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Soma 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.

Known for taking down whole squads with its single massive magazine, few weapons were as feared as the Prime Soma.

The Soma Prime is the Prime variant of the Soma Soma assault rifle, featuring a greater magazine size, greater ammo reserves, faster spool-up, and a slight increase to status chance. It was released alongside Nova PrimeIcon272 Nova Prime and VastoPrime Vasto Prime.

Characteristics[]

  • This weapon deals primarily DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage.
  • Requires a spool-up of 4 shots before optimal fire rate is achieved.
    • Fire rate starts at 25% of the listed value, and increases by 30% per shot.
  • Can use the Soma Prime-exclusive Mod TT 20px Hata-Satya mod.

Advantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Fully Spooled (wiki attack index 1)
    • High crit chance (30.00%)
    • Very high magazine (200)
    • High ammo max (800)
    • Very high fire rate (15.000 attacks/sec)
    • Very high crit multiplier (3.00x)
  • Incarnon Form (wiki attack index 2)
    • High magazine (200)
    • High fire rate (7.000 attacks/sec)
    • Very high ammo max (800)
    • Very high average number of crits per shot (0.8)
    • Very high crit multiplier (3.40x)

Disadvantages over other Primary weapons (excluding modular weapons):

  • Spool-up creates a warm-up period of weakness for fire rate, making short engagements undesirable.
  • Fully Spooled (wiki attack index 1)
    • Low reload speed (3.00 s)
    • Very low total damage (12)
    • Very low status chance (10.00%)
    • Below average disposition (●●●○○ (1.10x))
  • Incarnon Form (wiki attack index 2)
    • Low crit chance (10.00%)
    • Very low maximum falloff distance (0.0 m)
    • Low reload speed (3.00 s)
    • Low average number of procs per shot (0.24)
    • Very low status chance (3.00%)
    • Below average disposition (●●●○○ (1.10x))

Comparisons:

  • SomaPrime Soma Prime (Fully Spooled), compared to Soma Soma (Fully Spooled):

Acquisition[]

Lith, Meso, Neo, and Axi refer to Void Relics  |  (V) Denotes Vaulted Void Relics  |  (B) Denotes Baro Ki'Teer Exclusive Void Relic
Soma Prime's Relic Drops
Receiver Barrel SomaPrime Blueprint Stock
LithRelicIntact Lith K4 Uncommon (V)
LithRelicIntact Lith S3 Uncommon (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo N1 Uncommon (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo N9 Uncommon (V)
LithRelicIntact Lith M2 Common (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso D5 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo S3 Common (V)
LithRelicIntact Lith M1 Uncommon (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso B3 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo N12 Common (V)
NeoRelicIntact Neo S1 Common (V)
AxiRelicIntact Axi S4 Rare (V)
AxiRelicIntact Axi S7 Rare (V)
LithRelicIntact Lith S2 Rare (V)
MesoRelicIntact Meso S1 Rare (V)


Manufacturing Requirements
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Credits
15,000
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1
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1
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1
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10
Time: 12 Hour(s)
Rush: PlatinumLarge 50
MarketIcon Market Price: PlatinumLarge N/A Blueprint2 Blueprints Price:N/A

Vaultings[]

Notes[]

Incarnon Genesis[]

Evolution[]

  • Installing the Soma Incarnon Genesis requires 20 PathosClamp Pathos Clamps, 60 RuneMarrow Rune Marrow, and 60 Silphsela Silphsela.
  • When installed, the first Evolution tier is unlocked. The following Evolution tiers, their requirements for unlocking them, and their related perks, are shown below;

Evolution I[]

  • Headshots charge Incarnon Transmutation; Alt Fire transmutes. Switching back will expend any remaining charge.
  • Gain increased Status Chance and Multishot while slowing fire rate.
  • Mode switching is not instantaneous and has an animation equal to the weapon's reload speed.
  • Incarnon Form is activated by filling the Incarnon Transmutation gauge that appears under the reticule by achieving headshots and then pressing the Alternate Fire button. 20 headshots will completely fill the gauge. A full gauge is not required to activate Incarnon Form.
    • Charges generate only on headshots, and not other weakspots, such as the backpacks of most MOA variants. Similarly, shooting weakspots generated by either Sonar130xWhite Sonar or Mod TT 20px Detect Vulnerability in places other than heads will have no effect either.
    • Headshots on corpses do not build charges.
    • Individual Multishot bullets can build charges.
  • Instead of drawing ammunition from its reserves, the Soma's Incarnon Form uses a separate "magazine" with each charge producing 10 rounds to a maximum of 200. Once all ammunition is expended, the Soma reverts to its normal form.
    • Incarnon Form's magazine is not affected by mods.
    • Incarnon Form is not affected by Ammo Efficiency (such as EnergizedMunitions130xWhite Energized Munitions).
    • Charges and Incarnon Form persists through all activities, such as holstering, bleedout, or being disarmed. However, charges and Incarnon Form are removed upon death.
  • Swapping to and from Incarnon Form will fully reload the normal form's magazine.

Evolution II[]

  • Unlock Challenge: Complete a solo mission with this weapon equipped.
  • Perk 1: Fortress Salvo:
    • Increase Damage by +12.
      • Damage increase is applied per pellet, giving Incarnon Form a total base damage increase of +96.
    • With Armor Over 450: +4 Punch Through.
  • Perk 2: Fortifying Bloodshed:
    • Increase Damage by +10.
      • Damage increase is applied per pellet, giving Incarnon Form a total base damage increase of +80.
    • On Bleed Kill: +100 Overshield.
      • Grants shields, which can be overshields.

Evolution III[]

  • Unlock Challenge: Kill 100 enemies with this weapon's Incarnon Form.
  • Perk 1: Kinetic Battle:
    • -50% Weapon Recoil.
  • Perk 2: Practiced Grip:
    • Increase Accuracy by +50%.
  • Perk 3: Rapid Reinforcement:
    • +50% Reload Speed.

Evolution IV[]

  • Unlock Challenge: Kill 10 enemies within 8 seconds 10 times.
  • Perk 1: Fresh Havoc:
    • On Reload From Empty: Increase Damage by +6. Stacks up to 2x.
      • Buff lasts permanently throughout the mission but is lost on death.
      • Switching to Incarnon Form from empty will also trigger the buff.
      • Damage increase is applied per pellet, giving Incarnon Form a total maximum base damage increase of +96.
  • Perk 2: Fatal Affliction:
    • +40% Damage per Status affecting target.
  • Perk 3: Zeroed In:
    • Increase Critical Damage Multiplier by +0.6x.

Tips[]

  • A critical focused build using Mod TT 20px Point Strike, Mod TT 20px Argon Scope (Mod TT 20px Galvanized) and Mod TT 20px Hata-Satya, combined with Mod TT 20px Vital Sense and Mod TT 20px Bladed Rounds, and/or Mod TT 20px Hammer Shot is a valuable way to mod this weapon to take advantage of its high critical chance to increase its otherwise meager base damage.
    • The critical focused build will also synergize extremely well with GyreIcon272 Gyre's Rotorswell130xWhite Rotorswell, as she can keep hammering enemies with near-constant critical hits and very high rate of fire to keep her ability's chain lightning strikes triggering.
    • If you are low on slots, Mod TT 20px Point Strike, Mod TT 20px Vital Sense, and Mod TT 20px Bladed Rounds provide the most overall increase in DPS.
  • Reload time can be shortened by using a melee attack or dodge roll when the reload timer reaches about 3/4. This works because, like many older weapons, the magazine is updated at this time instead of at the end, making the remaining time extraneous.
  • Due to the weapon's high rate-of-fire combined with its low base damage, the Soma Prime can be ammo inefficient. Using Mod TT 20px Vigilante Supplies/Mod TT 20px Rifle Ammo Mutation and/or Mod TT 20px Rifle Scavenger can be used to recover a steady supply of ammo. Alternatively, ammo can be instantly replenished using Squad Ammo Restores. Additionally, Carrier's Mod TT 20px Ammo Case mod grants more reserve ammo and turns unused ammo drops into ammo for equipped weapons.

Trivia[]

  • The Soma Prime was one of the first prime items which had colorable gold parts. This trait was shared with the VastoPrime Vasto Prime, Nova PrimeIcon272 Nova Prime and the Pyra Prime Syandana.
  • The ring-like formation through which the Warframe holds the weapon with their left hand rotates while firing, making this one of the few primary weapons that have firing animations.
    • Like its non-prime version, the Soma Prime's magazine passes up through its receiver as it fires, with the portion of the magazine consumed indicating the amount of ammo left.
  • The Soma Prime is also the only Primed weapon in the game that keeps its original counterpart's base damage.

Media[]

Soma Prime Skins

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Patch History[]

Hotfix 32.0.3 (2022-09-14)

  • Fixed a script error that could occur when logging out with Soma Prime equipped.

Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)

  • Fixed script error related to the Soma Prime.

Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

  • Fixed Prime details (specifically the golden ring) persisting on skins equipped on the Soma Prime.

Update 22.12 (2018-02-09)

  • Mastery Rank increased from 6 to 7.

Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)

  • Reduced damage of Soma Prime in Conclave.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

  • Soma Prime damage decreased in Conclave.

Hotfix: Specters of the Rail 0.7 (2016-07-14)

  • Fixed Soma Prime Barrel duplicate rewards on Relics.

Update 18.8 (2016-04-06)

  • Fixed the Huntsman Soma Skin not applying properly to the Soma Prime.

Hotfix 16.7.2 (2015-06-05)

  • Fixed Soma Prime not sitting properly on Saryn when holstered.

Update 16.7 (2015-06-04)

  • Fixed an error that would occur when viewing Soma Prime in the Codex.

Hotfix 16.3.2 (2015-04-14)

  • Slightly reduced the damage of Soma Prime in PvP.

Hotfix 16.3.1 (2015-04-10)

  • Soma Prime is now usable in PvP.

Update 16.3 (2015-04-09)

  • Updated audio on Soma Prime.

Hotfix 16.0.2 (2015-03-21)

  • Fixed additional ammo clips showing on Soma Prime.

Update 16.0 (2015-03-19)

  • Slightly reduced Soma Prime audio.

Update 15.8 (2014-12-19)

  • Fixed Soma Prime and Vasto Prime not being visible in the Codex.

Update 15.7 (2014-12-17)

  • Introduced via Nova Prime Access.

See Also[]

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