“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
| Handle |  Blueprint
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Head |
|---|---|---|
 Axi V11 Rare (V) Meso V7 Rare (V) Neo V10 Rare (V)
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Axi A14 Common (V) Lith G5 Common (V) Lith H6 Common (V) Lith H7 Common (V) Lith S11 Common (V) Meso Z4 Common (V) Neo D5 Common (V) Neo P5 Common (V)
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Axi B5 Uncommon (V) Axi C7 Uncommon (V) Axi C8 Uncommon (V) Axi I1 Uncommon (V) Axi K9 Uncommon (V) Lith P6 Uncommon (V) Lith Z3 Uncommon (V) Meso B5 Uncommon (V)
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| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 20,000 |
 1 |
 1 |
 Orokin Cell15 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) | |
Rush:  45
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 Market Price: N/A
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 Blueprints Price:N/A
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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[]
Poster for Astilla Prime and Volnus Prime
Concept art
Volnus Prime Build 2021 (Guide) - The Glass Slapper - Warframe
Patch History[]
Update 30.3 (2021-05-25)
- Introduced.
