Equinox — Night Nurse
Steel Path build. Night Mend as a squad heal / shield dump. Pacify for DR. Rest the leftovers. You are the medic.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Defense, raids-of-old muscle memory, people who picked Equinox to keep others alive
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Defense, raids-of-old muscle memory, people who picked Equinox to keep others alive
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Mend is a real heal, not a tick. The dump is the point — do not leave 4 on forever without pressing it off.
- Night is the medic face. Day is the murderer face. Pick one per config until Transfer is slotted.
- Peaceful Pacify slow plus Mend dumps is a Defense monster.
Don’t use this for: Capture / short missions · Exterminate speedruns · solo level-cap
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Support weapons — A primer or a crowd gun. You are not the DPS. Mend's stored pool is the product.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Dusk
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Dusk — Star Chart
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 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: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods. 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
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: Maim Day — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Maim Day — 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 RejuvenationDrops / Nightwave
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalNight NurseSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Maim Day — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Maim Day — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Duality augments — Energy Transfer · Peaceful Provocation · Calm & Frenzy · Duality
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Fatter Mend dumps.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Dump and recast.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 Rejuvenation
One named gap. Drops / Nightwave
60 minutes
Rejuvenation, 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 Rejuvenation
Drops / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
The squad keeps falling over. You brought the medic face.
- Time to a playable copy
- After you understand that 4 must be tapped off to heal.
- First mission to practice in
- A Defense. Watch the pool, dump when the operative is sad.
2 button drills · 13 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
Dump loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Night. Mend (4) on as a channel. Get kills in range — the pool fills.
- 2Pacify (3) so the squad takes less while you cook.
- 3Deactivate 4 when someone is dying. Health and shields slam onto the cell. Recast 4.
- 4Rest (2) emergencies. You do not go Day on this config unless Energy Transfer is on and you know why.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Channel Mend
44 on. Get kills in range. Pool climbs.
- 2
Dump when someone is dying
Tap 4. Health and shields slam. Recast 4.
Common mistakes
Leaving 4 on 'because healing'
The channel stores. The tap heals. Tap.
When this feels easy
- 1Strength for fatter dumpsThe heal scales. Pacify slow is a bonus.
Parts checklist
0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
16 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●equinoxframe
- 2○Rejuvenationmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Blind Ragemod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Primed Flowmod
- 8○Equilibriummod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Peaceful Provocationaugment
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Arcane Blessingarcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 15○Steel Pathunlock
- 16○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
- Rejuvenation
missing · Drops / Nightwave
Passive regen on top of Mend dumps. Growing Power if you want Strength.
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Peaceful Provocation
missing · Arbiters / New Loka · 25,000
Night slow while you heal. Optional but greedy.
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~200% Mend heal scales
Duration
channel 4
Range
175% so kills in the tile feed the pool
Kills near a channeled Mend store health. Deactivate to dump health and shields on allies. Bigger pool = bigger dump.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 214%
- 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
Equinox mods
- AuraRejuvenationPassive regen on top of Mend dumps. Growing Power if you want Strength.Drops / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftVaults
- 1Blind RageVaults
- 2StretchDrops
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro
- 4Primed FlowBaro
- 5EquilibriumThe New Strange
- 6VitalityDrops
- 7Peaceful ProvocationNight slow while you heal. Optional but greedy.Arbiters / New Loka · 25k
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Rejuvenation Passive regen on top of Mend dumps. Growing Power if you want Strength. | Drops / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults | |
| 1 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 2 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 4 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 5 | Equilibrium | The New Strange | |
| 6 | Vitality | Drops | |
| 7 | Peaceful Provocation Night slow while you heal. Optional but greedy. | Arbiters / New Loka · 25k |
Support weapons
A primer or a crowd gun. You are not the DPS. Mend's stored pool is the product.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Mend is a channel.
Eidolon
Arcane Blessing
You like health. Optional.
Cavia
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthFatter Mend dumps.2 · Netracells - 2
Amber · Casting SpeedDump and recast.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Fatter Mend dumps. | 2 | Netracells | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Dump and recast. | 1 | EDA |