Sicarus Prime

“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 and do not drop during gameplay at this time. Vaulted Void Relics already contained in player inventories are not affected and can still be either opened or traded between players.

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Sicarus Prime
Untradeable
General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery	14
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Burst
Utility
Accuracy	25
Ammo Type	Pistol
Disposition	⬤⬤⬤⬤◯ (1.20x)
Fire Rate	9.38
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	24
Max Ammo	210
Reload Time	2 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Normal Attack
20
15
15
Total Damage	50 (40%)
Burst Count	3
Burst Delay	0.04 s
Burst Rate	5
Crit Chance	25%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Fire Rate	9.38
Multishot	1 (50 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Range	300 m
Status Chance	20%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)
Polarities
Variants	Sicarus

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 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 Credits 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 Attack), compared to Sicarus (Normal Attack):
  • Higher base damage per projectile (50 vs. 30)
    • Lower  Impact damage (20 vs. 21)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (15 vs. 4.5)
    • Higher  Slash damage (15 vs. 4.5)
  • Higher total damage (50 vs. 30)
  • Higher base critical chance (25.00% vs. 16.00%)
  • Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 6.00%)
  • Higher average damage per tap (187.5 vs. 104.4)
  • Higher burst DPS (1758.75 vs. 771.51)
  • Higher sustained DPS (1092.23 vs. 460.58)
  • Higher fire rate (9.38 vs. 7.39)
  • Larger magazine (24 vs. 15)
  • More accurate (25 vs. 20)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 3)
  • Higher disposition (●●●●○ (1.20x) vs. ●●●○○ (1.10x))

Acquisition

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

Sicarus Prime's Relic Drops

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
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:N/A

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.
• 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.