Build it. The Cedo Prime offers exceptional damage output through its unique glaive mechanic. Its main weakness is a low base status chance, requiring specific modding to maximize its potential.
The Cedo Prime’s alt-fire launches a glaive that ricochets between enemies, applying a guaranteed status effect of a random type to each enemy hit. Enemies affected by the glaive take increased damage from the Cedo Prime’s primary fire.
The Cedo Prime is a shotgun that excels at both direct damage and area-of-effect utility. Its signature mechanic involves an alt-fire glaive that applies guaranteed status effects and debuffs enemies for increased damage from the primary fire.
This weapon’s design encourages a playstyle that integrates both firing modes. The glaive sets up targets, and the shotgun delivers high damage. This synergy is crucial for maximizing its effectiveness in challenging content.
As a Prime variant, the Cedo Prime boasts improved base stats over its regular counterpart, making it a formidable choice for high-level missions. Its mastery rank requirement of 15 reflects its advanced capabilities.
How to get the Cedo Prime
- The Cedo Prime is dropping right now. Its relics are in the mission drop tables:
- Barrel: Axi A21, Axi D6 (dropping now).
- Receiver: Lith K12, Lith Q3 (dropping now).
- Stock: Neo C8 (dropping now).
- Blueprint: Neo C9 (dropping now; the rare slot in Neo C9).
- 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 | Primary |
|---|---|
| Mastery Rank | 15 |
| Trigger | AUTO |
| Noise | Alarming |
| Fire Rate | 4.5 |
| Accuracy | 20 |
| Magazine | 40 |
| Reload | 1.8 s |
| Multishot | 7 |
| Critical Chance | 24% |
| Critical Multiplier | 2.4x |
| Status Chance | 2% |
| Set Price | 20p on warframe.market (48h average) |
| Riven Disposition | (0.55) |
| Damage | 32 total |
|---|---|
| Puncture | 32 |
The Cedo Prime has a low riven disposition of 0.55, meaning rivens will provide smaller stat bonuses compared to weapons with higher dispositions. This makes rivens less impactful for this weapon, but not entirely useless.
Builds
Given its high critical chance and critical multiplier, a critical-focused build is ideal for the Cedo Prime’s primary fire. The glaive’s guaranteed status effects allow for a hybrid approach where status is applied through the alt-fire, boosting the critical damage of the main fire. Focus on increasing critical stats and multishot for maximum damage output.
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Shotgun| Mod | Why it’s here |
|---|---|
| Primed Point Blank | +165% Damage |
| Hell’s Chamber | +120% Multishot |
| Critical Deceleration | +200% Critical Chance; -20% Fire Rate |
| Blunderbuss | +90% Critical Chance |
| Primed Ravage | +110% Critical Damage |
| Galvanized Savvy | +80% Status Chance; On Kill: +40% Direct Damage per Status Type affecting the target for 20s. Stacks up to 2x. |
| Contagious Spread | +90% Toxin |
| Shell Shock | +60% Electricity; +60% Status Chance |
Primary Merciless is the pick: stacking damage on kills with faster reloads. Primary Deadhead if you land headshots. Primary Crux, from The Hex, is the cheap start.
Reviewed September 2026.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- High critical chance and critical multiplier.
- Alt-fire glaive applies guaranteed status effects.
- Glaive debuffs enemies for increased primary fire damage.
- Excellent for both single-target and area-of-effect damage.
- Versatile weapon for various mission types.
Cons
- Low base status chance on primary fire.
- Requires active use of alt-fire for optimal damage.
- Riven disposition is low.
- Mastery Rank 15 requirement.
The Cedo Prime stands out as a powerful and engaging shotgun, rewarding players who master its unique glaive mechanic. Its ability to apply guaranteed status effects and then capitalize on them with high critical damage makes it a top-tier primary weapon. While its low base status chance on the primary fire requires careful modding, the overall damage potential and utility are undeniable.