Piercing Hit

Piercing Hit
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
📝 Update Infobox Data
Max Rank Description
+90% Puncture
General Information
Type	Rifle
Polarity	Naramon
Rarity	Common
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	310
Credits Required To Max	14,973
Base Capacity Cost	2
Trading Tax	2,000
Introduced	Vanilla (2012-10-25)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Piercing Hit is a mod that increases the  Puncture damage of Rifles.

Stats

Rank	Effect	Cost
0	+15%	4
1	+30%	5
2	+45%	6
3	+60%	7
4	+75%	8
5	+90%	9

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Defense	Dark Sector Defense	B	1.58%	1	0.0158	Coba, Earth Romula, Venus Kadesh, Mars Seimeni, Ceres Sinai, Jupiter Larzac, Europa Akkad, Eris Sechura, Pluto Sangeru, Sedna
Spy	Lua Spy	A	12.18%	1	0.1218	Pavlov, Lua
Spy	Tier 2 Spy	A	9.09%	1	0.0909	Bode, Ceres Amalthea, Jupiter Valac, Europa Dione, Saturn

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt
Axio Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Orm Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Taro Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Test MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Vapos Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587
Vorac Shockwave MOA	3%	25.29%	0.7587%	132	1	0.007587

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Notes

• Can be combined with  Piercing Caliber to provide a 210% increase to  Impact damage.

Gallery

Old appearance

Patch History

Vanilla (2012-10-25)

• Introduced.

See also

•  Sawtooth Clip, the Slash version of this mod.
•  Rupture, the Impact version of this mod.
•  Piercing Caliber, a puncture damage modifier for rifles from Operation: Mutalist Incursions.

Patch History

Update 33.6 (2023-07-27)

• Increased the IPS (Impact, Puncture, Slash) Damage of the following Mods:
  • Rupture - Increased Impact Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Disruptor - Increased Impact Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Piercing Hit - Increased Puncture Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Flechette - Increased Puncture Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Sawtooth Clip - Increased Slash Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Shredder - Increased Slash Damage from 30% to 90%
  • Concussion Rounds - Increased Impact Damage from 60% to 90%
  • No Return - Increased Puncture Damage from 60% to 90%
  • Razor Shot - Increased Slash Damage from 60% to 90%