Hildryn — Balefire Charger

Don’t build this yet

First Pillage first

This loadout sits at Endgame. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.

Why this build?

Endgame for People who want the exalted gun without hovering, hallways, aimed play

Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.

• Balefire is a real exalted secondary. Empty grid is a 2019 mistake.
• Surge is the reason 1 doesn't bankrupt you. Hit things.
• Gale is more tilesweep. This is more aimed. Both want Pillage.

Don’t use this for: new accounts · Star Chart only · frames played as a gun platform only

Specialised investment for hard content

You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.

Bring: Balefire Charger (exalted) — Same grid as Gale, maybe less Fulmination if you are aiming singles. Secondary Enervate. Charge shots cost more shields — Surge wants hits, not empty air.

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Plan

Today → next → later

Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.

1. TodayPlay First PillageThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
2. NextGet Pistol AmpThe Index / Nightwave
3. After that4–5 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
4. LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
5. FinalBalefire ChargerEndgame · Endgame · 4–5 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

• 3 Crimson · Strength — Bolt damage and strip.Archon locked
• 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Draw Balefire, Pillage, shoot.Archon locked

Tonight

What is actually up

30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.

1. 30 minutes

   Farm Pistol Amp

   One named gap. The Index / Nightwave

2. 60 minutes

   Pistol Amp, then Forma

   Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.

3. 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 Pistol Amp

  The Index / Nightwave

Dependencies

24 dependencies

Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.

1. 1●hildrynframe
2. 2○Pistol Ampmod
3. 3○Power Driftmod
4. 4○Balefire Surgeaugment
5. 5○Blind Ragemod
6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
7. 7○Primed Redirectionmod
8. 8○Stretchmod
9. 9○Streamlinemod
10. 10○Rolling Guardmod
11. 11○Hornet Strikemod
12. 12○Barrel Diffusionmod
13. 13○Lethal Torrentmod
14. 14○Primed Pistol Gambitmod
15. 15○Primed Target Crackermod
16. 16○Fulminationmod
17. 17○Galvanized Shotmod
18. 18○Convulsionmod
19. 19○Molt Augmentedarcane
20. 20○Arcane Accelerationarcane
21. 21○Crimson · Strengthshard
22. 22○Amber · Casting Speedshard
23. 23○Steel Pathunlock
24. 24○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.