Published Mar 19th, 2025
The Story of Warframe: 1999 Continues in Techrot Encore, Free Update Available Everywhere Today
Keep the party going with new characters, mission types, the 60th Warframe, Temple, and the highly anticipated Technocyte Coda boss fights
Warframe’s follow-up to the acclaimed Warframe: 1999 update, Techrot Encore, is available on all current platforms for free today. This latest update for the 12-year-strong sci-fi epic offers a fresh cast of characters surviving the Techrot epidemic, Temple, the 60th Warframe, two new mission types, an adrenaline-pumping Atomicycle racing mini-game, fresh weapons, cosmetic skins, and music tracks, the Technocyte Coda’s Infested boy band boss fights, among more features.
“Seeing the welcoming response to Warframe: 1999 has been powerful for the team,” said Rebecca Ford, Creative Director. “Getting to extend that experience in Techrot Encore with more ‘90s nostalgia, more Protoframes, more original music, and the most requested addition in recent memory, the Technocyte Coda, is just as exciting for us as it is for players. The lengths the team has gone through to make this update truly something special (and weird) cannot be understated.”
Challenge the Technocyte Coda to musically-charged boy band boss fights
Download an inconspicuous, virus-infested file to access the latest addition to Warframe’s Adversary System.
Crash the competition’s performance to work toward obtaining 13 new Coda weapons based on the Infested enemy faction and various other thematic cosmetics.
Melt minds and ears as Temple, the 60th Warframe
Ignite Pyrotechnics with Temple’s guitar and burn away enemies with pillars of fire. Crank up the loudspeaker volume into Overdrive to create red hot heat waves and hit a Ripper’s Wail high note to become briefly invulnerable and heal injuries. Whip out Temple’s self-aware guitar, Lizzie, as an Exalted Solo, transforming her into a flamethrower capable of changing her piercing sounds to different elemental damage.
Expand the setlist of combat further with Temple’s signature secondary pistol, Riot-848, an Entrati-touched weapon capable of recalling bullets back to its magazine.
Encounter a cast of four new Protoframes in the Höllvania Central Mall social hub, expanding out with The Round Table Bar
Log on to the expanded K.I.M. conversation system to build deep, platonic relationships with Flare (Temple), Minerva (Saryn), Velimir (Frost), and Kaya (Nova) and see their stories unfold.
All new Protoframes will also have their own fully voiced and customizable Gemini Skins.
Discover unseen parts of Höllvania with two new mission types and a new mini-game
Cheer on Flare in Stage Defense as they put on a memorial concert for the ages.
Prepare for the latest version of Warframe’s most difficult challenge yet, Temporal Archimedea, with assistance from some of the newest Protoframes.
Turn the power of the Scaldra against them with four new equipable Scaldra weapons: the Purgator 1 grenade launcher, Dual Viciss sickles, EFV-8 Mars pistol, and EFV-5 Jupiter assault rifle.
Put your Atomicycle drifting skills to the test in a new racing mini-game, Ollie’s Crash Course, located in the Höllvania Central Mall’s arcade and featuring the voice of James Conlin as a part of Digital Extreme’s partnership with Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Listen to a new original track, "Lamenting the Days," in the new Stage Defense mission via a collaboration with Jake Bowen and Mark Holcomb from metal band Periphery featuring vocalist Elliot Coleman from the rock group Good Tiger.
Expand Warframe fashion options with a vast collection of new cosmetic skins. Elegantly electrocute enemies with the Gyre Vortengeist Deluxe skin and seek out the latest community cosmetic creations with the TennoGen Encore Collection, adding new Warframe skins, Syandana backpieces, and armor pieces.
Techrot Encore also brings various quality-of-life improvements. Pseudo Exalted Abilities have received a rework affecting a few Warframes, Defense mission waves have been reduced, and Quest replayability for The Duviri Paradox and The Hex has been added. Players starting The New War Quest can now do so with a loaner Necramech. Additionally, Archwing crafting has been simplified, and improvements to the Star Chart path toward the The Second Dream Quest have been made. Full Techrot Encore details can be found in the game patch notes.
For more information and full detailed patch notes on everything arriving in the Techrot Encore update today, please visit the official website here, visit the new official wiki, and keep an eye on the official Bluesky, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok accounts.
