Warframe, the third-person space shooter with a fast-paced parkour movement system, enriches both the console and PC versions with new updates, including fairies, cats, and new weapons.
“Phantoms of the Rail” for Console
After a long wait for new content for all console players of Warframe, the “Phantoms of the Rail” update was released last week, which is part 2 of a total of 4 of the major overarching update “The War Within”.
However, if your spaceship has been adrift in space for a long time, prepare for possibly extended download times, as this involves over 18 GB that need to be downloaded. After all, this is half of the total size of the game.
However, many changes have been made both visually and acoustically. The biggest redesign, which also helps new players to delve more specifically into the Warframe universe, is reflected in the selection of the star map. This has been completely overhauled and is based on an older version.
You can see at a glance which planets are interconnected and from where you can travel. Another major change is the complete overhaul of obtaining Prime items.
You will notice upon your first login that all of your T1-T4 keys have been converted into Void relics. One of these relics can now be equipped before starting the new Void Tear missions. These are regular missions that can take place anywhere in the origin system of Warframe, where, who would have thought, Void Tears occur from which corrupted enemies will come tumbling out.
These will drop a reactant upon their death, of which you need a total of 10 to receive your reward from the Void relic at the end of the mission. You can even see what your teammates would receive from their relics and, if their reward appeals to you more, you can choose to receive that instead of your item.
Kavats, cat-like companions, are also coming to consoles. So it’s time to put your Kubrow on ice and welcome one of the two fast and cunning races onto your ship.
Smeeta Kavats have the following abilities:
- Trickster: Allows Smeeta Kavat to become invisible while creating a decoy that runs towards enemies and draws their fire.
- Charm: The Smeeta Kavat brings luck to its owner for the duration of a mission.
The second race, Adarza, has these tricks up their sleeve:
- Cat’s Eye: Adarza Kavat guarantees critical hits for all nearby Tenno for 5 seconds.
- Reflect: Allows the Adarza Kavat to amplify incoming damage and reflect it back to the enemy.
Additional features include the new Archwing game modes “Chase” and “Pursuit”, a new Archwing support class named Amesha, the corresponding Archwing weapons Cyngas and Agkuza, as well as an overhauled flight system. Here you can see it all again in moving images:
“The Silver Grove” for PC
As mentioned, PC Tenno also got to enjoy new content. Although this “only” amounts to just under 1 GB, “The Silver Grove” has just as much in store for space ninjas, foremost the new character “Titania”, who also brings her own quest.
This fairy-inspired Warframe has the following abilities:
- Enchant: Enemies drop their weapons and levitate off the ground. Nearby allies become immune to status effects.
- Tribute: Demands a gift, in the form of a random ability buff, from an enemy. The survivor’s attacks are weakened.
- Lantern: Calls forth a swarm of blade flies that make an enemy an irresistible, floating bait for its mindless companions, ultimately leading to an explosion.
- Blade Wings: Shrinks and elevates you into the air while blade flies attack nearby enemies.
The new gunblade weapon Sarpa is also making its way into the game, as well as the Pox, which emits poison upon impact. In conjunction, there is the Apoxys Syandana and two new operator outfits.
Additionally, a new Lunaro arena in the “Steel Meridian” style with side nets and ramps will be introduced, as well as improvements to group search and voluntary servers to ensure a smoother and more fluid gameplay experience.
Lastly, with this update, the fusion system, meaning the upgrading and improving of mods, has been revised. Now you will receive the new resource “Endo” during missions and as rewards at the end, which is needed for upgrading your mods.
Thus, fusion cores belong to the past. Additionally, you can convert unused duplicate mods into Endo, which should provide a cushion for long-term players.
You can admire Titania and everything else that “The Silver Grove” includes here in the highlight trailer:
