New Player Experience

New Player Experience is a general game development term that describes a first-time player's experience through the game. In WARFRAME, a new player will first go through a basic gameplay and movement tutorial via the Awakening quest. During which they get to choose their starter Warframe, primary weapon, secondary weapon, and melee while learning about parkour maneuvers, hacking and boss battles. From there, the world of WARFRAME is open for players to play around in.
==Scope==
While every player's experience as a beginner differs as the game updates, this article will cover the general scope in which the topic of a new player experience may cover. As of , the a player's journey through the game will touch on these topics in no particular order:
*Main story quest and Star Chart progression
**Junctions between regions serve as progression gates
**Many quests integrate lore into gameplay tutorials
*Equipment modding
**, Orokin Catalyst, Orokin Reactor, Exilus Adapter
**Mod polarity, , upgrading mods
*Ranking up equipment and player companions
*Building new Warframes, weapons, and items through Foundry using and resources obtained from missions
*Basic Damage system
*Mastery Rank and gaining mastery rank experience
*Mission Rewards structure and mission gameplay loop
**Archwing, Necramech, and Railjack gameplay
**Endless missions, bounties, Dark Sectors, daily Sortie
**Hacking, fishing, and mining minigames
**Using a Codex Scanner to unlock enemy Codex entries
*Trading with other players for items and the premium currency 
*Syndicate system and gain
**Nightwave challenges and Cred Offerings
*In-game Market for purchasing blueprints with Credits
*Orbiter ship navigation
*Social features with gameplay integration such as
**In-game chat
**Clans and Clan Dojos
**Relay hubs and Maroo's Bazaar
*Post-The Second Dream systems such as 
==Guidance==
Progression through the game is communicated through user interface elements and the reward system's positive feedback loop.
===Tenno Guide===
As of , a UI element called the Tenno Guide will give players a notification on the next step of their WARFRAME journey. This can be enabled/disabled in → → → .
===Quest Progression===
==External Links==
*https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1285411-the-new-player-experience-dev-workshop/
*https://digitalextremes.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/202940368-Core-Game-Mechanics
==Patch History==
Category:Development