“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Ankyros 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.
The Ankyros Prime is the Prime version of 
Ankyros fists, acting as a direct upgrade. It was released alongside 
Rhino Prime and 
Boltor Prime.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Impact damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Fracturing Wind and Quaking Hand (Conclave only) stance.
- Two innate polarities.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High crit chance (28.00%)
- Very high attack speed (1.25x animation speed)
- Very high disposition (●●●●● (1.45x))
- High crit multiplier (2.40x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low total damage (128)
- Very low attack range (1.25 m)
- Low status chance (16.00%)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Ankyros Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Ankyros (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (128.00 vs. 90.00)
- Higher total damage (128 vs. 90)
- Higher base critical chance (28.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.00x)
- Higher base status chance (16.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher attack speed (1.25x animation speed vs. 1.17x animation speed)
- Different Stance Polarity ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (8 vs. 2)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.45x) vs. ●●●●● (1.50x))
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Blade |  Blueprint
|
Gauntlet |
|---|---|---|
 Axi R1 Uncommon (V) Axi S3 Uncommon (V) Neo G6 Uncommon (V)
|
 Lith B1 Common (V) Lith B4 Common (V) Lith E1 Common (V)
|
 Meso M1 Common (V) Meso S14 Common (V) Neo R1 Common (V)
|
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 2 |
 2 |
 Orokin Cell10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Vaultings[]
- On February 9th, 2016, it was announced that Ankyros Prime, alongside Rhino Prime and Boltor Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on February 16th, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
- Ankyros Prime, alongside Rhino Prime, Boltor Prime, Mag Prime, Boar Prime, and Dakra Prime, were unvaulted on June 27, 2017 to August 1, 2017.
- Ankyros Prime, along with Rhino Prime, Boltor Prime, Nyx Prime, Hikou Prime, and Scindo Prime, was once again unvaulted on July 24, 2018 to September 25, 2018.
- The same line-up resurfaced from July 16th, 2019 to September 3rd, 2019.
Trivia[]
- Ankyros Prime is the first Gauntlet melee weapon to be primed.
- Compared to previous Prime weapons, the Ankyros and the Ankyros Prime have a much closer resemblance to each other – their model geometry is nearly identical.
Media[]
Ankyros Prime Polarities.
The Ankyros Prime
A Hunt in Warframe Nightmare hunt for Vay Hek with Ankyros Prime
Warframe Melee 2.0 Let's Build Ankyros Prime - Fracturing Wind Stance
Warframe Ankyros Prime
Warframe Ankyros Prime Pro Builds Update 14.10.2.1
Ankyros Prime Skins
Ringers Skin
Seasonal
Seasonal
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 8.
- Damage increased from 38 to 128.
- Range increased from 0.5 to 1.25.
- Status Chance increased from 15% to 16%.
- Critical Chance increased from 20% to 28%.
- Critical Damage increased from 2x to 2.4x.
- Slam Attack increased from 76 to 384.
- Slide Attack increased from 114 to 384.
- Parry Angle set to 50.
- Follow Through increased from 0.5 to 0.9.
Update 12.4 (2014-03-05)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
