Atlas — First Punches
Starter build. Landslide is a three-hit combo. Petrify for rubble. Do not summon Rumblers until you mean it.
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Star Chart, first Atlas, learning the punch rhythm
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Atlas, learning the punch rhythm
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Landslide is Atlas. The exalted fists got a real crit stat in the pseudo-exalted promotion.
- Rubble from Petrify is free health and armor. Pick it up.
- Do not Helminth 1. Ever.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · frames played as a gun platform only
0 Forma, basic mods, no Helminth or shards required
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Landslide Fists (exalted) — Open Landslide's melee grid even on the starter. Pressure Point and a 90% elemental is enough to clear the map.
My test
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/13 · required — 0/13 named
- Forma 0/2 · required — 2 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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Your next step
Open First Punches — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Punches — Star ChartPlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- NextGet Steel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- After that0–2 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst PunchesStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Punches — Star Chart
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.
Open First Punches — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Punch tempo.Archon locked
Tonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
One Archon Hunt
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just beat Jordas and have never punched on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Landslide works with Pressure Point.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Grineer Exterminate. You want packs, not a boss.
2 button drills · 15 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 5 done
Keep this up
Punch loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Landslide (1) three times on a pack. The third punch is the wide one.
- 2Petrify (3) when you want rubble (health + armor pickups from shattered stone enemies).
- 3Tectonics (2) is a wall. Tap again to throw it. Starter can ignore it.
- 4Rumblers (4) later. AI golems are not this config.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Walk up and press 1 three times
1Hit, hit, wide hit. Energy gets cheaper each punch.
You will know it worked when: A sliding punch. Enemies ragdoll.
- 2
Petrify a clump, then punch
3Stone enemies shatter into rubble. Walk over the rocks — health and armor.
Common mistakes
Jumping for every punch
Passive needs feet on the floor. Knockdown immunity is grounded.
When this feels easy
- 1Path of StatuesPunches petrify. You can stop pressing 3 as often.
- 2Rubble HeapThe actual god augment. Next config.
Parts checklist
0 of 15 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
17 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●atlasframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Streamlinemod
- 7○Flowmod
- 8○Continuitymod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Steel Fibermod
- 11○Pressure Pointmod
- 12○True Steelmod
- 13○Organ Shattermod
- 14○Fever Strikemod
- 15○Arcane Furyarcane
- 16○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 17○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock
Depends on
What this loadout needs
Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.
Required
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Pressure Point
missing · Enemy drops
- True Steel
missing · Enemy drops
- Organ Shatter
missing · Enemy drops
- Fever Strike
missing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
The strength to shatter asteroids with Atlas
Landslide, Rubble Heap, Path of Statues. The punch Atlas actually plays.
Strength
~145%
Duration
100–130%
Range
145%
Each Landslide hit in the 3-punch string costs less energy and hits a wider radius.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 145%
- Duration
- 130%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 43 / 69
Weapon HUD
Arsenal numbers
Base × damage mods × crit expectation × fire rate × multishot. No faction, no quantization. Galvanized kill stacks are a slider, not assumed.
- Damage
- 35
- Crit
- 26% × 3.80
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 61
- Arsenal DPS
- 583
Toggle common mods
Atlas mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2StretchEnemy drops
- 3StreamlineEnemy drops
- 4FlowEnemy drops
- 5ContinuityEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7Steel FiberAtlas is an armor frame. Rubble will add more.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Steel Fiber Atlas is an armor frame. Rubble will add more. | Enemy drops |
Landslide Fists (exalted)
- 1Pressure PointEnemy drops
- 2True SteelEnemy drops
- 3Organ ShatterEnemy drops
- 4Fever StrikeEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pressure Point | Enemy drops | |
| 2 | True Steel | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Organ Shatter | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Fever Strike | Enemy drops |
Arcanes
Arcane Fury
Melee damage. Skip until you have it.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedPunch tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Punch tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |