From zero to hero

Pick your starter Warframe

Excalibur, Mag, or Volt — all are great. Pick the one whose kit sounds fun. You can build the others later.

Complete Vor's Prize

Follow the yellow waypoints. This finishes the tutorial and unlocks the rest of the Star Chart.

Unlocks: Foundry, Market, Mod system, full Star Chart access

Equip your first mods

Open Arsenal → Upgrade. Put Vitality, Redirection, and Steel Fiber on your Warframe. Serration on your primary. Pressure Point on your melee.

Finish all Earth mission nodes

Each completed node unlocks the next. Don't skip — you need them for the Junction.

Complete the Earth → Venus Junction

Junctions are special bridge missions. Check the requirements, finish them, then fight the specter.

Unlocks: Venus, Once Awake quest

Play Once Awake

Short story quest that introduces the Grineer threat. Available from your Codex.

Farm Venus boss (The Jackal) for Rhino parts

Rhino is the easiest 'I can survive anything' frame for new players. Run Fossa until you have all 3 parts plus the main blueprint from the Market.

Unlocks: Rhino Warframe

Complete the Venus → Mercury Junction

Standard junction. Use this to get used to your new mods.

Clear Mercury nodes

Quick planet. Use it to grind a few mastery ranks from new weapons.

Complete The Archwing quest

Unlocks space combat. You'll need it for a handful of missions on later planets.

Unlocks: Archwing

Beat the Mercury → Mars Junction and clear Mars

Mars introduces tougher enemies. Time to upgrade Serration and Vitality with Endo.

Complete the Mars → Phobos Junction

You'll fight a specter — bring your most reliable loadout.

Unlocks: Phobos

Clear Ceres and farm Lt. Lech Kril for Frost parts

Frost is fantastic for defense missions and excavation. Pair him with the main blueprint from the Market.

Unlocks: Frost Warframe

Play Stolen Dreams when offered

Side quest that gives you access to Cetus rewards later. Short and beginner-friendly.

Complete the Ceres → Jupiter Junction

Tougher specter fight. Bring Rhino with Iron Skin if you're struggling.

Clear Jupiter nodes

Jupiter spy missions drop strong mods. The Index (a Corpus PvE arena) also lives here and gives great credits later.

Unlocks: Strong mods, credit farm access

Clear Europa nodes and beat the Europa Junction

Cold planet, easy nodes. Keep moving.

Complete the Saturn Junction

By now you should be MR 5-7 with one fully-modded frame.

Clear Saturn nodes

Saturn is a great place to grind affinity (XP) and farm credits via Spy and Survival.

Play Natah when it appears in your Codex

Short, spoiler-light here. This is the gateway to the bigger story. Just follow the quest markers.

Unlocks: Path to The Second Dream

Complete the Uranus Junction

You'll do an underwater Archwing segment — totally fine, just stay mobile.

Prep before starting The Second Dream

Have a reliable frame, level your weapons, and clear an hour of uninterrupted time. Don't read about it online.

Play The Second Dream

We won't spoil it. Trust the game, play it solo with sound on, and let the story breathe.

Unlocks: A new system that changes how you play

Complete the Neptune Junction

Standard junction. Take your time — there is no rush after a big story beat.

Clear Pluto nodes and the Pluto Junction

Enemies hit harder. Add elemental mods (Hellfire, Stormbringer, Cryo Rounds).

Play The War Within when offered

Another major story beat. Spoiler-light here — just follow the prompts and don't look it up.

Unlocks: More agency for your character

Clear Sedna and the Sedna Junction

Sedna unlocks Kuva Fortress later and is a great Mastery Rank farm via Dark Sector missions.

Clear Eris and unlock the rest of the Star Chart

Infested-heavy planet. Slash and Corrosive weapons shine here.

Play Chains of Harrow, then The Sacrifice

Two shorter story quests that lead into The New War. Both are beginner-friendly if your loadout is solid.

Play The New War

Warframe's biggest cinematic quest. Long, no replay. Set aside an evening, play solo, sound on. We won't spoil any of it.

Unlocks: Modern content: Zariman, Duviri, Whispers in the Walls

Pick ONE evergreen direction to explore next

After The New War, the game opens up. Pick one: Railjack, Duviri, Zariman, or open worlds (Cetus / Fortuna / Deimos). Don't try all at once.