Harrow — First Sermon
Starter build. Condemn a pack for shields. Thurible for energy. Covenant before the scary room. Penance if you want fire rate and lifesteal.
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Star Chart, first Harrow, learning the four buttons
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Starter for Star Chart, first Harrow, learning the four buttons
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- Harrow is four setup buttons, then you shoot. He is not a caster nuke.
- Passive: full energy on spawn, double overshields. Condemn is how you stay in overshields.
- Headshots matter. Thurible and Covenant both pay extra for them.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content
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 guns — Covenant will give them crit later. A decent primary is enough. Headshots pay extra on Thurible and Covenant.
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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 0/2 · required — 2 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: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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Your next step
Open First Sermon — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Sermon — 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 Energy SiphonNightwave / alerts
- After that0–2 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst SermonStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Sermon — Star Chart
Condemn a pack for shields. Thurible for energy. Covenant before the scary room. Penance if you want fire rate and lifesteal. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Sermon — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Condemn then Covenant should be one breath.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 Energy Siphon
One named gap. Nightwave / alerts
60 minutes
Energy Siphon, 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 Energy Siphon
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just finished Chains of Harrow and the 3 button is a hold-cast.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Continuity, Stretch, Intensify. You spawn at full energy.
- First mission to practice in
- A low Exterminate. Practice Condemn on a doorway, then a short Thurible hold.
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
Sermon loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Condemn (1) a doorway. They chain in place. You gain shields per enemy.
- 2Hold Thurible (3) for a second or two, release. Kills (especially headshots) now dump energy to the squad.
- 3Covenant (4) before you peek a nasty room. Brief invuln, then a crit buff based on damage absorbed.
- 4Penance (2) spends shields for fire rate, reload, and lifesteal. Starter can skip it until Condemn is a habit.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Condemn a doorway
1A wave of chains. They stick. Shields go up per body.
You will know it worked when: Enemies locked in place. Overshields climbing.
- 2
Hold 3 for a second, release, then get a kill
3Energy should dump. Headshots dump more.
- 3
4 before a nasty room, then peek
4Invuln. Get shot on purpose. Then crits feel juicier.
Common mistakes
Penance at empty shields
Condemn first. Always.
When this feels easy
- 1Lasting CovenantThe Steel Path purchase. Next config.
- 2Don't skip headshotsTwo of his four buttons pay extra for them.
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●harrowframe
- 2○Energy Siphonmod
- 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
- Energy Siphon
missing · Nightwave / alerts
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
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
HOLY CRIT, The Harrow/Lyon Bible
Covenant crit, Thurible energy, Condemn. Four Harrow configs including the Lyon pairing.
I just BROKE the BEST Crit. Warframe!
Covenant crit, Thurible, invis Harrow, Pyrotechnics nuke. Five 2026 configs.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155% Thurible and Penance
Range
145% Condemn chain
He starts missions at full energy (passive). Overshield cap is doubled. Condemn is the shield printer. Duration is buff uptime.
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
- +156%
- 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
Harrow mods
- AuraEnergy SiphonNightwave / alerts
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionPenance spends shields. You want a pool to spend. Condemn puts it back.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Energy Siphon | Nightwave / alerts | |
| 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 Penance spends shields. You want a pool to spend. Condemn puts it back. | Enemy drops |
Any guns
Covenant will give them crit later. A decent primary is enough. Headshots pay extra on Thurible and Covenant.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Skip. Thurible is the energy button.
Eidolon hunts / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedCondemn then Covenant should be one breath.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Condemn then Covenant should be one breath. | 1 | Archon Hunt |