Scenario
Manibus
Endless Dream
The Way of Winter
Isles of Abyss
Primary · Core DPS
KVD – Boom! Boom!
Light machine gun
Calibration blueprint Rapid Machine Gun / Rapid Shot Style
Equipped mod BiS · one slot Effect · When Burn is removed, its stacks are reduced by only 50%; the buff continues while the reduced Burn stacks remain.
Farm it · Red Sands or Blackheart weapon crates; Ravenous Hunter on Hard/Pro; LEA Research Lab; or Prime Wars.
Suffix · Deviant Energy or Burn.
Alternatives · Flame Resonance and Burning Wrath drop from Burn-mod pools such as Monolith of Greed.
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Flame Resonance · Max Burn stack +2; Burn duration −20%. Burn / Deviant Energy · best by effect Source
Get it · Redeem with Sproutlets.
Suffix · Burn or Deviant Energy.
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Burning Wrath · Triggering Burn has a 25% chance to grant +1 Burn stack. Burn / Deviant Energy · best by effect Source
Suffix target Deviant Energy or Burn Best by effect
Secondary · Debuff
DE.50 – Wildfire
Pistol
Calibration blueprint P22 / Rapid Shot Style
Equipped mod Vulnerability Amplifier – The Bull's Eye Source Alt
BiS · one slot Effect · Enhances the Bull's Eye vulnerability effect by +8% on marked targets.
Farm it · Normal Monolith of Thirst, Hard/Pro Mirage Monolith, or Pro LEA Research Lab.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
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Spreading Marks · Defeating a Bull's Eye-marked enemy transfers the mark to another enemy within 15m. Deviant Energy · best fit Source
Get it · Chance to drop from Arachsiam at Mirage Monolith or Forsaken Giant at Emberdust Monolith.
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Recover Mark · Marked kills recover 15% HP and 25% Stamina. Deviant Energy · best fit Source
Suffix target Deviant Energy Best fit
Melee · Buff setup
Long Axe
Melee weapon
Weapon effect Heavy attacks activate Fortress Warfare (once per 10s). Each target hit grants all weapons +8% Crit Rate and +5% Melee Swing Speed for 10s, stacking up to 3.
Calibration blueprint Speed Melee or Heavy Melee
Equipped mod Final Territory – Fortress Warfare Source Alt
BiS · one slot Effect · When Fortress Warfare ends, Weapon DMG +10% and Movement Speed +10% for 10s.
Farm it · Chance to drop from Arachsiam at Mirage Monolith or Treant at Avalanche Monolith.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
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Portable Territory · Fortress Warfare remains active for 2s after leaving its area. Deviant Energy · best fit Source
Durable Territory · Every hit landed during Fortress Warfare extends it by 1s, up to 5s. Deviant Energy · best fit Source
Suffix target Deviant Energy Best fit
Bastille Hood 1× Bastille Mod ·
Deviation Expert Source Alt Effect · Range −25%, Fire Rate +10%, Status DMG +20%.
Farm it · Securement Silo – Alpha or Securement Silo – Taurus.
Suffix · Lunar Deviant Energy; fallback Deviant Energy.
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Elemental Havoc · Elemental DMG +10%, plus another +10% above 90% HP. Deviant Energy · best fit Source
Work of Proficiency · When reloading with an empty magazine, Reload Efficiency +5% and Elemental DMG +20%; resets with the next reload. Deviant Energy Source
Suffix · Lunar Deviant Energy Wishlist · unavailable · fallback Deviant Energy
Shelterer Mask Shelterer Mod ·
Blaze Amplifier Source Alt Effect · Every stack of Burn grants +3% Psi Intensity DMG.
Unlock · Stellar Planula. It is the only direct Burn-DPS mask mod.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
Archived route · Securement Silo – EX1; the exact pool can vary by scenario.
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Retrusion Explosion · When hitting Burning enemies, Crit Rate +8% and Crit DMG +20%. Deviant Energy · best pick Source
Suffix · Deviant Energy Best pick
Grill Gloves “BBQ Gloves” Key armor Mod ·
Status Enhancement Source Alt Effect · Status DMG +20.0%.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
Archived route · Securement Silo – Sigma; the exact pool can vary by scenario.
Alt source · Elemental Overload appears in the same archived glove-mod pool.
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Elemental Overload · Element DMG (Blaze, Frost, Shock, Blast) +18%. Resonant Deviant Energy Source
Acquisition · Farm glove-mod drops; archived routes place it in the same glove pool as Status Enhancement.
Suffix · Resonant Deviant Energy.
Violent variant ↗
Weakspot DMG Boost · Weakspot DMG +25.0%. Deviant Energy Source
Lifeforce Boost · HP +12.0%. Utility Source
Suffix · Deviant Energy
Shelterer Jacket Shelterer Mod ·
Quick Comeback (gold) Source Alt Effect · Using a healing shot grants +20% Movement Speed for 2s and refills the magazine from inventory to 100%.
Suffix · Phantasmal Deviant Energy.
Farm it · Securement Silo – Theta or the northern Securement Silo – Psi.
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Healing Fortification · Using a healing shot grants DMG Reduction +40% for 2s. Deviant Energy Source
Rejuvenating · While Shield is above 30% of Max HP, defeating an enemy recovers 20% of Max HP; excess recovery converts into Shield. Deviant Energy Source
Suffix · Phantasmal Deviant Energy
Shelterer Pants Shelterer Mod ·
Abnormal Increase (formerly Status Amplification) Source Alt Effect · When the magazine is empty, Status DMG +10% for 12s; stacks up to 3 times.
Name · Formerly Status Amplification.
Reload Rampage · After defeating an enemy, refills bullets and grants Weapon and Status DMG. Deviant Energy Source
Farm it · Bottoms-mod drops.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
Deviant Energy variant ↗
Elemental Resonance · For each instance of Elemental DMG dealt from the previous magazine, the next magazine gains Elemental DMG +1% for 15s upon reloading. Deviant Energy Source
Suffix · Deviant Energy Best fit
Shelterer Shoes Shelterer Mod ·
Covered Advance Source Alt Effect · Taking no damage within 4s grants +20% Melee, Weapon, and Status DMG for 30s; the effect resets when the duration ends.
Suffix · Deviant Energy.
Secluded Strike · Having no enemies within 7 meters around you grants +15% Weapon and Status DMG. Deviant Energy Source
Slow and Steady · DMG +10%, plus another +10% above 90% HP. Phantasmal Deviant Energy Source
Suffix · Deviant Energy Best fit
Blazing Detonation Core burn Already-burning targets take instant Burn damage; Burn DMG +25% for 10s.
Elemental Sense Element scaling After dealing Elemental DMG, that element gains +25% damage for 4s.
Status Enhancement Status scaling After a weakspot hit, Status DMG +15% for 3s.
Light Weapon Mastery Always-on damage +15% damage with pistols, light machine guns, or melee weapons—every weapon in this loadout.
Tactical Combo Damage window Weapon DMG +15% for 4s after switching weapons or reloading.
Steady Hand Axe synergy While buffed by Fortress Warfare: Weapon DMG +10% and Weakspot DMG +25%.
Deviant Energy Defense Defense Summoning or handling a Deviation grants a 30%-max-HP shield plus 10% Weapon and Status DMG Reduction.
Rapid Aid Recovery Medicine cooldown −30%; stronger and faster medicine below 40% HP.
Deviants
Pyro Dino Practical BiS Source Alt
Why it fits · Breathes Blaze damage, raises the target’s Blaze damage taken by an amount that scales with its specimen rating, and detonates enemies already affected by Burn—the strongest direct match for the KVD’s loop.
Get it · Secret Seepage Zone in Securement Silo – Phi, Iron River (4554, −2644); a rarer, non-guaranteed spawn after the Rainfall Reaper than Chefosaurus Rex.
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Pyro Dino – Lunar Oracle · Same abilities as the base Pyro Dino, plus Status DMG +5% while synced; this becomes 7.5% while Sanity is below 30%. Best mechanical fit Availability · Keep it if already owned; it is not on the current Gravity Abyss wheel.
Invincible Sun Burn backup Source Alt
Why it fits · Explodes every 3s for 100% Blaze DMG with a 15% Burn chance, gains +5% DMG per Burn stack, and makes its target take +40% Blaze DMG. Strong elemental pressure when Pyro Dino is unavailable.
Get it · Completion reward for Securement Silo – Delta after the Main Task to Oblivion and Lowe's task. The dungeon is in Onyx Tundra, part of The Way of Winter—not a Manibus-native route.
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Invincible Sun – Starfall Inversion · Same abilities as the base Invincible Sun, plus Blaze Elemental DMG +5% while synced; this becomes 7.5% while airborne. Best variant Availability · Keep it if already owned; it is not currently farmable.
Lonewolf's Whisper Generalist Source
Why it fits · Pulls aggro, creates a clone when its target dies, and makes its target take +50% Weapon DMG. It opens safer firing windows, but is less Burn-specific than the first two.