“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 at this time and are no longer farmable. Vaulted Void Relics in player inventories are not affected and can still be opened.
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 (attack: Normal), compared to MK1-Bo (attack: Normal):
- Higher base damage (176 vs. 90)
- Higher critical chance (24% vs. 10%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 2x)
- Higher status chance (32% vs. 10%)
- Lower disposition (1.35 vs. 1.4)
- Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 1)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 0)
- Bo Prime (attack: Normal), compared to Bo (attack: Normal):
- Higher base damage (176 vs. 140)
- Higher critical chance (24% vs. 12.5%)
- Higher critical multiplier (2.6x vs. 2x)
- Higher status chance (32% vs. 20%)
- Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 1)
- Different polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (5 vs. 4)
Acquisition
Bo Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.
| Blueprint |  Handle
|
 Ornament
|
|---|---|---|
| Lith G2 Common (V) Lith O2 Common (V) |
Neo F1 Uncommon (V) Neo V8 Uncommon (V) |
Axi L4 Common (V) Meso E1 Common (V) |
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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[]
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.
Update 13.7 (2014-06-11)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Bo, the original variant of this weapon.
