Rhino Prime

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

Rhino Prime is Vaulted.

The Void Relics for this item have been removed from the drop tables and do not drop during missions at this time. Check the current Prime Resurgence rotation to see if Varzia offers relics for this item. Vaulted Void Relics already contained in player inventories are not affected and can still be either opened or traded between players.

Rhino Prime

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Description

Takes Rhino's ground-shaking abilities to the next level with altered mod polarities that offer greater customization.

Passive

Emit a shockwave dealing 100 damage after landing from a great height.

Abilities

1st Ability

2nd Ability

3rd Ability

4th Ability

General Information

Sex

Male

Mastery Rank

0

Max Rank

30

Health

270 (370 at Rank 30)

Shields

455 (555 at Rank 30)

Armor

290

Energy

100 (150 at Rank 30)

Starting Energy

50

Sprint Speed

1

Aura Polarity

Exilus Polarity

None

Polarities

Introduced

Update 12.4 (2014-03-05)

Themes

Rhinoceros

Progenitor Element

Tactical Ability

Sell Price

25,000

Official Drop Tables

https://www.warframe.com/droptables

CODEX

Red lights flashing on stark, white walls. Davis is running ahead of me, dropping his notes. We're running for our lives. The fear gives me a strange perspective - I'm out of my body. I've forgotten how I got here. I don't recognize this place.

Davis and I slam pinned against a cell door and he shouts at me. I give him a dumb look. I can't hear him, the sirens, anything, only the muffled throb of terror in my head. I turn away from Davis down the hall and I see it. The hulking mass, flickering red, glinting like steel and fresh blood. Its skin changes, flowing like mercury when I'm blinded by the sudden muzzle-flashes. They do no good. The beast surges forward and the security men become crimson mist and gore.

I'm a statue, a cornered animal. A gate opens inside me and recognition floods in. I have seen this monster before. I have cut its shell and eviscerated its brothers. I have given it pain and measured its response. I have crafted then rejected countless like it. But I've never seen this beast so close, without the shield, without restraints. I have never seen it... free.

I know I will die so I just watch with curious acceptance. The beast squats down, shovelling a heap of gore into its mouth. It is watching me with vague eyes, a sense of recognition, ancestral memory. It knows who I am and what I've done. It rears up like a bear and roars, shattering the lights and casting us into darkness. I can hear it lumbering toward me, its metal fingers rending the walls, but I know I am dead. I close my eyes and stand ready to pay.

I feel the pull on my arm and realize Davis got the cell open. He tugs me into the cell beyond and I fall on my back. I see Davis standing at the open door, waiting, as the monster tears towards us.

Suddenly I could live through this I shout, "Davis, close the goddamn door!" - But he shakes his head eyes wide as moons. He shouts, "Watch!" over the roaring and rending of metal.

Then silence. Davis is panting, laughing? The beast fills the doorway, inches from him, dripping in blood, but still without violence. It stands there, looking at its hands. Davis whispers, "No one would have believed me."

I crawl up the wall to stand, opposite the door. I've never seen this cell, a cold place with an array of shelves. A morgue? "Where are we, Davis?"

"This is where they keep them. The ones from Zariman." I'm thrown, what was the Zariman? The ship that never returned? "Davis, what's going on?"

Davis turns to me, a smile forming - "What's going on is..." he turns back to the beast now silent and calm.

"...big, fat promotions."

Takes Rhino's ground-shaking abilities to the next level with altered mod polarities that offer greater customization.

—In-game Description

Release Date: March 5th, 2014

Rhino Prime is the Primed variant of Rhino, possessing higher armor and sprint speed, as well as an additional polarity. Rhino Prime was released alongside Boltor Prime and Ankyros Prime.

Acquisition

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

Rhino Prime's Relic Drops
Chassis Blueprint	Blueprint	Systems Blueprint	Neuroptics Blueprint
Lith E1 Uncommon (V) Meso M1 Uncommon (V) Meso N6 Uncommon (V)	Axi R1 Rare (V) Axi R4 Rare (V) Neo R1 Rare (V)	Axi S3 Common (V) Neo B3 Common (V) Neo G6 Common (V)	Lith B1 Uncommon (V) Lith B4 Uncommon (V) Meso S14 Uncommon (V)

Vaultings

On February 9th, 2016, it was announced that Rhino Prime, alongside Boltor Prime and Ankyros Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on February 16th, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built frames will remain as is.
Rhino Prime, alongside Boar Prime, Ankyros Prime, Mag Prime, Boar Prime, and Dakra Prime, was again accessible from June 27th, 2017 to August 1st, 2017.
Rhino Prime alongside Nyx Prime, Boltor Prime, Ankyros Prime, Nyx Prime, Hikou Prime, and Scindo Prime, was again accessible from July 24th, 2018 to September 25th, 2018.
Rhino Prime resurfaced again together with the same line-up from July 16th, 2019 to September 3rd, 2019.
Rhino Prime resurfaced again together with the same line-up from August 12th, 2021 to November 16th, 2021 and January 11th, 2022 to February 15th, 2022 (gap was due to Prime Resurgence).
Rhino Prime resurfaced again together with Mag Prime on April 3rd, 2023.
Rhino Prime resurfaced again together with Nyx Prime on August 3rd, 2023.
Rhino Prime resurfaced again together with Ember Prime on July 20, 2024.

Crafting

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
25,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 3	Time: 3 Day(s)
25,000	1	1	1	Orokin Cell 3	Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price: N/A

Rhino Prime Neuroptics Blueprint
15,000	Alloy Plate 150	Neural Sensors 2	Polymer Bundle 150	Rubedo 750	Time: 12 Hour(s)
15,000	Alloy Plate 150	Neural Sensors 2	Polymer Bundle 150	Rubedo 750	Rush: 25

Rhino Prime Chassis Blueprint
15,000	Morphics 3	Ferrite 1,000	Plastids 400		Time: 12 Hour(s)
15,000	Morphics 3	Ferrite 1,000	Plastids 400		Rush: 25

Rhino Prime Systems Blueprint
15,000	Control Module 3	Morphics 1	Ferrite 500	Plastids 500	Time: 12 Hour(s)
15,000	Control Module 3	Morphics 1	Ferrite 500	Plastids 500	Rush: 25

Notes

Rhino Prime, compared to Rhino:
- Higher Armor (290 vs. 240)
- Higher Sprint Speed (1.0 vs. 0.95)
- Additional Polarity ( vs. )
As with any other Prime Warframe, moving close to the location of an Orokin Void Death Orb will restore a pulse of 250 Energy to nearby allies, even if that Death Orb is inactive, destroyed, or non-present. This effect can only occur once per orb.

Trivia

Rhino Prime was the first Prime Warframe to have an ability's effects modified compared to his unprimed counterpart. In this case, Iron Skin appears to cover more of his body, and has a much smoother texture, lacking the rock-like clusters seen on the unprimed Rhino's Iron Skin.
- Up until Hotfix 18.10.6 (2016-05-06), Rhino Prime's Iron Skin was also gold in color instead of the unprimed Rhino's grey color. It is now affected by Rhino Prime's chosen accent color.
- In addition, Iron Skin has a visual effect of degrading as it wears off, shown in the patches of the Warframe's base colour that will seep through.
Rhino Prime was the first prime Warframe with a non-static model, the second being Nova Prime, with what appears to be a continuously-moving golden wind-up key on his back.
Rhino Prime is the first Prime that went against previous statements from Digital Extremes that Primes would not be any better stat-wise; Rhino Prime possesses an armor and sprint speed increase.
- The speed increase has a noticeable in-game effect, especially if the Arcane Vanguard Rhino Helmet is used.