MK1-Bo

The MK1-Bo is one of three starting Melee weapons available to new Tenno, which can be picked up during the Vor's Prize tutorial prologue.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000.

Characteristics
Advantages: Disadvantages:
 * One polarity slot.
 * Long range for a melee weapon.
 * Can hit multiple targets at once.
 * Majority of the damage is, effective against Shields.
 * Stance mod has polarity, matches Flailing Branch stance.
 * has a high base status chance of 20%.
 * Slower than the average weapon.
 * Jump attack has small radius and only stuns the target.
 * Deals only a small amount of and, making it less effective against Infested.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Trivia

 * The MK1-Bo was introduced as one of three starting Melee weapon options for new players, alongside the Skana and the Furax.
 * Bō (棒:ぼう) is the Japanese word for stick/rod/staff. Used for various forms and styles of martial arts around the world the staff is a highly versatile weapon. Its composition is usually made of hard wood though its weight could vary from light to heavy, flexible to rigid, and from simple shaft to decorated ornaments. A b ō staff is typically 6 feet long with other staves of various lengths possessing different names.
 * Prior to Update 11, it was used as an effective crowd control weapon due to its ability to stun enemies on normal attacks and ragdoll enemies on charge attacks. Update 11 erased all crowd control capability from the Bo.
 * Update 12 fixed this by introducing the knockdown effect to just the charge attacks.
 * Despite the blue energy depicted in the Bo's portrait the default energy color of the Bo is red.