Warframe's The Vallis Undermind update is now available
Digital Extremes has released The Vallis Undermind update for Warframe bringing in the 62nd Warframe (Nokko), a new Quest (The Teacher), and more.
The Teacher cinematic Quest aims to improve the new player experience and it has been developed in collaboration with Sumo Digital. The update also brings in a free login reward for the Oberon Warframe, time-limited events to celebrate the Halloween season, and the new environment (The Deepmines). If you missed it, Warframe was confirmed to be in the works for Nintendo Switch 2 with Digital Extremes finally getting devkits.
Warframe is now available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and iOS. It is coming to Android via a closed beta this Fall.
You can find The Vallis Undermind launch trailer for Warframe with more details from Digital Extremes below:
Warframe’s next major update, The Vallis Undermind, is available for free today on all platforms*. This fungi-filled update features the arrival of the 62nd Warframe, Nokko, a new Quest, The Teacher, which improves the new player experience, a rework and free login reward for the Oberon Warframe, a fresh environment with new stories to uncover, and time-limited events to celebrate the spookiest season of the year.
“Working on Warframe is like being a perpetual student - learning how to best treat our 12-year project for players new and old,” said Rebecca Ford, Creative Director. “We know we haven’t always made it easy for new players to immediately jump in, but the past year, we’ve made that specific egg a major focus for us to crack. Making sure an update like The Vallis Undermind has full offerings for new and old players has been a wildly fun balancing act. We’re finally teaching modding in our new Quest, The Teacher, alongside content we know current players love, like new environments to explore in bounty missions, a weird Warframe concept, and even more story threads to discover. Learn to love your Mushrooms!”
New wonders arriving in The Vallis Undermind update today include:
New early game cinematic Quest, The Teacher, developed in collaboration with Sumo Digital. Introducing players to Warframe’s equipment modding system under the mentorship of Teshin, this Quest marks another significant step in Digital Extremes’ efforts to improve the experience for those starting their journey in the Origin System. The Teacher is accessible after completing Vor’s Prize and, upon completion, will reward players with the new Thornbak rifle. This Quest can only be completed once per account.
The 62nd Warframe, Nokko, who flaunts a mushroom-inspired ability kit and design aesthetic. Throw poisonous mushrooms that periodically release spores upon enemies while also lulling them to sleep, raise buffing mushrooms that periodically release a radial pulse upgrading allies' defenses, transform into a baby mushroom Sprodling to heal rapidly and remain untargetable, or unleash a ballistic mushroom that explosively bounces off whatever it touches. Nokko can be earned for free by collecting the required Blueprints and resources via Nightcap Bounties, or instantly unlocked with Platinum from the Warframe Marketplace.
New environment, The Deepmines, featuring fresh bounties, new characters, and hidden lore to engage with. A new Bounty vendor, Nightcap, will offer missions that take players into the newly discovered depths of Fortuna. Report to Nightcap to record mushroom-collecting progress in his Foraging Journal to rank up for more rewards and earn Fergolyte, which can be fed to “The Prince” mushroom to unlock narrative Visions full of stories around The Deepmines, Nightcap, and Nokko. The Deepmines and Nightcap Bounties can be accessed once The New War Quest has been completed.
Highly-requested rework of Oberon with a free login reward from Oct. 15-21. The willful mystic’s rework takes advantage of a fresh passive ability that improves healing versatility, a new passive ability that negates incoming damage called Righteous Negation, improving Smite’s armor stripping ability, altering Hallowed Ground’s radius shape, buffing Renewal’s armor increase for allies, and boosting Reckoning’s overall damage impact. For more information on Oberon’s rework, please see our recent Dev Workshop.
New cosmetics and seasonal event rewards featuring:
Two deluxe cosmetic skins are now available in the Warframe Marketplace. Lavos, the transmuter, will don the Khymia skin to harness the mad power of forbidden alchemy and push it beyond its limits. Wukong, the enduring, will honor his Chinese roots with the Qitian skin, embodying dignity and poise in equal measure with jade-like inspirations.
Six new cosmetics from TennoGen, Digital Extremes’ player design program. New offerings include the Dagath Yhavan Warframe Skin by blazingcobalt, Voruna Kuvael Drahkaanis Warframe Skin by Erniex, Dagath Voiddax Helmet by kakarrot2812, Qorvex Sarcophago Helmet by Lubox & Noxxr, as well as the Citrine Celestis Warframe Skin and Gothica Syandana backpiece by malaya, Awk’Q-Luz, & Jadie.
Nights of Naberus, the spooky annual in-game event, is live now until Nov. 3 with new cosmetics to earn alongside a dark twist to fan-favorite void vendor, Baro Ki’Teer, starting this Friday, Oct. 17. Baro will offer thematic, limited-time wares and a microdose of narrative each weekend via new dialogue until Nov. 9.
Dress for the fall season with the “Dreams of the Dead” Nightwave by completing daily, weekly, and evergreen challenges starting Oct. 27.