Cernos Prime

The Cernos Prime is the Prime variant of the . Aside from increased damage, the Cernos Prime is unique in that it fires three arrows per shot in a horizontal spread, and has an Alternate Fire mode that shoots vertically, and deals bonus damage on headshots. It was released alongside and .
==Characteristics==
*This weapon deals primarily damage.
*Deals 50% bonus damage on headshots.
*Charged shots have innate 1 meter punch through.
*Innate multishot of 3 arrows.
**Alternate Fire can toggle a horizontal or vertical spread shot.
*On kill, bodies will follow the arrow that killed them, damaging enemies in their path and pinning the corpse to walls.
*Can use the bow-exclusive mod.
*Fire rate mods apply double their bonuses.
*Innate two polarities.
==Acquisition==
Unlike most Prime gear, Cernos Prime is permanently unvaulted, with relics being obtainable through Abandoned Derelict Caches in Corpus Railjack missions.
===Vaultings===
*On September 11th, 2018, it was announced that Cernos Prime, along with and , would enter the Prime Vault and be retired from the reward tables on September 25th, 2018. Any preexisting components or fully-built weapons will remain as is.
==Notes==
*The +50% bonus damage on headshots is multiplicative to other sources of +bonus damage on headshot such as and .
*The Cernos Prime's shots fire multiple arrows in a fanning spread. The number of arrows is affected by multishot mods, similar to shotguns.
*Alternate Fire toggles a Horizontal Spread or Vertical Spread fire.
* will decrease accuracy by a small amount, making each arrow fire slightly off from its normal trajectory.
**As of this was increased dramatically, making the weapon act more like a wildly-spreading shotgun than a fan of arrows.
**The arrows seem to be spread in a formation where some arrows are lower than the others, rather than being wider spread than others, this might make it difficult to get headshots with multiple arrows.
* Low accuracy will effectively invert Cernos Prime's firing mode. Horizontal shots will follow generally vertical line of shot and vice versa. This behavior is best observed while using Split Flights
==Trivia==
*The Cernos Prime, alongside , , , , , , , , , and are the only Prime weapons that do not require Orokin Cells as crafting ingredients.
==Media==
TriBowCodex.png|Cernos Prime in Codex.
Cernos Prime Arsenal.png|Cernos Prime as shown in the Arsenal
Cernos Prime Arsenal 2.png
Cernos Prime Arrow quiver.png|Cernos Prime Arrow Quiver with Arrows
Warframe - All Prime Primaries - Weapon Animations & Sounds (2013 - 2019)
2 Minute Guide to Delete Enemies in 2 Secs with Cernos Prime - Warframe
Cernos Prime Build 2021 (Guide) - The Bludgeon Shortbow - Warframe
==Patch History==
==See also==
*, the normal counterpart.
*, the Red Veil custom counterpart.
*, the Infested counterpart.
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