Nyx Prime · Loadouts

Nyx 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 ChartDefenseShards optional

First Bolts

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Nyx, learning the 2024 rework kit

Psychic Bolts strip armor and shields. Chaos makes the room fight itself. Absorb is the panic button.

Psychic Bolts are 2026 Nyx. Full armor and shield strip at 125% Strength. That is one Intensify.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Bolts — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Psychic Bolts strip armor and shields. Chaos makes the room fight itself. Absorb is the panic button. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Psychic Bolts are 2026 Nyx. Full armor and shield strip at 125% Strength. That is one Intensify.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Naked Room — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Naked Room — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Psychic Bolts full-strip at 125% Strength and steal armor, shields, and Overguard. Nourish over Mind Control. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

125% Strength is the cheapest full strip in the game. Everyone else is begging for 167–200%.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Naked Room — Optimised.

Optimised3–4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Naked Room — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Psychic Bolts full-strip at 125% Strength and steal armor, shields, and Overguard. Nourish over Mind Control.

125% Strength is the cheapest full strip in the game. Everyone else is begging for 167–200%.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Naked Room — Endgame.

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

Endgame3–4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Naked Room — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance Grineer, Murmur, any tile where armor is the joke

Psychic Bolts full-strip at 125% Strength and steal armor, shields, and Overguard. Nourish over Mind Control.

125% Strength is the cheapest full strip in the game. Everyone else is begging for 167–200%.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 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.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Bubble Bank

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, Mobile Defense, people who like a big button

Absorb stores damage, then slams it back. Confused enemies feed the bubble for free. You are a walking detonator.

Absorb without Chaos is a slow bank. Confused enemies are free charge.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 2 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: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 5/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Naked Room — Optimised.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Civil War

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, Interception, any objective you want the AI to ignore

Chaos is a faction flip. Pacifying Bolts confuse on the strip. The passive turns that crowd into a crit aura.

Chaos is still one of the best 'the AI is the CC' buttons in the game.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 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: 3/5 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 Naked Room — Optimised.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseShards optional

Walking Bubble

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Endurance, AFK-ish Defense, people who want to be a slow tank with a gun

Assimilate lets you move and shoot inside Absorb. Energy drain, halved radius, immortal if the pool holds.

Assimilate is the immortal Nyx people clip. It is also slow and hungry.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 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: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 5/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Naked Room — Endgame.

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