Saryn — Garden of Knives
Steel Path build. Spores plus Toxic Lash is the 2026 Saryn. Range so the jump finds everyone. Duration so Lash never drops. Strength is enough, not 400%. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Spores plus Lash is Saryn. Miasma is a button you press on a ripe room, not a 1-2-4 macro.
- Range is the spread. Strength-only Spores tickle one Bombard forever.
- Regenerative Molt is the cheap tank. Adaptation is extra, not a replacement.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need Helminth · solo level-cap
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Melee primer — A status melee or a glue primary. You are popping Spores, not combo-countering. Contagion Cloud is optional spice.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Pox
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Pox — Star Chart
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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 · 1 shard · 3 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.
Your next step
Next: Garden of Knives — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Garden of Knives — 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.
- FinalGarden of Knives — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Garden of Knives — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Garden of Knives — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Saryn augments — Regenerative Molt · Venom Dose · Contagion Cloud · Revealing Spores
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Pay back Overextended so Spores still sting.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
Steel Path tiles. You own Overextended and Regenerative Molt.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Range is ugly and Strength is paid back.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Survival. If the map does not go green, your Range is lying.
3 button drills · 12 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
Spread loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Lash (3) as you load in. Keep the buff icon honest for the whole mission.
- 2Spores (1) one dense clump. Melee or shoot the rash. It should eat the tile.
- 3Molt (2) on cooldown if Regenerative is slotted — that is your heal, not a panic only.
- 4Miasma (4) when a clump is fully infected. Viral plus the spore tax deletes what the DoT was chewing.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Lash before the first room
3Buff icon stays up.
- 2
One Spores, then let it work
1Hit infected bodies. The tile should catch.
- 3
Miasma a ripe clump
4Viral tax. Not the opener.
Common mistakes
Dropping Duration so Strength looks bigger
Lash falls off and the garden dies with it.
When this feels easy
- 1Strength shardsOverextended stole them. Pay back.
- 2Molt AugmentedSame idea, from kills.
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●sarynframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Overextendedmod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Blind Ragemod
- 7○Intensifymod
- 8○Primed Continuitymod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Regenerative Moltaugment
- 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
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Regenerative Molt
missing · Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25,000
Recommended
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Pays Overextended back as you kill. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Recasts and Miasma insurance. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Pay back Overextended so Spores still sting.
Strength
~160–200% after Overextended (pay it back with Intensify / shards)
Duration
155–180% for Lash
Range
200–250% (Overextended + Stretch + Cunning Drift)
Spores' spread radius is Range. Overextended is the damage you take so the tile infects. Do not dump Duration.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 169%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 250%
- Efficiency
- 45%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 49 / 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
Saryn mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove specters
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1OverextendedThe jump distance. This is the Spores mod.Orokin Vaults
- 2StretchEnemy drops
- 3Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 4IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 5Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 6Primed FlowBaro / relics
- 7Regenerative MoltSteel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove specters | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Overextended The jump distance. This is the Spores mod. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 2 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 4 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 5 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics | |
| 7 | Regenerative Molt | Steel Meridian / Red Veil · 25k |
Melee primer
A status melee or a glue primary. You are popping Spores, not combo-countering. Contagion Cloud is optional spice.
Arcanes
Molt Augmented
Pays Overextended back as you kill. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
Recasts and Miasma insurance. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthPay back Overextended so Spores still sting.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Pay back Overextended so Spores still sting. | 1 | Netracells |