“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 gameplay at this time. 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.
Advantages:
- 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.
- Above average attack speed.
- Stance slot has polarity, matches Flailing Branch stance.
- Innate and polarities.
Disadvantages:
- Low Puncture and no Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
- Damage cannot be increased with Slash mods.
- Damage cannot be increased with
Comparisons:
- Bo Prime (Normal Attack), compared to MK1-Bo (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (176 vs. 90)
- Higher total damage (176 vs. 90)
- Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 2.0x)
- Higher base status chance (32.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (243.58 vs. 99)
- Higher burst DPS (263.07 vs. 99)
- Higher sustained DPS (263.07 vs. 99)
- Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 1)
- 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 per projectile (176 vs. 140)
- Higher total damage (176 vs. 140)
- Higher base critical chance (24.00% vs. 12.50%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 2.0x)
- Higher base status chance (32.00% vs. 20.00%)
- Higher average damage per tap (243.58 vs. 157.5)
- Higher burst DPS (263.07 vs. 157.5)
- Higher sustained DPS (263.07 vs. 157.5)
- Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 1)
- More polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 4)
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
 Handle
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 Blueprint
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 Ornament
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|---|---|---|
 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 | |||||
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 15,000 |
2 |
1 |
 10 |
Time: 12 hrs | |
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.
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.
