“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”

Bo Prime is Vaulted.

The Void Relics for this item have been removed from the drop tables and do not drop during missions at this time. Check the current Prime Resurgence rotation to see if Varzia offers relics for this item. Vaulted Void Relics already contained in player inventories are not affected and can still be either opened or traded between players.

A classic Orokin weapon, Bo Prime creates elegant fury on the battlefield.

The Bo Prime is the Prime variant of the Bo staff, featuring higher damage, status chance, and attack speed. It was released alongside Loki Prime and Wyrm Prime.

Characteristics[]

This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
Stance slot has polarity, matches Flailing Branch stance.
Innate and polarities.

Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Second highest base damage of all staves, behind Broken Scepter.
Tied with Tipedo Prime for the highest critical chance of all staves.
Highest critical multiplier and status chance of all staves.
Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Above average crit chance (24.00%)
- Above average attack speed (1.08x animation speed)
- High attack range (3.00 m)
- High status chance (32.00%)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
- High crit multiplier (2.60x)

Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):

Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average total damage (176)

See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.

Comparisons:

Acquisition[]

Vaultings[]

On May 10th, 2016, it was announced that the Bo Prime, alongside Loki Prime and Wyrm Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on May 17, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
Bo Prime, alongside Loki Prime and Wyrm Prime, were unvaulted on April 30, 2019.

Notes[]

Incarnon Genesis[]

Evolution[]

Installing the Bo Incarnon Genesis requires 20 Pathos Clamps, 70 Dracroot, and 80 Kovnik.
When installed, the first Evolution tier is unlocked. The following Evolution tiers, their requirements for unlocking them, and their related perks, are shown below;

Evolution I[]

Reach 6x Combo and then Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form.
Incarnon form increases Range and Heavy Attack Efficiency.
- +100% Melee Damage
- +4 Range
- +50% Heavy Attack Efficiency
- +20% Sprint Speed
- +20% to Bullet Jump
Incarnon Form lasts for 180 seconds and persists until death.

Evolution II[]

Unlock Challenge: Complete a solo mission with this weapon equipped.

Perk 1: Stalwart Oak:
- Increase Damage by +110 (Bo) / +90 (MK1) / +34 (Prime).
- While Armor is greater than 450: +30 Parry Angle and +300% Combo Count Chance while Blocking.
Perk 2: Swordsman's Flourish:
- Increase Damage by +100 (Bo) / +85 (MK1) / +30 (Prime).
- With Melee Weapon Equipped: +100% Combo Count Chance.
  - Does not apply to quickswap melee. Requires manually equipping the melee, either by holding the weapon swap key (default F ) or going into a mission with only the melee weapon equipped.

Evolution III[]

Unlock Challenge: Active this weapon's Incarnon Form 6 times in a mission.

Perk 1: Orokin Reach:
Perk 2: Overhand:
- Heavy Attack Efficiency set to 20%.
  - This is additive with other sources of heavy attack efficiency, and is not an override.
Perk 3: Swordsman's Celerity:
- With Melee Weapon Equipped: +20% Movement Speed.
  - Does not apply to quickswap melee. Requires manually equipping the melee, either by holding the weapon swap key (default F ) or going into a mission with only the melee weapon equipped.

Evolution IV[]

Unlock Challenge: Kill 40 enemies with slide attacks.

Perk 1: Flashing Bleed:
- +40% chance of Bleed on Impact Status Effect
  - On enemies that are knocked down, Impact effects will not apply but the bleed still will.
Perk 2: Subtle Force:
- Increase Critical Chance by +12% (Bo) / +15% (MK1) / +6% (Prime).
- Increase Status Chance by +12% (Bo) / +15% (MK1) / +6% (Prime).
Perk 3: Absolute Dominion:
- Increase Status Chance by +34% (Bo) / +38% (MK1) / +30% (Prime).

Trivia[]

This was the first staff to have a primed variant.
The Bo Prime was first seen as an accidentally leaked Codex entry in Update 13.0 (2014-04-09), along with the Serro and the Venka, before any of the weapons were released.
Bo Prime's ornaments protract when in use.
The Bo Prime briefly appeared on the Market for 65 Platinum following Update 17.1 (2015-08-12). This error was quickly corrected with Hotfix 17.1.1 (2015-08-12).