Pandero Prime

Orokin Weapons

Pandero Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery	14
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	16
Ammo Type	Pistol
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤◯◯ (1.00x)
Fire Rate	3
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	8
Max Ammo	210
Reload Time	1 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Normal Attack
26
26
52
Total Damage	104 (50%)
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.8x
Fire Rate	3
Multishot	1 (104 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Range	300 m
Status Chance	24%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Alt-Fire
26
26
52
Total Damage	104 (50%)
Accuracy	8.2
Burst Delay	0.1 s
Burst Rate	4.167
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.8x
Fire Rate	7.69
Multishot	1 (104 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Status Chance	24%
Trigger Type	Burst
Miscellaneous
Default Upgrades	TnBardPistolInnateUpgrade
Riven Family	Pandero
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 29.9 (2021-02-23)
Polarities
Variants	Pandero
Vendor Sources

CODEX

Pound the beat for a dance of death with Octavia's signature prime pistol.

Pandero Prime is the Primed variant of the  Pandero semi-automatic pistol, sporting increased damage and status chance. Pandero Prime was released alongside  Octavia Prime and  Tenora Prime.

Characteristics

• This weapon deals primarily  Slash damage.
• Alternate Fire shoots all remaining ammunition in the magazine in a quick burst.
  • Benefits from magazine increasing mods to further increase the burst's damage.
  • Prevents Zoom.
    • This prevents the buffs from  Hydraulic Crosshairs and  Sharpened Bullets from affecting this attack as a result.
  • Has high Recoil and wide spread, making it inaccurate beyond short range.
• Innate polarity.

Advantages:

• High ammo efficiency.
• Normal Attack
  • High crit chance
  • Above average damage
  • High reload speed
  • Above average status chance
  • High crit multiplier
• Alt-Fire
  • Second highest crit chance behind  Tenet Diplos
  • Second highest crit multiplier behind  Catabolyst
  • High effective fire rate
  • Above average max ammo
  • Above average damage
  • High reload speed

Disadvantages:

• Primary fire has noticeable recoil.
• Normal Attack
  • Low magazine
  • Low effective fire rate
  • Low disposition
• Alt-Fire
  • Low magazine
  • Low disposition

Comparisons:

• Pandero Prime (Normal Attack), compared to Pandero (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (104 vs. 72)
    • Higher  Impact damage (26 vs. 18)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (26 vs. 18)
    • Higher  Slash damage (52 vs. 36)
  • Higher total damage (104 vs. 72)
  • Higher base status chance (24.00% vs. 10.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (160.16 vs. 110.88)
  • Higher burst DPS (480.48 vs. 332.64)
  • Higher sustained DPS (349.44 vs. 241.92)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 8)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (1.00x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))

Acquisition

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

Pandero Prime's Relic Drops

Barrel	Receiver	Blueprint
Neo N16 Uncommon  Neo N20 Uncommon  Axi C6 Uncommon (V)  Lith C9 Uncommon (V)	Neo P4 Rare  Neo P2 Rare (V)	Lith N11 Common  Axi P4 Common (V)  Lith I1 Common (V)  Lith N8 Common (V)

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	1	10		Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Notes

• As a Signature Weapon, Pandero Prime gains a bonus effect with  Octavia or  Octavia Prime, where headshot kills with the Alternate Fire increases reload speed by 20%.
  • No weak spots other than actual heads will trigger this effect.
    • Headshots on invulnerable enemies will still grant this effect, but not with invulnerable bosses.
• The Alternate Fire of the Pandero Prime will eject all of the remaining ammunition in the magazine in a single burst.
  • The base firerate of the alt-fire is 10 rounds per second.
  • Increasing the magazine size of the weapon such as with  Slip Magazine and using recoil reduction mods like  Steady Hands can help to make its damage output more consistent and reliable.
  • If buffed with unlimited ammo such as from the Reactant Buff, the weapon will only fire its magazine amount at a time, with small delays between each trigger pull.
  • Can be canceled with quick melee.
  • Aiming will be disabled for the duration of the burst; hence the alternate fire cannot benefit from Acolyte Mods.

Trivia

• Pandero is the Spanish word for Tambourine, a hand-held percussion instrument.
• The Pandero's last four shots sound slightly different to indicate low ammunition.
• The Pandero is actually an 8 shot, double action revolver, as indicated in the reload animation and the rapid manual cocking animation of the the hammer during alternate fire.
  • The cylinder is very far forward, resulting in an extremely short barrel.

Media

Warframe - Pandero Prime (Orokin Revolver) - Animations & Sounds - Octavia Prime Access

Pandero Prime 2021 (Guide) - The Melodic Blaster - Warframe

Pandero Prime Build with God Riven -Warframe

Patch History

Hotfix 29.9.1 (2021-02-24)

• Fixed Pandero Prime's model reverting to the regular version while Dual Wielding.

Update 29.9 (2021-02-23)

• Introduced.

See Also

•  Pandero, the standard counterpart.
•  Tenora Prime,  Octavia Prime's other signature weapon.
•  Kuva Kraken,  Tenet Detron and  Cyanex, secondaries with similar alt-fire functions.