Valkyr — First Rage
Starter build. Melee fills the Rage meter. Warcry is armor and attack speed. Do not treat Hysteria as old-world invulnerability — it is not.
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Star Chart, first Valkyr, learning the Rage bar
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Why this build?
Starter for Star Chart, first Valkyr, learning the Rage bar
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- The Isleweaver rework deleted Hysteria invuln. Rage above the threshold eats a death and gives a few seconds of i-frames. Stay in melee so the bar stays full.
- Warcry is still the squad buff. Duration keeps it up.
- You have 650 health and 855 armor. You are allowed to get hit. Just keep swinging.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · frames played as a gun platform only
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 melee — A slash melee is enough. Hysteria's claw grid can wait. Fill Rage by hitting things.
My test
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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 Rage — Star Chart
The next rung on this frame is unlocked. Mark I run this, then step up.
First Rage — 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 Steel ChargeInvasion / 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 RageStarter · Starter · 0–2 Forma
Upgrade from here
First Rage — Star Chart
Melee fills the Rage meter. Warcry is armor and attack speed. Do not treat Hysteria as old-world invulnerability — it is not. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Open First Rage — Star ChartHelminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Warcry recast.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 Steel Charge
One named gap. Invasion / Nightwave
60 minutes
Steel Charge, 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 Steel Charge
Invasion / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You just beat Alad V and still think 4 makes you immortal.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Continuity, Steel Fiber, Vitality.
- First mission to practice in
- A Grineer Exterminate. You want to melee, not snipe.
2 button drills · 11 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
Rage loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Warcry (2) before you walk in. Armor and attack speed for you and allies in Affinity Range.
- 2Melee. Every hit and kill fills Rage. The bar is bonus melee damage and your death-save.
- 3Rip Line (1) onto a heavy or across a gap. If it hits an enemy, nearby foes get yanked.
- 4Hysteria (4) only after you open the claw grid. Starter can live on a normal melee.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Warcry, then swing
22. You get faster and tankier. Hit things. Watch the Rage bar climb on the right of the abilities.
You will know it worked when: A Rage meter. It should move when you melee.
- 2
Rip Line a heavy
11 at a Bombard. You slam in. Keep swinging.
Common mistakes
Pressing 4 with no claw mods
Unmodded exalted melee tickles. Use a real stick until you forma the claws.
When this feels easy
- 1Open the claw gridNext config. Blood Rush, Organ Shatter.
- 2Unlearn invuln-4If 4 is on and you stand still, you can still die. Rage is the save.
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●valkyrframe
- 2○Steel Chargemod
- 3○Power Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Continuitymod
- 6○Steel Fibermod
- 7○Vitalitymod
- 8○Streamlinemod
- 9○Flowmod
- 10○Stretchmod
- 11○Arcane Furyarcane
- 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
- Steel Charge
missing · Invasion / Nightwave
Power Driftmissing · Unlock Lua
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Continuitymissing · Run low-level Defense or Survival
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Flowmissing · Enemy drops
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%
Range
100–130%
Duration is Warcry uptime. Strength is Warcry armor and later claw damage. Rage is the new health gate.
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 / 69
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
Valkyr mods
- AuraSteel ChargeInvasion / Nightwave
- ExilusPower DriftOrokin Vaults / Lua
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2ContinuityEnemy drops
- 3Steel Fiber855 armor is the identity. Feed it.Enemy drops
- 4VitalityEarth / drops
- 5StreamlineEnemy drops
- 6FlowEnemy drops
- 7StretchRip Line and Paralysis radius. Optional if you only Warcry.Enemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Steel Charge | Invasion / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Power Drift | Orokin Vaults / Lua | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Continuity | Enemy drops | |
| 3 | Steel Fiber 855 armor is the identity. Feed it. | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 5 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 6 | Flow | Enemy drops | |
| 7 | Stretch Rip Line and Paralysis radius. Optional if you only Warcry. | Enemy drops |
Any melee
A slash melee is enough. Hysteria's claw grid can wait. Fill Rage by hitting things.
Arcanes
Arcane Fury
Melee damage. Skip until you have it.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedWarcry recast.1 · Archon Hunt
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Warcry recast. | 1 | Archon Hunt |