Warframe · Frost Prime

The objective lives because you said so.

By utilizing offensive and defensive skills, Frost can control the battlefield. Enemies are slowed, frozen, and shattered. Allies fight from inside a snow globe.

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How to Frost

Cephalon Jizo. Avalanche strip, Snow Globe, Ice Wave. Defense Frost, not the old 4-spam.

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Update 6 (18 Jan 2013) · Prime on the usual vault cycle · Avalanche strip is the 2026 kit. MR No mastery lock. Sprint 0.95. Naramon · Vazarin.

Works on base Frost and Frost Prime. Polarities differ; the mods on these cards do not require Prime.

By stage

Pick where you are

Just crafted

First Globe

Learn Globe placement. Avalanche the door.

Steel Path

Whiteout — Endgame

167% strip + Icy Avalanche + Breach Surge.

Hallway Defense

Impedance Hall

Ice Wave Impedance.

Protect the pod

Chilling House

Chilling Globe bunker.

Gun Frost

Freeze Force

Freeze Force + Biting Frost.

The kit

Globe the pod, Avalanche the door

Freeze

A cold bolt that freezes one target. Hold with Freeze Force to buff guns.

Ice Wave

A cone of ice. Impedance leaves a slow trail on the floor.

Snow Globe

A snowball bunker on the objective. Recast deletes the old one.

Avalanche

Room freeze, permanent armor strip at 167% Strength, then shatter.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–1 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartDefenseShards optional

First Globe

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Frost, Defense / Excavation / Mobile Defense

Drop a Snow Globe on the objective. Avalanche the hallway. Freeze is a poke, not the kit.

Snow Globe is why Frost is in the squad. It is an objective bubble, not a DPS button.

Investment: 1 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Globe — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Globe — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Drop a Snow Globe on the objective. Avalanche the hallway. Freeze is a poke, not the kit. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Snow Globe is why Frost is in the squad. It is an objective bubble, not a DPS button.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Whiteout — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Whiteout — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Whiteout — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, the 2026 Frost, anyone who was told Globe is the damage

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceLevel capDefenseShards optional

Impedance Hall

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense corridors, Interception, people who like floor CC more than strip math

Ice Wave Impedance paints a slow trail. Hallways become ice rinks. Avalanche is backup, not the spam button.

Impedance is the augment that makes 2 a deployable, not a cone of chip damage.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSurvivalDisruptionShards optional

Chilling House

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Excavation, Defense, Mobile Defense, Kuva Survival bubbles, 'please don't touch the pod'

Snow Globe is a bunker. Chilling Globe freezes anyone who walks in. You live inside it and shoot out.

This is the objective Frost people actually wanted in 2013, still correct on Defense tiles in 2026.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Freeze Force

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Incarnons, Cold Kuva / Tenet weapons, people who picked Frost to shoot not to sit in a ball

Frost as a Cold gun platform. Freeze Force paints your guns. Biting Frost pays you for frozen targets.

Not every Frost wants to live in a snowball. This is the 'I brought ice guns' loadout.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Xata's Whisper (Xaku) or Roar (Rhino)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

First week

Starter rotation

Don't

Key mistakes

Recasting Snow Globe for fun
The new globe starts at full HP only after the old one dies. You just deleted your wall.
Building 300% Strength 'for more strip'
167% is full. Past that, Range and Duration do more.
Treating Globe as a nuke
2014 YouTube died. Avalanche is the room. Globe is the house.