Prime

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A Prime Warframe, weapon, Sentinel or accessory represents technology as it was during the height of the Orokin Era. A Prime Warframe will often have additional Polarity Slots compared to the non-Prime version, and Prime weapons will boast superior performance or other advantages against their counterparts. Due to its rarity, Prime technology is coveted throughout the Origin System.

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The term Prime refers to any Weapon, Warframe, Sentinel, Archwing, or accessory made with Orokin technology. The non-Prime weapons and Warframes are based on the Orokin's designs but are not fully representative of the height of Orokin technology.^[1]^[2] Primes frequently sport improved damage, more Polarity slots, or other stat changes that grant them an advantage over their non-Prime derivatives.

Prime Warframes are typically released in the Warframe's order of release that cycles between two male frames and two female frames. Each release is accompanied by two Prime weapons, or one Prime weapon and one Prime Companion (and their associated Prime weapon, if any) or Archwing.

Lore

In the current era, the Tenno^[3] as well as black-market arms dealers^[4] are capable of imitating the success of Orokin technology in the form of the non-Prime items, resulting in slightly weaker variations. However, the Tenno were once allowed to create some Primes of their own, examples being the Boar^[5], Dakra^[6], and the Kamas^[7], and such knowledge is now lost. By making use of ancient blueprints that were preserved in Void Relics, many Prime items are being reclaimed by the Tenno, the strength of their craftsmanship being realized once more^[8]^[9]; and with the rediscovery of the Void, Orokin technology is being reverse-engineered by the Corpus and the Grineer.

There is also evidence to suggest that some Primed weaponry were upgraded versions based on existing Tenno designs, acting as improved variants thanks to the use of Orokin technology^[10]^[11]. Some of the Prime Warframes and Prime Weapons were the original designs made for the Tenno during the Orokin Era, forming an elite Vanguard of the most powerful and dangerous warriors of the Origin System^[12]. Some Warframes were Primed from the beginning, while others had to earn the status.^[13]^[14]

Primes

(V) Denotes Vaulted Primes.
(R) Denotes Primes obtainable from Varzia Dax in Maroo's Bazaar or Prime Resurgence shop in Market for Aya and Regal Aya in current rotation.
(B) Denotes Primes available from Baro Ki'Teer's wares.
(P) Denotes Primes that are permanently unvaulted.
¹ Denotes Founder-exclusive Primes.
(T) Denotes TennoCon exlusive Twitch drops.