Soma Prime

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

Soma 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.

Orokin Weapons Prime

CONCLAVE (PvP)

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

Soma 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.

Soma Prime
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Rifle
Mastery Rank Requirement	7
Max Rank	30
Slot	Primary
Trigger Type	Auto-Spool
Utility
Accuracy	28.6
Ammo Max	800
Ammo Pickup	80
Ammo Type	Primary
Disposition	●●●○○ (1.10x)
Fire Rate	15.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	200
Reload Time	3.00 s
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	3.50° (2.00° min, 5.00° max)
Spool Up Rate	4 rounds
Fully Spooled
1.2 ( 10%)
4.8 ( 40%)
6 ( 50%)
Total Damage	12 (50.00%  Slash)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	30.00%
Crit Multiplier	3.00x
Fire Rate	15.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (12.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	300.0 m
Spread	3.50° (2.00° min, 5.00° max)
Status Chance	10.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Incarnon Form
1.08 ( 6%)
5.04 ( 28%)
11.88 ( 66%)
Total Damage	144 (66.00%  Slash)
Accuracy	28.57
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	10.00%
Crit Multiplier	3.40x
Damage Falloff	0.0 m (100%) - 0.0 m (100.00%)
Fire Rate	7.000 attacks/sec
Multishot	8 (18.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	300.0 m
Spread	3.50° (2.00° min, 5.00° max)
Status Chance	3.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	ASSAULT_AMMO
Riven Family	Soma
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 15.7 (2014-12-17)
Polarities
Sell Price	7,500
Variants	Soma  Soma Prime
Vendor Sources
Article Categories
Weapons Prime Weapons Vaulted Weapons Slash Damage Weapons Rifle Soma Primary Weapons Auto-Spool Weapons Automatic Prime Alarming Weapons Spooling Weapons Hit-Scan Weapons Tradeable Weapons Available In Conclave

CODEX

Known for taking down whole squads with its single massive clip, few weapons were as feared as the Prime Soma.

The Soma Prime is the primed version of the  Soma assault rifle. It features a greater magazine size, greater ammo reserves, faster spool-up, and a slight increase to status chance.

Manufacturing Requirements 📝 Edit blueprint requirements
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Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High and damage – effective against health and armor.
• Tied with  Soma,  Attica, and  Baza/ Baza Prime for the highest critical multiplier of all fully automatic rifles.
• Very high fire rate.
• High accuracy.
• Fastest spool-up of all auto spool rifles, with optimal fire rate and accuracy achieved after a spool-up period of five bullets.
• Large magazine size and ammo reserves.
• Innate two polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Tied with normal  Soma for the second lowest damage of all rifles, after  Grakata; very reliant on its high critical damage potential.
  • Ill-suited against Object-based health as it nullifies any critical hits.
• Low damage – less effective against shields.
• High fire rate generates high recoil, hindering accuracy.
• Low reload speed.
• Sub-optimal ammo efficiency.

Comparisons:

•  Soma Prime (Fully Spooled), compared to  Soma (Fully Spooled):
  • Equal base damage
  • Higher base status chance (10.00% vs. 7.00%)
  • Higher sustained DPS (235.10 vs. 198.62)
  • Larger magazine (200 vs. 100)
  • Larger max ammo capacity (800 vs. 540)
  • Faster spool-up (4 rounds vs. 6 rounds)
  • Higher Mastery Rank required (7 vs. 6)
  • Lower disposition (●●●○○ (1.10x) vs. ●●●●○ (1.15x))

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Tips

• A critical focused build using  Point Strike,  Argon Scope and/or  Critical Delay combined with  Vital Sense,  Bladed Rounds, and/or  Hammer Shot is the best way to mod this weapon to take advantage of its high critical chance to increase its otherwise meager base damage.
  • If you are low on slots,  Point Strike,  Vital Sense, and  Bladed Rounds provide the most overall increase in DPS.
• Firing in short bursts and landing headshots will significantly increase its efficiency.
• Reload time can be shortened by using a melee attack or dodge roll when the reload timer reaches about 3/4. This works because, like many older weapons, the magazine is updated at this time instead of at the end, making the remaining time extraneous.
• Due to the weapon's high rate-of-fire combined with its low base damage, the Soma Prime can be ammo inefficient. Using  Rifle Ammo Mutation and/or  Rifle Scavenger can be used to recover a steady supply of ammo. Alternatively, ammo can be instantly replenished using Squad Ammo Restores. Additionally, Carrier's  Ammo Case mod grants more reserve ammo and turns unused ammo drops into ammo for equipped weapons.
  • The Soma Prime's high ammo consumption makes  Critical Delay a good option for it, as the mod enhances critical chance while slowing down rate of fire, thus improving its ammo efficiency.

Trivia

• The Soma Prime was one of the first prime items which had colorable gold parts. This trait was shared with the  Vasto Prime,  Nova Prime and the Pyra Prime Syandana.
• The ring-like formation through which the Warframe holds the weapon with their left hand rotates while firing, making this one of the few primary weapons that have firing animations.
  • Like its non-prime version, the Soma Prime's magazine passes up through its receiver as it fires, with the portion of the magazine consumed indicating the amount of ammo left.
• The Soma Prime is also the only Primed weapon in the game that keeps its original counterpart's base damage.

Media

• Soma Prime in Codex.
• Soma Prime - Black tinted gold bits

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Warframe Soma Prime, Shiny Pretty Things thequickdraw

A look at Warframe Soma Prime

Soma Prime 15.7.1 - Mogamu

Lets Max (Warframe) E15 - Soma Prime & 75 Plat Code Winner!

SOMA PRIME - Critical Damage Build 4 forma - Warframe

SOMA PRIME - Argon Scope Red Crits 4 forma - Warframe

Warframe - All Prime Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)

Soma Prime Skins

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Conclave

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Forest-Camo

Huntsman

Oscira

Soaktron

Vaultings

• On November 15, 2016, it was announced that the Soma Prime, along with  Nova Prime and the  Vasto Prime, would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on November 22, 2016. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.

• On October 31, 2017, the Soma Prime became available for acquisition through Twitch Prime along with  Frost Prime. This limited time offer lasted until December 31st, 2017.

• Soma Prime, along with  Mag Prime,  Nova Prime,  Dakra Prime,  Boar Prime, and  Vasto Prime, were unvaulted from November 13, 2018 to January 29, 2019.

Patch History

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

• Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 7.

Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)

• Reduced damage of Soma Prime in Conclave.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• Soma Prime damage decreased in Conclave.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.7 (2016-07-14)

• Fixed Soma Prime Barrel duplicate rewards on Relics.

Update 18.8 (2016-04-06)

• Fixed the Huntsman Soma Skin not applying properly to the Soma Prime.

Hotfix 16.7.2 (2015-06-05)

• Fixed Soma Prime not sitting properly on Saryn when holstered.

Update 16.7 (2015-06-04)

• Fixed an error that would occur when viewing Soma Prime in the Codex.

Hotfix 16.3.2 (2015-04-14)

• Slightly reduced the damage of Soma Prime in PvP.

Hotfix 16.3.1 (2015-04-10)

• Soma Prime is now usable in PvP.

Update 16.3 (2015-04-09)

• Updated audio on Soma Prime.

Hotfix 16.0.2 (2015-03-21)

• Fixed additional ammo clips showing on Soma Prime.

Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)

• Slightly reduced Soma Prime audio.

Update 15.8 (2014-12-19)

• Fixed Soma Prime and Vasto Prime not being visible in the Codex.

Update 15.7 (2014-12-17)

• Introduced via Nova Prime Access.

See Also

•  Soma, the standard version of this gun.
•  Aksomati, the machine pistol counterparts of this weapon.
•  Dual Raza, battle-hatchets inspired by Soma's design.
•  Phaedra, Archwing rifle described as the Soma's big-sister.