Conclave:Dread

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CODEX
Dread is the calling card of the Stalker. It fires arrows that can decapitate.

The **Dread** is a deadly hunting bow firing bladed arrows, serving as the Stalker's signature weapon. This bow sports a large amount of  damage, the highest critical chance stat of all weapons, and high status chance, causing many shots to inflict highly damaging Slash procs.

This weapon can be sold for 7,500File:Credits64.png‍ **7,500**.

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The Dread cannot be purchased separately, but it is included in the What Stalker? bundle. Its blueprint can be dropped by the Stalker (Shadow) upon death or when he is forced to flee.

## Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  damage.

**Advantages:**

* High  damage – effective against health.
	+ Only bow in the game that primarily focuses on  damage.
* Tied with Lenz for the highest critical chance of all weapons and all bows.
	+ Can achieve orange critical hits with a rank 4 {{#vardefine:Name|Point Strike}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found.
* High status chance.
* Silent.
* Charged shots have innate 2.5 meter Punch Through.
* Pinpoint accuracy when aiming down sights.
* On kill, bodies will follow the arrow that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
* Can use the bow-exclusive {{#vardefine:Name|Thunderbolt}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found mod.

**Disadvantages:**

* Low  and  damage – less effective against shields and armor.
* Arrows have a travel time with slight arcing.
* Draws from the rare sniper ammo pool.

## Weapon Loadouts

* See Category:Conclave:Dread Build to see how players mod this weapon.
* See Category:Conclave:Dread Guides for guides on how to use this weapon effectively.
* For more general help with weapons, you may wish to browse Category:Weapon Guides.

## Notes

* All "charge weapons" (guns) are capable of holding their charge during a sprint. As long as the user starts the charge, they are able to finish the charge while they are still sprinting. This allows more mobility for the user.  An example of this is charging the weapon from behind cover, then running into a room firing the bow as soon as an enemy is sighted.
	+ Using elevators and opening co-op doors does not cancel the charge, however hacking consoles and opening lockers will.
	+ Sliding when you are about to hit the ground (from any height) is very useful for keeping your charge instead of losing it by rolling.
	+ While wall running will not cancel the charge, edge grabbing will.
* A maxed out {{#vardefine:Name|Point Strike}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found increases the Dread's critical chance to 125%, guaranteeing normal criticals and as of {{#vardefine:Update|Update 13.5 }}{{#var:Update}}, a 25% chance to proc Orange criticals, approximately doubling the critical damage.
* In Conclave, Dread will apply a 2-second  proc to the target, each damage tick dealing 3 damage.

## Tips

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	+ The weapon's high status chance allows  procs via {{#vardefine:Name|Rime Rounds}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found and {{#vardefine:Name|Malignant Force}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found to further compliment the  procs.
* Fire rate increases charge rate, so {{#vardefine:Name|Speed Trigger}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found helps immensely. Alternatives are {{#vardefine:Name|Shred}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found or {{#vardefine:Name|Vile Acceleration}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found, and they all will allow you to charge your bow rapidly.
* Dread can stagger Ancients on every hit, even with uncharged shots,this is quite helpful on long Infested/Void missions, where high level Ancients become a challenge to deal with.
* {{#vardefine:Name|Thunderbolt}}{{M}} "{{#var:Name}}" not found and Multishot  can add a devastating (albeit weaker against higher level enemies) AoE effect for fighting multiple targets.

## Trivia

* The Dread is unique in that its 'string' glows. Light runs along the string towards the draw point.
	+ This light glows reddish when it is drawn.
* Unlike the other bows, the Dread, utilising primarily  damage, uses arrows with a curved blade for a tip, as opposed to the pointed head of -based Paris (Prime), or the blunted mace-like head of the -based Cernos (Prime).
	+ When drawing the bow, the arrow's blade rotates from a horizontal to a vertical position, meaning that fully charged shots are fired with their blades vertically. This clashes with the Codex description, which describes decapitating arrows, also a horizontal blade is better suited to decapitation.
* The Dread has a cylindrical object installed near the grip. While its purpose is unknown; it is possibly a laser sight, rangefinder, or other form of optical assist.
* Despite the Dread being referred to as the *Stalker's* calling card, it is strangely available for purchase with Darvo's  rotationing stock. It is never explained where he obtained this stock of the Stalker's weapons, or where the Dread, Despair and Hate are produced.
* When the Dread is being made in the Foundry, it has a chance to show the Mire as the floating silhouette that appears upon approaching the Foundry in the Orbiter.

## Media

* Dread visual.jpgDread in the Codex.
* Dreadmenu.jpgBanshee w/ white Dread
* Dread1.png
* Warframe image (Dread).pngColour Customization of Dread
* Dread3.pngDefault Colour
* Warframe 2013-10-14 20-32-23-74.png
* Image3393939:.jpg700k red CRIT with dread. Not invisible. No forma.
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## Patch History

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 22.12 }}{{#var:Update}}
* Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 5
* Charge speed increased from 1 to 0.5 secs

{{#vardefine:Update|Update 8.0 }}{{#var:Update}}

* Introduced
*Last update: {{#vardefine:Update|Hotfix 22.16.3 }}{{#var:Update}}*
## See also

* Stalker, the assassin that uses this weapon.
* Hunhow's Gift, a pack of items used by the Shadow Stalker.

* Secondary
* Melee
* Archwing
* Research
* Prime
* Sentinel

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