Warframe The Old Peace Guide: New Modes, Uriel, and Endgame Farming

The Old Peace brings massive endgame expansion to Warframe, introducing two challenging new game modes, powerful Tektolyst Artifacts, and the demon-themed Uriel frame. You'll need strategic farming routes and solid builds to maximize your efficiency across Descendia's brutal gauntlet and the frantic Perita Rebellion battlefields.

This update revitalizes older content while pushing your Operator and Drifter to new power levels. The Cathedral hub connects everything through Marie and Roathe's shops, where you'll spend Mafika currency earned through intense Steel Path challenges.

Starting The Old Peace Content

Complete The Old Peace quest first. You'll unlock Uriel's blueprint, cosmetics, and access to the Dark Refractory navigation menu. Some players report bugs preventing immediate access, so check your inbox for Marie's message and relog if needed.

Hit F on your navigation console (or your platform's equivalent button) to access Dark Refractory missions. Alternatively, open your main menu and select the Dark Refractory option directly.

Warframe The Old Peace

Descendia 

Descendia functions as a weekly combat gauntlet split into descending floors. You'll face randomized mission types including classic modes and forgotten mechanics like Salvage missions and Narmer Deacons from The New War.

Warframe The Old Peace Descendia

Start from floor one and progress downward. Each floor features timed challenges with specific objectives. The intensity ramps up significantly, making proper loadouts essential for deep runs.

Key Descendia Features:

• Weekly reset cycle
• Checkpoint system at floors 7 and 14
• Steel Path variant for increased rewards
• Roathe boss encounter on final floor
• Blueprint drops for Uriel and Vinquibus

Descendia Farming Strategy

For Mafika farming, start missions from Leon's node in Steel Path. This route provides superior resource generation compared to standard difficulty.

For blueprint farming, focus on repeatedly defeating Roathe on the final floor. He drops Uriel components and the Vinquibus weapon blueprint. You can also purchase blueprints with Mafika from Roathe's shop if RNG proves unfavorable.

Perita Rebellion 

Perita Rebellion throws you into a 12-minute warzone across Tau's ravaged frontlines. You'll complete timed objectives while navigating between wide-open battlefields and lengthy cave systems using the new grapple mechanics.

These grapple points let you sling across the map at incredible speeds, even through enemy dropships. Mastering movement is crucial for completing all objectives within the tight time limit.

Three Boss Variants:

• Hullis Recall - Drops specific Tektolyst components
• Dactalist - Drops unique artifact materials
• Vanguard - Drops focus school expansion resources

Each boss provides materials for different Tauron Strike upgrades. You'll need to farm all three systematically to unlock complete focus school expansions.

Perita Rebellion Optimization

Run Steel Path variants for dramatically increased resource drops. The difficulty spike is manageable with proper builds, and the reward difference makes it worthwhile.

Expect 5-7 hours of farming per focus school to unlock each Tauron Strike. The December 16th balance update may adjust these rates, so consider waiting if you're not in a rush.

Tektolyst Artifacts and Tauron Strikes

Tektolyst Artifacts function as ultimate abilities for your Operator or Drifter. These devastating Tauron Strikes provide screen-clearing power that reignites the power fantasy after years of standard ability usage.

You'll unlock one Tauron Strike per focus school (Madurai, Vazarin, Zenurik, Naramon, Unairu). Each requires farming specific bosses in Perita Rebellion and investing substantial time.

Unlock Requirements:

1. Complete The Old Peace quest
2. Farm boss-specific materials from Perita Rebellion
3. Purchase components from Marie's shop
4. Invest 5-7 hours per focus school

Once unlocked, you can mod and customize your Tauron Strikes with new Operator mods and Tektolyst Arcanes. This opens entirely new build possibilities for Operator gameplay.

Warframe The Old Peace Tektolyst Artifacts and Tauron Strikes

Marie and Roathe's Shops

Travel to Sanctum Anatomica in the bottom right of your navigation. Enter the new Cathedral area through the doorway (Drifter required). You'll find two critical vendors here.

Marie's Shop:

• Tektolyst Artifact components (Lyric Bridge, Ren Hypercore, Ascaris Prime)
• Daily Ren Hypercore purchases
• Tektolyst Arcanes and Ignia
• New Operator mods
• Capture scene decorations

Roathe's Shop:

• Uriel blueprints (2,500 Mafika)
• Vinquibus weapon blueprint (1,800 Mafika)
• New weapon mods
• Galleria Prime and Sagak Prime relics
• Honoria titles

Honoria Titles

Honoria titles provide account flair purchased with resources from across Warframe's history. Digital Extremes cleverly revitalized dead content by requiring materials from forgotten farms.

Need 250 Harrow Chassis for a title? That junk item suddenly has value. Want cosmetics from Lua Conjunction Survival? Time to revisit that abandoned content with renewed purpose. This system breathes life into older game modes by giving completionists reasons to return.

Farming Mafika 

Mafika serves as the primary currency for The Old Peace content. You'll earn it through Descendia runs and Perita Rebellion completions, with Steel Path providing significantly higher yields.

Mafika Priorities:

1. Uriel blueprints (if Roathe isn't dropping them)
2. Vinquibus weapon blueprint
3. Essential weapon mods
4. Prime relics (Galleria and Sagak)
5. Tektolyst Arcanes (resource sink)

The Descendia Arcane Collection lets you convert excess Ignom Arcanes into useful materials, providing a Mafika dump for veterans with stockpiled resources.

The Old Peace feels less like a reset and more like a reminder of why Warframe's long tail still works. Instead of discarding older systems, it gives them a reason to matter again, tying new rewards to content many players hadn’t touched in years. The Operator and Drifter upgrades add real power without rewriting the game’s foundations, and the new modes reward players who enjoy learning routes, optimizing builds, and improving run efficiency over time.

For veterans willing to put in the hours, Descendia and Perita Rebellion offer a familiar kind of grind, one that slowly pays off rather than handing everything out at once. It’s not content meant to be rushed, but for players who enjoy refining their loadouts and pushing endgame challenges, The Old Peace fits naturally into Warframe’s ongoing evolution.