Gauss — First Battery
Star Chart build. Run to fill the battery. Kinetic Plating so you don't bounce. Redline when the bar is fat. Mach Rush is a movement key. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
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Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Star Chart for Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- The battery is Gauss. Standing still is how you turn him into a worse Rhino.
- Redline is the buff. Duration keeps it up. Mach Rush is how you feed it.
- Do not Helminth 4. Do not Helminth 2. 1 is movement. 3 is the caster identity.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap · sitting Defense
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Any guns — Redline will make them fire and reload faster. A decent primary is enough. Thermal Sunder comes online next config.
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 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — None listed
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Thermal Paradox — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Thermal Paradox — Steel PathPlan
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 Sprint BoostNightwave / alerts
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Battery — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Thermal Paradox — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Thermal Paradox — Steel PathTonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Sprint Boost
One named gap. Nightwave / alerts
60 minutes
Sprint Boost, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
Two farm routes, then a test run
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Sprint Boost
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just pulled him out of Kappa and the battery bar is new.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Rush in Exilus if you have it, Continuity, Intensify.
- First mission to practice in
- A Capture or a short Exterminate. You want to run.
3 button drills · 10 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
Battery loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Mach Rush (1) through a hallway. Battery fills. Crash into a wall for a shockwave if you want.
- 2Kinetic Plating (2) before the room shoots you. DR, no knockdown, shots refund energy.
- 3Redline (4) once the battery is healthy. Fire rate, reload, melee speed, cast speed. Stay moving so it doesn't starve.
- 4Thermal Sunder (3): tap Cold, hold Heat. Starter can poke with it. The nuke is the next loadout.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Hold 1 down a hallway
1You blur. The battery bar climbs. Hit a wall if you want a boom.
You will know it worked when: The battery meter filling. A shockwave if you crash.
- 2
2, then 4
4Plating on, Redline on. Guns feel faster. Keep moving or the bar drops.
- 3
Tap 3 once
3Cold puff. That is Sunder. Hold next time for Heat.
Common mistakes
Redline then standing still
The bar falls out of the red. You paid 100 energy to feel normal.
When this feels easy
- 1Thermal TransferThe 2026 purchase. Next config.
- 2Don't stand in the objective bubbleCircle it. Battery is the health bar.
Parts checklist
0 of 10 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
11 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
Frame
Later
- 1●gaussframe
- 2○Sprint Boostmod
- 3○Rushmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
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
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Nice. Skip until you have it. Kinetic Plating also refunds energy when you get shot. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155% Redline uptime
Range
100–145%
Duration is Redline. Battery fills by moving and Mach Rushing. Kinetic Plating DR scales with battery. You want the bar yellow/red, not empty.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 130%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 48 / 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
Gauss mods
- AuraSprint BoostSprint fills battery. Gauss wants to move.Nightwave / alerts
- ExilusRushSame reason. The Exilus is a sprint slot.Enemy drops
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionPassive already speeds shield recharge off battery. Help it.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Sprint Boost Sprint fills battery. Gauss wants to move. | Nightwave / alerts | |
| Exilus | Rush Same reason. The Exilus is a sprint slot. | Enemy drops | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Redirection Passive already speeds shield recharge off battery. Help it. | Enemy drops |
Any guns
Redline will make them fire and reload faster. A decent primary is enough. Thermal Sunder comes online next config.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Nice. Skip until you have it. Kinetic Plating also refunds energy when you get shot. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Eidolon hunts / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
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