How to get AX-52 in Warframe

Warframe:1999 It's where the warrior group Hex struggles to protect the city's innocent people while hordes of infected monsters and groups of chemical gun-wielding soldiers battle each other. And things get even more complicated when a wanderer arrives from the future.

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One of the new weapons introduced in this update is the AX-52, a modern rifle that looks closer to the real thing than any Warframe tool you normally have in your arsenal. Here's everything you need to know about it and how to get it.

What is AX-52?

Excalibur Umbra pointing to the AX-52 weapon in Warframe.

The AX-52 is one of the new weapons introduced in the 1999 update. This is the main weapon used by Arthur Nightingale and will be lent to you briefly during the main story quest. However, this weapon can be acquired permanently later.

This rifle has a high rate of fire, above average critical strike chance and critical damage, and deals pure piercing damage. It increases the critical strike chance of headshots by a whopping 400% when aimed, making it the perfect weapon for critical damage builds.

How to get AX-52

To get this weapon You must complete the Hex quest.Unlock all merchants in Höllvania Central Mall. once you When you reach Syndicate Rank 4 (Hot&Fresh), Amir will sell you weapon blueprints. Once acquired, Since you will need to build the AX-52 itself, you will need to invest in the following materials:

blueprint	ingredient	credit cost	build time
AX-52	Techrot Motherboard x5 Techrot Chitin x25 Eperbon Sample x60 Holvania Peach Knot Piece x60	25,000	12 hours 25 Platinum until Rush

AX-52 was previously obtainable as a Twitch Drop at Tennocon 2024, but that method is no longer available.

Best AX-52 Builds

Taking into account the weapon's passive Critical Chance bonus for aimed headshots and its proficiency in both Critical Damage, Critical Chance, and Rate of Fire, we'll focus on building around these three values. To do this, we'll start with Galvanized Scope, Bladed Rounds, Critical Delay, Vital Sense, and Primed Shred, which are all mods that serve as the AX-52's strongest points.

Then add the Galvanized Chamber for some good multishot, and for the last two mods you can either combine the two basic mods of your choice (such as Cryo Rounds and Infected Clip) or use one of the faction-specific mods. Mods (e.g. Bane Of Grineer) and Hunter Munitions apply additional bleed damage per critical hit.

Arcane-wise, Primary Deadhead or Primary Merciless are your best bets, but the former only applies to direct headshot hits, so keep that in mind if you want a more consistent damage output or aren't confident in your aiming skills. , the latter would be better.

Mode/Arcane Name	effect
Vision: Basic Merciless	On kill: Damage increases by 30% for 4 seconds. Stacks up to 12 times. Increases reload speed by 30%.
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Arcane: Primary Deadhead	On precision headshot kill: Damage increases by 120% for 24 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times. Headshot multiplier +30%. -50% weapon recoil.
galvanizing range	+80% Multishot. On Kill: Increases Multishot by 30% for 20 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
galvanizing chamber	On kill: Multishot +30% for 20 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
vital sense	+120% Critical Damage
serious delay	+200% critical probability. -20% fire rate (x2 for bows).
hunter munitions	The chance of applying the bleeding condition during a critical hit increases by 30%.
blade round	On kill: Increases critical strike damage by 120% while aiming for 9 seconds.
Primed Shredded	+55% rate of fire (x2 for bows). +2.2 Punchthrough.