Pandero Prime

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Orokin Weapons

Pandero Prime
Statistics
Mastery	14
Slot	Secondary
Type	Pistol
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Ammo Type	Pistol
Noise Level	Alarming
Fire Rate	3 rounds per sec
Accuracy	16
Magazine Size	8 rounds per mag
Max Ammo	210 rounds
Reload Time	1 s
Disposition	●○○○○ (0.5)
Normal Attacks
26
26
52
Total Damage	104 ( 50%)
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.8x
Status Chance	24%
Secondary Attacks
26
26
52
Total Damage	104 ( 50%)
Crit Chance	30%
Crit Multiplier	2.8x
Status Chance	24%
Accuracy	8.2
Fire Rate	7.69 rounds per sec
Trigger Type	Burst
Ammo Cost	8 ammo per shot
Miscellaneous
Polarities
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 29.9
Variants	Pandero

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.

Advantages:

• High  Slash damage – effective against health.
• Very high critical chance and critical multiplier.
• Very high status chance.
• High ammo efficiency.
• Very fast reload speed.
• 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.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Low  Impact and  Puncture damage – less effective against shields and armor.
• Low magazine capacity.
• Primary fire has noticeable recoil.
• Alternate Fire prevents zoom and has high recoil and wide spread, making it inaccurate beyond short range.
  • This prevents the buffs from  Hydraulic Crosshairs and  Sharpened Bullets from affecting this mode as a result.

Comparisons:

• Pandero Prime, compared to Pandero:
  • Higher base damage (104 vs. 72)
    • Higher  Impact damage (26 vs. 18)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (26 vs. 18)
    • Higher  Slash damage (52 vs. 36)
  • Higher secondary attack damage (104 vs. 72)
  • Higher primary status chance (24% vs. 10%)
  • Different polarities ( vs. None)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 8)
  • Lower disposition (0.5 vs. 1.1)

Acquisition

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

Blueprint	Barrel	Receiver
Lith I1 Common	Axi C6 Uncommon	Neo P2 Rare

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

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.
  • Because of this fact, 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.
  • The base firerate of the alt-fire is 10 rounds per second, and is unaffected by negative fire rate affects.
  • 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

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Patch History

Hotfix 29.9.1

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

Update 29.9

• Introduced.