Warframe Dante Unbound release date, all known features, and more

The release of Warframe's Dante Unbound update is the first major content drop that Tenno are looking forward to this year. There has been a Prime Resurgence event to keep players engaged for the first month, and the special Star Days event will also recur this February. However, Dante Unbound will be the first big content update since Whispers in The Wall.

The central focus for Dante Unbound's release will be its headliner frame, Dante, as well as two new additions to the Incarnon arsenal. Nevertheless, this will be the de facto 'Echoes of Whispers' update with numerous quality-of-life feature improvements related to Cavia content and beyond.

Warframe Dante Unbound release date: when does it go live?

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As announced on the latest DevShort, Warframe Dante Unbound release date is confirmed to be March 27, 2024. Keeping with the tradition of major updates, Dante Unbound’s launch date is also going to be slated for a Wednesday.

No official release time for Dante Unbound has been announced. However, based on the usual times that updates go live, we expect the patch to drop sometime between 10 am ET and 2 pm ET on March 27.

Note that the Deep Archimedea game mode is not coming on the Warframe: Dante Unbound release date. Instead, the developers will deploy it with a hotfix in the first week of April 2024.

All known features and QoL changes coming with Warframe Dante Unbound

Dante, the 56th unique frame

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Dante, the update's eponymous warrior of words, is equipped with a Quill and an exalted Tome. His skill set will be based around this scribe theme, where he can manipulate his effect on the battlefield by rotating and combining his Book of Life and Book of Death. 'The Final Chapter', his ultimate ability, will amplify its effects further.

Check out our dedicated guide to find out how to get Dante, and what his abilities are.

New Weapons releasing with Warframe Dante Unbound: Ruvox and Onos

Onos is one of the two latest Incarnon weapons coming in March. (Image via Digital Extremes)

Dante will, of course, come with his signature weapon, Ruvox. This fist-type melee weapon is the first ever frame-related signature weapon to also double as an Incarnon weapon. When the combo meter builds up, you can change it into a claw-type melee in its Incarnon form.

Another Incarnon weapon, Onos, looks like an Entrati design variant of Bubonico. It will start out as a wrist-mounted launcher like Epitaph that can evolve into an arm-cannon in its Incarnon form.

General game changes

Archon Shard Fusion as seen on DevStream 176 (Image via Digital Extremes)

With Archon Shard Fusion, you will now be able to create one Tauforged Shard by combining three Shards of the same color.
Warframe: Dante Unbound is adding a whole new type of Fissure called 'Omni Fissures'. In these Void Fissures, you get to crack open any Relic from any era: Lith, Meso, Neo, or Axi.
The amount of Debt Bonds and Atomos Systems required to increase standing rank with the Solaris United and Vox Solaris Syndicates in Fortuna will be significantly tuned down, so expect less grind.
Fissure and Steel Path Incursion variants will be added to the newer nodes like Zariman Ten-Zero, and the Entrati Labs will be added in Whispers in the Walls.
Duviri is receiving more quality-of-life improvements, including loot save states at set thresholds for the Circuit mode so that failure does not automatically deprive you of all Circuit rewards.
Arsenal menu changes will streamline details like slide attack damage, slam attack damage, and more.
10 new Warframe Augment mods
Melee Slam damage on the area of effect now scales with Melee damage.
Improved lighting in the Orbiter empowered by Global Illumination.
Improved fur visuals on Kavats.
Memory management overhauls and, therefore, better load times.
Solutions for the low drop chances of Legendary Melee Arcanes.
12 new rooms for the Entrati Lab tileset.
A new Entrati node that will be a variation of Disruption.
New Murmur enemy Gruzzling.
Ability to pet Cavia characters, including Tagfer.
Better navigation for frames around corners, slopes, and environment clutter.

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Warframe Ability changes

Loki's Decoy can now be cast on an enemy, and Decoy's health scales based on the nearby enemies.
Mirage's Eclipse is no longer directly tied to in-game lighting. Instead, you can switch between the offensive and defensive buffs of the ability by tapping or holding the button.
The Helminth-subsumable form of Grendel's Nourish is receiving a nerf to its numbers.

Cosmetics

Styanax Deluxe Skin (Image via Digital Extremes)

Styanax Deluxe Skin designed by LigerInuzuka
Sevagoth Ezriel Tennogen Skin
Gyre Tennogen Skin
Yareli Tennogen helmet
New Tennogen skins for Landing Crafts and Longswords
Voidshell Skins for Banshee, Nekros, and Loki
Permanently equippable Bunny Ears are coming with Warframe: Dante Unbound. While you could get this cosmetic for your Warframe and Kubrow during certain events, they previously came with an expiry date.

Inaros rework

Design Director Pablo Alonso discussed an upcoming Inaros rework shipping with the potential update in March. No specific details have been pointed out in what changes will be made, but the broader stroke is that his usefulness will not increase much.

The reason that Inaros is labeled a D-tier frame is due to his lackluster set of abilities. The Inaros Warframe rework coming with Dante Unbound is meant to address this by making his abilities more useful so that his identity is not limited to being a Health-tank.

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