Warning

This is meant for as an intermediate weapon mentioned in my beginner Volt guide, and maybe mentioned in my intermediate [Rhino] guide if I ever write one, so no Orokin Reactor or Forma. There are a LOT of ways to max out this weapon's potential, but that is not what we are here for. We just need this till we [Reach] MR5 and grab the [Atomos] while getting some of the mods ready ahead of time.

Acquisition & Explanations

Hornet Strike

This is meant to give our [Atomos] more base damage. But since we don't have access to it yet, its just here so we can get them early on. It can be gotten from that Cetus Bounty on earth for 7.52% on Stage 2 and 30.56% on Stage 3. IF you happened to obtained more then one from previous bounties, DO max out this mod instead.

Barrel Diffusion

Again, another mod for later on. But this is one that you can obtain early on as well. All it takes is to do Dark Sector Defence for 20 waves and that's it (1.84%... same as Continuity... so good luck).

Augur Pact

When you encounter assassin bounties when you are farming the other 3 mods, there is a 33.3% chance to spawn a Recon Commander as your target. IF that's the case, upon his death, there will be a 37.94% chance you got this drop.

Credits

Last but not least, Credits. For some reason, this site never shows you the credit needed to level up your mods. So here is a quick run down. As you can see from the chart below, it cost over 1m credit to upgrade everything. So how the heck are we supposed to get that? Welp, the best in level credit farm is actually on Gabii, Ceres. Just by simply completing this survival mission gives 20k+ credits, the main point here is: COMPLETION. That's right, by simply completing this mission, you got 20k+ credits. And all it cost is 5 minutes. Also, the more player in your group, the more it pays, so make sure you set it on public.

Endo

And finally, Endo. You see that ball looking thing below the build name? That's right, that's endo. You WILL need it to upgrade your mods. The quick and simple way to do it is just do T1 Excavation and leave after 2 drills (every drill on rotation A has a 42.9% chance to get 100 endo) which cost around 6 minutes if lucky. So just rinse and repeat that at least 50 more times. Of course, then there are the Ayatan Treasures. Through out missions, you have a 1/7chance to get a sculpture spawn. So find them and fill them with stars, which have a random drop chance from storage containers and lockers (keep an eye out on either that white icon, and mark it for your group using "G" if not playing solo before picking it up). Ones completed, you can exchange them at Maroo at her Bazaar on Mars from 1,425 endo all the way to 2,700 endo.

Next Step

Grab [Atomos]'s Blueprint from the marketplace for 30k credits once you [Reach] MR5. This is something I need to test out.