Styanax — First Spear
Starter build. Rally Point on. Tharros Strike the pack (armor falls, you heal). Final Stand is a javelin rain — learn it on Star Chart, not on level cap.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Star Chart, first Styanax, post-Kahl craft
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Styanax, post-Kahl craft
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Rally Point is the battery. Final Stand is the toy. Tharros is how armor dies.
- You do not need Intrepid Stand yet. Learn 3 then 2 then 4.
- The passive cares about your shield number. Do not dump Redirection for no reason.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · Star Chart only · new accounts
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: Speargun optional — His passive doubles critical chance for spearguns (Afentis is the signature). Any gun works while you learn 2 and 4.
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 0/2 · 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.
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
Open First Spear — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Spear — 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 SpearStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Spear — Star Chart
Rally Point on. Tharros Strike the pack (armor falls, you heal). Final Stand is a javelin rain — learn it on Star Chart, not on level cap. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Spear — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Tharros then Stand on the same breath.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 just paid Chipper and have never rained javelins on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Continuity, Stretch, a gun.
- First mission to practice in
- A Grineer Exterminate so Tharros has armor to peel.
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
Spear loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Rally Point (3) as you load in. Energy ticks. Kills refill shields for the cell. Recast when the icon dies.
- 2Tharros Strike (2) a clump — they stagger, armor and shields peel, you heal per target.
- 3Axios Javelin (1) into a wall if you want a cheap pull. Starter can treat it as a toy.
- 4Final Stand (4) when you see a packed tile. You hover and rain javelins. Direct hits hurt more than the puddles.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Rally as you walk in
3Buff icon. Energy ticks. You taunt — they look at you.
- 2
Tharros a clump
2They stagger. Armor peels. Health comes back.
You will know it worked when: Yellow armor bars shrinking.
- 3
Stand when you see a packed tile
4Hover, rain, land. Direct hits on heavies.
Common mistakes
4 before 2 on Bombards
You massaged them. Peel first.
When this feels easy
- 1Intrepid StandOverguard on the rain. Next config.
- 2200% StrengthFull Tharros strip. Check the number.
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●styanaxframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Flowmod
- 9○Redirectionmod
- 10○Vitalitymod
- 11○Arcane Aegisarcane
- 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
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Recommended
- Arcane Aegis
missing · Cetus / trade
Shield regen. Skip until it drops. Rally Point already feeds shields on kill.
Optional
Strength
~145% (Intensify) — Tharros strip and Final Stand damage
Duration
155% (Continuity) so Rally Point stays
Range
145% (Stretch)
Rally Point is energy plus shields on kill. Cast it first. You are a shield frame — 825 base shields is the joke.
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
- 42 / 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
Styanax mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5FlowEnemy drops
- 6RedirectionHe already has huge shields. Redirection makes the passive crit funnier.Enemy drops
- 7VitalityEarth / drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Redirection He already has huge shields. Redirection makes the passive crit funnier. | Enemy drops | |
| 7 | Vitality | Earth / drops |
Speargun optional
His passive doubles critical chance for spearguns (Afentis is the signature). Any gun works while you learn 2 and 4.
Arcanes
Arcane Aegis
Shield regen. Skip until it drops. Rally Point already feeds shields on kill.
Cetus / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedTharros then Stand on the same breath.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Tharros then Stand on the same breath. | 1 | Archon Hunt |