Warframe | Primary Weapon Recommendations For Each Mastery Rank (2024)

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0:30 MR 0 & 1
0:51 MR 2
1:21 MR 3
1:43 MR 4
2:26 MR 5
3:26 MR 6
4:07 MR 7
5:19 MR 8
7:30 MR 9
8:28 MR 10
9:25 MR 11
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11:27 Kuva & Tenet Weapons
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[@oSLAYERo]

I like how as the video goes on Excalibur goes from nothing to fully transmog out, I pretty much would agree with every single one of these picks if I were to level a new account only thing I wouldn't was probably the Ignis Wraith just because it needs a decent amount of Forma for me to consider using it over the Amprex.

[@m.h.490]

Guardian detected lmao

[@channelhasbeensuspended3986]

​@@m.h.490 ?

[@MagikarpMan]

​@@channelhasbeensuspended3986he said transmog, Warframe doesn't have transmog

[@ductapu]

Batmetal

[@oSLAYERo]

@@ductapu "So strong, my face is, you punch, break fingers..."

[@JLGamingFTW]

Love how the excal gets customized more and more as you go through the master ranks

[@Chenktsu]

Warframe in a nutshell

[@Yerocco]

I love how I still use the starter bow at mr5….

[@ANDMAN-zt1bx]

@@Yerocco🤮

[@rift7609]

​@Yerocco Same lol, but I swapped to fulmin at around mr 8, it's rlly fun and pretty powerful imo, especially its semi auto which is like a 500 base dmg shotgun blast with just enough firerate using like 1 firerate mod

[@Yerocco]

@@rift7609 I’m MR 12 or something now lol. I ain’t played in a week or so. Forma… never enough Forma

[@GabeHowardd]

Bonus tip: You don't need to fly to Mars to check what Varzia has. Just go to the market in your Orbiter and click on the Prime Resurgence tab and you'll see everything she has and you can buy from there without having to deal with loading screens!

[@AndriSTYLEX]

you can also press visit varzia where the relics are

[@vastoa]

@@AndriSTYLEX thats gonna make you travel to her tho. the prime resurgence tab in the market doesnt require any travel.

[@gioincognitosykes6491]

Yo thx for the tip

[@noii1524]

Played for 700+ hours already, still didn't know it, much thanks

[@troll5262]

You can also get Ignis Wraith from Ticker now during the valentine event.

[@Knight-Seeker-Inbra]

Bless your heart thx for info ❤

[@delta1525]

What, how? I recently came back and don't know what ticker is. I probably haven't played since around 2015 or so. My clan is researching it, but we haven't been able to contribute enough resources.

[@MultiMetar]

​@@delta1525 Ticker is an NPC vendor in Fortuna, on Venus. He sells the Ignis Wraith Blueprint during the Star Days event(Valentine's Day event), in exchange for debt-bonds(Solaris United/Fortuna faction currency)

[@osamaqidwai7800]

@@delta1525ticker is a fortuna npc, the guy that u can buy debt bonds from​

[@asdf30111]

@@delta1525 She is the npc just above The business, you can also buy crewmates from her and trade Debt-Bonds for standing.

[@wyvern4467]

12:12 "I can't imagine how this would make anyone mad" *The mighty seer guy*

[@ThePopeOfAwesomeness]

I'm just here crying in my orbiter

[@darkbooger]

The almighty seer second only to my Lex Prime that I got a riven for

[@ThePopeOfAwesomeness]

@@darkbooger second to none*

[@nyancat7511]

​@@ThePopeOfAwesomenessof course, the MIGHTY SEER is the pinnacle of all secondaries.

[@Hellothere-ss4jq]

7:49 can confirm that if your clan is rank 10 you can get the Ignis Wraith BP

[@artificialintelligence0101]

Bro you didn't know this lmfao get a new clan man

[@Hellothere-ss4jq]

@@artificialintelligence0101 I didn't know because I wasn't around when the change happened, I just found my solo clan able to craft the thing upon reaching that rank when I came back with cross save.

[@nbassasin8092]

@@artificialintelligence0101 whats the difference if he knew it or not, before the change it was given freely to any players that couldnt get it from their clan, so the change has little to no actual benefit except for the convinience

[@scottbrooks3403]

There is no difference he is one of those elitist jerks who like to look down on others over the pettiest of things you can tell by his statement it was filled with I'm better then you energy its honestly these types off people that make me not want to get involved with the fromsoft community despite being an elden ring player.

[@nbassasin8092]

@@scottbrooks3403 you good bro?

[@villepore7013]

Great list, thought I would add the base Fulmin for MR 8, as it comes from the market, is cheap to make and performs exceptionally well.

[@delta1525]

Just got it at MR12 lol. It's very fun to use

[@frumpsterfire]

i used it from mr 8 to 14 when i upgraded to torid. goated weapon forsure

[@gustavonomegrande]

Exergis gimmick is that it has INFINITE body piercing, you can make a meat grinder with Mag's 2 or Xaku's 1.

[@vastoa]

same with nataruk

[@ErsinGaga]

Pretty sure you can go to the prime resurgence shop (where you buy recently unvaulted relics with aya) from the market console in your orbiter/ship behind the nagigation, so you dont have to go to the relay all the time :)

[@jascha5303]

Really like the Excal getting decked out throughout the video, amazing attention to detail 👍

[@samuelbulow5291]

I always recommend braton prime and burston prime if someone newer asks. Never vaulted, fairly low MR, fairly powerful early on, and pretty good riven dispostion were good enough reasons for me before. But with incarnons now, i can't recommend them enough to someone at lower-mid MR.

[@jakehelder3254]

What MR is low-mid? Sorry for dumb question

[@samuelbulow5291]

@@jakehelder3254 I'd say 5-10, as the first 5 or so won't take too long if you're using a lot of new things. I'd lean more on the 'mid' than 'low', since you have to put in a fair amount of time still. Admittedly, I did think the burston was lower. Forgot it's MR 12 now 🙃

[@zxin2308]

Burston Prime can be saved for the incarnon, which is OP.

[@alexblades5218]

Nice video! Good quick summary 👌

[@RoyalTfrii]

5:28 you can also get the cedo from trade if you haven't grinded the deimos syndicate and its pretty cheap for plat or you can get a high level clan member to trade it for you

[@renaldifauzipratama7097]

Btw, The boltor is also pretty good weapon for Archon Hunter (Get The prime ones if you can, the syndicate ones works too). Tried with ivara + roar. Pretty damn good.

[@acantharctia]

Surprisingly convenient that as soon as I start playing Warframe this videos comes out. Nice work.

[@maskedqiu]

YOUR TIMING IS IMPECCABLE, I just started playing again after years

[@ali4games10]

Love the music as always

[@bluprint27]

I'd highly reccomend the Convectrix. An absolute Slash monster, and now it's even better since its Augment has become a permanent addition to Nora's shop.

[@TheoDimitry]

huh it's permanent now?

[@Beetlerope]

As someone just 2 weeks it's nice to see these kinds of things. My fav moment so far has to be buying a soma prime off the market, only for it to be farmable a day or two after...truly the warframe experience

[@stitchgains1311]

The video ends at 13:11 that summers up to 24! And its a 2024 recommendation. Keep it up! Appreciate the gamebreaking weapons

[@AvatarWil1]

The junction nodes should reward weapon, frame slots, potatoes of both kinds, etc. just to make it easier for the new player. Also more starting plat for slots too. I know nightwave is a thing but this should be considered seperately as not every is going to immediately able to do all the tasks from a newbie perspective.

[@EdibleRockingChair]

I was just talking to some clan noobs yesterday about making an easy list. I love you

[@maxineshideout852]

Ferros has actually been my most used weapon in i think around 2000hours of playtime and since i finally got the tenet ferrox i got even happier since i can just hold down the trigger.

[@russeshe001]

Fun fact on the Exergis since I like to pick it up now and then, if you use those magazine capacity mods (or a riven with the stat) that nobody ever uses normally, you can turn it into a two-shot instead of a one-shot with just 50%+ mag size if I remember right. This, obviously, helps its damage output quite a lot, especially with status builds where the second shot will be quite strong. This still wouldn't be incredible, but the weapon *does* have a small amount of innate punchthrough and a fair bit of innate slash damage, so frames that magnetize bullets like Mag or maybe Xaku can get a fair bit of value out of it.

[@gregorybower2759]

It's my most used weapon at mr17, if you build it right it can be a beast, ive found though, it's better off buffing reload speed over having that 2nd shot and upping multishot.

[@clarienne7583]

A point about the Kuva Grattler: It's not fantastically powerful, and it doesn't scale particularly well into the late game, but it has some specific uses that it's absolutely the best for. 1. Loot/ayatan/syndicate medallion farming. 9m explosive radius that ignores LOS is perfect for breaking loot containers, even ones behind walls, under floors, etc. Most of the time you just shoot and your vacuum picks them up without you having to drop down hatches and climbing through vents and whatnot. This is helped enormously by the 320 max ammo capacity, so you can shoot fairly care free. If you can't vacuum something up, there's a good chance it's a medallion or ayatan or plume or somesuch. 2. Defense missions and area control bounties. If you're like me and don't like running certain frames, or, like me, have sometimes trouble spotting enemies in area control bounties, Kuva Grattler is your new best friend. Just look at the minimap to get a sense where the enemies are at and start shooting, then adjust your aim according to where the damage numbers are popping up. Makes those so much simpler when you don't have to worry about missing some douche looking to shank your defense target. With the Kuva Grattler, you won't miss.

[@dustinj11977]

Just a heads up. The star days (2024) event currently has the ignis wraith as a purchasable blueprint.

[@keetongu9511]

I'd recommend shortbows to new players as they have a lot of punchtrough. When i started out it was really nice to be able to shoot trough cover so i could safely stand behind them.

[@okdah7098]

I like it that the excal fashion gets better for every mastery rank increase

[@walkelftexasranger]

I heavily don't recommend Soma, that weapon is garbage and does no dmg unless you have good mods on it (which you won't early in the game).

[@aidendavis3086]

I've used the soma since it became available to me and it's a good weapon. Yes I've modded it but I've never thought I need to use something else. I would love the prime soma.

[@vl4sofficial]

same here. i hate soma

[@DareDRiver96]

Great video, really helpful list for each mastery rank, and indirectly tells me that Mastery Rank 14 is the maximum required rank for non-kuva and tenet.

[@Capitan_Captain]

Excellent video, as always. I'd just change one thing: arca plasmor is definitely still S tier.

[@sugarybannana]

I started when there was a weapon drop on twitch. Helped considerable early on

[@Forestguardian]

This is very helpful, I'm MR15 atm and trying to get into steel path and Nailing enemies of around 80+ and not sure how to go about it

[@miguelmorais5450]

Now I need this for secondaries

[@RottonBear]

Thank you man

[@user-jm8sy5ox2j]

Some weapons that weren't included but should be: 1) The dread, easily the best early game bow since it can one shot grineer on the kuva fortress with beginner player mods 2) the tigris, basically the hek but more damage 3) the vectis, a weapon that is just better than the rubico at this point in the game 4) ogris, see the tonkor but trade damage that you don't need on star chart for more AOE, also nightwatch napalm 5) arca plasmor, basically the best shotgun you will get before late game and 6) the miter which scales extremely well for when you start hitting tougher enemies at the end of star chart. It's also important to pick 4 or 5 weapons to keep while you're pushing through MR since you only start with ~8 weapon slots between your primaries, secondaries, and melee weapons. The ignis/ignis wraith is 100% a keeper, as is your tonkor/ogris, fulmin, and vectis/rubico. The rest are more or less up to preference.

[@joelarocho2594]

What the hell dude, don't tell them about the synapse! I liked being the only guy to ever run it. Great video man!

[@nbassasin8092]

literally every warframe youtuber made a video in which they talk about how strong synapse is when it comes to single target damage, its not some secret, its just not needed so most people dont use it if you dont use Zephyr

[@jnoirj3124]

Correction you're one of the few to ever run it nowadays. Back then, it was an overused, top tier weapon. It still is a powerful weapon though, just not used as much as it was before.

[@bigbrainb4662]

I'd like to add the Edun for MR0 but you will have to play some duviri but it can easily carry through the star chart

[@jonaichi_09]

Tenet Cycron is a monster for sure

[@RonOnAList]

Been looking for a video like this, still using the hek at MR10 but looking to go for a lot of other weapons, I prefer crit weapons a lot more than status focused weapons

[@coldfries8976]

Very nice! This is needed for 2024, i'll recommend this video to all my new clanmates that need some recommendations! I suppose you're doing one for Secondary and Melee too? 👀

[@rex2380]

I would also highly recommend the Komorex, it's insane later down the road! One of my favourite primary weapons.

[@mercytms4145]

Man i was about to sell it for weapon space. You gotta deck it out w forma for it to become solid?

[@rex2380]

Just a few, I believe 3 at most if you plan to use only one build. It has some quirks to it, though, which can save you some mod space when modding.

[@matte5404]

That is quite the exaggeration, it's okay at best.

[@rex2380]

I can't really agree, having used it for a good amount of time. Once you build it well and get it going, you can absolutely one to two tap steel path enemies on a headshot.

[@matte5404]

@@rex2380 Right and then you hit something that's actually tanky and it absolutely doesn't do that.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Well the Exergis does require Repeller Systems which might take a while and might not even be realistically available at that mastery rank tho

[@GabrielFloreantine]

Totally love the Cedo and ecceltra

[@GreenSlime55]

Get the Atomos at MR 5!!! It’s a super fun and strong heat-based chaining beam weapon that gets an upgrade later in the game!

[@user-jm8sy5ox2j]

>primary weapons

[@gregorybower2759]

I run excergis A LOT (MR 17 now) and have it built so it has 110% status, 60 something % crit plus radiation and corrosive. Hands down favorite shotgun.

[@damienhine1861]

This list is so helpful. Any chance of having a similar list for secondary weapons and melee?

[@AirchiGaming]

I love the Fashion Frame upgrade. Reminds me of 100 Days of Warframe

[@Henrex2000]

Ignis Wraith BP is currently available in the Star Day event

[@TRBN420]

Havent played WF for at least 3 years and my clan didnt had the blueprint for the ignis wraith. Now i have it in my Dojo. i think they give it to all clans that reach clan rank 10.

[@thetuerk]

Isn't it bit of a tall ask of a mastery 8 player to recommend the cedo, when farming Entradi standing can feel very grindy to many people? Same thing goes for the Acceltra Disruption grind, the Exergis Argon Crystal Void farming and to a lesser extent the Lenz Cryotic Farm. You offered a lot of alternatve choices at this rank, which I really approve of! It's just that there is a lack of new player grinding friendly options

[@albval7778]

the only thing i have to gripe about is that tenet arca plasmor should be in S and as a new player wanting a lets say endgame gun you should focus on shotguns which for some reason have cheap rivens

[@specterr3177]

Great video, really helped me see what guns were good for my rank. Btw whats the name of the clan? Ive been wanting the nikana for sooo long 😔😔

[@arisenprestige5717]

Huge advocate for the cedo at mr8, I give sets away for free so people have something actually good

[@scottbrooks3403]

I’d do it but the grind was to much for me so I bought mine the rng and grind was just to much and I was so behind back then I had to catch up the more people there are to give them out to players in need the better it’s a monster of a weapon for its rank and deserves more attention then it currently gets.

[@MCGamerCZ]

FIRST !

[@lordbaconator1152]

Firster!

[@136iti]

I would also suggest the regular Fulmin at mr8. It is almost the exact same as its prime version it just has 60 rounds instead of 80 and 6% lower crit chance. While its crit chance is lower at 28% that is still above average.

[@JackBlade1000]

For the ignis wraith it is also available through ticker during star days

[@brianbecker7076]

love your videos

[@PilotSolaris]

I will note that you can build the Ignis Wraith blueprint at your Dojo's Chemlab but your clan needs to be Rank 10 or higher before you can research it. Source: I founded my own solo clan in December of last year to get access to Clan Research I lost due to being removed from my old clan due to inactivity, as well as access to Dojo decorating and Operation Gargoyle's Cry.

[@whyor3619]

ik this is a primary list but the mk1 Bo and xoris are the actual best new player weapons. even if you hate melee those weapons are so good for so long and are dirt cheap. you can get the mk1 Bo from the opening of the game or buy it from the market for 15k credits and the xoris is from the mr4 quest the deadlock protocol.

[@gavinflynn9345]

Would recommend Vectis over the Boltor at MR2, purely because the Braton is a hit-scan weapon, and the Boltor can feel a bit 'slow' with its projectile bolts

[@bnashtay2278]

Twin Stubbas should be ranked higher especially above Kraken and Brakk those two fell off hard

[@theh7898]

Pretty cool update but I refuse to take the kuva/tenet bait. I've seen u use the amprex in a couple of vids recently, do u have an updated build for it somewhere?

[@coltermiller1782]

damn when i started playing the soma was literally the best weapon in the game (along with boltor prime) and now it has an incarnon

[@pepitobakata6119]

Thank you for this vidéo

[@nomelet01]

I love the ferox its a pocket nidus with its throw

[@soul2065]

Stahlta energy lab in dojo, get it asap imo, fun af. Rank 10 weapon

[@Zerooo0o458]

12:05 you missed the T plinx

[@OrangeCreamsicle]

nah it’s there but it’s too high on the tier list to see on screen

[@ruphus02]

I personally really like the vectis for mr2, even tho its not that useable, it has insane dmg and insane stats

[@youraveragechroma2139]

I tried getting the cinta for my new friends since it’s MR 2 and there are almost no bows in early MRs. I was a chicken without its head running around for puzzles. Took 5-8 hours I think…

[@Lumostity]

9:44 what is that place with all the enemies standing around called and how do i go there

[@Causing_the_Commotion]

Many people underestimate kitguns. My Vermisplicer is currently my eidolon weapon of choice. It has high base multishot but basically acts as a chaining or single target beam with its tendrils. The thing destroys the eidolon faster than my Burston or rubico prime. Don’t sleep on kitguns.

[@snwziee]

MR 8 here, i love the nataruk.

[@daddy7644]

Hello, I am a player who has hit MR 30. I know I have access to it all. But I would personally love a video where you provide proper builds for most endgame content because my brain is smooth. Just a thought because myself and a few friends are good at the "game" part of warframe, but modding with no guide is super hard for us because we lack brainpower and knowledge even at near max lvl lol . The highest lvl content I can complete reasonably is lvl 150 anything past that and weapons start to fall off hard. And even with armor strip i still get screwed by the endless eximus units

[@StugPrimeEnjoyer]

Personally, I recommend the [Stug] at mr2. I'm mr24 and it's still useful and if you say otherwise you're wrong.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

I'm surprised you put the flux rifle in S tier, a lot of people like to rank the plasmor about it. I agree with you btw, I'm just surprised. My flux is my go-to weapon these days.

[@fedexpress135827]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who realized that by the time they hit MR 3 or 5 that in order to get more MR you gotta rank up new weapons and frames. Yep that was me a year ago when I first started. I literally used Excal and I think boltor all the way without realizing which means losing so much time and effort. 😅

[@tacotruckxx662]

The soma incarnon is my fav weapon for no reason other than it goes brrrrrr lmao

[@spiritofsound8469]

As an LR4 who uses the Mk-1 weapons.: Everything can be viable if you know your builds and upgrades. ;)

[@crossmirage]

Strong recommend for the Atomos at MR5. It's the kuva nukor before the kuva nukor existed and it's pretty strong with some basic mods, incarnon upgrade down the line too!

[@user-jm8sy5ox2j]

It's not included on this list because the title says "primary weapons" and the atomos is not a primary

[@crossmirage]

@@user-jm8sy5ox2j ya i know im just leaving the info here for the benefit of others

[@Salbeira]

The Dubba Stubba Disrespect is high in this community and I can not see why. Full Access to IPS, a filler element of your choice for free, hitscan projectiles with huge fire rate and all the multishot secondary mods can offer in addition to GunCO and a way to focus all the status on Heat to stack Cascadia Flare and you have a bonkers status gun with everything a tenno would want. The only atrocity is the name. Dubba Stubba it is and noone can tell me otherwise.

[@tomzdeluxe]

nukor exists

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

I see another fellow Chad Dubba Stubba enjoyer. Very good

[@nbassasin8092]

theres no disrespect, its just a fact that it is outpreformed by anything that is usually listed before there is like 10 different akimbo pistols that work completely fine so stubba isnt special in any way, but its horde shooter and aoe is the name of the game you can use whatever you like, but he is making a video, he needs to inform people on whats optimal, there is no rule set in stone that you have to obey him and cant use whats fun to you but objective quality and taste are 2 different things

[@Salbeira]

@@nbassasin8092 Do they though? I remember being extremely disappointed by all Ak-X Prime weapons released in the past years (And we STILL have not gotten Akmagnus Prime). The Dubba Stubba actually works well and with the insane amount of different status effects even kills 250 Murmurs rather quickly, something I can not say my chain lightning guns can do as consistently with their enourmous health pools. Not that they CANT deal with them. It just becomes boring putting two loads of incarnon juice into a slinky.

[@MsTatakai]

Well... my first Kuwa weapon was a Kuwa Seer AND i can say its really nice to use... it has a small AOE even... its not great but i felt was pretty good and unique tho

[@bdpSovietafr0]

MR8: you forgot the Fulmin... Baby tenno's first plasmor

[@darkcristal9]

Isn't Ignis Wraith in the Ticker shop? In fortuna during this February event.

[@EnglishKek]

Bubonico is hands down my favourite. Been playing the game long enough now and I hate aiming. The AoE Nerf did Nerf it's recharge but it's still my Most used weapon.

[@pavleson]

You can get convectrix at mr7 which is literally the best slash weapon in the game (not joking), easily carrying you all the way to level 9999, assuming you have an acolyte killer for ur melee or secondary (sporelacer exists). Dont sleep on the convectrix.

[@Ezuion]

Lack of Corinth/Corinth Prime is saddening. Best boomstick in the game

[@basaltcrust1915]

Mr 8 Corinth also good At least it was when i was helping my friends who are new to the game through level 5-10 missions

[@nataliepatalie3834]

THAT VIDEO WAS MADE 5 YEARS AGO!?!?!??!!? I WAS THERE WHEN IT CAME OUT!!!

[@kevinquintana2647]

I'd add Kohm to mr5. It can handle level 100 sortie grineer with enhanced armor, and doesn't need a ton of investment to be effective.

[@1norwood1]

Some of the weapons you reccomended have a very small ammo pool which I can't stand. I find it makes them very difficult to play. Phntasma, Aceletra and Probicous Cernos are all very bad for this in my opinion. Personally I like the Trumna it has really big clip, good damage and alt fire that is an AoE explosion.

[@YOURteacher_100]

Ignis wraith is now available in all Rank 10 clans

[@theguccigoat]

Get a Synapse riven fairly cheap makes the gun go from good to one of the best beam weapons in the game (Edit: Spirex is really good with a magnetic progenitor sounds weird but its kinda wacky)

[@thyone3369]

im surprised you wouldn't put Tenet Arca Plasmor on S tier considering galvanized savvy is multiplicative to base damage on it

[@kevinvermaat5526]

Twin stubbas in C? I love them and they are super fun to have them empty 170 bullets in 1 second 😂 It does work against sp enemies tho

[@SamanthaLaurier]

No mention of the Tenet Plinx with the other Tenet weapons?

[@PipeElPipe-dm3je]

Doesn't the Exergis need a component that comes from high rank fortuna?

[@MihaiHategan]

Wasn't the FULMIN also MR8? That's a cool weapon also.

[@trollwell74]

As a new player i wold ask, do i need to rank up before i end "campain"? Cuz im 11 mr and my "new" planet is neptun for now so i have rly no idea what to focus on first, i can see ppl fly on open word map with archwing but i can no to even when i can use it on archwing missions, i feel like im missing something, is that archwing and end game content or what ?

[@MagicalPotatoo]

Chakkur and Plasmor in A? I smell some trickery sneaking about