Warframe Guide: How to Get War Prime

Q: How do you get the War Prime blueprint?

The blueprint you need is called Hunhow's Trinkets, and you buy it directly from Hunhow, the vendor stationed at the Pontis Tower node. The purchase costs 12 Crimson Talents and 12 Emerald Talents. These are the two token currencies tied to the new content in this update, and you earn them by running the Railjack missions available from Uranus Proxima. Those missions put you in the middle of a conflict between two rival protoframes. You choose to support either Vena or Ryoku as they work to take down the other side. Completing these missions drops both Crimson and Emerald Talents alongside other resources, including the Sirius and Orion blueprints if you need those too. Our step-by-step guide to getting Sirius and Orion covers that side of the Pontis Tower economy in more detail.

Q: What materials do you need to craft War Prime?

Once you have the Hunhow's Trinkets blueprint from Pontis Tower, head to your Foundry. The crafting requirements are: 5x Nitain Extract 1x Orokin Cell 1x Argon Crystal 15,000 Credits The build time is 12 hours. None of these materials are particularly rare for veterans, but Argon Crystal decays over time if you're stockpiling, so pick it up close to when you're ready to start the craft.

War Prime spent years as a campaign-only weapon in Warframe, locked behind story missions with no way to actually keep it. The Jade Shadows: Constellations update changed that entirely. You can now craft and permanently own the Prime version, and the path to getting it runs through a new vendor, a pair of new Railjack missions, and a short list of familiar crafting materials.

How do you get the War Prime blueprint?

The blueprint you need is called Hunhow's Trinkets, and you buy it directly from Hunhow, the vendor stationed at the Pontis Tower node. The purchase costs 12 Crimson Talents and 12 Emerald Talents. These are the two token currencies tied to the new content in this update, and you earn them by running the Railjack missions available from Uranus Proxima.

Those missions put you in the middle of a conflict between two rival protoframes. You choose to support either Vena or Ryoku as they work to take down the other side. Completing these missions drops both Crimson and Emerald Talents alongside other resources, including the Sirius and Orion blueprints if you need those too. Our step-by-step guide to getting Sirius and Orion covers that side of the Pontis Tower economy in more detail.

tip

You don't need to commit exclusively to one side to earn tokens. Both mission types reward the same talent currencies, so run whichever feels faster for your current loadout.

Warframe Guide: How to Get War Prime

What materials do you need to craft War Prime?

Once you have the Hunhow's Trinkets blueprint from Pontis Tower, head to your Foundry. The crafting requirements are:

5x Nitain Extract
1x Orokin Cell
1x Argon Crystal
15,000 Credits

The build time is 12 hours. None of these materials are particularly rare for veterans, but Argon Crystal decays over time if you're stockpiling, so pick it up close to when you're ready to start the craft.

warning

Argon Crystal has a 24-hour decay timer. Don't farm it days in advance or it will disappear from your inventory before you can use it.

Warframe Guide: How to Get War Prime

Is War Prime actually better than the base War?

Here's the honest answer: the Prime version is an upgrade, but not a dramatic one. The base War is already a strong heavy blade, and if you've already invested forma and a polished mod setup into it, the stat bump from the Prime version may not justify rebuilding from scratch.

That said, the numbers do favor the Prime:

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The crit chance stays identical at 26%, which is the one area where you might have hoped for improvement. What does improve is the crit multiplier (up from 2.6x to 3.2x), the status chance (up from 26% to 32%), and the Impact damage, which jumps significantly from 120 to 194.4. Total base damage increases by 20 points.

For players who build around status procs or heavy crit multiplier scaling, the Prime version pulls ahead more noticeably. For pure crit-chance builds, the difference is smaller.

tip

The higher Impact value on War Prime means it staggers enemies more consistently, which has real value in high-level content where crowd control matters.

Should you build War Prime right now?

If you don't already own a well-modded War, yes, build the Prime version straight away. You're not giving anything up, and the better crit multiplier and status chance make it the stronger starting point for any build.

If you're already running a fully forma'd base War with a build you're happy with, the upgrade is real but not urgent. The 12-hour craft time and relatively accessible materials mean there's no reason to rush, but there's also no reason to skip it permanently.

The Uranus Proxima missions are worth running regardless since they drop multiple useful rewards beyond just the talent tokens. Getting to 12 of each currency shouldn't take long if you're actively doing the new Railjack content.

For more on the current Prime lineup and how to farm relics efficiently, the Voruna Prime relic farming guide is worth bookmarking. If you're newer to the game and still working through the Star Chart, the Warframe beginner's guide covers the fundamentals you'll need before tackling Railjack content. For everything else happening in the game right now, the full Warframe guides hub has you covered.