Dante — Brightbonnet
Steel Path build. Infinite energy. Ability spam. No Zenurik required.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Endless missions, verse weaving, dropping Energize
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Endless missions, verse weaving, dropping Energize
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Removes Arcane Energize, energy orbs, and Zenurik from the equation.
- Strength bonus pulses stack with Precision Intensify on Final Verse.
- Helminth Brightbonnet is weaker than Nokko's (10 energy / +20% STR, 100% cap) — still enough.
Don’t use this for: players without Helminth
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Alternative if…
- You don’t have Helminth yet → The Starter
- Star Chart only → The Starter
- This is too much Forma / cost → The Starter — Star Chart
My test
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Readiness
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/6 · required — 6 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth 0/1 · required — Subsume Brightbonnet (Nokko)
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 6 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Brightbonnet (Nokko)) · 2 shards · 5 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: Noctua DPS — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Noctua DPS — 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 that4–6 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalBrightbonnetSteel Path · Advanced · 4–6 Forma
Upgrade from here
Noctua DPS — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Noctua DPS — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Orokin Vault mods — Blind Rage · Transient Fortitude
- Cetus bounty mods — Augur Secrets · Augur Message · Hornet Strike
- Precision Intensify — The Fragmented — Effervo, Deimos
- Archon mods — Archon Vitality · Archon Stretch
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
Brightbonnet (Nokko) over Noctua (1)
A mushroom that pulses energy and Ability Strength. Helminth version restores 10 energy per pulse and up to +20% Strength (100% cap). Preparation lets you plant it at spawn.
Helminth is locked. Tick it on Progress before you subsume.
- 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Spam speedArchon locked
- 3 Crimson · Strength — Push the Strength ceilingArchon 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
Subsume Brightbonnet (Nokko)
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
You are tired of hunting energy orbs. You want to press 4 forever. You will give up the tome for a mushroom.
- Time to a playable copy
- Once Nokko is subsumed. Mods are the Overguard God set.
- First mission to practice in
- Any long Survival. The whole point is that minute 20 feels like minute 1.
3 button drills · 14 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 2 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 2 done
Keep this up
Energy loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Cast Brightbonnet (subsumed 1). Preparation covers the opening cost.
- 2Cast Triumph (2 → 2 → 4).
- 3The mushroom now funds every verse. Spam Tragedy freely.
- 4Recast Brightbonnet before it expires. Two can be active.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Plant the mushroom
1Press 1 on the floor where you will actually fight, not in the spawn hallway. It pulses energy and a Strength bonus. Helminth version is 10 energy a pulse and up to +20% Strength (capped). Two can be active — plant a second in the next room.
You will know it worked when: A mushroom. Energy ticking up without orbs. A small Strength buff in the pause menu.
- 2
Triumph, then never think about energy
224Cast it. The mushroom refunds what you spent. Spam Tragedy (3-3-4) whenever a pack exists. Recast Brightbonnet before the old one dies.
You will know it worked when: Your energy bar refusing to stay empty. If it is empty, the mushroom expired or you planted it in a room you left.
- 3
You can drop Energize and Zenurik
That is the point of the page. Put a damage focus school on. Take Energize off and give it to another frame.
You will know it worked when: No orb-chasing. No 'energy' pings in squad chat.
Common mistakes
Planting in spawn and running away
The pulses are local. Plant where you stand.
Expecting Nokko-strength mushrooms
Helminth versions are nerfed. 10 energy / +20% Strength. Still enough. Do not rebuild the numbers in your head from a Nokko video.
When this feels easy
- 1Two Amber, three Crimson StrengthYou already have energy. Spend shards on speed and the Strength ceiling. Precision Intensify plus Brightbonnet pulses plus Molt plus Impetus is how you see 400%+ on the 4.
Parts checklist
0 of 14 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
18 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●danteframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Preparationmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Transient Fortitudemod
- 6○Augur Secretsmod
- 7○Precision Intensifymod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Archon Vitalitymod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Arcane Impetusarcane
- 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 15○Brightbonnet (Nokko)helminth
- 16○Helminth · Brightbonnet (Nokko)unlock
- 17○Steel Pathunlock
- 18○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
Preparationmissing · Unlock Arbitrations
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Transient Fortitudemissing · Same vaults as Blind Rage
Augur Secretsmissing · Go to Cetus
Precision Intensifymissing · Buy it
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Archon Vitalitymissing · Kahl’s Garrison
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Brightbonnet (Nokko)missing · Acquire Nokko
A mushroom that pulses energy and Ability Strength. Helminth version restores 10 energy per pulse and up to +20% Strength (100% cap). Preparation lets you plant it at spawn.
Recommended
Optional
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Helminth
Subsume Brightbonnet (Nokko) over Noctua (1)
A mushroom that pulses energy and Ability Strength. Helminth version restores 10 energy per pulse and up to +20% Strength (100% cap). Preparation lets you plant it at spawn.
Strength
368%+ on Final Verse, 458%+ with Precision Intensify, up to ~621% with all buffs
Duration
Primed Continuity
Range
Enough for Triumph
Blind Rage + Transient + Augur Secrets + Precision Intensify + Brightbonnet pulses + Molt Augmented + Impetus.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 368%
- Duration
- 128%
- Range
- 100%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 54 / 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
Dante mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
- ExilusPreparationArbitration vendor
- 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 2Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
- 3Augur SecretsCetus bounties
- 4Precision IntensifyFragmented / trade
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 6Archon VitalityKahl's Garrison
- 7Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Preparation | Arbitration vendor | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Transient Fortitude | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Augur Secrets | Cetus bounties | |
| 4 | Precision Intensify | Fragmented / trade | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 6 | Archon Vitality | Kahl's Garrison | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer |
Weapon mods
Noctua is replaced on this Helminth setup.
Arcanes
Arcane Impetus
Strength + Efficiency per status type
Market / events
Molt Augmented
+60% Strength
Zariman bounties
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedSpam speed2 · EDA / Bird 3 - 2
Crimson · StrengthPush the Strength ceiling3 · Netracells / Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Spam speed | 2 | EDA / Bird 3 | |
| 2 | Crimson · Strength Push the Strength ceiling | 3 | Netracells / Archon Hunt |