Build it. The Akmagnus Prime offers excellent critical and status chances, making it a versatile secondary. Its main weakness is its semi-automatic trigger, which can be fatiguing for sustained fire.
Landing a successful hit or inflicting Status damage has a 4% chance to grant 100% Ammo Efficiency for 4 seconds, refreshing on subsequent shots.
The Akmagnus Prime is the Primed variant of the Akmagnus dual heavy pistols, offering significant improvements over its base counterpart. It boasts enhanced critical chance, critical multiplier, and status chance, alongside a slightly faster reload speed.
This weapon primarily deals Impact damage, a characteristic shared with its base version. Its unique ‘Chamber Cascade’ buff provides 100% Ammo Efficiency for a short duration, which can be a significant advantage in prolonged engagements.
Introduced in Update 36.0.8, the Akmagnus Prime quickly established itself as a strong contender in the secondary weapon category, appealing to players who value a balanced blend of critical and status capabilities.
How to get the Akmagnus Prime
- The Akmagnus Prime is vaulted: its relics no longer drop in missions. Open relics you already own, buy them for Aya when Prime Resurgence lists it, or buy the parts for platinum.
- Link: Axi M5 (vaulted relics).
- Blueprint: Axi M5 (vaulted relics).
- Run the fissure tier that matches each relic, refine the rare part’s relic to Radiant, and pick the best of the four results with a squad.
- Build the parts, then the weapon: 12 hours each, or rush with platinum.
Check the Relic finder for live odds per refinement; the set price on this page is what the built set trades for on warframe.market.
Stats
| Class | Secondary |
|---|---|
| Mastery Rank | 15 |
| Trigger | SEMI |
| Noise | Alarming |
| Fire Rate | 5.67 |
| Accuracy | 11.1 |
| Magazine | 16 |
| Reload | 2.8 s |
| Critical Chance | 28% |
| Critical Multiplier | 2.8x |
| Status Chance | 28% |
| Set Price | 25p on warframe.market (48h average) |
| Riven Disposition | (1.1) |
| Damage | 98 total |
|---|---|
| Impact | 44.1 |
| Puncture | 27 |
| Slash | 27 |
The Akmagnus Prime has a riven disposition of 1.1, which is a neutral to slightly positive value. This means rivens for this weapon can provide decent stat boosts without being excessively powerful or weak, making them a viable option for further enhancing its performance.
Builds
Given its balanced critical and status chances (28% each), a hybrid build is ideal for the Akmagnus Prime. Focus on increasing both critical stats and status chance to maximize damage output through both direct hits and status procs. Multishot is crucial for increasing both damage and the chance to trigger the Chamber Cascade buff.
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Pistol| Mod | Why it’s here |
|---|---|
| Hornet Strike | +220% Damage |
| Primed Pistol Gambit | +187% Critical Chance |
| Primed Target Cracker | +110% Critical Damage |
| Lethal Torrent | +60% Fire Rate; +60% Multishot |
| Pistol Pestilence | +60% Toxin; +60% Status Chance |
| Frostbite | +60% Cold; +60% Status Chance |
| Galvanized Diffusion | +110% Multishot; On Kill: +30% Multishot for 20s. Stacks up to 4x. |
| Primed Heated Charge | +165% Heat |
Secondary Merciless is the pick: stacking damage on kills with faster reloads. Secondary Encumber for a status build (a chance at a second random proc), Secondary Deadhead if you land headshots.
Reviewed September 2026.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- High critical chance and critical multiplier
- High status chance
- Unique Ammo Efficiency buff (Chamber Cascade)
- Good reload speed
- Versatile for hybrid builds
Cons
- Semi-automatic trigger can be tiring
- Primarily deals Impact damage
- Chamber Cascade buff has a low proc chance (4%)
- Vaulted, requiring trading or Baro Ki’Teer for acquisition
The Akmagnus Prime stands as a powerful and well-rounded secondary weapon, capable of dishing out significant damage through both critical hits and status effects. Its balanced stats make it adaptable to various enemy types and playstyles, especially with a hybrid build. While the semi-automatic trigger might not appeal to everyone, its overall performance and unique ammo efficiency buff make it a valuable addition to any Tenno’s arsenal.