Ivara — Laser Walker
Steel Path build. Infiltrate plus Sleep Arrow. Walk through lasers. Vaults, Sorties, and Spy nodes become a stroll.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Spy farming, Rescue, Ivara's actual job, anyone tired of setting off alarms
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Why this build?
Steel Path for Spy farming, Rescue, Ivara's actual job, anyone tired of setting off alarms
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Infiltrate is the reason Ivara is still the Spy queen in 2026.
- Sleep Arrow is a panic button for the one Guard you did not see.
- You can steal loot while Prowled. That is the next config. This one is for three-data Sorties.
Don’t use this for: Exterminate / Defense as the farm · open combat
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Silent melee or Hikou — You should not be shooting. Sleep the room, walk the lasers, hack. A dagger is a backup.
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
My test
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
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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 that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAzure · DurationHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalLaser WalkerSteel Path · Advanced · 2–3 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
- 2 Azure · Duration — Sleep and Prowl last a vault.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Cycle Quiver, recast Prowl.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
Sortie Spy. You bought Infiltrate.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Infiltrate and Duration mods.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Lua or Kuva Spy. Lasers should not matter.
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
Spy loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Prowl (3) before the first camera. Infiltrate means lasers are a hallway.
- 2Sleep Arrow (1) the warden and the camera if you are not sure. Noise Arrow if you want them to face a wall.
- 3Hack. Extract. Do not sprint — Prowl breaks.
- 4Artemis Bow stays holstered. This is a stealth config, not a nuke.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Prowl before the vault door
33. Lasers are a hallway now.
- 2
Sleep the warden
1If you are unsure, 1. Then hack.
Common mistakes
Firing Artemis Bow in the vault
Loud, pointless, and a way to fail C. Holster it.
When this feels easy
- 1Duration shardsA Prowl that lasts the whole vault.
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○Handspringmod
- 4○Infiltrateaugment
- 5○Narrow Mindedmod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Stretchmod
- 10○Augur Messagemod
- 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
Prowl walks through laser doors and security barriers. The whole augment.
- Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Augur Messagemissing · Konzu, Cetus
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
How to ACTUALLY Play Ivara
Prowl, Artemis Bow, Spy arrows. Full mastery pass.
Strength
100–145% (Infiltrate does not need much)
Duration
200%+ Prowl and Sleep
Range
145% Sleep bubble
Duration is the Spy stat. Efficiency so Prowl never drops mid-vault.
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
- 278%
- Range
- 79%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +281%
- Capacity
- 46 / 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 / Invasion
- ExilusHandspringIf you do trip, get up. Optional: Enemy Sense.Enemy drops
- 1InfiltrateProwl walks through laser doors and security barriers. The whole augment.Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k
- 2Narrow MindedOrokin Vaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5Primed FlowBaro / relics
- 6StretchEnemy drops
- 7Augur MessageCetus bounties
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Energy Siphon | Nightwave / Invasion | |
| Exilus | Handspring If you do trip, get up. Optional: Enemy Sense. | Enemy drops | |
| 1 | Infiltrate Prowl walks through laser doors and security barriers. The whole augment. | Cephalon Suda / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Narrow Minded | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 6 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 7 | Augur Message | Cetus bounties |
Silent melee or Hikou
You should not be shooting. Sleep the room, walk the lasers, hack. A dagger is a backup.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Prowl drain on long vaults.
Eidolon hunts
Molt Efficiency
More Duration while shielded.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1
Azure · DurationSleep and Prowl last a vault.2 · Netracells - 2
Amber · Casting SpeedCycle Quiver, recast Prowl.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure · Duration Sleep and Prowl last a vault. | 2 | Netracells | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Cycle Quiver, recast Prowl. | 1 | EDA |