Revenant — First Mesmer
Starter build. Mesmer Skin is extra lives. Each hit spends a charge and stuns the attacker. Recast before it hits zero. That is the frame.
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Star Chart, first Revenant, anyone who is tired of dying
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Revenant, anyone who is tired of dying
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Mesmer Skin is Revenant. Every other ability is optional. This one is not.
- Charges scale with Strength. Stun duration scales with Duration. The Skin itself has no timer.
- If you Helminth 2 you do not have a Revenant. You have a spin.
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: Any gun — You are immortal-ish. Shoot whatever you like. Enthrall is optional. Danse Macabre is a spin you can ignore on the starter.
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 0/2 · 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 Mesmer — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Mesmer — 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 MesmerStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Mesmer — Star Chart
Mesmer Skin is extra lives. Each hit spends a charge and stuns the attacker. Recast before it hits zero. That is the frame. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Mesmer — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Mesmer recast before the last charge pops.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 Nakak's mask quest and you still roll out of habit.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Flow, Streamline. Press 2.
- First mission to practice in
- Any Exterminate. Stand in fire. Watch a charge pop instead of your health.
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
Mesmer loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Mesmer Skin (2) in spawn. Charges appear on the ability icon. You are now the thing that does not die.
- 2Enthrall (1) a heavy if you want a thrall. Starter can skip it.
- 3Reave (3) through a pack if you want a heal dash. Overkill on Star Chart.
- 4Watch the charge count. Recast 2 at two remaining, not at zero. Zero is a corpse.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Press 2 in spawn
2The icon shows charges. You are on.
You will know it worked when: A Sentient shimmer. A number on the 2 icon.
- 2
Let someone shoot you
A charge disappears. They stun. You did not flinch.
- 3
Recast at two charges
2Do not wait for zero. 2 again.
Common mistakes
Treating Mesmer like Iron Skin's timer
There is no timer. There is a charge count. Look at it.
When this feels easy
- 1More StrengthMore charges. Growing Power plus Intensify is a start.
- 2Casting speed shardRecast is a twitch. Next config goes all-in.
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●revenantframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Streamlinemod
- 7○Flowmod
- 8○Redirectionmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Stretchmod
- 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
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~145% (Mesmer charges — 6 at 100% Strength, more as you add)
Duration
130% (stun duration on attackers)
Range
100–145%
Mesmer Skin lasts until charges are gone. Duration is the stun, not the buff timer. Recast at 1–2 charges, not at 0.
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
- 42 / 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
Revenant mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove specters
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StreamlineEnemy drops
- 4FlowEnemy drops
- 5Redirection635 shields. Fine for Star Chart. Mesmer is still the real health bar.Enemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7StretchEnemy 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 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Redirection 635 shields. Fine for Star Chart. Mesmer is still the real health bar. | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Stretch | Enemy drops |
Any gun
You are immortal-ish. Shoot whatever you like. Enthrall is optional. Danse Macabre is a spin you can ignore on the starter.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Mesmer is 50 energy. Skip until you can afford it.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedMesmer recast before the last charge pops.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Mesmer recast before the last charge pops. | 1 | Archon Hunt |