Inaros — Blind Pharaoh
Steel Path build. Desiccation blinds a cone. Finishers ignore armor. Desiccation's Curse spawns sand kavats.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Eximus hunting, people who like walk-up executes, melee Inaros without Sandstorm
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Eximus hunting, people who like walk-up executes, melee Inaros without Sandstorm
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Finishers ignore armor. That is why this config exists next to the Swarm plague.
- Desiccation's Curse is the augment that makes 1 a summon button.
- Casting speed shards turn the cone into a machine gun.
Don’t use this for: content this card does not name
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Melee (finisher / heavy) — Finishers ignore armor. A heavy-attack melee still helps on whatever did not blind. Desiccation's Curse is extra bodies.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Sand
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Sand — Star Chart
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Readiness
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- 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 · 3 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: Scarab Tide — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Scarab Tide — 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 Steel ChargeInvasion / 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.
- FinalBlind PharaohSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Scarab Tide — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Scarab Tide — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Inaros augments — Desiccation's Curse · Elemental Sandstorm · Negation Armor
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Desiccation is your fire rate.Archon locked
- 2 Violet · Melee crit damage — The blade after the blind.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 Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, 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 Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You like pressing 1 and stabbing.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Desiccation's Curse from a syndicate.
- First mission to practice in
- An Exterminate with Eximus. You want blinds and executes.
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 5 done
Keep this up
Blind loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Scarab Shell (3) charged. Always.
- 2Desiccation (1) the cone. They clutch their eyes.
- 3Walk in and Finisher. Curse kavats spawn if the augment is on.
- 4Swarm (4) whatever did not blind — Eximus, Ancients, the back line.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Blind the cone
11. Walk in. Finisher prompt.
- 2
Stab
1Kavats spawn with the augment. Repeat.
Common mistakes
Finishing a full-health Ancient at 100% Strength
The blind opens the execute. The melee still has to kill. Upgrade the blade.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speed shardsThe cone is your fire rate.
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●inarosframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Desiccation's Curseaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Umbral Vitalitymod
- 9○Hunter Adrenalinemod
- 10○Equilibriummod
- 11○Arcane Trickeryarcane
- 12○Arcane Gracearcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Violet · Melee crit damageshard
- 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
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Desiccation's Curse
missing · Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25,000 standing
Blinded enemies you finish spawn a sand kavat. More friends, more plague spread.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
- Umbral Vitality
missing · The Sacrifice
Hunter Adrenalinemissing · Cetus Ghoul bounties
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~180–220% (heal on Desiccation)
Duration
155%+ blind window
Range
175%+ cone
Duration is how long they stay blind. Range is how many you tag.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 199%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 160%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- base
- Capacity
- 51 / 69
1 Umbral piece
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
Inaros mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Desiccation's CurseBlinded enemies you finish spawn a sand kavat. More friends, more plague spread.Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StretchEnemy drops
- 5Umbral VitalityThe Sacrifice
- 6Hunter AdrenalineThe Hunt
- 7EquilibriumThe New Strange
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Desiccation's Curse Blinded enemies you finish spawn a sand kavat. More friends, more plague spread. | Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Umbral Vitality | The Sacrifice | |
| 6 | Hunter Adrenaline | The Hunt | |
| 7 | Equilibrium | The New Strange |
Melee (finisher / heavy)
Finishers ignore armor. A heavy-attack melee still helps on whatever did not blind. Desiccation's Curse is extra bodies.
Arcanes
Arcane Trickery
Finishers can turn you invisible. Optional spice.
Lua / trade
Arcane Grace
Health regen between stabs.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedDesiccation is your fire rate.2 · EDA - 2
Violet · Melee crit damageThe blade after the blind.2 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Desiccation is your fire rate. | 2 | EDA | |
| 2 | Violet · Melee crit damage The blade after the blind. | 2 | EDA |