Limbo — First Rift
Star Chart build. Dodge into the Rift. Banish a pack. Tiny Cataclysm on the objective. You are not a damage frame. 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.
- Limbo is objective CC. Star Chart pods die to stray Bombards. A small frozen bubble solves that.
- Duration keeps Stasis and Cataclysm alive. Strength does almost nothing to Stasis.
- You will not out-damage a Mesa. That is not the job.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · Capture / short missions · Exterminate speedruns · Disruption demolysts
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Any gun — You only shoot things that share your plane. Enemies in the Rift ignore Material-plane bullets. Stay in the bubble with them.
Alternative if…
- You are not sitting on a point → Rift Torrent
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 · 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
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: Pod in a Bottle — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Pod in a Bottle — 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 Energy SiphonNightwave / alerts
- After that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Rift — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Pod in a Bottle — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Pod in a Bottle — 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 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
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 Energy Siphon
Nightwave / alerts
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just finished The Limbo Theorem and have never rolled into another plane on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Continuity and Streamline are enough to freeze a Star Chart pod.
- First mission to practice in
- A low-level Defense (Earth or Venus). One cryopod. No squad required.
3 button drills · 10 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
Rift loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Roll once. The Rift swallows you. Energy ticks up. You are untargetable from the Material plane.
- 2Banish (1) a clump, or drop Cataclysm (4) on the cryopod / excavator so the objective sits in the pocket.
- 3Stasis (2) immediately. Everything in the Rift freezes. Their bullets hang in the air.
- 4Do not grow the bubble. If enemies freeze twenty meters out, Defense waves stall and your squad will vote-kick you.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Roll once in the hallway
RollYou flicker. Energy ticks. You are in the Rift. Enemies on the floor ignore you. You cannot shoot them either.
You will know it worked when: A tear in the air. Your body looks sketched.
- 2
Cataclysm the pod
4Stand next to the cryopod. Press 4. The sphere should hug the objective, not the whole tile.
- 3
Stasis
2Press 2. Everything inside stops. Recast 2 before the timer dies.
You will know it worked when: Enemies frozen mid-step. Rockets hanging.
Common mistakes
Stretching the bubble 'so more enemies freeze'
Defense hates that. Small is correct.
Shooting from the wrong plane
If numbers are zeroes, roll again so you share the plane with the target.
When this feels easy
- 1Narrow MindedThe Defense god mod. Next config.
- 2Cataclysm ContinuumArbiters / Suda. Kills buy bubble time.
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●limboframe
- 2○Energy Siphonmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Primed Continuitymod
- 5○Augur Messagemod
- 6○Streamlinemod
- 7○Primed Flowmod
- 8○Stretchmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
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
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Augur Messagemissing · Konzu, Cetus
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Redirection
missing · Drops
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Skip until you can afford it. Stasis is 50 energy; Cataclysm is 100. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~100–130%
Duration
155% (Continuity + Augur Message)
Range
40–70% on purpose
Small Cataclysm is the point. A giant bubble freezes the whole lane and makes Defense spawn forever.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 115%
- Duration
- 179%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +281%
- Capacity
- 45 / 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
- AuraEnergy SiphonNightwave / alerts
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 2Augur MessageCetus bounties
- 3StreamlineEnemy drops
- 4Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 5StretchOptional. Starter Range should stay modest so the bubble hugs the pod.Enemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Energy Siphon | Nightwave / alerts | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 2 | Augur Message | Cetus bounties | |
| 3 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 5 | Stretch Optional. Starter Range should stay modest so the bubble hugs the pod. | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Redirection | Enemy drops |
Any gun
You only shoot things that share your plane. Enemies in the Rift ignore Material-plane bullets. Stay in the bubble with them.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Skip until you can afford it. Stasis is 50 energy; Cataclysm is 100. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Eidolon hunts / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|