Factions

The factions in WARFRAME are the civilizations and groups fighting for supremacy in the solar system; their conflict is the backdrop of the game's missions. Because nothing in the game indicates an alien origin of any faction, it is assumed that they all are human, trans-human, or created by humans.

The only playable faction are the Tenno. Other factions such as the Grineer, the Corpus, the Infested, the Sentient and the Orokin are presented as adversaries, while the Syndicates and the Wild are mostly neutral, but can act as allies or enemies to the Tenno.

Tenno

They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun: masters of the Warframe armor. Those that survived the old war were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more.

—Warframe Official Website

Grineer

They say there is power in numbers - the Grineer are living proof. Wretched from centuries of cloning that has left their genetics in decay, this horde expands their vile empire through brute force, conquering anyone who tries to stop them.

—Warframe Official Website

Corpus

The Corpus embody the cold vacuum of space - heartless and bent on taking anything left unprotected. Driven by profits, the Corpus Board’s small numbers are supplemented by their legion of robot proxies, optimized for quick and efficient destruction.

—Warframe Official Website

Infested

The Infestation is more than a disease - it is a horror of twisted flesh, monsters made into reality. The blight consumes its victims, transforming them into unrecognizable atrocities controlled by rabid impulse.

The Infested are a single-minded scourge that belongs in the realm of nightmares, but instead chooses to invade ships and colonies, leaving only death and destruction in its wake.

—Warframe Official Website

Orokin

The highly revered Orokin civilization built sovereignty on a culture of art, technology and architecture. To prove oneself worthy of elevated social status, one must face Orokin trials in the golden and majestic Halls of Ascension. At one time a utopian society of omniscient leadership, the great Orokin Era ended in a divine realization of their own ignorance.

—"Orokin" Cephalon Fragment

Sentient

Whispers from the Old War have begun to escape the deepest shadows. What terrible secret calls out to be discovered?

—Warframe Official Website

Syndicates

Syndicates are groups of interest operating throughout the Origin System separate from the Corpus, Grineer, and the Tenno. These groups have their own ideologies and goals regarding the fate of the system, with some inevitably in disagreement with at least one other syndicate, though alliances between said syndicates exist.

Unaffiliated

Unaffiliated or Neutral lifeforms are those that do not side with any of the major factions, including wild animals.

Enemy List

The complete list of enemies can be found in the Codex. Players can complete their own Codex archive by scanning enemies using a Codex Scanner or a Helios with Investigator equipped. Each Codex profile consists of various information about the enemy such as lore, vulnerabilities, and Mod drops.

Orokin Corrupted
Grineer	Corrupted Butcher • Corrupted Bombard • Corrupted Heavy Gunner • Corrupted Lancer • Corrupted Warden
Corpus	Corrupted Drone • Corrupted Crewman • Corrupted MOA • Corrupted Nullifier
Infested	Corrupted Ancient
Orokin	Orokin Drone • Orokin Spectator • Orokin Turret
Bosses
Corrupted Vor

Sentient Edit
Drone	Aerolyst • Anu Mantalyst • Anu Pyrolyst • Battalyst • Brachiolyst • Conculyst • Eradicyst • Mimic • Oculyst • Ortholyst • Summulyst • Symbilyst
Spectral	Anu Interference Drone • Choralyst • Spectralyst • Vomvalyst
Amalgam	Amalgam Arca Heqet • Amalgam Arca Kucumatz • Amalgam Cinder Machinist • Amalgam Phase MOA • Amalgam Swarm Satyr
Ships	Condrix • Gyrix • Ionyx • Murex • Orphix • Splintrix
Bosses
Teralyst • Gantulyst • Hydrolyst • Ropalolyst • Condrix • Suda-Hunhow • Wolf of Saturn Six

Syndicates
Relay	Factions	Arbiters of Hexis • Cephalon Suda • New Loka • Red Veil • Steel Meridian • The Perrin Sequence
Relay	Neutral	Cephalon Simaris • Conclave
Landscape	Cetus	Ostron • The Quills
	Fortuna	Solaris United • Ventkids • Vox Solaris
	Necralisk	Entrati • Necraloid
Event		Operational Supply • Nightwave

Unaffiliated / Neutral Edit
Conservation	Plains of Eidolon	Condroc • Kuaka • Mergoo • Vasca Kavat
	Orb Vallis	Bolarola • Horrasque • Kubrodon • Pobber • Sawgaw • Stover • Virmink
	Cambion Drift	Avichaea • Cryptilex • Nexifera • Predasite • Velocipod • Undazoa • Vulpaphyla
Other	Arbitration Shield Drone • Desert Skate • Feral Kavat • Feral Kubrow • Saturn Six Fugitive • Tomb Guardian • Tomb Protector • Tomb Protector Effigy • Wolf of Saturn Six