Sancti Castanas

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Sancti Castanas
Tradable (unranked w/ no Forma or Catalyst)
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General Information
Type	Thrown
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Active
Utility
Accuracy	100
Ammo Max	18
Ammo Pickup	4
Ammo Type	Secondary
Disposition	●●●●● (1.35x)
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Magazine Size	2
Reload Time	1.00 s
Projectile Speed	60.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Mid-Flight Detonation
300 ( 100%)
Total Damage	300 (100.00%  Electricity)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	24.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Damage Falloff	0.0 m (100%) - 3.6 m (60.00%)
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (300.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Silent
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	3.6 m
Status Chance	34.00%
Projectile Speed	60.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Embedded Detonation
300 ( 100%)
Total Damage	300 (100.00%  Electricity)
Crit Chance	24.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Damage Falloff	0.0 m (100%) - 3.6 m (60.00%)
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Forced Procs	Electricity
Multishot	1 (300.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Silent
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	3.6 m
Status Chance	10.00%
Projectile Type	AoE
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE, DEPLOYABLE, AOE, SINGLESHOT
Riven Family	Castanas
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 15.5 (2014-11-27)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Syndicate Effect	Purity
Users	New Loka Operatives
Variants	Castanas  Sancti Castanas
Vendor Sources
Vendors New Loka (Rank 5: Flawless)  100000 for x1
Article Categories
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CODEX

This remotely detonated electrical trap is used by devotees of New Loka to protect their temples and shrines.

The Sancti Castanas are an exclusive version of the Castanas available only from New Loka. It has higher base damage, status and critical chance as well as innate Purity effect.

Characteristics

This weapon deals damage.

Advantages:

• High base damage.
• Ammo efficient.
• If stuck to any surface, has 100% chance to proc regardless of installed mods, have 15% base chance to additionally proc modded damage type.
  • proc provides very high stun chance against most humanoid enemies.
  • proc chains damage to enemies around it, making this weapon great against crowds.
• Silent, even if the projectile hits the enemy.
• User can detonate charges on command, giving the player precise timing in detonation.
• Two and one Polarities.
• Has base damage type of , allowing Castanas to easily be modified to  damage for Heavy Grineer units,  damage for Ancient Infested units and damage for Corpus units.
• Has an innate Purity effect. See the Weapon Augment Mods page for more details.
• Equipping with the Ogris, Torid, or Penta will increase their overall ammo capacity.

Disadvantages:

• Deals damage, which improves its utility against Robotic or Machinery-type foes but not others unless properly modded.
  • Damage cannot be increased with , or mods.
• Explosions can damage the user (albeit at only 30% damage).
• Low magazine size.
• Low ammo capacity size of 30.
• Has slow travel time (25 m/s), making it difficult to land an accurate shot at long distances.
• Projectiles fly in an arc, making it difficult to use at long range.
• Can only have six charges out at once.
  • ​Extra projectiles generated by Multishot will count towards the limit of six charges.

Comparisons: Comparisons:

•  Sancti Castanas (Mid-Flight Detonation), compared to  Castanas (Mid-Flight Detonation):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (300.00 vs. 160.00)
    • Higher  Electricity damage ( 300 vs. 160)
  • Higher total damage (300 vs. 160)
  • Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 8.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 1.50x)
  • Higher base status chance (34.00% vs. 22.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (372 vs. 166.4)
  • Higher burst DPS (1238.76 vs. 554.11)
  • Higher sustained DPS (464.82 vs. 207.92)
  • More polarities ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 3)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.40x))
  • Innate Purity effect

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Acquisition

• The Sancti Castanas can be acquired by reaching the Rank of Flawless with New Loka, and spending 100,000 Standing 100,000 to purchase. As with all Syndicate Weapons, the Sancti Castanas cannot be chosen as the free offering upon ranking up to Flawless rank.
• Syndicate weapons can be also be acquired via Trading, but only for unranked copies without Forma and Orokin Catalyst installed.

Notes

• The Sancti Castanas has an innate Purity effect identical to that found in New Loka Weapon Augment Mods. Upon accumulating sufficient affinity, the Sancti Castanas will release an AoE radial blast that deals damage and proc, restores 25% of the Warframe's maximum Health, and temporarily buffs maximum Health by 25% for 30 seconds.
• New Loka Operatives found within Syndicate Missions use this weapon, however due to the Castanas' heavy arcing, their shots will often land on the floor far from their target at range or become stuck upon a cover or wall.
• Up to 6 charges can be active at one time. Using alternate fire will detonate all active charges in rapid succession.
• Enemies will be alerted by thrown Castanas.

Trivia

The first part of its name, Sancti, is likely derived from the Latin word "sanctus", meaning holy. The Sanctus is also the name of a hymn in Catholic liturgy, or 'Hymn of Victory' in the Greek rendition.

Bugs

• When stuck to a surface, the Sancti Castanas deal the same damage as normal Castanas.
• Like the Castanas, the Sancti Castanas, when equipped with Multishot, will spread out heavily when multishot is activated, making accuracy drop drastically.
  • Magnum Force increases this spread even further.

Media

• Sancti Castanas in Codex.

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Warframe Sancti Castanas Build Guide (U15.8.1)

Lets Max (Warframe) E10 - Sancti Castanas

Patch History

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See also=

• Castanas, the original version.
• New Loka, the Syndicate that offers this weapon.
• Syndicate Weapons.