Animation Sets are cosmetic animations for Warframes, MOAs, and Operators that alter how the character idles and acts.
Warframe Animation Sets
Each Warframe has two of their own animation sets unlocked by default, Agile and Noble. As of Update 15.0 (2014-10-24), Animations sets of Warframes can be purchased for 
50 (with the exception of 
Equinox's sets, which are 35) to be used on other Warframes. Animation sets that involve unique walking, running, and rolling animations, will NOT be included when using the animation set on different Warframes. Other effects, such as particle effects, sound effects, and objects unique to a specific Warframe, will vary depending on the animation set.
Default Animation Set
By default, all newly obtained Warframes will use the default animation set.
Warframe-Specific Animation Sets
Completing The Sacrifice will unlock both of 
Excalibur Umbra's animation sets for all Warframes to use.
Deluxe Skin Animation Sets
MOA Emotion Modules
Emotion Modules are MOA animation sets that alter a MOA's audio and idle animations. In addition, the MOA will mirror the following player emotes: Agree, Disagree, Bow, Deep Bow, and Wave. They also have unique animations when the player performs certain Nartas. Emotion Modules can be purchased from in the Market for 50 each.
Operator Animation Sets
Operator animation set are unlocked by unlocking the associated Focus school with 50,000 focus points. These animation sets only modify how the Operator idles when not equipped with an Amp.
Trivia
- Noble Animations tend to have a Warframe behave calmer, collected, experienced, professional, and wiser – I.e, Limbo's skill in his levitation, Vauban cracking his neck, and other frames tending to glance around their surroundings for extended periods of time.
- Agile Animations tend to have the Warframe act more energetic, attentive, clumsy, and cocky at times – I.e, when Chroma aggressively throws his knife onto the floor and picks it up, Mesa beckoning a pretend foe to a duel by gesturing to them and shaking her gun, and Valkyr's fits of rage and threats.
- Equinox has by far the most amount of idle animations, due to her Day and Night forms.
- Equinox's Day animations tend to have her situated to the left, and upwards directions, while the Night animations tend to be situated to the right and downward directions.
- Excluding alternate forms, Xaku's Noble has the most idle animations.
- Unusually, Qorvex's Noble Animation causes a Warframe to have a wider stance with Hammers.
Media
Patch History
Hotfix 36.0.4 (2024-06-26)
- When previewing Warframes in the Arsenal they will now play their own Noble Animation set instead of the default set.
- If you already have a different animation set selected it will not replace it - but in the case where no animation set has been selected yet, their Noble Animation set will auto-equip upon selecting the Warframe. You can set it back to the default using the new “None” option in the Animation list.
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- Fixed animation pops for Bows with the Hildryn Noble Animation Set.
Hotfix 35.5.9 (2024-05-01)
- Fixed Wisp’s Agile & Noble Animation Sets causing Warframe animations to freeze and become nonfunctional.
Update 35.5 (2024-03-27)
- Fixed issue with Excalibur Umbra’s Noble Animation Set that caused its Bow idle to blend badly with other animations.
- Fixed Qorvex’s Agile/Noble Animation set causing left hand to clip into Rifle.
- Fixed the icon for the Valkyr Carnivex Animation Set appearing stretched in the in-game Market.
- Fixed Grimoire’s firing and angles being broken when used with Wisp’s Animation Sets.
Hotfix 31.5.1 (2022-04-27)
- Fixed the Valkyr Carnivex Skin and Collection giving the default Valkyr animation sets and not the Valkyr Carnivex animation sets.
- A script will be run to deliver these to the accounts that purchased the Skin before this hotfix. If you did not previously own the default Valkyr animation sets, they are yours to keep!
Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)
- Fixed Mirage Oneiro Animation Set not displaying correct idle bow position.
Hotfix 31.1.3 (2022-02-15)
- Fixed Wukong and Nezha’s Animation sets having the wrong description in the in-game Market.
Hotfix 30.8.1 (2021-10-06)
- Fixed the UI becoming unresponsive for some players when opening the Warframe Animations menu. As reported here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1283046-animation-tab-ui-functionality-loss-after-nights-of-naberus-patch/
Hotfix 19.5.6 (2017-01-04)
- Fixed Nekros and Frost Idle sounds when using their animation sets with other Warframes.
Update 15.0 (2014-10-24)
- New Customization - Warframe Idles Feature!
- You can now equip the 40+ Agile and Noble stances across all Warframes! Each Stance is unlocked with Platinum and will work across all Warframes once purchased.
See Also
| Animation Sets | |
|---|---|
| Warframe | Ash • Atlas • Banshee • Baruuk • Caliban • Chroma • Citrine • Dagath • Ember • Equinox • Excalibur (Umbra • Zato) • Frost • Gara • Garuda • Gauss • Grendel • Gyre • Harrow • Hildryn • Hydroid • Inaros • Ivara • Khora (Urushu) • Kullervo • Lavos • Limbo • Loki • Mag • Mesa • Mirage (Oneiro) • Nekros • Nezha • Nidus • Nova • Nyx • Oberon • Octavia • Protea • Qorvex • Revenant • Rhino (Deathwatch) • Saryn • Styanax • Sevagoth • Titania • Trinity • Valkyr (Carnivex) • Vauban • Volt • Voruna • Wisp • Wukong • Xaku • Yareli • Zephyr (Harrier) |
| MOA (Companion) | Aggressive • Inquisitive • Sensitive • Tenacious |
| Operator | Madurai • Vazarin • Naramon • Unairu • Zenurik |