Warframe · Cyte-09

Plant the antenna. Click the glow. Never reload.

A 1999 protoframe built to end a fight from the other side of a wall. Cyte-09 marks weak points, vanishes, and answers with an exalted sniper.

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Cyte-09 is a one shot MASTER

TheKengineer. Seek, Neutralize, Evade. The 1999 sniper kit, not a generic gun platform recap.

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Update 38.0 (13 Dec 2024) · Warframe: 1999. MR No mastery lock. Sprint 1.1. Madurai · Vazarin.

No Prime variant. Cyte-09 is the frame these cards are written for.

By stage

Pick where you are

Just crafted

First Scope

Learn antennas and Evade.

Exalted sniper

The Neutralizer — Endgame

Forma the Neutralizer grid.

Gun Cyte

Invisible Sobek

Roar or Shock Trooper over 4.

Squad radar

Spotter

Range Seek.

Ammo chef

Ammo Chef

Resupply is the fire button.

The kit

Antenna, cloak, ammo, scope

Seek

Plant an antenna. Weak points through walls. Punch-through on your guns.

Resupply

Instant mag plus a forced elemental hit. Hold to pick the element. Snipers get double.

Evade

Hop back, go invisible, cleanse statuses. Weak-point kills extend and heal.

Neutralize

Summon the Neutralizer. Ricochets jump weak points. Alt-fire freezes.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Scope

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Cyte-09, learning antennas

Seek paints weak points through walls. Evade is invis. Resupply reloads and paints an element. Neutralizer can wait one forma.

Cyte-09 is a 1999 sniper. Seek is the strongest button in the kit — wallhacks plus weak-point damage.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Scope — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Scope — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Seek paints weak points through walls. Evade is invis. Resupply reloads and paints an element. Neutralizer can wait one forma. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Cyte-09 is a 1999 sniper. Seek is the strongest button in the kit — wallhacks plus weak-point damage.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then The Neutralizer — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

The Neutralizer — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Exalted sniper. Ricochets jump weak point to weak point. Resupply's sniper bonus is the damage. This is the identity. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Neutralizer is a real exalted sniper as of 1999. Empty grid = a toy. Modded grid = rooms vanish.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then The Neutralizer — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

The Neutralizer — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Exalted sniper. Ricochets jump weak point to weak point. Resupply's sniper bonus is the damage. This is the identity. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Neutralizer is a real exalted sniper as of 1999. Empty grid = a toy. Modded grid = rooms vanish.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then The Neutralizer — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame5–6 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceFarmingShards optional

The Neutralizer — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, long tiles, anyone who actually wants to press 4

Exalted sniper. Ricochets jump weak point to weak point. Resupply's sniper bonus is the damage. This is the identity.

Neutralizer is a real exalted sniper as of 1999. Empty grid = a toy. Modded grid = rooms vanish.

Investment: 6 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSpyHelminthShards optional

Invisible Sobek

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Kuva Sobek, Incarnons, people who picked Cyte-09 for invis guns not the exalted

Keep your real guns. Roar or Shock Trooper over Neutralize. Evade is the cloak. Seek is still the wallhack.

Neutralizer is optional. Seek plus Evade plus a broken primary is the other 2026 Cyte.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Shock (Volt)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Spotter

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Squads, Murmur tiles, anyone who wants the cell to click glowing bits

Three antennas, squad-wide weak points through walls, punch-through on your guns. You are the radar.

Seek is one of the best damage buffs in the game and it looks like a scanner. Use it like Sonar.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then The Neutralizer — Optimised.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Ammo Chef

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Status weapons, ammo-hungry guns, people who hate the R key

Resupply is a forced elemental hit plus an instant mag. Cycle the element the tile wants. You are a walking ammo mutator.

Resupply is a unique reload that other frames cannot copy. Build around it once.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then The Neutralizer — Optimised.

First week

Starter rotation

Don't

Key mistakes

Pressing R
Reload strips Resupply's elemental extra hit. Tap 2.
Empty Neutralizer grid
It is a sniper. Serration-line mods, crit, an elemental. Or don't press 4.
Letting Evade drop in the open
225 health. Recast after it falls off, not during — you cannot recast while it is up, so plan the next hop.