One of the biggest Warframe updates of 2024 added the Deep Archimedea game mode, which forced players to plumb the depths of the Sanctum Anatomica to fight special enemies and bring back some of the best rewards in the long-running, free-to-play online shooter. One year and a massive Warframe 1999 update later, this game mode is getting an enormous expansion.
Temporal Archimedea is bringing the challenges of the Deep Archimedea game mode to the Hollvania tileset — players will need to be on their toes if they hope to beat souped-up versions of the Techrot and the Scaldra.
Here’s everything you need to know about the introduction of the Temporal Archimedea game mode, including what it is, how you can start playing it and what rewards you’ll be able to earn when it launches with the Techrot Encore update on March 19.
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Temporal Archimedea expands the toughest mode in the game
Temporal Archimedea will pit players against elite Techrot and Scaldra enemies.
The Dante Unbound update heralded the most challenging game mode since The New War’s raid boss-style Archon Hunts. The Sanctum Anatomica’s Deep Archimedea (and Elite Deep Archemedea) are special three-mission gauntlets for a highly synergized team of four players to tackle.
Special enemy buffs, player debuffs and mission modifiers make each run of Deep Archimedea a novel experience, hooking Warframe vets as they grinded the mode for some of the game’s best rewards. Now, the gauntlet is arriving to the streets of Hollvania as the new Nova protoframe, Kaya, becomes your point of contact for Temporal Archimedea missions in the Techrot Encore update.
While the full list of modifiers is yet to be revealed, we can be fairly certain that Temporal Archimedea will look quite different from Deep Archimedea.
The Sanctum Anatomica has special enemy types, including the Murmur, Necramechs, Culverins and Arcocanids, which means certain modifiers specifically alter only those enemies. For example, certain missions would have Culverins deal five times their normal damage numbers to players with Overguard shields, while other missions would have Arcocanid attacks pull player Warframes into their radius.
Kaya, the new Nova protoframe, will be your point of contact for Temporal Archimedea. She also sells the new rewards.
As Temporal Archimedea fills the role of the hardest game mode for Warframe 1999’s Hollvania tileset, it carries appropriately valuable rewards for players who are able to complete the missions and accrue enough points each week.
The items carried over into the Temporal Archimedea reward pool include archon shards (both Tauforged and regular variants), arcanes and localized syndicate standing. Certain reward tiers also include Vosfor, which can be traded to Loid in the Sanctum Anatomica for random arcanes.
There’s a new reward specific to Temporal Archimedea, though. Peely Pix are special stickers that provide buffs during Temporal Archimedea missions, and they can be bought and leveled up through a special Pix Chips currency earned within the game mode. Exchanging Pix Chips with Kaya in Hollvania mall will let players earn a wider variety of buffs or snatch up some extra endgame rewards.
This game mode is certain to become a mainstay in veteran Warframe players’ weekly rotations, becoming a key part of the to-do list alongside Sorties, Archon Hunts and daily Alert missions.
