The Reaper Prime is a standalone prime melee Scythe boasting high critical chance, status chance, and attack speed. It was released alongside Frost Prime and Latron Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 5,000.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily Slash damage.
- Stance slot has polarity, matching Reaping Spiral and Shadow Harvest (Conclave only) stance.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Highest critical chance of all scythes.
- Tied with the Hate for the highest critical multiplier of all scythes.
- Tied with Anku, Ether Reaper, and Tenet Grigori for the fastest attack speed of all scythes.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very high crit chance (35.00%)
- Above average attack speed (1.08x animation speed)
- High attack range (2.80 m)
- High crit multiplier (2.50x)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Very low disposition (●●○○○ (0.70x))
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Acquisition[]
Blade | Blueprint | Handle |
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Lith M8 Uncommon (V) Meso F2 Uncommon (V) Neo E1 Uncommon (V) |
Axi L1 Common (V) Lith L4 Uncommon (V) Neo S5 Common (V) |
Lith G1 Common (V) Meso F3 Common (V) Meso F4 Common (V) |
Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
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15,000 |
1 |
1 |
Orokin Cell 10 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush: 50 | |||||
Market Price: N/A | Blueprints Price:N/A |
Vaultings[]
- On March 17, 2015, it was announced that the Reaper Prime, alongside Frost Prime and Latron Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on March 24, 2015. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
- This weapon was available for a limited time from December 8, 2015 through January 5, 2016, either as part of the purchase-able Frost Prime Vault package or through drops in the Orokin Void.
- Reaper Prime, along with Frost Prime, Latron Prime, Ember Prime, Sicarus Prime, and Glaive Prime, were unvaulted from December 6, 2016 to January 3, 2017 as part of the Fire and Ice Prime Vault.
- The same line-up was unvaulted from January 29, 2019 to March 26, 2019.
- The same line-up was unvaulted from September 29, 2020 to December 15, 2020.
Trivia[]
- Reaper Prime was the first primed melee weapon obtainable from the Void, as well as being the first primed melee weapon created without an unprimed counterpart.
- Along with Latron Prime, this was the first craftable prime weapon.
- Originally, the Reaper Prime's codex description described the blade as "forged from tempered Rubidium", an alkali metal that's too soft and too light to be used for melee weapons. It has since been changed to mention Rubedo.
Media[]
Reaper Prime Skins
Patch History[]
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 2 to 10.
- Damage increased from 75 to 200.
- Range increased from 1 to 2.8.
- Status Chance increased from 12% to 25%.
- Critical Chance increased from 20% to 35%.
- Critical Damage increased from 2x to 2.5x.
- Slam Attack increased from 150 to 600.
- Slide Attack increased from 150 to 400.
- Parry Angle set to 60.
- Follow Through reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.
Update 22.6 (2017-12-07)
- Fixed scythes clipping on some Warframes when using the standard holster position.
Update 22.2 (2017-11-01)
- Thanatos Scythe Skin added.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Increased the damage of slide attacks for scythes in Conclave.
Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
- Fixed incorrect grip position when previewing Scythe melee weapons in the Codex.
Update: Specters of the Rail 2 (2016-08-03)
- Fixed default customization for scythe melee weapons.
Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)
- Widespread improvements to the damage and critical stats of Reaper Prime have been made.
Hotfix 18.4.6 (2016-02-01)
- Scythe melee weapons and Stances have had their damage increased in Conclave.
Update 18.1 (2015-12-16)
- Reaper Prime has been given a PBR update!
Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)
- Reaper Prime can now be used in PvP.
Update 15.7 (2014-12-17)
- Fixed players being unable to purchase the Spearmint Scythes weapon skins from the Marketplace.
Update 14.0 (2014-07-18)
- Added new Wall Run + Strike animations for Scythe weapons.
Hotfix 13.1.2 (2014-04-25)
- New Scythe Weapon Combos!
Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)
- Reaping Spiral and Stalking Fan Stance mods added.
Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)
- Spearmint Scythe skin added.
Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)
- Reaper Prime buff – a bit more speed, damage, and charge damage.
Update 8.2 (2013-06-28)
- Changes to Reaper Prime hit detection: adjusted timing of first swing, and added appropriate damage once swing is over (people were being murdered long after the Scythe was no longer swinging).
Hotfix 8.0.5 (2013-05-29)
- Increased drop rate of Reaper Blade to "Common" for Void Level "III" Missions.
Hotfix 8.0.4 (2013-05-24)
- Fix for Reaper Handle drop rate being too damn high.
- Fixes for various Blueprints not being saved to inventory, including Reaper.
Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also[]
- Prime, the Orokin enhancement to a Warframe or weapon.
- Ether Reaper, a scythe related to the Reaper Prime.
- Hate, the Stalker's signature scythe.
- Dakra Prime, another standalone Prime weapon.