
Ivara — Concentrated Light
Endgame build. Artemis Bow with Concentrated Arrow. One charged headshot becomes a room-wide explosion. This is 2026 Ivara.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
endgame / endurance, Circuit, anyone who picked Ivara for the bow
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Prowl 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.
Open First ProwlWhy this build?
Endgame for endgame / endurance, Circuit, anyone who picked Ivara for the bow
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Artemis Bow is an exalted primary. If the bow grid is empty, this loadout does nothing.
- Concentrated Arrow plus Range plus Primed Firestorm is one of the fattest explosions in the game.
- Crepuscular does nothing if Prowl is down. Duration mods are damage mods here.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · players without Artemis Bow forma
Specialised investment for hard content
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Artemis Bow (exalted primary) — Open Artemis Bow's own rifle grid. Concentrated Arrow lives on the Warframe, but the bow still wants crit, fire rate, and Primed Firestorm. This grid is the build.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Prowl
- New account or low investment → First Prowl
- This is too much Forma / cost → Concentrated Light — Optimised
My test
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/17 · required — 0/17 named
- Forma 0/6 · required — 6 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: 6 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.
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.
- TodayPlay First ProwlThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
- After that5–6 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalConcentrated Light — EndgameEndgame · Endgame · 5–6 Forma
Farm the gap
- Ivara augments — Infiltrate · Concentrated Arrow · Empowered Quiver · Piercing Navigator
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Tauforged Amber · Casting Speed — Draw Prowl and 4 faster.Archon locked
- 3 Tauforged Crimson · Strength — Pay back Overextended. Bigger arrows.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 Growing Power
One named gap. The Silver Grove quest
60 minutes
Growing Power, 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 Growing Power
The Silver Grove quest
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You forma'd Artemis Bow and bought Concentrated Arrow.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Concentrated Arrow, Primed Firestorm, and a few bow forma.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Exterminate. You want heads.
2 button drills · 21 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
Bow loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Prowl (3). Crepuscular on. Walk, do not sprint.
- 2Artemis Bow (4). Aim at a head. Charge. The explosion eats the pack.
- 3Sleep Arrow (1) anything that would break Prowl — Bombards, cameras, the Eximus that looked at you.
- 4Recast Prowl before it dies. You are a glass archer without it.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Prowl
3Crepuscular on.
- 2
Draw, headshot, boom
44, aim at a head, charge, fire. The explosion should eat the pack.
You will know it worked when: A single arrow. A blast. Empty tile.
Common mistakes
Body shots
Concentrated Arrow's explosion wants a weak point. Aim higher.
When this feels easy
- 1Primed FirestormRadius is damage. Range mods plus this.
- 2Empower subsumeNext config.
Parts checklist
0 of 21 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
24 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●ivaraframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Concentrated Arrowaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Overextendedmod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Streamlinemod
- 11○Serrationmod
- 12○Split Chambermod
- 13○Point Strikemod
- 14○Vital Sensemod
- 15○Primed Firestormmod
- 16○Vile Accelerationmod
- 17○Malignant Forcemod
- 18○Rime Roundsmod
- 19○Arcane Crepusculararcane
- 20○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 21○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 22○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 23○Steel Pathunlock
- 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.
Required
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Concentrated Arrow
missing · Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25,000 standing
Seven arrows become one. Headshot explodes. Punch through dies. This is the nuke.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults

Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
- Serration
missing · Enemy drops / Invasion
- Split Chamber
missing · Enemy drops
- Point Strike
missing · Enemy drops
- Vital Sense
missing · Drops
- Primed Firestorm
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Blast radius stacks with Ability Range. This is why rooms vanish.
- Malignant Force
missing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
How to ACTUALLY Play Ivara
Prowl, Artemis Bow, Spy arrows. Full mastery pass.
Strength
~180–250% (bow damage)
Duration
155%+ Prowl
Range
200%+ (Concentrated Arrow explosion scales with Range AND Firestorm)
Range is blast radius. Strength is arrow damage. Duration keeps Prowl — and Crepuscular — up.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 139%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 75%
- 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
- 126
- Crit
- 30% × 4.40
- Status
- 57%
- Fire rate
- 18.20
- Multishot
- 1.90
- Avg hit
- 255
- Arsenal DPS
- 8802
Toggle common mods
Ivara mods
- Aura
Growing PowerSilver Grove specters - Exilus
Cunning DriftLua Halls - 1Concentrated ArrowSeven arrows become one. Headshot explodes. Punch through dies. This is the nuke.Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k
- 2
Blind RageOrokin Vaults - 3
OverextendedExplosion radius. Strength shards pay it back.Orokin Vaults - 4
StretchEnemy drops - 5
Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer - 6
Primed FlowBaro / relics - 7
StreamlineEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove specters | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Concentrated Arrow Seven arrows become one. Headshot explodes. Punch through dies. This is the nuke. | Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | OverextendedExplosion radius. Strength shards pay it back. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 7 | Streamline | Enemy drops |
Artemis Bow (exalted primary)
- 1SerrationEnemy drops / Invasion
- 2Split ChamberEnemy drops
- 3Point StrikeEnemy drops
- 4Vital SenseEnemy drops
- 5Primed FirestormBlast radius stacks with Ability Range. This is why rooms vanish.Baro Ki'Teer
- 6Vile AccelerationCharge speed. The bow is a fire-rate weapon now.Orokin Vaults
- 7Malignant ForceEnemy drops
- 8Rime RoundsViral on the explosion so health melts after the boom.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serration | Enemy drops / Invasion | |
| 2 | Split Chamber | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Point Strike | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Vital Sense | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Firestorm Blast radius stacks with Ability Range. This is why rooms vanish. | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 6 | Vile Acceleration Charge speed. The bow is a fire-rate weapon now. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 7 | Malignant Force | Enemy drops | |
| 8 | Rime Rounds Viral on the explosion so health melts after the boom. | Enemy drops |
Arcanes
Arcane Crepuscular
Damage and crit while invisible. Prowl is the on-switch.
Duviri / trade
Molt Augmented
Strength as you kill. Feeds the bow.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Tauforged Amber · Casting SpeedDraw Prowl and 4 faster.1 · EDA - 2
Tauforged Crimson · StrengthPay back Overextended. Bigger arrows.3 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tauforged Amber · Casting SpeedDraw Prowl and 4 faster. | 1 | EDA | |
| 2 | Tauforged Crimson · StrengthPay back Overextended. Bigger arrows. | 3 | Netracells |
