Atlas — Rubble Heap
Steel Path build. 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.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Path of Statues plus Rubble Heap is the Atlas engine.
- Tectonics is the Helminth slot on almost every 2026 guide.
- 1,400 rubble is not optional for Heap. Path of Statues is how you get there without babysitting Petrify.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth · frames played as a gun platform only
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Landslide Fists — Blood Rush, Weeping Wounds, Condition Overload, Gladiator Might, Organ Shatter, primed elementals. Melee Influence if you want tiles to explode.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Punches
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Punches — Star Chart
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- Required mods 0/17 · required — 0/17 named
- Forma 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Rubble Heap — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Rubble Heap — OptimisedPlan
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 that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterViolet · Melee crit damageHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalRubble Heap — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Rubble Heap — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Rubble Heap — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Punch augments — Path of Statues · Rubble Heap · Rumbled · Titanic Rumbler
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Violet · Melee crit damage — Fists crit harder.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
Steel Path. You own both punch augments.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Path of Statues, Rubble Heap, and a Tectonics subsume.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Exterminate or Survival.
2 button drills · 20 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
Heap loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Petrify or Path-of-Statues punch until rubble is stacked. Pick up the stones.
- 2Once the rubble bar is fat, Landslide is free. Never stop punching.
- 3Nourish or Tharros on 2 as the setup button.
- 4Rumblers only if you brought Titanic / Rumbled. This config usually ignores 4.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Punch until the rubble bar is fat
1Path of Statues stones them. Pick up rubble. Heap turns on at 1,400.
- 2
Never stop
Landslide is free now. The third hit of the combo is a room-clear.
Common mistakes
Letting rubble drop below Heap
You start paying energy again. Punch stone, pick up rocks.
When this feels easy
- 1Violet melee shardsCrit damage on fists.
- 2Tharros if Grineer laughSwap the 2 subsume.
Parts checklist
0 of 20 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
23 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●atlasframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Rubble Heapaugment
- 5○Path of Statuesaugment
- 6○Blind Ragemod
- 7○Intensifymod
- 8○Stretchmod
- 9○Equilibriummod
- 10○Primed Continuitymod
- 11○Blood Rushmod
- 12○Weeping Woundsmod
- 13○Condition Overloadmod
- 14○Gladiator Mightmod
- 15○Organ Shattermod
- 16○Primed Fever Strikemod
- 17○Sacrificial Pressuremod
- 18○Primed Reachmod
- 19○Arcane Persistencearcane
- 20○Arcane Batteryarcane
- 21○Violet · Melee crit damageshard
- 22○Steel Pathunlock
- 23○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
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Path of Statues
missing · Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25,000
Landslide petrifies. Petrified enemies are rubble.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
- Blood Rush
missing · Red Veil / Steel Meridian
- Weeping Wounds
missing · The Index
- Condition Overload
missing · Orokin Derelict / trade
- Gladiator Might
missing · Arena / Arbitration
- Organ Shatter
missing · Enemy drops
- Primed Fever Strike
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Sacrificial Pressure
missing · The Sacrifice
- Primed Reach
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Arcane Persistencemissing · Finish The Old Peace
At 700+ armor, incoming damage caps at 500/s. Azure armor shards or Health Conversion to the breakpoint. Pair with a heal (Grace, kit heal, or Gloom). Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
- Arcane Battery
missing · Duviri / trade
Energy max from armor. Rubble is armor. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Strength
~250–313%
Duration
enough for Nourish
Range
175%+ with Overextended / Cunning Drift
1,400 rubble is the Rubble Heap breakpoint. Path of Statues feeds it.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 229%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 160%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- base
- Capacity
- 48 / 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
- 17% × 5.00
- Status
- 36%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 59
- Arsenal DPS
- 561
Toggle common mods
Atlas mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Rubble HeapFree, doubled Landslide above 1,400 rubble.Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k
- 2Path of StatuesLandslide petrifies. Petrified enemies are rubble.Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k
- 3Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 4IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 5StretchKahl / Archon Hunts
- 6EquilibriumThe New Strange
- 7Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Rubble Heap Free, doubled Landslide above 1,400 rubble. | Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Path of Statues Landslide petrifies. Petrified enemies are rubble. | Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 3 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 5 | Stretch | Kahl / Archon Hunts | |
| 6 | Equilibrium | The New Strange | |
| 7 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer |
Landslide Fists
- 1Blood RushSyndicates
- 2Weeping WoundsThe Index
- 3Condition OverloadDerelict / trade
- 4Gladiator MightArena
- 5Organ ShatterDrops
- 6Primed Fever StrikeBaro
- 7Sacrificial PressureThe Sacrifice
- 8Primed ReachBaro
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Rush | Syndicates | |
| 2 | Weeping Wounds | The Index | |
| 3 | Condition Overload | Derelict / trade | |
| 4 | Gladiator Might | Arena | |
| 5 | Organ Shatter | Drops | |
| 6 | Primed Fever Strike | Baro | |
| 7 | Sacrificial Pressure | The Sacrifice | |
| 8 | Primed Reach | Baro |
Arcanes
Arcane Persistence
At 700+ armor, incoming damage caps at 500/s. Azure armor shards or Health Conversion to the breakpoint. Pair with a heal (Grace, kit heal, or Gloom). Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Roathe, La Cathédrale · 5 Maphica (The Descendia)
Arcane Battery
Energy max from armor. Rubble is armor. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Duviri / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Violet · Melee crit damageFists crit harder.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violet · Melee crit damage Fists crit harder. | 1 | EDA |