Boltor Prime

Boltor Prime has returned from the Prime Vault until September 20th, 2018.

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Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”

Boltor 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.

Boltor Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
📝 Update Infobox Data
General Information
Type	Rifle
Mastery Rank Requirement	13
Max Rank	30
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Auto
Utility
Accuracy	50
Ammo Max	540
Ammo Pickup	80
Ammo Type	Primary
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.20x)
Fire Rate	10.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	60
Reload Time	2.40 s
Projectile Speed	120.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Normal Attack
4.6 ( 10%)
41.4 ( 90%)
Total Damage	46 (90.00%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	12.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.00x
Fire Rate	10.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (46.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Status Chance	34.00%
Projectile Speed	120.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Incarnon Form
2.4 ( 10%)
7.2 ( 30%)
14.4 ( 60%)
Total Damage	72 (60.00%  Slash)
Accuracy	10
Crit Chance	24.00%
Crit Multiplier	3.00x
Fire Rate	11.330 attacks/sec
Multishot	3 (24.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Spread	10.00° (8.00° min, 12.00° max)
Status Chance	20.00%
Projectile Speed	0.0 m/s
Projectile Type	Projectile
Trigger Type	Auto
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE, ASSAULT_AMMO
Riven Family	Boltor
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 12.4 (2014-03-05)
Polarities
Sell Price	7,500
Variants	Boltor  Boltor Prime  Telos Boltor
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
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CODEX

Fires Orokin designed bolts that are faster and sharper but with reduced range

The Boltor Prime is the Prime variant of the Boltor rifle, featuring higher damage, accuracy, critical chance, higher critical multiplier, status chance, faster fire rate, and slightly faster reload speed.

On February 9th, 2016, it was announced that Boltor Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on February 16, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.

Boltor Prime along with Ankyros Prime, Boar Prime, Dakra Prime, Mag Prime, and Rhino Prime were unvaulted on June 27, 2017 to August 1, 2017.

Boltor Prime along with Ankyros Prime, Hikou Prime, Scindo Prime, Nyx Prime, and Rhino Prime was once again unvaulted on July 24, 2018 to September 20, 2018.

This weapon can be sold for 7,500 Credits 7,500.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
15,000	1	1	1	10	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High base damage.
  • High damage – effective against armor.
• Highest status chance of all fully automatic rifles.
  • Can reach 100% status with  Thermite Rounds,  Rime Rounds,  High Voltage, and  Malignant Force.
• Decent critical chance.
• High rate of fire.
• Low recoil.
• High accuracy.
• On kill, bodies will follow the bolt that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Low and no damage – less effective against shields and health.
• Low reload speed.
• Projectiles have travel time with slight arcing.
• Inefficient ammo economy.

Comparisons: Comparisons:

•  Boltor Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Boltor (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (46.00 vs. 25.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 4.6 vs. 2.5)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 41.4 vs. 20)
    • Lower  Slash damage ( 0 vs. 2.5)
  • Higher total damage (46 vs. 25)
  • Higher base critical chance (12.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 1.80x)
  • Higher base status chance (34.00% vs. 14.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (51.52 vs. 27)
  • Higher burst DPS (515.2 vs. 236.25)
  • Higher sustained DPS (368 vs. 171.29)
  • Higher fire rate (10.000 attacks/sec vs. 8.750 attacks/sec)
  • Faster reload time (2.40 s vs. 2.60 s)
  • More accurate (50 vs. 25)
  • Tighter first-shot spread (1.00° vs. 2.00°)
  • Tighter maximum spread (3.00° vs. 6.00°)
  • Greater projectile speed (120.0 m/s vs. 85.0 m/s)
  • More polarities ( vs. )
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 2)
  • Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.30x))

Comparisons:

•  Boltor Prime (Normal Attack), compared to  Telos Boltor (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (46.00 vs. 30.00)
    • Higher  Impact damage ( 4.6 vs. 3)
    • Higher  Puncture damage ( 41.4 vs. 27)
  • Higher total damage (46 vs. 30)
  • Lower base critical chance (12.00% vs. 30.00%)
  • Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.40x)
  • Higher base status chance (34.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (51.52 vs. 42.6)
  • Higher burst DPS (515.2 vs. 397.45)
  • Higher sustained DPS (368 vs. 318.27)
  • Higher fire rate (10.000 attacks/sec vs. 9.330 attacks/sec)
  • Smaller magazine (60 vs. 90)
  • More accurate (50 vs. 25)
  • Tighter first-shot spread (1.00° vs. 2.00°)
  • Tighter maximum spread (3.00° vs. 6.00°)
  • Greater projectile speed (120.0 m/s vs. 90.0 m/s)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (13 vs. 12)
  • No innate Truth effect

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Tips

• Since it has medium ammo economy, mods like  Rifle Ammo Mutation or  Ammo Drum can be used to gain extra ammo if needed, or alternatively, a Team Ammo Restore can be used.
• The Boltor Prime has a knockback effect on kill that can be used instead of Punch Through to save an additional mod slot.
  • The knockback works with Punch Through mods, making a Boltor Prime with  Shred or  Metal Auger devastating when fired against lines of enemies as it both punches through them and knocks any killed enemies back into the line.

Notes

• Up until Hotfix 12.4.3 (2014-03-10), Rifle Ammo Mutation did not work for this gun.
• The lack of damage means that the mods  Sawtooth Clip and  Fanged Fusillade will have no effect on this weapon.
• The innate polarity matches  Primed Cryo Rounds.
• Due to its above average status chance, users will often use  Rime Rounds instead of Cryo Rounds to make or damage, which requires a polarity.
• A status build proves to be effective after the recent Mega-Buff update, in which the Boltor Prime received a big status buff.

Trivia

• Boltor Prime is the sixth primed Primary weapon ever released.
• Compared to previous Prime weapons, the Boltor and the Boltor Prime have a much closer resemblance to each other.
  • A possible explanation is the manufacturing faction. The Boltor is a Tenno produced weapon, like, for example, the Braton.
• The Boltor Prime's gold parts can be recolored as of Update 15.13 (2015-02-05).

Media

• Boltor Prime in Codex.
• Boltor Prime's Original Colors
• Color customization. Tint 4 seems to have no effect.
• Boltor Prime
• Boltor Prime
• Boltor Prime
• Polarity
• Boltor Prime
• Rhino with Boltor Prime
• Bolter Prime / Excalibur Immortal Skin / Excalibur Mordred Helmet / UDYAT Syandana / RIV ELITE-GUARD set.

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Boltor Prime Skins

Edit

Bravura

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Forest-Camo

Obsidian
PlayStation™ Exclusive

Oscira

Soaktron

Patch History

Update 22.16 (2018-03-15)

• Status chance increased from 32% to 34%.

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 2 to 13
• Status chance increased from 10% to 32%
• Critical chance increased from 5% to 12%
• Damage decreased from 55 to 46

Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

• Conclave Magazine Size reduced from 60 to 36 for the Boltor Prime.

Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)

• Fixed Boltor (series) projectiles absorbing/preventing melee damage for a short time.
• Fixed projectile weapons (i.e. Boltor) with Punch Through not going through allies.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• Fixed crash when you destroy a Blunt with projectiles stuck to it. (eg shoot it with Boltor)

Hotfix 18.6.2 (2016-03-22)

• Conclave damage has been reduced for the Boltor Prime.

Update 17.9 (2015-10-28)

• Day of the Dead skin added.

Update 17.4 (2015-09-09)

• Fixed missing weapon trails from projectiles created by the Boltor Prime.

Update 16.5 (2015-05-12)

• Available for use in Conclave.

Hotfix 16.2.1 (2015-04-06)

• Fixed Latron Prime Blueprint dropping from Reinforced Orokin Loot Crates instead of Boltor Prime Blueprint.

Hotfix 15.13.1 (2015-02-05)

• Fixed Boltor Prime's material colors not displaying properly.

Update 15.13 (2015-02-05)

• Received the PBR treatment.

Hotfix 14.2.4 (2014-08-23)

• Increased conclave ratings.

Hotfix 12.4.4 (2014-03-10)

• Fixed Rifle Ammo Mutation mod not being compatible with Boltor Prime.

Hotfix 12.4.1 (2014-03-06)

• Disabled skins on Boltor Prime.

Update 12.4 (2014-03-05)

• Introduced.

See also

• Boltor, the original counterpart of this gun.
• Telos Boltor, the Arbiters of Hexis custom version.
• Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.