Xaku Prime · Loadouts

Xaku by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

New to Warframe? Open the glossary

Progression path

Starter0–2 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartDefenseShards optional

First Bones

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Xaku, learning stolen guns

Grasp of Lohk steals guns. Vast Untime slows, strips, and freezes your other timers. Learn 2 and 4 before you cycle The Lost.

Xaku is stolen guns plus Untime. The 2026 identity is not Xata's Whisper.

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

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

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Bones — Star Chart

First serious version.

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

Grasp of Lohk steals guns. Vast Untime slows, strips, and freezes your other timers. Learn 2 and 4 before you cycle The Lost. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Xaku is stolen guns plus Untime. The 2026 identity is not Xata's Whisper.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Lohk Battery — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Lohk Battery — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

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

Max Range Grasp. Stolen guns scale with enemy level so Steel Path feeds them. Untime pauses the timer. This is 2026 Xaku. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Grasp plus Untime is Xaku. Range is gun count. Strength is strip.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 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: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Lohk Battery — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathNetracellsShards optional

Lohk Battery — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

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

Max Range Grasp. Stolen guns scale with enemy level so Steel Path feeds them. Untime pauses the timer. This is 2026 Xaku. Shards and a finished config. Tauforged is the last card.

Grasp plus Untime is Xaku. Range is gun count. Strength is strip.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Lohk Battery — Endgame.

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

Endgame5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathDefenseShards optional

Lohk Battery — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance general, Defense, anyone who wants Xaku to press 2

Max Range Grasp. Stolen guns scale with enemy level so Steel Path feeds them. Untime pauses the timer. This is 2026 Xaku.

Grasp plus Untime is Xaku. Range is gun count. Strength is strip.

Investment: 5 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: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 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.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathShards optional

Vast Strip

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Grineer Steel Path, armor tiles, people who want Xaku as a strip bot

Vast Untime's blast armor-strips and slows, then you walk around as a faster skeleton while 2 and 3 are frozen in time. Strength to the strip breakpoint.

Untime is strip plus slow plus a duration pause. That is three abilities in one button.

Investment: 5 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: 3/5 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.

Steel Path4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceDisruptionDefenseShards optional

Gaze Anchor

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense, Disruption, single hard targets, people who like The Lost

The Lost: Gaze locks a target, steals defenses, and shares the strip in a radius. Park it on a Defense target. Accuse and Deny still cycle.

Gaze is the precise strip. Untime is the wave strip. Defense loves Gaze.

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

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Lohk Battery — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

The Lost Cycle

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Mixed tiles, Sentients, people who like the kit more than the halo

Accuse converts a pack, Gaze strips, Deny beams Void and wipes Sentient resistances. You actually use all three Lost modes. Whisper is the Helminth hole.

The Lost is a kit, not a skip button. This config exists for people who like all three.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Nourish (Grendel) or 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.