Lavos — First Mix
Star Chart build. You have no energy. Abilities are cooldowns. Hold 1/2/3/4 to imbue, tap to cast. Never slot Flow. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Star Chart for Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Lavos has 0 energy. Flow, Streamline, Primed Flow, Arcane Energize — dead slots. Do not copy a Rhino grid.
- The hold-to-imbue is the kit. Tap-only Lavos is half a Warframe.
- Catalyze is the nuke. Statuses before 4 are the multiplier.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Any status gun — Catalyze wants statuses already on the enemy. A primer (Epitaph, Nukor, a status shotgun) makes the first 4 actually pop.
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 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — None listed
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 1 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
High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel PathPlan
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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Mix — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Catalyzing Alchemist — Steel PathTonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
Two farm routes, then a test run
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just bought him from Father and your energy bar is a lie.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Continuity. No Flow.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Exterminate. Practice hold then tap on each ability once.
2 button drills · 10 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 5 done
Keep this up
Mix loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Hold 3 to imbue Electricity, or hold 2 for Cold, hold 1 for Toxin, hold 4 for Heat. The next TAP of any ability spends that extra element.
- 2Transmutation Probe (3) a pack — orbs become universal, enemies get shocked, other cooldowns drop.
- 3Catalyze (4) after something is already statused. Damage doubles per unique element on the target.
- 4Vial Rush (2) is a dash with an ice trail. Ophidian Bite (1) is a heal bite. You will never run out of energy because there is none.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Hold 4, then tap 3
3You loaded Heat, then spent it on Probe. Enemies should cook and zap.
You will know it worked when: A vial icon. Probe sparks. Heat on the zap.
- 2
Prime, then tap 4
4Shoot someone until they have a status, then Catalyze. Numbers should jump on the already-statused ones.
Common mistakes
Waiting for an energy orb to 'cast 4'
4 is on cooldown, not on energy. Probe to shave it. Or wait. Do not look at the orb.
When this feels easy
- 1Blind RageFree Strength. Next config.
- 2Valence FormationIf you wanted the gun.
Parts checklist
0 of 10 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
11 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●lavosframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Vitalitymod
- 8○Steel Fibermod
- 9○Redirectionmod
- 10○Adaptationmod
- 11○Arcane Tankerarcane
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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Steel Fibermissing · Enemy drops
- Redirection
missing · Drops
- Adaptation
missing · Arbitration / Arbitrations
Skip until you have it. Do not put Flow here. Flow does nothing.
Recommended
- Arcane Tanker
missing · Arbitration / trade
Armor. Optional. You are not energy-gating anyone. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145%
Duration
145% (status lifetime, vial trail)
Range
145%
Efficiency does NOT make casts cheaper — there is no energy. Efficiency shortens Probe's cooldown shave. Strength is Catalyze. Range is coverage.
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
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 100%
- Energy
- base
- Capacity
- 48 / 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
Lavos mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4VitalityEarth / drops
- 5Steel FiberEnemy drops
- 6RedirectionEnemy drops
- 7AdaptationSkip until you have it. Do not put Flow here. Flow does nothing.Arbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 5 | Steel Fiber | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Redirection | Enemy drops | |
| 7 | Adaptation Skip until you have it. Do not put Flow here. Flow does nothing. | Arbitrations |
Any status gun
Catalyze wants statuses already on the enemy. A primer (Epitaph, Nukor, a status shotgun) makes the first 4 actually pop.
Arcanes
Arcane Tanker
Armor. Optional. You are not energy-gating anyone. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Arbitration / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|