Critical damage scaling can push pistols much further, especially when higher multipliers turn already strong crits into noticeably heavier hits during sustained combat situations.
Hollow Point increases critical damage while reducing base damage, shifting the focus toward stronger crit bursts instead of consistent non-critical output.
This makes it more relevant for builds that already rely on high critical chance, where boosting multiplier has a bigger impact than simply stacking more base damage.
How To Get Hollow Point?
Hollow Point is obtained through Orokin Vault runs on Deimos, where Dragon Keys are required to unlock hidden vault rooms during mission runs.
Each vault rewards a single corrupted mod from a shared drop pool, meaning every run gives a random result without any guaranteed outcome.
Because there is no vendor or fixed source available, farming requires repeated vault runs until the mod eventually appears.
Hollow Point Effects
Hollow Point increases critical damage significantly, boosting how much damage each critical hit deals when it triggers during combat encounters.
This benefits builds with high critical chance, where stronger multipliers can noticeably increase total damage output across repeated critical hits over time.
The base damage reduction lowers non-critical hits, making overall performance more dependent on how consistently critical hits are triggered during fights.
This tradeoff becomes less noticeable when paired with strong damage mods, where the penalty is reduced and crit scaling becomes more impactful overall.
It works best on pistols that consistently land critical hits, where improving multiplier leads to better performance despite the drawback.
Hollow Point Stats
Rank | Critical Multiplier | Damage | Capacity |
0 | +10% | -2.5% | 4 |
| 1 | +20% | -5% | 5 |
2 | +30% | -7.5% | 6 |
3 | +40% | -10% | 7 |
| 4 | +50% | -12.5% | 8 |
5 | +60% | -15% | 9 |
Verdict
Hollow Point is best used in pistol builds that already have strong critical chance and rely on crit scaling as their main damage source.
It fits setups where boosting critical damage provides more value than increasing base damage, especially in repeated hit scenarios where crits occur often.
The penalty is manageable in optimized builds, making it a solid option when stronger critical hits outweigh weaker non-critical damage.
