Infused with rare Orokin alloys, the Bronco Prime is a highly efficient weapon. Trading an increased clip size and damage for a lower rate of fire. The Bronco Prime is the Primed variant of the shotgun sidearm  Bronco, featuring a higher base damage and magazine size at the cost of a lower fire rate and reload speed. The Bronco Prime was added into the game in Update 9.0 (2013-07-13). This weapon can be sold for  5,000; it is also a requisite ingredient for  Akbronco Prime (x2). Characteristics[] This weapon deals primarily  Impact damage. Can use the Bronco-exclusive  Dizzying Rounds mod. Advantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons): Disadvantages over other Secondary weapons (excluding modular weapons): Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 74% from 9m to 18m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed). Wide pellet spread cone makes the weapon ineffective beyond short range. Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1) Very low crit chance (6.00%) Very low maximum falloff distance (18.0 m) Low reload speed (2.00 s) Very low magazine (4) Below average status chance (12.86%) Incarnon Form (wiki attack index 2) Low reload speed (2.00 s) Low magazine (4) See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details. Comparisons: Acquisition[] Crafting[] Manufacturing Requirements📝 Edit blueprint requirements 15,000 1 1  Orokin Cell10 Time: 12 Hour(s) Rush: 50  Market Price: N/A  Blueprints Price:N/A Notes[] Incarnon Genesis[] Upon completion of The Duviri Paradox and Angels of the Zariman, and unlocking The Steel Path, players can earn  Bronco Incarnon Genesis from The Circuit's Steel Path to place on their Bronco with the help of Cavalero in the Chrysalith. This Incarnon Genesis form grants it evolutions to a transformation and newfound strength. Evolution[] Evolution I[] Weakpoint hits charge Incarnon Transmutation; Alt Fire transmutes. Switching back will expend any remaining charge. Increase Range and Ricochet. Incarnon Form has much higher Critical Chance, Critical Multiplier, and Status Chance, and longer Damage Falloff ranges, at the expense of reduced base damage and Fire Rate. Individual pellets now ricochet once to nearby enemies within 8 meters of the main target. Modding for Punch Through and hitting multiple targets will create successive ricochets.  Void Status Effect prevents ricochets from occurring. Mode switching is not instantaneous and has an animation equal to the weapon's reload speed. Incarnon Form is activated by filling the Incarnon Transmutation gauge that appears under the reticule by achieving weakpoints and then pressing the Alternate Fire button. 40 weakpoints will completely fill the gauge. A full gauge is not required to activate Incarnon Form. Instead of drawing ammunition from its reserves, the Bronco's Incarnon Form uses a separate "magazine" with each charge producing 0.5 rounds to a maximum of 20 rounds. Once all ammunition is expended, the Bronco reverts to its normal form. Incarnon Form's magazine is not affected by mods. Incarnon Form is not affected by Ammo Efficiency (such as  Energized Munitions). Charges and Incarnon Form persists through all activities, such as holstering, bleedout, or being disarmed. However, charges and Incarnon Form are removed upon death. Swapping to and from Incarnon Form will fully reload the normal form's magazine. Evolution II[] Unlock Challenge: Complete a solo mission with the Bronco equipped. Perk 1: Speeding Bullet: Increase Damage by +36 (Bronco) / +30 (Prime). With Sprint Speed 1.2 or Higher: +60% Projectile Speed. The projectile speed bonus stacks additively with projectile speed mods such as  Lethal Momentum. Perk 2: Infused Shots: Increase Damage by +20 (Bronco) / +16 (Prime). On 50 Energy Spent: Increase Damage by +10 (Bronco) / +9 (Prime) for 10s. Stacks up to 4x. Evolution III[] Unlock Challenge: Kill 100 enemies with this weapon's Incarnon Form. Perk 1: Kinetic Battle: -50% Weapon Recoil. Perk 2: Practised Grip: Increase Accuracy by +30%. Perk 3: Extended Volley: Increase Magazine Capacity by +2. Evolution IV[] Unlock Challenge: Kill 10 enemies within 8 seconds 6 times. Perk 1: Enough for Everyone: +80% Ammo efficiency when 6 enemies are within 6m. Perk 2: Commodore's Fortune: Increase Critical Chance by +20%. Perk 3: Rain of Lead: +2 Multishot. Trivia[] The Bronco Prime has a non-static model, the barrel section rotates clockwise when fired and whilst reloading. The Bronco Prime's gold parts can be recolored as of Update 15.13 (2015-02-05). Media[] Warframe - All Prime Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)Warframe - All Prime Weapon Reloads in 1 minute (2013 - 2019) Patch History[] Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15) Fixed the Bronco Prime not leaving bullet holes in the environment. Update 32.0 (2022-09-07) Ammo Changes We understand the power fantasy of these weapons is very popular for some, so our first approach was to keep them powerful, but limit how often they can be used by making changes to ammo pick-up. Ammo Pickup Overrides The following weapons now have ammo pickup overrides, meaning they gain less from picking up ammo. This mostly applies to AoE weapons, in hopes that players will become more deliberate with their aim to make the most of their Ammo pools. The following lists the specific ammo pick up overrides per weapon category. Secondary Weapon Ammo Pick Up Overrides 20 Ammo per Pick Up: Bronco Prime Update 27.2 (2020-03-05) Greater than 100% Status having meaning: Shotguns have a unique Role here based on a very patch-work history with how they interact with Status Chance. A Shotgun that shoots 99% Status Chance would give you 35% (roughly) status per pellet. 100% Status Gives you 100% Status per pellet. This huge jump in performance happens with just a 1% gain - why? Well, to answer that we have to look at our choice to make what the UI conveys reality. It would feel broken to shoot a Shotgun with 100% Status and not see a perfect spread of Effects. In reality, to make Status consistent we have to treat Shotguns as a special case. Shotguns as a special case means we have buffed the Status Chance of all Shotguns by x3 or greater. The UI now behaves to show the reality that you are determining Status Chance per pellet. (Undocumented) Status chance per projectile increased from 4.2857142857143% to 12.857142857143%. Update 22.12 (2018-02-09) Mastery Rank increased from 3 to 4. Critical chance increased from 2.5% to 6%. Hotfix 21.3.2 (2017-08-04) Increased Bronco Prime Status Chance to 30% to match AkBronco Prime. Hotfix 21.0.2 (2017-06-29) Fixed Bronco Prime and Akbronco Prime having switched Mastery Ranks. Update 21.0 (2017-06-29) Damage increased from 20 to 50. Damage fall off added starting from 9m and ending at 18 with a minimum damage of 13. Status Chance increased from 17.5% to 22%. Increased Crit Multiplier from 1.5 to 2. Mastery Rank 3 required. Hotfix 15.0.8 (2014-10-29) Fixed a missing drop icon for the Bronco Prime. Update 9.0 (2013-07-13) Introduced. 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