Qorvex — First Concrete
Starter build. Plant a Chyrinka Pillar. Disometric Guard for status immunity. Crucible Blast the radiated pile. You are a walking bunker.
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Star Chart, first Qorvex, learning pillar-plus-beam
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Qorvex, learning pillar-plus-beam
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Qorvex is a Radiation engineer. Pillars are the factory. Blast is the spend.
- You are actually tanky. 875 armor, 600 HP. Adaptation later. Do not shield-gate out of habit yet.
- Empower pillars by hitting them with 2, 4, or a charged Mandonel shot. Fast pulses.
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: Punch-through rifle — Passive adds punch-through to guns. A rifle that likes walls is flavor-correct. Radiation status weapons help the 4.
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 Concrete — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Concrete — 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 Steel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- 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 ConcreteStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Concrete — Star Chart
Plant a Chyrinka Pillar. Disometric Guard for status immunity. Crucible Blast the radiated pile. You are a walking bunker. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Concrete — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Pillar and beam 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 Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, 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 Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just left the Sanctum Foundry and you are slow on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Continuity, Steel Fiber.
- First mission to practice in
- A Grineer hallway Defense. Plant a pillar on the pod.
3 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
Bunker loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Chyrinka Pillar (1) in the lane. Enemies slow. Radiation pulses for free.
- 2Disometric Guard (3). Status charges surround you. Radiation kills refill them.
- 3Containment Wall (2) if you want a slam that adds more Radiation stacks.
- 4Crucible Blast (4) through the radiated pile. They chain-explode. Shoot the pillar with the beam to empower it.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Plant a pillar in the lane
11. They slow. Yellow Radiation ticks.
You will know it worked when: A concrete spike. Enemies jogging like they owe rent.
- 2
Guard
33. Plates orbit you. Status is a rumor.
- 3
Blast through the pillar
44. The beam empowers the pillar and detonates radiated enemies.
You will know it worked when: Chain pops. Empowered pillar pulsing faster.
Common mistakes
Pressing 4 first
No Radiation, no chain. Pillar, then beam.
When this feels easy
- 1AdaptationYou are a bunker. Slot it.
- 2A Strength stackBlast is the nuke. Next 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●qorvexframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Steel Fibermod
- 11○Arcane Guardianarcane
- 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
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
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
Steel Fibermissing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
Qorvex - A Literal NUKE Frame!
Chyrinka Pillar and Crucible Blast. Concrete radiation.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155% (pillar lifetime)
Range
145%
Pillars slow and pulse guaranteed Radiation. Blast chain-explodes radiated enemies. Guard is status charges.
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 / 69
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
Qorvex mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6Vitality600 HP and 875 armor. Lean into the bunker. Steel Fiber next.Earth / drops
- 7Steel FiberEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| 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 600 HP and 875 armor. Lean into the bunker. Steel Fiber next. | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Steel Fiber | Enemy drops |
Punch-through rifle
Passive adds punch-through to guns. A rifle that likes walls is flavor-correct. Radiation status weapons help the 4.
Arcanes
Arcane Guardian
More armor when hit. Optional.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedPillar and beam on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Pillar and beam on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |