Sicarus Prime

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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.

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Weapons

Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

CODEX

The Sicarus Prime is an ornamental firearm that fires rounds in rapid bursts, providing a balance between the lethality of auto-pistols and the accuracy of semi-automatic pistols.

The Sicarus Prime is the Primed variant of the Sicarus Sicarus burst-fire pistol that sacrifices a small amount of its Damage/Impact Damage Impact damage to triple Damage/Puncture Damage Puncture and Damage/Slash Damage 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 Ember Prime and Glaive Prime Glaive Prime.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000 Credits 5,000.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This weapon deals primarily Damage/Impact Damage 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, compared to Sicarus:
- Higher base damage (50 vs. 30)
  - Lower Damage/Impact Damage Impact damage (20 vs. 21)
  - Higher Damage/Puncture Damage Puncture damage (15 vs. 4.5)
  - Higher Damage/Slash Damage Slash damage (15 vs. 4.5)
- Higher critical chance (25% vs. 16%)
- Higher status chance (20% vs. 6%)
- Higher fire rate (9.38 rounds/sec vs. 7.39 rounds/sec)
- Larger magazine (24 rounds vs. 15 rounds)
- More accurate (25 vs. 20)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 3)
- Higher disposition (1.2 vs. 1.1)

Acquisition

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

Blueprint	Barrel	Receiver
Neo F1 Neo F1 Common (V) Axi E1 Axi E1 Common (V)	Meso F2 Meso F2 Common (V) Neo F1 Neo F1 Common (V)	Neo S5 Neo S5 Rare (V) Axi S2 Axi S2 Rare (V)

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

Manufacturing Requirements
15,000	1	1	10	Time: 12 hrs
15,000	1	1	10	Rush: 50
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

Vaultings[edit | edit source]

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 Ember Prime, Glaive Prime Glaive Prime, Frost Prime Frost Prime, Latron Prime Latron Prime, Reaper Prime Reaper Prime, Loki Prime Loki Prime, Bo Prime Bo Prime, and Wyrm Prime were unvaulted from February 6, 2018 to April 10, 2018.
Sicarus Prime, along with Ember Prime Ember Prime, Glaive Prime Glaive Prime, Frost Prime Frost Prime, Latron Prime Latron Prime, and Reaper Prime 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[edit | edit source]

Due to its high accuracy, when combined with the Steady Hands Steady Hands mod this weapon becomes powerful at long range.
The lower Damage/Impact Damage 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[edit | edit source]

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 Ember Prime.
- Said artwork also had Ember Prime wielding both the Sicarus Prime and the Glaive Prime 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.
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.