“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.
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 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 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[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Handle |  Blueprint
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Ornament |
|---|---|---|
 Neo F1 Uncommon (V) Neo V8 Uncommon (V)
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 Lith G2 Common (V) Lith O2 Common (V)
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 Axi L4 Common (V) Meso E1 Common (V)
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| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 2 |
 1 |
 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 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[]
This section is transcluded from Bo Incarnon Genesis § Evolutions. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.
- 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.
- Heavy Attack Efficiency set to 20%.
- 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.
- With Melee Weapon Equipped: +20% Movement Speed.
Evolution IV[]
Unlock Challenge: Kill 40 enemies with slide attacks.
- Perk 1: Flashing Bleed:
- 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 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
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 5 to 10.
- Damage increased from 70 to 176.
- Status Chance increased from 25% to 32%.
- Critical Chance increased from 12.5% to 24%.
- Critical Damage increased from 2x to 2.6x.
- Slam Attack increased from 150 to 528.
- Slide Attack increased from 161 to 176.
- Parry Angle set to 60.
- (Undocumented) Follow Through decreased from 0.7 to 0.5.
Update 13.7 (2014-06-11)
- Introduced.
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.
