Warframe Update 43.5 Sets Amir’s Shockwave Nightwave Mix for August 12

Digital Extremes has detailed Warframe Update 43.5: Amir’s Shockwave in the official Update 43.5 forum notes. Amir’s Shockwave is scheduled to begin on August 12 at 11:30 a.m. ET, bringing a new Nightwave Mix alongside a permanent KIM adventure, fresh cosmetics, TennoGen items, and a broad set of balance, quality-of-life, performance, and bug fixes.

The update is also available as a PC download of approximately 248.94 MB for DirectX 11 and 250.68 MB for DirectX 12.

Fables & Frontiers is a permanent KIM campaign

Amir takes the role of Fablemaster in Fables & Frontiers: Running Late, a six-day text adventure featuring the Hex. The campaign takes place through a new KIM group chat and offers one session per day. After each session, players must wait for the Daily Reset at 0:00 UTC before continuing.

Unlike Amir’s Shockwave, the Fables & Frontiers campaign is a permanent addition to the KIM system. It is not tied to the Nightwave Mix rotation, so players can begin it whenever they meet the requirements. The conversations do not award Chemistry, since the campaign is designed as a role-playing experience rather than another relationship progression route.

Players must meet three requirements before the new group chat becomes available:

• Complete The Hex Quest and The Hex Finale.
• Reach Rank 5, Pizza Party, with The Hex Syndicate.
• Reach Chemistry Rank 5, Close, with Amir in the KIM system.

Once those conditions are met, travel to Höllvania Central Mall from the POM-2 map and go to the second floor. The room is called Höllvandeim, and it can also be reached through fast travel from the pause menu or quick access wheel. Ring the bell near Amir’s table, speak with him, and use the dialogue options to create a character sheet. After choosing a class and weaponry or abilities, return to the POM-2 to start the campaign in KIM.

Höllvandeim also serves as Amir’s shop. His wares are purchased with Standing from The Hex and include character Glyphs and posters, decorations, Somachord tracks, a Captura Scene, and rewards connected to the Fables & Frontiers adventure. The shop includes the new “Running Late” track by On-lyne and the Fables & Frontiers-themed “A Byte-sized Adventure” track.

The Hex characters take on fantasy roles during the campaign: Arthur plays Cedric Dawnsong, Aoi plays Morohime Ichigeki, Eleanor plays Sanguina Kallisti, Lettie plays Ixchel Balam, and Quincy plays Lord Reyland Kingsacre. Players can also encounter the Surge Eximus, a fast enemy that attacks with three strikes of Electric Damage.

Completing the campaign awards the Fables & Frontiers: Running Late Poster through the Inbox and unlocks the ability to replay the KIM campaign. Players can reset their memories through the Digital Grimoire or by speaking with Amir, then choose the same character or take a different character’s perspective. Resetting memories temporarily removes access to Amir’s shop until a new character sheet is created.

Amir’s Shockwave changes Nightwave rewards and Acts

The new Nightwave Mix adds Amir-themed rewards while returning several items from earlier rotations. Duplicate protection remains in place: players who already own a reward receive Amir’s Shockwave Creds instead.

The new tier rewards include the Kaneshell Atomicycle Regalia for the Drifter and Operator, the Teisatz Oculus, Globakk Syandana, Come Here Emote, Entropic Color Palette, Submeower Decoration, Drippy Floof, Drippy Keychain Sugatra, Drippy Dog Days Glyph, and 90’s Kid Honoria. Two new augment mods are also included:

• Prototype Shock Coils (EFV-8 MARS): Adds +90% Electric Damage, and shots have a 20% base chance to apply extra Electric status independent of modded damage types.
• Overpressured Rounds (EFV-5 JUPITER): Rifle kills add 120% Falloff Distance and decrease Spread for the next Buckshot attack. Buckshot kills restore 50% of the current Magazine.

The Cred Offerings Store now permanently carries the Nightwave Landing Craft Blueprint and its Engines, Avionics, and Fuselage components. Several Aura Mods, Warframe Mods, weapon blueprints, weapon skin blueprints, and Wolf Beacon rewards are also available as permanent offerings rather than appearing only through rotation.

New rotating offerings include the DJ Shockwave Sigil and Glyph, Frakta Shoulder Guard, Drifter Keeler outfit pieces, Daybreak cosmetics, and the Vile Discharge, Sentient Surge, Leaded Gas, and Biotic Rounds augments. Six Weapon Augment Mods are now guaranteed in each rotation, while new store filters separate Recovered Artifacts from Weapons & Weapon Cosmetics.

Nightwave also receives new Acts and several requirement changes. The new Daily Acts are Whole Arsenal, which requires a kill with a Primary, Secondary, and Melee weapon within 10 seconds, and Artist, which asks players to customize an equipment piece’s colors. Weekly additions include To Ashes, Bow Offense, Rifle Offense, Sniper Offense, Shotgun Offense, and Void Net.

Elite Weekly additions include Elementary, My Dear; Going Down; Hold the Mushrooms; Battle Hardened; Spider Hunt; and Treasure from the Past. Existing Acts have also been adjusted: Now Boarding needs one K-Drive race instead of three, Finely Tuned needs one Shawzin song instead of two, Elite Explorer needs six Railjack missions instead of eight, and Fallen Angel needs three Void Angels instead of five.

The Hunt is On now requires 10 Syndicate Medallions and has moved from Daily to Weekly. Perplexed now requires one Duviri puzzle instead of three and has moved from Elite Weekly to Weekly. Day Trader no longer requires players to prevent the enemy from scoring, while Cache Hunter now counts eligible caches found outside Sabotage missions.

Baruuk, TennoGen, and customization additions

Update 43.5 adds the Baruuk Shaoshi Collection, which contains the Baruuk Shaoshi Skin, Rathan Sword & Shield Skin, Liania Signa, and Neviti Ephemera. Each piece can also be purchased separately.

The Fables & Frontiers TennoGen selection includes the Kullervo Ascophilia Skin, Oraxia Agamva Helmet, Haemadys Mask for the Operator and Drifter, Harrow Profitas Skin, Centurio Signa, and Acheta Signa. Players can also purchase the Memetica Glyph Pack III, containing six Glyphs: Absolute Cinema, Arthur In The Fridge, Chassis, Dump It, Kalymos Cone, and Lotus Change of Plans.

Other additions include a Drippy UI Theme and Background, an X Axis option for Signa placement, Drifter versions of the Wolf Hood and Umbra Hooded Scarf, Fishing Stats in player profiles, new Honoria rewards, and a Personal Decorations option in the Dojo Room Console.

Warframe Update 43.5 Patch Notes

The largest gameplay changes affect Sirius & Orion, Nightwave progression, and several newer missions. Digital Extremes also addressed crashes, script errors, quest blockers, UI problems, cosmetic offsets, and issues affecting the Netracell, Railjack, Duviri, and Uranus Proxima content.

New Nightwave Acts

• Daily Acts:
  • Whole Arsenal – Get a kill with your Primary, Secondary and Melee weapons within 10 seconds.
  • Artist – Customize a piece of equipment’s colours.
• Weekly Acts:
  • To Ashes – Dissolve an Arcane for Vosfor.
  • Bow Offense – Kill 150 enemies with a Primary Bow.
  • Rifle Offense – Kill 150 enemies with a Primary Rifle.
  • Sniper Offense – Kill 150 enemies with a Primary Sniper Rifle.
  • Shotgun Offense – Kill 150 enemies with a Primary Shotgun.
  • Void Net – Collect 30 Void Traces.
• Elite Weekly Acts:
  • Elementary, My Dear – Complete 3 successful Conversions in the Alchemy game mode.
  • Going Down – Defeat Roathe in Descendia.
  • Hold the Mushrooms – Collect 6 mushrooms from the Deepmines.
  • Battle Hardened – Complete the Perita Rebellion with 6 or more orders completed.
  • Spider Hunt – Complete an Isleweaver Duviri Mission.
  • Treasure from the Past – Complete a Netracell.

Nightwave Act Updates

• The Hunt is On (Daily)
  • Previously: Find 5 Syndicate Medallions
  • Changes:
    • Increased required Syndicate Medallions from 5 to 10
    • Changed from Daily to Weekly
• Earth/Venus/Zariman Bounty Hunter (Weekly)
  • Previously:”Complete x/3 different Bounties…” on Earth/Venus or “Complete x/4 different Bounties in the Zariman”.
  • Changes:
    • No longer requires different Bounties
    • Changed Zariman Act from Weekly to Elite Weekly
• Now Boarding (Weekly)
  • Previously: Complete 3 different K-Drive races in Orb Vallis on Venus or in Cambion Drift on Deimos
  • Change: Reduced required K-Drive races from 3 to 1
• Eternal Guardian (Weekly)
  • Previously: Complete 2 Void Armageddon missions
  • Changes:
    • Progress counts 2 Armageddon round completions instead of mission completions
    • Changed from Weekly to Elite Weekly
• High Ground (Weekly)
  • Previously: Complete 3 Void Flood Missions
  • Changes:
    • Progress counts 12 Ruptures Sealed rather than missions completions
    • Changed from Weekly to Elite Weekly
• Finely Tuned (Weekly)
  • Previously: Play 2 different Shawzin songs in Duviri
  • Changes:
    • Now only requires player to play 1 Shawzin song
    • Updated the description to specify that it requires the Shawzin activity, not the Emote.
• Cache Hunter (Weekly)
  • Previously: Find 6 caches across any Sabotage missions
  • Changes:
    • Caches found in non-sabotage missions will count towards progress
    • Updated description and tip to make locations of eligible Caches clearer to players
• Perplexed (Elite Weekly)
  • Previously: Complete 3 puzzles in Duviri
  • Changes:
    • Reduced puzzles from 3 to 1
    • Changed from Elite Weekly to Weekly
• Day Trader (Elite Weekly)
  • Previously: Win 3 wagers in a row without letting the enemy score in one match of The Index
  • Changes:
    • Removed the “without letting the enemy score” stipulation
    • This Act is no longer locked behind The Glast Gambit quest as it is not required to access The Index
• Elite Explorer (Elite Weekly)
  • Previously: Complete 8 Railjack Missions
  • Change: Reduced mission requirements from 8 to 6
• Fallen Angel (Elite Weekly)
  • Previously: Kill 5 Void Angels in The Zariman
  • Change: Reduced Void Angels from 5 to 3

Nightwave removals and quality-of-life changes

• Removed the following Railjack Acts:
  • Confiscated – Hijack a Crewship from the Enemy
  • Friendly Fire – While piloting Hijacked Crewship, destroy 3 enemy fighters
• Recovering an Act now prioritizes Acts that are not locked.
• Updated various Acts to be locked behind Quest/Junction/etc. requirements.
• Updated various Act tips to help clarify how to complete them.
• The Antiquarian Act now indicates what Relic types have already been unlocked.
• Improved Weekly Act scheduling so there should be no more repeating Weekly Nightwave Acts (excluding the Permanent Weeklies) in a series.

Sirius & Orion changes

• Sirius & Orion’s Jade Stars now uses (improved) Line of Sight.
• Sirius & Orion’s Celestial Clash now deals guaranteed Status Effects depending on which Son is Clashing.
• Sirius deals Heat Damage with a guaranteed Heat Status Effect.
• Orion deals Slash Damage with a guaranteed Slash Status Effect.
• Sirius & Orion will no longer swap to the Primary Son when using an item from the Gear Wheel

General changes

• Weapons with locked Explosion Radius now display a lock icon on that stat in the Arsenal.
• Improved the flow when starting the Chimera Prologue from the Codex if you have another Active Quest.
• Enemy Highlights now apply to the Targets in the Mastery Rank 6 and Legendary Rank 6 tests.
• Also improved the visibility of lines between the targets in these tests.
• Resetting settings to Defaults now offers players the option to reset All Settings to default, or just the current Tab’s settings.
• Improved the dodge hint in the final segment of The Old Peace quest.
• Railjack reticles are now solid white to improve their visibility.
• Removed an incorrect Electric Shield ability tip for Volt.
• Removed flashing VFX from Void Fissures in-mission to address photosensitivity concerns.
• Made adjustments to the Commandeered Prime spawn SFX and mine explosion SFX in The Perita Rebellion.
• The “Mission Tutorial Transmissions” toggle now applies to transmissions in Persto Survival and Hell-Scrub missions.
• Background transmissions, such as Ordis chatter or start chart notifications, are now muted when viewing the Inbox.

Performance and optimizations

• Optimized in-game chat servers to handle larger numbers of players.
• Fixed a minor hitch when joining a mission with a Sirius & Orion present.

Top fixes

• Fixed the Vectis Incarnon Form benefitting from Primed Chamber on every shot.
• Fixed Nokko’s Reroot Rampage Augment not triggering Archon Continuity.
• Fixed Silken Stride’s buff persisting after exiting the Ability if Oraxia does not have a Secondary Weapon equipped.
• Fixed Incarnon Challenge progress being reset upon swapping to a channeled Exalted Weapon.
• Fixed Nokko’s Reroot Rampage’s first bounce dealing no damage.
• Fixed cases of Frozen enemies despawning in Netracell missions.
• Fixed a method of being able to trigger Mirror Defense waves to start sooner than intended in Tyana Pass.

Additional Sirius & Orion fixes

• Fixed Cephalon Simaris blocking abilities based on the Inactive Son’s casts in Sanctuary Onslaught missions.
• Fixed swapping between Sons while entering a Nullifier Bubble resulting in the Secondary Son permanently losing access to his Abilities.
• Fixed function loss caused by using Transference mid-Clash during Celestial Clash.
• Now Transference is prevented until the animation is completed.
• Fixed Sirius & Orion being able to sustain Void Fissure buffs for longer than the intended duration.
• Fixed cases of pickups not being collected after swapping between Sons in Celestial Clash.
• Fixed Sirius & Orion remaining permanently invulnerable due to an interaction with the Atomicycle.
• Fixed a case of Sirius & Orion being able to equip the Vinquibis in only one weapon slot.
• Fixed Arcane Concentration stacking multiple times for Clients with poor connection when equipped on Sirius & Orion.
• Fixed Inactive Son running out of Heavy Weapon ammo resulting in their Melee weapon being disabled.
• Fixed a loss of function when swapping between Sirius & Orion right before entering Submersible Archwing.
• Fixed Sirius & Orion being able to become permanently stuck after dodging Vena’s spike ability with Celestial Clash in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed the Arsenal’s Vehicles tab not displaying properly when accessed as Sirius & Orion in a Hub.
• Fixed swapping to the Secondary Son resulting in Sirius & Orion being able to bypass the Noodletron-only restriction in Floaty of Fury Alerts.
• Fixed cases of HUD buff icons not refreshing properly for Sirius & Orion.
• Fixed Orion wielding a Melee weapon in non-combat areas (Base of Operations, Relays, etc.) if he has no Primary or Secondary equipped.
• Fixed the Secondary Son’s Secondary Weapon using the Appearance Config A instead of B.
• Fixed Orion appearing in the background of the Loadout menu after swapping to a loadout with Sirius & Orion equipped.

Mission, UI, quest, and cosmetic fixes

• Fixed the possibility of getting a function loss when getting teleported to the Orowyrm fight during Duviri Experience activities.
• Fixed Clients loading into an empty mission following a host migration while loading into a Scoria’s Angel mission.
• Fixed the Void Hole’s explosion SFX being out of sync in Railjack missions.
• Fixed cases of players being able to bypass Vena fight stages if they deal enough damage in a short window.
• Fixed additional cases of Inaros and Sevagoth not being teleported if they are in their special death state during a transition in Uranus Proxima missions.
• Fixed cases of Vena having a yellowish hue instead of the intended red in the final stage of her boss fight in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed Ryoku’s smoke bomb VFX missing for Clients in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed flickering VFX on the Asteroid Field in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed enemies remaining in the boss arena after Vena is defeated in The Kuva Wytch mission. Now any remaining living foes should be killed when she is.
• Fixed allies being able to body block the “Collect Artifact” context action in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed cases of being able to skip the Exterminate objective in The Kuva Wytch mission.
• Fixed being able to use the Omni Recall with very specific timing during Uranus Proxima missions.
• Fixed missing SFX when Vena is hacking in the Scoria’s Angel mission.
• Fixed allied Scaldra Eradicators sometimes dealing friendly fire with their grenades.
• Fixed the Scrofa Attack Drone’s hitbox not covering the majority of its body.
• Fixed House Lavan Components not properly applying their unique trait if triggered via the Archwing Slingshot in Railjack missions.
• Fixed waypoints lingering on the screen when an Ally’s Companion is downed.
• Fixed issues related to the “Hide Equipped” toggle in the Trading menu.
• Fixed the weapon HUD disappearing after unequipping a Mining Laser or Scanner via the Gear Wheel.
• Fixed cases of offered items extending off of the screen after using the “select all” option in the Trading Menu. This was a UI-only issue!
• Fixed the “Repeat Mission” input bringing players to a broken Node selection pop-up in the Navigation screen.
• Fixed Styanax Prime’s diorama incorrectly listing Blueprint Details.
• Fixed a loss of function when attempting to purchase Platinum via a flow of actions originating from the Arsenal Upgrade screen.
• Fixed entering a Uranus Proxima mission with a personal Railjack resulting in the Squad HUD using the names of Ryoku or Vena’s Crew. (This was a UI-only issue).
• Fixed partial function loss when opening and exiting Chat Settings while in the Foundry.
• Fixed Claw Mods being sorted into the Melee category instead of the Beast category.
• Fixed being unable to upgrade Titania’s Dex Pixia via the Loadout selection dropdown in the Navigation menu.
• Fixed the squad overlay appearing in the Amp Customization screen.
• Fixed the Equipment screen using the term Operator when the Drifter is equipped.
• Fixed Sun & Moon appearing in the Uranus Junction end of mission screen, despite it being a reward from The Duviri Paradox.
• Fixed the number on the Void Fissure tab in the Navigation menu not updating properly when swapping between Normal and Steel Path.
• Fixed the Dojo Teleporter menu not respecting capitalization choices of players.
• Fixed a missing cinematic when returning to The Drifter Camp in The New War quest.
• Fixed the incorrect HUD appearing briefly when loading into a mission in The Old Peace quest.
• Fixed two Lotuses appearing in The Dark Refractory during The Old Peace quest.
• Fixed placeholder text appearing in a pop-up during The Teacher quest.
• Fixed a duplicate Vena and Ryoku appearing in their ending boss fight cutscenes in the Jade Shadows: Constellations quest.
• Fixed cases of Stalker using the incorrect weapon during a cutscene in the Jade Shadows: Constellations quest.
• Fixed rare cases of the Mission Fail screen appearing when transitioning from a mission in the Heart of Deimos quest.
• Fixed a missing confirmation prompt when exiting the Operator customization in The Second Dream quest.
• Fixed fast travelling to Palladino in the Iron Wake causing progression issues in the Chains of Harrow quest.
• Fixed being unable to equip Amp Skins on the Mote Amp and Sirocco.
• Fixed Garuda’s Talons never being holstered when equipped as a Melee weapon in-mission.
• Fixed Gemini Skin faces being deformed when swapping between Loadouts equipped with Gemini Skins in the Navigation screen.
• Fixed various Emblem offsets on the Dante Tytonis Skin.
• Fixed various Sugatra offsets on the Xoris Elixis Skin.
• Fixed various leg armor offset issues on the Ryoku Gemini Skin, Vena Gemini Skin, and on Kullervo.
• Fixed various chest armor offset issues on the Mesa Heirloom Skin, Voruna Medeina Skin, Drifter Goth Suit, Drifter Chymerist Suit, and Vena Gemini Skin.
• Fixed various shoulder armor offset issues on Khora and Wisp.
• Fixed various Daurus Prime armor set offset issues.
• Fixed Mesa Heirloom’s Syandana clipping through her legs with the Valkyr Carnivex Noble Animation equipped.
• Fixed customizing Merulina resulting in Yareli briefly not using an animation set.
• Fixed the Tealtrian Ephemera not properly applying Energy tints.
• Fixed Octavia Prime’s skirt not being removed when equipping the default Octavia skin.
• Fixed an issue where selecting an Operator/Drifter Complexion Tint before it was fully initialized resulting in it applying at full Tint Vibrancy instead of the default of 0.05.

Miscellaneous and crash fixes

• Fixed the Sanctum Anatomica becoming inaccessible when replaying a Quest.
• Fixed the Archwing Articula decoration breaking if the equipped Loadout is deleted.
• Fixed changing Dojo Dry Dock polychrome colors also affecting the Vessel.
• Fixed walkways in the Dry Dock not being affected by Polychrome.
• Fixed being unable to chatlink the Exploration Poster.
• Also fixed issues with its Market Diorama positioning.
• Fixed a lingering blocking volume in the Orb Vallis after completing the Jade Shadows: Constellations quest.
• Fixed the Backroom using custom Camera Position settings after returning from a mission.
• Fixed minor typos in a Hex chat and in Mother’s bounty subtitles.
• Fixed being unable to chatlink various Operator and Drifter suit pieces.
• Fixed a file path in the Bladeswarm Nullifier Crewman Codex entry.
• Fixed Sevagoth’s Lullaby continuing to play after exiting its Market Diorama.
• Fixed a crash upon reviving as Sirius & Orion.
• Fixed a crash upon returning to the Dry Dock with Vena in your Railjack Crew.
• Fixed a script error in the Operator/Drifter Customization menu.
• Fixed a script error related to Frost’s Snow Globe.
• Fixed a script error in Archwing Pursuit missions.
• Fixed a script error when dropping an explosive Power Cell into a Gravity Conveyor while on Merulina during the Raptors assassination mission.
• Fixed a script error when browsing through cosmetics in the Arsenal.
• Fixed an edge case in the market where having the market open while an item is being retired caused a script error.
• Fixed a script error related to the Orphix’s anti-Warframe aura.
• Fixed a rare crash for players that lingered in Relays or Hubs for 24+ hours.
• Fixed a script error when subsuming an Ability or installing an Archon Shard in Sirius & Orion.
• Fixed a script error related to Railjack component research.
• Fixed a script error when killing a Grineer Roller while transitioning from an Open Landscape to the Hub.

Amir’s Shockwave gives Warframe players a new Nightwave track to work through while adding a permanent story-driven KIM campaign and a sizeable batch of system fixes. Tell us what you think of the update in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

Warframe

Developed by Digital Extremes

Warframe situates players as members of the Tenno race, newly awoken after years of cryo-sleep into a solar system at war. Reborn into a corrupt era, the Tenno are sought by the oppressive Grineer Empire for annihilation. Warframe armor is the key to overthrowing the Grineer by providing players with unique offensive and defensive powers to explore, upgrade and master during purpose-driven radical raids.

• Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
• Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Perspective Third person
• Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
• Release March 25, 2013
• Publisher Digital Extremes
• Age Rating

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