Warframe finally has a story update again. In “Sacrifice,” you will learn how the story continues and finally discover what your Warframe suits really are!
Since the legendary story update “The Second Dream,” we know what is inside the Warframes. In “The War Within,” the mysterious “Operators” were finally described in more detail and equipped with their own abilities. But we still do not know what the Warframes themselves represent.
However, there are some extremely disturbing story snippets that hint at a gruesome secret. This is now partially unveiled with the new update “Sacrifice”.
Major Update Sacrifice Released for PC
The new story update Sacrifice has been announced for a long time. Now it is finally here – at least on PC. The console versions are expected to follow in the summer. Sacrifice brings a wave of new content. The new Warframe “Excalibur Umbra” is particularly eagerly awaited.
This black Excalibur version has been available in China for some time. Now you can finally play it in the West.
In addition to the new Umbra Warframe, there are also:
- A new UI: The user interface is being revamped, including the inventory and merchant menus.
- New cosmetic upgrades: You will receive Umbra armor parts for all Warframes, Umbra cosmetics for your Operator, new head accessories, and even armors for your Kavats and Kubrows.
- You can now also mod the weapons from your skills – including Valkyr’s claws.
- A new Captura scene with Sacrifice theme.
- Umbra glyphs for your profile.
By the way, if you enter the promo code “OLDFRIEND” on any platform by July 20, 2018, you will get a nice Orokin tea set and a 3-day affinity booster.
Attention: To start the story of Sacrifice, you must first complete all other stories. So Second Dream, War Within, Chains of Harrow, and the Apostasy Prologue.
The Next Shocking Chapter of the Warframe Story
The biggest highlight of Sacrifice should still be the story. As the lead community manager Rebecca Ford (the voice of Lotus) revealed in an interview with PCGamer, story updates in Warframe are always about answering current questions.
- Before “Second Dream,” the question was often “What are Tenno?”
- Before “The War Within,” people wondered “What exactly is going on with the Operators?”
The current questions at the start of “Sacrifice” are therefore:
- “What are the Warframes now?”
- “Where did the Warframes come from?”
- “What exactly is Umbra?”
The Fate of Lotus and Ballas
In the search for the answer regarding the origins of the Warframes, Lotus and the mysterious Orokin Ballas also play a role. Ballas “kidnapped” the “Space Mom” Lotus in the last story update “Apostasy Prologue.” He is also the voice in the background of the Prime trailers.
He was significantly involved in the creation of the Warframes, and to get to the bottom of the mystery, Sacrifice will heavily rely on flashbacks. There, you will learn what really happened when the Orokin created the Warframes in their desperation to combat the Sentients.
Moreover, the mysterious Umbra also plays an important role in this. Rebecca Ford just hopes that the appearance of this legendary Warframe does not distract too much from the story. A situation like in the Marvel film Civil War, where Spider-Man’s appearance distracted from the rest of the film, is hopefully not going to occur.
Decisions Might Become Important
Later in the interview, Ford mentioned the decisions you can make in various dialogues in the game. It is still unclear what that will entail. It seems that the developers are currently uncertain about it as well.
But they plan to eventually integrate the decisions into the game. However, not until a later time. Overall, the creative work on the game is never finished; they only have “releases”.
Therefore, it will keep going and Sacrifice will not be the end of the Warframe story. There will always be new questions that will be answered in the next update.
