Tek Claws

Rips through metal and armor when infused with Element and can chain hits to temporarily increase their speed and damage. Equipping this requires learning its Tekgram.

Item details

DLCs
Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2
Type
Weapon
Melee damage
10 / 49
Explosive damage
49
Rate of fire
3.4 RPS
DPS
166.6
Weight
5
Stack size
1
Durability
140
Added in
v306.41
Crafting XP
720
Crafting time
15
Unlocked upon defeating
  • Corrupted Master Controller
  • Vulcanithys (Beta, Alpha)
Crafted in
  • Tek Replicator
  • Exo-Mek
Required stations
  • Refining Forge

Crafting materials

  • Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule160
  • Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot180
  • Crystal or Primal Crystal184
  • Element or Red Element28
  • Black Pearl52
Compare batch sizes
Direct crafting costs for Tek Claws
Ingredient1 craft10 crafts100 crafts
Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule1601,60016,000
Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot1801,80018,000
Crystal or Primal Crystal1841,84018,400
Element or Red Element282802,800
Black Pearl525205,200

Base recipe costs. Combine recipes and calculate raw materials in the resource calculator.

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