Warframe lore

1. #1Pre-Orokin Era

   Keys: Pre-Orokin Era, Ancient Humanity, Before Orokin

   In the earliest known period of the Origin System, only humanity existed. Humans began colonizing the planets and moons, laying the foundations for the solar system's civilizations. During this time, the seeds of division appeared, eventually giving rise to separate factions, races, and cultures that would later evolve into the Grineer, Corpus, and other distinct groups. Primitive technologies and social structures dominated, and the true nature of the Void remained (Year: Unknown, Before Tenno Re-awakening)

2. #2Orokin Era

   Keys: Ballas, Orokin Empire, False Gods, Orokin Era

   The Orokin rose to dominance, a highly advanced civilization believing themselves to be gods. Under Ballas' manipulation and guidance, the Orokin perfected biotechnology, terraforming, and Void technologies. They ruled the solar system for countless centuries, consolidating power over planets and subjugating other factions. Their era was marked by grand architecture, the creation of Warframes, and the secretive manipulation of the Tenno for their military ambitions. [Time unknown, Before Tenno re-awake]

3. #3The Old War

   Keys: Old War, Great War, Orokin conflicts, Orokin-Sentient War

   The Old War was a massive conflict between the Orokin Empire and the Sentients, a self-replicating race sent to the Origin System to contain Orokin expansion. The war spanned multiple worlds, bringing death and devastation to colonies and planets. During this period, the Orokin employed the first generation of Warframes and relied heavily on Tenno operatives as powerful soldiers to combat the Sentient threat. The war reshaped political and social landscapes across system. [BA]

4. #4Origin of the Sentients and Infestation

   Keys: Infestation, Sentient race, Technocyte plague, Sentients origin

   The Sentients were engineered by a mysterious civilization to terraform and control colonies beyond the Origin System. Resistant to conventional weapons, they became a primary threat to the Orokin. Separately, the Infestation emerged as a techno-biological plague, spreading across planets and ships. Both represented uncontrolled technological evolution: the Sentients as intelligent conquerors, and the Infestation as self-replicating corruption that threatened all life

5. #5Zariman Ship Incident / Zariman Ten-Zero

   Keys: child operators, lost ship, Ten-Zero, Zariman incident

   The Zariman Ten-Zero was a colony transport ship lost in the Void during human colonization efforts. The children aboard became the first Tenno after exposure to the Void's mysterious energies. They emerged with extraordinary abilities and a connection to Warframes. The incident remains a pivotal moment in the history of the Tenno and serves as the origin of their unique powers and the Operator legacy.

6. #6The void

   Keys: transference, The Void, Void realm, Orokin void technology

   The Void is a mysterious alternate dimension intersecting with the Origin System, possessing strange physics, energies, and entities. It is the source of Warframe powers and Tenno abilities, allowing transference and other phenomena. The Orokin exploited the Void to enhance Warframes, create Orokin Towers, and manipulate space-time, but its dangers remain largely unpredictable and incomprehensible to normal humans.

7. #7Albrech Entrati

   Keys: Vex experiments, Protoframe creator, Orokin scientist, Albrecht Entrati

   Albrecht Entrati was a brilliant Orokin scientist known for his pioneering work in biomechanical warfare. He created the protoframes, the earliest versions of what would become Warframes, and conducted experiments that transformed certain entities - including the Vex - into protoframe forms. His work laid the foundation for the connection between Operators and Warframes, and for the advanced biotechnology the Orokin would later exploit across the Origin System.

8. #8The Techrot and Protoframes

   Keys: Techrot, Protoframes, Orokin experiments, Warframe origins

   The Techrot were ancient Orokin biotechnological experiments that predated modern Warframes. Using advanced gene-splicing and Void technology, the Orokin created protoframes to explore the limits of combat augmentation. These experiments laid the foundation for the Warframes, establishing the connection between Operators and the biomechanical suits that would later become central to Tenno power.

9. #9Fall of the Orokin

   Keys: Orokin collapse, fall of the empire, End of the orokin

   The Orokin Empire fell due to internal corruption, Sentient threats, and Tenno rebellion. Ballas and other manipulators orchestrated events leading to political and social collapse. Key figures like Margulis and Lotus shaped the final conflicts. The Empire's end scattered its power, leaving ruins, Warframes, and Orokin technology for factions like the Grineer and Corpus to exploit.

10. #10Tenno awakening

    Keys: Operator rise, Reawakened, Tenno awakening

    After centuries of stasis, the Tenno reawakened in the Origin System. Emerging from cryochambers or the Zariman legacy, they regained their powers, connection to Warframes, and the ability to influence the fractured system. This event marked a turning point, enabling the Tenno to act as arbiters and warriors, shaping the ongoing conflicts between factions, the Sentients, and Infestation.

11. #11Natah rebellion

    Keys: Natah defiance, Tenno guidance, Lotus rebellion

    Lotus, formerly Natah, rebelled against the Orokin Empire to protect the Tenno and influence the unfolding war. Her actions saved countless Tenno and guided them through critical events, including the fall of the Orokin and subsequent wars. She became a central figure in Tenno history, acting as mentor, strategist, and guardian while navigating her dual identity as Natah and Lotus.

12. #12Orokin and Corpus conquest

    Keys: Faction wars, Grineer conquest, Corpus expansion

    After the fall of the Orokin, the Grineer expanded their cloned empire, enslaving worlds and spreading militarized control. The Corpus, focused on commerce and technology, exploited Orokin ruins developed powerful trade networks. Both factions now dominate large portions of the Origin System, creating conflict zones and arenas for Tenno intervention. Their rivalry and ambitions drive much of the current political and military landscape.

13. #13Earth

    Keys: Orokin ruins, Earth, Terra, Cetus, Grineer forest, Plains of Eidolon

    Earth, cradle of humanity, is dominated by the Grineer who strip its wild forests and drowned Orokin ruins. Hidden Ostron settlements like Cetus cling to survival while traders and hunters traverse the Plains of Eidolon. At night, shattered Eidolons rise and stalk the lakes. The world is equal parts graveyard and refuge under relentless patrols.

14. #14Lua (Moon)

    Keys: The Moon, Orokin Moon, Sentient incursion, Lua, Lua Towers, Reservoir

    Hidden in the Void by the Orokin and later returned, Lua’s fractured halls are gilded tombs and test chambers. Sentients contest its ruins while Tenno probe secrets tied to the Reservoir. Gravity-sheared landscapes reveal collapsed Towers and spectral guardians. It remains a bleeding wound of the Old War.

15. #15Mars

    Keys: Iron Wake, Desert colony, Grineer Mars, Red Planet, Mars

    A red desert under Grineer occupation, Mars cannibalizes old Orokin factories for mines and foundries. Resistance cells survive in scattered townships, with Steel Meridian’s Iron Wake as a hidden rally point. Dust storms swallow convoys and secrets alike. The planet serves as a forward base for Grineer expansion.

16. #16Venus

    Keys: Fortuna, Orb Vallis, Venus, Corpus Venus, Solaris United

    A frozen world industrialized by the Corpus, its sky bristles with heat siphons and debt-ridden labor. Beneath the surface, Fortuna shelters Solaris United, rebels masked by contracts and implants. The Orb Vallis sprawls with conveyor-cities and prowling Orb Mothers. Profit runs colder than the ice.

17. #17Mercury

    Keys: Grineer training grounds, Sun-scorched, Terminus, Mercury, First colony

    Scorched and stripped, Mercury serves as a Grineer staging and training theater near the inner system. Early human colonies lie beneath slag and bunkers. Supply lanes and troop drops move through Terminus without pause. Whatever Orokin left here is buried under armor plate.

18. #18Saturn

    Keys: Rings, Grineer armada, Shipyards, Saturn Six, Saturn

    The rings cradle vast Grineer shipyards forging an endless fleet. Prison moons and labor camps break dissenters, legends echoing from Saturn Six’s collapse. Fuel depots and drydocks thread the orbits like chainmail. This is the heart-lung of the Grineer war machine.

19. #19Jupiter

    Keys: Corpus research, Jupiter, Numina towers, Amalgams, Gas City

    The Gas City floats within the storms, a Corpus metropolis where experiments birth Amalgams—machine minds blended with alien adaptation. Sky-bridges hum over turbine canyons while security proxies prowl neon catwalks. Whispered Orokin tech hides in maintenance levels. Science here is profitable and perilous.

20. #20Uranus

    Keys: Tyl Regor, Sealabs, Grineer oceans, Underwater labs, Uranus

    An ocean world latticed with submerged Grineer laboratories under Tyl Regor’s ruthless direction. Subaquatic tile-sets house cloning vats and gene-forges among Orokin wreckage on the seabed. Combat unfolds in pressurized corridors and kelp-choked trenches. The seas themselves keep the empire’s secrets.

21. #21Neptune

    Keys: Neptune, Frozen bastion, Nef Anyo, Shipyards, Corpus Navy

    A frozen bastion anchoring the Corpus naval grid, bristling with shipyards, drydocks, and elite patrols. Nef Anyo’s influence saturates contracts and sanctuaries for the rich. Logistics lanes gleam with carrier traffic under hard vacuum. Here, credits and cannons speak the same language.

22. #22Pluto

    Keys: Pluto, Outer capital, The Board, Luxury stations, Corpus executives

    Seat of the Corpus Board’s power, Pluto gleams with executive spires over an ice-cold frontier. Luxury habitats mask predatory markets and mercenary security. Bidding wars decide fates faster than bullets. It is the quiet capital of corporate dominion.

23. #23Europa

    Keys: Corpus research, Europa, Blizzard moon, Excavation, Ice fields

    An icy moon scoured by perpetual storms where the Corpus run excavation rigs and black-budget labs. Drill sites chew into ancient strata and Orokin vaults frozen in time. Convoys vanish in whiteouts as proxies hold the lines. The ground itself hides more than it yields.

24. #24Ceres

    Keys: Logistics hub, Foundries, Strip mines, Grineer industry, Ceres

    A dwarf world turned into a single war factory—strip mines, refineries, and assembly yards stitched by railguns and smokestacks. Supply spiders web across the belt to feed distant fronts. Orokin bones lie entombed beneath slag and rust. Ceres is the Grineer’s anvil and furnace.

25. #25Sedna

    Keys: Sedna, Outer belt, Kuva strongholds, Grineer fortress, Queens’ domain

    A fortress cluster in the outer system where the Twin Queens hoard Kuva in consecrated vaults. Batteries, bastions, and carrier groups saturate every approach. Command cadres rise and fall by ritual and blood. Few pass Sedna’s gates and return unchanged.

26. #26Phobos

    Keys: Grineer outposts, Phobos, Excavations, Eroded cliffs, Mars moon

    A battered moon peppered with Grineer redoubts and dig sites clawed into crumbling mesas. Supply pads perch on knife-edge ridges over ancient vaults. Sand-choked conduits link bunker to bunker. Small, harsh, and strategically sharp.

27. #27Eris

    Keys: Biomass, Infested world, Eris, Hives, Technocyte

    Once a distant outpost, Eris has become an Infested hive-world where corridors pulse with living matter. Ships and stations are cocooned in growths that spawn endless hordes. Signals return garbled by organic noise. Here, the Technocyte speaks louder than reason.

28. #28Kuva Fortress

    Keys: Kuva Fortress, Grineer Queens, Kuva reserves, Moving citadel, Drifting bastion

    A nomadic asteroid citadel that shifts orbit to evade assault, housing the Queens’ sacred Kuva and elite guard. Corridors reshape with command whims and trapworks. Batteries and shields overlap like scales. It is temple, throne, and war-engine in one body.

29. #29The Void

    Keys: Derelict towers, The Void, Corrupted, Orokin Towers, Void storms

    A dimension outside time where Orokin Towers drift, guarded by Corrupted warped by golden protocols. Physics fray under Void storms; doors open to elsewhere and else-when. Power and peril are the same coin here. The Void remembers every trespass.

30. #30Deimos

    Keys: Infested moon, Entrati ruins, Cambion Drift, Deimos, Necramechs

    Mars’s moon overtaken by Infestation, reshaped into ossified valleys and living caverns. Entrati ruins and laboratories stud the Drift, where Orokin biotics met their match. Necramechs patrol between flesh-canyons and bone spires. It is a monument to ambition devoured.

31. #31Zariman Ten-Zero

    Keys: Void-touched, Lost colony ship, Operator origins, Zariman, Ten-Zero

    A colony ship lost to the Void and returned with echoes, its corridors imprinted by trauma and impossible geometry. Here, children awoke to powers that would define the Tenno. Bulkheads hum with memories; lights flicker to voices that aren’t there. The Zariman is both cradle and curse.

32. #32Earth Proxima

    Keys: Railjack, Empyrean, Inner routes, Earth Proxima, Grineer fleets

    The near-Earth expanse teems with Grineer patrols, carrier groups, and flak nets around industrial lanes. Derelicts and Orokin debris drift between convoy routes. Railjack crews thread minefields to disrupt logistics. Space here is crowded, angry, and loud.

33. #33Saturn Proxima

    Keys: Saturn Proxima, Grineer shipyards, Empyrean Saturn, Carrier docks, Fleet foundries

    Orbital belts and drydocks expand Saturn’s factory-reach into open space, birthing warships under armored gantries. Escort screens and interceptors swarm trespassers. Salvage glitters in the rings for those who survive. The shipyards never sleep.

34. #34Veil Proxima

    Keys: Unknown threats, Black zones, Veil Proxima, Outer fringe, Empyrean Veil

    On the system’s edge, the Veil is sparse, cold, and haunted by things that don’t answer hails. Distress beacons cycle without source; star-charts misalign mid-flight. Wrecks show wounds no doctrine explains. It is where maps end and rumors begin.

35. #35Relays

    Keys: Public stations, Strata Relay, Syndicates, Relays, Tenno hubs

    Orokin-era stations repurposed as gathering hubs for Tenno and allies, where Syndicates maintain halls and merchants trade rare goods. Strata and other Relays act as neutral ground between factions, guarded by Cephalons and automated defenses. They serve as social arteries of the system. Relays fall but are rebuilt as symbols of unity.

36. #36Maroo's Bazaar

    Keys: Bazaar station, Maroo’s Bazaar, Treasure hunter, Neutral market, Trading hub

    A drifting marketplace run by the rogue Maroo, where Tenno barter prime parts and relics without syndicate oversight. The bazaar is a lawless but safe haven, filled with opportunists, smugglers, and treasure-seekers. No allegiances are sworn here—only deals. Its orbit shifts to avoid unwanted attention.

37. #37Cetus

    Keys: Earth, Ostrons, Cetus, Plains of Eidolon, Ostron village

    A settlement at Earth’s edge, built by the Ostrons atop shattered Orokin ruins. Traders, crafters, and fishers keep the village alive under constant Grineer pressure. Cetus opens to the Plains of Eidolon, where hunters challenge the night’s titans (Eidolons). The Unum’s tower watches silently over them all.

38. #38Cetus mining

    Keys: Resources, Mining, Cetus, Plains of Eidolon

    Ore: Coprun, Ferros, Auron. Gems: Pyrotic Alloy, Venerol, Cuthol Tendrils, Sentirum.

39. #39Fortuna

    Keys: Corpus resistance, Debt-internment, Venus, Fortuna, Solaris United

    Beneath Venus’s ice, Fortuna shelters the debt-bound Solaris, who work under Corpus contracts and surveillance. It doubles as a black-market hub for weapons, robotics, and survival gear. Solaris United whispers rebellion in the neon underhalls. Above, the Orb Vallis is both prison and battlefield.

40. #40Necralisk

    Keys: Cambion Drift, Deimos, Necralisk, Entrati family, Infested city

    An Entrati enclave built into the Infested heart of Deimos, ruled by the decaying Orokin family and their mutated servants. Surrounded by the Cambion Drift, the Necralisk is a blend of gilded halls and living rot. Necraloid Cephalons mediate with the Tenno. It is both sanctuary and mausoleum. The Entrati family only know Deimos, Infestation, Void studies, Entrati family lore.

41. #41Iron Wake

    Keys: Iron Wake, Resistance camp, Mars, Steel Meridian, Grineer defectors

    A hidden encampment on Mars where Steel Meridian rallies defectors, deserters, and sympathizers against the Grineer. Within its walls, war-torn veterans forge hope from scraps of armor and old banners. Tenno find allies and purpose here. The camp is fragile but fiercely defended.

42. #42Zariman Dormizone

    Keys: Personal space, Zariman hub, Operator quarters, Zariman Dormizone, Tenno sanctuary

    Located aboard the Zariman, the Dormizone serves as a personal sanctuary for Operators. Customizable quarters, vendor halls, and training spaces link into the ship’s haunted corridors. It is a safe retreat in the Void’s shadow. For the Tenno, the Dormizone is both home and reminder.

43. #43Orokin

    Keys: Executors, False Gods, Orokin, Empire, Golden Lords

    The Orokin were a decadent, immortal ruling class who spread across the Origin System with godlike arrogance. Masters of genetic engineering and Void technology, they enslaved humans, created the Grineer as soldiers, and uplifted Corpus ancestors as servants. The Orokin saw themselves as divine rulers—yet paranoia, decadence, and cruelty rotted them from within. Their fall came at the hands of the very Tenno they created, ending an age of gilded tyranny.

44. #44Grineer

    Keys: Militaristic empire, Grineer empire, Twin Queens, Grineer, Clones

    The Grineer are a clone army born from Orokin labor stock, once tools of war, now an empire of decaying flesh. Their cloning process leads to genetic degradation, countered by crude cybernetics. They are ruled by the mysterious Twin Queens, who maintain dominion through fear and zealotry. Expansionist, brutal, and industrial, the Grineer conquer entire worlds, enslaving and stripping them for resources. Their vast fleets dominate Earth, Mars, Saturn, and beyond. The Grineer only know cloning, war, expansion, basic Orokin ruins. Do not understand Orokin science deeply.

45. #45Corpus

    Keys: Corpus, Merchants, Profit cult, Board, Crewmen

    The Corpus are a powerful merchant cult devoted to profit, technology, and control. Originating from Orokin-era merchant guilds, they built their empire on trade and robotics. Ruled by the shadowy Corpus Board, their doctrine is that all things—including people—are commodities. Debt-bonds enslave countless workers, while proxy armies of robotic Moas and Ospreys enforce their will. Their leaders are fanatics of profit, sacrificing morality for credits and control. The corpus know trade, robotics, profit, Orokin relic market. Do not understand the Void or Infestation beyond exploitation.

46. #46Infestation

    Keys: Technocyte plague, Infestation, Infested, Mutalist, Helminth

    The Infestation is a technocyte plague unleashed during Orokin experiments, a living techno-organic blight capable of reshaping flesh and machine into monstrosities. It spreads across ships, derelicts, and entire worlds, forming hives of grotesque biomass. The Helminth strain on the Orbiter is a controlled remnant of this plague. Though mindless in appearance, the Infestation displays hive intelligence, capable of spawning unique horrors and even sustaining entire ecosystems on Deimos.

47. #47Sentients

    Keys: Natah, Hunhow, Eidolons, Tau system, Sentients

    The Sentients were biomechanical constructs engineered by the Orokin to terraform the distant Tau System. But they evolved beyond their programming, rejecting Orokin control and waging the Old War in defiance. Adaptive and nearly immortal, Sentients could repair and strengthen themselves against any weapon used against them. Leaders like Hunhow and Erra guided their war against the Empire, while Natah infiltrated the Tenno as the Lotus. On Earth, broken Sentients manifest as towering Eidolons haunting the Plains of Eidolon.

48. #48Tenno

    Keys: Zariman survivors, Operators, Void children, Tenno, Warframe pilots

    The Tenno are children of the Zariman Ten Zero disaster, transformed by the Void into beings of immense power. Feared and misunderstood, they were hidden by the Lotus and trained to wield Warframes—biomechanical warriors created through the Helminth process. The Tenno ended the Orokin Empire in the Old War and later reawakened to confront the fractured Origin System. Their role shifts between mercenary, protector, and executioner, but their power is undeniable.

49. #49Solaris United

    Keys: Venus resistance, Solaris, Debt-internment, Fortuna, Solaris United

    Solaris United is the underground resistance of the Solaris people, debt-slaves forced into labor by the Corpus. Bound by debt-bonds, most Solaris live in servitude beneath Fortuna, mining, crafting, and building for their Corpus masters. Solaris United fights for freedom in secret, led by the enigmatic Eudico. Their rebellion fuels hope, but survival under constant surveillance is fraught with risk. They only know Orb Vallis, Corpus exploitation, debt-internment, robotics.

50. #50Ostrons

    Keys: Ostrons, Cetus, Plains of Eidolon, Fishers, Ostron village

    The Ostrons are a human people living in Cetus on Earth, harvesting resources from the Plains of Eidolon and building their lives in the shadow of the Unum’s tower. They are artisans, fishers, and traders, carving wealth from bone, fish, and salvage. They fiercely resist Grineer exploitation while protecting the sacred lands where Eidolons roam. The Unum, their mysterious guiding force, shapes their destiny in silence. They only know the Plains of Eidolon, Grineer presence, fishing, mining, Eidolons.

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