Ivara — Pickpocket Queen
Steel Path build. Prowl steal. Stand behind enemies for extra rolls. Infiltrate so you never break stealth. Slow, greedy, legal.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Rare mod hunting, extra resource rolls, people who like being a ghost
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Rare mod hunting, extra resource rolls, people who like being a ghost
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Prowl steal is unique. Nekros desecrates corpses; Ivara taxes the living.
- It is slow. That is the point. You run this on a farm node you already clear, not on a timed Sortie.
- Infiltrate lets you steal through a vault without the alarm tax.
Don’t use this for: timed Exterminate · squads that keep breaking Prowl
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Nothing loud — If you shoot, you are doing it wrong. Sleep, walk behind, wait for the steal tick, move on.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Prowl
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Prowl — Star Chart
- You wanted open combat, not stealth → Empowered Volley
- You wanted to fight, not farm → Empowered Volley
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Readiness
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 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: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 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: Concentrated Light — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Concentrated Light — 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 Energy SiphonNightwave / alerts
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAzure · DurationHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalPickpocket QueenSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Concentrated Light — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Concentrated Light — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Ivara augments — Infiltrate · Concentrated Arrow · Empowered Quiver · Piercing Navigator
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 3 Azure · Duration — Prowl never drops while you wait on the steal tick.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Sleep, restole.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 Energy Siphon
One named gap. Nightwave / alerts
60 minutes
Energy Siphon, 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 Energy Siphon
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You want extra drops and you are patient.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Infiltrate and a Duration stack.
- First mission to practice in
- A low-level Survival or a Capture you do not care about timing.
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
Steal loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Prowl (3). Crouch-walk behind a target. Wait. Extra loot ticks.
- 2Sleep Arrow (1) if they start to turn.
- 3Do not sprint. Do not melee unless you mean to break stealth.
- 4Artemis Bow is for the extraction hallway, not the steal.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Cloak, walk behind
33. Crouch. Wait for the steal tick — extra loot pops.
You will know it worked when: A pickpocket roll. A mod or ammo pickup that should not be there.
- 2
Do not shoot
Shooting is a different config. This one taxes the living.
Common mistakes
Trying this on a timed Sortie
Steal is slow. Run Spy Ivara or Bow Ivara when the clock is real.
When this feels easy
- 1A loot frame friendNekros or Khora on the same tile. Ivara steals, they desecrate.
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●ivaraframe
- 2○Energy Siphonmod
- 3○Enemy Sensemod
- 4○Infiltrateaugment
- 5○Narrow Mindedmod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Streamlinemod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Augur Reachmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Molt Efficiencyarcane
- 13○Azure · Durationshard
- 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 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
- Energy Siphon
missing · Nightwave / alerts
- Infiltrate
missing · Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25,000 standing
- Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Augur Reach
missing · Cetus bounties
Recommended
Optional
Strength
100% (steal chance is not a Strength stat — Duration is)
Duration
220%+ so you can stand still without dropping Prowl
Range
145% steal radius
Prowl pickpocket is a timed roll behind an enemy. Duration keeps the cloak. Range is how close you need to be.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 100%
- Duration
- 254%
- Range
- 109%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +281%
- Capacity
- 45 / 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
Ivara mods
- AuraEnergy SiphonNightwave
- ExilusEnemy SenseSee the next victim through walls.Enemy drops
- 1InfiltrateCephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k
- 2Narrow MindedOrokin Vaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StretchEnemy drops
- 5StreamlineEnemy drops
- 6Primed FlowBaro / relics
- 7Augur ReachCetus bounties
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Energy Siphon | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Enemy Sense See the next victim through walls. | Enemy drops | |
| 1 | Infiltrate | Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Narrow Minded | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 7 | Augur Reach | Cetus bounties |
Nothing loud
If you shoot, you are doing it wrong. Sleep, walk behind, wait for the steal tick, move on.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Standing still still drains.
Eidolon hunts
Molt Efficiency
Duration.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Azure · DurationProwl never drops while you wait on the steal tick.3 · Netracells - 2
Amber · Casting SpeedSleep, restole.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure · Duration Prowl never drops while you wait on the steal tick. | 3 | Netracells | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Sleep, restole. | 1 | EDA |