Warframe How to Watch Cinematic Again

The Tenno: monuments of an ancient warrior caste. For generations you've slept, with no phone call to awake you. Until now.

—In-game description

Enkindling is the introduction quest to WARFRAME, designed to allow players to familiarize themselves with the basics of Warframe control and combat. It was introduced with Update 29.0 (2020-08-25). Players are given a choice between various starting Warframes: Excalibur , Mag , and Volt , along with a modest selection of weapons.

Cinematic Intro [ ]

The intro, narrated by the Lotus, tells the tale of the Tenno. They were once an ancient warrior caste who controlled the Warframes and brought ruin to the Orokin Empire, before abruptly leaving. However, with the ascension of the Grineer Empire, seeds from the ruins of The Old War that now swallow colonies whole, the Tenno brainstorm to awaken.

For generations, y'all've slept. No purpose.... no telephone call... to wake yous.

The cinematic opens with a human daughter, awakening underwater. Gasping for air, she surfaces, but to find the Grineer burning down the forests of World.

Grineer! Seeds from the ruins of the Old War. Swallowing colonies whole.

—Lotus

The daughter flees, discovering ruins of an ancient temple where three Warframes are kneeling: Excalibur , Mag , and Volt .

Simply there'due south nonetheless hope. The Tenno. Monuments of an ancient warrior caste. Scattered beyond delicate worlds.

—Lotus

The girl approaches Excalibur and offers a Lotus flower in front of him. The scene cuts to the by, showing Excalibur petting his Kubrow every bit they watch a Bolkor dropship country in a Grineer military camp. It then shows Excalibur sliding and performing a Stealth Finisher using his Nikana on a guard; the other baby-sit turns and spots him, merely is and then attacked by the Kubrow. In the camp, the Bolkor is unloading supplies, and Excalibur drops in the middle and attacks with his Skana and Kunai . This does not go unnoticed past the rest of the camp, and Excalibur and his Kubrow fight their way through. Excalibur runs along the cliff wall and wields his Exalted Blade in mid-air, slamming down into the middle of the field and wiping out his enemies. His Kubrow approaches, dropping one of his Kunai next to him.

The girl steps back and places a Lotus blossom in front of Mag. The scene then shows Mag flying in her Elytron Archwing earlier beingness shot down, under heavy fire from ground troops. Using her Magnetize as she falls, she stops the bullets in their tracks before throwing them back, the resulting explosion reflected in the visor of her helmet. In the present, the girl wipes the dirt away from Mag's visor.

The daughter places her last Lotus flower for Volt. The speedy Warframe is shown using Speed to rush to Excalibur and back up him confronting the Dax battalion with his Bo , Electric Shield , and Shock , while Excalibur fights off his attackers with his Skana and Exalted Bract. Volt is then shown electrocuting his enemies, while Mag telekinetically pulls several Dax and Vanquish es them. The Grineer and Dax, clearly outmatched by the Warframes, begin to flee in their Bolkor and Firbolg ships, merely Mag Pull s some of its troops out who are then cut down by Excalibur. He shoots an arrow from his Paris at one of the Bolkor'southward engines, causing it to crash into the other ships. The trio enter the temple that is shown in present twenty-four hours, as the battlefield lingers with the corpses of their enemies and the sounds of retreating ships. The trio bow before particles escape from their bodies and they collapse on their knees, now inactive.

Together, they fought back. Bringing an finish to an empire. Then, they left. Forgotten. Like a dream...

—Lotus

Back in the present, the Grineer soldiers accept reached the temple. The daughter drops her hood and stares at the Warframes, before mysteriously vanishing in the same particles that left the Warframes. Tempest clouds suddenly appear in the sky, putting the Grineer on warning, every bit lightning strikes the trio of Warframes. The scene ends with a close-upward of Mag's fist, now reawakened and clenching.

Wake upward, Tenno. Wake upward.

—Lotus

Synopsis [ ]

For countless centuries, the Tenno have been dormant, but with the Grineer Empire on the rise, the Lotus begins tracking downward and awakening the Tenno. Unfortunately for the Lotus, Captain Vor has been 1 step ahead of her then far and has been killing off the Tenno as they awaken, before they are potent enough to stop him. His latest find takes him to Earth, well-nigh an Ostron hamlet, where he finds a dormant Tenno just as the Lotus reawakens them.

This time, however, he has a different program—to capture said Tenno. He attaches an Ascaris device to the Warframe, ordering his soldiers to spare it; he intends to use the Ascaris to control the Tenno, and take it to the Twin Queens every bit his prize. Presumably the start of many or a proof of concept, Vor would so seek to capture more Tenno; in one case armed with loyal Tenno soldiers, the Grineer Empire would become unstoppable.

The player must evade Vor and his soldiers, arm themselves, restore a ship to functioning order with the help of transport Cephalon Ordis, and ultimately face up Vor to put a stop to his plans.

Walkthrough [ ]

"You're non supposed to be in here! You lot're going to ruin the surprise!"

The post-obit article/section contains spoilers. Please finish the quest before proceeding.

Afterwards the cinematic intro, the role player is prompted to cull their starter Warframe:

The chosen Warframe awakes in the midst of the crowd of Grineer. They are approached by Captain Vor, who intends to capture the Warframe by planting an Ascaris device on them before leaving. The Lotus cannot let the Warframe to be captured by Vor, as losing them is bad enough already. She surges the Warframe's systems remotely, allowing the Tenno to fight back against the soldiers nearby using their innate powers:

With the immediate threat dispatched, the Tenno must now find weapons and escape. This level plays out as a tutorial, with weak enemies and gradual progression through gameplay elements continuing into jumping, melee weapons, double jumping, crouching, sliding, secondary weapons, wall dashing, bullet jumping, main weapons, aim gliding, and finally hacking and timed defense. Merely one of each type of weapon tin be acquired, and the weapons of selection provided in this mission are:

Melee
Sidearm
Primary

Upon inflow at the checkpoint, Vor uses his Janus Key to destroy the kickoff extraction craft before the Tenno tin can escape. Afterwards fighting back and depleting Vor's shields, he expresses great interest in the Tenno earlier leaving. The Tenno soon finds their quondam ship, an Orokin-Era Liset, impounded past the Grineer. Ordis, its onboard AI (or "Cephalon"), originally mistakes the Tenno (referred to as "the Operator") for a Grineer soldier, merely quickly comes effectually when it realizes their truthful identity, and begins charging the ship's engines. The Tenno must hold out against Grineer soldiers for a couple of minutes whilst the drives charge and so escapes.

Despite the Tenno'due south escape, Vor nonetheless declares that he has marked them.

Notes [ ]

The cinematic opening cutscene tin can be rewatched through the "View Cinematic" button, without replaying the quest.

Trivia [ ]

The cinematic opening cutscene of Awakening was directed past Dan Trachtenberg. Information technology was first revealed in TennoCon 2019.

Media [ ]

Warframe Cinematic Intro - TennoCon 2019

Patch History [ ]

Update 31.ane (2022-02-09)

Stock-still rain VFX beingness so thick that it makes it difficult to run into in the Enkindling Quest.

Update 30.9 (2021-11-xi)

Stock-still playing as Volt during the tutorial assuasive Electric Melee Harm to occur as a result of the passive.

Update thirty.seven (2021-09-08)

Fixed an result where y'all could non select a Warframe at the start of the game.

Hotfix 30.0.6 (2021-04-20)

Fixed apace selecting between weapon options during the Awakening tutorial volition outcome in temporary weapon functionality loss.
Fixed a hitch during the 'Enkindling' Quest.

Hotfix 29.v.7 (2020-12-x)

Fixed a crash that could occur if you skip the Tutorial cinematic.

Hotfix 29.0.eight (2020-09-10)

The 'Awakening' cinematic now supports translated subtitles.

Hotfix 29.0.ii (2020-08-26)

Add together a 'View Cinematic' button for Awakening in the Quest Codex department! This allows y'all to view the opening cinematic without going into the full tutorial.

Hotfix 29.0.1 (2020-08-25)

Fixed a progression finish in the New Player Experience (Enkindling) if an enemy gets stuck exterior the first room.
Stock-still staying in a squad when playing the Awakening tutorial.

Update 29.0 (2020-08-25)

Introduced.

Main Quests
Tenno Awakening	Awakening • Vor'due south Prize • In one case Awake • The Archwing • Stolen Dreams • The New Strange ( Chroma ) • Natah
Zariman Ten Null	The Second Dream • The War Within • Chains of Harrow ( Harrow ) • Apostasy Prologue • The Sacrifice ( Excalibur Umbra )
The New State of war	Rising Tide • Center of Deimos ( Xaku ) • Prelude to State of war (Chimera Prologue • Erra • The Maker) • The New War ( Caliban )
Side Quests
Howl of the Kubrow • A Man of Few Words • Hidden Messages ( Mirage ) • The Limbo Theorem ( Limbo ) • Patient Zero ( Mesa ) • The Jordas Precept ( Atlas ) • Sands of Inaros ( Inaros ) • The Argent Grove ( Titania ) • The Glast Gambit ( Nidus ) • Octavia'south Canticle ( Octavia ) • Saya'due south Acuity ( Gara ) • Mask of the Revenant ( Revenant ) • Voice Solaris ( Garuda ) • The Deadlock Protocol ( Protea ) • Phone call of the Tempestarii ( Sevagoth ) • The Waverider ( Yareli )
Story and History