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“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”
The following article/section contains spoilers.

A Vitruvian is an Orokin recording device. One of these said devices plays a key role in The Sacrifice, containing recordings of Ballas detailing the creation of the Warframes, the Sentient's betrayal, and the Tenno.

Lore[]

The Sacrifice[]

While investigating Excalibur UmbraIcon272 Excalibur Umbra, the Operator and Ordis come across the Vitruvian in a hidden room on Lua. They discover that the Vitruvian contains Ballas's recordings, but much of it is locked. Installing the Vitruvian in the Orbiter, Ordis temporarily loses his "vestigial" precepts to "care" for the Operator, calling them "Star-Child", while displaying a new, emotionless personality. Vitruvian Ordis discovers a complete blueprint for Excalibur Umbra within the device.

The Operator builds Excalibur Umbra, only for him to display sentience. They discover that Umbra's memories contain the keys to unlocking the Vitruvian.

The Vitruvian contains lore regarding the Old War. After the Sentients were sent to terraform the Tau System only to gain sentience and were led by Hunhow to betray their creators, the Orokin cultured the Infested to be used as soldiers. However, when the Infested prove to be uncontrollable, the Orokin built Warframes, which are revealed to be Orokin soldiers infected by a unique strain cultured by the Helminth. However, the Warframes too proved to be uncontrollable until the Zariman survivors were used to inhabit the minds of the Warframes, hidden on Lua. It is then revealed that Ballas intended to send the Vitruvian to Hunhow and disclose the location of the Operators as part of a mutiny following the death of Margulis, but warns him to not underestimate the "devils" that were able to calm the Warframes.

First Entry: Enemy[]

It is with the greatest of risk that I commit this recording. The codices within reveal the hidden weakness of your most feared enemy. My creations. My Frames of War.  (download, history)
—Ballas

Second Entry: Blasphemy[]

What led us here? You did. You vile blasphemies. Machines... thinking... breeding... You were to bear us a new, promised land. But when you arrived at that distant world... you knew that in time, we would bring ruin to it as well. As we had to Earth. And so it was... we came to war.  (download, history)
—Ballas

Third Entry: Warframes[]

Our hubris shone like a black star... for our technology, our war-machines were your kin. How easily you turned them against us. We were forced to older means. Not circuits, nor light... but flesh and disease. Our horrors past, our ravaged outer colonies... became gardens!  (download, history) We cultured the Infestation, conceiving of a hybrid. Transformed, but only just. The 'Helminth' was created, born to yield these new warriors, worthy of battle against you. The great and terrible Hunhow.  (download, history) We took our greatest, volunteers or not, and polluted them with these cultured reagents. They transformed. They became Infested...  (download, history) ... but only just. Their skin blossomed into sword-steel. Their organs, interlinked with untold resilience. Yet their minds were free of the Infested madness. Or so we thought. We set them upon the battlefield, bio-drones under our command.  (download, history) The Warframes... All of them... failures. Surprised? They turned on us, just as you did. And so we had no choice but to commit them to grave. This is all you know, Hunhow, but there is a hidden half, a secret, that lies within a place forbidden to you and your kind. I speak of the Void.  (download, history)
—Ballas

Fourth Entry: Tenno[]

Before the vain faith - our people held Dualism as truth. That all things were of two parts. Mind and body. Consciousness and matter. Of our world... and the Void. It was from there that our answer finally came.  (download, history) Distorted by vague horrors, we kept the Zariman survivors within a secret Reservoir. They were the missing half. Transference-linked: the Warframes, the body - and they, the mind. I give you now the coordinates and codes to this place. But do not underestimate these devils, Hunhow. They did what we could not. We had created monsters we couldn't--  (download, history)
—Ballas
--We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... We brutalized their minds... but it did not work. Until they came.  (download, history) And it was not their force of will - not their Void devilry - not their alien darkness... it was something else.  (download, history) It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing--  (download, history) And take away its pain.  (download, history)
—Ballas

Media[]


Lore Edit

Historical Events
Main The Collapse • The New War • The Old War • Void-Jump Accident
Leverian Aria’s Revolution • Death of Holsum Yurr • Insurgency of Altra • Javi’s Execution • Karishh’s Final Feast • Liberation of the De Nas Brothers • Massacre of Reshantur • Tale of Telamon • Trial of the Myrmidon • Voruna's Continuity
Misc Great Plague • Rain Of Chains • The Bleeding Earth
Stories Fragments Alad V's Partnership • Albrecht's Notes • Duviri's Lost Islands • Gara Legend • Grineer Queens • Ordis' Past • Revenant Legend • Solaris United History • Specimen VK-7 • Tale of the Woman of the Earth and the Husband of the Sea • The Tenets
Codex Kaleen's Investigation • Orokin Archives: Warframe • The Beast • Warframe Archive: Debrief
Synthesis Imprints Corpus Trade Mission • Creation of Sentients • Grineer Encounter with Sentients • Grineer Uprising • Infested Jordas • Orokin Survivors • Relief Mission on New Uxmal
Comics Rell (Webcomic) • The Ascension • WARFRAME: Ghouls • What Remains
Nightwave The Emissary of Eris • The Glassmaker • The Wolf of Saturn Six
Misc Ascension Day • Albrecht Entrati & the Requiem Words • Litany of the Dax • Mirror Queen Story • Naberus Folktale • Prime Trailers • Solaris United ARG • Tales of Duviri • The Dying Old Man • The Hollow Rider • Unauthorized Broadacast Transcripts • Waverider • Zariman ARG
Locations Ceres (Altra) • Cephalon Weave • Corposium • Deimos (Cambion Drift, Necralisk) • Duviri (Academe, Archarbor, Cornucopia, Galleria, Kullervo's Hold, Lake Verula, Lorn, Manipura, Necropolis, Scholar's Landing, Watcher's Island) • Earth (Cetus, Tower of Unum, Plains of Eidolon, Iron Wake, The Silver Grove) • Harkonar Production Zone • Ice Mines • Jupiter • Kuva Fortress • Phobos (Mycona Colony) • Pluto • Lua (Circulus, Yuvarium, Reservoir) • Lucretia Platform • Luna Placida • Mars (Martialis, New Uxmal) • Murex • Masker's Theodolite • Neptune • Orokin Derelicts • Origin System • Relay • Reshantur • Eris • Europa (Riddha) • Sanctuary • Saturn (Saturn Six) • Sedna • Tau System • Undercroft • Uranus • The Void (Duviri, Granum Void) • Venus (Dabaoth-Kra, Deck 12, Orb Vallis, Fortuna) • Yuvan Theaters • Zariman 10-0
Technology Arcane Machine • Archwing • Anchor Station • Amalgams • Amps • Archon Shards • Asteroid Hangars • Autofactory • Ayatan Treasures • Carrier Platform • Cephalon • Conduits • Corpus Ships • Cosmic Clock • Crystal Index • Cyclops Array • Defixios • Entrati Lanthorn • Fomorian • Freightlinker • Genestamps • Golden Maw • Galleons • Heart of Deimos • Hydraulas • Icedriver • Infestation (Helminth, Lephantis, Levianthan) • Isolation Vaults • Jade Light • Kuria • Lora Device • Mandachord • Missile Platform • Narmer Veil • Necramechs • Neural Sentry • Orbiter • Orokin Shield Nodes • Orokin Towers • Orowyrm • Pom-2 • Pulse Turbine • Railjack (The Tempestarii) • Tether Power Plant • Raknoids • Razorback • Reliquary Drive • Sentients (Eidolons, Murex) • Sentinels • Shipkiller Platform • Solar Rails (Junctions) • Specters • Torsion Beam Device • Transference (Somatics) • Veilbreaker • Vessels • Vitruvian • Void Relics • Warframes • Weeping Towers • Zanuka Project (Zanuka)
Factions/
Organizations 		Main IconCorpusOn Corpus (Board of Directors, Feed and Research Division, Order of Profit) • IconGrineerOn Grineer • Infestation w Infestation • IconNarmer Narmer (Archons) • IconOrokinOn Orokin (IconOrokinOn Corrupted, EntratiIcon Entrati, NecraloidIcon Necraloid, Cavia Syndicate Logo 1 Cavia) • StalkerSigil Stalker • SentientFactionIcon Sentient • TennoIcon Tenno • MurmurIcon The Murmur
Syndicate SteelMeridianSigil Steel Meridian • ArbitersofHexisSigil Arbiters of Hexis • CephalonSudaSigil Cephalon Suda • PerrinSequenceSigil Perrin Sequence • RedVeilSigil Red Veil • NewLokaSigil New Loka
Civilian Myconians • GarrisonIcon Kahl's Garrison • NightwaveSyndicate Nightwave • OstronSigil Ostron (TheQuillsSigil The Quills) • SolarisUnited1 Solaris United (Solari, VentkidsIcon Ventkids, VoxSolarisIcon Vox Solaris) • TheHoldfastsIcon The Holdfasts
Misc Acolytes • Archimedeans • Black Seed • Cephalites • Children of Reshantur • Corpus Guilds • Dax • Focus Schools • Hollow Children • House of Stavika • House Lavan • House Sigma • House Vidar • House Zetki • Kavor • Lorists • Tekelu • Temple Telamon • The Scoria • Tubemen • Yaskutai • Yuvan Clerisy• Arlo's Congregation (Devotees, Zealot Herald, Zealot Proselytizer, Zealot Baptizer, Zealoid Bastion, Zealoid Prelate)
Currencies Credits Credits • GranumCrown Granum Crown • OrokinDucats Orokin Ducats • PlatinumLarge Platinum • RegalAya Regal Aya
Languages/Scripts Corpus Language • Grineer Language • Orokin Language (1999 Script) • Ostron Language • Solari Language • Voidtongue
Eras Orokin Era (Lith • Meso • Neo • Axi • Void Era)
Other Albrecht Membrane • Brain-Shelving • Cephalon Cordylon • Cloning Decay Syndrome • Conceptual Embodiment • Continuity • Komi • Kuva • Naberus • Operator Report • Oro • Rathuum • Shawzin • Synthesis • Star Days • Temporal Axioms • Theories of Time • The Index • Vosphene Glyphs
Codex • Leverian • Story and History

Characters Edit

TennoIcon Tenno Baro Ki'Teer • Berryn • Excalibur Umbra • Haigos • Jenva • Kahl-175 • Lotus • Mathon • Operator (Drifter) • Rell • Terolee • Teshin Dax • Varzia
Cephalon Apnar • Cy • Drusus • Jordas • Loid • Melica • Ordis • Otak • Suda • Sark • Simaris • Vull
IconGrineerOn Grineer Captain Vor • Councilor Vay Hek • Garv • General Sargas Ruk • Grineer Queens • Kela De Thaym • Kahl-175 • Kuva Lich • Lieutenant Lech Kril • Sprag • The Grustrag Three • Tyl Regor • Ven'kra Tel • Wolf of Saturn Six
IconCorpusOn Corpus Alad V • Exploiter Orb • Frohd Bek • Latrox Une • Nef Anyo • Parvos Granum • Profit-Taker Orb • Sisters of Parvos • The Sergeant • Vala Glarios • Veso • Xeto
Infestation w Infested Fass • Helminth • Technocyte Coda • Vome • Zealoid Prelate
IconOrokinOn Orokin Albrecht Entrati • Ballas • Isaah • Margulis • Nihil • Silvana
SentientFactionIcon Sentient Erra • Hunhow • Natah • Praghasa
MurmurIcon Murmur The Man in the Wall
StalkerSigil Stalker Angst • Malice • Mania • Misery • Stalker (Shadow Stalker) (Protector Stalker) • Torment • Violence
IconNarmer Narmer Ballas • Erra (Pazuul) • Archon Amar • Archon Boreal • Archon Nira • Ka-Nuteru
Duviri Acrithis • Barris • Brimon • Bombastine • Dominus Thrax • Drifter • Koral • Luscinia • Lodun • Mathila • Pip • Sythel • Teshin • The Warden • The Vagabond
1999 Amir • Aoi • Arthur • Eleanor • Lettie • Quincy
Neutral Clem • Darvo • Maroo • Neewa • Nora Night • The Unum

Syndicate Leaders Amaryn (NewLokaSigil New Loka) • Cephalon Suda (CephalonSudaSigil Cephalon Suda) • Cephalon Simaris (CephalonSimarisSigil Cephalon Simaris) • Cressa Tal (SteelMeridianSigil Steel Meridian) • Ergo Glast (PerrinSequenceSigil The Perrin Sequence) • Eudico (SolarisUnited1 Solaris United) • Fibonacci (Cavia Syndicate Logo 1 Cavia) • Konzu (OstronSigil Ostron) • Little Duck (VoxSolarisIcon Vox Solaris) • Loid (NecraloidIcon Necraloid) • Mother (EntratiIcon Entrati) • Nora Night (NightwaveSyndicate Nightwave) • Onkko (TheQuillsSigil The Quills) • Palladino (RedVeilSigil Red Veil) • Quinn (TheHoldfastsIcon The Holdfasts) • Roky (VentkidsIcon Ventkids) • Teshin (ConclaveSigil Conclave) • Kahl-175 (GarrisonIcon Kahl's Garrison)

Ostron
Characters Konzu • Onkko • Pedlek • Saya • Shigg
Vendors Hok • Old Man Suumbaat • Fisher Hai-Luk • Master Teasonai • Nakak
Cetus • Ostron Language • Plains of Eidolon • The Quills
Solaris United
Characters Boon • Cutter • Eudico (Vox) • Solaris United Agent
Vendors Legs • Rude Zuud • Smokefinger • The Business • Ticker
Allied Vendors Little Duck • Roky
Fortuna • Deck 12 • Orb Vallis • Solari Language • Ventkids • Vox Solaris
Entrati
Characters Mother • Albrecht • Fibonacci • Loid (Original) • Tagfer
Vendors Father • Daughter • Son • Grandmother • Otak
Allied Vendors Bird 3 • Loid
Albrecht's Laboratories • Cambion Drift • Cavia • Heart • Necralisk • Necraloid • Necramech • Sanctum Anatomica
The Holdfasts
Characters Archimedean Yonta (Skittergirl) • Cavalero • Hombask • Kira • Quinn • The Husband • VERD-IE
Chrysalith • Dormizone • Everview Arc • Halako Perimeter • Oro Works • The Greenway • Tuvul Commons • Zariman Ten Zero
Kahl's Garrison
Characters Chipper • Horrek • Jarka • Kahl-175 • Olvar D
Drifter's Camp

Cephalon Acetuma • Cordylon • Samodeus
IconGrineerOn Grineer Dr. Tengus • Gharn • Gral • Sergeant Zek • Veytok
IconCorpusOn Corpus Bak Vondu • Cladius • Corpus Captain • Corpus Commander • Dr. Intehb • Jubb Lott • Sigor Savah • The Philanthropist • Zyl
Infestation w Infested Arlo • Kenga
IconOrokinOn Orokin Alarez • Archimedian Perintol • Bilsa • Bekran Zaft • Belric & Rania • Bren Terrasiam • Corphel & Irilia • Davis • Dax Menz • Dom De Nas • Executor Avantus • Executor Karishh • Executor Tuvul • Historian Porvis • Javi • Lorist Ontella • Lorist Remballa • Kaleen • The Myrmidon • Olemedi • Pilio De Nas • Valeria
SentientFactionIcon Sentient -
Duviri Caxa • Fergin • Garmi • Govio • Jinn • Leem • Mother Opa • Pol • Qig • Roon • Ula • Vana • Velkk • Yimi
OstronSigil Ostron Er-Phryah • Hinmun • Mer-Sah • Mitsuki • Mukha • Shigg
TheQuillsSigil The Quills Pratoo
SolarisUnited1 Solaris Cutter • Volan
EntratiIcon Entrati Kalymos
RedVeilSigil Red Veil Cantis
Other Aria • Darro • Fidelia Scorse • Holsom Yurr • Leo De Nas • Raff Seglass

Main Story Quests Edit
Arc 1 - Awakening Awakening • Vor's Prize • Saya's Vigil • Vox Solaris • Once Awake • Heart of Deimos • The Archwing
Arc 2 - The War Within Saga Natah • The Second Dream • Rising Tide • The War Within • Chains of Harrow • Apostasy Prologue • The Sacrifice
Arc 3 - The New War Saga Prelude to War (Chimera Prologue • Erra • The Maker)[1] • The New War (The Duviri Paradox)[2]
Arc 4 - The Void War Saga Angels of the Zariman • Whispers in the Walls • Jade Shadows • The Lotus Eaters
Side Quests
Warframe Quests Hidden Messages (MirageIcon272 Mirage) • The Limbo Theorem (LimboIcon272 Limbo) • Patient Zero (MesaIcon272 Mesa) • The New Strange (ChromaIcon272 Chroma, KhoraIcon272 Khora) • The Jordas Precept (AtlasIcon272 Atlas) • Sands of Inaros (InarosIcon272 Inaros) • The Silver Grove (TitaniaIcon272 Titania) • The Glast Gambit (NidusIcon272 Nidus) • Octavia's Anthem (OctaviaIcon272 Octavia) • Chains of Harrow (HarrowIcon272 Harrow) • Saya's Vigil (GaraIcon272 Gara) • Mask of the Revenant (RevenantIcon272 Revenant) • The Sacrifice (Excalibur UmbraIcon272 Excalibur Umbra) • Vox Solaris (GarudaIcon272 Garuda, BaruukIcon272 Baruuk, HildrynIcon272 Hildryn) • Chimera Prologue (WispIcon272 Wisp) • The Deadlock Protocol (ProteaIcon272 Protea) • Call of the Tempestarii (SevagothIcon272 Sevagoth) • The Waverider (YareliIcon272 Yareli) • Heart of Deimos (XakuIcon272 Xaku, LavosIcon272 Lavos, CitrineIcon272 Citrine) • The New War (CalibanIcon Caliban) • Angels of the Zariman (GyreIcon272 Gyre) • Veilbreaker (StyanaxIcon272 Styanax) • The Duviri Paradox (KullervoIcon272 Kullervo) • Whispers in the Walls (QorvexIcon272 Qorvex, DanteIcon272 Dante) • Jade Shadows (JadeIcon272 Jade)
Syndicate Unlock Quests Saya's Vigil (OstronSigil Ostron) • Vox Solaris (SolarisUnited1 Solaris United, VentkidsIcon Ventkids) • Heart of Deimos (EntratiIcon Entrati) • The War Within (TheQuillsSigil The Quills, VoxSolarisIcon Vox Solaris, NecraloidIcon Necraloid) • Angels of the Zariman (TheHoldfastsIcon The Holdfasts) • Whispers in the Walls (Cavia Syndicate Logo 1 Cavia)
Location Unlock Quests The Duviri Paradox (Duviri, Dormizone) • Saya's Vigil (Plains of Eidolon) • Vox Solaris (Fortuna) • Heart of Deimos (Cambion Drift) • The Archwing (Empyrean Proximas) • The Second Dream (Lua) • The War Within (Kuva Fortress) • Chains of Harrow (Iron Wake) • The New War (Drifter's Camp) • Angels of the Zariman (Zariman Ten Zero, Dormizone) • Whispers in the Walls (Albrecht's Laboratories)
Feature Unlock Quests The Duviri Paradox (Drifter, The Circuit, Duviri Incarnons) • Howl of the Kubrow (Incubator Segment) • The Archwing (Archwing) • Stolen Dreams (Maroo Weekly Ayatan Hunt) • The New Strange (Sanctuary Onslaught) • Vox Solaris (K-Drive) • Heart of Deimos (Necramech, Helminth Segment, Mirror Defense) • A Man of Few Words (Clem Weekly Mission) • The Second Dream (Operator, Focus) • Rising Tide (Railjack) • The War Within (Kuva Lich) • Call of the Tempestarii (Sisters of Parvos) • Angels of the Zariman (Void Armageddon, Void Cascade, Void Flood, Zariman Incarnons) • Veilbreaker (Break Narmer, Archon Hunt, Archon Shard) • Whispers in the Walls (Arcane Dissolution, Melee Upgrade Segment, Entrati Incarnons, Alchemy, Netracells, Deep Archimedea) • Jade Shadows (Ascension)
Story and History
  1. ↑ Prelude to War is a compilation of miniquests and cutscenes leading up to The New War.
  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.

Events

Update 36.0 (2024-06-18) Belly of the Beast
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Update 34.0 (2023-10-18) —
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Update 32.0 (2022-09-07) —
Update 31.0 (2021-12-15) Zariman ARG
Update 30.0 (2021-04-13) —
Update 29.0 (2020-08-25) Nights of Naberus • Orphix Venom • Star Days
Update 28.0 (2020-06-11) —
Update 27.0 (2019-12-13) Scarlet Spear
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31) —
Update 25.0 (2019-05-22) Hostile Mergers
Update 24.0 (2018-11-08) Solaris United ARG • Buried Debts
Update 23.0 (2018-06-15) The Pyrus Project
Update 22.0 (2017-10-12) Plague Star
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29) —
Update 20.0 (2017-03-24) Ambulas Reborn
Update 19.0 (2016-11-11) Infested Summer • Corpus Bust • The Index Preview • The Pacifism Defect
Update 18.0 (2015-12-03) Shadow Debt • Rathuum • Proxy Retribution
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31) Infested Nightmares • Proxy Rebellion
Update 16.0 (2015-03-19) False Profit • Tubemen of Regor
Update 15.0 (2014-10-24) Halloween • Mutalist Incursions • Eyes of Blight
Update 14.0 (2014-07-18) Avalanche Offensive • Cryotic Front • Back To School • Gate Crash
Update 13.0 (2014-04-09) Specters of Liberty • Suspicious Shipments • Breeding Grounds
Update 12.0 (2014-02-05) Ties That Bind • Tethra's Doom
Update 11.0 (2013-11-20) The Hunt for Alad V • A Favor For Darvo • The Cicero Crisis • Oxium Espionage
Update 10.0 (2013-09-13) The Gradivus Dilemma
Update 9.0 (2013-07-13) Sling-Stone • Arid Fear • Survival Weekend
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