The Bo staff deals mostly 
Impact damage, making it useful against Corpus.
This weapon can be sold for 
5,000; it is a requisite ingredient for 
Tipedo and 
Cadus.
Characteristics
- This weapon deals primarily Impact damage.
- Stance mod has
polarity, matches 
Flailing Branch stance. - Innate
polarity.
Advantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- High attack range (3.00 m)
- Above average disposition (●●●●● (1.35x))
Disadvantages over other Melee weapons (excluding modular weapons):
- Normal Attack (wiki attack index 1)
- Low crit chance (12.50%)
- Low total damage (140)
- Below average status chance (20.00%)
See WARFRAME Wiki:Stat Comparison/Percentiles for more details.
Comparisons:
Bo (Normal Attack), compared to 
MK1-Bo (Normal Attack):
- Higher base damage (140.00 vs. 90.00)
- Higher total damage (140 vs. 90)
- Higher base critical chance (12.50% vs. 10.00%)
- Higher base status chance (20.00% vs. 10.00%)
- Lower disposition (●●●●● (1.35x) vs. ●●●●● (1.40x))
- Bo (Normal Attack), compared to
Bo Prime (Normal Attack):
- Lower base damage (140.00 vs. 176.00)
- Lower total damage (140 vs. 176)
- Lower base critical chance (12.50% vs. 24.00%)
- Lower base critical multiplier (2.00x vs. 2.60x)
- Lower base status chance (20.00% vs. 32.00%)
- Lower attack speed (1.00x animation speed vs. 1.08x animation speed)
- Less polarities ( vs.
) - Lower Mastery Rank required (0 vs. 5)
Acquisition
The Bo's blueprint can be purchased from the Market.
| Manufacturing Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 15,000 |
 Orokin Cell1 |
 Salvage900 |
 Ferrite600 |
 Alloy Plate150 |
Time: 12 Hour(s) |
Rush:  25
| |||||
 Market Price: 65
|
 Blueprints Price:15,000
| ||||
Notes
Incarnon Genesis
- Upon completion of The Duviri Paradox and Angels of the Zariman, and unlocking The Steel Path, players can earn
Bo Incarnon Genesis from The Circuit's Steel Path to place on their Bo with the help of Cavalero in the Chrysalith. This Incarnon Genesis form grants it evolutions to a transformation and newfound strength.
Evolution
This section is transcluded from Bo Incarnon Genesis § Evolutions. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.
- Installing the Bo Incarnon Genesis requires 20
Pathos Clamps, 70 
Dracroot, and 80 
Kovnik. - When installed, the first Evolution tier is unlocked. The following Evolution tiers, their requirements for unlocking them, and their related perks, are shown below;
- Each challenge additionally grants 5,000 affinity to the weapon, affected by Affinity Boosters.
Evolution I
- Reach 6x Combo and then Heavy Attack to activate Incarnon Form.
- Incarnon form increases Range and Heavy Attack Efficiency.
- +100% Melee Damage
- +4 Range
- +50% Heavy Attack Efficiency
- +20% Sprint Speed
- +20% to Bullet Jump
- Incarnon Form lasts for 180 seconds and persists until death.
Evolution II
Unlock Challenge: Complete a solo mission with this weapon equipped.
- Perk 1: Stalwart Oak:
- Increase Damage by +110 (Bo) / +90 (MK1) / +34 (Prime).
- While Armor is greater than 450: +30 Parry Angle and +300% Combo Count Chance while Blocking.
- Perk 2: Swordsman's Flourish:
- Increase Damage by +100 (Bo) / +85 (MK1) / +30 (Prime).
- With Melee Weapon Equipped: +100% Combo Count Chance.
- Does not apply to quickswap melee. Requires manually equipping the melee, either by holding the weapon swap key (default F ) or going into a mission with only the melee weapon equipped.
Evolution III
Unlock Challenge: Active this weapon's Incarnon Form 6 times in a mission.
- Perk 1: Orokin Reach:
- +0.5 Range.
- Perk 2: Overhand:
- Base Heavy Attack Efficiency set to 20%.
- This is additive with other sources of heavy attack efficiency, and is not an override.
- Base Heavy Attack Efficiency set to 20%.
- Perk 3: Swordsman's Celerity:
- +20% Movement Speed.
Evolution IV
Unlock Challenge: Kill 40 enemies with slide attacks.
- Perk 1: Flashing Bleed:
- Perk 2: Subtle Force:
- Increase Critical Chance by +12% (Bo) / +15% (MK1) / +6% (Prime).
- Increase Status Chance by +12% (Bo) / +15% (MK1) / +6% (Prime).
- Perk 3: Absolute Dominion:
- Increase Status Chance by +34% (Bo) / +38% (MK1) / +30% (Prime).
Trivia
- Bō (棒:ぼう) is the Japanese word for stick/rod/staff. Used in various forms and styles of martial arts around the world, the staff is a highly versatile weapon. Its composition is usually made of hard wood, and can vary from light to heavy, flexible to rigid, and from simple shaft to decorated ornaments. A bō staff is typically 6 feet long, with other staves of various lengths possessing different names.
- Despite the blue energy depicted in the Bo's portrait, the default energy color of the Bo is red.
- The Bo had a significantly different model in the past, it was updated in Update 19.10
Bugs
- Only the host is capable of ragdolling enemies with the Bo.
Bo Skins
Media
Bo model post-Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
Bo model pre-Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
Bo model pre-Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
Warframe Bo 2.0
Bo Skins
Patch History
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- (Undocumented) Mastery Rank decreased from 4 to 0.
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 4.
- Damage increased from 50 to 140.
- Slam Attack increased from 100 to 420.
- Slide Attack increased from 107 to 140.
- Parry Angle set to 60.
- (Undocumented) Follow Through decreased from 0.7 to 0.5.
Update 19.10 (2017-02-09)
- Bo model reworked.
- Nocturne and Kintsugi Skin added.
Hotfix 18.12.2 (2016-05-20)
- Fixed the Scyth Sugatra rotation on the Bo.
Update 18.4 (2016-01-22)
- Bo Volu Skin added.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- Bo series damage increased in PvP.
Update 16.4 (2015-04-23)
- Increased Stamina consumption when blocking with all Bo weapons in PvP.
- Reduced the damage of all Bo weapons in PvP.
Hotfix 15.10.1 (2015-01-16)
- Fixed duplicate Bo melee weapons appearing in the Market and Codex.
Update 4 (2012-11-02)
- Bo Staff damage increase.
Vanilla (2012-10-25)
- Item introduced with game release.
Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
See Also
- MK1-Bo, the starter variant of this weapon.
- Bo Prime, the primed variant of this weapon.
- Tipedo, a weapon crafted from the Bo.
- Cadus, another weapon crafted from the Bo.
- Bo Incarnon Genesis, the Incarnon power-up for the Bo series.
