Rising Tide
The Rising Tide quest involves exploring lore fragments and understanding the game's universe. This section details the process of finding and scanning fragments, and provides lore snippets related to the Orokin civilization and Infestation.
To progress in quests like Rising Tide, you will often encounter lore fragments that reveal details about the Warframe universe. These fragments are found in specific regions and require a certain number of scans to unlock their full lore and associated Ordis transmissions.
| Planet/Region | Scans Required | Fragment Lore | Ordis Transmission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deimos | 7 | On the heels of the Tenno's victory against the Sentients, the end of the Old War, the golden structures of the Orokin civilization collapsed. The absolute cause of this ruination is unknown, but speculation has pointed to natural disaster, political uprising and universal warfare as possible agents of cataclysm. Archived details for this event have never been recovered. | [37] He says, 'This is your sentence, Karris.' And I am confused. Who? 'Ah... good,' he answers. He is testing me. For what? To see if all the right pieces fell from the mirror? What mirror? I try to remember some dream, but it's only smoke. |
| Deimos | 7 | Functioning agents of the Infestation appear in a variety of horrific forms. While some infested organisms take the relative shape and physical properties of a newly acquired host, older entities have taken unique and transformative shapes of their own, adapting to their environment over time, and absorbing new victims to feed their evolution. | [38] You held a scarlet blade, Operator, and I wanted to laugh. I am your loving dog, your doctor, your wet nurse. I lost all the pieces, but... the cycle, missions, wars, bone... It began to feel familiar. I became aware of my amnesia. |