Fragments

Fragments are pieces of hidden items throughout the Origin System that can be found to unlock written and audiovisual lore that flesh out the setting of WARFRAME.

Mechanics[]

Most Fragments can be scanned with either a Codex or Synthesis Scanner, which will unlock artwork that can be found under the Universe tab of the Codex. The images unlocked with each Fragment can be used as decoration aboard the Orbiter, and will also have accompanying lore relating to the image.

Additionally, there is also a hidden point on each image that when hovered-over with the cursor will unlock a short audio transmission, which will narrate additional lore. An audio clue will help identify this point in the form of white noise, which becomes louder as the cursor is moved closer to the point.

Other types of Fragments only require players to interact with them (default X ) to acquire them.

Fragments[]

Cephalon Fragments[]

Cephalon Fragments are fragments of data found all around the Origin system, usually hidden in rooms during missions, visualized as hovering blue data blocks. With the exception of the Kuva Fortress, each navigable planet, moon, or location (including the Void and Deimos) in the Origin System will have from two to three unlockable fragments, each requiring between 3 and 7 scans to complete.

During missions, the Cephalon Fragment will appear on the mini-map as a blue quadruple diamond if the players are using loot radar mods. Scanning a fragment will unlock a portion of the associated artwork. Cephalon Fragments may be found up to once per mission and will spawn in a random place of the map on most missions, with the exception of Defense, Interception, and Archwing missions which will never contain a fragment. They reveal info about various aspects of the Origin System, such as Factions, Characters, and Planets.

Decrypting these fragments reveals Ordis' Past, narrated by Ordis.

Thousand-Year Fish Fragments[]

Thousand-Year Fish Fragments are 20 small fish statues made of white luminescent glass scattered in hidden places all throughout the Plains of Eidolon. They reveal the history, culture, and customs of Cetus and the Plains of Eidolon. Their Codex entries are identified by their blue coloring.

Decrypting these fragments reveals the Tale of the Woman of the Earth and the Husband of the Sea, narrated by Onkko.

Glass Shard Fragments[]

Glass Shard Fragments are 5 pieces of the Shatter-lock Key that players scan and thus collect automatically during the Saya's Vigil Quest. Their Codex entries are identified by their yellow coloring.

Decrypting these fragments reveals the Gara Legend, narrated by Onkko.

Encrypted Journal Fragments[]

The Encrypted Journal Fragments of the Corpus researcher Sigor Savah are available as possible uncommon stage-rewards during Ghoul Purge Bounties or as drops from Ghoul enemies. They reveal info of the Grineer Ghouls, as well as interviews from various Cetus citizens about fighting the Ghouls.

Decrypting these fragments reveals the story of Specimen VK-7, narrated by Sigor Savah.

Nakak Memory Fragments[]

Given as part of the  Revenant quest, Mask of the Revenant, Nakak offers three Fragments during the mission interactions.

Decrypting these fragments reveals the Revenant Legend, narrated by Nakak.

Fortuna Fragments[]

The Fortuna Fragments are various Mem-Fragment logs that are scattered and hidden throughout the Orb Vallis, which visually resemble Debt-Bonds. These Fragments contain background information regarding the various NPC's that inhabit Fortuna.

Decrypting these fragments reveals Solaris United History, narrated by various Solari (Eudico, Legs, Little Duck, etc).

Partnership Fragments (Corpus Gas City)[]

Partnership Fragments are small Sentient figurines contained inside Hexenon canisters. They can be found scattered and hidden throughout the Corpus Gas City. These fragments detail the "partnership" formed between Alad V and the Sentients.

Decrypting these fragments reveals Alad V's Partnership, narrated by Alad V.

The Tenets (Corpus Ship)[]

The Tenets are Corpus lore fragments obtained by paying tribute via Granum Crown to the Corpus Temple Reliefs (large fountain altars of Parvos Granum), in the Corpus Ship tileset. They tell the tale of Parvos Granum's life before he became the Corpus Founder and his rise to power.

Decrypting these fragments reveals The Tenets, narrated by Parvos Granum.

Lost Islands of Duviri Fragments[]

The Lost Islands of Duviri are small archival audio drives that are scattered around the floating islands of Duviri.

Each archive entry requires 9 Fragments to be completed. Fragments in Duviri can be localized by their distinct musical sound.

These Fragments reveal the story of Duviri's Lost Islands, narrated by Acrithis.

Albrecht's Notes[]

Albrecht's Notes are pages of his  Grimoire that have materialized inside his Laboratories.

These pages can be found by interacting with a Whisper Grimoire, and unbinding the Whispers within. After slaying either a Mocking Whisper or Scathing Whisper, and banishing it back into the tome, it has a 50% chance (in steel path is 50%) to drop a page containing Albrecht's Notes.

Entries one and two require 6 pages, entries three and four require 5 pages, and the last one requires one page. They will always drop in order. They tell the story of what happened after the first voyage into the Void, narrated by Albrecht Entrati.

Somachord Fragments[]

Main article: Somachord

Somachord Tones are parts of a song scattered throughout the Origin System. Four parts are required to completely unlock a playable track of background music in the Orbiter's Somachord, which is located in the Personal Quarters.

They are identified as purple bars arranged in a semicircular arc, reminiscent of the Mandachord's note table. Similar to Cephalon Fragments they are found on every location in the Solar system after the completion of The War Within quest and are identifiable by a unique purple icon on the mini-map if equipped with a Loot Radar mods. They will not spawn unless one member of the squad has completed the Personal Quarters Segment, but can be scanned by anyone regardless of whether they have unlocked their Personal Quarters.

Frame Fighter Fragments[]

Main article: Frame Fighter

Frame Fighter Character Data are used to unlock respective new Frames in the Frame Fighter minigame and spawn once a player has unlocked the Ludoplex. Only one of these fragments are required to unlock one character for use in the fighting game.

They are identified as a blue, floating orb. Similar to Cephalon Fragments and Somachord Tones they can be found on every location in the solar system. Anyone can scan them regardless of whether they have the minigame or not.

Prex Cards[]

Prex Cards are cards that depict an artwork of a Warframe. Prex Cards are found mostly in the Leverian, with each Warframe's gallery having its own unique Prex Card to find. These cards will only show up in the gallery once a player has leveled up the appropriate Warframe to level 30 (e.g. a player must level an Atlas to level 30 to reveal Atlas' Prex Card in his gallery), and the cards will usually be hidden in hard-to-see corners of the gallery. Once found, players can interact with the card to pick them up.

When acquired, Prex Cards can be used as Decorations in the Orbiter.

Notes[]

• While Fragments will continue to appear for players after completing their sets, players will be unable to scan the Fragments.
• Players must complete the mission for the scan to be counted.
• The Synthesis Scanner's Cross-Matrix Widget will not trigger when scanning Fragments.
• Cephalon Fragments share their spawn locations with Syndicate Medallions, meaning the two can occasionally overlap.
• Junctions requiring you to scan Cephalon fragments will be completed regardless of mission failure or success.
• Although serving a similar function as Fragments and revealing a story encoded within scannable objects, Kurias are treated as a separate item and are listed in the Objects section of the Codex.
• It is possible for any combination of Cephalon Fragment, Somachord Fragment, and Frame Fighter Fragment to appear in the same mission, although it is much more common for only one of them to appear.

Tips[]

• Loot Radar Mods make Cephalon Fragments, Somachord Tunes, and Frame Fighter Fragments appear on the mini-map and, as they are classified as loot objects, they can be detected from greater distances by increasing the Loot Radar stat. By equipping the  Loot Detector,  Thief's Wit, and  Coaction Drift mods, the fragments will be much easier to find. This also works with the companion mod  Animal Instinct.
• Use the Codex Scanner's and Synthesis Scanner's pinging sounds to detect fragments in an area. Make sure to dispatch all enemies and destroy all containers within said area to make use of this method.
  • Increase sound effects volume and turn down the music volume to make the pinging sounds clearer to hear.
• Helios can scan fragments automatically if the player is within range of  Investigator.

Media[]

Bugs[]

• Scanning fragments at the same time as Helios will increment counter excessively and glitch out a fragment's progression.
• There is a bug that causes many of the secret audio messages to be below the screen on many of the fragments, and this appears to have been caused by an update to the UI. This bug is common but hasn't been acknowledged by DE.

External Links[]

• Map of Fortuna Fragments by Chewierulz
• Album of Fortuna Fragment locations by Chewierulz

Patch History[]

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