Hydroid — Kraken Room
Steel Path build. Tentacle Swarm owns the tile. Duration and Range. Enemies flail while you Plunder and shoot.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Defense, Interception, Disruption, any mission where you stand still on purpose
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Defense, Interception, Disruption, any mission where you stand still on purpose
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Hydroid is still one of the best 'this tile is mine' frames after the rework.
- Range mods look ugly on the Strength bar. Coverage is why you pressed 4.
- This is not the loot config — that is Pilfering Swarm next door.
Don’t use this for: Capture / short missions · Exterminate speedruns
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Any weapon — The tentacles hold. Your gun kills. Plunder still strips the ones that live.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Tide
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Tide — Star Chart
My test
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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 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Corrosive Corsair — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Corrosive Corsair — OptimisedPlan
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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalKraken RoomSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Corrosive Corsair — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Corrosive Corsair — OptimisedHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Drop tentacles faster.Archon locked
- 2 Azure · Duration — Kraken uptime.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 Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, 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 Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You want to own a Defense tile.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Overextended and Primed Continuity.
- First mission to practice in
- A Defense or Interception. Stand still on purpose.
2 button drills · 13 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
Kraken loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Tentacle Swarm (4) on the objective. Enemies get grabbed off the point.
- 2Plunder (3) the hanging pile. Free Corrosive, free armor.
- 3Barrage (1) anything the tentacles missed.
- 4Tidal Surge (2) is a panic cleanse if something shoots you in the back.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Drop the kraken on the pod
4Press 4. Enemies leave the point.
You will know it worked when: Tentacles punching through the floor.
- 2
Plunder the pile
3They cannot run. Steal everything.
Common mistakes
Overextended with no Stretch
You still want the grab radius. Stack range, do not split it.
When this feels easy
- 1Duration shardsFewer recasts.
Parts checklist
0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
16 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●hydroidframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Overextendedmod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Narrow Mindedmod
- 8○Intensifymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Efficiencyarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Azure · Durationshard
- 15○Steel Pathunlock
- 16○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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~180–220%
Duration
200%+ so the kraken stays
Range
175–220% (Overextended + Stretch)
Range is tentacle coverage. Duration is recast timer. Strength is Plunder and Barrage on the side.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 70%
- Duration
- 254%
- Range
- 184%
- Efficiency
- 100%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 50 / 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
Hydroid mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1OverextendedTentacle grab radius is the point.Orokin Vaults
- 2StretchEnemy drops
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4Narrow MindedIf the tile is small, dump range back into duration. Config B.Orokin Vaults
- 5IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 6Primed FlowBaro / relics
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Overextended Tentacle grab radius is the point. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Narrow Minded If the tile is small, dump range back into duration. Config B. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 5 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Any weapon
The tentacles hold. Your gun kills. Plunder still strips the ones that live.
Arcanes
Molt Efficiency
Duration while shielded.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
100-energy Swarm recasts.
Eidolon hunts
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedDrop tentacles faster.1 · EDA - 2
Azure · DurationKraken uptime.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Drop tentacles faster. | 1 | EDA | |
| 2 | Azure · Duration Kraken uptime. | 2 | Netracells |