at Rank 4 - Seraph for 
9,000 Standing. The blueprint can be traded.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 30,000 |
 Voidplume Pinion15 |
 Voidplume Quill30 |
 Ferrite8,000 |
 Thrax Plasm100 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
Rush:  25
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price: 9,000
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Notes[]
- If an Incarnon Form is successfully achieved, Praedos will depict itself exuding a turquoise aura. The skin in this state is shared across all tonfas skins.
Evolution[]
- When newly acquired from the Foundry, players must acquire 100 kills with the Praedos in order to gain access to its Incarnon transformation. The following Evolution tiers, their requirements for unlocking them, and their related perks, are shown below;
- Each challenge additionally grants 5,000 affinity to the weapon, affected by Affinity Boosters.
Evolution I[]
- Unlock Challenge: Kill 100 enemies with the Praedos
- Reach 5x Combo and then Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form.
- +3 Range.
- +40% Attack Speed.
- Incarnon Form lasts for 90 seconds and persists until death.
Evolution II[]
- Unlock Challenge: Activate Incarnon Form 6 times in a mission.
- Refreshing the duration will not count toward the challenge.
- Perk 1: Seismic Slam:
- +50% Slam Radius
- Perk 2: Whirling Flurry:
- +20% Attack Speed
- Perk 3: Drifting Grace:
- +20% Sprint Speed
- +20% Slide
Evolution III[]
- Unlock Challenge: Complete 3 Heavy Attacks on Thrax Centurions or Legates
- Perk 1: Shockwave Synergy:
- For each enemy hit by Slam radius, gain 4 Combo Count.
- Perk 2: Reaching Lunge:
- +1.5m Slide Attack Range
- Perk 3: Adept Reflexes:
- +15 Initial Combo
Evolution IV[]
- Unlock Challenge: Close 12 Ruptures in Void Flood
- Perk 1: Swift Transmute:
- Reach 3x Combo and Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form
- Perk 2: Evolved Ascension:
- +30% Parkour Velocity
- Perk 3: Vaulting Leap:
- Increase Double Jump strength by +100%
Evolution V[]
- Unlock Challenge: Complete a Solo mission with an Incarnon Weapon equipped in every slot
- Perk 1: Transfigured Momentum:
- On Slide Kill: +50% Heavy Attack Efficiency for 30s
- Perk 2: Kinetic Harmony:
- +100% Heavy Attack Wind Up Speed
- Perk 3: Universal Readiness:
- Collecting ammo grants 5 Melee Combo counter
- Resets the Melee Combo timer
- Collecting ammo grants 5 Melee Combo counter
Tips[]
- Combining
Corrupt Charge and Adept Reflexes grants a passive minimum 3x Melee Combo, allowing Swift Transmute to immediately transform Praedos at will. - True Punishment affects Shockwave Synergy, effectively doubling the Combo Count gain from 4 to 8 per enemy hit by the Slam radius. It is also affected by other sources that grant additional combo count chance.
- Using an Exalted Weapon will negate Evolution V challenge.
- Incarnon Genesis weapons are counted for Evolution V challenge.
Trivia[]
- Praedo means robber or plunderer in Latin.
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Concept art
Default VS Incarnon Form
Patch History[]
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- Fixed repeatedly hovering over Praedos’ “Drifting Grace” Incarnon Evolution incorrectly increasing a Warframe’s Sprint Speed stat in the Arsenal UI.
Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)
- Fixed the Evolution V Incarnon Challenge (Complete a mission with an Incarnon Weapon in every slot) not completing for the Praedos when using weapons with Incarnon Geneses installed.
Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)
- CHANGES
- Changed Incarnon Weapons’ “DAMAGE” stat to “Incarnon Form” when viewing the Incarnon Form damage values in the Arsenal.
- FIXES
- Fixed being able to refresh Praedos’ Incarnon Form timer by performing a heavy ground slam.
- All other Incarnon Melee weapons trigger their Incarnon Form via heavy attack and do not have the ability to refresh their Incarnon Form timer. So Praedos has been fixed to remove this unintended functionality.
- Fixed Praedos losing their Incarnon Form after entering Arsenal in the Simulacrum.
- Fixed Incarnon weapons reverting to their default form not being visible to other players in the squad until it is shot again.
Hotfix 32.2.5 (2022-12-14)
- Fixed Incarnon Weapons losing their crosshair when flying around in Archwing in open landscape areas.
Hotfix 32.2.4 (2022-12-07)
- Fixes towards script error with Incarnon Weapons’ HUD.
Hotfix 32.2.1 (2022-11-30)
- (Hot-dropped earlier today) Fixed certain players getting a “failed to update account” error while trying to complete Incarnon Weapon challenges in mission.
- Fixed script error when hovering over Incarnon Weapon upgrades in the Arsenal UI.
Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)
- Fixed the default Arching Reticle overlapping the custom Incarnon Weapon Reticle when in Archwing.
- Fixed Incarnon Weapon reticles being visible in Captura Scenes.
Hotfix 31.7.2 (2022-08-17)
- You can now search for Incarnon weapons in your Inventory by typing “Incarnon”.
Update 31.6 (2022-06-09)
- Updated Incarnon Weapon Evolution screen to include stat comparisons when selecting Evolution perks in Cavalero’s evolve screen. From the original known bugs list.
- Made some slight adjustments to framing of Incarnon weapons in Cavalero’s Evolution screen.
- Updated Praedos transformation Sound with Void FX.
- Fixed Incarnon weapons using Skins in Incarnon form. From the original known bugs list.
- Fixed cases of Evolution perks not working for Clients.
- Fixed Incarnon Evolutions UI persisting in the Loadouts screen.
- Fixed the Praedos’ Evolution III challenge working on non-Thrax enemies.
Hotfix 31.5.9 (2022-05-12)
- Fixed the Incarnon Weapon Evolution UI elements persisting in the Loadout screen.
Hotfix 31.5.5 (2022-05-03)
- Fixed being unable to trigger Transmutation on Incarnon weapons with alt-fire/heavy attack after Host migration.
Hotfix 31.5.4 (2022-05-02)
- Added custom icon for the ‘Incarnon Challenges’ category in the in-mission Challenge Progress window.
Hotfix 31.5.3 (2022-04-29)
- Fixed script error related to checking challenge progress for Incarnon Weapons while in mission.
Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)
- Introduced.
See Also[]
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38 comments
Speed-stick.
We can complete evo 4 challenge with non-zariman incarnons now. I think previously we have to equip all 3 original incarnons to complete.
Slam radius isn't increasing by 50% according to the status. It stays 8m Slam 9m Heavy Slam no matter what. Pretty sure this is bugged.
Falling to my knees in a walmart at this information
Drifting Grace stacks itself each time you hover over the weapon in the arsenal. Resets when you leave, but still funny.
Best melee for utility.
So is it not possible to do ground finisher with tonfas or what?
Evolution 1 challenge is locked for me, Not sure what's happening.
EDIT: I found out, you have to ONLY have the weapon equipped and no others.
Trivia section is wrong. Not sure when it got changed, but incarnon form has a 5.5 meter range
Is the 3rd challenge bugged? For the heck of me, I cannot land any Heavy Attack against Thrax Centurions and counting them for the challenge!!! It seems so easy on YT... (btw, if it is the same challenge for the Innodem, I did that without a fuss)
Thanks for reading and your answers!
NVM... I got it. (they were not showing as counted, but I was informed that I had an evolved incarnon weapon for Cavalero...)
"update 33.0 (2023-04-26)
FIXES
Fixed being able to refresh Praedos’ Incarnon Form timer by performing a heavy ground slam.All other Incarnon Melee weapons trigger their Incarnon Form via heavy attack and do not have the ability to refresh their Incarnon Form timer. So Praedos has been fixed to remove this unintended functionality."
WHAT THE F???? THAT WAS UNINTENTIONAL?? and I know I am kinda late saying this, I didn't play with it too much after this update so I didn't realize, but come on, I thought that incarnon weapons, with their evolutions, were supposed to have their own quirks, and that was one of the very nice quirks it had, why must you remove a nice feature DE that made the weapon more unique and call it unintentional?
This was not unique or a quirk, this is legit just pressing a button to add time to your transformation for 0 cost
Really amazing combo for Voruna. If you don't have Fragor P. or just don't like Tenet Livia because of the shit stance, Praedos is your go to. Can opt out modding for aspd and heavy atk eff and just go pure crit + damage + heavy atk build.
Yo! would you mind making a build or something for voruna? :D
How much would an unrolled riven of this be worth?
If you want a way to easily cheese the second evolution challenge, simply go to any Kuva Fortress mission and find one of those invincible turrets. Melee hits on them count for the combo, so you can simply smack them until you reach 5x, do an heavy attack, slam the ground to remove the Incarnon mode, rinse and repeat. I had completed it in a minute by doing so.
Low MR don't always have Kuva Fortress or Xaku, so best way is to go kill Lich Krill、 that boss stays invincible untill you break his back
What do you mean low MR? The weapon has an MR14 requirement, and you need access to the zariman to get it, meaning they would have to have to kuva fortress unlocked
Fastest way would be going into elite sanctuary onslaught with all availble combo chance mod available and hit the mob and transform, by the time you might already about to die. Just revive on the spot and repeat.
Since when does ground slam remove incarnon mode? that just removes your combo..
If you jump and then make a heavy attack against the floor you can restart the time of the incarnon form
And this also count for 2 evolution so you dont have to wait for it to expire
Well, shite, now I barely use any other melee just because of that 20% sprint/slide and 30% parkour velocity
If you want mobility, a dagger with high attack speed for spins would be infinitely better
"Infinitely better" is a massive overstatement. Definitely better for spaces that require a lot of turns, but from my testing, Praedos' parkour velocity seems to win out in more open areas, especially if you can afford to stack it with Firewalker or equivalent. However, I'm not sure I've entirely mastered dagger spins enough to speak for their potential. I haven't tried macros and while I can cancel spins with operator to carry their momentum, I'm not sure exactly how far it can be pushed. I can't find info anywhere, just replicated it from a streamer. Then there's the matter of if you're running Arcane Strike or have access to other boosts.
Haha infinitely better, its the exact opposite mate, but a dagger is a nice tool and easier to acquire.
Dagger spins aren't going to do shit compared to a ton of parkour velocity, but I use the double jump anyway.
For those wondering Transfigured Momentum does need specifically a slide attack kill in order to trigger it's buff. Infact it shares the issue with Precision Headshot kills that it has to be specifically the damage of the slide attack itself to deal the final blow.
Kind of sad considering Innodem's Swooping Lunge doesn't have either of these requirements, and all of it's "on finisher" effects don't even need to kill something to proc. Innodem is just a generally easier weapon to use.
Granted Praedos has such a ridiculous amount of passive evolutions it's a much better stat stick..so it's nice that they went different routes on that aspect.
Is there a reason why the melee weapons don't gain radiation damage in incarnon form like the guns do? With the lackluster melee evolutions, they could have at least added some extra radiation damage while in incarnon form.
"Lackluster"
Yeaaaaah, suuuuure
Th innodem shoots radiation lasers in incarnon form if you attack while aim gliding
I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but when you are using praedos and met all the requirement to activate incarnon form (e.g having 5x melee combo) you hit enemy by jumping and perform a heavy slam attack to refresh the duration of incarnon form. I'm not sure if it's just me but it'd be nice to know from others too.
Best weapon for khora tbh.
Get combo on slam and increased slam radius lets you get 12x combo counter very quickly. Way faster than with whipclaw. While combo on ammo pick up let you keep combo even when tehre no enemies nearby. Just use Tenet Tetra, put unfused rifle ammo mutation (you don't want it get filled quickly), and then deplete all ammo with alt fire. Just make sure you stay in primiry weapon while traveling, not in melee. Or it won't collect the ammo.
Put additionally Primary and secondary dexterity arcanes in primary and sidearm. And you pretty much never run out of combo counter. No need ever switching to Madurai School again. Keep comfortably in Unauri school.
30% parkour velocity is a nice bonus as well.
You do lose the possibility of having a good riven on the stat stick, which can be a massive loss in damage.
Rivens for incarnon weapons do exist
Praedos Riven Mods - Trading | Warframe Market
Not cheap, obviously. And probability get one for yourself is not very high (at least until DE will decide give them as guaranty drop from of of "Gift from Lotus" alerts).
But nevertheless - they are surely available.
You'll have a disposition of 0.55 instead of 1.5.
Which means that Riven can only provide a very small benefit over a regular mod, while on a weapon with higher riven disposition, a Riven can triple the damage.
Tbh the only stat matter is status chance. Although higher slash damage also benefits.
Otherwise whipclaw still capable oneshoting SP corpus and infested. And only for grineer you need to apply bleed, to make sure they will still die after one hit.
Good passives to have, though