Acrid

Grineer

Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Untradeable

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Projectile Type

Projectile

Normal Attack

43
( 100%)

Ammo Cost

1

Projectile Type

Projectile

Miscellaneous

Introduced

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

Sell Price

2,500

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

Acrid fires an acidic-infused needle.

The Acrid is a Grineer weapon firing Toxin-filled flechettes.

This weapon can be sold for 2,500 Credits 2,500.

Characteristics

This weapon deals Toxin damage.
Can use the Acrid-exclusive Toxic Sequence mod.
Forced Toxin proc on hit.

Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average reload speed (1.20 s)
- Above average ammo max (210)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.33x))

Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Additional projectiles from multishot begin to spread horizontally at 20 meters, spreading out considerably at longer ranges.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low crit chance (5.00%)
- Below average total damage (43)
- Low status chance (10.00%)

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

Acquisition

The Acrid's blueprint can be researched from the Bio Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	Mutagen Mass 5	Salvage 6,000	Nano Spores 5,000	Forma 1	Time: 1 Day(s)
30,000	Mutagen Mass 5	Salvage 6,000	Nano Spores 5,000	Forma 1	Rush: 35
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:15,000
Bio Lab Research3,000
7,500	Mutagen Sample 10	Ferrite 150	Nano Spores 1,000	Polymer Bundle 500	Time: 3 Day(s)
7,500	Mutagen Sample 10	Ferrite 150	Nano Spores 1,000	Polymer Bundle 500	Prereq: Torid
x1 x3 x10 x30 x100

Notes

The Acrid leaves a stackable damage over time effect due to its Toxin proc, which ticks 6 times over 6 seconds.
Enemies disintegrate when killed, similar to Saryn's Miasma. This effect is unique to the Acrid and is not shared with other Toxin weapons like the Torid or the Embolist.
The toxin mixture in the barrel is affected by the Acrid's energy color and the tiny explosion effect on needle impact. Note that the explosion effect is purely cosmetic.
The Toxin effect's damage over time scales with the Acrid's base damage, including Toxin damage mods. For example, Pathogen Rounds, Hornet Strike, Magnum Force, and Faction Damage Mods directly affect the damage over time. Damage per tick is 50% of this base damage.
Even if the weapon is modded to no longer deal Toxin damage on-hit, Toxin mods like Pathogen Rounds still increase the Toxin damage.
Despite its incredibly high base accuracy, the Acrid's accuracy value is heavily degraded by Magnum Force well beyond what the mod's penalty would suggest, making the weapon highly inaccurate as a result.

Tips

Semi-automatic firing can be countered by activating the "Fire Manual Trigger Weapons Continuously" option in Accessibility features.
Getting headshots will not only double the damage of the weapon but double the resulting damage ticks as well.
Toxic Sequence can cause proc length to triple; stacking shots quickly on enemies will cause their health to quickly succumb to thousands of damage a second, with players able to stack many shots at once before the first damage tick expires.
Lethal Momentum can help mitigate the travel time for projectiles to reach their targets.

Trivia

Before Update 10.0 (2013-09-13), equipping Saryn, Mire, Torid, and Acrid would give you the only loadout consisting solely of toxin-based attacks.
As of Update 15.5 (2014-11-27) the Acrid is physically the largest handgun in Warframe.
One definition for "acrid" is "sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor", likely owing to the gun's toxin-based damage.
The Acrid has written in Grineer near the barrel, this translates to "Obey".
The Acrid also has written in Grineer near the bottom of the weapon, this translates to "Rot".
Inside of a Chem Lab, a holographic Acrid can be seen, similar to many other Grineer weapons.
The Acrid is the only non-Infested weapon available via the Bio Lab.
A tiny Grineer emblem is visible on both sides of the weapon's receiver.

Media

RPM- ep.2- Acrid (Warframe)

Warframe Acrid 2.0

Warframe Damage 2.0 ACRID Base Build

Warframe Acrid Pro Builds 4 Forma Update 14.10.2.1

Warframe Acrid Build Guide w Toxic Sequence Mod (U15.5.3)

Warframe - All Grineer Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)

Warframe - All Grineer Weapon Reloads in 2 minutes (2012 - 2019)

Patch History

Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)

Added a unique trait description to Acrid’s upgrade screen: “Shots apply a guaranteed Toxin Status Effect”.

Update 32.2 (2022-11-30)

SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON CHANGES

While reviewing the stats of some weapons with a semi-automatic mode, we noticed that certain weapons had an unsustainably high fire rate for most players. We adjusted the stats of the following semi-automatic weapons whose maximum potential was only being reached with the use of macros (to learn more about third-party use in Warframe visit our support article). Since not everyone is an avid macro user (within the boundaries allowed), we lowered fire rates to a more humanly achievable level and improved their damage or reload stats to compensate.

Acrid