The Elder Races are civilizations who have existed for eons and were well established before the emergence of the Younger Races. Created by the powerful and ancient Empyreal, know as Omega, some were able to wield the power of Wild Kith while others were not, forcing them to depend on technology. While in ancient times the the former established the powerful Wild Kith Empires, the ending of Omega and the subsequent dissipation of Wild Kith left them powerless, and they were soon completely overcome by the technology dependent races. Moreover, during the War of Extinction most of those technology dependent races were in turn wiped out by the rogue AI, the Ishvana, an attempt by the Elessi to reach Willspace.
- Elessi(extinct) - Advanced Elder Race that created the Ishvana
- K'sath(extinct) - A combatant Elder Race
- League of Anar(extinct) - Confederation of Elder Races destroyed by the Ishvana
- Quix - Builders of powerful Dreadnaughts
- Rek - Masters of Star Kith
- Sapphire Cults of the Jeweled Heresy(extinct) - Rivals of the Faceless Emperor of the Sooq
- Shrikem - Enigmatic telepaths who defeated the Ishvana
- Sooq - Builders the powerful Fleet of the Imperial Dawn
- Ta-deth(extinct) - Graceful Elder Race with quick fighters
- Utan Mir(extinct) - Wielders of Void Kith
- Vyar(extinct) - The greatest architects of the Elder Races and creators of the Voidgates
- Y'saari - Defensive Elder Race who built the Aegispheres