Ivara — Empowered Volley

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.

Why this build?

Endgame for Steel Path bow Ivara who is done pretending Navigator is a skill

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

• Navigator has been the dump slot for a decade. 2026 is not the year it comes back.
• Empower is the cheapest Helminth Strength button in the game. Roar if you have friends.
• Snapshot matters — recast 4 if Empower dropped.

Don’t use this for: new accounts · players who still need Navigator as a crutch

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 — Same Concentrated Arrow grid as Concentrated Light. Empower is extra Strength on the next 4.

My test

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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 ProwlThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
2. NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
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. FinalEmpowered VolleyEndgame · Endgame · 4–5 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

• 3–4 Tauforged Crimson · Strength — The bow is Strength.Archon locked
• 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Empower into 4 without a pause.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 Growing Power

   One named gap. The Silver Grove quest

2. 60 minutes

   Growing Power, then Forma

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

3. 120 minutes

   Subsume Empower or Roar (Rhino)

   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

Dependencies

27 dependencies

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

1. 1●ivaraframe
2. 2○Growing Powermod
3. 3○Power Driftmod
4. 4○Concentrated Arrowaugment
5. 5○Blind Ragemod
6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
7. 7○Overextendedmod
8. 8○Primed Continuitymod
9. 9○Primed Flowmod
10. 10○Equilibriummod
11. 11○Serrationmod
12. 12○Split Chambermod
13. 13○Point Strikemod
14. 14○Vital Sensemod
15. 15○Primed Firestormmod
16. 16○Vile Accelerationmod
17. 17○Hammer Shotmod
18. 18○Primed Cryo Roundsmod
19. 19○Arcane Crepusculararcane
20. 20○Molt Augmentedarcane
21. 21○Crimson · Strengthshard
22. 22○Amber · Casting Speedshard
23. 23○Empowerhelminth
24. 24○Roar (Rhino)helminth
25. 25○Helminth · Empower or Roar (Rhino)unlock
26. 26○Steel Pathunlock
27. 27○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.