Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Rhino — Roar Platform

Endgame build. Nourish over Charge. Iron Skin is the health bar. Roar plus Viral is the gun. Stomp stays as a panic lid.

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

Incarnons, Kuva / Tenet weapons, people who picked Rhino so the gun never dies

Wrong drop or mechanic?

Don’t build this yet

First Skin 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 Skin

Why this build?

Endgame for Incarnons, Kuva / Tenet weapons, people who picked Rhino so the gun never dies

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

Play this in Steel Path

This is the Helminth Rhino. You sold the shoulder for Viral and energy.
Ironclad Charge cannot live here. Keep that augment on Config B.
Roar stays native. Subsuming Roar onto Rhino is a self-own.

Don’t use this for: Stomp-CC as the damage · players without a real primary

Specialised investment for hard content

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

Bring: Primary (the actual build) — Phenmor, Laetum, Torid Incarnon, any status gun. Nourish Viral plus Roar is the multiplier. Epitaph is optional once Nourish is up.

Alternative if…

You don’t have Helminth yet → First Skin
Star Chart only → First Skin
New account or low investment → First Skin
This is too much Forma / cost → Squad Roar — Optimised

Instead: First Skin Instead: First Skin — Star Chart Instead: Squad Roar — Steel Path Instead: Squad Roar — 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 Nourish (Grendel)
Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel)) · 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 SkinThe 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.
LaterCrimson · StrengthHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
FinalRoar PlatformEndgame · Endgame · 4 Forma

Helminth & shards

What to put on the body

Nourish (Grendel) over Rhino Charge (1)

Charge is a shoulder-check. Nourish is Viral on every bullet plus an energy multiplier. You cannot Ironclad without 1 — that is the other config.

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

3 Crimson · Strength — Roar and Nourish numbers.Archon locked
2 Violet · Primary crit / electric — The gun is the nuke.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 Nourish (Grendel)
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 Helminthed Charge because you came for the gun.

Time to a playable copy: After Nourish is injected over Rhino Charge.
First mission to practice in: A long Survival with an Incarnon you already like.

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

Gun loop

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

1Iron Skin (2).
2Nourish (1) then Roar (3). Both icons on. Then shoot.
3Stomp (4) only if the gun needs a still target or the objective is screaming.
4Recast Nourish and Roar together. Skin whenever the yellow bar looks embarrassed.

First mission — press these buttons

1
Skin, Nourish, Roar
2
Three buffs. Then hold fire.
2
Keep both damage buffs alive
They expire independently. Recast the one that blinked off.

Common mistakes

Missing Ironclad Charge on this config
You deleted 1. That augment lives on Config B.

When this feels easy

1Violet primary shardsThe gun is the build. Rhino is the chair.

Parts checklist

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

Dependencies

18 dependencies

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

Frame

rhino

Mods

Later

Unlocks

1●rhinoframe
2○Growing Powermod
3○Power Driftmod
4○Blind Ragemod
5○Umbral Intensifymod
6○Primed Continuitymod
7○Narrow Mindedmod
8○Primed Flowmod
9○Equilibriummod
10○Rolling Guardmod
11○Arcane Ragearcane
12○Molt Augmentedarcane
13○Crimson · Strengthshard
14○Violet · Primary crit / electricshard
15○Nourishhelminth
16○Helminth · Nourish (Grendel)unlock
17○Steel Pathunlock
18○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
Blind Rage
missing · Run Orokin Vaults
Umbral Intensify
missing · Finish The Sacrifice
Primed Continuity
missing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Roar and Nourish last. You gave up Charge radius anyway.
Primed Flow
missing · Baro Ki'Teer
Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Status cleanse when a toxin scorpion laughs at Overguard rules.
Nourish
missing · Helminth
Charge is a shoulder-check. Nourish is Viral on every bullet plus an energy multiplier. You cannot Ironclad without 1 — that is the other config.

Recommended

Arcane Rage
missing · Eidolon / trade
Primary damage. Swap Precision for secondaries.
Molt Augmented
missing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength stacks into Roar.

Optional

Crimson · Strength
missing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Roar and Nourish numbers.
Violet · Primary crit / electric
missing · Elite Temporal Archimedea
The gun is the nuke.

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Helminth

Subsume Nourish (Grendel) over Rhino Charge (1)

Charge is a shoulder-check. Nourish is Viral on every bullet plus an energy multiplier. You cannot Ironclad without 1 — that is the other config.

Strength

~220–280% for Roar and Nourish

Duration

155%+

Range

100–145%

You are a gun with Overguard. Strength is Roar. Duration is buff uptime. Charge is gone.

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: 45%
Energy: +275%
Capacity: 56 / 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

Rhino mods

AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove specters
ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
1Blind RageOrokin Vaults
2Umbral IntensifyThe Sacrifice
3Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
4Narrow MindedRoar and Nourish last. You gave up Charge radius anyway.Orokin Vaults
5Primed FlowBaro / relics
6EquilibriumThe New Strange
7Rolling GuardStatus cleanse when a toxin scorpion laughs at Overguard rules.Arbitrations

Slot	Mod	Source
Aura	Growing Power	Silver Grove specters
Exilus	Power Drift	Orokin Vaults / Lua
1	Blind Rage	Orokin Vaults
2	Umbral Intensify	The Sacrifice
3	Primed Continuity	Baro Ki'Teer
4	Narrow Minded Roar and Nourish last. You gave up Charge radius anyway.	Orokin Vaults
5	Primed Flow	Baro / relics
6	Equilibrium	The New Strange
7	Rolling Guard Status cleanse when a toxin scorpion laughs at Overguard rules.	Arbitrations

Primary (the actual build)

Phenmor, Laetum, Torid Incarnon, any status gun. Nourish Viral plus Roar is the multiplier. Epitaph is optional once Nourish is up.

Arcanes

Arcane Rage

Primary damage. Swap Precision for secondaries.

Eidolon / trade

Molt Augmented

Strength stacks into Roar.

Zariman

Archon shards

1Crimson · StrengthRoar and Nourish numbers.3 · Netracells
2Violet · Primary crit / electricThe gun is the nuke.2 · Elite Temporal Archimedea

#	Shard	Qty	Source	How
1	Crimson · Strength Roar and Nourish numbers.	3	Netracells
2	Violet · Primary crit / electric The gun is the nuke.	2	Elite Temporal Archimedea

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