“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Spira 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.
“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Spira 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 Spira Prime is the Prime variant of the 
Spira throwing daggers, featuring an increase in fire rate and reload speed in exchange for reduced damage.
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 15,000 |
 2 |
 2 |
 8 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  50
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Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- High Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against health.
- Silent - will not be present on opponent's minimap.
- Very fast reload speed.
- On kill, bodies will follow the knife that killed them, damaging anyone in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
Disadvantages:
- Low Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage - less effective against shields.
- Projectiles have travel time and travel in an arc, making it hard to hit at longer ranges.
- Although listed as 100% accurate, the Spira Prime has a random spread with every throw, making long range targets more difficult to hit.
- Slow fire rate.
Comparisons:
Spira Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Spira (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage per projectile (82.80 vs. 88.60)
- Lower total damage (82.8 vs. 88.6)
- Lower average damage per tap (82.8 vs. 88.6)
- Higher burst DPS (275.72 vs. 221.5)
- Higher sustained DPS (225.63 vs. 177.2)
- Higher fire rate (3.330 attacks/sec vs. 2.500 attacks/sec)
- Larger magazine (12 vs. 10)
- More shots per magazine (12 vs. 10)
- Larger max ammo capacity (24 vs. 20)
- Faster reload time (0.80 s vs. 1.00 s)
- Greater projectile speed (75.0 m/s vs. 70.0 m/s)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (10 vs. 8)
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Trivia
- The Spira Prime was originally released in July 2015 on the Chinese build of Warframe, along with Excalibur Umbra Prime and Nikana Prime.
- The Spira Prime was unintentionally leaked in the Codex following Hotfix 18.4.7 (2016-02-04).
- The drill tip on the Spira Prime spins, making it the only throwing knife secondary with a non-static animated model.
- "Spira" is the Latin word for "spiral" or "coil". The weapon is named this way due to its spinning tips.
Media
Warframe Spira Prime Codex preview and animation
Warframe Test Drive Spira Prime 5 Forma
Warframe Spira Prime, Getting Drilled - 5 Forma thequickdraw
Spira Prime Skins
Vaultings
- On December 6th, 2017, it was announced that Spira Prime would enter the Prime Vault and its relics retired from the drop tables on December 12th, 2017, along with Saryn Prime and Nikana Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
Patch History
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 3 to 10
- Damage increased from 47 to 60
- Status chance increased from 10% to 14%
- Critical damage increased from 2.5x to 3x
Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16)
- Introduced
