Vauban — First Bastille
Star Chart build. Tap 4 to lift a room. Hold 4 to vortex the leftovers. Photon Strike is the later nuke — learn the cage first. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Star Chart for Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
Health: Inventory unknown — Mark what you own. Until then this is a recommendation, not a test you failed.
- Bastille is Vauban. The 2026 kit is a lift-strip cage, not 2016 bounce pads.
- You are paper (160 armor). The cage is the health bar.
- Do not skip Duration. A two-second Bastille is a prank.
Don’t use this for: Steel Path endurance · level-cap content · solo level-cap
Accessible mods and a working energy / survivability loop
Bring: Any gun — Bastille holds them. Your rifle finishes them. Passive multiplies damage on incapacitated enemies — shoot the floaters.
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 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/1 recommended
- Shards · optional — None listed
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods. 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
High confidence. How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Artillery Officer — Steel Path
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Artillery Officer — Steel PathPlan
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 that2–3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- FinalFirst Bastille — Star ChartStar Chart · Moderate · 2–3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Artillery Officer — Steel Path
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Artillery Officer — Steel PathTonight
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
Two farm routes, then a test run
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 bought the Nightwave parts and have never lifted a room on purpose.
- Time to a playable copy
- Same day. Intensify, Continuity, Stretch, Streamline, Flow.
- First mission to practice in
- A Defense. Stand on the pod, press 4.
2 button drills · 10 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
Cage loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Bastille (4) on the objective or the pack. They float. Armor starts stripping into you.
- 2Shoot the floaters. Passive says incapacitated enemies take bonus damage.
- 3Hold 4 if you want every Bastille to collapse into one vortex.
- 4Tesla Nervos (1) on a doorway you are not watching. Photon Strike (3) later.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Tap Bastille on the pack
44. They float. Shoot them — passive bonus on incapacitated foes.
You will know it worked when: Enemies hanging in a cage. Armor numbers ticking onto you.
- 2
Hold 4 if they lived
The cages collapse into a vortex. That is the old Vortex button. It lives on hold now.
Common mistakes
Standing outside your own cage
You are paper. Stand in the armor-steal field or behind it.
When this feels easy
- 1Photon RepeaterTurns 3 into a real nuke. Next config.
- 2DurationA short Bastille is a waste of 100 energy.
Parts checklist
0 of 10 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
11 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●vaubanframe
- 2○Corrosive Projectionmod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Intensifymod
- 5○Primed Continuitymod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Streamlinemod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Vitalitymod
- 10○Redirectionmod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
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
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Vitalitymissing · Jackal
- Redirection
missing · Drops
Recommended
Arcane Energizemissing · Buy 20–40 Platinum worth
Optional. Bastille is a lump cost, not a drain. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Strength
~145%
Duration
155%
Range
145%
Range is Bastille radius. Duration is how long they float. Strength is armor strip / armor steal later.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 130%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 160%
- Efficiency
- 130%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 47 / 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
Vauban mods
- AuraCorrosive ProjectionNightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua Halls
- 1IntensifyMercury / Venus
- 2Primed ContinuityBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 3StretchEnemy drops
- 4StreamlineEnemy drops
- 5Primed FlowBaro Ki'Teer / relics
- 6VitalityEarth / drops
- 7RedirectionEnemy drops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua Halls | |
| 1 | Intensify | Mercury / Venus | |
| 2 | Primed Continuity | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 3 | Stretch | Enemy drops | |
| 4 | Streamline | Enemy drops | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro Ki'Teer / relics | |
| 6 | Vitality | Earth / drops | |
| 7 | Redirection | Enemy drops |
Any gun
Bastille holds them. Your rifle finishes them. Passive multiplies damage on incapacitated enemies — shoot the floaters.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Optional. Bastille is a lump cost, not a drain. Skip until you have it — Star Chart does not need Eidolon arcanes.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|