The Boar Prime is the Prime version of the 
Boar, featuring higher damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, status chance, and fire rate. It was released alongside 
Mag Prime and 
Dakra Prime.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily 
Impact damage.
Advantages:
- High
Impact damage – effective against shields. - High fire rate.
- High magazine size.
- Good critical chance.
- Very high overall status chance.
- Innate multishot of 8 pellets.
- Wide spread is ideal for crowd control.
Disadvantages:
- Low Puncture damage and Slash damage – less effective against armor and health.
- Has linear damage falloff from 100% to 30% from 18m to 25m target distance (distances are affected by Projectile Speed).
- Very slow reload speed.
- Ammo inefficient.
- Strong recoil, although manageable.
Comparisons:
- Boar Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Boar (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage per projectile (40 vs. 22)
- Higher total damage (320 vs. 176)
- Higher base critical chance (15.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.0x vs. 1.5x)
- Higher base status chance (11.25% vs. 7.50%)
- Higher average damage per tap (368 vs. 184.8)
- Higher burst DPS (1718.56 vs. 770.61)
- Higher sustained DPS (2326.07 vs. 1177.14)
- Farther starting damage falloff distance (18.0m vs. 15.0m)
- Greater max damage reduction at ending falloff distance (70.00% vs. 50.00%)
- Higher fire rate (4.67 vs. 4.17)
- Slower reload time (2.75 vs. 2.7)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (11 vs. 2)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.34x) vs. ●●●●● (1.45x))
Acquisition[]
 Blueprint
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 Barrel
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 Receiver
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 Stock
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 Neo B3 Common (V) Neo D1 Common (V) Neo N9 Common (V)
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 Axi V2 Uncommon (V) Lith M2 Uncommon (V) Meso M1 Uncommon (V)
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Axi R1 Common (V) Axi S4 Common (V) Lith M1 Common (V)
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Lith B1 Rare (V) Meso B1 Rare (V) Meso B3 Rare (V)
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| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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 15,000 |
1 |
1 |
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 June 29, 2015, it was announced that the Boar Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on July 7, 2015. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons would remain as is.
- Boar Prime, along with Mag Prime and Dakra Prime, was again accessible from June 28th 2016 to July 26th, 2016 when the Prime Vault was unsealed.
- Boar Prime, Dakra Prime, Mag Prime, Rhino Prime, Ankyros Prime, and Boltor Prime vaults were unsealed on June 27th, 2017 to August 1st, 2017.
- Boar Prime, along with Mag Prime, Nova Prime, Soma Prime, Dakra Prime, and Vasto Prime, were unvaulted from November 13, 2018 to January 29, 2019.
Notes[]
- The original counterpart, the Boar, was removed from the market in Update 10.4 (2013-10-16), making the Boar Prime the first prime weapon to phase out its predecessor.
- The Boar was added back into circulation in Update 17.7 (2015-10-14), several updates after the Boar Prime was removed from Void drop tables.
Tips[]
- Using the Shotgun Scavenger aura, Ammo Case, Squad Ammo Restore, and/or the Shotgun Ammo Mutation mod is highly recommended due to the weapon's high fire rate. It tends to use up ammo quickly, especially when equipped with fire rate mods. Also, using Carrier's Ammo Case can assist with retaining and regaining ammo.
Trivia[]
- It was released in Update 10.0 (2013-09-13), along with the Mag Prime and Dakra Prime.
- Its central drum section rotates when firing (not that obvious as it is quite fast) and reloading, making it a non-static model.
- The Boar Prime, along with the Dakra Prime, is specifically mentioned as being a Tenno creation, unlike other Prime items said to be created by the Orokin.
- Prior to an unknown update, Boar Prime's codex description incorrectly stated that it gained an increased magazine size and fire rate at the cost of damage in comparison to regular Boar. This was because the codex description was not updated to reflect the major shotgun buffs in Update 17.
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- Greater than 100% Status having meaning
Shotguns have a unique Role here based on a very patch-work history with how they interact with Status Chance. A Shotgun that shoots 99% Status Chance would give you 35% (roughly) status per pellet. 100% Status Gives you 100% Status per pellet. This huge jump in performance happens with just a 1% gain - why? Well, to answer that we have to look at our choice to make what the UI conveys reality. It would feel broken to shoot a Shotgun with 100% Status and not see a perfect spread of Effects. In reality, to make Status consistent we have to treat Shotguns as a special case.
Shotguns as a special case means we have buffed the Status Chance of all Shotguns by x3 or greater. The UI now behaves to show the reality that you are determining Status Chance per pellet.
- (Undocumented) Status chance per projectile increased from 3.75% to 11.25%.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 2 to 11.
- Damage increased from 23 to 40 (per pellet).
Hotfix 20.7.4 (2017-06-27)
- Relics were unvaulted for a limited time.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 13 (2016-07-26)
- Boar Prime returned to the vault.
Hotfix: Lunaro 7 (2016-06-29)
- Fixed incorrect Prime item drop values in T4 Mobile Defense and Survival. The return of Mag Prime, Dakra Prime, and Boar Prime skewed the drop tables accidentally, and for that we apologize.
Hotfix: Lunaro 6 (2016-06-28)
- Added to the Void for a limited time.
Hotfix 18.4.7 (2016-02-04)
- Increased the damage of the Boar series in Conclave.
- Increased the ammo pool of the Boar series in Conclave.
Hotfix 16.11.2 (2015-07-08)
- Fixed the Boar Prime appearing in ultra rare Loot Crates. It has been replaced with the Scindo Prime Blueprint.
Hotfix 14.8.1 (2014-09-25)
- Fixed an issue where having a status chance greater than 100% on the Boar Prime would cause the UI to display “0”.
Hotfix 12.0.2 (2014-02-06)
- Tweaks to Boar Prime sounds.
Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)
- You can now search Orokin Derelict Defenses for the Boar Prime Receiver!
Hotfix 11.0.4 (2013-11-22)
- Boar Prime proc chance lowered.
Update 10.5 (2013-10-23)
- Boar Prime energy color is now tint-able.
Update 10.2 (2013-09-27)
- After greasing the gears of the Boar Prime it now moves when firing and reloading.
See Also[]
- Boar, the original counterpart of this shotgun.
- Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.
