Missions - What is the Main Story and What is a Side?





The world of Warframe can get pretty messy and confusing, but mission order shouldn't be one of those.  Here is the list of current story missions, in order, along with some notes, side quests, and Warframe quests.  Happy playing :)

Main:

  • -Vor's Prize
    • -Ground Zero
      • -Intro mission
      • -Activate the Arsenal system post mission
    • -Outreach
      • -Activates the Market system post mission
    • -Familar Faces
      • -Receives an Ascaris Negator blueprint post mission
      • -Activates the Mod system post mission
    • -Oppression
      • -Retrieve the Foundry module
      • -Activates the Foundry system post mission
    • -Loot & Pillage
      • -Craft Ascaris Negator in Foundry post mission
    • -Navigation Recovery
      • -Retrieve the Navigation segment
      • -Activate the Navigation system post mission
    • -Faceoff
      • -Find Vor
  • -Once Awake (Mercury Junction on Venus)
    • -Investigate the Bio Weapon
    • -Infestation Outbreak
    • -Cascade Bomb
  • -The Archwing (Mars Junction on Earth)
    • -The Time is Now
    • -The Archive
    • -Excavation
      • -Need to craft the Archwing in order to continue
    • -Intel Espionage
    • -Balor Fomorian
      • -Unlocks Archwing nodes
      • -Allows access to all Archwing blueprints
  • -Stolen Dreams (Phobos Junction)
    • -Capture Maroo
    • -Arcane Codex I
    • -Arcane Codex II
    • -Arcane Codex III
    • -Arcane Machine
  • -The New Strange (Available once Stolen Dreams is complete)
    • -Missing Sentinels
      • -Need to equip Synthesis Scanners on Gear menu in order to continue
    • -Paying with Synthesis
      • -Need to run 3 times to complete
      • -Craft Scorched Beacon post mission
    • -Investigate the Source of the Transmission
      • -Craft Chroma Signal post mission
    • -Revisit the Derelict
      • -Craft Chroma Mark post mission
    • -Defeat Chroma
      • -Now have access to Sanctuary Onslaught
  • -Natah (Successfully scan an Oculyst while on a Uranus Grineer Sealab tileset)
    • -Mystery Drones
    • -Scan the New Drones
    • -Help Teshin
    • -Find the Sergeant
    • -Stop Tyl Regor
    • -Seal the Tomb
  • -The Second Dream (Neptune Junction)
    • -The Meeting
    • -Infiltrate the Grineer Archives
    • -Find the Sentient Fragment
    • -Follow the Stalker
    • -Protect the Moon
    • -Save the Reservoir
      • -Refill the Somatic Link (3x)
      • -Unlocks the Operator
    • -Aftermath
  • -The War Within (Complete The Second Dream, Sedna Junction, and achieve MR 5)
    • -Investigate the Reservoir on Lua
    • -Track Teshin
    • -Pursue Teshin into the Asteroid Field
    • -Infiltrate the Grineer Asteroid Fortress
    • -The Purge Precept
    • -The Mountain Pass
    • -The Ravenous Golden Maw
    • -Confronting the Grineer Queens
      • -Honestly, pay attention to the prompts
    • -Return to the Mountain Pass
    • -Aftermath
      • -Activates the Personal Quarters segment blueprint
      • -Unlocks Sorties
  • -Chains of Harrow (Complete The War Within and Mot Survival node in the Void)
    • -Investigate the Message
    • -Meet Palladino at Iron Wake
    • -Find Rell's Relic
    • -Return to Iron Wake
    • -Capture Rell's Manifestations (3x)
    • -Enter the Temple
      • -Harrow blueprint
  • -Apostasy Prologue (Complete Chains of Harrow and The War Within)
    • -The Orbiter - Personal Quarters
    • -Lua - The Reservoir
    • -The Void - The Jade Light
  • -The Sacrifice (Complete Apostasy Prologue - activate in the Codex on the orbiter)
    • -Investigate Sentient Energy
    • -Explore Lua
      • -Attempt to build Excalibur Umbra
    • -Search for Umbra
    • -Pursue Umbra
    • -Confront Umbra
    • -Return to Earth
    • -Aftermath
  • -Chimera Prologue
    • -The Orbiter - Personal Quarters
    • -Lua - The Reservoir
    • -The Sentient Chamber
  • -The New War
Side:
  • -Howl of the Kubrow
  • -A Man of Few Words
  • -Vox Solaris

Other:
  • -Hidden Messages (Mirage)
  • -The Limbo Theorem (Limbo)
  • -Patient Zero (Mesa)
  • -The Jordas Precept (Atlas)
  • -Sands of Inaros (Inaros)
  • -The Silver Grove (Titania)
  • -The Glast Gambit (Nidus)
  • -Octavia's Anthem (Octavia)
  • -Chains of Harrow (Harrow)
  • -Saya's Vigil (Gara)