Oberon — First Paladin
Starter build. Hallowed Ground is a full circle now. Renewal heals. Reckoning slams. Smite deletes the Eximus.
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Star Chart, first Oberon, learning the 2025 rework
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Oberon, learning the 2025 rework
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- The 2025 rework made Hallowed Ground a circle. Muscle memory that 'aims the cone' is wasting time.
- Renewal doubled on grass is the heal. Stand in it.
- Smite is a single-target execute now. Use it on the loud one.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap
0 Forma, basic mods, no Helminth or shards required
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Any gun — Radiation status from the grass plus your rifle. A status primer is extra.
My test
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Readiness
Inventory unknown
Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.
- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/2 · required — 2 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
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Your next step
Open First Paladin — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Paladin — Star ChartPlan
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 Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
- After that0–2 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalFirst PaladinStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Paladin — Star Chart
Hallowed Ground is a full circle now. Renewal heals. Reckoning slams. Smite deletes the Eximus. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Paladin — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Grass, heal, slam on tempo.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 Growing Power
One named gap. The Silver Grove quest
60 minutes
Growing Power, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
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.
- Farm Growing Power
The Silver Grove quest
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just finished the cache farm and still think Hallowed Ground is a cone.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Continuity, Vitality.
- First mission to practice in
- A Grineer Exterminate. Plant grass, stand in it, slam.
4 button drills · 11 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
Grass loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Hallowed Ground (2) under your feet. Full circle, guaranteed Radiation, status immunity for you and allies on the grass.
- 2Renewal (3). Armor for the squad, heal over time, doubled while standing on the grass.
- 3Smite (1) the Eximus. Overguard and armor gone, health chunked, opened to a finisher.
- 4Reckoning (4) when three or more enemies stand on the grass. Armor strip, slam, health orbs.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Plant grass at your feet
22. A full circle. Radiation ticks. You are status-immune on it.
You will know it worked when: A glowing ring, not a wedge.
- 2
Renewal
33. Health ticks. Faster on the grass.
- 3
Smite the Eximus
1Overguard pops. Finisher prompt. Stab.
- 4
Reckoning the rest
44 if three or more are on the lawn.
Common mistakes
Rotating to 'aim' the grass
Circle. Plant. Stand.
When this feels easy
- 1167% StrengthThat is Reckoning full strip. Next config.
- 2Pick up every health orbPassive charges. Three hits you skip.
Parts checklist
0 of 11 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
13 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●oberonframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Steel Fibermod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 13○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
Growing Powermissing · The Silver Grove quest
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Optional. Renewal drain is the first energy lesson.
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Oberon - Master of Endless Missions!
Hallowed Ground, Reckoning, Renewal. Why Oberon is back in endurance.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Hallowed Ground is a circle. Range is radius, not an arc. You do not rotate anymore.
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
- 130%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +150%
- Capacity
- 43 / 67
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 specters
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7Steel FiberOberon is an armor frame. Reckoning will add more later.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove specters | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Steel Fiber Oberon is an armor frame. Reckoning will add more later. | Enemy drops |
Any gun
Radiation status from the grass plus your rifle. A status primer is extra.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Optional. Renewal drain is the first energy lesson.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedGrass, heal, slam on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Grass, heal, slam on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |