Arcanes Explained — Warframe Guide
Arcanes are not explicitly detailed in the provided source material. However, the game features various fragments that unlock lore, including Cephalon Fragments and Thousand-Year Fish Fragments. These fragments are hidden items throughout the Origin System that provide written and audiovisual lore.
Fragments are pieces of hidden items found throughout the Origin System. They unlock written and audiovisual lore that expands the setting of Warframe. Examples include:
- Cephalon Fragments
- Thousand-Year Fish Fragments
- Glass Shard Fragments
- Encrypted Journal Fragments
- Nakak Memory Fragments
- Fortuna Fragments
- Partnership Fragments (Corpus Gas City)
- The Tenets (Corpus Ship)
- Lost Islands of Duviri Fragments
- Albrecht's Notes
- Isleweaver Fragments
- Somachord Fragments
- Frame Fighter Fragments
The Lotus fragment, found on Neptune, requires 5 scans. Its lore describes the Lotus as a mysterious companion and mentor to the Tenno, with vast knowledge and many allies, but dubious ultimate intentions. An Ordis transmission for the Lotus fragment states: "And so the dream returns... one last repetition. My corpse moon, my scarlet sword, my cracked visor. 'Drink!,' says Ballas. So I draw on the Red Vial, a vague metallic taste. This dream isn't mine. He says, 'You rejected our gift, bathing in our death. Your punishment is... eternal life!' He laughs."
The Lua fragment also requires 5 scans. Its lore details gold rings circling the desolate moonscape, with lavish Orokin architecture. The opalescent halls have been vacated since the Orokin era ended. The Ordis transmission for the Lua fragment says: "I am weightless. Years pass. I am a sightless, limbless phantom. Or is it seconds? Suddenly I feel a million pins, an ant horde, jittering across my body. I want to laugh and scream. When they reach my face, they burrow inside my mouth, hungry for the fruit in my skull."