Banshee — Herald of Death
Steel Path build. Resonance keeps Sonar forever. The squad's guns become unfair. Sound Quake is Helminth bait. 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.
- Resonance is Banshee. Without it you recast 2 like a peasant.
- Overlapping Sonars multiply. This is why she still has a job in 2026.
- TheKengineer's 2026 pass still starts here.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Primary — Punch-through weapons paint overlapping weak spots on clumps. Murmur enemies can stack Sonar more than humanoids.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Ping
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Ping — Star Chart
- You wanted the ability loop, not guns → Sonic Fracture
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 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 · 3 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: Herald of Death — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Herald of Death — 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 Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
- After that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalHerald of Death — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Herald of Death — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Herald of Death — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Sound augments — Resonance · Sonic Fracture · Savage Silence
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Sonar multiplier is Strength.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 Growing Power
One named gap. The Silver Grove quest
60 minutes
Growing Power, 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 Growing Power
The Silver Grove quest
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You have Resonance and a Helminth. The squad wants damage.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Resonance and a 4 subsume.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Survival with friends so you see overlapping spots.
3 button drills · 12 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
Resonance loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Sonar (2). Shoot the glow. Resonance recasts it for you if you hit the spot.
- 2Silence (3) on cooldown in hard tiles.
- 3Helminth 4 as the extra buff.
- 4Stay alive with Rolling Guard. You have 105 armor.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Ping
22. Shoot glow. Resonance recasts.
- 2
Stack
A second Sonar can land a second spot. Multipliers multiply. Murmur tiles go insane.
- 3
Hush
33 on Eximus and Acolytes.
Common mistakes
Letting Resonance drop because you shot the wrong limb
The glow. Only the glow.
When this feels easy
- 1Strength shardsSonar is a Strength ability pretending to be a support buff.
Parts checklist
0 of 12 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
15 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●bansheeframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Resonanceaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Intensifymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Molt Vigorarcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 14○Steel Pathunlock
- 15○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
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength stacks. Sonar scales with it. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
- Molt Vigor
missing · Cavia / trade
More Strength on ability cast if you run it with Augmented. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Strength
~230–530% depending on shards / Brightbonnet
Duration
155%+
Range
145–175%
Base Sonar is x5 at 100% Strength. Two overlapping spots are x25. Resonance recasts on weak-spot kills.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 244%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 49 / 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
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
- ExilusPower DriftVaults
- 1ResonanceThe augment. Weak-spot kills refresh Sonar.Red Veil / New Loka · 25k
- 2Blind RageVaults
- 3IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 4StretchKahl
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults | |
| 1 | Resonance The augment. Weak-spot kills refresh Sonar. | Red Veil / New Loka · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 3 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 4 | Stretch | Kahl | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Primary
Punch-through weapons paint overlapping weak spots on clumps. Murmur enemies can stack Sonar more than humanoids.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength stacks. Sonar scales with it. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Molt Vigor
More Strength on ability cast if you run it with Augmented. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Cavia / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthSonar multiplier is Strength.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Sonar multiplier is Strength. | 1 | Netracells |