Nikana Prime

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

Nikana Prime is Vaulted.

The Void Relics for this item have been removed from the drop tables at this time and are no longer farmable. Vaulted Void Relics in player inventories are not affected and can still be opened.

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Nikana Prime
Statistics
Mastery	12
Slot	Melee
Type	Nikana
Utility
Ammo Type	Nikana
Range	2.5 m
Combo Duration	5 s
Block Angle	55°
Follow Through	70%
Disposition	●○○○○ (0.60x)
Normal Attack
9.9
9.9
178.2
Total Damage	198 ( 90%)
Attack Speed	1.08
Status Chance	28%
Crit Chance	28%
Crit Multiplier	2.4x
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	990
Wind-up	0.5 s
Slam Damage	792
Slam Radius	7 m
Radial Damage	792
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	594
Slam Radius	6 m
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	396
Miscellaneous
Stance Polarity
Exilus Polarity	None
Polarities
Introduced	Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16)
Variants	Nikana

CODEX

An ancient blade predating the fall of the Orokin Empire. Forged using techniques lost over the centuries, the edge remains sharper than that of any modern Nikana.

The Nikana Prime is the Primed variant of the Nikana Nikana, acting as a direct upgrade even above the Dragon Nikana Dragon Nikana. It was released alongside Saryn Prime Saryn Prime and Spira Prime Spira Prime.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily Damage/Slash Damage Slash damage.

Advantages

• High Damage/Slash Damage Slash damage – effective against health.
• Highest critical chance and critical multiplier of all nikanas.
• Second highest status chance of all nikanas, behind Skiajati Skiajati.
• Second fastest attack speed of all nikanas, behind Skiajati.
• Innate and polarity.

Disadvantages

• Low Damage/Puncture Damage Puncture and Damage/Impact Damage Impact damage – less effective against armor and shields.

Comparisons:

• Nikana Prime, compared to Nikana:
  • Higher base damage (198 vs. 142)
    • Higher Damage/Impact Damage Impact damage (9.9 vs. 7.1)
    • Lower Damage/Puncture Damage Puncture damage (9.9 vs. 14.2)
    • Higher Damage/Slash Damage Slash damage (178.2 vs. 120.7)
  • Higher critical chance (28% vs. 16%)
  • Higher critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 2x)
  • Higher status chance (28% vs. 16%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 0.92)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 4)
  • Lower disposition (0.6 vs. 0.95)

• Nikana Prime, compared to Dragon Nikana:
  • Higher base damage (198 vs. 188)
    • Higher Damage/Impact Damage Impact damage (9.9 vs. 9.4)
    • Lower Damage/Puncture Damage Puncture damage (9.9 vs. 18.8)
    • Higher Damage/Slash Damage Slash damage (178.2 vs. 159.8)
  • Higher critical chance (28% vs. 22%)
  • Higher critical multiplier (2.4x vs. 2x)
  • Higher status chance (28% vs. 22%)
  • Higher attack speed (1.08 vs. 1)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (12 vs. 8)
  • Lower disposition (0.6 vs. 1.15)

Acquisition

Nikana Prime's main and component blueprints are acquired from the following Void Relics.

Blueprint	Blade	Hilt
Lith V6 Lith V6 Common (V) Neo N5 Neo N5 Rare (V) Neo S8 Neo S8 Uncommon (V) Neo S13 Neo S13 Common (V) Axi A1 Axi A1 Rare (V) Axi N6 Axi N6 Common (V)	Meso N4 Meso N4 Rare (V) Meso V2 Meso V2 Rare (V) Neo N4 Neo N4 Rare (V) Neo S10 Neo S10 Uncommon (V) Axi S5 Axi S5 Uncommon (V)	Meso N8 Meso N8 Rare (V) Neo N6 Neo N6 Rare (V) Axi N2 Axi N2 Rare (V) Axi N4 Axi N4 Rare (V) Axi N6 Axi N6 Rare (V)

^{Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics  |  (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics  |  (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic}

Manufacturing Requirements
15,000	1	1	15		Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Vaultings

• On December 6th, 2017, it was announced that Nikana Prime would enter the Prime Vault and its relics retired from the drop tables on December 12th, 2017, along with Saryn Prime Saryn Prime and Spira Prime Spira Prime. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.

Trivia

• The Nikana Prime was originally released in July 2015 on the Chinese build of Warframe, along with Excalibur Umbra Prime and Spira Prime Spira Prime. The Specters of the Rail update made the Nikana Prime and the Spira Prime obtainable by non-Founders.
• The Nikana Prime was unintentionally leaked in the Codex following Hotfix 18.4.7 (2016-02-04).
• When equipped with the Conclave Nikana Skin, the strip of cloth remains visible, but is moved to the base of the hilt.
• As of Update: Specters of the Rail (2016-07-08), the default cloth ornament at the end of the hilt is considered a Sugatra and detachable in favor of another. However, there is no current option to have no Sugatra equipped.
• The Nikana Prime makes use of Nikana Riven mods and not Dragon Nikana Riven mods, and because the Dragon Nikana has a much higher riven disposition it can generate such mods with higher stats than the Prime variant.

Media

• Nikana Prime in the Codex.
• The Blade of the Nikana Prime in its default colors.

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Oku

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 12.
• Damage increased from 95 to 198.
• Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
• Status Chance increased from 20% to 28%.
• Critical Chance increased from 20% to 28%.
• Critical Damage increased from 2x to 2.4x.
• Slam Attack increased from 190 to 594.
• Slide Attack increased from 204 to 396.
• Parry Angle set to 55.
• Follow Through increased from 0.6 to 0.7.

Update 22.7 (2017-12-12)

• Nikana Prime has entered the Prime Vault, and its Relics are no longer be obtainable in the game.

Update 21.6 (2017-08-29)
In order to accommodate incoming Relics and keep the total number of Relics as low as possible, the Ducat value of the following items will be changed from 100 to 65 (Future Relic placement of these parts will also have them appear in the Uncommon [silver] tier):

• Nikana Prime Blueprint

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

• Added custom leap attack animations for the Nikana.
• Fixed the sheath orientation on the Nikana when attacking.
• Fixed the Nikana sheath becoming unattached from your hand and flipped around when performing an air attack.

Update 20.1 (2017-04-05)

• Fixed Nikana weapons not being able to stealth-finish Infested Chargers.

Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3 (2016-08-23)

• Reduced damage of Nikana series in Conclave.

Update 18.13 (2016-05-27)

• Fixed hearing the Nikana Prime swinging sound from across the map.

Hotfix 18.4.13 (2016-02-22)

• Fixed Nikana Prime not appearing in the Codex.

Hotfix 18.4.12 (2016-02-16)

• Introduced along with Saryn Prime and Spira Prime.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See Also

• Nikana Nikana, the regular version of this weapon.
• Dragon Nikana Dragon Nikana, the upgraded version of the Nikana.