Venom

Venom
Blueprint Rarity	Rare
Item Rarity	Rare
Type	Shotgun
Firing Mode	Semi-automatic
Special	Fires cluster grenades when charged
Mod Restrictions	No receiver
Blueprint Source	Milky Way
Research Data	125 + 15 per tier
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Development Materials	Omni-Gel Canister; Beryllium; Cadmium; Vanadium
Augmentation Slots	3

The Venom is a shotgun.

Description[ | ]

This powerful semi-automatic shotgun fires explosive rounds and—after a short charging period—unleashes clusters of microgrenades that rebound off obstacles. The salarian Special Tasks Group designed the Venom for missions into hostile territory and extraction operations.

Upgrades[ | ]

Name	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
Venom I	233	80	5	25	25	45
Venom II	248	80	5	26	27	43
Venom III	263	80	5	26	28	40
Venom IV	278	80	5	27	29	38
Venom V	293	80	5	28	29	35
Venom VI	309	80	5	28	30	33
Venom VII	324	80	5	29	30	30
Venom VIII	339	80	5	30	31	28
Venom IX	354	80	5	30	31	25
Venom X	369	80	5	31	31	23

Multiplayer Upgrades[ | ]

Venom Multiplayer[ | ]

Rank	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
I	352	80	5	25	25	45
II	360	80	5	26	27	43
III	368	80	5	26	28	40
IV	375	80	5	27	29	38
V	383	80	5	28	29	35
VI	391	80	5	28	30	33
VII	399	80	5	29	30	30
VIII	407	80	5	30	31	28
IX	415	80	5	30	31	25
X	422	80	5	31	31	23

Venom Bulwark[ | ]

Rank	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight	Damage Resistance Near One Ally	Damage Resistance Near Two Allies	Damage Resistance Near Three Allies
I	422	80	5	31	31	23	15	22	30
II	422	80	5	31	31	23	16	24	32
III	422	80	5	31	31	23	17	25	34
IV	422	80	5	31	31	23	18	27	36
V	422	80	5	31	31	23	19	29	38
VI	422	80	5	31	31	23	20	30	41
VII	422	80	5	31	31	23	21	32	43
VIII	422	80	5	31	31	23	22	34	45
IX	422	80	5	31	31	23	23	35	47
X	422	80	5	31	31	23	25	37	50

Venom Concussive[ | ]

Due to the mechanics of the Venom, the Concussive variant isn't available.

Venom Siphon[ | ]

Rank	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight	% Damage Returned As Health	% Heal Bonus Per Kill	Kill Streak Duration (seconds)	Maximum Kill Bonuses
I	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.00	4.50	7	3
II	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.08	4.50	7	3
III	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.16	4.50	7	3
IV	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.25	4.50	7	3
V	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.33	4.50	7	3
VI	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.41	4.50	7	3
VII	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.50	4.50	7	3
VIII	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.58	4.50	7	3
IX	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.66	4.50	7	3
X	422	80	5	31	31	23	3.75	4.50	7	3

Notes[ | ]

The Venom can be purchased from the following merchants:

Merchant - New Tuchanka, Elaaden

The singleplayer stats shown on this page are baseline: Initiative I armor, no skill points assigned, no profile active.

The following augmentations cannot be applied to the Venom during development:

It is advised not to apply the Electrical Conduits augmentation to the Venom due to an automatic firing problem. (See here for details.)

As the Venom already has an inherent feature that causes the projectiles to bounce before exploding, do not apply the Ricochet System augmentation to this weapon during development. This only wastes an augmentation slot.

The Venom will not function correctly with the Beam Emitter augmentation. Instead of a constant beam like all other weapons using this augmentation, the weapon shoots what appears to be a projectile.

Because there are only four shotgun mods in singleplayer, and the Venom cannot use a receiver mod, adding a Double Mod Extension is a waste of an augmentation slot.

The singleplayer uncrafted Venom will always drop a random augmentation on deconstruction. (See Augmentation Drops for odds of recovery).

The multiplayer stats shown are accurate as of Multiplayer Update - November 7, 2018.

All multiplayer specialized variant weapons are separate weapons compared to the Rare version.

Due to the different versions of the Venom in multiplayer, it is possible to equip multiple versions at the same time in the Loadout screen.

Challenges[ | ]

The Venom is the focus of the following challenges:

Venom Use