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Dominate Warframe with This Jade Build

by Blake May 01,2025

The 57th Warframe, Jade, introduces a unique aerial style of gameplay to *Warframe*. With her divine and angelic presence, she floats above the battlefield, delivering devastating attacks on enemies while ensuring the safety and strength of her allies. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore the best builds for Jade to maximize her potential in various game scenarios.

How to Unlock Jade

Jade was released on June 18, 2024, and can be unlocked by obtaining her blueprint. The main blueprint is available through the Jade Shadows quest, which you can start from the Codex. To gather her components, head to Acension on Brutus, Uranus. Alternatively, you can purchase Jade’s blueprint and Component Blueprints from Ordis at the Larunda Relay on Mercury using Vestigial Motes. For a detailed guide on this process, click here.

The resources required to craft Jade are listed in the table below:

Chassis	15000 Credits 600 Alloy Plate 4000 Nano Spores 1500 Plastids 6 Morphics
Neuroptics	15000 Credits 1000 Circuits 750 Bundle 3 Neural Sensors 4 Neurodes
Systems	15000 Credits 600 Ferrite 600 Plastids 1100 Rubedo 10 Control Module

How to Play Jade, Explained

Jade's gameplay is straightforward yet effective. Begin by choosing a song with your second ability, Symphony of Mercy, to buff your allies. Use your third ability, Ophanim Eyes, to slow enemies and reduce their defenses. Mark your targets with your first ability, Light’s Judgement, and then unleash devastating attacks from above using the alt-fire of your fourth ability, Glory on High. Managing energy usage and minimizing incoming damage are key. The builds below cater to both early-game players and those tackling the Steel Path.

A Good Beginner Jade Build

Before delving into advanced builds, let's explore a beginner-friendly Jade build in Warframe. This build avoids Helminth ability swapping and Archon shards, making it accessible for new players. Remember, Jade can equip two Aura mods.

The first four mods—Continuity, Intensify, Flow, and Stretch—are essential for most Warframes and provide a solid foundation for beginners. This build does not include Arcanes, though Arcane Energize would be beneficial for additional energy.

Mod	Effect
Aura Mod – Corrosive Projection	Reduces enemy armor by 18% at full rank.
Aura Mod – Pistol Amp	Increase exalted weapon damage as it is considered a pistol.
Exilus Slot	Aviator for damage reduction while airborne.
Continuity	A +30% increase to ability duration and decreases energy drain from active abilities.
Intensify	Increase overall ability strength.
Flow	Gives you a larger energy pool to draw from.
Stretch	Increases the range of your abilities.
Redirection	Gives you a much bigger shield pool.
Equilibrium	Gives you a larger energy pool to draw from.
Augur Message/Streamline	Increases your ability duration further (and stacks with continuity). A small percentage of spent energy is also converted to shields. Streamline reduces energy usage; choose based on preference.
Player’s Choice	This is an empty slot where you can add a mod to address any perceived weaknesses in the build. Consider Augur Secrets for more ability strength or Augur Reach for increased ability range.

In addition to the Warframe build, you'll need to enhance Jade's Exalted weapon, Glory. Using the alt-fire, you can deal significant damage to marked enemies. Mark multiple enemies with Light’s Judgement, then unleash Glory to devastating effect.

For Glory, use the following mods, which are standard for pistol builds and provide a solid base of damage, critical chance, multishot, and fire rate:

Hornet Strike
Target Cracker
Barrel Diffusion
Lethal Torrent
Anemic Agility

Anemic Agility slightly reduces damage but significantly boosts fire rate, enhancing overall DPS. The last three slots should be filled with damage types effective against your current enemies, either through elemental combinations or faction-specific mods.

Best Jade Steel Path Build

Jade's kit is well-rounded and doesn't require subsuming abilities at this point, though this may change in the future. For Arcanes, consider Molt Augmented for increased ability power and Arcane Avenger for enhanced critical hits from the exalted weapon.

Mod	Effect
Aura Mod – Aerodynamic	Reduces incoming damage, crucial for Steel Path.
Aura Mod – Growing Power	Increase ability strength by 25% for 6 seconds after causing a status effect with a weapon.
Exilus Slot – Aviator	Damage reduction while airborne.
Primed Continuity	A significant increase to ability duration and decreases energy drain from active abilities.
Umbral Intensify	Increase overall ability strength.
Primed Redirection	Maximizes your shield capacity.
Stretch	Increases the range of your abilities.
Fast Deflection	Increases the recharge rate of your shields.
Equilibrium	Picking up health orbs also gives energy, and picking up energy orbs also gives health.
Adaptation	Provides further damage reduction.
Transient Fortitude	Increases ability strength at the cost of ability duration.

For Glory, use a standard pistol build with the following mods:

Hornet Strike
Primed Target Cracker
Prime Pistol Gambit
Galvanized Diffusion
Lethal Torrent

After these, choose elemental mods that counter your opponents. This build serves as a starting point for experimentation, allowing you to tailor it to your playstyle.

All Jade Abilities

Here's a detailed list of Jade's abilities in Warframe:

Passive – The Anointed	Jade’s profound understanding of the relationship between life and death grants her two Aura Mod Slots.
Light’s Judgement	Create a well of light that heals allies and hurts enemies. Those who enter the well will be surrounded by Judgements.
Symphony of Mercy	Cycle through three songs that strengthen allies: Power of the Seven increases Ability Strength by +30 percent. Deathbringer increases Weapon Damage by +100 percent. Spirit of Resilience increases Shield Regeneration by +25 percent. Extend the duration of each song by killing enemies surrounded by Blessings.
Ophanim Eyes	Jade summons an accusatory gaze that slows nearby enemies and dissolves their armor. When the gaze falls upon allies, they can be revived from a distance.
Glory on High	Soar with destructive power. Use alternate-fire to detonate Judgments, causing an explosion of Jade Light. Enemies affected by Light’s Judgment strengthen the explosion.

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UPDATE: This article was updated on 1/31/25 by Escapist Editorial to add additional value.

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