“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Guandao 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 Guandao Prime is the Primed version of the 
Guandao, acting as a direct upgrade. It was released alongside 
Nezha Prime and 
Zakti Prime.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage. - Stance slot has polarity, matching Shimmering Blight and Argent Scourge (Conclave only) stance.
- Innate two and one polarities.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Slightly increased combo duration of 6 seconds.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High crit chance (32.00%)
- Above average total damage (240)
- High attack range (3.00 m)
- High crit multiplier (2.40x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average status chance (20.00%)
- Very low disposition (●○○○○ (0.65x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
- Guandao Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Guandao (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (240.00 vs. 202.00)
- Higher total damage (240 vs. 202)
- Higher base critical chance (32.00% vs. 28.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (2.40x vs. 2.20x)
- Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 4.00%)
- Higher attack speed (1.00x animation speed vs. 0.83x animation speed)
- Higher Combo Duration (6.0 s vs. 5.0 s)
- More polarities ( vs. )
- Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 4)
- Lower disposition (●○○○○ (0.65x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.05x))
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Handle |  Blueprint
|
Blade |
|---|---|---|
 Lith G3 Rare (V) Lith G4 Rare (V) Lith G7 Rare (V) Meso G2 Rare (V) Meso G4 Rare (V)
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Lith K9 Uncommon (V) Lith P5 Uncommon (V) Meso B5 Uncommon (V) Meso I2 Uncommon (V) Meso P7 Uncommon (V) Meso Z5 Uncommon (V) Neo T4 Uncommon (V)
|
 Axi S10 Common (V) Axi S9 Common (V) Lith K7 Common (V) Lith O3 Common (V) Meso H2 Common (V) Neo P2 Common (V) Neo V10 Common (V) Neo Z6 Common (V)
|
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 5,000 |
 2 |
 1 |
 Orokin Cell15 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  35
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Vaultings[]
- On October 5th, 2022, Guandao Prime, along with Nezha Prime and Zakti Prime, entered the Prime Vault and were retired from the reward tables. Any preexisting components or fully-built items will remain as is.
Trivia[]
- A Guandao (more properly referred to a yanyuedao (偃月刀) – "reclining moon blade") is a type of Chinese pole weapon used in some forms of Chinese martial arts, most notably Shaolin Kung Fu. The name is derived from Guan Yu (關羽), a famed general from the Three Kingdoms period of China who is said to have invented and wielded the guandao.
Media[]
Nezha Prime with Guandao Prime
Guandao Prime and Zakti Prime
Concept art
Guandao Prime Skins
Aphria
Tennogen
Tennogen
Diva
Tennogen
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Ion
TennoGen
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Jotunheim
TennoGen
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Kalynex
Tennogen
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Lahnss
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Lympharis
Tennogen
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Osiris
TennoGen
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Phorcys
Tennogen
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Skopos
Tennogen
Tennogen
Patch History[]
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Fixed the Guandao Prime shortening when you colour customize it.
Hotfix 29.3.1 (2020-11-04)
- Fixed Elemental FX being misaligned on the Guandao Prime.
- Fixed the weapon switch FX appearing overly bright for the Guandao Prime.
Update 29.3 (2020-10-27)
- Introduced.
See also[]
- Guandao, the original counterpart of the weapon.
