Mirage Prime · Loadouts

Mirage 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 Audience

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Mirage, anyone who has never had clones firing the same gun

Hall of Mirrors. You become four. Shoot. Eclipse tap is DR, hold is damage. Prism can wait.

Hall of Mirrors is Mirage. The clones are the 2026 identity, not Prism lasers.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Audience — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Hall of Mirrors. You become four. Shoot. Eclipse tap is DR, hold is damage. Prism can wait. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Hall of Mirrors is Mirage. The clones are the 2026 identity, not Prism lasers.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Hall Pass — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Hall Pass — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Hall of Malevolence plus Hall of Mirrors. Clones scale as you kill. This is 2026 Mirage. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Hall of Mirrors plus Malevolence is the 2026 Mirage. Prism has not been the nuke for years.

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: 4/5 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 Hall Pass — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsShards optional

Hall Pass — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Hall of Malevolence plus Hall of Mirrors. Clones scale as you kill. This is 2026 Mirage. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Hall of Mirrors plus Malevolence is the 2026 Mirage. Prism has not been the nuke for years.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 3 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: 4/5 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 Hall Pass — Endgame.

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

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Hall Pass — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, AoE weapons, anyone who came here to be a crowd

Hall of Malevolence plus Hall of Mirrors. Clones scale as you kill. This is 2026 Mirage.

Hall of Mirrors plus Malevolence is the 2026 Mirage. Prism has not been the nuke for years.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 3 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: 4/5 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.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Hold for Damage

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Incarnon platforms, snipers, squad buff Mirage, people who picked her for Eclipse not Prism

Roar or Nourish over Sleight of Hand. Hold Eclipse. Total Eclipse if the squad should share. Clones still on.

Eclipse is a weapon platform now, not a lighting puzzle.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Nourish (Grendel)) · 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: 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.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedExperimentalStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Disco Inferno

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Star Chart speedruns, people who like the disco ball, Energy-rich tiles

Prism lasers plus Prism Guard so the ball follows you. Strength and Range. This is the caster config, not the clone one.

Prism is fun and outscaled as a Steel Path nuke. Bring it to Star Chart and fissures, not level cap.

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

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

Experimental — Interesting interaction — less proven or more demanding. Not the same as untested.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Hall Pass — Optimised.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Four Swords

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Melee Influence, slam Magistars, people who want four Kullervos without playing Kullervo

Hall of Mirrors copies melee. Influence, slam builds, or a heavy blade. Eclipse hold still multiplies.

Clones copy melee. This is not a rumor. Influence Mirage is a real 2025–2026 loadout.

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 Hall Pass — Optimised.