Jade · Loadouts

Jade by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartShards optional

First Hymn

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Jade, learning the three songs

Symphony buffs the squad. Ophanim Eyes strip. Light's Judgment heals. Glory waits until the exalted grid has mods.

Jade's passive is two Aura slots. That is a unique power budget. Use both as soon as you own two auras.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Hymn — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Hymn — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Symphony buffs the squad. Ophanim Eyes strip. Light's Judgment heals. Glory waits until the exalted grid has mods. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Jade's passive is two Aura slots. That is a unique power budget. Use both as soon as you own two auras.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Artillery Angel — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Artillery Angel — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Glory on High. Snapshot Power of the Seven into the flight, swap to Deathbringer, hold fire. This is 2026 Jade. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Glory is an exalted secondary. If the pistol grid is empty, flight is sightseeing.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Artillery Angel — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Artillery Angel — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Glory on High. Snapshot Power of the Seven into the flight, swap to Deathbringer, hold fire. This is 2026 Jade. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Glory is an exalted secondary. If the pistol grid is empty, flight is sightseeing.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Artillery Angel — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame5–6 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Artillery Angel — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, open tiles, anyone who picked Jade to be a gunship

Glory on High. Snapshot Power of the Seven into the flight, swap to Deathbringer, hold fire. This is 2026 Jade.

Glory is an exalted secondary. If the pistol grid is empty, flight is sightseeing.

Investment: 6 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDisruptionShards optional

Choir of Seven

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Squad play, Disruption, raids-style content, people who like being useful more than airborne

Stay on the floor. Power of the Seven for the casters, Deathbringer for the guns, Eyes to peel. You are the buff.

Symphony of Mercy is one of the best squad buffs in the game. You do not have to fly to spend it.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Artillery Angel — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathDisruptionHelminthShards optional

Accusatory Gaze

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Steel Path Grineer, Demolysts, people who picked Jade to peel not to fly

Ophanim Eyes as a full armor/shield melt. Strength to the strip breakpoint. Pillage or Tharros if you want it faster.

Ophanim Eyes is a slow plus a strip plus a ranged revive. That is a lot of 3.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Pillage (Hildryn) or Tharros Strike (Styanax)) · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseHelminthShards optional

Deathbringer Grounded

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Tiles where flight feels bad, Incarnon lovers, people who want Symphony without managing an exalted pistol

Skip the sky. Roar over Glory. Symphony plus Eyes plus a real Incarnon. Jade as a hymn gun platform.

Not every tile wants a flying frame. This is Symphony as a weapon platform.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.