Excalibur Prime

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Excalibur Prime
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Description
Excalibur Prime is the epitome of mobility and offense, and features the same abilities as Excalibur, but has unique mod polarities installed allowing for greater customization.
Passive
Excalibur Prime deals 10% increased damage and attacks 10% faster when wielding swords.
Abilities
1st Ability	Slash Dash
2nd Ability	Radial Blind
3rd Ability	Radial Javelin
4th Ability	Exalted Blade
General Information
Sex	Male
Mastery Rank	0
Max Rank	30
Health	270 (370 at Rank 30)
Shields	270 (370 at Rank 30)
Armor	315
Energy	175 (225 at Rank 30)
Starting Energy	100
Sprint Speed	1
Aura Polarity
Exilus Polarity	None
Polarities
Introduced	Update 5.0 (2012-12-18)
Themes	Swordsman
Progenitor Element	Electricity
Tactical Ability	Radial Blind
Sell Price	25,000
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

CODEX

The Sentients had won. They had turned our weapons, our technology, against us. The more advanced we became, the greater our losses. The war was over unless we found a new way. In our desperation we turned to the Void. The blinding night, the hellspace where our science and reason failed.

We took the twisted few that had returned from that place. We built a frame around them, a conduit of their affliction. Gave them the weapons of the old ways. Gun and blade. A new warrior, a new code was born. These rejects, these Tenno, became our saviors. Warrior-Gods cast in steel and fury striking our enemies in a way they could never comprehend. Excalibur was the first.

- Orokin 'Warframe' Archives

Excalibur Prime is the epitome of mobility and offense, and features the same abilities as Excalibur, but has unique mod polarities installed allowing for greater customization.

—In-game Description

Release Date: December 18th, 2012

Excalibur Prime is the Primed variant of  Excalibur, possessing higher armor and energy, as well as an additional polarity and a Aura polarity. Excalibur Prime is a Founders-exclusive Warframe released alongside  Lato Prime and  Skana Prime.

Acquisition

Excalibur Prime was only obtainable by upgrading a Warframe account to Founders status of Hunter or greater, which is no longer available. He came with his own Warframe slot and was already augmented with an Orokin Reactor.

The Founders' program closed on the 1st of November, 2013, as announced on the Warframe Forums. This closure is inclusive of pack upgrades.

Notes

• Excalibur Prime, compared to  Excalibur:
  • Higher Armor (315 vs. 240)
  • Higher Energy (175/225 vs. 100/150)
  • Different Polarities ( vs. )
  • Different Aura Polarity ( vs. None)
• Excalibur Prime, compared to  Excalibur Umbra:
  • Different Polarities ( vs. )
• As with any other Prime Warframe, moving close to the location of an Orokin Void Death Orb will restore a pulse of 250 Energy to nearby allies, even if that Death Orb is inactive, destroyed, or non-present. This effect can only occur once per orb.

Trivia

• Excalibur Prime is the first Prime Warframe in the game.
  • He is also the first Prime Warframe to come with two different polarities, as opposed to one. This was followed by  Ember Prime and  Loki Prime.
• There is a statue of Excalibur Prime inside the Orokin Vaults on Deimos, and one of the Lua Spy vaults.
  • Interestingly, at the start of Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) Excalibur Prime was given a short-lived full body skin called "Alabaster", which was explained by Digital Extremes as a test skin that was released by mistake. The skin's texture was similar to said Vault statues.
• Compared to the later prime Warframes, Excalibur Prime has the least cosmetic difference compared to his standard counterpart, with the only significant additions being the Void Key-shaped emblem on his helmet and golden blades along his forearms.
• When he was released, it was widely believed that Excalibur Prime had a slightly higher shield recharge rate compared to the non-prime variant.
  • While the existence of this feature can neither be confirmed, nor denied, Excalibur Prime currently does not possess this stat change.
• Much like how Update 14.0 (2014-07-18) gave the standard Excalibur an ethereal  Skana when using his abilities, Excalibur Prime uses an ethereal  Skana Prime with his abilities, which was also added in the same update.
• On the Chinese build of Warframe, Excalibur Umbra Prime serves as a stand-in for Excalibur Prime.

Media

The short-lived Alabaster Skin.

Excalibur Prime's updated Codex entry.

See also

• Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.