Cyte-09 — First Scope
Starter build. Seek paints weak points through walls. Evade is invis. Resupply reloads and paints an element. Neutralizer can wait one forma.
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Star Chart, first Cyte-09, learning antennas
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Cyte-09, learning antennas
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Cyte-09 is a 1999 sniper. Seek is the strongest button in the kit — wallhacks plus weak-point damage.
- Evade is the health bar. You are paper without it.
- Resupply is a reload button that also adds a forced elemental hit. Learn the hold-to-cycle now.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · ability-nuke as the damage
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: Any rifle / sniper — A hitscan primary is enough. Shoot the glowing bits Seek paints. Neutralizer's own grid comes online in the next config.
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.
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Your next step
Open First Scope — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Scope — 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 Dead EyeConclave / 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 ScopeStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Scope — Star Chart
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.
Open First Scope — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Seek and Resupply 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 Dead Eye
One named gap. Conclave / Nightwave
60 minutes
Dead Eye, 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 Dead Eye
Conclave / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just left Höllvania with a sniper protoframe and have never planted an antenna.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Continuity, Stretch, Flow.
- First mission to practice in
- A long hallway Exterminate. You want walls to shoot through.
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
Antenna loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Seek (1) at a doorway. The antenna pulses. Enemies glow through walls. Your guns gain punch-through.
- 2Evade (3). You hop back and vanish. Weak-point kills extend the cloak and heal you. Recast only after it drops.
- 3Resupply (2) when the mag is empty. Hold 2 to pick Heat / Cold / Electric / Toxin / Corrosive / etc. Tap to reload and paint that element.
- 4Neutralize (4) if you already put Serration on the exalted sniper. Otherwise use the gun you brought.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Plant Seek in a doorway
11. Enemies glow through the wall. Your gun now punches through it.
You will know it worked when: Silhouettes. Shiny weak points.
- 2
Evade
33. You hop back and vanish. Shoot a glow. The cloak extends.
- 3
Resupply instead of R
2Hold 2, pick an element, tap 2. Mag full. Extra elemental hit on.
Common mistakes
Reloading with R
That strips Resupply. Tap 2.
When this feels easy
- 1Mod the NeutralizerAbility screen → Neutralize. Next config.
- 2Arcane CrepuscularInvis damage. Buy it.
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●cyte-09frame
- 2○Dead Eyemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Crepusculararcane
- 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
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
- Arcane Crepuscular
missing · Duviri / trade
Damage and crit while Evade is up. Skip until you can afford it.
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Cyte-09 is a one shot MASTER
Seek, Neutralize, Evade. The 1999 sniper kit, not a generic gun platform recap.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155% Evade and Seek
Range
145% antenna distance
Duration is invis uptime. Weak-point kills extend Evade and feed the passive crit chance.
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
Cyte-09 mods
- AuraDead EyeSniper aura. Growing Power if you did not bring a scope.Conclave / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityDrops
- 3StretchDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5FlowDrops
- 6VitalityDrops
- 7Redirection225 health, 135 shields. You live in Evade, not in armor.Drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Dead Eye Sniper aura. Growing Power if you did not bring a scope. | Conclave / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Drops | |
| 7 | Redirection 225 health, 135 shields. You live in Evade, not in armor. | Drops |
Any rifle / sniper
A hitscan primary is enough. Shoot the glowing bits Seek paints. Neutralizer's own grid comes online in the next config.
Arcanes
Arcane Crepuscular
Damage and crit while Evade is up. Skip until you can afford it.
Duviri / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedSeek and Resupply on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Seek and Resupply on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |