Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceArbitrationsHelminthShards optional

Oberon — Phoenix Line

Steel Path build. Renewal heals the squad. Phoenix Renewal eats a lethal hit every 60 seconds. Passive Righteous Negation is extra lives on orbs.

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

Arbitrations, squads that down, anyone who wants to be the medic paladin

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Why this build?

Steel Path for Arbitrations, squads that down, anyone who wants to be the medic paladin

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

Play this in Arbitrations

Phoenix Renewal is the medic augment. 60s cooldown after the rework is actually usable.
Righteous Negation (passive) is a third life layer. Pick up orbs on purpose.
You are not the strip Oberon. You are the reason the strip Oberon gets to be greedy.

Don’t use this for: solo level-cap · players without Helminth

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 weapon — A primer or a rescue tool. You are not racing kill boards.

Alternative if…

You don’t have Helminth yet → First Paladin
Star Chart only → First Paladin
This is too much Forma / cost → First Paladin — Star Chart

Instead: First Paladin Instead: First Paladin — Star Chart Instead: Full Strip Slam — Steel Path Instead: Full Strip Slam — Optimised

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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 0/1 · required — Subsume Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage)
Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage)) · 1 shard · 1 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.

Your next step

Next: Full Strip Slam — Optimised

Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.

Full Strip Slam — Optimised

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.

NextGet RejuvenationDrops / Nightwave
After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
LaterCrimson · DurationHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
FinalPhoenix LineSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma

Upgrade from here

Full Strip Slam — Optimised

Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.

Open Full Strip Slam — Optimised

Farm the gap

Paladin augments — Hallowed Reckoning · Phoenix Renewal · Smite Infusion · Hallowed Eruption

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage) over Smite (1)

Support config. Pillage is a second strip plus shields. Eclipse is a damage buff if the squad is the DPS. Keep Smite if Overguard Eximus are the wipes.

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

2 Crimson · Duration — Renewal uptime.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 Rejuvenation
One named gap. Drops / Nightwave
60 minutes
Rejuvenation, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
Subsume Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage)
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.

Farm Rejuvenation
Drops / Nightwave

Who this is for

Play this build from zero

Your squad downs in Arbitrations and you bought Phoenix Renewal.

Time to a playable copy: After Phoenix Renewal. Duration mods ranked.
First mission to practice in: A tough Defense. You should see the Phoenix proc once and then recast Renewal.

3 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

Hearth loop

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

1Grass (2) wherever the squad is standing.
2Renewal (3) and never let it drop. Heal doubles on the grass.
3Health orbs — yours or Reckoning's — stack Righteous Negation on everyone in Affinity Range. That is a hit they just do not take.
4Phoenix eats the one lethal you missed. 60 seconds later it is back. Recast Renewal after.

First mission — press these buttons

1
Grass where they stand
2
Heal doubles here.
2
Renewal on cooldown
3
If it drops, they notice.
3
Orbs are lives
Walk them into the squad. Three Negation charges each.

Common mistakes

Treating Phoenix as a health tank
It is a 60s clutch, not a second Vitality. Grass plus Renewal is the heal.

When this feels easy

1Duration shardsRenewal is a duration channel.

Parts checklist

0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.

Dependencies

18 dependencies

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

Frame

oberon

Mods

Later

Unlocks

1●oberonframe
2○Rejuvenationmod
3○Power Driftmod
4○Phoenix Renewalaugment
5○Narrow Mindedmod
6○Primed Continuitymod
7○Intensifymod
8○Vitalitymod
9○Flowmod
10○Streamlinemod
11○Arcane Blessingarcane
12○Molt Efficiencyarcane
13○Crimson · Durationshard
14○Pillagehelminth
15○Eclipsehelminth
16○Helminth · Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage)unlock
17○Steel Pathunlock
18○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

Rejuvenation
missing · Drops / Nightwave
Power Drift
missing · Unlock Lua
Phoenix Renewal
missing · Steel Meridian / New Loka · 25,000
Lethal damage becomes a heal, 60s cooldown. Arbitration clutch.
Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuity
missing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Intensify
missing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Vitality
missing · Jackal
Flow
missing · Enemy drops
Streamline
missing · Enemy drops and early missions
Pillage
missing · Helminth
Support config. Pillage is a second strip plus shields. Eclipse is a damage buff if the squad is the DPS. Keep Smite if Overguard Eximus are the wipes.
Eclipse
missing · Helminth
Support config. Pillage is a second strip plus shields. Eclipse is a damage buff if the squad is the DPS. Keep Smite if Overguard Eximus are the wipes.

Recommended

Arcane Blessing
missing · Orphix / trade
Orbs from Reckoning still matter here.
Molt Efficiency
missing · Zariman
Duration. Renewal wants it.

Optional

Crimson · Duration
missing · Same Crimson faucet
Renewal uptime.

Helminth

Subsume Pillage (Hildryn) or Eclipse (Mirage) over Smite (1)

Support config. Pillage is a second strip plus shields. Eclipse is a damage buff if the squad is the DPS. Keep Smite if Overguard Eximus are the wipes.

Strength

~155% (heal and armor)

Duration

220%+ Renewal is a duration channel

Range

145% affinity-range comfort

Phoenix Renewal cooldown is 60s after the 2025 rework. Passive charges from health orbs, 3 cap, eat the next hit.

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: 254%
Range: 34%
Efficiency: 130%
Energy: +150%
Capacity: 47 / 67

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

Oberon mods

AuraRejuvenationNightwave / drops
ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
1Phoenix RenewalLethal damage becomes a heal, 60s cooldown. Arbitration clutch.Steel Meridian / New Loka · 25k
2Narrow MindedOrokin Vaults
3Primed ContinuityBaro
4IntensifyDrops
5VitalityDrops
6FlowDrops
7StreamlineDrops

Slot	Mod	Source
Aura	Rejuvenation	Nightwave / drops
Exilus	Power Drift	Vaults / Lua
1	Phoenix Renewal Lethal damage becomes a heal, 60s cooldown. Arbitration clutch.	Steel Meridian / New Loka · 25k
2	Narrow Minded	Orokin Vaults
3	Primed Continuity	Baro
4	Intensify	Drops
5	Vitality	Drops
6	Flow	Drops
7	Streamline	Drops

Support weapon

A primer or a rescue tool. You are not racing kill boards.

Arcanes

Arcane Blessing

Orbs from Reckoning still matter here.

Cetus

Molt Efficiency

Duration. Renewal wants it.

Zariman

Archon shards

1Crimson · DurationRenewal uptime.2 · Netracells

#	Shard	Qty	Source	How
1	Crimson · Duration Renewal uptime.	2	Netracells

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