Warframe fans won’t need to be reminded it’s a big weekend for developer Digital Extremes and its long-running sci-fi shooter. Thanks to this year’s TennoCon live event, which is traditionally the time for the studio to dazzle its community with all sorts of things to come, we’ve now got a pretty good idea of what Warframe’s next twelve months look like.
Top of the list for this year’s big updates is The Old Peace, Warframe’s next major quest and narrative chapter. It’s basically the prelude to next year’s big Tau update (which we’ll get to in a bit) and comes packaged with a new side story called The Devil’s Triad.
Focusing on The Old Peace’s quest bit first, it whisks players back to the Tau of the past, where – to paraphrase the official description – they’ll ecnounter a childhood Sentient friend named Adis, and experience the conflict between the Orokin, their creations, and a coalition of Dax Anarch Warriors upon the Perita moon. And as for that Devil’s Triad side story, it’ll serve as the introduction to three new characters: Father Lyon Allard (the Protoframe of Harrow), Marie Leroux (the Protoframe of Wisp), and new devil-themed Warframe Uriel.
Alongside all that, you’ve got a new enemy faction, a Focus expansion introducing a new Operator ability, and – on that subject – a full graphical remaster for Warframe’s Operators, which includes new character models and cosmetic assets, new facial animations, and more.
There’s no release date for The Old Peace yet besides its vague “2025” window, but you can at least keep your Tenno spirits up in the immediate terms with the tuneful Lullaby of the Manifold, which is leaping out of Digital Extremes’ Old Peace reveal trailer and onto “most” major music streaming platforms on 21st July. Valkyrie gets some new premium in-game cosmetic options when her Heirloom Collection arrives on the same day, and – as summer departs in its annual seasonal strop – there’s still more to come.
In October, Digital Extremes is teaming up with tabletop RPG creator Paizo to bring Warframe to tabletops in both physical and digital forms, while other autumnal treats include the launch of Warframe’s closed beta on Android (you can sign up for that here), and another big update currently known only as “untitled”. It might not have a name yet, but it’ll still be one to watch, and it’s introducing a very much-requested – and much-needed – tutorial quest teaching players how to use Warframe’s complicated upgrade system, Mods. Digital Extremes has sought outside help for this one, and the resulting quest, appropriately known as The Teacher, has been developed in collaboration with Sumo Digital.
On top of all that, “untitled” brings an Oberon rework, a new Lavos deluxe skin, plus various quality-of-life improvements, which you can learn more about in a livestream this September. And one more thing to add under ‘relatively imminent’: Caliban Prime Access arrives “soon”.
And finally for your Warframe calendars, should that be a thing you own, there’s the aforementioned Tau. It’s described as a “monumental” new narrative chapter that follows on from the events of this year’s The Old Peace, and it’s launching in 2026. And if Digital Extremes’ wish comes true, Warframe might even be available on Switch 2 by then.