The Lotus Eaters

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

The following article/section contains spoilers.

A strange call comes from beyond and must not go unanswered.

—Quest Description

The Lotus Eaters is a short solo-only main Quest, released in Update 36.1 (2024-08-21). The Lotus receives a call from The Man in the Wall and instructs only the Drifter to answer. The Quest serves as a prologue to 1999.

Synopsis[]

Walkthrough[]

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

The following article/section contains spoilers. Please finish the quest before proceeding.

The player must have completed Whispers in the Walls.

Investigate The Sound[]

At Sanctum Anatomica, the Tenno approach the Void expanse behind the defeated The Man in the Wall's Vessel, encountering the Lotus waiting at the edge with a ringing KinePage. The Operator and Drifter appear simultaneously as the Lotus warns the former that she is being affected by The Man in the Wall and instructs only the latter to answer the call.

The Drifter is warped to an abandoned mall and encounter Albrecht Entrati's pet Kavat Kalymos, who leads them to another ringing pager. They are warped back to the present as the Lotus acknowledges they have created a link to the past and must find Albrecht before The Man in the Wall does, completing the quest.

The player will receive an inbox message from Loid who is almost finished with preparations to send the Tenno to the city of Höllvania in 1999 with the help of Albrecht's Vessels, containing Arthur's KinePage Orbiter Decoration. The Lotus remains in her spot in the Sanctum Anatomica, monologuing to herself.

The link to the past is forged, but time is running out. While Loid works tirelessly and the Lotus keeps her lonely vigil, step by step the Indifference draws closer to its coveted prey.

Notes[]

Compared to the TennoCon 2024 relay no members of The Hex appear in the mall, and the stage playing PARTY OF YOUR LIFETIME instead displays the icon of the Lidless Eye with no other sound.

Trivia[]

In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters are a race of people on an island who enter a perpetual state of bliss and pleasure after consuming lotus plants, ignoring their previous lives.
The Lotus's dilemma may be both a figurative and literal depiction of the call of the void, also known as the high place phenomenon, the urge to jump off a high place despite not displaying any suicidal thoughts beforehand.
On its introduction, Arthur's KinePage originally displayed "NO NEW MESSAGES. SCANNING...".
- After Hotfix 36.1.5 (2024-09-03), the KinePage displayed "WHO STOLE MY KINEPAGE".
- On 2024-09-09, the KinePage displayed "ELEANOR IF YOU STOLE THIS I SWEAR".
- On 2024-09-17, the KinePage displayed "I CANT KEEP BORROWING LETTIES FOREVER".
- On 2024-09-27, the KinePage displayed "AMIR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS".

Media[]

Patch History[]

Hotfix 36.1.6 (2024-09-05)

Fixed text on a certain piece of equipment from The Lotus Eaters Prologue appearing wrong in some languages.

Hotfix 36.1.3 (2024-08-27)

Fixed Lotus’ facial animations jittering during The Lotus Eaters cutscenes.

Hotfix 36.1.2 (2024-08-22)

Fixed being unable to interact with Necraloid or use Transference in the Sanctum Anatomica immediately after completing The Lotus Eaters Quest.
Fixed being able to access the Gear Wheel during The Lotus Eaters Quest. There’s a time and place for everything! But not now.
Fixed a rare crash at the end of The Lotus Eaters Quest.
Fixed being able to use Fast Travel during the last segment of The Lotus Eaters Quest, resulting in unintended effects.

Hotfix 36.1.1 (2024-08-21)

Improved the VFX during the quick time events.
Fixed being unable to progress in the Quest after spamming Transference.
Fixed Warframe disappearing and player being stuck in broken state when opening the Arsenal after closing the Quest Completed screen.
Fixed being able to open the Pause menu during the quick time events, which allowed players to walk away from the cutscene.
Fixed Ally Highlight being visible on characters during Quest.
Fixed the border of the sand spin VFX showing when FOV is set above the default.
Fixed issue with character posing not transitioning smoothly when leaving cutscenes.
Fixed issue with character idle poses popping at the start of cutscenes.
Fixed a crash in the Quest.

Update 36.1 (2024-08-21)

Introduced.

↑ Prelude to War is a compilation of miniquests and cutscenes leading up to The New War.
↑ While not part of the main story quest, The Duviri Paradox has very interlinked story context to several critical characters in The New War.

[PreludeToWar-1] Prelude to War is a compilation of miniquests and cutscenes leading up to The New War.

[TheDuviriParadox-2] While not part of the main story quest, The Duviri Paradox has very interlinked story context to several critical characters in The New War.

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Arc 3 - The New War Saga	Prelude to War (Chimera Prologue • Erra • The Maker)^[1] • The New War (The Duviri Paradox)^[2]
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