Bo Prime

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

“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.

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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:

•  Bo Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  MK1-Bo (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (176.00 vs. 90.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 158.4 vs. 81)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 17.6 vs. 9)
  • Higher total damage (176 vs. 90)
  • Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 2.00x)
  • Higher base status chance (32.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
  • More polarities ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 0)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.40x))

•  Bo Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Bo (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage (176.00 vs. 140.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 158.4 vs. 126)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 17.6 vs. 14)
  • Higher total damage (176 vs. 140)
  • Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 12.50%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.60x vs. 2.00x)
  • Higher base status chance (32.00% vs. 20.00%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08x animation speed vs. 1.00x animation speed)
  • More polarities ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 0)

Acquisition[]

Bo Prime's Relic Drops

Handle	Blueprint	Ornament
Neo F1 Uncommon (V)  Neo V8 Uncommon (V)	Lith G2 Common (V)  Lith O2 Common (V)	Axi L4 Common (V)  Meso E1 Common (V)

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
15,000	2	1	Orokin Cell 10		Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

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[]

• Upon completion of The Duviri Paradox and Angels of the Zariman, and unlocking The Steel Path, players can earn  Bo Incarnon Genesis from The Circuit's Steel Path to place on their Bo with the help of Cavalero in the Chrysalith. This Incarnon Genesis form grants it evolutions to a transformation and newfound strength.

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;
  • Each challenge additionally grants 5,000 affinity to the weapon, affected by Affinity Boosters.

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:
  • +0.5 Range.
• 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  65 following Update 17.1 (2015-08-12). This error was quickly corrected with Hotfix 17.1.1 (2015-08-12).

Media[]

Bo Prime in Codex.

A Gay Guy Reviews Bo Prime, Double Ended Goodness

A look at Warframe Bo Prime

Warframe Bo Prime

Warframe Bo Prime Pro Builds Update 13.7.2

Warframe Melee 2.0 BO PRIME Build Guide

Bo Prime Skins

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Patch History[]

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See Also[]

•  Bo, the original variant of this weapon.
• Bo Incarnon Genesis, the Incarnon power-up for the Bo series.

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