Warframe Alters Gameplay Metas Again with Riven Mod Rework and End of Infinite

When Digital Extremes introduced the powerful Riven mods system, the weapon-specific mods all had dispositions that would be adjusted quarterly as a balance for the resulting high damage output and subsequent popularity of specific weapons due to Riven mods, and the Riven system has seen a number of changes and reworks since it launched, mostly in an attempt to encourage build diversity and experimentation. However, metas have still emerged in the game, many of which came as a direct result of Riven mods. Now, Digital Extremes has decided to rework the Riven system again, doing away with Riven disposition entirely and capping ammo efficiency, resulting in what appears to be a more easily manageable and understandable system that should again encourage build diversity and be more new-player-friendly, to boot.

The high-level overview of the change is that, with a few temporary exceptions, ammo efficiency will be capped at 75%, meaning the best-case scenario is that a weapon will only consume one ammo every four shots, and Riven mods will all be reset to new base values that would represent a disposition of 1.2 in the outgoing system. This means that all new weapons will start out with powerful mods available from the get-go, and existing Rivens may see significant swings in viability in the game. These changes will be introduced in an October 22 update, and Digital Extremes has also said that it will provide all Warframe players with an inbox reward in order to offset whatever impact this may have on builds that relied on those mods for high damage output. Players who used the Riven Splicers and Trait locking that was introduced earlier in 2026 will receive double the rewards as a thanks for testing the new system. Read full story