Ivara — First Prowl
Starter build. Prowl makes you invisible. Sleep Arrow parks cameras. Do not draw Artemis Bow until the exalted grid has mods.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Star Chart, Spy, first Ivara, anyone learning invisibility
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, Spy, first Ivara, anyone learning invisibility
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Prowl is Ivara. Duration and Efficiency are survivability. She is paper without the cloak.
- Sleep Arrow is how you Spy without breaking a laser. Infiltrate comes later.
- Artemis Bow is the 2026 identity, but an empty exalted grid is a trap. Next loadout.
Don’t use this for: open combat endurance · Eidolon hunting · Steel Path rooms that never stop shooting
0 Forma, basic mods, no Helminth or shards required
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Silent primary or secondary — A silent gun (bow, dagger, thrown secondary). Prowl breaks if you sprint or make noise. Walk. Crouch. Headshot.
Alternative if…
- You wanted open combat, not stealth → Empowered Volley
My test
Did this still work for you?
Your note, in this browser. Separate from Codex verification — the stamp on the card is editorial, this is yours.
Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/2 · required — 2 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. 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
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Your next step
Open First Prowl — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Prowl — Star ChartPlan
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 that0–2 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst ProwlStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Prowl — Star Chart
Prowl makes you invisible. Sleep Arrow parks cameras. Do not draw Artemis Bow until the exalted grid has mods. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Prowl — Star ChartFarm the gap
- Ivara augments — Infiltrate · Concentrated Arrow · Empowered Quiver · Piercing Navigator
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Quiver swaps and Prowl on faster.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 just crafted Ivara and have never gone invisible on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Continuity, Streamline, Flow.
- First mission to practice in
- A Spy on Earth/Cambria so Sleep and Prowl have a job.
3 button drills · 11 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
Prowl loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Hold 1 to cycle Quiver to Sleep (the moon icon). Tap 1 to put a pack — or a camera — to bed.
- 2Prowl (3). You vanish. Walk, do not sprint. Headshots get a damage bonus. Pickpocket happens if you stand behind someone.
- 3Cloak Arrow is a bubble for teammates who will not stay still. Dashwire is a zipline. Noise is a lure. Learn Sleep first.
- 4Leave Artemis Bow (4) alone until the bow grid has mods. Navigator (2) is a party trick — skip it on the starter.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Prowl in a hallway
3Press 3. Walk. Do not sprint. Enemies ignore you.
You will know it worked when: Your body goes see-through. Noise meter stays quiet.
- 2
Sleep a camera
1Cycle to Sleep, tap 1 at the camera or the warden.
You will know it worked when: A bubble. Heads nod.
- 3
Leave 4 alone
4Empty bow grid. Next loadout.
Common mistakes
Sprinting because you are late
Prowl breaks. A broken cloak on 180 health is a bleedout.
When this feels easy
- 1InfiltrateWalk lasers. Spy Ivara starts here.
- 2Then forma the bowThat is Concentrated Light.
Parts checklist
0 of 11 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
13 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●ivaraframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Streamlinemod
- 7○Flowmod
- 8○Stretchmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 13○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
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Redirection
missing · Drops
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%+ (Prowl drain hates low Duration)
Range
100–130%
Duration is invis uptime and Sleep length. Efficiency plus Duration keeps Prowl from eating the pool.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 145%
- Duration
- 130%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 42 / 69
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
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StreamlineEnemy drops
- 4FlowEnemy drops
- 5StretchEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Redirection | Enemy drops |
Silent primary or secondary
A silent gun (bow, dagger, thrown secondary). Prowl breaks if you sprint or make noise. Walk. Crouch. Headshot.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Prowl is a drain. Skip until you can afford it.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedQuiver swaps and Prowl on faster.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Quiver swaps and Prowl on faster. | 1 | Archon Hunt |