Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSpyHelminthShards optional

Octavia — Opera Night

Endgame build. Metronome Opera (shoot on beat) is multishot. Forte is melee damage. Roar over Resonator. You are a stealth gun.

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

Incarnons, people who like Octavia's cloak more than her ball

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Don’t build this yet

First Mallet first

This loadout sits at Endgame. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.

Open First Mallet

Why this build?

Endgame for Incarnons, people who like Octavia's cloak more than her ball

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

Play this in Spy

Not every Octavia wants a roller. This is the 'I came for the stealth gun' loadout.
Opera and Nocturne are both Metronome. The song is the rotation.
Resonator is gone. Park the Mallet or do not press 1.

Don’t use this for: open combat endurance · open-world / Eidolons · ability-nuke as the damage · players without Helminth

Specialised investment for hard content

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

Bring: Incarnon primary — Opera multishot plus Roar plus Crepuscular. A real gun. Mallet is leftover CC.

Alternative if…

You don’t have Helminth yet → First Mallet
Star Chart only → First Mallet
New account or low investment → First Mallet
This is too much Forma / cost → Ball and Chain — Optimised

Instead: First Mallet Instead: First Mallet — Star Chart Instead: Ball and Chain — Steel Path Instead: Ball and Chain — Optimised

My test

Did this still work for you?

Your note, in this browser. Separate from Codex verification — the stamp on the card is editorial, this is yours.

Readiness

Inventory unknown

Not checked — add your collection. You have not failed a test.

Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
Forma 0/4 · required — 4 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
Helminth 0/1 · required — Subsume Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)
Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)) · 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.

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.

TodayPlay First MalletThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
NextGet Growing PowerThe Silver Grove quest
After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
LaterViolet · Primary crit / electricHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
FinalOpera NightEndgame · Endgame · 4 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage) over Resonator (2)

Resonator is the dump when the Mallet stays parked and the gun is the kill. Roar stacks with Opera multishot. Eclipse if you stay in Nocturne.

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

2 Violet · Primary crit / electric — The gun is the build.Archon locked
2 Crimson · Duration — Metronome 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 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
Subsume Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)
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 subsumed Resonator and brought an incarnon.

Time to a playable copy: After Roar or Eclipse is injected, and you can hit Opera beats.
First mission to practice in: A hallway Exterminate. Crouch, then shoot with the pulse.

2 button drills · 14 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

Opera loop

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

1Metronome (3). Crouch on beat (invis). Shoot on beat (Opera). Both can live together if you time it.
2Roar or Eclipse (2).
3Mallet (1) as a turret behind you.
4Amp (4) if you have the energy. Recast Metronome before invis dies.

First mission — press these buttons

1
Metronome, crouch, then fire with the next beats
3
Nocturne and Opera stacked. You are a cloak with extra pellets.
2
Roar
2
2. Shoot.

Common mistakes

Firing off-beat and wondering where Opera went
Same rule as crouch. The pulse is the prompt.

When this feels easy

1Violet primary shardsThe gun is the build. Invest here.

Parts checklist

0 of 14 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.

Dependencies

19 dependencies

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

Frame

octavia

Mods

Later

Unlocks

1●octaviaframe
2○Growing Powermod
3○Power Driftmod
4○Narrow Mindedmod
5○Primed Continuitymod
6○Blind Ragemod
7○Umbral Intensifymod
8○Primed Flowmod
9○Rolling Guardmod
10○Streamlinemod
11○Arcane Crepusculararcane
12○Arcane Ragearcane
13○Violet · Primary crit / electricshard
14○Crimson · Durationshard
15○Roar (Rhino)helminth
16○Eclipsehelminth
17○Helminth · Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage)unlock
18○Steel Pathunlock
19○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 Power
missing · The Silver Grove quest
Power Drift
missing · Unlock Lua
Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuity
missing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Blind Rage
missing · Run Orokin Vaults
Umbral Intensify
missing · Finish The Sacrifice
Primed Flow
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Streamline
missing · Enemy drops and early missions
Roar (Rhino)
missing · Own Rhino
Resonator is the dump when the Mallet stays parked and the gun is the kill. Roar stacks with Opera multishot. Eclipse if you stay in Nocturne.
Eclipse
missing · Helminth
Resonator is the dump when the Mallet stays parked and the gun is the kill. Roar stacks with Opera multishot. Eclipse if you stay in Nocturne.

Recommended

Arcane Crepuscular
missing · Duviri / trade
Invis damage. Crouch on beat first.
Arcane Rage
missing · Eidolon / trade
Primary crit. Opera is the multishot; this is the crit.

Optional

Violet · Primary crit / electric
missing · Elite Temporal Archimedea
The gun is the build.
Crimson · Duration
missing · Same Crimson faucet
Metronome uptime.

Helminth

Subsume Roar (Rhino) or Eclipse (Mirage) over Resonator (2)

Resonator is the dump when the Mallet stays parked and the gun is the kill. Roar stacks with Opera multishot. Eclipse if you stay in Nocturne.

Strength

~200% for Roar/Eclipse

Duration

220% Metronome

Range

100–145%

Shoot ON THE BEAT to stack Opera. Miss the beat, lose the buff. Same rhythm rule as the crouch.

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: 254%
Range: 34%
Efficiency: 75%
Energy: +275%
Capacity: 54 / 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

Octavia mods

AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove
ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
1Narrow MindedVaults
2Primed ContinuityBaro
3Blind RageVaults
4Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
5Primed FlowBaro
6Rolling GuardArbitrations
7StreamlineDrops

Slot	Mod	Source
Aura	Growing Power	Silver Grove
Exilus	Power Drift	Vaults / Lua
1	Narrow Minded	Vaults
2	Primed Continuity	Baro
3	Blind Rage	Vaults
4	Umbral Intensify	The Sacrifice
5	Primed Flow	Baro
6	Rolling Guard	Arbitrations
7	Streamline	Drops

Incarnon primary

Opera multishot plus Roar plus Crepuscular. A real gun. Mallet is leftover CC.

Arcanes

Arcane Crepuscular

Invis damage. Crouch on beat first.

Duviri

Arcane Rage

Primary crit. Opera is the multishot; this is the crit.

Eidolon / trade

Archon shards

1Violet · Primary crit / electricThe gun is the build.2 · ETA
2Crimson · DurationMetronome uptime.2 · Netracells

#	Shard	Qty	Source	How
1	Violet · Primary crit / electric The gun is the build.	2	ETA
2	Crimson · Duration Metronome uptime.	2	Netracells

Other loadouts

First Mallet First Mallet — Star Chart Ball and Chain — Steel Path Ball and Chain — Optimised Ball and Chain — Endgame Nocturne Crouch Squad Speaker

Farm All builds