Banshee — First Ping
Star Chart build. Sonar paints weak spots. Silence shuts Eximus up. Sound Quake is not your nuke anymore. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Star Chart for Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Sonar is one of the best damage buffs in the game. It multiplies, and it stacks.
- Banshee is paper. Silence is the CC that keeps you alive.
- Sound Quake hasn't been a nuke for years. Don't build around it.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Primary — Any gun. Shoot the glowing weak spots Sonar puts on enemies. That is a 5x multiplier at base Strength, stacking if you recast.
My test
Did this still work for you?
Your note, in this browser. Separate from Codex verification — the stamp on the card is editorial, this is yours.
Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — None listed
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 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
High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Herald of Death — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Herald of Death — Steel PathPlan
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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Ping — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Herald of Death — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Herald of Death — Steel PathFarm the gap
- Sound augments — Resonance · Sonic Fracture · Savage Silence
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 Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
Two farm routes, then a test run
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You copied her from the Dojo and have never seen a Sonar spot.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify and Stretch are enough to see the glow.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Exterminate. Pause when you see the first painted enemy.
3 button drills · 10 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 4 done
Keep this up
Ping loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Sonar (2) every pack. Shoot the glowing bit.
- 2Silence (3) when something loud or Eximus walks in.
- 3Sonic Boom (1) to knock and shove.
- 4Do not channel Sound Quake (4) on Steel Path. Helminth it later.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Press 2 at a doorway
2Enemies get a glowing patch. That patch is x5 damage at base Strength.
You will know it worked when: A loud ping. Colored weak spots on bodies.
- 2
Shoot only the glow
Center mass is a trap. The multiplier is the spot.
- 3
Silence an Eximus
33. Their ability aura dies.
Common mistakes
Channeling 4
You will die on the floor shaking the tile for no damage.
When this feels easy
- 1ResonanceKills on the spot recast Sonar. You stop babysitting 2.
Parts checklist
0 of 10 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
11 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●bansheeframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Resonanceaugment
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Resonancemissing · Red Veil / New Loka · 25,000
Killing a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can.
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Optional. Sonar is not that hungry. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Sonar multiplies damage on the painted part. Recast to stack more spots.
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
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 46 / 67
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
- 12% × 2.00
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 39
- Arsenal DPS
- 376
Toggle common mods
Banshee mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 6VitalityDrops
- 7ResonanceKilling a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can.Red Veil / New Loka · 25k
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 6 | Vitality | Drops | |
| 7 | Resonance Killing a weak spot recasts Sonar. Buy this as soon as you can. | Red Veil / New Loka · 25k |
Primary
Any gun. Shoot the glowing weak spots Sonar puts on enemies. That is a 5x multiplier at base Strength, stacking if you recast.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Optional. Sonar is not that hungry. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
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