Sevagoth — First Gloom
Starter build. Gloom is a slow aura that heals you when you shoot people inside it. Learn the drain before you touch the Shadow.
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Star Chart, first Sevagoth, anyone scared of the Death Well
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Sevagoth, anyone scared of the Death Well
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Gloom is Sevagoth. The slow plus lifesteal is why other frames steal this ability.
- Sow and Reap are the nuke later. Today they are extra damage while you learn the circle.
- The Shadow waits. Empty exalted grids are a Sevagoth tradition you should skip.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap · players without Helminth
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 — Gloom's lifesteal works on weapon hits. A cheap rifle is enough. Do not open the Shadow grid yet.
My test
Did this still work for you?
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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 Gloom — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Gloom — 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 Corrosive ProjectionOpen 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 GloomStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Gloom — Star Chart
Gloom is a slow aura that heals you when you shoot people inside it. Learn the drain before you touch the Shadow. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Gloom — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Sow / Reap / Gloom 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 Corrosive Projection
One named gap. Open Nightwave
60 minutes
Corrosive Projection, 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 Corrosive Projection
Open Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You finished Tempestarii and the 3 button looks like a horror movie.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Stretch, Streamline, Flow.
- First mission to practice in
- A low Survival. You want to feel Gloom drain and Gloom heal.
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
Gloom loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Gloom (3). A dark circle. Enemies inside crawl. You heal when you damage them.
- 2Sow (2) the pack so they cook. Reap (1) to send the Shadow through and detonate ripe seeds.
- 3Do not press 4 until the Death Well is full and the Shadow melee has mods. An empty Shadow is a costume.
- 4If energy tanks, toggle Gloom off for a second. The drain is per body in range — a packed tile is expensive.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Gloom a doorway
3They crawl. Shoot them. Your health comes back.
You will know it worked when: A dark radius. Enemies in molasses.
- 2
Sow, then Reap
2Seeds, then the Shadow flies through and pops them.
- 3
Toggle Gloom off if energy tanks
Packed rooms drain faster. That is not a bug.
Common mistakes
Pressing 4 to 'see the Shadow'
Unmodded claws. You will bounce off a Heavy Gunner and blame the frame.
When this feels easy
- 1Dark PropagationTurns 1+2 into a machine. Next config.
- 2Then forma the clawsOnly if you want to live in 4.
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●sevagothframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Stretchmod
- 6○Streamlinemod
- 7○Flowmod
- 8○Continuitymod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Equilibriummod
- 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
Corrosive Projectionmissing · Open Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Equilibrium
missing · The New Strange / drops
Health orbs from Gloom kills refill energy. The cheap engine.
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Skip until you can afford it. Equilibrium is the starter battery.
Optional
Strength
~145% (Intensify) — slow and heal scale with Strength
Duration
100–130%
Range
145% (Stretch) so Gloom is a room, not a hug
Gloom drains energy per enemy inside the circle. Efficiency and a Flow keep it from eating you.
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 / 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
Sevagoth mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2StretchEnemy drops
- 3StreamlineGloom's drain is real. Efficiency is survival.Enemy drops
- 4FlowEnemy drops
- 5ContinuityEnemy drops
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7EquilibriumHealth orbs from Gloom kills refill energy. The cheap engine.The New Strange / drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Streamline Gloom's drain is real. Efficiency is survival. | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Equilibrium Health orbs from Gloom kills refill energy. The cheap engine. | The New Strange / drops |
Any gun
Gloom's lifesteal works on weapon hits. A cheap rifle is enough. Do not open the Shadow grid yet.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Skip until you can afford it. Equilibrium is the starter battery.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedSow / Reap / Gloom on tempo.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Sow / Reap / Gloom on tempo. | 1 | Archon Hunt |