Praedos

Tenno

Weapons

Tradable
(parts and/or blueprint only)

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General Information

Max Rank

30

Utility

Normal Attack

20
( 10%)

160
( 80%)

Heavy Attack

Heavy Slam Attack

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slam Radius

9.0 m

Slam Attack

Slam Radius

8.0 m

Slam Element

Forced Procs

Slide Attack

Slide Element

Same damage type distribution as Normal Attack

Miscellaneous

Default Upgrades

Introduced

Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)

Sell Price

5,000

Variants

Vendor Sources

Article Categories

CODEX

Orokin elites admired farmers in conquered regions, because they had learned to fight with modified farming tools despite being forbidden to own weapons. For their voyage, the Zariman were presented with Praedos in recognition of Zariman tenacity. The Void reinforces the strength of the spirited individual by fortifying the Praedos.

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 Slash damage.
Stance slot has polarity, matching 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:
- Range increases by 3 meters.
- Attack speed increases by 40%.
- The transformation persists through all states such as holstering, bleedout and disarm, but is removed upon death.
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 9,000 Standing. The blueprint can be traded.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
30,000	Voidplume Pinion 15	Voidplume Quill 30	Ferrite 8,000	Thrax Plasm 100	Time: 1 Day(s)
30,000	Voidplume Pinion 15	Voidplume Quill 30	Ferrite 8,000	Thrax Plasm 100	Rush: 25
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:9,000

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.

Evolutions

Overview

Evolution	Challenge	Perk	Description
Evolution I	Kill 100 enemies with the Praedos	Incarnon Form	Reach 5x Combo and then Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form. +3 Range and +40% Attack Speed when active.
Evolution II	Activate Incarnon Form 6 times in a mission	Seismic Slam	+50% Slam Radius.
		Whirling Flurry	+20% Attack Speed.
		Drifting Grace	+20% Sprint Speed. +20% Slide.
Evolution III	Complete 3 Heavy Attacks on Thrax Centurions or Legates	Shockwave Synergy	For each enemy hit by Slam radius, gain 4 Combo Count.
		Reaching Lunge	+1.5m Slide Attack Range.
		Adept Reflexes	+15 Initial Combo.
Evolution IV	Close 12 Ruptures in Void Flood.	Swift Transmute	Reach 3x Combo and Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form.
		Evolved Ascension	+30% Parkour Velocity.
		Vaulting Leap	Increase Double Jump strength by +100%.
Evolution V	Complete a Solo mission with an Incarnon Weapon equipped in every slot	Transfigured Momentum	On Slide Kill: +50% Heavy Attack Efficiency for 30s.
		Kinetic Harmony	+100% Heavy Attack Wind Up Speed.
		Universal Readiness	Collecting ammo grants 5 Melee Combo counter.

Details

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

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.

Media

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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.