DAMAGE EFFICACY
x1.5 damage to Corpus
x1.5 damage to Orokin
STATUS EFFECT
Puncture temporarily reduces the target's damage output by up to 80% and increases Critical Chance of damage taken by up to 25% with multiple stacks.
—In-game Description
Puncture Damage is one of the three physical damage types. Deals increased damage to Corpus and Orokin. Its Status Effect reduces enemy's damage output and increases Critical Chance received.
Status Effects[]
General[]
The status effect of Puncture damage is Weakened. It lasts 6 seconds and stacks to a maximum of 5 times. Any stacks applied after the 5th will replace the oldest stack. Affected enemies will have a yellow aura.
- The victim's attacks deal 40% less damage. Subsequent procs add 10% reduced damage, up to 80% at max stacks.
- Weapon damage that the victim receives has 5% increased Critical Chance per proc up to 25% at max stacks. This bonus is additive after mods, but does not apply to area of effect damage or Warframe abilities.
Enemies killed by an attack that procs Puncture may have a large bloody hole on where they were hit by the killing blow.
Railjack[]
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Railjack <DT_PUNCTURE>Puncture Damage results in a Decompress Status Effect which temporarily reduces the Shields and Armor of enemy ships.
—In-Game Description
The status effect of Puncture damage against Railjack space enemies is Decompress, reducing the target ship's shields and armor for 20 seconds, with subsequent procs stacking multiplicatively.
Puncture Sources[]
- Main article: Category:Puncture Damage
Weapons[]
These weapons deal more than a majority of their physical damage as Puncture. The damage ratio is important for physical damage status effects because the game weights the likelihood of which proc occurs according to physical damage ratio. Hence, these weapons proc Weakened more than Stagger or Bleed.
View Weapons with Puncture Damage List▾▾
- Weapons with guaranteed Puncture proc
Mods[]
Abilities[]
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 3  75
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Radial Javelin
Launches javelins towards enemies, dealing high damage and impaling them to walls. Introduced in Vanilla (2012-10-25) |
 Strength:500 / 650 / 800 / 1000 (damage)
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 Duration:N/A
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 Range:15 / 18 / 22 / 25 m
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 1 25
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Decoy
Loki deploys a holographic copy of himself that draws enemy fire and absorbs a portion of enemy health and shields. Introduced in Vanilla (2012-10-25) |
Strength:15% (Decoy health and shield absorb)
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| Duration:7 / 15 / 20 / 25 s
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| Range:15 m (health and shield absorb range)
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Misc:
100 m (cast range) | |||
| Subsumable to Helminth |
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 1 25
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Enthrall
Convert a target into a zealous thrall. Thralls turn on their allies and enthrall through damage. On death, they disintegrate into a damaging pillar of energy. The thrall horde remains under Revenant’s spell until this Ability runs out. Introduced in Update 23.5 (2018-08-24) |
Strength:250 / 500 / 750 / 1,000 ( Puncture damage/s) 250 / 500 / 750 / 1,000 (projectile  Impact damage)
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| Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s (thrall duration) 10 s (pillar duration) | |||
| Range:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 m (cast range) 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 / 2 m (pillar radius) 10 m (projectile seek range) | |||
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Misc:
7 (max thralls active) |
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 4 |
Exalted Shadow
When the Death Well fills to above 75%, Sevagoth’s Shadow form is ready to be released. Tear the enemy asunder with a collection of Melee-focused Abilities.
Introduced in Update 30.0 (2021-04-13) |
Strength:100 / 150 / 200 / 250 ( Impact, Puncture, and  Slash physical damage)
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| Duration:N/A
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| Range:N/A
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Misc:
5 m (Shadow summoned propulsion) |
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 1 15
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Axios Javelin
Throw an Axios Javelin. When the javelin impales an enemy against a wall, surrounding enemies are pulled into the area and suffer a burst of damage. Introduced in Update 32.0 (2022-09-07) |
Strength:500 / 750 / 1,000 / 1,250 ( Puncture damage on direct hit) 500 / 750 / 1,000 / 1,250 (  Blast damage on explosion)
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| Duration:8 s (Initial target pin duration)
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| Range:50 m (javelin range) 15 m (explosion range) | |||
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Misc:
1 (javelins per throw) |
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 4 25+5/s |
Razorwing
Shrink down and take flight, while razorflies attack nearby enemies. Introduced in Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19) |
Strength:50 / 80 / 120 / 160 (gun damage) 150 / 165 / 180 / 200 (melee damage) 10 / 24 / 48 / 80 (drone damage) |
| Duration:N/A
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| Range:N/A
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Misc:
50% (evasion bonus) |
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 4 25+2.5-15/s |
Hysteria
Valkyr is imbued with energy and becomes a ball of vicious rage, capable of unleashing a torrent of deadly claw attacks on unsuspecting foes. Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) |
Strength:100 / 125 / 200 / 250 (damage)
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| Duration:N/A
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| Range:N/A
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Misc:
1% / 2% / 4% / 5% (lifesteal) |
Media[]
Impact, Puncture, Slash Warframe Damage Rundown (2020)
Puncture effect hit
Puncture Effect launch
Puncture on Loki
(click to view gif)
Puncture Effect (click to view gif)
WDR 2 Puncture Damage (Warframe)
Patch History[]
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- Simplified Faction Resistances
- Corpus: Vulnerable to Puncture
- Orokin:
- Vulnerable to Puncture
- TOP FIXES
- Fixed being able to apply 5 Puncture Stacks to VIP enemies with Overguard, instead of the intended 3.
Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)
- Fixed Puncture’s tooltip incorrectly indicating that it has a 90% damage reduction at max instead of the intended 80%.
Update 33.6 (2023-07-27)
Puncture Changes:
Weakened Status Effect Buffs:
- Increased the debuff to enemy attacks from 30% to 40% on the first stack.
- Reduced the maximum amount of stacks from 10 to 5.
- Increased per-stack debuff from 5% to 10%.
- Increased the total debuff at Max Stacks from 75% to 80%.
Weakened Status Effect Additions:
- Increases Critical Chance threshold on enemy by 5% per Stack, to a maximum of 25% at 5 Stacks. This is additive after mods, not before. Does not apply to Abilities or AOE damage.
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- The first Puncture Status Effect has an enemy deal 30% less Damage. Subsequent Puncture Status add +5% weakening, leading to up to 75% (capped). Each Puncture Status has a duration of 6 Seconds.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- Introduced.
