Build it. The Venato Prime is a powerful melee weapon with high critical chance and status chance, making it versatile for various builds. Its main weakness is its low critical multiplier, which requires specific modding to overcome.
The Venato Prime is a Prime melee weapon, requiring Mastery Rank 14. It was introduced in Update 39.1.
Fashioned from the bone of the Sentient Ur-Hatho and embellished by Orokin luxurator Sembik Vol, the Venato Prime was intended for use against ‘common enemies’ of the united peoples.
This weapon boasts high critical chance and status chance, offering a balanced foundation for diverse combat scenarios.
How to get the Venato Prime
- The Venato Prime is dropping right now. Its relics are in the mission drop tables:
- Handle: Meso V15, Axi A22 (dropping now).
- Blade: Meso V13 (dropping now; the rare slot in Meso V13).
- Blueprint: Neo C8 (dropping now).
- 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 | Melee |
|---|---|
| Mastery Rank | 14 |
| Attack Speed | 1.17 |
| Range | 2.8 m |
| Blocking Angle | 60° |
| Combo Duration | 5 s |
| Follow Through | 0.6 |
| Wind Up | 1 s |
| Slam Attack | 735 |
| Heavy Attack | 1470 |
| Critical Chance | 34% |
| Critical Multiplier | 2.3x |
| Status Chance | 32% |
| Set Price | 13p on warframe.market (48h average) |
| Riven Disposition | (0.6) |
| Damage | 245 total |
|---|---|
| Impact | 36.8 |
| Puncture | 122.5 |
| Slash | 85.8 |
The Venato Prime has a riven disposition of 0.6, which is considered low. This means rivens for this weapon will provide smaller stat bonuses compared to weapons with higher dispositions.
Builds
Given its high critical chance and status chance, a hybrid build focusing on both critical damage and status effects is optimal. Prioritize increasing critical damage to compensate for the weapon’s lower base critical multiplier, while also ensuring high status chance for reliable elemental proc application.
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SET: Melee| Mod | Why it’s here |
|---|---|
| Condition Overload | +80% Melee Damage per Status Type affecting the target |
| Blood Rush | +40% Critical Chance stacks with Combo Multiplier |
| Weeping Wounds | +40% Status Chance per Combo Multiplier |
| Organ Shatter | +90% Critical Damage |
| Primed Reach | +3 Range |
| Primed Pressure Point | +165% Melee Damage |
| Berserker Fury | On Melee Kill: +35% Attack Speed for 10s. Stacks up to 2x. |
| Gladiator Might | +60% Critical Damage |
Melee Influence when the build carries an Electricity source (an Electricity proc spreads every elemental status to enemies nearby). Melee Crescendo for Heavy Attack builds. Arcane Fury or Arcane Strike as the cheap fallback.
Reviewed September 2026.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- High base critical chance
- High base status chance
- Versatile for hybrid builds
- Prime weapon aesthetics
- Good attack speed potential
Cons
- Low critical multiplier
- Low riven disposition
- Requires specific modding to maximize damage
- Mastery Rank 14 requirement
The Venato Prime is a solid melee weapon that excels with a hybrid critical and status build. While its low critical multiplier requires careful mod selection, its high base critical and status chances provide a strong foundation for high damage output in various content. Players willing to invest in its build will find it a rewarding addition to their arsenal.