Limbo — Rift Nurse
Steel Path build. Rift Haven heals whoever you Banish. Park a downed friend in the Rift, top them off, toss them back.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Babysitting squishy frames, Rescue, anyone who picked Limbo to keep other people alive
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Babysitting squishy frames, Rescue, anyone who picked Limbo to keep other people alive
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Rift Haven is the support augment. Without it this loadout is just griefing your Rhino.
- Allies in the Rift cannot damage Material-plane enemies. Heal, then return them.
- This is slower than a Trinity. It is the Limbo-shaped medic.
Don’t use this for: solo nuke Limbo · players who never recast Banish
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Support gun — A primer or a heal weapon is enough. You are not the DPS. Duration on Banish is the heal window.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Rift
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Rift — Star Chart
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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 · 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
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: Pod in a Bottle — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Pod in a Bottle — 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 PhysiqueNightwave / Invasion
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalRift NurseSteel Path · Advanced · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Pod in a Bottle — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Pod in a Bottle — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Limbo augments — Rift Haven · Rift Torrent · Cataclysm Continuum
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Haven heal numbers.Archon locked
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Banish, Stasis, un-Banish.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 Physique
One named gap. Nightwave / Invasion
60 minutes
Physique, 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 Physique
Nightwave / Invasion
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You bought Rift Haven because your friend plays Mag.
- Time to a playable copy
- Once Rift Haven is in the grid.
- First mission to practice in
- A pub Defense. You will Banish the person who is dying, not the pod.
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
Haven loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Banish (1) an ally who is melting. They pop into the Rift and Haven heals them.
- 2Stasis (2) if the room is also in the Rift so nothing shoots them the moment they return.
- 3Recast Banish on them to pull them back to the Material plane when they are topped off.
- 4Cataclysm only if the whole squad wants the pocket. Ask first.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Banish the melting ally
1Look at them, press 1. They vanish into the Rift. Haven heals.
You will know it worked when: Their health ticks up. They look sketched like you.
- 2
Return them
Banish them again so they can shoot the Material plane. Warn them in chat once.
Common mistakes
Leaving them Banished
They cannot help. Heal is a visit, not a prison.
When this feels easy
- 1StrengthHaven heals harder.
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●limboframe
- 2○Physiquemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Rift Havenaugment
- 5○Intensifymod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Streamlinemod
- 10○Vitalitymod
- 11○Arcane Gracearcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 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
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
- Rift Haven
missing · Arbiters of Hexis / Cephalon Suda · 25,000 standing
The whole config. Banish heals.
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~200% so Haven actually heals
Duration
180%+ Banish linger
Range
145%
Rift Haven heals allies you Banish. Strength scales the heal. They cannot shoot Material-plane enemies until you bring them back.
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
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 44 / 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
Limbo mods
- AuraPhysiqueOr Energy Siphon. You are a medic.Nightwave / invasion
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1Rift HavenThe whole config. Banish heals.Arbiters / Cephalon Suda · 25k
- 2IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 4StretchEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6StreamlineEnemy drops
- 7VitalityDrops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Physique Or Energy Siphon. You are a medic. | Nightwave / invasion | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Rift Haven The whole config. Banish heals. | Arbiters / Cephalon Suda · 25k | |
| 2 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 7 | Vitality | Drops |
Support gun
A primer or a heal weapon is enough. You are not the DPS. Duration on Banish is the heal window.
Arcanes
Arcane Grace
You live long enough to press 1 on people.
Eidolon / trade
Arcane Energize
Banish spam.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthHaven heal numbers.2 · Netracells - 2
Amber · Casting SpeedBanish, Stasis, un-Banish.1 · EDA
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Haven heal numbers. | 2 | Netracells | |
| 2 | Amber · Casting Speed Banish, Stasis, un-Banish. | 1 | EDA |