Sevagoth — Sow and Reap
Steel Path build. Dark Propagation plants Sow on Reap and spreads it on death. Gloom holds them still. Rooms fold. 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.
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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.
- Dark Propagation is why Sow/Reap beat 'just Gloom and a gun' in 2026.
- Gloom is still the crowd control. Do not Helminth 3 on this config.
- You can skip 4 entirely. The Death Well filling is a side effect, not the goal.
Don’t use this for: Star Chart only · loadouts that need 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: Primer optional — Sow is percent-health. A Viral primer (Epitaph) is comfort, not required once Strength and the augment are real.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Gloom
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Gloom — Star Chart
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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: Sow and Reap — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Sow and Reap — 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.
- FinalSow and Reap — Steel PathSteel Path · Advanced · 3–4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Sow and Reap — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Sow and Reap — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Sevagoth augments — Dark Propagation · Shadow Haze · Precarious Nightfall · Shadow Flare
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Crimson · Strength — Gloom slow toward cap, fatter detonates.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. Dark Propagation is bought. You want hallways to fuse.
- Time to a playable copy
- After the augment and a Strength stack.
- First mission to practice in
- SP Exterminate. If kills do not infect the next room, Range is too small.
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 4 done
Keep this up
Harvest loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Gloom (3) so they cannot leave the garden.
- 2Sow (2) a clump, or just Reap (1) if Dark Propagation is on — Reap plants the seed now.
- 3Reap again through the ripe pack. Detonate. Deaths spread Sow into the next hallway.
- 4Shadow (4) only if you want the melee form for a heavy. The caster config does not need it.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Gloom
3They stay in the garden.
- 2
Reap the clump
1With the augment, Reap plants Sow and detonates. Deaths spread.
You will know it worked when: A fuse of corpses into the hallway.
Common mistakes
Reaping empty air
The Shadow flies a line. Aim at bodies.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speed shardsReap is fire rate.
- 2Strength shardsPay Overextended back.
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●sevagothframe
- 2○Growing Powermod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Dark Propagationaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Intensifymod
- 7○Stretchmod
- 8○Overextendedmod
- 9○Primed Continuitymod
- 10○Primed Flowmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Molt Augmentedarcane
- 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
- Dark Propagation
missing · The Perrin Sequence / Red Veil · 25,000 standing
Reap inflicts Sow. Sow spreads on kill. The 2025–2026 augment.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Gloom drain plus Reap spam. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Molt Augmentedmissing · Unlock the Zariman
Strength as you kill. Feeds slow cap and detonate. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Optional
Crimson · Strengthmissing · Netracells / Archon Hunt / Bird 3
Gloom slow toward cap, fatter detonates.
Strength
~200–250% (slow cap and Sow/Reap numbers)
Duration
155% for Sow cook time
Range
175%+ so Sow, Reap, and Gloom share a tile
Dark Propagation is the engine. Reap applies Sow. Deaths spread Sow. You are a gardener with a scythe.
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
Sevagoth mods
- AuraGrowing PowerSilver Grove specters
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1Dark PropagationReap inflicts Sow. Sow spreads on kill. The 2025–2026 augment.The Perrin Sequence / Red Veil · 25k
- 2Blind RageOrokin Vaults
- 3IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 4StretchEnemy drops
- 5OverextendedSow and Gloom radius. Pay Strength back with shards.Orokin Vaults
- 6Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer
- 7Primed FlowBaro / relics
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Growing Power | Silver Grove specters | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Dark Propagation Reap inflicts Sow. Sow spreads on kill. The 2025–2026 augment. | The Perrin Sequence / Red Veil · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 4 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Overextended Sow and Gloom radius. Pay Strength back with shards. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 6 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer | |
| 7 | Primed Flow | Baro / relics |
Primer optional
Sow is percent-health. A Viral primer (Epitaph) is comfort, not required once Strength and the augment are real.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Gloom drain plus Reap spam. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Eidolon
Molt Augmented
Strength as you kill. Feeds slow cap and detonate. Rank 0 is legal. Rank 3 is the Steel Path version.
Zariman
Archon shards
- 1Crimson · StrengthGloom slow toward cap, fatter detonates.1 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crimson · Strength Gloom slow toward cap, fatter detonates. | 1 | Netracells |