“Market forces dictate that you need to evolve or die.”
Volnus 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.
Volnus Prime is the primed variant of Volnus, with improvements to its damage, critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance. Volnus Prime was released alongside
Gara Prime and
Astilla Prime.
Characteristics[]
- This weapon deals primarily
Slash damage.
- Innate two
polarities.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Tied with
Volnus for the fastest attack speed of all hammers.
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High total damage (250)
- Very high attack speed (1.20x animation speed)
- High attack range (2.90 m)
- High status chance (34.00%)
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Below average crit multiplier (1.80x)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Volnus Prime (Normal Attack), compared to
Volnus (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (250.00 vs. 220.00)
- Higher total damage (250 vs. 220)
- Higher base critical chance (20.00% vs. 18.00%)
- Higher base critical multiplier (1.80x vs. 1.60x)
- Higher base status chance (34.00% vs. 30.00%)
- More polarities (
vs.
)
- Higher Mastery Rank required (14 vs. 9)
- Lower disposition (●●●●○ (1.25x) vs. ●●●●● (1.35x))
Acquisition[]
Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics | (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics | (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
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Vaultings[]
- On March 15th, 2022, Volnus Prime, along with
Gara Prime and
Astilla Prime, entered the Prime Vault and were retired from the reward tables. Any preexisting components or fully-built items will remain as is.
Notes[]
- As a Signature Weapon, Volnus Prime gains a bonus effect with
Gara or
Gara Prime, gaining 100% additional radial slam attack damage.
Trivia[]
- Volnus is derived from the Latin word vulnus, which means "wound" and is the origin of the word vulnerable.
- This may be a reference to the weapon's high proportion of
Slash damage.
- This may be a reference to the weapon's high proportion of
- Upon performing a slam attack, glass shards will fly out from the point of impact. This is purely a visual effect.
Media[]
Patch History[]
Update 30.3 (2021-05-25)
- Introduced.