Vauban — Loot Vortex
Optimised build. Hold Bastille to collapse every cage into one vacuum. Repelling Bastille keeps new spawns out — or skip it and suck the map for loot + grouping.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Farming tiles, Sanctuary Onslaught, grouping for a loot frame teammate
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Don’t build this yet
First Bastille first
This loadout sits at Optimised. It wants Forma, Helminth, or shards you may not have. Play the Starter until those systems are open — then this page is the upgrade, not the homework.
Open First BastilleWhy this build?
Optimised for Farming tiles, Sanctuary Onslaught, grouping for a loot frame teammate
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Hold-Bastille is the 2026 vacuum. Old Vortex as a separate 4 is gone — it lives in the hold.
- This is a farm config. Take Photon to war.
- Range is loot. Tiny vortex is a sad marble.
Don’t use this for: timed Exterminate as the damage
Helminth, shards, and a finished configuration
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Group, then loot — A loot weapon (Nekros teammate, Hydroid, or a smear rifle) cleans the ball. Vortex is the pile.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Bastille
- This is too much Forma / cost → Artillery Officer — Steel Path
- You wanted to fight, not farm → Artillery Officer — Steel Path
- You are not sitting on a point → Vector and Nails
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
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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 · 2 shards · 2 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: Artillery Officer — Endgame
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Artillery Officer — EndgamePlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- TodayPlay First BastilleThe Starter is the loadout you can actually take into a mission tonight.
- NextGet Corrosive ProjectionOpen Nightwave
- After that4 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalLoot VortexOptimised · Endgame · 4 Forma
Upgrade from here
Artillery Officer — Endgame
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Artillery Officer — EndgameFarm the gap
- Vauban augments — Photon Repeater · Tesla Bank · Repelling Bastille
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 1 Amber · Casting Speed — Drop cages, then collapse.Archon locked
- 2 Azure · Energy max — More 4.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 want one ball of enemies and loot.
- Time to a playable copy
- After Overextended and a habit of holding 4.
- First mission to practice in
- Sanctuary Onslaught or a loot Survival.
2 button drills · 13 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
Vacuum loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Tap Bastille (4) on two or three clumps.
- 2Hold 4. They collapse into one damaging vortex. Loot and corpses pile.
- 3Photon Strike the ball if you still want to kill.
- 4Repelling Bastille if this is a Defense and you want a hard cap, not a loot blender.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Drop two cages
4Tap 4, tap 4.
- 2
Hold 4
4They become one vortex. Shoot the ball. Loot piles.
You will know it worked when: A dark swirl. Everything in the tile sliding in.
Common mistakes
Tiny range
Overextended is the loot mod.
When this feels easy
- 1Drop Repelling if you want infinite suckRepelling caps tap-Bastille. Hold-vortex is the loot tool.
Parts checklist
0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
16 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○Repelling Bastilleaugment
- 5○Overextendedmod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Primed Continuitymod
- 8○Narrow Mindedmod
- 9○Primed Flowmod
- 10○Rolling Guardmod
- 11○Molt Efficiencyarcane
- 12○Arcane Energizearcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Azure · Energy maxshard
- 15○Steel Pathunlock
- 16○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
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Repelling Bastille
missing · Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25,000 standing
Tap-Bastille refuses extra enemies once full. Hold-vortex still sucks. Take it for Defense, skip it for loot balls.
Overextendedmissing · Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
- Narrow Minded
missing · Orokin Vaults
Odd with Overextended — drop one if the radius feels bad. Duration on the ball matters more on loot.
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
- Rolling Guard
missing · Arbitrations
Recommended
Optional
Watch it played
YouTube for this loadout
You can have a BLAST with Vauban!
Bastille, Photon Strike, Tesla Nervos. The engineer traps.
Strength
~200%
Duration
180%+
Range
200%+
Range is vacuum size. Duration is how long the ball lives. Strength is the damage tick and leftover strip.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 40%
- Duration
- 254%
- Range
- 184%
- Efficiency
- 100%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 44 / 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
- 1Repelling BastilleTap-Bastille refuses extra enemies once full. Hold-vortex still sucks. Take it for Defense, skip it for loot balls.Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25k
- 2OverextendedOrokin Vaults
- 3StretchDrops
- 4Primed ContinuityBaro
- 5Narrow MindedOdd with Overextended — drop one if the radius feels bad. Duration on the ball matters more on loot.Orokin Vaults
- 6Primed FlowBaro
- 7Rolling GuardArbitrations
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Corrosive Projection | Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Repelling Bastille Tap-Bastille refuses extra enemies once full. Hold-vortex still sucks. Take it for Defense, skip it for loot balls. | Perrin Sequence / Steel Meridian · 25k | |
| 2 | Overextended | Orokin Vaults | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 5 | Narrow Minded Odd with Overextended — drop one if the radius feels bad. Duration on the ball matters more on loot. | Orokin Vaults | |
| 6 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 7 | Rolling Guard | Arbitrations |
Group, then loot
A loot weapon (Nekros teammate, Hydroid, or a smear rifle) cleans the ball. Vortex is the pile.
Arcanes
Molt Efficiency
Duration on the vortex.
Zariman
Arcane Energize
Hold-4 is expensive if you recast a lot.
Eidolon
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedDrop cages, then collapse.1 · EDA - 2
Azure · Energy maxMore 4.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Drop cages, then collapse. | 1 | EDA | |
| 2 | Azure · Energy max More 4. | 2 | Netracells |