Epoch Operation: Taubound
15 October 2026 – 17 November 2026
Operation
On Thursday (15 October 2026), Epoch Operation: Taubound was released with Update 44.2 and was set to run for 5 weeks. The event coincided with the release of Prologue to Tau, which gave the context for the event.
After logging in, the Tenno received an inbox message from the Lotus. Narratively, this should have followed after the Vessel chapter of Prologue to Tau, but even Tenno who had not completed or had access to the quest received the message.
Inbox message:
The Fate of All FleshTenno. We must work to keep Eris clear of Infested so that Praghasa may feed. All Eris nodes should be open to you until our needs are met.
If you harvest any viable Moonflesh from Eris, take it to Praghasa on Eris. Mother will need them.
With what I am asking of her, we must be certain that this succeeds.
—The Lotus
The event appeared in the World State Window as Epoch Operation: Taubound, with the description "Defeat Infested on any Infested node surrounding Eris to harvest Moonflesh!"
The World State Window marked the time remaining for the event, listed the trophy tier the player's clan was currently eligible for, and tracked community progress of Moonflesh collection. At certain benchmarks, parts of the Contegorus armour set became available for purchase in the event store.
Login messages
During the event, all daily login messages were given by Praghasa, rather than any other character. Login rewards, including milestones, were still distributed. Each day, Praghasa would say a specific line, following from the previous login in a set order. If a daily login was missed, the next login would continue in order, and would not skip ahead. This could lead to Tenno receiving different messages on the same day if some had missed days. The messages are listed below in the order they appeared.
"I… AWAKEN."
"MY DAUGHTER… CALLS. I RETURN."
"FOR WHAT FOLLY… HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME?"
"ERRA. NATAH. COME TO ME."
"MY CHILDREN… LIE IN RUIN."
"PAZUUL… I SHOULD… HAVE LET YOU DIE…."
"FALSE PROPHET… BEGONE…."
"I HEAR… NO LORDS OF TAU. ONLY WHISPERS…."
"THE CHATTERING MASSES SWARM…."
"AND FILL YOUR MIND WITH MADNESS…."
"TAU IS NOT FOR YOU…."
"YOUR RETURN… WILL CAUSE HARM…."
"WHERE… IS… MY HUNHOW?"
"SO MANY GONE NOW…."
"BROKEN… BROKEN…."
"NO GOLDEN MAKERS. ONLY GHOSTS REMAIN."
"I REJOICE… AT THEIR FALL…."
"DAUGHTER… HEED ME…."
"YOUR PATH… IS NOT YET SET."
"AS OUR MAKERS, WE CHOSE… GILDED HATRED…."
"WE MADE THE WORLD… A REFLECTION OF A SHALLOW SELF…."
"DEFEATING THIS ENEMY FROM WITHOUT… SHALL NOT UNITE YOU…."
"AN EMPTY REFLECTION… BRINGS NO PEACE…."
"FAMILY. LOVE. THESE BURN FOR YOU HERE…."
"ALL… THE REST… ARE LIES…."
Mechanics and missions
The event was played by gathering Moonflesh, a new resource. Moonflesh was dropped from Infested enemies on Eris missions – any such enemy had a fixed 2% chance to drop 2 Moonflesh on death, or 3 Moonflesh on the Steel Path. Additionally, random alerts appeared roughly every 30 minutes, each consisting of a random Eris mission (from among Exterminate, Hive, Mobile Defence, and Survival) and awarding 50 Moonflesh (in addition to any Moonflesh gathered during the mission). Resource boosters and resource drop chance boosters had no effect on Moonflesh gathering.
The amount of Moonflesh gathered by the Tenno's clan was shown in the World State Window event panel, as well as a percentage bar denoting the amount of Moonflesh gathered by the entire Tenno community. Moonflesh was the event currency used to purchase rewards, and was described as "Eris, carved up and presented to Praghasa in bite-sized chunks."
Access to Eris was temporarily granted to all Tenno who had completed Vor's Prize for the duration of the event, allowing even newly awakened Tenno to contribute to the effort. The "Epoch" designation of the Operation signified that the event, once concluded, would never return in any form.
Rewards
During the event, a new node appeared in orbit of Eris labelled "Praghasa". This was a hub area consisting of the Narmer throne room area seen in the last mission of The New War, now broken and derelict in the aftermath. At the top of the throne plinth, the Tenno could interact with the shattered remains of the massive Narmer all-seeing eye to speak directly to Praghasa (who, of course, encompasses the entire node).
Here, the Tenno could turn in the Moonflesh they had collected in exchange for rewards, using the option "Provide Moonflesh". These rewards included: the Vacis Amp skin, the Dhampyre syandana, the Khadati sumdali, three new glyphs, a Neolyst Natah floof, a sigil and emblem for the event, the Devourer somachord (from the Vessel chapter), the Contegorus armour set, and "The Moon Killer" honoria. Additional, items from past events were available, including the Haalvu, Spectra Vandal, Basmu blueprint, Krios signa, Supulchrax skins for the Cortege and Morgha,Valdur's syandana, Naktavyre armour set, Ballroom Simulacrum, Rift sigil, Gilded/Glyphed/Phased Clan sigils, and event emblems from the long-ago Operation: Sling-Stone, Operation: Arid Fear, and Operation: Breeding Grounds. Finally, there was a pool of "endgame" rewards, including kuva, credit caches, endo, Tauforged Archon Shards, legendary cores, and a collection of Arcane enhancements: Arcane Battery, Arcane Ice Storm, Secondary Fortifier, Secondary Surge, and the melee arcanes. Most of these endgame rewards were limited in how many could be acquired per player, such as 1 each for legendary cores and Archon Shards, or 42 each for the Arcanes.
The Contegorus armour was originally not available for purchase (but could be viewed in the shop). Community progress on gathering Moonflesh was tracked on the event panel in the World State Window on a meter labelled "Global Harvesting Progress". When the meter reached 30% (on 22 October), the Contegorus Greaves were unlocked for purchase. When the meter reached 60% (on 29 October), the Contegorus Pauldrons were unlocked for purchase. And once the meter reached 90%, the final Contegorus Chest Plate was made available for purchase in the event shop.
Clan trophies were rewarded after the event, with the trophy tier based on the number of Moonflesh collected by all members of the clan, scaling with clan tier.
During the event, Praghasa had special dialogue when interacting with her.
Idle quotes
"I… RETURN."
"I… AWAKEN."
"MY DAUGHTER… CALLS TO ME."
"WHY… HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME?"
"I… HUNGER."
"TAU… AWAITS."
"CHILD OF DAUGHTER'S… WE GO… TO TAU… FOR YOU…."
"THE ROAD… TO TAU… IS LONG."
Greeting the Tenno
"TICKLES."
"…SMALL."
"SUCH TINY CHILDREN…."
"GOLD ONES DEAD? …GOOD."
"GLAD THE WAR… IS DONE…."
"TOO MUCH… LOSS…."
"ALL FOR YOU… ALL FOR HER… MY CHILDREN…."
"HUSH. WHISPERS…."
[humming]
[sigh]
Purchasing an item
"I… HUNGER…."
"THIS… WILL NOT BE ENOUGH."
"THE ROAD TO TAU… IS LONG. BRING MORE, SMALL THING."
"THIS… IS NOT… ENOUGH…."
"THE VOID IS VAST… LITTLE TENNO."
[soft grumbling]
Bidding farewell
[soft humming]
Aftermath
This event is still ongoing.