Digital Extremes announced that it has launched the community event 'Epoch Operation: Taubound' across all platforms for Warframe. Both new and returning players can participate in gathering resources and achieving shared community goals until November 18 (KST).
The event comes ahead of the launch of the new star system 'Tau' in December. It consists of shared goals completed together by players worldwide and a new single-player prologue quest, 'Tau Prologue'. According to Digital Extremes, Warframe has expanded its service platforms to consoles and mobile since its PC launch in 2013, amassing over 85 million registered players.
Players who have completed the tutorial quest 'Vor's Prize' can participate in the community goals. Players gather the new resource 'Moonflesh' on 'Eris' or from Alert missions appearing at set times and deliver it to the Sentient mothership 'Praghasa'. Rewards include the 'Contegorus Armor Set', 'Vacis Amp Skin', 'Khadati Sumdali' ship decoration, and 'Dhampyre Syandana'.
The community goal guidelines state that players can fulfill the objectives required by 'Praghasa' until November 17. Players can check the global community's progress using an in-game progress tracker. Every day after 7 p.m. ET, transmission messages featuring the voice of 'Praghasa' will be delivered.
'Tau Prologue' is a prologue quest for players who have completed the story quests 'The Old Peace' and 'The Hex'. For the first time in Warframe, players directly control the 'Lotus' to retrace her memories and are tasked with their first mission to awaken the 'Vessel' and gather the resources needed to head to 'Tau'. Afterward, players use the 'Vessel' on the surface of 'Eris' to defeat hordes of 'Infested' and collect fuel for 'Praghasa'. Regardless of whether it is unlocked during the event period, this quest will be permanently added to the Quest Codex.
Players can also play the recently introduced experimental 6-player co-op mode, 'The Icebind'. At 'Yuvan Ridge', players assemble a squad by recruiting 5 other teammates, with each player required to use a different Warframe. Squad members submit one 'Glacial Spirit' key each and then vote to decide the random special conditions applied to the mission. These conditions include enemy factions, map layouts, mission objectives, and debuffs.
'The Icebind' progresses through a total of 4 stages. Upon completing all stages, players can choose one of dozens of rewards offered at 'Cephalon Melica's' 'Glacier Lab'.
Megan Everett, Community Director at Digital Extremes, said, "Heading across the vast reach of space to an entirely new star system is no easy task, but we believe the Warframe community is more than capable of accomplishing it."
Warframe is an online action game where players become the ancient warrior race 'Tenno' to explore over 18 planets and 4 open-world regions. Offering more than 60 Warframes, the game is celebrating its 12th anniversary. Detailed information about the event can be found on the official Warframe website and official wiki.
