Warframe · Wisp Prime

Plant the pads. Then the sparks.

Wisp slips between dimensions. Reservoirs buff the cell, Breach Surge cooks a room, and jumping is invisibility.

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Get the most out of Wisp! (guide)

TheKengineer. Reservoirs, Breach Surge, motes. The squad buff everyone copies.

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Update 25.7 (6 Aug 2019) · Prime available · Ropalolyst farm. MR No mastery lock. Sprint 1.20. Madurai · Vazarin.

Works on base Wisp and Wisp Prime. Polarities differ; the mods on these cards do not require Prime.

By stage

Pick where you are

Just crafted

First Motes

Learn the three motes.

Steel Path

Breach Spark — Endgame

Breach Surge sparks. This is 2026 Wisp.

Squad buff

Haste Battery

Fused Reservoir Strength stack.

Want the beam

Sol Gate

Sol Gate channel.

Helminth

Roar Wisp

Roar over 4.

The kit

Pads, decoy, sparks, sun

Reservoirs

Plant Haste, Vitality, or Shock motes. Allies who walk through pick them up. Fused Reservoir drops all three.

Wil-O-Wisp

Send a decoy. Reactivate to teleport to it. Hold to send it faster and blink on release.

Breach Surge

Blind a radius. Sparks explode when victims take damage. Target a Reservoir to teleport and double the range.

Sol Gate

A sun beam that ramps. Hold fire to double damage. Common Helminth slot.

Loadouts

Five builds

All builds

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartSpyShards optional

First Motes

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Wisp, learning the three motes

Hold 1 to pick Haste, Health, or Shock. Tap 1 to plant a Reservoir. Grab the mote. Stay in the air and you are invisible.

Wisp is motes. If you plant nothing, you are a squishy teleport.

Investment: 2 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Motes — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Motes — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Hold 1 to pick Haste, Health, or Shock. Tap 1 to plant a Reservoir. Grab the mote. Stay in the air and you are invisible. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Wisp is motes. If you plant nothing, you are a squishy teleport.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 2/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Breach Spark — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Breach Spark — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

Breach Surge blinds and plants sparks that explode when the target is damaged. Teleport to a Reservoir to double the radius. This is 2026 Wisp. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Breach Surge is Wisp's nuke, not Sol Gate. Sparks scale with Strength and with the damage that procs them.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Breach Spark — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathNetracellsShards optional

Breach Spark — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

Breach Surge blinds and plants sparks that explode when the target is damaged. Teleport to a Reservoir to double the radius. This is 2026 Wisp. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Breach Surge is Wisp's nuke, not Sol Gate. Sparks scale with Strength and with the damage that procs them.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Breach Spark — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Breach Spark — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, grouping tiles, people who want Wisp to kill

Breach Surge blinds and plants sparks that explode when the target is damaged. Teleport to a Reservoir to double the radius. This is 2026 Wisp.

Breach Surge is Wisp's nuke, not Sol Gate. Sparks scale with Strength and with the damage that procs them.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 3/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Optimised4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceDefenseEidolonsShards optional

Haste Battery

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Eidolon / squad buff, Defense, people who picked Wisp to make everyone else unfair

Fused Reservoir plants all three motes at once. Strength stacked Haste is fire rate for the whole cell. You are a buff stick.

Fused Reservoir is quality of life and a forma saver. Support Wisp plants once.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 5 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Breach Spark — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Sol Gate

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Fun, profit-taker-adjacent beam play, people who actually like 4

A sun beam that ramps. Hold fire to double damage for more energy. Shock motes add Electricity. Niche, loud, still real.

Sol Gate is not the 2026 identity. Breach Surge is. This config exists because the beam is still fun and still kills grouped Star Chart / mid Steel Path.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Breach Spark — Optimised.

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Roar Wisp

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Weapon-platform Wisp, Steel Path guns, the most common Helminth

Roar over Sol Gate. Motes plus Roar plus Breach Surge. You keep the identity and gain a real damage buff.

Sol Gate is the Helminth slot on almost every serious Wisp.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Roar (Rhino)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

First week

Starter rotation

Don't

Key mistakes

Never planting Reservoirs
Then you are a decoy with a beam. The pads are the kit.
Sol Gate on Steel Path and calling it the build
Sparks plus a gun outscale the beam. Helminth 4.
Standing still on the floor
Passive is airborne invis. Jump.