Revenant — Thrall Pact
Steel Path build. Keep Enthrall. Thrall Pact buffs your weapons from the horde. Pillars on death. You actually use 1.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
People who like the Eidolon-cult fantasy, weapon buffs without Roar, niche fun
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for People who like the Eidolon-cult fantasy, weapon buffs without Roar, niche fun
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- This is the identity config for people who hated that 'Revenant is just 2 and a gun.' Valid.
- It is worse than Roar-Revenant into level cap. It is more Revenant.
- Mesmer still recast. The cult does not tank for you.
Don’t use this for: Spy vaults · players without Helminth
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Gun plus cult — Thrall Pact adds weapon damage based on nearby thralls. Spread the cult, then shoot. Danse kills on thralls drop overshield pickups.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Mesmer
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Mesmer — Star Chart
- You wanted the ability loop, not guns → First Mesmer
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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 · 1 shard · 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
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: Mesmer Gun — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Mesmer Gun — OptimisedPlan
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 that3–4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalThrall PactSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Mesmer Gun — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Mesmer Gun — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Eidolon augments — Mesmer Shield · Thrall Pact · Blinding Reave
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Pact and Mesmer charges.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 kept Enthrall on purpose and bought Thrall Pact.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Thrall Pact.
- First mission to practice in
- A busy Survival. Spread the cult, then shoot.
2 button drills · 12 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
Cult loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Mesmer Skin (2).
- 2Enthrall (1) a target in a pack. Let them spread. Death pillars are extra damage zones.
- 3Shoot with Pact stacked. Reave through thralls if you want the fat leech.
- 4Danse (4) if you want overshield pickups off thrall kills.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Enthrall, let it spread
1They convert on damage. Do not recast 1 every second — let the cult work.
- 2
Shoot
Pact is on if they are nearby. Mesmer still recast.
Common mistakes
Enthralling Overguard Eximus and wondering why nothing happened
Overguard resists. Bolts, strip, or shoot the Overguard first. Or play Nyx.
When this feels easy
- 1This is worse than Roar and that is fineYou wanted the cult. You have the cult.
Parts checklist
0 of 12 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
15 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○Thrall Pactaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Primed Continuitymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Umbral Intensifymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Streamlinemod
- 11○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 14○Steel Pathunlock
- 15○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
- Thrall Pact
missing · Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25,000 standing
Weapon damage per nearby thrall. This is the reason 1 stays.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Umbral Intensifymissing · Finish The Sacrifice
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~180%
Duration
180% thrall lifetime
Range
145% Enthrall spread
Thralls convert allies they damage. Overguard units resist. Recast Mesmer anyway — the cult is not a health bar.
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
- 155%
- Range
- 145%
- Efficiency
- 75%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 50 / 67
1 Umbral piece
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
- ExilusPower DriftVaults / Lua
- 1Thrall PactWeapon damage per nearby thrall. This is the reason 1 stays.Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25k
- 2Blind RageVaults
- 3Primed ContinuityBaro
- 4StretchDrops
- 5Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7StreamlineDrops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Thrall Pact Weapon damage per nearby thrall. This is the reason 1 stays. | Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 3 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 4 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 5 | Umbral Intensify | The Sacrifice | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Streamline | Drops |
Gun plus cult
Thrall Pact adds weapon damage based on nearby thralls. Spread the cult, then shoot. Danse kills on thralls drop overshield pickups.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Strength.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
Enthrall plus Mesmer recasts.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1
Crimson · StrengthPact and Mesmer charges.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Pact and Mesmer charges. | 2 | Netracells |