Warframe · Garuda Prime

Pay health. Print energy. The tile bleeds.

Death's maiden. Garuda rips life from her enemies and spends her own without blinking. Bloodletting is the battery. Seeking Talons is the room. The altar is how you refuse to die.

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Update 24.0 (8 Nov 2018) · Fortuna · Prime on the vault cycle. MR No mastery lock. Sprint 1. Naramon · Vazarin.

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

By stage

Pick where you are

Just crafted

Open Veins

Learn 3 then 2. Don't fear the red bar.

Steel Path

Seeking Room — Endgame

Blending Talons, max Range.

Squad heal

Field Hospital

Blood Forge medic.

Need to live

Red Slow

Gloom over Mirror.

Gun Garuda

Blood Battery

Nourish over 4. Keep 3.

The kit

Spend health, print energy, mark the room

Dread Mirror

Rip a shield out of an enemy. Store incoming damage. Hold to throw it. Instant-kills the nearly dead.

Blood Altar

Impale an enemy. Heal aura for you and allies. Blood Forge reloads guns.

Bloodletting

Spend half your current health. Fill energy. Cleanse status. The whole frame.

Seeking Talons

Hold to grow a mark. Release. Every marked target eats a talon and Slash.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

Open Veins

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Garuda, learning the health-for-energy trade

Bloodletting is a free energy button. You pay health. Altar puts the health back. Do not fear the red bar.

Bloodletting is Garuda. Other frames beg for Energize. You press 3.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Open Veins — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

Open Veins — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Bloodletting is a free energy button. You pay health. Altar puts the health back. Do not fear the red bar. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Bloodletting is Garuda. Other frames beg for Energize. You press 3.

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

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

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Seeking Room — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Seeking Talons plus Blending Talons. Mark the tile, guaranteed Slash, extra statuses. Bloodletting pays for the spam. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Seeking Talons is the room. Range mods are damage mods.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 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: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

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

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Seeking Room — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Seeking Talons plus Blending Talons. Mark the tile, guaranteed Slash, extra statuses. Bloodletting pays for the spam. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Seeking Talons is the room. Range mods are damage mods.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 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: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

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

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Seeking Room — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, the 2026 Garuda, slash enjoyers

Seeking Talons plus Blending Talons. Mark the tile, guaranteed Slash, extra statuses. Bloodletting pays for the spam.

Seeking Talons is the room. Range mods are damage mods.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 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: 4/5 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 confidenceDefenseShards optional

Field Hospital

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Squad play, Defense, people who like keeping everyone topped

Blood Altar is a squad heal tether. Blood Forge reloads guns off the victim. You are the medic who also has talons.

Altar is a real heal, not a self-proc. Range lets teammates use it without hugging you.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Red Slow

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path endurance, solo, anyone who kept dying between Altars

Gloom over Dread Mirror. Health tank, slow aura, lifesteal, Bloodletting forever. The 2026 comfort Garuda.

Gloom plus Bloodletting is infinite energy plus a heal aura. Mirror is the cheapest Helminth slot.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Gloom (Sevagoth)) · 2 shards · 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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 3/5 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.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Blood Battery

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Incarnons, melee, people who picked Garuda for 3 not for 4

Nourish over Talons or Mirror. Bloodletting still prints energy. Your guns get Viral. Garuda as a health-tank platform.

Some Garudas never liked 4. Bloodletting plus Nourish is one of the best weapon batteries in the game.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel)) · 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: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 3/5 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

Helminthing Bloodletting
Then she is a worse Saryn with a heal tether.
Building Flow and skipping Vitality
You spend health. The pool you spend from is the build.
Altar on a dying maggot
The tether dies with them. Pick something that will last a few seconds.