“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

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The Lotus Eaters is a short solo-only main Quest, released in Update 36.1 (2024-08-21). The Lotus receives a call from The Man in the Wall and instructs only the Drifter to answer. The Quest serves as a prologue to The Hex.

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Walkthrough[]

“You're not supposed to be in here! You're going to ruin the surprise!”

The following article/section contains spoilers. Please finish the quest before proceeding.

The player must have completed Whispers in the Walls.

Investigate The Sound[]

At Sanctum Anatomica, the Tenno approach the Void expanse behind the defeated The Man in the Wall's Vessel, encountering the Lotus waiting at the edge with a ringing KinePage. The Operator and Drifter appear simultaneously as the Lotus warns the former that she is being affected by The Man in the Wall and instructs only the latter to answer the call.

The Drifter is warped to an abandoned mall and encounter Albrecht Entrati's pet Kavat Kalymos, who leads them to another ringing pager. They are warped back to the present as the Lotus acknowledges they have created a link to the past and must find Albrecht before The Man in the Wall does, completing the quest.

The player will receive an inbox message from Loid who is almost finished with preparations to send the Tenno to the city of Höllvania in 1999 with the help of Albrecht's Vessels, containing Arthur's KinePage Orbiter Decoration. The Lotus remains in her spot in the Sanctum Anatomica, monologuing to herself.

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Trivia[]

• In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters are a race of people on an island who enter a perpetual state of bliss and pleasure after consuming lotus plants, ignoring their previous lives.
• The Lotus's dilemma may be both a figurative and literal depiction of the call of the void, also known as the high place phenomenon, the urge to jump off a high place despite not displaying any suicidal thoughts beforehand.
• On its introduction, Arthur's KinePage originally displayed "NO NEW MESSAGES. SCANNING...".
  • After Hotfix 36.1.5 (2024-09-03), the KinePage displayed "WHO STOLE MY KINEPAGE".
  • On 2024-09-09, the KinePage displayed "ELEANOR IF YOU STOLE THIS I SWEAR".
  • On 2024-09-17, the KinePage displayed "I CANT KEEP BORROWING LETTIES FOREVER".
  • On 2024-09-27, the KinePage displayed "AMIR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS".
  • On 2024-11-15, the KinePage displayed "GR8 DEALS @ BIG BYTES".
  • On 2024-11-21, the KinePage displayed "METRO INCIDENT - EXPECT DELAYS".
  • On 2024-11-25, the KinePage displayed "CUSTOM DECALS @ ZEVILA".

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Patch History[]

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 Jade Shadows Whispers in the Walls • The Lotus Eaters • The Hex
Side Quests
Warframe Quests	The Deadlock Protocol • Call of the Tempestarii • The New Strange • The Glast Gambit • Octavia's Anthem • Sands of Inaros • Hidden Messages • Mask of the Revenant • The Silver Grove • The Waverider • The Limbo Theorem • The Jordas Precept
Side Quests	Howl of the Kubrow • Stolen Dreams • Veilbreaker • Patient Zero • A Man of Few Words
Quest Unlocks
Warframe Unlock Quests	Hidden Messages ( Mirage) • The Limbo Theorem ( Limbo) • Patient Zero ( Mesa) • The New Strange ( Chroma,  Khora) • The Jordas Precept ( Atlas) • Sands of Inaros ( Inaros) • The Silver Grove ( Titania) • The Glast Gambit ( Nidus) • Octavia's Anthem ( Octavia) • Chains of Harrow ( Harrow) • Saya's Vigil ( Gara) • Mask of the Revenant ( Revenant) • The Sacrifice ( Excalibur Umbra) • Vox Solaris ( Garuda,  Baruuk,  Hildryn) • Chimera Prologue ( Wisp) • The Deadlock Protocol ( Protea) • Call of the Tempestarii ( Sevagoth) • The Waverider ( Yareli) • Heart of Deimos ( Xaku,  Lavos,  Citrine) • The New War ( Caliban) • Angels of the Zariman ( Gyre) • Veilbreaker ( Styanax) • The Duviri Paradox ( Kullervo) • Whispers in the Walls ( Qorvex,  Dante) • Jade Shadows ( Jade) • The Hex ( Cyte-09)
Syndicate Unlock Quests	Saya's Vigil ( Ostron) • Vox Solaris ( Solaris United,  Ventkids,  Vox Solaris) • Heart of Deimos ( Entrati) • The War Within ( The Quills,  Vox Solaris,  Necraloid) • Angels of the Zariman ( The Holdfasts) • Whispers in the Walls ( Cavia) • The Hex ( The Hex
Location Unlock Quests	The Duviri Paradox (Duviri, Dormizone) • Saya's Vigil (Cetus, Plains of Eidolon) • Vox Solaris (Fortuna, Orb Vallis) • Heart of Deimos (Necralisk, Cambion Drift) • The Archwing (Empyrean Proximas) The Duviri Paradox (Duviri) • 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, Chrysalith, Dormizone) • Whispers in the Walls (Sanctum Anatomica, Albrecht's Laboratories) • The Hex (Höllvania Central Mall, Höllvania, Backroom)
Feature Unlock Quests	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 Duviri Paradox (Drifter, The Circuit, Duviri Incarnons) • The Second Dream (Operator, Focus) • Rising Tide (Railjack) • The War Within (Kuva Lich, Conjunction Survival) • 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) • The Hex (Hell-Scrub, Legacyte Harvest, Faceoff, Technocyte Coda)
Story and History