Caliban — First Brood
Star Chart build. Summon Ortholysts, spin Razor Gyre for shields, Fusion Strike when you see armor. Learn the three summon types. 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.
- The rework made Lethal Progeny the kit. Empty 3 is a fake Caliban.
- Gyre is the survivability button. Shields gate, hits refund.
- Don't Helminth 3.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: No exalted — The summons are the weapons. A primer still helps. Cycle Lethal Progeny (hold 3) to meet Ortholysts, Conculysts, and Summulysts.
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: Razor Mortar — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Razor Mortar — 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 Brood — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Razor Mortar — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Razor Mortar — Steel PathTonight
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 just pulled him out of a Cetus bounty and the 3 button has a hold cycle.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Summons work with Intensify.
- First mission to practice in
- A Plains-adjacent Exterminate or any Infested Defense so you can watch the brood.
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
Brood loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Hold 3 to pick Ortholysts (guns). Tap 3 to summon. Keep them up.
- 2Razor Gyre (1) into a pack — shields, energy, Tau status.
- 3Sentient Wrath (2) lifts and amps damage.
- 4Fusion Strike (4) if you see armor. 200% Strength later for full strip.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Hold 3 until Ortholysts (the gunners)
3Tap 3. Three Sentients spawn. They shoot. You are not alone.
You will know it worked when: Tall gun Sentients, not the melee ones.
- 2
Gyre a pack
11. You spin, they Tau, your shields come back.
- 3
Strike if you see yellow armor
44 at a clump. Don't expect a nuke yet — you're learning the field.
Common mistakes
Letting summons expire in a fight
Recast in a quiet second, not after they're already corpses.
When this feels easy
- 1Razor MortarThe augment. Next config.
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●calibanframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Aegisarcane
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
Recommended
- Arcane Aegis
missing · Cetus / trade
Shields. Optional. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145%
Duration
130%
Range
145%
Lethal Progeny duration is recast timer. Gyre refunds energy and shields on hit.
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
- 47 / 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
Caliban mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 6VitalityDrops
- 7RedirectionCaliban has real shields. Gyre refills them.Drops
| 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 | Redirection Caliban has real shields. Gyre refills them. | Drops |
No exalted
The summons are the weapons. A primer still helps. Cycle Lethal Progeny (hold 3) to meet Ortholysts, Conculysts, and Summulysts.
Arcanes
Arcane Aegis
Shields. Optional. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Cetus / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|