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Devstream 188 Overview
Revealing the next major Update in Warframe!
Posted On 2025-05-12 14:58:00
Devstream 188 Overview

Warframe Devstream 188 is here! With it, we revealed our next major Update: Isleweaver! Coming with Isleweaver is our 61st Warframe, Oraxia (Spiderframe confirmed), Valkyr’s rework, and an assortment of New Player Experience and Quality of Life changes. Additionally, we revealed our next Heirloom skins: Valkyr Heirloom and Vauban Heirloom!

Housekeeping

  • TennoCon 2025 (our 10th TennoCon) is only months away—beginning on July 18th and July 19th, 2025! TennoCon 2025 will boast a fully live concert with our new TennoConcert on the 18th, featuring Creative Director Rebecca Ford and CEO Steve Sinclair hitting the stage. Tickets to TennoConcert are still available at: our official TennoCon 2025 page!

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Yareli Prime - Coming May 21!

In a crashing of the waves comes Yareli Prime, releasing May 21st with our Interim Cert Build!

Yareli Prime

The Waverider arises, reborn from the ocean foam. In her original Orokin-era splendour she embodies the undying vigor of youth.

Let’s take a look at Yareli Prime in-game!

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Merulina Prime
Yareli Prime’s living board is the epitome of elegance and style

Daikyu Prime
Long believed lost, the mighty Daikyu Prime was the pride of many a Tenno dojo. The strength demanded to draw it is repaid in added range and power.

Kompressa Prime
Glinting like a golden dawn, Yareli Prime’s signature pistol engulfs foes in a cascade of virulent, explosive, water globules. None can escape the sea.

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Yareli Prime Accessories

Merulina Prime Syandana
Yareli Prime’s faithful water-glider is happy to adorn her body as an additional ornament.

Thalassa Prime Ephemera
Creatures of the deep circle and play in your wake. Yareli Prime’s signature ephemera.

Merulina Prime Domestik Drone
Merulina’s tiny spawn are used to foraging on the sea bed, and adapt easily to nibbling up dirt from an Orbiter floor.

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Kullervo Apostate Deluxe Skin

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Joining Yareli Prime will be the Kullervo Apostate Deluxe skin, releasing in the Interim Cert Update on May 21st!

Kullervo Apostate Skin
The eternal outcast has nothing left to fear. Kullervo embodies rebellion and the will to endure whatever the oppressor can dish out.

Kullervo Apostate Baneful Blades
Kullervo Apostate’s signature adornment. These blades can be equipped/unequipped via the Auxiliary option. They can also be equipped on other Kullervo skins. You can also use the default Baneful Blades on the Kullervo Apostate Skin.

Isleweaver - Coming June 2025

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Let’s talk about our upcoming June update—Isleweaver!. To play Isleweaver, the player must have completed The Hex Quest. Isleweaver has the Tenno return to Duviri to tackle a new permanent node!

A certain “she-devil" has returned. Major Rusalka has turned up in Duviri alongside a Murmur armada, claiming a stake to the ethereal realm. The Drifter caused havoc in her world, now she’s looking to settle the score.

Rusalka’s invasion into Duviri has left Dominus Thrax himself retreating into the Undercroft and our Dormizone, and revealed long-standing secrets lurking in this emotionally-torn dimension.

With Isleweaver, a new permanent node opens up in Duviri, where your Warframe will face off against the Murmur and engage in classic Duviri gameplay—that’s right, Drifter, time to take a backseat. Rebecca Ford gives us the rundown here!

Our Principal Writer, Kat Kingsley, spoke more about Rusalka's return and what their presence means for the fate of Duviri and the Indifference.

Oraxia

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Our 61st Warframe—ORAXIA! Seek out weakened prey to siphon them for Health and Energy, ensnare your enemies in webs, summon spiderlings, and climb along walls only like a spider can, offering a fresh form of mobility in Warframe. Yes, Spiderframe is finally confirmed.

Oraxia has been subjected to years of isolation, trapped within one of Duviri’s islands. This patient web-weaver was driven mad and now unable to tell friend from foe. Rusalka’s invasion reveals this new mini-boss to us, a Warframe we must take down.

As well, Oraxia will bring with her an Alternate Helmet, new Armor, a Melee Whip and a Secondary Throwing Weapon!

More details to come with Oraxia’s abilities! For now, here’s a glimpse of what she offers!

Clan Event: Operation: Eight Claw

Operation: Eight Claw expands on the previously-mentioned new permanent node to the Star Chart. Similar to Jade Shadows with Operation: Belly of the Beast, this Operation will launch alongside the release of Isleweaver.

Some of the rewards included with Operation: Eight Claw include a new evolving Signa and a new Incarnon Heavy Scythe!

Citrine Deluxe

Additionally, we showed off Citrine’s Deluxe skin in-game, which will be coming with Isleweaver!

New Player Experience and Quality of Life

Our march towards improving the New Player Experience continues! We’ve got a few items coming with Yareli Prime, including: Arsenal Categories and Enemy Changes!

For a quick look at all the things we’re tackling, we’re taking a stab at, but not limited to:

  • Our Golden Path from account creation to 1999 and beyond!

  • Our Vor rework!

  • An enemy refresh on the Bailiff, Ballista and Eviscerator.

  • Junction UI and Task Rework

  • Rhino crafting cost rework.

  • Railjack difficulty during The New War Quest

  • Plant pick-ups are now pick-ups, not scans!

  • Arbitrations are now unlocked from the Pluto > Eris Junction!

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We’ll have a hearty bounty of quality of life changes inbound, including:

  • More KIM Protoframe conversations for the original Hex members.

  • Incarnon shop changes.

  • Dojo Quality of Life.

  • Captura Quality of Life.

  • New Operator hair!
    Bringing over Flare, Minerva, Velimir and Kaya’s hairstyles.

  • 4 New Warframe Augments
    Kullervo, Caliban, Citrine and Jade

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For an in-depth look at our incoming New Player Experience and Quality of Life changes, read up on the Dev Workshop: New Player Experience Changes & Quality of Life!

Additionally, Augments for Kullervo, Caliban, Citrine and Jade are coming with Isleweaver, alongside new Operator hairstyles originating from the Techrot Encore Protoframes Flare, Minerva, Velimir and Kaya!

Lastly, we’re improving Corrupted Holokey acquisition by giving guaranteed Corrupted Holokey upon completion of Void Storm mission: 1 Corrupted Holokey per Void Storm, with an extra Corrupted Holokey for those in the Veil Proxima (i.e. 2 Corrupted Holokeys for Veil Proxima Voidstorms). While we’re at it, the Ambassador is getting a community-requested buff as well.

Slam Changes

Slam changes are similarly on their way with Isleweaver with an emphasis on removing Macro/AFK playstyles and elevate the power fantasy of a Melee Slam.

To expand on what we’re changing:

  • Melee Slam’s radius will change depending on the mid-air elevation of the player to better fit the power fantasy.
    Melee Slamming near the ground will result in a smaller radius than before, while bullet-jumping upwards and slamming results in a wider radius than what is currently in-game (Radius numbers are still to be determined).

  • Slam-enhancing Mods (e.g., Nira’s Anguish, Nira’s Hatred) were unintentionally buffing both Melee Slam and Melee Damage. Instead, these Mods will lose the unintended additional Melee Damage, but gain increased Melee Slam damage
    For example, +150% increased Slam damage vs. +100%—these numbers are purely for example, and not final. We are still iterating!

For a closer look at all things above, Pablo is here to help explain a bit more!

Valkyr Rework

Our berserker ‘Frame is receiving some long-awaited changes!

For a closer look at all of her changes, read up on our Dev Workshop: Isleweaver - Valkyr Rework

As always, the patch notes for our future Isleweaver update will have the full details!

Heirloom Skins

We also revealed our incoming Heirloom skins: Valkyr and Vauban Heirlooms!

Valkyr Heirloom

First on the docket is our Valkyr Heirloom, releasing on July 21st!

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Designed by community artist Pertti Bahaa, we’ve worked together to bring this goddess of war to the next level. Here’s a quick look at her in-game!

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Vauban Heirloom


While not arriving alongside Valkyr Heirloom, we wanted to reveal our next male Heirloom skin with Vauban Heirloom! Thank you to community artist Lua_Luminary for crafting the original concept that we’re excited to work on!

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Vauban Heirloom will enter the Market in the early months of 2026, not unlike how Rhino Heirloom launched early this year!

Full Recap

To recap: Yareli Prime releases with our Interim Cert Build on May 21st, alongside the Kullervo Apostate skin, and a wide variety of quality of life!

May 21st's Interim Cert Build brings:

  • Yareli Prime!

  • Kompressa Prime.

  • Daikyu Prime.

  • Merulina Prime.

  • Prime Syandana, Ephemera & Drone.
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    And then, in June, our Isleweaver update will make its way into your hands, Tenno!

    • Return to Duviri with a new permanent node.

    • Rusalka sits on the throne, bringing the Indifference with her.

    • New Murmur Enemy: The Unseeing Herald.

    • Play as your Warframe in Duviri.

    • New Clan Event: Operation: Eight Claw.
    • Thrax is in your Dormizone offering rewards for fending off the Indifference.

    • New evolving Signa.

    • New Incarnon Heavy Scythe.

    • Our 61st Warframe: Oraxia.

    • Alongside her is an Alternate Helmet, Armor, Melee Whip and Secondary Throwing Weapon.

    • Citrine Deluxe

    • Valkyr Rework

    • New Player Experience & Quality of Life

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    And, as always, Tenno: Thanks for reading!