Protea
Protea builds
Satellite Gate
Optimised4 FormaEndgameExperimentalLevel capShards optional

Protea — Satellite Gate

Optimised build. Hold Grenade Fan. Shield Satellites overcharge and extend shield gate. Brief Respite plus Catalyzing Shield is a fortress.

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

Level cap, shield-gating enjoyers, people who refuse Temporal Anchor

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Don’t build this yet

First Gadgets first

This loadout sits at Optimised. 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 Gadgets

Why this build?

Optimised for Level cap, shield-gating enjoyers, people who refuse Temporal Anchor

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

Play this in Level cap
  • Satellites are unique. Other frames Brief Respite. Only Protea extends the gate by popping a drone.
  • Tap 1 (Shrapnel Vortex) is not this build. Hold. Hold. Hold.
  • Catalyzing Shields looks like you have no shields. That is the point.

Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · new accounts

Helminth, shards, and a finished configuration

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

Bring: Shield gate kit — Catalyzing Shields, Brief Respite, maybe Augur set. Satellites are the unique Protea layer on top of normal gating.

Alternative if…

Instead: First GadgetsInstead: First Gadgets — Star ChartInstead: Siege Cannons — Steel PathInstead: Siege Cannons — Optimised

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Readiness

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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 · 2 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

Experimental. Interesting interaction — less proven or more demanding. Not the same as untested. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.

Your next step

Next: Siege Cannons — Endgame

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

Siege Cannons — Endgame

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. TodayPlay First GadgetsThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
  2. NextGet Brief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
  3. After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
  4. LaterAzure · Shield recharge / delayHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
  5. FinalSatellite GateOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma

Upgrade from here

Siege Cannons — Endgame

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

Open Siege Cannons — Endgame

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

  • 2 Azure · Shield recharge / delay — Faster gates.Archon locked
  • 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Hold-1 recast is the gate refresh.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 Brief Respite

    One named gap. The Index / Nightwave

  2. 60 minutes

    Brief Respite, 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 shield gate with extra drones.

Time to a playable copy
After Catalyzing Shields and Brief Respite.
First mission to practice in
A Steel Path Exterminate. Let shields break on purpose once so you see a Satellite sacrifice and extend the gate.

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 4 done

Keep this up

Gate loop

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

  1. 1HOLD 1 whenever drones are thin. They go to you, allies, companions.
  2. 2Cast anything (Brief Respite) after a break to pop a sliver of shield and gate again.
  3. 3Artillery and Dispensary still run. You are not a turret-less tank — you are a gated turret.
  4. 4Anchor (4) is a backup rewind if a gate fails. Optional.

First mission — press these buttons

  1. 1

    Hold 1 until several drones are out

    1

    They attach to you and the squad.

  2. 2

    When shields break, notice the extra invuln

    A Satellite popped. That is the unique Protea gate. Recast hold-1.

Common mistakes

  • Letting every Satellite die

    No drone, no extra gate. Hold 1 is a recast, not a one-time setup.

When this feels easy

  1. 1Azure shield shardsFaster recharge, shorter delay. Gating feels cleaner.

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●proteaframe
  2. 2○Brief Respitemod
  3. 3○Power Driftmod
  4. 4○Catalyzing Shieldsmod
  5. 5○Redirectionmod
  6. 6○Primed Continuitymod
  7. 7○Stretchmod
  8. 8○Streamlinemod
  9. 9○Primed Flowmod
  10. 10○Rolling Guardmod
  11. 11○Arcane Aegisarcane
  12. 12○Arcane Barrierarcane
  13. 13○Azure · Shield recharge / delayshard
  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 Aegis

    missing · Cetus / trade

    Random full-shield regen. Gating's best friend.

  • Arcane Barrier

    missing · Eidolon / trade

    Same idea, different proc. Pick one.

Optional

Strength

~145%

Duration

180% Satellite lifetime

Range

145%

When shields break, a Satellite is consumed to double the minimum gate invuln. Keep at least one drone alive.

From the mods

Live power

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

Strength
115%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Efficiency
130%
Energy
+275%
Capacity
48 / 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

Protea mods

  • AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
  • ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
  • 1Catalyzing ShieldsShort, fat gate. Satellites extend it when one is sacrificed.Nightwave / drops
  • 2RedirectionDrops
  • 3Primed ContinuityBaro
  • 4StretchDrops
  • 5StreamlineDrops
  • 6Primed FlowBaro
  • 7Rolling GuardArbitrations

Shield gate kit

Catalyzing Shields, Brief Respite, maybe Augur set. Satellites are the unique Protea layer on top of normal gating.

Arcanes

Arcane Aegis

Random full-shield regen. Gating's best friend.

Cetus / trade

Arcane Barrier

Same idea, different proc. Pick one.

Eidolon / trade

Archon shards

  • 1Azure · Shield recharge / delayFaster gates.2 · Netracells
  • 2Amber · Casting SpeedHold-1 recast is the gate refresh.2 · EDA
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