“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Sicarus Prime is Vaulted.
The Void Relics for this item have been removed from the drop tables at this time and are no longer farmable. Vaulted Void Relics in player inventories are not affected and can still be opened.
The Sicarus Prime is the Primed variant of the 
Sicarus burst-fire pistol that sacrifices a small amount of its 
Impact damage to triple 
Puncture and 
Slash damage, and also sports higher accuracy, faster fire rate, higher critical and status chance, and a larger magazine compared to its predecessor. It was released alongside 
Ember Prime and 
Glaive Prime.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000.
Characteristics[]
This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
Advantages
- High base damage.
- Near-equal physical damage - effective against all factions, Sentient and Shadow Stalker.
- Very high critical chance.
- High status chance.
- Very little recoil for a burst weapon.
- High accuracy.
- Fast fire rate.
- One
polarity slot.
Disadvantages
- Punishes missed shots due to burst-fire.
- Third shot may miss targets without proper leading.
- Linearly less efficient - sometimes a target may only die with four bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.
Comparisons:
- Sicarus Prime (Normal), compared to Sicarus (Normal):
- Higher base damage per projectile (50 vs. 30)
- Higher total damage (50 vs. 30)
- Higher base critical chance (25% vs. 16%)
- Higher base status chance (20% vs. 6%)
- Higher average damage per shot (62.5 vs. 34.8)
- Higher burst DPS (586.25 vs. 257.17)
- Higher sustained DPS (329.05 vs. 129.54)
- Higher fire rate (9.38 round(s)/sec vs. 7.39 round(s)/sec)
- Larger magazine (24 round(s) vs. 15 round(s))
- More accurate (25 vs. 20)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 3)
- Higher disposition (1.2 vs. 1.1)
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
| Barrel | Blueprint | Receiver |
|---|---|---|
| Meso F2 Common (V) Neo F1 Common (V) |
Axi E1 Common (V) Neo F1 Common (V) |
Axi S2 Rare (V) Neo S5 Rare (V) |
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 10 |
Time: 12 hrs | |
Rush:  50
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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Vaultings[]
- On September 29, 2015 it was announced that the Sicarus Prime would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
- Sicarus Prime was available from December 6, 2016 to January 3, 2017 as part of the Fire and Ice Prime Vault.
- Sicarus Prime, along with Ember Prime, Glaive Prime, Frost Prime, Latron Prime, Reaper Prime, Loki Prime, Bo Prime, and Wyrm Prime were unvaulted from February 6, 2018 to April 10, 2018.
- Sicarus Prime, along with Ember Prime, Glaive Prime, Frost Prime, Latron Prime, and Reaper Prime, were unvaulted from January 29, 2019 to March 26, 2019.
- The same lineup was unvaulted from September 29, 2020 to December 15, 2020.
Notes[]
- Due to its high accuracy, when combined with the Steady Hands mod this weapon becomes powerful at long range.
- The lower Impact damage of Sicarus Prime makes individual shots mildly less effective against shields, but the improved fire rate and magazine size still make it a superior choice to the classic Sicarus.
Trivia[]
- The Sicarus Prime was first shown to the public in Devstream 18, where it was featured in promotional artwork of the then-upcoming Ember Prime.
- Said artwork also had Ember Prime wielding both the Sicarus Prime and the Glaive Prime simultaneously, which wasn't possible in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) or prior to it, but would be made possible (with any combination of Single Sidearm and Glaive) in Update 21.0 (2017-06-29), over 3 years after said image was first revealed.
- Said artwork also had Ember Prime wielding both the Sicarus Prime and the
- Compared to the normal Sicarus, the Sicarus Prime emits a high-pitched "whirr" at the end of a burst, suggesting that its projectiles are energy-based.
- Further supporting this is its reload animation, where the top part of the gun opens up and ejects a glowing capsule, and a new capsule is inserted in its place.
- When it was first released the Sicarus Prime held 20 rounds in its magazine, making its last burst only fire 2 shots. Update 15.16 (2015-02-25) would increase its magazine size to 21 rounds and Update 19.4.2 (2016-12-20) would, along with additional buffs, further increase it to 24 rounds.
Media[]
Sicarus Prime in Codex.
Sicarus Prime - Blueprint - Orokin Derelict Defense, Wave 5
Warframe 11 ♠ Sicarus Prime
Lets Max (Warframe) E18 - Sicarus Prime
Warframe - All Prime Secondaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)
Warframe - All Prime Weapon Reloads in 1 minute (2013 - 2019)
Patch History[]
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Fixed the Oscira Pistol Skin not properly applying to the Sicarus Prime.
Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)
- Mastery Rank increased from 4 to 14.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Increased damage from 40 to 50.
- Increased Crit Chance from 20% to 25%.
- Increased Status Chance from 10% to 20%.
- Increased Mastery Rank requirement from 2 to 7.
Update 19.4.2 (2016-12-20)
- Buffed base damage from 30 to 40.
- Increased Crit chance from 10% to 20% and Crit multiplier 1.5 to 2.
- Increased Clip Size from 21 to 24.
Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
- Increased damage of Sicarus series in Conclave.
Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 2 (2016-07-08)
- Received the PBR treatment!
Update 16.5 (2015-05-12)
- Sicarus series damage increased in PvP.
Hotfix 16.3.5 (2015-04-17)
- Increased the damage of Sicarus weapons in PvP.
Update 15.16 (2015-02-25)
- Increased ammo capacity for Sicarus Prime to be a proper multiple of 3 (from 20 to 21).
Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)
- You can now search Orokin Derelict Defenses for the Sicarus Prime Blueprint.
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
- Introduced via Ember Prime Access.
See also[]
- Sicarus, the original version of this sidearm.
