Dagath — Phantom Stampede
Steel Path build. Doom, scythes, horses. Spectral Spirit if you want the ghost on demand. This is the 2026 Dagath. 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.
- Spectral Spirit is the augment that made Dagath a 2026 problem. Mandatory if you like being unkillable.
- Cavalry without Doom does not strip. Spirit's 100% Doom apply is why the horses always work.
- Equilibrium plus ghost orbs is the energy engine. Do not skip it.
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: Primer optional — Scythes force Viral. A heat weapon or a melee still helps. Horses are the nuke once Doom is on.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Doom
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Doom — Star Chart
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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: Phantom Stampede — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Phantom Stampede — 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.
- FinalPhantom Stampede — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Phantom Stampede — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Phantom Stampede — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Spectral Spirit — Spectral Spirit
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Full Cavalry strip plus Grave Spirit crit.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
Steel Path. You bought Spectral Spirit.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Spectral Spirit, Blind Rage, Equilibrium.
- First mission to practice in
- A packed Survival hallway.
2 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
Stampede loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Spectral Spirit (3) on cooldown. You are a ghost. Everything you do applies Doom. Orbs drop.
- 2Wyrd Scythes (1) as you walk. Viral, slow, Doom spread.
- 3Doom (2) if something still is not marked.
- 4Cavalry (4) down the hallway. Doomed armor vanishes. Recast horses. Recast ghost when the cooldown is eaten by kills.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Go ghost
33. You are invulnerable. Hits apply Doom. Orbs drop.
- 2
Stampede
44 through the marked hall. Recast ghost when kills have eaten the cooldown.
Common mistakes
Skipping Equilibrium
Ghost orbs are the battery. Slot it.
When this feels easy
- 1Tau Strength shardsStrip breakpoint and horse damage.
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●dagathframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Spectral Spiritaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Intensifymod
- 7○Primed Continuitymod
- 8○Stretchmod
- 9○Equilibriummod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Blessingarcane
- 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
- Spectral Spirit
missing · Red Veil / The Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Tap 3, go ghost immediately. Weapons and abilities apply Doom. Kills outside ghost cut the cooldown.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Ghost kills drop health orbs. Equilibrium is infinite energy.
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength stacks. Strip breakpoint and horse damage. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
- Arcane Blessing
missing · Orphix / trade
Ghost orbs pad health. Optional. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Full Cavalry strip plus Grave Spirit crit.
Strength
~250–300% so Cavalry fully strips Doomed targets
Duration
155%
Range
145–175%
Cavalry strip only works on Doomed enemies. Strength is the strip breakpoint and the horse damage.
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
- 50 / 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
Dagath mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
- ExilusPower DriftVaults
- 1Spectral SpiritTap 3, go ghost immediately. Weapons and abilities apply Doom. Kills outside ghost cut the cooldown.Red Veil / The Perrin Sequence · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 4Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 5StretchDrops
- 6EquilibriumGhost kills drop health orbs. Equilibrium is infinite energy.The New Strange
- 7Primed FlowBaro / relics
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults | |
| 1 | Spectral Spirit Tap 3, go ghost immediately. Weapons and abilities apply Doom. Kills outside ghost cut the cooldown. | Red Veil / The Perrin Sequence · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 4 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 5 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 6 | Equilibrium Ghost kills drop health orbs. Equilibrium is infinite energy. | The New Strange | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics |
Primer optional
Scythes force Viral. A heat weapon or a melee still helps. Horses are the nuke once Doom is on.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength stacks. Strip breakpoint and horse damage. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Blessing
Ghost orbs pad health. Optional. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Cavia
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthFull Cavalry strip plus Grave Spirit crit.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Full Cavalry strip plus Grave Spirit crit. | 1 | Netracells |