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Artax

Freeze targets in their tracks with this sentinel mounted ice-beam.

How to get it

Comes automatically with the Taxon sentinel, whose blueprint is a Venus Junction reward or costs 5,000 credits in the Market. Requires a free companion slot.

Details

Total damage5
Critical chance2 %
Critical multiplier×1.5
Status chance35 %
Fire rate16.67
Magazine100
Reload1.5 s
TriggerHeld
NoiseAlarming
Riven disposition●●●●○

Damage

Cold5

History · 4

Lines from the official update notes that mention this entry.

  1. Iceblade of Narin: The Icebind: Hotfix 44.1.3
    • ChangedArtax: 1->1.2
  2. Saint of Altra: Update 25.7.0
    • ChangedCompanion Weapon Rivens are available from Simaris’ Offerings for Standing (The War Within completion required), and yes, this includes the Artax!
  3. The Sacrifice: Hotfix 23.0.4
    • FixedFixed Artax not functioning with Growing Power.
  4. The Glast Gambit: Hotfix 19.10.1+19.10.1.1
    • ChangedThe Artax is no longer eligible for Riven mods. This weapon does negligible damage on purpose, so most Riven Stats won't positively affect the weapon. Anyone with an existing Artax Riven will keep it as is