Frost — First Globe
Starter build. Drop a Snow Globe on the objective. Avalanche the hallway. Freeze is a poke, not the kit.
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Star Chart, first Frost, Defense / Excavation / Mobile Defense
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Frost, Defense / Excavation / Mobile Defense
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Snow Globe is why Frost is in the squad. It is an objective bubble, not a DPS button.
- Avalanche is the strip and the freeze. Strength toward 167% is the first real upgrade.
- Recasting Globe deletes the old one. Place it once, shoot out, recast only if it shatters.
Don’t use this for: open-world speedruns · Eidolon hunting · Steel Path endurance
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 Cold or Viral primary is comfort. The globe is the reason you brought Frost.
My test
Did this still work for you?
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/1 · required — 1 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: 1 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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Your next step
Open First Globe — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Globe — 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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst GlobeStarter · Starter · 0–1 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Globe — Star Chart
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.
Open First Globe — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Globe and Avalanche stop feeling like a cutscene.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 Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, 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 Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just beat Kril and Vor and have never dropped a globe on a pod.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Continuity.
- First mission to practice in
- A low Earth or Venus Defense so the globe has a job.
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
Globe loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Stand on the pod / excavator / console. Snow Globe (3). You just made a house.
- 2Avalanche (4) the door they walk through. They freeze. Armor chips. Guns finish.
- 3Ice Wave (2) a hallway if you need a slow without spending 100 energy.
- 4Freeze (1) a single heavy that walked around the globe. Do not make 1 your identity.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Stand on the pod, press 3
3A snowball appears. Enemies shoot the wall, not the pod. You shoot out from inside.
You will know it worked when: A blue sphere. Incoming bullets splat on it.
- 2
Avalanche the door
4When a wave bunches up, 4. They freeze. Keep shooting.
- 3
Do not recast a living globe
If it is still up, leave it. Recast only after it shatters.
Common mistakes
Globe in the middle of an Exterminate hallway
You boxed yourself in. Globe is for objectives.
When this feels easy
- 1Hit 167% StrengthPower Drift plus a cheap Strength shard, or Intensify + Growing Power. That is full Avalanche strip.
- 2Icy AvalancheThe Steel Path augment. Next config.
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●frostframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Avalanche is 100 energy. Skip until you can afford it.
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
How to Frost
Avalanche strip, Snow Globe, Ice Wave. Defense Frost, not the old 4-spam.
Strength
~145% (Intensify)
Duration
130% (Continuity)
Range
145% (Stretch)
Avalanche full-strips at 167% Strength. You are not there yet. Globe HP still likes Strength.
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
- 42 / 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
Frost mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionFrost has real shields. Globe is the wall; you still get shot outside it.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Redirection Frost has real shields. Globe is the wall; you still get shot outside it. | Enemy drops |
Any gun
A Cold or Viral primary is comfort. The globe is the reason you brought Frost.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Avalanche is 100 energy. Skip until you can afford it.
Eidolon hunts / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedGlobe and Avalanche stop feeling like a cutscene.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Globe and Avalanche stop feeling like a cutscene. | 1 | Archon Hunt |