Follie — First Ink
Starter build. Self Portrait is DR. Forced Perspective is a panic teleport with a cleanse. Shadowgraph starts as barrels and traps. Plein Air can wait.
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Star Chart, first Follie, learning Inkblot
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Follie, learning Inkblot
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Follie is an ink controller. Portrait is the survive button. Shadowgraph is the unique gun. Perspective is the panic / detonator.
- Inkblot slows and prints orbs. Equilibrium is not optional for long.
- You unlock more Shadowgraph objects as you rank her. Rank 30 is the full wheel. Do not judge 2 at rank 5.
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 gun — A primer helps. Inkblot already slows. Arc Traps and barrels do the early damage.
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 Ink — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Ink — 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 Brief RespiteThe Index / 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 InkStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Ink — Star Chart
Self Portrait is DR. Forced Perspective is a panic teleport with a cleanse. Shadowgraph starts as barrels and traps. Plein Air can wait. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Ink — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Portrait, traps, teleport 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 Brief Respite
One named gap. The Index / Nightwave
60 minutes
Brief Respite, 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 Brief Respite
The Index / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just left Zorba with a Shadowgrapher and the wheel looks like a gear menu.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Continuity, Equilibrium, Vitality.
- First mission to practice in
- A low Exterminate with a doorway. You want a choke for Arc Traps.
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
Ink loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Self Portrait (3) in the tile. Stand near it. DR climbs as you kill inside the ink puddle. Recast to move it.
- 2Hold Shadowgraph (2) to open the wheel. Pick Arc Trap or Explosive Barrel. Tap 2 to spam the one you picked (three traps max).
- 3Forced Perspective (1) when you are in trouble — dive, cleanse statuses, 3.5 s invulnerable, splash Inkblot on both ends. Aim at a barrel to detonate it.
- 4Plein Air (4) lifts a pack on balloons, strips, Inkblot. Shoot the balloons to slam them. Optional on day one.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Plant Portrait
33 in the room. Stand near it. Kill in the puddle. DR climbs.
You will know it worked when: An ink copy of you. Floor goes black.
- 2
Hold 2, pick Arc Trap, tap 2
2Three traps in the doorway. Enemies slow and zap.
- 3
Dive if it bites
11 at your feet or at a barrel. Status gone, 3.5 s invuln.
Common mistakes
Never holding 2
Tap 2 without picking spawns the default object. Hold first.
When this feels easy
- 1Rank her to 30The wheel unlocks objects as she levels. Full kit at 30.
- 2Then pick a configBalloons, puddle-tank, or full wheel.
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●follieframe
- 2○Brief Respitemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Continuitymod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Equilibriummod
- 11○Arcane Blessingarcane
- 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
- Brief Respite
missing · The Index / Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Whimsy never felt so POWERFUL - Follie
Inkblot, Self Portrait, Plein Air. The actual Follie kit.
How to ACTUALLY Play Follie
Long-form mastery: farm, kit, and several Plein Air / Portrait configs.
Strength
~145%
Duration
130%
Range
145% ink coverage
Range is how far ink and Portrait puddles go. Strength is Portrait DR and later Plein Air strip. Duration is Portrait / trap lifetime.
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
- 43 / 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
Follie mods
- AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2StretchDrops
- 3ContinuityDrops
- 4StreamlineDrops
- 5FlowDrops
- 6Vitality485 health. You are a health frame. Feed it.Drops
- 7EquilibriumInkblot deaths drop orbs. This is the battery.The New Strange / drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Brief Respite | The Index / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 3 | Continuity | Drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Drops | |
| 6 | Vitality 485 health. You are a health frame. Feed it. | Drops | |
| 7 | Equilibrium Inkblot deaths drop orbs. This is the battery. | The New Strange / drops |
Any gun
A primer helps. Inkblot already slows. Arc Traps and barrels do the early damage.
Arcanes
Arcane Blessing
Ink orbs pad health. Skip until you have it.
Cavia / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedPortrait, traps, teleport on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Portrait, traps, teleport on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |