Oberon
Oberon builds
Infused Guns
Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Oberon — Infused Guns

Steel Path build. Smite Infusion paints Radiation on squad weapons. Smite itself still peels Overguard off one target.

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

Weapon platforms, Radiation inheritance, people who like paladin buffs more than slams

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Why this build?

Steel Path for Weapon platforms, Radiation inheritance, people who like paladin buffs more than slams

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

Play this in Steel Path
  • Smite Infusion is the 2026 weapon-Oberon. Radiation on guns is the buff.
  • Base Smite peeling Overguard is why you keep 1 on this config instead of Roar.
  • If you wanted Roar, play Roar on someone else. This is the paladin's version.

Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth · ability-nuke as the damage

Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy

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

Bring: Radiation-friendly guns — Infusion adds Radiation. Combine with a second element on the gun or lean into the proc. Archon Vitality if you also Heat.

Alternative if…

Instead: First PaladinInstead: First Paladin — Star ChartInstead: Full Strip Slam — Steel PathInstead: Full Strip Slam — Optimised

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  • Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
  • Forma 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
  • Helminth · optional — Not required
  • Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
  • Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 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.

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.

  1. NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
  2. After that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  3. LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  4. FinalInfused GunsSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 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

  • 3 Crimson · Strength — Fatter Infusion, harder Smite.Archon locked
  • 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Smite is a fire rate.Archon 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

    One Archon Hunt

    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 Radiation on everyone's guns and Overguard gone on the first press.

Time to a playable copy
After Smite Infusion.
First mission to practice in
A mixed Exterminate. Buff, then Smite every Eximus.

2 button drills · 13 parts · tick the lists as you go

Before you start

0 of 3 done

Put it on the Warframe

0 of 5 done

Keep this up

Infusion loop

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

  1. 1Infusion buff on yourself and the squad (Smite on an ally, or the augment's hold — check the prompt).
  2. 2Grass (2) under the fight for Radiation status and immunity.
  3. 3Smite (1) every Eximus. Overguard pops, finisher prompt, next.
  4. 4Reckoning (4) when the pack is dense enough to be rude.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Infusion the squad

    1

    Smite an ally or use the augment prompt. Guns tick Radiation.

  2. 2

    Smite the Eximus

    1

    Same button, different target. Overguard pops.

Common mistakes

  • Forgetting to re-Infusion

    The buff expires. Recast on a teammate between rooms.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Casting speedSmite is a fire rate on this config.

Parts checklist

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

Dependencies

16 dependencies

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

  1. 1●oberonframe
  2. 2○Growing Powermod
  3. 3○Power Driftmod
  4. 4○Smite Infusionaugment
  5. 5○Blind Ragemod
  6. 6○Umbral Intensifymod
  7. 7○Primed Continuitymod
  8. 8○Stretchmod
  9. 9○Primed Flowmod
  10. 10○Rolling Guardmod
  11. 11○Arcane Impetusarcane
  12. 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
  13. 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
  14. 14○Amber · Casting Speedshard
  15. 15○Steel Pathunlock
  16. 16○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

  • Arcane Impetus

    missing · Buy it

    Ability casts stack ability damage and status chance. You press 1 a lot.

  • Molt Augmented

    missing · Unlock the Zariman

    Strength for Infusion and Smite.

Optional

Strength

~200%+ Infusion damage and Smite execute

Duration

180% so the buff lasts

Range

145%

Smite fully strips Overguard and armor on the target, chunks health, opens a finisher. Infusion is the squad button.

From the mods

Live power

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

Strength
258%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Efficiency
45%
Energy
+275%
Capacity
51 / 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

Oberon mods

  • AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
  • ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
  • 1Smite InfusionHold or recast Smite to buff weapons with Radiation. The paladin gun buff.Steel Meridian / New Loka · 25k
  • 2Blind RageVaults
  • 3Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
  • 4Primed ContinuityBaro
  • 5StretchDrops
  • 6Primed FlowBaro
  • 7Rolling GuardArbitrations

Radiation-friendly guns

Infusion adds Radiation. Combine with a second element on the gun or lean into the proc. Archon Vitality if you also Heat.

Arcanes

Arcane Impetus

Ability casts stack ability damage and status chance. You press 1 a lot.

1999 / trade

Molt Augmented

Strength for Infusion and Smite.

Zariman

Archon shards

  • 1Crimson · StrengthFatter Infusion, harder Smite.3 · Netracells
  • 2Amber · Casting SpeedSmite is a fire rate.1 · EDA
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