Warframe Prime Release Order (Past & Future)
Prime Warframes are known to be released according to the following rules:
Principle 1: Prime Warframes come out in a Male–Male–Female–Female pattern.
Starting from Protea Prime, it is likely that Principle 1 was changed so that the same gender would not appear consecutively.
Principle 2: The release order of Prime Warframes mostly follows that of Normal Warframes.
Exception to Principle 2: The order may be swapped between frames of the same gender.
Past Release Order
・The bold texts indicate the Exception to Principle 2.
・The black boxes mean those frames were implemented simultaneously.
・The red line represents the change to Principle 1.
| Normal | Prime |
|---|---|
| Excalibur | Excalibur |
| Rhino | Frost |
| Mag | Mag |
| Ember | Ember |
| Loki | Rhino |
| Volt | Loki |
| Ash | Nyx |
| Trinity | Nova |
| Frost | Volt |
| Nyx | Ash |
| Banshee | Trinity |
| Saryn | Saryn |
| Vauban | Vauban |
| Nova | Nekros |
| Nekros | Valkyr |
| Valkyr | Banshee |
| Oberon | Oberon |
| Zephyr | Hydroid |
| Hydroid | Mirage |
| Mirage | Zephyr |
| Limbo | Limbo |
| Mesa | Chroma |
| Chroma | Mesa |
| Equinox | Equinox |
| Atlas | Wukong |
| Wukong | Atlas |
| Ivara | Ivara |
| Nezha | Titania |
| Inaros | Inaros |
| Titania | Nezha |
| Nidus | Octavia |
| Octavia | Gara |
| Harrow | Nidus |
| Gara | Harrow |
| Khora | Garuda |
| Revenant | Khora |
| Garuda | Revenant |
| Baruuk | Baruuk |
| Hildryn | Hildryn |
| Wisp | Wisp |
| Gauss | Grendel |
| Grendel | Gauss |
| Protea | Protea |
| Xaku | Sevagoth |
| Lavos | Xaku |
| Sevagoth | Lavos |
| Yareli | Yareli |
| Caliban | Caliban |
Next Primes
Gyre, Alternox, Kestrel
Predicted Release Order
| Normal | Prime | Scheduled Prime release |
|---|---|---|
| Gyre | Gyre | Autumn 2025 |
| Styanax | Styanax | Winter 2025 |
| Voruna | Voruna | Spring 2026 |
| Citrine | Kullervo | Summer 2026 |
| Kullervo | Citrine | Autumn 2026 |
| Dagath | Qorvex | Winter 2026 |
| Qorvex | Dagath | Spring 2027 |
| Dante | Dante | Summer 2027 |
| Jade | Jade | Autumn 2027 |
| Koumei | Cyte-09 | Winter 2027 |
| Cyte-09 | Koumei | Spring 2028 |
| Temple | Temple | Summer 2028 |
| Oraxia | Oraxia | Autumn 2028 |
| Nokko | Nokko | Winter 2028 |
Since the table above does not take into account the Exception to Principle 2, the actual release order will vary partially.
Prime Weapons
Past Release Order
Prediction
With the exception of Gara’s Fusilai, who has 3 signature weapons , all signature weapons have been primed since Atlas Prime. Only signature weapons are summarized below because predicting prime weapons other than signature weapons is difficult.
| Warframe | Weapon |
|---|---|
| Gyre | Alternox |
| Styanax | Afentis |
| Voruna | Perigale, Sarofang |
| Citrine | Steflos, Corufell |
| Kullervo | Rauta |
| Dagath | Dorrclave |
| Qorvex | Mandonel |
| Dante | Ruvox |
| Jade | Evensong, Cantare, Harmony |
| Koumei | Higasa, Amanata |
| Cyte-09 | Reconifex |
| Temple | Riot-848 |
| Oraxia | Scyotid, Spinnerex |
| Nokko | Arbucep |
Whoever is responsible for this is a truly gigachad!
Such a good list thank you so much. But personally I can see it going protea, yareli, Xaku, larvos, sevagoth. Just a thought.
Really wrong thought tho.
in character
I think its likely that the order will be Protea, Xaku, Lavos, Sevagoth, Yareli because Xaku took a female “slot” in the original order, but I suppose we will see later this year.
Well the next prime has been confirmed as sevagoth which was announced at tennocon 2024 I believe that they are changing how they release primes instead of the male male female female they are just doing release date because of xaku not having a gender
Wow, this is truly incredible, thank you!
I personally think ot would be cool for them to take this chance and fully align them, like forget the mm ff and just be Yarelli yarelli caliban caliban gyre gyre but doubt it will happen. What id rly like would be for them to “Rush” some prime acess, theres a huge gap btw normal and prime version, not even 6 months but 3 whole years if not more. Wish they could be like “we will make prime acess shorter till we hit a confortable margin, like instead of 90 days make it 60 or something 🫠
What do you mean, I’m still a little confused here
Like fully ditch out the male or male aspect and simy release the frames by original release order.
Yareli Yareli
Caliban Caliban
Gyre Gyre
Styanax Styanax
Judging by tennocon 2025 with now anounced caliban prome looks like they rly indeed ditched the guy guy girl girl rule. So from now on its all based on release date yey
Yup and next to cal is gyre we are finally by release order yey
SPOILER:
In the predicted order, this website forgot Stalker Prime, released with Duviri (yes, unmodable, but there and playable none-the-less).
Between Citrine and Kullervo.
stalker is a special bonus feature for a specific mission type, its not an outright frame you can farm for and own, it makes no sense they’d release a prime version for something you can only play with 5% of the time in a specific game mode.
Im pretty sure temple is a he, and are only referred to as a they because everyone is referring to temple and his guitar
This is what I felt originally as well, but it’s clear from KIM chats and conversations in-game that Flare never felt right in their head or settled with their gender. This is one of the KIM conversation replies you can get from Flare, “now you’re singing my song, drifter. i always felt like two people in one body even before lizzie came into my life
”
Flare considered themselves to be a “they” prior to the union with Lizze, which, technically speaking, is simply an extension of Flare themselves despite having what appears to be a separate yet attached sapience.
on a side note, give us the option (unless im dumb dumb) to have dark mode, cause white background screen is burning my eyes!
Whelp, looks like principle 1 is continuing to be broken as the next prime was just teased to be Gyre and not Styanax. Maybe they’re going all in on mfmf rather than returning to the mmff rotation.