Octavia
Octavia builds
First Mallet
Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartSpyShards optional

Octavia — First Mallet

Starter build. Throw Mallet. Enemies shoot it. It shoots them back harder. Crouch on the beat to vanish.

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

Star Chart, first Octavia, learning the Mandachord

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Why this build?

Starter for Star Chart, first Octavia, learning the Mandachord

Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.

Play this in Star ChartPlay this in SpyPlay this in Defense
  • Mallet is Octavia. It is a damage sponge that pays the damage back with interest.
  • Metronome invisibility is a crouch on the beat, not a toggle. Listen, or watch the glyph on your HUD.
  • A bad Mandachord song makes Mallet tick slow. Put percussion on every beat.

Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content

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: Mandachord song — Open the Mandachord in the Arsenal. A simple percussion line on every beat makes Mallet tick faster. You can steal a public song later.

Instead: First Mallet — Star ChartInstead: Ball and Chain — Steel PathInstead: Ball and Chain — OptimisedInstead: Ball and Chain — Endgame

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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.

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

High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.

Your next step

Open First Mallet — Star Chart

The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.

First Mallet — Star Chart

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 Energy SiphonNightwave / alerts
  2. After that0–2 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  3. LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  4. FinalFirst MalletStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma

Upgrade from here

First Mallet — Star Chart

Throw Mallet. Enemies shoot it. It shoots them back harder. Crouch on the beat to vanish. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Open First Mallet — Star Chart

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

  • 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Mallet and Metronome 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.

  1. 30 minutes

    Farm Energy Siphon

    One named gap. Nightwave / alerts

  2. 60 minutes

    Energy Siphon, 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 finished Anthem and the Mandachord looks like a piano from space.

Time to a playable copy
Same day. Put ANY percussion notes on the drum line, then Intensify and Stretch.
First mission to practice in
A Defense. Park Mallet on the pod. Crouch when the icon pulses.

2 button drills · 11 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

Beat loop

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

  1. 1Mallet (1) in a doorway or on the Defense pod. Enemies aggro the ball.
  2. 2Metronome (3). Crouch on a beat (the visual pulse). You go invisible (Nocturne). Stay crouched on the beats to refresh.
  3. 3Resonator (2) if you want the Mallet to roll. Starter can leave it parked.
  4. 4Amp (4) later. Doubles Mallet range. Not required to finish the Star Chart.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Throw Mallet at the pod

    1

    Enemies turn and shoot the ball. The ball pulses Blast.

    You will know it worked when: A hovering drum. Numbers going up if they actually shoot it.

  2. 2

    Metronome, then crouch with the pulse

    3

    A beat indicator flashes. Crouch THEN, not whenever. You vanish.

    You will know it worked when: See-through Octavia. Enemies lose interest.

Common mistakes

  • Crouching off-beat and wondering why you are visible

    The pulse on the HUD is the prompt. Crouch with it.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Steal a songCapture another Octavia's Mandachord in a mission, or grab a popular one from friends. Faster ticks.
  2. 2Duration for invisNext config.

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. 1●octaviaframe
  2. 2○Energy Siphonmod
  3. 3○Power Driftmod
  4. 4○Intensifymod
  5. 5○Continuitymod
  6. 6○Stretchmod
  7. 7○Streamlinemod
  8. 8○Flowmod
  9. 9○Vitalitymod
  10. 10○Redirectionmod
  11. 11○Arcane Energizearcane
  12. 12○Amber · Casting Speedshard
  13. 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

Recommended

  • Arcane Energize

    missing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth

    Optional. Mallet is 25 energy.

Optional

Watch it played

YouTube for this loadout

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The kitTheKengineer · Sep 2020

Octavia and Mandachord build guide

Mallet, Resonator, Metronome. The song is the damage.

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Strength

~145%

Duration

155% (Mallet lifetime)

Range

145% (Mallet radius)

Mallet stores the damage enemies deal to it, multiplies it, and pulses it back. Your gun is bait.

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
+156%
Capacity
42 / 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

Octavia mods

  • AuraEnergy SiphonNightwave / drops
  • ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
  • 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
  • 2ContinuityEnemy drops
  • 3StretchEnemy drops
  • 4StreamlineEnemy drops
  • 5FlowEnemy drops
  • 6VitalityEarth / drops
  • 7RedirectionEnemy drops

Mandachord song

Open the Mandachord in the Arsenal. A simple percussion line on every beat makes Mallet tick faster. You can steal a public song later.

Arcanes

Arcane Energize

Optional. Mallet is 25 energy.

Eidolon / trade

Archon shards

  • 1Amber · Casting SpeedMallet and Metronome on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
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