Published Nov 14th, 2025
Digital Extremes Invites Players to Become a Soulframe Founder Starting Nov. 25
Soulframe Preludes 12 update arrives free for PC, improves and enhances gameplay features and QOL; Players can discover their path as a Founder to gain permanent in-game recognition alongside access to exclusive bonus gear
Digital Extremes hosted its monthly Soulframe Devstream, inviting both newfangled and devoted players to become a Founder in the free 12th Preludes (Pre-Alpha) update arriving Tuesday, Nov. 25, on PC. Discover four Founders path options, encompassing exclusive weapons, armour, bird cosmetics, a Warframe crossover skin for use in the sister game’s latest update, The Old Peace, and more. Cast gazes yonder toward the Soulframe Founders website to soon discover full details and pricing in the coming days. The studio also teased future plans for Preludes 12, including a new weapon type, adjustments to difficulty settings, and improvements to new-player onboarding.
“Founders is the next major step for Soulframe, welcoming anyone to join us in building something truly special,“ said Geoff Crookes, Creative Director. “During our Pre-Alpha period, Preludes, we’ve built upon new ideas entirely from scratch and begun to craft a meaningful, strong foundation for a world that offers something important missing from our everyday lives: hope. Soulframe is meant to become a home for redemption, while feeling grounded and patient for everyone who plants their roots here. For those who have long wished to support Soulframe from its roots, this is an invitation to do so from the beginning.”
Highlights from Soulframe Devstream 11 include:
Take a sneak peek into some of the latest Soulframe Preludes 12 update improvements:
Wield new ways to ward the wilds from corruption with the latest weapon grip type, the Greatsword.
New player onboarding will receive a significant rework, making it easier for players to know how to start new Fables and track progress in the journal.
Upon journey’s beginning, discover Grandfa’s Hut, where all three starting Pacts can be tested before committing to their designated Pact and Enclave.
Traverse and chart paths on the map more easily with clearer marker placements for important destinations and fast travel with Wevetseeds.
Seek out a new elixir dubbed The Cogah to challenge The Agari, a class of sub-bosses roaming the overworld, to a more difficult rematch, and earn new rewards.
Deepen player connections with wildlife with new Totems and Runes offering more specialization per weapon type.
Prepare for new free content to sweep across the world of Alca for Preludes players soon:
Zenith, a dale seer camel who has gone unnoticed by the Ode, has joined the Nightfold, offering Founders path options in-game, among other goods and wares.
March forward against the odds in Siege Encounters, a side-quest-style mission found at various enemy-filled forts. Force out the Ode occupation, take down sub-bosses waiting within, and bring down the signifying balloon laying claim to the territory.
After Siege Encounter completion, the new infamy rating system increases or decreases depending on how the mission is approached, persisting with the player into the next Siege.
Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) will be joining the Soulframe cast soon as a new character, Alora, the Empress of Eldveil, teased via concept art and personal video.
Forge a pact to leave a permanent mark on the Soulframe’s world and development by becoming a Founder:
Choose between four Founders paths and embody the Virtues of Courage, Spirit, and Grace:
Choose the path of a brave fighter as “Wyld Tethren,” a willpowered mage as “Wyld Oscelda,” or a rogueish archer as “Wyld Sirin.” These options are outfitted with an exclusive character Wyld Pact, main weapon and sidearm, armour set, talisman, dye Hues, bird cosmetics, Arcs (premium currency), two extra Preludes invite codes, among other benefits like the “Envoy's Sphere Sword Skin” for use in Warframe.
Encompass all three paths to embody the first Wyld Envoys as a “Paragon.” This ultimate option includes all the benefits of other Founders paths in addition to an exclusive Paragon Greatsword and an additional allotment of Arcs (premium currency), Armor Bestitching items, and 10 Preludes invite codes.
Etch thine name onto the plaques of history in the Eternium Garden, a zone for Envoys to plant their exclusive Founder flora and become honored evermore in Soulframe’s history as one of the first who set forth on this journey.
To sign up for Soulframe Preludes, visit the official website. Players signing up for the access queue are randomly drawn weekly for Soulframe Preludes, Digital Extremes’ ongoing closed free Pre-Alpha test available for PC. Please visit the Soulframe news page of the website for more information, join the Discord, or follow Soulframe on Bluesky, Twitter/X, Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube.
