Atlas Prime · Loadouts

Atlas by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Punches

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Atlas, learning the punch rhythm

Landslide is a three-hit combo. Petrify for rubble. Do not summon Rumblers until you mean it.

Landslide is Atlas. The exalted fists got a real crit stat in the pseudo-exalted promotion.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Punches — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Punches — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Landslide is a three-hit combo. Petrify for rubble. Do not summon Rumblers until you mean it. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Landslide is Atlas. The exalted fists got a real crit stat in the pseudo-exalted promotion.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Rubble Heap — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Rubble Heap — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Path of Statues petrifies what you punch. Rubble Heap makes Landslide free and doubled past 1,400 rubble. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Path of Statues plus Rubble Heap is the Atlas engine.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 2 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Rubble Heap — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Rubble Heap — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Path of Statues petrifies what you punch. Rubble Heap makes Landslide free and doubled past 1,400 rubble.

Path of Statues plus Rubble Heap is the Atlas engine.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel) or Tharros Strike (Styanax)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Rubble Heap — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Rubble Heap — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, endurance, the current Codex Atlas

Path of Statues petrifies what you punch. Rubble Heap makes Landslide free and doubled past 1,400 rubble.

Path of Statues plus Rubble Heap is the Atlas engine.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel) or Tharros Strike (Styanax)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

I Am the Golem

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Fun tanking, Overguard stacking, people who want to be the summon

Rumbled turns Atlas into a Rumbler. Overguard, boulder throws, Landslide-scaled fists.

Rumbled is the meme that still works.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Rubble Heap — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathDisruptionHelminthShards optional

Tharros Fists

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path Grineer, Demolysts, people who refuse to wait on Petrify

Tharros Strike subsume. Cone strip, heal, then Landslide the naked pack.

Tharros is the 2026 strip-and-heal subsume for brawlers.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Tharros Strike (Styanax)) · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceFarmingHelminthShards optional

Geological Survey

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Farming runs, people who already kill the map and want more drops

Lycath's Hunt or high Strength Petrify. Punches that print orbs and mods.

Lycath's Hunt plus exalted melee is infinite energy.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Lycath's Hunt (Voruna)) · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.