Warframe: 1999 follow-up update revealed

During Digital Extreme’s Warframe Destream, the follow-up update for Warframe:1999, was announced as Techrot Encore. Although the update is coming until March, players will be getting plenty of content this year, including Lavos Prime on February 12, new Nightwave rewards and challenges, and more. There was also the reveal of what is in-store for Preludes players during the Soulframe Devstream, such as an expanded world map and a new story quest.

“2025 is shaping up to be another wild year, and we can’t wait to share more about our big plans with our Warframe and Soulframe players as we prepare to celebrate ten years of TennoCon in July,” said Megan Everett, Director of Community at Digital Extremes. “Community is at the heart of everything we do, and this year, we intend to be more consistent and frequent with the updates we offer to Soulframe Preludes players in our Pre-Alpha journey while continuing to deliver the unforgettable community experiences our Warframe players expect and love.”

Here are just some of the highlights from the stream:

• Expanding on the events from Warframe: 1999, Techrot Encore welcomes the anticipated arrival of the next entry to the Lich adversary system, Technocyte Coda boy band boss fights, alongside tons of extra additions:

• Finish off Infested copies of the hit boy band On-lyne, the Technocyte Coda, in musically charged encounters to be rewarded with one of 13 new Infested weapons.

• Out-glam rivals and friendly competition alike as the 60th Warframe, Temple.

• Prepare for four new Protoframes surfacing onto the streets of Höllvania. More information on these new Gemini skins and emotes will be ready for transmission soon.

• Pursue deepening bonds further with improvements towards the Romance & Relationship System.

• Jam to a new original music track via a collaboration with Jake Bowen and Mark Holcomb, from the metal band Periphery, as well as vocalist Elliot Coleman from the rock group, Good Tiger.

• Reinvent styles with something more fit for the ‘90s era with a collection of new hairstyles, as well as new Scaldra-themed cosmetic gear for the Drifter.

• Equip four new Scaldra weapons: a pistol, sickle, rifle, and grenade launcher.

• Elegantly electrocute enemies with Gyre Deluxe cosmetic skin.

  

Before players get to Techrot Encore in Warframe: 1999, there is plenty of new content starting from February 6 including:

• Rock out as a revitalized Rhino in the fourth addition to the Heirloom cosmetic skin line available in the Warframe Market.

• Return to Ascension in the revival of the Clan Operation: Belly of the Beast. Bullet jump back into the elevator shaft of a Corpus stronghold in a vertical-focused mission to unlock rewards for a limited time starting Feb. 6 at 2 P.M. ET through March 3.

• Expand ‘90s gear collections with Nightwave Vol. 8, offering fresh rewards for those who take on the daily and weekly challenges prepared.

• Reflect on past accomplishments in the annual Warframe: Your Year in Review recap, now available for everyone via a new webpage to make sharing player stats more accessible with downloadable individual summary cards to share with others.

Lavos Prime arrives Feb. 12 as the first Prime Warframe of 2025 with two new Prime weapons, just in time for the Year of the Snake:

Lavos, the transmuter, aims to revive the alchemical warfare of an ancient empire. Acting as a jailer to a rogue Orokin alchemist on Venus, Lavos grew close to the prisoner and eventually became his pupil. Consume enemies with serpent whips, skate through enemies on a frozen trail, launch transmutation probes to transform pickups into universal items, and catalyze combatants with gallons of fiery gel.

As for the Preludes (Pre-Alpha) players they can expect the following new features:

• • Meet the latest Ancestors, Atajan, heralded as the founder of the Order of the Gyres and Pothia, dubbed the Battle Mother.

  • Explore the newest environment Neath’uns filled with mystery and corruption.

  • Uncover the knowledge of a forgotten weapon type, Voltaic Casters.

  • Explore further into the island of Midrath as the world map starts to expand for current Preludes players offering new lands to connect with in the next update.

• Commit to one of three Factions when your Envoy begins their journey; tying into a new procedural mini-quest system later on in Soulframe’s gameplay progression.