Nidus
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Roar Plague
Endgame5–6 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Nidus — Roar Plague

Endgame build. Subsume Roar over Ravenous. Larva Burst + Virulence become a room-delete.

Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current

Ability nuking, dense tiles, level-cap rooms you do not want to sit in

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Don’t build this yet

The Hatchling first

This loadout sits at Endgame. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.

Open The Hatchling

Why this build?

Endgame for Ability nuking, dense tiles, level-cap rooms you do not want to sit in

Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.

Play this in Steel Path
  • Ravenous is the only ability Nidus can afford to lose if Persistence is online.
  • Larva Burst was buffed in 2026. It is no longer a meme augment.
  • Emerald shards are optional. Strength is not.

Don’t use this for: players without Helminth

Specialised investment for hard content

You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.

Bring: No exalted weapon — A primer (Kuva Nukor, Epitaph) still helps. The nuke is Larva Burst plus Virulence under Roar.

Alternative if…

Instead: The HatchlingInstead: The Hatchling — Star ChartInstead: Persistence God — Steel PathInstead: Persistence God — Optimised

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  • Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
  • Forma 0/6 · required — 6 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
  • Helminth 0/1 · required — Subsume Roar (Rhino)
  • Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
  • Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 6 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino)) · 3 shards · 4 specialised mods. Typical farm ~4–6 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.

Plan

Today → next → later

Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.

  1. TodayPlay The HatchlingThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
  2. NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
  3. After that5–6 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  4. LaterTauforged Azure · ArmorHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  5. FinalRoar PlagueEndgame · Endgame · 5–6 Forma

Farm the gap

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

Roar (Rhino) over Ravenous (4)

Roar double-dips Toxin (Larva Burst) and Viral linger, and buffs Virulence's Puncture. You lose the heal carpet — Persistence plus Vitality has to carry tanking.

Helminth is locked. Tick it on Progress before you subsume.

  • 1 Tauforged Azure · Armor — PersistenceArchon locked
  • 3 Crimson · Strength — Roar and Burst numbersArchon locked
  • flex Emerald · Toxin status damage — Larva Burst scalerArchon locked

Tonight

What is actually up

30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.

  1. 30 minutes

    Farm Growing Power

    One named gap. The Silver Grove quest

  2. 60 minutes

    Growing Power, then Forma

    Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.

  3. 120 minutes

    Subsume Roar (Rhino)

    If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.

Who this is for

Play this build from zero

You want the room gone, not occupied. You will sacrifice the heal carpet. Persistence and a huge health bar have to carry the tanking.

Time to a playable copy
Helminth Roar over Ravenous, after Persistence God already feels comfortable.
First mission to practice in
A dense Steel Path Disruption or Alchemy. If the tile does not melt, your Roar is down or Burst missed.

4 button drills · 15 parts · tick the lists as you go

Before you start

0 of 2 done

Put it on the Warframe

0 of 2 done

Keep this up

Nuke loop

Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.

  1. 1Roar (4). Link (3) companion.
  2. 2Larva (2) the tile. Virulence (1) through it.
  3. 3Recast Larva to Burst. Roar multiplies the Toxin.
  4. 4Repeat. Recast Roar and Link on timer. You have no Ravenous — do not stand in the open at 20 stacks.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Roar. Link.

    4 then 3

    4 is now Roar, not maggots. Press it. Then 3 your companion. Recast both on timers. You have no carpet — do not stand in the open at 20 stacks thinking you are Hatchling-immortal. You are a 500/s clock with a large health bar.

    You will know it worked when: Roar buff icon. Tether. No maggot nest. If you press 4 and maggots appear, you injected the wrong frame.

  2. 2

    Larva the tile, Virulence through it

    2 then 1

    Grab everyone. Stomp. Energy refunds. Mutation climbs so Vitality keeps the health timer honest.

    You will know it worked when: A full-room ball. Puncture line through it.

  3. 3

    Recast Larva to Burst

    2 again

    Second press detonates. Toxin per grabbed enemy, guaranteed Toxin status. Roar double-dips that Toxin. Archon Continuity adds Corrosive. The tile should be empty.

    You will know it worked when: A Toxin explosion. Armor stripping. Silence.

  4. 4

    Do not get brave at 20 stacks

    Without Ravenous, Undying is your panic button and it costs 15 stacks. Leave before you test whether 8k HP is enough for a level-cap eximus to eat the timer.

    You will know it worked when: You extracting or moving tiles while still comfortable, not while grey.

Common mistakes

  • Subsuming Larva

    Then you have no ball and no Burst. The build does not exist.

  • Skipping Persistence because 'nukes do not get hit'

    You will get hit. The 500/s cap is the only reason this is a Nidus page and not a cheap Rhino page.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Three Crimson Strength, Azure armor, optional Emerald ToxinStrength is the nuke. Emerald is greed. Armor is life.

Parts checklist

0 of 15 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.

Dependencies

19 dependencies

Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.

  1. 1●nidusframe
  2. 2○Growing Powermod
  3. 3○Power Driftmod
  4. 4○Blind Ragemod
  5. 5○Transient Fortitudemod
  6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
  7. 7○Larva Burstaugment
  8. 8○Parasitic Vitalityaugment
  9. 9○Stretchmod
  10. 10○Archon Continuitymod
  11. 11○Arcane Persistencearcane
  12. 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
  13. 13○Tauforged Azure · Armorshard
  14. 14○Crimson · Strengthshard
  15. 15○Emerald · Toxin status damageshard
  16. 16○Roar (Rhino)helminth
  17. 17○Helminth · Roar (Rhino)unlock
  18. 18○Steel Pathunlock
  19. 19○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

Recommended

Optional

Watch it played

YouTube for this loadout

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Helminth

Subsume Roar (Rhino) over Ravenous (4)

Roar double-dips Toxin (Larva Burst) and Viral linger, and buffs Virulence's Puncture. You lose the heal carpet — Persistence plus Vitality has to carry tanking.

Strength

330%+ (Blind Rage, Transient, Umbral Intensify, shards)

Duration

Keep Roar and Link above 128%

Range

175%+ so Larva and Virulence fill the tile

You must still hit 700 armor. Persistence without Ravenous healing is a 500 dps clock — Vitality HP is the timer.

From the mods

Live power

Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.

Strength
313%
Duration
128%
Range
145%
Efficiency
45%
Energy
base
Capacity
52 / 67

1 Umbral piece

Open slots

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

Nidus mods

  • AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
  • ExilusPower DriftLua Halls
  • 1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
  • 2Transient FortitudeOrokin Vaults
  • 3Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
  • 4Larva BurstSteel Meridian / Perrin · 25k
  • 5Parasitic VitalitySteel Meridian / Perrin · 25k
  • 6StretchEnemy drops
  • 7Archon ContinuityToxin Burst applies CorrosiveKahl / Archon Hunts

No exalted weapon

A primer (Kuva Nukor, Epitaph) still helps. The nuke is Larva Burst plus Virulence under Roar.

Arcanes

Arcane Persistence

Tank without the carpet

Roathe · 5 Maphica

Molt Augmented

+60% Strength over the mission

Zariman bounties

Archon shards

  • 1Tauforged Azure · ArmorPersistence1 · Netracells
  • 2Crimson · StrengthRoar and Burst numbers3 · Netracells / Archon Hunt
  • 3Emerald · Toxin status damageLarva Burst scalerflex · Elite Temporal
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