Caliban — First Brood
Starter build. Summon Ortholysts, spin Razor Gyre for shields, Fusion Strike when you see armor. Learn the three summon types.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Star Chart, first Caliban, post-rework kit
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Caliban, post-rework kit
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
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: 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 0/2 · 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.
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
Open First Brood — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Brood — 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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen 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 BroodStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Brood — Star Chart
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.
Open First Brood — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Gyre and Strike on 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 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
One Archon Hunt
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 · 11 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 11 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
13 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○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Aegisarcane
- 12○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 13○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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Optional
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
- 130%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 42 / 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
- 2ContinuityDrops
- 3StretchDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5FlowDrops
- 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 | Continuity | Drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Drops | |
| 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.
Cetus / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedGyre and Strike on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Gyre and Strike on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |