Is there a way to reset story progress without making another account?

[Quadsword]

First time booting the game up since 2018 and I feel hopelessly lost. I wouldn't mind just starting over so I can learn all of the new systems gradually, but - and I feel embarrassed to admit this - I have over $200 sunk into my existing account. I'd be a fool to just throw all of that away.

[RedEssence]

Some quests are repayable but for the ones that aren't they only way to replay them is to make a new account

Since you've already sunk some time and money into the game I would check your codex to see what quests you've completed and maybe look up a story refresher for those quests specifically

[Firefrye]

Every storyline quest is replayable from the codex. The only things you cannot replay are the old event missions. That should cover the main story, though you might also want to do a deep-dive into the codex or look up the various open-world codex entries (because those are particularly tedious to get all of and have a lot of extra story)

[RedEssence]

Originally posted by Firefrye:

Every storyline quest is replayable from the codex. The only things you cannot replay are the old event missions. That should cover the main story, though you might also want to do a deep-dive into the codex or look up the various open-world codex entries (because those are particularly tedious to get all of and have a lot of extra story)

You cannot replay Natah which is a story quest, You cannot replay Duviri which is a story quest

[rhoenix]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

First time booting the game up since 2018 and I feel hopelessly lost. I wouldn't mind just starting over so I can learn all of the new systems gradually, but - and I feel embarrassed to admit this - I have over $200 sunk into my existing account. I'd be a fool to just throw all of that away.

I can only give you the advice I wish I'd had when I came back and felt more or less the same thing you do.

Which is - you're writing your own Tenno's story. Write the overarching plot (major goal - "clear this planet's mission map," or "complete quests," or "farm for relics" - something that suggests which missions you take.

There are sub-objectives you can set yourself up to completing passively, while you're working on your major goal. "increase rep with this syndicate," or "put forma into and level up this weapon/warframe", etc.

As time goes on, your goals will change a bit, and get more specific, but still imply work you have to put into them. Such as, "run Duviri enough times to unlock the Syam," or "clear all three Eidolons solo," or "unlock Steel Path," or "get the mods to make this gun a warcrime."

Basically, just set goals for yourself, and you'll be able to level up mods, level up weapons and try new ones, and even new Warframes while you're chasing your main goal.

And once you complete it, set a new goal and do the process again.

There's enough to do that you'll be at this game for a while - but there are ways to set yourself up to win each time you play, so to speak.

[SmallGespenst]

ultimately you'd feel just as lost in a new account, you basically have to work out getting from where you're at to the next story mission yourself, and most of the stuff that isn't the same ol' gameplay is siloed off in side content like the Open Worlds and Railjack.

[Eshyrael]

Was looking for a similar thing, but without loosing anything already collected.
Seems there is no way.

What I did was this:
- Follow the quests in the order here: https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Quest
- When a quest isn't replayable read up what happened in it.
- at least mentally work through the map as it unfolds for a new player (starting with earth, and then orienting at the levels). Doing this you can also check if you have the junctions unlocked.
- Read up unknown things (Like wtf is Nightwave) gradually at the Warframe Wiki. It helps a lot, and if you take it gradually, you get there step by step.

After a while I got from overwhelmed to comfortabel - and haven't unlocked quite a few junks of stuff that is new for me yet, but I am out of the worst stage and can advance with some purpose again.

[ImCalledBethy]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

First time booting the game up since 2018 and I feel hopelessly lost. I wouldn't mind just starting over so I can learn all of the new systems gradually, but - and I feel embarrassed to admit this - I have over $200 sunk into my existing account. I'd be a fool to just throw all of that away.

Put a request in a support ticket. They'll reset your account.