The Magnus is a powerful and versatile Tenno revolver.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for 
Akmagnus (x2).
Characteristics
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Can use the Magnus-exclusive
Deadly Maneuvers mod.
Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (22.00%)
- Above average total damage (98)
- Above average ammo max (210)
- Very high disposition (●●●●● (1.53x))
Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average reload speed (1.80 s)
- Low magazine (8)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Magnus (Normal Attack), compared to 
Magnus Prime (Normal Attack):
- Equal base damage
- Lower base critical chance (22.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.80x)
- Lower base status chance (22.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Lower average damage per tap (119.56 vs. 147.39)
- Lower burst DPS (517.69 vs. 736.96)
- Lower sustained DPS (262.22 vs. 368.48)
- Lower fire rate (4.33 attacks/sec vs. 5.00 attacks/sec)
- Larger max ammo capacity (210 vs. 160)
- Slower reload time (1.80 s vs. 1.60 s)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 14)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.53x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.25x))
- Magnus (Normal Attack), compared to Akmagnus (Normal Attack):
- Equal base damage
- Lower burst DPS (517.69 vs. 597.8)
- Lower sustained DPS (262.22 vs. 298.9)
- Lower fire rate (4.33 attacks/sec vs. 5.00 attacks/sec)
- Smaller magazine (8 vs. 16)
- Faster reload time (1.80 s vs. 3.20 s)
- More accurate (Very High vs. High)
- Tighter first-shot spread (0.50° vs. 2.00°)
- Tighter maximum spread (12.00° vs. 16.00°)
- Lower Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 12)
- Higher disposition (●●●●● (1.53x) vs. ●●●●● (1.35x))
Acquisition
The Magnus's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 25,000 |
 Orokin Cell2 |
 Alloy Plate400 |
 Salvage900 |
 Ferrite100 |
Time: 1 Day(s) |
Rush:  30
| |||||
 Market Price: 125
|
 Blueprints Price:20,000
| ||||
Tips
- The Magnus works as a general-purpose version of the
Sicarus, as it primarily deals Impact damage, while it deals such damage on semi-automatic. It also comes with higher 
Slash and 
Puncture values, plus a good status chance. The sacrificed characteristics are DPS, as the gun is not a burst-fire and it has a smaller magazine capacity. - Though the Magnus's recoil is manageable, Steady Hands can still prove beneficial, especially at longer ranges or when firing rapidly.
Trivia
- Magnus is Latin for "Big" or "Great".
- Its Reinforcements preview shows that it has 2.7 on its reload time, even though its actual reload time is 1.4 seconds. Both were released and shown at the same update.
- Unlike the Vasto, the Magnus is a break-action revolver, which means it is opened from its chamber to load a new cylinder.
- Despite this, the sound of spent cartridges dropping to the floor can still be heard, even though the cylinder would hold the cartridges in place until a reload.
- The Magnus's muzzle has a particle emitter attached that billows smoke after a shot has been released.
Bugs
- The muzzle's particle emitter is prone to glitching, leaving the Magnus permanently smoking for the duration of the mission.
Media
Magnus Skins
PlayStation™ Exclusive
Patch History
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.
Magnus
- Reduced fire rate from 5.83 to 4.3.
- Increased damage from 76 to 98.
- Increased reload time from 1.4 to 1.8.
Update 30.5 (2021-07-06)
- Fixed Magnus magazine not ejecting properly during reload while riding K-Drive.
Hotfix 29.6.4 (2021-01-06)
- Removed Magnus shell casing eject sounds to match revolver aesthetic / animation.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 10.
- Damage increased from 45 to 76.
- Status chance increased from 20% to 22%.
- Critical chance increased from 20% to 22%.
- Reload speed increased from 2 to 1.4 secs.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- Magnus damage increased in PvP.
Update 16.5 (2015-05-12)
- Magnus series damage increased in PvP.
Update 16.3 (2015-04-09)
- Increased the damage of all Magnus weapons in PvP.
Update 11.2 (2013-12-04)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Hotfix 23.7.1 (2018-09-06)
See also
- Magnus Prime, the Prime variant of this Weapon.
- Akmagnus, the akimbo version of this revolver.
- Deadly Maneuvers, a Magnus exclusive mod.
