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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
Open Veins — Star Chart
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.
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
- Steel Path ready: Arcanes are fair game, shards can wait.
- Content: Steel Path matched against what this loadout is actually for.
- Playstyle: Seeking Talons.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Seeking Room — Steel Path replaces this.
By player stage
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Veins | Starter | Starter | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Garuda, learning the health-for-energy trade |
| Open Veins — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Seeking Room — Steel Path Blending Talons | Steel Path | Advanced | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Seeking Room — Optimised Blending Talons | Optimised | Endgame | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Seeking Room — Endgame Blending Talons | Endgame | Endgame | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Full kit | endgame / endurance, the 2026 Garuda, slash enjoyers |
| Field Hospital Blood Forge | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Squad play, Defense, people who like keeping everyone topped |
| Red Slow | Endgame | Endgame | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4–5 | Gloom (Sevagoth) | Steel Path endurance, solo, anyone who kept dying between Altars |
| Blood Battery | Endgame | Endgame | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Nourish (Grendel) | Incarnons, melee, people who picked Garuda for 3 not for 4 |