{"id":1256735,"date":"2026-03-02T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/RDHD3H7ZUr7NK6PYv4JYER"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:29:03","slug":"brace-yourselves-warframe-lore-heads-were-finally-going-to-tau-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/brace-yourselves-warframe-lore-heads-were-finally-going-to-tau-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Brace yourselves, Warframe lore heads: We’re finally going to Tau in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At its tenth TennoCon fan conference on Saturday, Digital Extremes revealed its plans for the next era of Warframe<\/a>. Following a major update that’ll close out 2025, Warframe will finally chart a course for a destination that’s been teased for years: In 2026, the Tenno are headed to Tau.<\/p>\n

The Tau system is, to put it lightly, a pretty big deal for Warframe. It’s where many of the core conflicts of Warframe’s storytelling were first set in motion: A far-off star where, thousands of years before in-game events take place, the synthetic race of Sentients rejected their lot as terraforming serfs for the Orokin empire and returned to the Sol system in violent rebellion.<\/p>\n

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In the Old War that followed, only the Warframe-equipped Tenno proved capable of resisting the Sentient onslaught, until they too turned on their Orokin overlords and delivered a bloody coup de grace that toppled the oppressive empire. After the game opens with their Tenno character waking from ensuing centuries of suspended animation, everything the player sees is fallout from the attempted colonization of Tau\u2014and for years, the arc of Warframe’s plot has hinted we’d eventually travel there ourselves.<\/p>\n

After countless teases, winks, and nudges, 2026 is when Warframe will make that long-awaited interstellar jump.<\/p>\n

Digital Extremes didn’t offer many details about what to expect from next year’s expansion, but a major story update landing at the end of 2025 will act as a prelude for Tau. Called The Old Peace<\/a>, the update will see players reliving archived memories from a tenuous truce during the Old War, when the Orokin and Sentient forces attempted to negotiate a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

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