The much-anticipated Update 2.0 is here, and it’s a biggie…

Actually, scratch that…it’s HUMUNGOUS! On top of introducing the brand-new Immortal Empires game mode to WARHAMMER III, it also rolls in a massive changelog of improvements to nearly every area of the game—from the campaigns and multiplayer settings to the UI and visuals of the game. With the arrival of the WARHAMMER I and II Legendary Lords and Factions, the bulk of them have also been lovingly re-engineered for their inclusion in Immortal Empires, as have a huge number of Battle maps also being introduced from the previous games.

Here’s just a small sampling of the big improvements coming with Update 2.0:

• Daemon factions will no longer automatically declare war on non-Daemon factions
• Alongside Attack and Defend requests, you can now ask Allies to Occupy settlements (including colonising ruins)
• We’ve rebalanced Confederation, so it’s harder to confederate minor factions but easier to confederate major ones
• We’ve completely overhauled the front-end and faction-select UI for improved usability
• On the Battle side, we’ve improved the Battle AI’s capture-point behaviour, its target priority regarding barricades and enemy units, and the effectiveness of its melee and ranged-unit positioning
• We’ve adjusted reload-time reductions for ranged units so they’re easier to understand and don’t scale to the point where stacked reload-reduction buffs make ranged units overperform outrageously
• Most WARHAMMER I and II factions have undergone some level of overhauling for Immortal Empires—some to a lesser and some to a greater extent—with years of tweaks and balance ahead for the game mode!

This release represents a huge step forward for Total War: WARHAMMER III, and we will be working alongside the community to determine the areas where it can continue to evolve and grow in the months and years to come. We want to understand your impressions on things like the balance between factions, trends you’re spotting across the campaigns you play, or anything that just rubs you the wrong way. Our official channels are open to (healthy) discussion, debate, and (yes, even) criticism, so take the time to play with the changes, organize your thoughts, and then work with others to build consensus around what you’d like to see evolve in the game.

With all that said: ON WITH THE SHOW! We hope you enjoy all this release has to offer!

— The Total War Team

 

 

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Immortal Empires [BETA] ⬥ Champions of Chaos ⬥ Blood for the Blood God III

• Stability & Performance
• Gameplay
• Races & Balance

Beastmen ⬥ Bretonnia ⬥ Daemons of Chaos ⬥ Dark Elves ⬥ Dwarfs ⬥ Grand Cathay ⬥ Greenskins ⬥ High Elves ⬥ Khorne ⬥ Kislev ⬥ Lizardmen ⬥ Norsca ⬥ Nurgle ⬥ Ogre Kingdoms ⬥ Skaven ⬥ Slaanesh ⬥ The Empire ⬥ Tomb Kings ⬥ Tzeentch ⬥ Vampire Coast ⬥ Vampire Counts ⬥ Warriors of Chaos ⬥ Wood Elves

• Campaign
• Battles
• Multiplayer
• Game
• Looking Forward

Here’s some of the big features worthy of the spotlight in Update 2.0:

Immortal Empires [BETA]

The biggest addition in Update 2.0 is Immortal Empires: the world-encompassing vision we’ve been working towards since the original Total War: WARHAMMER launched in 2016. This colossal campaign mode includes all the races, Legendary Lords, factions, and units from across the entire trilogy in a single, unified campaign map representing the broad continental sweep of the Warhammer world. 

Immortal Empires is initially launching as a BETA, as there is still a ways to go before we consider it complete! Merging this much content from across several games has been a monumental task, and there is still some work to do as we collect feedback, monitor the gameplay, and update it over time to address balance concerns and bugs. For more information, you can read this blog post:

• An Introduction to Immortal Empires

REQUIREMENTS

Launching an Immortal Empires campaign requires ownership of all three games in the Total War: WARHAMMER series on the same platform (i.e. Steam, Epic Game Store, Microsoft Store).

Only WARHAMMER III needs to be installed, however, as the Campaign is only accessible via the third instalment’s front-end Campaigns menu. Note that playing as Legendary Lords which launched as DLC also requires ownership of their respective DLC packs on the same platform.

• Total War: WARHAMMER (Microsoft Store / Steam / Epic Games Store)
• Total War: WARHAMMER II (Microsoft Store / Steam / Epic Games Store)

Players who do not own all three games but do own WARHAMMER III can still join multiplayer campaign games hosted by an owner of all three; they will, of course, also be limited to playing as the Legendary Lords they own.

FEATURES

Immortal Empires is a Campaign mode in its own right with its own specific set of features:

• Access up to 86 Legendary Lords from all three titles, many of whom have undergone campaign tweaks and unit balance changes to level the playing field with WARHAMMER III’s races. This work is ongoing.
• Be’Lakor is now a Legendary Lord with his own faction.
• Dedicated factions for Grombrindal, Helman Ghorst, Volkmar the Grim, Sigvald the Magnificent and Kholek Suneater.
• New starting locations for 29 Legendary Lords.
• Improved personal faction mechanics for a selection of the older Legendary Lords (such as Volkmar the Grim).
• A new Sea Lanes feature, which allow you to move armies between distant lands and continents—from one side of the map to the other—without leapfrogging them all the way across the map.
• New dynamic end-game scenarios: Randomised mid- to late-game challenges we’re introducing to challenge the late-game steamroll—where the player is so powerful that there’s little-to-no challenge left and less of a reason to complete the campaign.
• Revamped victory conditions. Most players don’t end up finishing campaigns, and we want to give them better reasons—and a greater level of satisfaction—for doing so. As such, we’ve simplified the victory requirements into more meaningful objectives while avoiding any arbitrary playstyle requirements.
• Corruption rework. Players will have new tools for spreading (or reducing) corruption through more active usage of their armies. Small amounts of natural reduction will also be available to uncorrupted factions.
• 8-player multiplayer campaigns. And as a bonus, only the host of an Immortal Empires multiplayer campaign needs to own all three games. Friends who only own WARHAMMER III will still be able to join the campaign, though their Legendary Lord choices will (naturally) be limited to the ones they own.

For more information about Immortal Empires, please visit the official Total War blog or the dedicated Immortal Empires FAQ.

Champions of Chaos

Arriving day-and-date with the Immortal Empires BETA Update is the Champions of Chaos Lords Pack, now available for Total War: WARHAMMER III on all storefronts!

The Champions of Chaos Lord Pack introduces four new Legendary Lords (instead of the usual two in previous Lords packs)—each aligned with one of the four Ruinous Powers. Each Champion has risen through the ranks thanks to their infamous deeds to become the favoured of the four Dark Gods;

• Valkia the Bloody, the deadly but daemonic consort of Khorne
• Festus the Leechlord, the deranged plague-doctor of Nurgle
• Azazel, Prince of Damnation, the ecstatic heir of Slaanesh
• Vilitch the Curseling, the conjoined sorcerer-twin of Tzeentch

Players can embark on new crusades of destruction with brand-new gameplay features and mechanics, wreak havoc with a host of new battlefield units, and master the new narrative-driven campaign mechanics that will unearth the fabled path to Zanbaijin.

The Champions of Chaos are playable in the Realm of Chaos campaign and, of course, in Immortal Empires. For more information on everything coming to the Champions of Chaos Lords Pack, check out our recent blog post:

• Introducing the Champions of Chaos

AVAILABLE NOW!

You can now purchase the Champions of Chaos DLC on all platforms where Total War: WARHAMMER III is available!

• MICROSOFT STORE: Champions of Chaos Lords Pack
• STEAM: Champions of Chaos Lords Pack
• EPIC GAMES STORE: Champions of Chaos Lords Pack
• THE TOTAL WAR STORE: Champions of Chaos Lords Pack

Blood for the Blood God III

Also coinciding with the launch of Immortal Empires and Champions of Chaos is the Blood for the Blood God effects pack. This DLC is available on all digital storefronts and unlocks a whole new world of blood and gore effects in Total War: WARHAMMER III.

The Blood for the Blood God III introduces the following to all three games:

• Blood spurts
• Gory spatter on unit models
• Limb and head dismemberment (humanoids and non-legendary characters)
• Zombies and skeletons may continue to fight after dismemberment!
• Explosive gibbing from deadly mid-torso strikes
• Blood-drenched UI elements
• Random, global campaign events that generate greater carnage in battle

In addition, new features have been added to WARHAMMER III for owners of the pack:

• A slider to fine-tune the amounts of blood generated
• Specular particles and specular blood visual effects
• New textures and shaders
• Blood effects for all the characters and units in WARHAMMER III

AVAILABLE NOW!

You can now purchase the Blood for the Blood God DLC on all platforms where Total War: WARHAMMER III is available!

• MICROSOFT STORE: Blood for the Blood God III
• STEAM: Blood for the Blood God III
• EPIC GAMES STORE: Blood for the Blood God III

ALREADY OWN THE BLOOD PACK?

If you previously purchased the Blood for the Blood God I or Blood for the Blood God II pack, you DO NOT need to purchase it again for WARHAMMER III:

• On the Epic Store, the Blood for the Blood God III pack will be free to claim and install. You can find it here.
• On the Microsoft Store and Steam, the Blood for the Blood God III pack will be unlocked and installed automatically; just launch WARHAMMER III to enjoy its benefits!

Improvements made to the overall stability and performance of the game.

• Fixed a crash that could occur during AI army recruitment.
• Fixed a framerate stutter caused by units passing through and destroying incidental buildings or scenery.
• Fixed a softlock triggered when using diplomacy to threaten a faction who then declared war on the player as a response.
• Fixed an issue which resulted in game benchmarks permanently hiding certain elements of the UI—preventing any further interactions until the client was restarted.
• Fixed a crash triggered by quickly selecting a unit in the unit panel immediately after disbanding a Lord.
• Fixed a rare crash triggered by players leaving their multiplayer campaign.

Below are changes made to the gameplay rules, AI, and other mechanics that dictate how the game is played.

Rules & Systems

DIPLOMACY

We’ve made several adjustments to the Diplomacy system used throughout the WARHAMMER III experience:

• Allies can now be issued “occupy” orders (in addition to “attack” and “defend” orders), which will encourage them to actively claim a settlement or colonize ruined settlements.
• Allied outposts can now be constructed outside of province capitals.
• Rebalanced the base aversion for several factions—generally improving their relations with others. (This is most beneficial to the Ogre Kingdoms.)
• Reduced the amount of threat generated by all factions.
• Factions will now (once again) consider previous positive and negative events related to dead factions when interacting with live ones.
• Players will no longer receive reliability rating penalties when forced into war via an Elector Counts dilemma.
• Reduced the relative likelihood of war declaration.
• Rebalanced the amount of gold offered in gifts, as it was previously more efficient to send numerous small gifts rather than a single large gift.
• Reduced the number of deals the AI can make from 3 → 2 per turn.
• Friendly factions will no longer charge their allied player with Ultimatums.

A change has been made which should make loaning small armies significantly cheaper while maintaining a similar cost for full stacks.

• Reduced the base Allegiance cost of loaning armies; increased the additional cost-per-unit.

DAEMON WAR DECLARATION

• Khorne, Slaanesh, Nurgle, and the Daemons of Chaos will no longer automatically declare war upon encountering a non-Daemon faction.

CONFEDERATION

• It is now slightly harder to confederate minor factions, but considerably easier to confederate major factions.
• Apart from Kislev and the Greenskins, AI major factions will no longer confederate each other outside of extremely rare circumstances.

EMBEDDED HERO BONUSES

With the addition of the new Marked Exalted Heroes, the hero embed effects required some adjusting to avoid overlapping:

• Bloodreapers: Now apply Increase Mobility
• Plagueridden: Now apply Increase Replenishment

BATTLE REINFORCEMENT TIMES

There was a margin of inaccuracy built into reinforcement arrival times based on the level differences between the Lords involved in a Battle. This effect was minor and added confusion, so it has been removed.

• The estimated reinforcement times during Battles are now always accurate.

RELOAD TIME CALCULATION

• Removed the innate reload time reductions from all non-Regiment of Renown units.
• Reduced the innate reload time reduction for Regiment of Renown units from -30% to -18%.
• Standardised the effect of rank on reload time; Rank 9 should now always equate to a -18% reduction in reload time

• Altered the minimum reload time value displayed in the UI from 2 to 4 seconds. (Note that this is purely a display change and will have no impact on actual reload times.)

WOUNDS

• Once the Wounds ability has been triggered (by dropping below the 25% hit-point threshold) on single-entity unit, it will now remain active for the remaining duration of the Battle.3

AI Rules & Logic

CAMPAIGN AI

• AI factions without a region (excluding Hordes) will no longer sue for peace.
• Fixed several instances where the AI would decide to sack a settlement they could not occupy—even when it was not the optimal decision to make.
• Updated the AI to prevent them from prioritizing the ownership of regions in an adjacent province over regions in the province they already own (assuming that both are equal).
• Implemented a new system which guides AI expansion, and which allows for targeted regions to evolve depending on the state of the game.
• Fixed instances where Hellebron’s Blood Voyage would raid the ruins of a settlement after they’d already razed it.
• Fixed an issue which would result in Rogue Armies going inactive for several dozen turns.
• Improved the AI’s stance-selection logic to help avoid attrition.
• AI logic improvements to when they use Rites.
• AI logic improvements to when they select commandments.
• AI logic improvements to when they elect to occupy a settlement.
• Anti-player bias has been reduced for the Immortal Empires campaign.

AI FACTION FEATURES

AI factions now have access to several faction features:

• Tehenhauin can now use his Pyramid features.
• Nakai can now use his Temples features.
• Dwarf and Tomb King factions can now use crafting.
• Ikit Claw has been told to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb.
• Vampire Counts now gain and use blood kisses as normal, meaning their access to bloodline lords should feel much more natural.
• Sisters of Twilight can use the Forge of Daith.

MILITARY FORCE GENERATION & UTILIZATION

• Rebalanced the priority assigned by the AI to each unit throughout their rosters.
• Beyond turn 50, the AI will now actively explore the map once it is in a strong position to do so. This replaces the old system where the owners of major ports were revealed at turn 75.
• The AI will now place more weight on its *overall* balance of power rather than its *local* balance of power when evaluating its strategic situation.
• Retired the old army morale system now that no factions use it, eliminating cases where the AI would retreat for seemingly no reason.
• The AI will only attempt to colonize a settlement when the colonizing force is at or near full health.

BATTLE AI

• Improved the capture behaviour of AI forces during Siege Battles.
• The AI will no longer place melee units in areas more suitable for their missile units during Battles.
• Improved how the AI prioritizes their attacks between barricades and enemy units.

General

STARTING ARMIES

• Starting armies have been equalized across all factions; some gained units, and some lost units.
• Factions without a region or those with more challenging start positions retain slightly larger armies to account for their disadvantage.
• High-tier units have been removed from the armies of Lords who do not offer specific effects for them.

ECONOMY

• Supply lines in Immortal Empires have been set to: Normal (1%), Hard (2%), Very Hard (4%), Legendary (4%)
• Increased the background income for all major factions from 2500 to 3000 gold on all difficulties.

GARRISONS

• Garrison budgets have been equalized across the board, now falling between the WARHAMMER II Mortal Empires and WARHAMMER III Realm of Chaos amounts.
• Some factions have additional units on the same budget, while others have less.
• Heroes have been removed from the baseline garrisons but can still be added via certain building unlocks.
• We will revisit heroes as part of specific and special buildings, as well as specific locations providing unique garrisons, in the future.

BUILDINGS

• We’ve reconfigured the system which determines which buildings are available in what locations.
• Duplicate building chains previously created for unique locations have been removed.
• Elf Gates, Empire Forts, and Bastions now use a standardized set of rules across all factions and races.
• The generic, primary settlement chain will always be used as a fallback.

BUILDING INCOME

Several adjustments have been made to the income of Port incomes:

• Recategorized ports into one of three categories: Top, Medium, and Low.
• Norsca and Vampire Coast ports remain in the Top class.
• The majority of races construct Medium class ports, which have been adjusted to WARHAMMER III income values: 100 (Wharf I), 200 (Harbour III), 400 gold (Port V).
• Lizardmen, Skaven, and Greenskins construct Low class ports, which have had their income values reduced to: 75, 150, 300 gold.
• Special ports have had their income values adjusted to 200, 400, 800 gold.

In addition to general building incomes:

• Adjusted several landmarks to avoid disrupting the economic balance.
• Adjusted the income values of damaged buildings, which would sometimes provide greater-than-intended incomes.
• Removed the adjacency increases to income from building.
• Kislevian Ducat: Replaced the resource income bonus with a settlement income bonus.

BUILDING COSTS

• Increased the cost of the Settlement chain upgrades for all races.

We have streamlined building costs into three distinct bands. This enables us to better balance each race in line with its intended playstyle. All races will therefore be assigned to one of three bands, with positive and negative cost offsets for low- and high-cost races:

• Low Cost: Greenskins, Norsca, Skaven
• High Cost: Chaos, Dwarfs, High Elves, Wood Elves
• Medium Cost: <all other races>

BUILDING TIMES

• Increased the time to complete Settlement upgrades by 1-2 turns. Reduced the infrastructure build-up while maintaining other construction times.
• Increased the time to complete Garrison and Defence buildings by 1-2 turns.
• Reduced the amount of time it takes to construct Resource buildings.
• Corrected instances where high-tier buildings would have lower-than-intended construction times.

All races will now be assigned to one of three bands with positive and negative time offsets for slow and fast races:

• Slow Building Times: Daemon Prince, Khorne, Slaanesh, Tzeentch, Lizardmen, Tomb kings, Wood Elves
• Medium Building Times: Kislev, Cathay, High Elves, Dark Elves, Empire, Dwarfs, Vampire Coast/Counts, Warriors of Chaos, Bretonnia
• Fast Building Times: Ogre Kingdoms, Skaven, Greenskins, Norsca

RECRUITMENT & HERO CAPACITY

• Reduced the previous increases to hero capacity.

While the base recruitment capacity of all races and factions is now 2, there are some exceptions to the rule:

• Beastmen: Recruitment capacity reduced to 2 in Hordes.
• Beastmen: Recruitment capacity reduced to [2,3,3,4,4] in settlements.
• Greenskins: Recruitment capacity increased by +1.
• Skaven: Recruitment capacity increased by +1.
• Tomb Kings: Recruitment capacity increased by +1.

Skills (General)

• Immortality: Now unlocks automatically at Rank 20 for all characters.
• Magical Reserves: Now grants +5 Winds of Magic maximum reserve capacity to own army.

Spell Lores (General)

LORE OF HIGH MAGIC

• Fiery Convocation (base): Armour-Piercing Damage: 48 → 35
• Fiery Convocation (overcast): Armour-Piercing Damage: 96 → 50
• Tempest (base/overcast): Affected Targets: Flying → Flying unit
• Tempest (base/overcast): Effect Range: 20 → 35
• Tempest (base/overcast): Replaced the “Cannot Move” debuff with a -60% Speed debuff
• Tempest: Duration: 17 → 18
• Tempest (overcast): Duration: 17 → 15
• Tempest: Cooldown: 44 → 37

LORE OF DARK MAGIC

• Power of Darkness: Uses: 3 → 2
• Soul Stealer: Winds of Magic cost: 18 → 16

LORE OF LIFE

• Regrowth: Bonus to Vigour: -100% → -5%

LORE OF DEATH

• Aspect of the Dreadknight: Added the “Can Cause Fear” and “Can Cause Terror” attributes
• Wind of Death (base): Winds of Magic cost: 20 → 15
• Wind of Death (overcast): Winds of Magic cost: 27 → 20

LORE OF FIRE

• Burning Head (base): Damage Per Second: 12 → 20
• Burning Head (overcast): Damage Per Second: 18 → 30

Traits (General)

• Knowledgeable: Now increases the rate of experience gained by +20%

Units (General)

BARDED HORSES

• The Horse and Barded Horse have been combined into a single unit—the Barded horse—for The Empire, Bretonnia, High Elves, Vampire Counts, and Warriors of Chaos races.

DRAGONS

• Adjusted the armour, health, and mass of Dragon units to allow them to deal with being mobbed by infantry.
• Retained the breath attack stats from WARHAMMER II, meaning they’ll perform slightly better in WARHAMMER III.
• Reducing the multiplayer costs to make them more accessible in the competitive environment.

Units

TAUROX THE BRASS BULL

• Rune-Tortured Axes Melee Attack Bonus: 10 → 8

HARPIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 600 → 500 gold

WARGOR

• Multiplayer Cost: 800 → 600 gold

Abilities

BARBED-KNUCKLE BOXING

• Melee Attack Bonus: +25 → +24

SLAUGHTERER’S CALL

• Melee Attack Bonus: +10 → +8

Items

THE DARK MAIL (Khazrak the One-Eye)

• Now provides +20 armour and +25% spell resistance

Units

DAMSELS

• Added Action: Replenish

MOUNTED YEOMEN

• Melee Attack: 24 → 26
• Base Melee Damage: 20 → 21
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 6 → 7
• Charge Bonus: 32 → 36
• Mass: 500 → 600

THE GREEN KNIGHT

• Hit Points: 4176 → 5274
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 280 → 430
• Physical Resistance: 55% → 40%
• Removed 150 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

General Updates

• The Daemon Prince no longer requires Daemonic Glory to access Mortal units.
• In Battle, the Daemon Prince’s icon no longer clips out of the frame when at low health.

Campaign

• The recruitment cost effects for Nurgle and Khorne units in the Daemon Prince roster should now function as intended.

Mission

• Claim the Capital: Now properly awards the player with 60 Undivided glory

General Updates

Most individual Dark Elf characters have been adjusted to help them adapt to the new WARHAMMER III landscape:

• Malekith: Upkeep cost reductions are now smaller but apply faction-wide to help him fight on multiple fronts. Parts of his Tyrant skill tree are now attached to his base lord effects.
• Malus: The effects of the Possession bar have been changed. It is now possible to use Tzar’kan at lower Possession levels, though doing so will immediately increase his Possession.
• Malus: High Possession now applies faction-wide, and Slaanesh corruption now replaces its former penalties.
• Morathi: Now spreads (and benefits from) Slaanesh Corruption, and can recruit a variety of Daemonette units.
• Rakarth: Now based on the Western coast of Lustria, where he has access to several new beasts in his Monster Pens: Giant Spiders, Feral Wyverns, Feral Bears, Feral Ice Bears, Sabretusk Pack.

Units

BLACK ARK CORSAIRS

• Base Damage: 21 → 25
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 7 → 10

BLACK ARK CORSAIRS (HANDBOWS)

• Base Damage: 21 → 25
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 7 → 10

BLACK DRAGON

• Hit Points: 7324 → 8324
• Armour: 80 → 90
• Mass: 2200 → 4000
• Multiplayer Cost: 2100 → 1900 gold

BLACK GUARD OF NAGGAROND

• Added Ability: Murderous Mastery

BLEAKSWORDS

• Base Damage: 21 → 25
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 7 → 10

BLOODWRACK MEDUSA

• Ammunition: 18 → 30
• Melee Attack: 34 → 40
• Melee Defence: 34 → 40

BLOODWRACK SHRINE

• Ammunition: 25 → 35

CAULDRON OF BLOOD

• Hit Points: 6332 → 7032

CHILL OF SONTAR (WAR HYDRA)

• Base damage of Frost Breath: 40 → 54
• Armour-Piercing Damage of Frost Breath: 24 → 32

COLD ONE DREAD KNIGHTS

• Melee Defence: 42 → 44

COLD ONE KNIGHTS

• Melee Defence: 26 → 28

DARK RIDERS

• Base Damage: 20 → 21
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 6 → 7

DARK RIDERS (SHIELDS)

• Melee Defence: 28 → 30
• Base Damage: 20 → 21
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 6 → 7

DARKSHARDS (SHIELDS)

• Multiplayer Cost: 650 → 600 gold

DOOMFIRE WARLOCKS

• Melee Defence: 26 → 28

DREADSPEARS

• Armour: 30 → 40

HAR GANETH EXECUTIONERS

• Melee Attack: 38 → 40
• Added Passive Attribute: Immune to Psychology

HARPIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 600 → 500 gold

KHARIBDYSS

• Multiplayer Cost: 1650 → 1600 gold

KNIGHTS OF THE EBON CLAW

• Melee Defence: 52 → 54
• Added Passive Ability: Primal Instincts

MASTER

• Multiplayer cost: 700 → 400 gold

MORATHI

• Multiplayer cost: 750 → 900 gold

SHADES (DUAL WEAPONS)

• Base Damage: 21 → 25
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 9 → 10

SHADES (GREATSWORDS)

• Multiplayer Cost: 1150 → 1050 gold

SISTERS OF SLAUGHTER

• Melee Attack: 39 → 40
• Multiplayer Cost: 1100 → 1000 gold

SLAANESH’S HARVESTERS

• Melee Defence: 34 → 36

THE CROWS OF KHAINE (HARPIES)

• Multiplayer Cost: 850 → 750 gold

WITCH ELVES

• Melee Attack: 36 → 38
• Base Damage: 23 to 30
• Armour-Piercing damage: 9 → 10
• Multiplayer Cost: 800 → 750 gold

Abilities

BEASTLORD’S GAZE (Rakarth)

• Now has a 10% damage resistance effect

BEASTSLAVER (Rakarth)

• Duration: 17 → 34 seconds

BLOOD FRENZY (Crone Hellebron)

• Now uses intensity scaling
• Armour-Piercing Effects: 6%/12%/18% → 10%/20%/25% (in each phase, respectively)

ENCHANTING BEAUTY (Morathi)

• Inflicted melee attack impairment -8 → -5

MERCILESS SLAVER (Lokir Fellheart)

• Inflicted Leadership debuff: -4 → -6

THE DAEMON’S CURSE (Malus Darkblade)

• No longer deals damage to self
• Duration: 12 → 34 seconds
• Cooldown: 60 → 120 seconds
• Inflicted Leadership debuff: -16 → -10

WHIPLASH (High Beastmaster)

• Now affects any non-character unit rather than only large entities

Items

We’ve changed the item availability for the Master hero unit:

• Replaced the Helm of Many Eyes with the Crown of Command

CIRCLET OF IRON (Malekith)

• Altered from a hex to an augment
• Added Effect: -50% miscast chance
• Added Effect: +80% Winds of Magic recharge rate

DESTROYER (Malekith)

• Added Effect: -20% spell resistance

HEARTRENDER & THE DARKSWORD

• Melee Attack (debuff): -8 → -5
• Melee Defence (debuff): -10 → -5

HYDRA BLADE

• Multiplayer Cost: 200 → 150 gold

PEARL OF INFINITE BLEAKNESS

• Multiplayer Cost: 200 → 150 gold

SUPREME SPELLSHIELD (Malekith)

• Added Effect: +20% spell resistance on self

WHIP OF AGONY (Rakarth)

• No longer requires a specific target unit type
• Multiplayer Cost: 200 → 150 gold

Units

ANCESTOR SPIRIT

• Armour-Piercing Damage: 125 → 250
• Removed the 250 Base Weapon Damage

DRAMAR HAMMERFIST

• Hit Points: 2532 → 3292
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 220 → 280
• Removed the 60 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

HALKENHAF STONEBEARD

• Armour-Piercing Damage: 125 → 250
• Removed the 250 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

HANS VALHIRSSON

• Armour-Piercing Damage: 125 → 375
• Removed the 125 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

KING LUNN IRONHAMMER

• Armour-Piercing Damage: 125 → 250
• Removed the 250 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

THRONI IRONBROW

• Hit Points: 2532 → 3292
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 90 → 320
• Removed the 230 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

General Updates

• The value used to grant campaign movement range bonuses to Yin or Yang armies is now working as intended.
• Units with the Formation Attack attribute now correctly gain +8 melee defence, as intended. This addition is now mentioned in the Formation Attack text.

Units

ANCESTRAL WARRIORS

• Hit Points: 6720 → 8560
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 25 → 36
• Removed the 11 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

Spells

BLOSSOM WIND

• Radius: 5 → 6
• [Base] Armour-Piercing Damage: 16 → 18
• [Overcast] Armour-Piercing Damage: 20 → 26

Units

AZHAG THE SLAUGHTERER

• Hit Points: 4396 → 5221
• Hit Points (when riding Skullmuncha): 5716 → 6788

BLACK ORKS

• Melee Defence: 26 → 31

BROKEN TUSKS MOB (ORC BOAR BOY BIG ‘UNS)

• Melee Defence: 29 → 35
• Melee Attack: 27 → 30
• Recruitment Cost: 1300 → 1050 gold
• Upkeep Costs: 325 → 260 gold

DA BIG ‘UN (ROGUE IDOL)

• Melee Defence: 27 → 30
• Added Ability: Unbreakable

DA EIGHT PEAK LOONIES (NIGHT GOBLINS – FANATICS)

• Recruitment Cost: 700 → 735 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 175 → 184 gold

DA SWAMP FINGS (RIVER TROLLS)

• Base Melee Damage: 30 → 40
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 50 → 66
• Charge Bonus: 24 → 30

DURKIT’S SQUIGS (NIGHT GOBLIN SQUIG HOPPERS)

• Leadership: 60→ 70
• Melee Defence: 24 → 28
• Melee Attack: 32 → 36
• Charge Bonus: 26 → 35

GRIMGOR IRONHIDE

• Hit Points: 5536 → 7123

GROM THE PAUNCH

• Hit Points: 5296 → 5764

KRIMZON KILLERZ (BLACK ORCS)

• Updated to Dual Axe Infantry
• Melee Defence: 34 → 30
• Melee Attack: 45 → 50
• Base Melee Damage: 14 → 20
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage 36 → 30
• Charge Bonus: 29 → 35
• Added Attribute: +8 Bonus vs. Infantry

LOGEY BOGEY’S SPORE ‘SPLODAZ (SNOTLING PUMP WAGONS)

• Hit Points: 4096 → 4696

MOON-HOWLERS (GOBLIN WOLF RIDERS)

• Charge Bonus: 18 → 23
• Added Attribute: Expendable

MORGRUBB’S MANGY MARAUDER (GOBLIN WOLF ARCHERS)

• Charge Bonus: 10 → 18
• Recruitment Cost: 625 → 600 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 156 → 145 gold
• Added Attribute: Expendable

NIGHT GOBLIN ARCHERS (FANATICS)

• Recruitment Cost: 575 → 600 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 144 → 151 gold

NIGHT GOBLIN SQUIG HOPPERS

• Leadership: 50 → 60
• Melee Attack: 25 → 28
• Base Melee Damage: 8 → 10
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 19 → 22
• Charge Bonus: 26 → 32

NIGHT GOBLIN WAR BOSS

• Added Ability: Stalk

NIGHT GOBLINS (FANATICS)

• Recruitment Cost: 500 → 525 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 125 → 131 gold

ORC BOAR BOY BIG ‘UNS

• Melee Defence: 20 → 26
• Recruitment Cost: 950 → 850 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 237 → 214 gold

ORC BOYZ

• Recruitment Cost: 450 → 430 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 112 → 107 gold

RIVER TROLLS

• Base Melee Damage: 30 → 37
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 50 → 61

ROGUE IDOL

• Melee Defence: 20 → 24
• Added Ability: Unbreakable

SNOTLING PUMP WAGONS

• Hit Points: 4096 → 4696

SNOTLING PUMP WAGONS (FLAPPAS)

• Hit Points: 4096 → 4696

SNOTLING PUMP WAGONS (SPIKY ROLLERS)

• Hit Points: 5096 → 5856

SQUIG HERD

• Recruitment Cost: 500 → 300 gold
• Upkeep Cost: 125 → 75 gold

TEEF ROBBERS (GOBLIN WOLF CHARIOTS)

• Speed: 92 → 110
• Mass: 30
• Added Attribute: Ignore Terrain

WURRZAG

• Hit Points: 4128 → 4903
• Hit Points (when riding Spleenrippa): 4680 → 5556

Abilities

We’ve reworked the Spinning Loons, Loons of Eight Peaks, and Da Boss’ Loons abilities for all Fanatic units:

• Fanatic units no longer need to be in combat for these abilities to recharge
• Cooldown: 45 → 30 seconds

SMASH ‘EM FASTER

• Active Duration: 18 → 30 seconds

Spells

SNEAKY STABBIN’

• Active Duration: 19 → 40 seconds

‘EADBUTT

• [Base] Winds of Magic cost: 7 → 5
• [Overcast] Winds of Magic cost: 12 → 9

Items

SKULL WAND OF KALOTH

• Multiplayer Cost: 200 → 175 gold

Units

FROSTHEART PHOENIX

• The Blizzard Aura ability now also reduces enemy movement speed and charge speed by 12% each
• Multiplayer Cost: 1650 → 1500 gold
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

MOON DRAGON

• Armour: 60 → 70
• Hit Points: 7324 → 8324
• Mass: 2200 → 4000
• Multiplayer Cost: 2000 → 1800 gold

PHOENIX GUARD & REGIMENT OF RENOWN PHOENIX GUARD

• Mass: 140 → 150

STAR DRAGON

• Armour: 80 → 90
• Hit Points: 8424 → 9424
• Mass: 2500 → 4400
• Multiplayer Cost: 2400 → 2200 gold

SUN DRAGON

• Armour: 60 → 70
• Hit Points: 6008 → 7008
• Mass: 1800 → 3500
• Multiplayer Cost: 1700 → 1600 gold

SILVER HELMS

We’ve also adjusted the recruitment cost of Silver Helms to better match their current power level:

• Silver Helms: Recruitment Cost: 900 → 850 gold
• Silver Helms (Shields): Recruitment Cost: 1000 → 950 gold

Abilities

We’ve adjusted both the Martial Prowess and Martial Mastery abilities to increase their uptime:

• Reduced the hit point threshold of when the abilities deactivate from 50% to 25%

PRIMAL RAGE

We’ve also adjusted the Primal Rage ability to scale with the intensity settings of WARHAMMER III:

• Primal Rage now scales based on the amount of time spent engaged in melee, up to +25% base and +25% armour-piercing weapon damage.

SWORD OF TECLIS

We’ve also made several adjustments to the Sword of Teclis ability to offer greater spell mastery and cast more powerful spells:

• Effect Duration: 30 → 23 seconds
• Now grants bonus Winds of Magic reserves Per Second
• Now grants Spell Mastery

Multiplayer

• Shadow-walkers are now available to use in competitive play

Campaign

• Reduced the innate movement range bonus of Blood Hosts from 35% to 10%
• Increased the bonus movement range granted to Blood Hosts via technology unlocks from 10% to 15%
• Reduced the innate movement granted after razing a settlement via Skarbrand’s faction effect from 25% to 15%
• Reduced the bonus movement range granted after razing a settlement via the Skull Throne ritual from 25% to 15%
• Increased the bonus movement range granted after razing a settlement via technology unlocks from 10% to 15%
• Reduced Skarbrand’s innate post-battle movement bonus from +35% to +25%
• Reduced the duration of the Skull Throne ritual to 5 turns so it can no longer be maintained at an 100% uptime

Units

CHAOS FURIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 550 → 575 gold

MINOTAURS OF KHORNE

• Now have access to the Frenzy passive ability
• Now benefit from +15% spell resistance

MINOTAURS OF KHORNE (GREAT WEAPONS)

• Now have access to the Frenzy passive ability
• Now benefit from +15% spell resistance

Skills

LOCUS OF ENDLESS WAR

• Now grants +15% post-battle movement speed

RESTLESS FURY

• Post-Battle Movement Bonus: +15% → +10%

General Updates

• The penalties inflicted by the Chaos Wasteland climates on Boris Ursus have been reduced
• Boris Ursus now generates Devotion from holding Chaos Wasteland settlements
• Boris Ursus’ wings are now visible on his campaign map model

Units

SNOW LEOPARD

• Domination Capture Weight: 5 → 4

Units

AMAXON BARBS (RAZONDON HUNTING PACK)

• Ammunition: 15 → 18

ANCIENT SALAMANDER

• Hit Points: 4168 → 5168
• Ammunition: 20 → 25

COLOSSADON HUNTERS (RIPPERDACTYL RIDERS)

• Hit Points: 5780 → 6250
• Multiplayer Cost: 1450 → 1400 gold

DREAD SAURIAN

• Melee Defence: 26 → 28

FERAL CARNOSAUR

• Mass: 3500 → 4000
• Melee Attack: 41 → 45

FERAL COLD ONES

• Hit Points: 3904 → 5024

FERAL DREAD SAURIAN

• Melee Defence: 26 → 28

GELTBLOM’S TERROR (FERAL CARNOSAUR)

• Mass: 3500 → 4000
• Melee Attack: 51 → 55

RAZORDON PACK

• Ammunition: 15 → 18

RIPPERDACTYL RIDERS

• Hit Points: 5780 → 6250
• Multiplayer Cost: 1150 → 1100 gold

SALAMANDER PACK

• Ammunition: 15 → 18

SKINK PRIEST AVATAR

• Hit Points: 2200 → 5168
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 70 → 280
• Removed the 210 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

THE SHREDDER OF LUSTRIA (DREAD SAURIAN)

• Melee Defence: 34 → 36

Abilities

PRIMAL INSTINCTS

Numerous adjustments have been made to the Primal Instincts ability:

• No longer triggers rampage
• Increased the melee attack bonus from +8 → +10
• Added effect: +5% Physical Resistance
• Increased the trigger threshold from 25% → 50% hit points

The following units now have access to the Primal Instincts ability:

• Ancient Stegadon
• Ancient Stegadon (Engine of the Gods)
• Bastiladon (Ark of Sotek)
• Bastiladon (Revivification Crystal)
• Bastiladon (Solar Engine)
• Dread Saurian
• Pok-Hopak Cohort
• Star Chamber Guardians
• Stegadon
• Temple Guards
• The Shredder of Lustria
• The Thunderous One

GOLDEN TRIBUTES (Nakai)

• Added Effect: +10% damage resistance

PRIMAL ROAR (Nakai)

• Effect Duration: 17 → 25 seconds

REVIVIFICATION CRYSTAL (Bastiladon – Revivification Crystal)

• Effect Duration: 40 → 30 seconds

RUINATION OF CITIES (Mazdamundi)

• Base Damage: 48 → 36
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 24 → 16

Spells

DELIVERANCE OF ITZA

• Levels I, II, and III: Base Damage: 40 → 30
• Level I: Armour-Piercing Damage: 22 → 10
• Level II: Armour-Piercing Damage: 37 → 20
• Level III: Armour-Piercing Damage: 52 → 30

General Updates

Several adjustments have been made to the Allegiance to the Gods mechanic for Norsca:

• The Hound: No longer grants you a Hellcannon Battery; rather, you are granted with the unique Exalted Hero of Khorne: Killgore Slaymaime
• The Raven: Arzik the Maze-Keeper can now access the Lore of Tzeentch spell set
• The Serpent: Kihar the Tormentor has been updated with the Sorcerer or Slaanesh model and can access the Lore of Slaanesh spell set
• The Crow: No longer triggers a global plague; now provides the unique Great Unclean One: Burplesmirk Spewpit

Units

FROST WYRM

• Hit Points: 6120 → 7120
• Mass: 2000 → 3800
• Multiplayer Cost: 1700 → 1600 gold

MARAUDER CHAMPIONS

• Base Weapon Damage: 30 → 35
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 9 → 15

MARAUDER CHAMPIONS (GREAT WEAPONS)

• Base Weapon Damage: 10 → 15
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 30 → 35

Abilities

The following abilities have been updated to leverage the new WARHAMMER III intensity settings, and scale based on the time spent engaged in melee combat:

• Berserk
• Rage

SEAFANG (Wulfrik)

• Base Damage: 54 → 36
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 27 → 20

General Updates

• Chaos Warhounds (Poison) have been added to the unit rosters in the Campaign and Custom Battle modes.
• Plaguebearers of Nurgle now properly receive the Melee Defence bonus granted by the Armour of Malady skill.

Since Nurgle forces do not globally recruit, we’ve updated the boon granted in Tzeentch’s Realm in the Realm of Chaos campaign:

• Updated the global recruitment boon effects received in Tzeentch’s Realm to grant cost reductions to recruitment.

Units

CHAOS FURIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 550 → 575 gold

Spells

STREAM OF CORRUPTION

• [Overcast] Armour-Piercing Damage: 48 → 36

General Updates

• Greasus Goldtooth can now equip followers only intended for Tyrants.
• AI Ogre Kingdoms factions will now select Big Names

Units

GNOBLAR TRAPPERS

• Multiplayer Cost: 450 → 400 gold

GNOBLARS

• Multiplayer Cost: 250 → 200 gold

Units

BROOD HORROR

• Melee Attack: 28 → 40

CHIEFTAIN

• Melee Attack Bonus (when riding Bonebreaker): 38 → 40

CLAN VULKIN TAILSLASHERS (CLANRATS – SHIELDS)

• Fire Resistance: 70% → 25%

DEATH GLOBE BOMBARDIERS

• Explosion Radius: 3 → 4

DOOM-FLAYERS

• Melee Attack: 26 → 30
• Melee Defence: 22 → 26
• Multiplayer Cost: 1200 → 1100

DOOMWHEEL

• Increased hit points from 5388 → 6388

ESHIN TRIADS

• Multiplayer Cost: 750 → 700 gold

MUTANT RAT OGRE

• Melee Attack: 50 → 52

NIGHT RUNNERS

• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 450 gold

NIGHT RUNNERS (SLINGS)

• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 450 gold

PACKMASTER

• Melee Attack Bonus (when riding a Brood Horror mount): 38 → 40

PLAGUE MONKS

• Melee Attack: 26 → 28

PLAGUE MONK CENSER BEARERS

• Melee Attack: 29 → 31

PLAGUE PRIEST

• Melee Attack: 38 → 40
• Melee Attack Bonus (when riding a Plague Furnace mount): 28 → 30

QUEEK HEADTAKER

• Melee Defence: 43 → 46

RAT OGRES

• Melee Attack: 24 → 26
• Multiplayer Cost: 800 → 700 gold

SKAVENSLAVE

• Hit Points: 8640 → 9000

SKAVENSLAVE SLINGERS

• Hit Points: 6300 → 6720
• Multiplayer Cost: 225 → 200 gold

SKAVENSLAVE SPEARS

• Hit Points: 8640 → 9000

THE AVALANCHE MORTARS

• Shrapnel Explosion Radius: 3 → 4

WARLORD

• Melee Defence (when riding a Bonebreaker or Brood Horror mount): 48 → 50

WARPLOCK JEZZAILS

• Projectiles now penetrate 1 entity
• Multiplayer cost increased from 900 to 1000

WARLOCKS (GARRISON)

• Replaced Warp Lightning with Scorch. (You live this time, man-thing!)

Abilities

DEATH FRENZY

• Now also boosts Armour-Piercing Damage by 30% when activated

Spells of Ruin

CRACK’S CALL

• [Base/Overcast] Base Damage: 48 → 35
• [Base/Overcast] Armour-Piercing Damage: 48 → 35

FLENSING RUIN

• [Base] Duration: 14 → 24 seconds
• [Base] Winds of Magic cost: 16 → 14
• [Overcast] Duration: 22 → 38 seconds
• [Overcast] Winds of Magic cost: 22 → 20
• Multiplayer Cost: 200 → 150 gold

SCORCH

• [Overcast] Duration: 3 → 6 seconds

Spells of Stealth

BLACK WHIRLWIND

• [Base] Armour-Piercing Damage: 5 → 3
• [Overcast] Armour-Piercing Damage: 10 → 4

VEIL OF SHADOWS

• [Base] Winds of Magic cost: 12 → 8
• [Overcast] Winds of Magic cost: 16 → 10
• Multiplayer cost reduced from 150 → 100 gold

Spells of Plague

PESTILENT BREATH

• [Base] Base Damage: 16 → 20
• [Overcast] Base Damage: 16 → 30

PLAGUE RASH

• Active Time: 10 → 5 seconds

WITHER

• [Base] Winds of Magic cost: 10 → 6
• [Overcast] Winds of Magic cost: 16 → 10

Items

PIPES OF PIEBALD

• Charge Speed (debuff): -5% → -20%
• Charge Bonus (debuff): -10% → -20%

SCRYING STONE

• Active Ability Duration: 15 → 30 seconds

General Updates

• Removed the following (non-functional) effect from N’Kari’s quest item: “Enabled draining attacks”

Changes have been made to Slaanesh’s Secdution mechanic to alleviate issues where vassalizing non-Chaos factions would damage N’kari’s relations with other Chaos factions:

• Seductive Influence now increases the affected faction’s diplomatic relations with *all* Chaos factions rather than just Slaanesh.
• Seductive Influence no longer unlocks treaties (as they are all available by default).

With all Daemons gaining access to diplomacy (in some form), we felt like N’kari needed a bit more to distinguish his more diplomacy-oriented play style. As such, we’ve boosted his advantages in this area:

• Increased N’kari’s bonus to vassal income and added an additional bonus to Allegiance Point generation.
• Vassals created by Slaanesh will now never rebel and should always join wars alongside their master.

Units

CHAOS FURIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 550 → 575 gold

Units

WAR WAGONS

• Base Missile Damage: 3 → 5
• Armour-Piercing Missile Damage: 15 → 25
• Run Speed: 50 → 66

Units

• Reduced the flame weakness of Lords and Heroes from 25% to 15%

ARKHAN THE BLACK

• Multiplayer Cost: 1000 → 900 gold
• Multiplayer Cost: Skeletal Steed mount: 200 → 180 gold
• Multiplayer Cost: Skeleton Chariot mount: 400 → 360 gold

BLESSED LEGION OF PHAKTH (SKELETON ARCHERS)

• Leadership: 40 → 55

BONE GIANT

• Leadership: 50 → 60

CHOSEN OF THE GODS (USHABTI – GREAT BOW)

• Leadership: 40 → 55

FLOCK OF DJAF (CARRION)

• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 450.

HIGH QUEEN KHALIDA

• Hit Points: 4840 → 5323
• Hit Points (when riding a Necroserpent mount): 5404 → 5943
• Hit Points (when riding a Skeleton Chariot mount): 5629 → 6188
• Armour: 50 → 55

KHEMRIAN WARSPHINX

• Leadership: 50 → 70

KING NEKHESH’S SCORPION LEGION

• Leadership: 40 → 55
• Melee Defence 38 → 42

NECROPOLIS KNIGHTS

• Base Damage: 21 → 25
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 40 → 42

NECROPOLIS KNIGHTS (HALBERDS)

• Bonus vs. Large: 30 → 32

NECROSPHINX

• Leadership: 50 → 75
• Hit Points: 8360 → 8960

NEHEKHARA WARRIORS

• Leadership: 44 → 55

SEPULCHRAL STALKERS

• Ammo: 8 → 12
• Added Attribute: Magical Melee Attacks

SKELETON ARCHERS

• Armour: 10 → 20
• Leadership: 30 → 45

SKELETON HORSE ARCHERS

• Armour: 20 → 30
• Leadership: 40 → 45
• Melee Attack: 16 → 20
• Melee Defence 18 → 22
• Charge Bonus: 14 → 25
• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 475 gold

SKELETON HORSEMEN

• Armour: 20 → 30
• Leadership: 40 → 45
• Melee Attack: 22 → 24
• Base Melee Damage: 20 → 21
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 6 → 7
• Charge Bonus: 26 → 34
• Mass: 500 → 600

SKELETON SPEARMEN

• Armour: 10 → 20
• Leadership: 30 → 45

SKELETON WARRIORS

• Armour: 10 → 20
• Leadership: 30 → 40

THE KEPHRA GUARD

• Armour: 50 → 70
• Leadership: 70 → 80

THE SPHINX OF USEKPH (NECROSPHINX)

• Leadership: 50 → 85
• Hit Points: 9180 → 9780

TOMB GUARD

• Armour: 50 → 55
• Leadership: 60 → 70

TOMB GUARD (HALBERDS)

• Armour: 50 → 55
• Leadership: 60 → 70

USHTABI

• Leadership: 44 → 55
• Base Melee Damage: 20 → 22
• Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 52 → 57

USHTABI (BOW)

• Leadership: 44 → 55

USIRIAN’S LEGION OF THE NETHERWORLD

• Leadership: 49 → 65
• Hit Points: 6960 → 8760
• Physical Resistance: 70% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 9 → 42
• Base Damage: 33 → 0
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

Abilities

THE VENOM STAFF

• Cooldown: 120 → 30 seconds
• Ability Uses: +2
• Explosive Armour-Piercing Damage: 68 → 61

Items

ENKIL’S KANOPI

• Cost: 200 → 150 gold

THE BLESSED BLADE OF PTRA

• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

VAMBRACES OF THE SUN

• Weapon Imbuement: Blinded
• Weapon Imbuement: Flaming Attacks

General Updates

• Removed the Battle reinforcement-time accuracy effects from Kairos’ faction effects, as they are no longer relevant with the removal of reinforcement time uncertainty.
• Tzeentch factions will no longer use their Unholy Manifestations mechanic on factions in the Chaos Realms if they are not also in the Chaos Realms.
• Sarthorael’s Watchers (minor faction) will no longer declare war on the Kurgan Warband as it benefits them to have Kurgan Warband attacking the Great Bastion.

Units

CHAOS FURIES

• Multiplayer Cost: 550 → 575 gold

Units

ANIMATED HULKS

• Multiplayer Cost: 750 → 500 gold

CYLOSTRA DIREFIN

• Hit Points: 3488 → 4532
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 100 → 300
• Removed 200 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Charmed

DAMNED KNIGHTS ERRANT

• Hit Points: 5400 → 6960
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 9 → 30
• Removed 21 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

DAMNED KNIGHTS OF THE REALM

• Hit Points: 7200 → 9300
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 9 → 37
• Removed 28 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

DAMNED PALADIN

• Hit Points: 3188 → 4242
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 135 → 390
• Removed 255 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

DAMNED PALADIN (WARHORSE)

• Hit Points: 3672 → 4774
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 135 → 390
• Removed 255 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

DAMNED QUESTING KNIGHTS

• Hit Points: 7500 → 9675
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 36 → 48
• Removed 12 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

DEATH SHRIEK TERRORGHEIST

• Leadership: 40 → 60
• Hit Points: 7544 → 8544
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 325 → 350

DEPTH GUARD

• Hit Points: 6540 → 7200
• Multiplayer Cost: 1200 → 1100 gold
• Added Attribute: +5 Damage vs. Infantry

DEPTH GUARD (POLEARMS)

• Hit Points: 6540 → 7200
• Multiplayer Cost: 1300 → 1200 gold

MOURNGUL HAUNTER

• Mass: 1500 → 2000
• Multiplayer Cost: 1450 → 2000 gold
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

MOURNGULS

• Mass: 1150 → 1500
• Melee Defence: 24 → 26

NIGHT TERRORS (MOURNGULS)

• Mass: 1150 → 1500
• Melee Defence: 31 → 33

ROTTING LEVIATHAN

• Leadership: 55 → 60

ROTTING PROMETHEANS

• Leadership: 44 → 50

ROTTING PROMETHEANS (GUNNERY MOB)

• Leadership: 44 → 50

SCURVY DOGS

• Charge Bonus: 24 → 28

SHADEWRAITH GUNNERS (DECK GUNNERS)

• Hit Points: 2656 → 3392
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 2 → 18
• Removed 16 Base Weapon Damage
• Shots can now penetrate 1 target
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

SYREENS

• Hit Points: 4920 → 6240
• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 23 → 30
• Removed 7 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Charmed

THE BLACK SPOT (ZOMBIE PIRATE GUNNERY MOB – HANDGUNS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 6960 → 7560

THE BLOODY REAVER DECK (DEPTH GUARD – POLEARMS)

• Hit Points: 6540 → 7200
• Multiplayer Cost: 1600 → 1500 gold

THE LAMPREY’S REVENGE (ROTTING PROMETHEANS – GUNNERY MOB)

• Leadership: 54 → 60

THE TIDE OF SKJOLD (ZOMBIE PIRATE DECKHANDS MOB)

• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Hit Points: 10720 → 12000

ZOMBIE PIRATE DECKHANDS MOB

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 10720 → 12000

ZOMBIE PIRATE DECKHANDS MOB (POLEARMS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 10720 → 12000

ZOMBIE PIRATE GUNNERY MOB

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 6960 → 7560
• Range: 90 → 120
• Added Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

ZOMBIE PIRATE GUNNERY MOB (BOMBERS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 6960 → 7560

ZOMBIE PIRATE GUNNERY MOB (HAND CANNONS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 6960 → 7560
• Multiplayer Cost: 600 → 500 gold

ZOMBIE PIRATE GUNNERY MOB (HANDGUNS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 6960 → 7560

Abilities

BOMB THROW (Gunnery Wight)

• Base Explosive Damage: 24 → 60
• Explosive Armour-Piercing Damage: 7 → 30
• Multiplayer Cost: 150 → 50 gold

CACKLE FRUIT (Gunnery Wight)

• Base Explosive Damage: 30 → 60
• Explosive Armour-Piercing Damage: 7 → 30
• Multiplayer Cost: 150 → 50 gold

PIGEON PLUCKER PENDANT (Gunnery Wight)

• Added effect: -10% speed
• Multiplayer Cost: 100 → 50 gold

Spells

TIDECALL

• [Base] Base Damage: 16 → 20
• [Overcast] Armour-Piercing Damage: 8 → 10

Units

BANSHEE

• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Hit Points: 3180 → 4226
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Melee Defence: 38 → 45
• Melee Attack: 40 → 50
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 210 → 240
• Charge Bonus: 25 → 35
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

BLACK COACH

• Melee Attack: 24 → 29
• Mass: 2350 → 2750
• Melee Attack Interval: +0.8 seconds
• Base Weapon Damage: 30 → 50
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 90 → 150
• Splash Attacks: +2

BLACK KNIGHTS

• Melee Defence: 32 → 36
• Melee Attack: 24 → 30
• Melee Attack Interval: -0.9 seconds
• Base Weapon Damage: 25 → 30
• Charge Bonus: 26 → 31
• Multiplayer Cost: 750 → 1000 gold
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

BLACK KNIGHTS (LANCES & BARDING)

• Melee Defence: 23 → 38
• Melee Attack: 23 → 30
• Melee Attack Interval: -1.1 seconds
• Charge Bonus: 62 → 67
• Multiplayer Cost: 1050 → 1100 gold
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

BLOOD KNIGHTS

• Leadership: 65 → 70
• Base Weapon Damage: 25 → 30
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 13 → 15
• Multiplayer Cost: 750 → 1000 gold
• Added Ability: The Hunger

CAIRN WRAITHS

• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Hit Points: 4920 → 6240
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Removed all Splash Attacks
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

CHILLGHEISTS (HEXWRAITHS)

• Hit Points: 5760 → 7440
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Base Weapon Damage: 5 → 0
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 37 → 42
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

CORPSE CART

• Multiplayer Cost: 250 → 300 gold

CORPSE CART (BALEFIRE)

• Multiplayer Cost: 400 → 500 gold

CRYPT GHOULS

• Melee Attack: 27 → 32
• Melee Attack Interval: -0.3 seconds
• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 600 gold
• Added Attribute: Stalk
• Added Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

CRYPT HORRORS

• Leadership: 44 → 54
• Hit Points: 8960 → 10752
• Melee Defence: 26 → 33
• Melee Attack: 34 → 39
• Melee Attack Interval: -0.2 seconds
• Charge Bonus: 24 → 30
• Splash Attacks: +1

DEVILS OF SCHWARTZHAFEN (VARGHEISTS)

• Mass: 450 → 1300
• Added Ability: The Hunger

FEASTERS IN THE DUSK (CRYPT GHOULS)

• Melee Attack: 36 → 41
• Melee Attack Interval: -0.3 seconds
• Multiplayer Cost: 700 → 800 gold
• Added Ability: Frenzy
• Added Attribute: Stalk
• Added Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

FELL BATS

• Leadership: 30 → 35
• Melee Attack: 14 → 19
• Melee Attack Interval: -0.3 seconds
• Base Weapon Damage: 16 → 20
• Mass: 70 → 150
• Multiplayer Cost: 350 → 400 gold
• Added Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

GRAVE GUARD

• Melee Attack Interval: -0.4 seconds
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

GRAVE GUARD (GREAT WEAPONS)

• Melee Attack Interval: -0.4 seconds
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

HEXWRAITHS

• Hit Points: 7544 → 8289
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Base Weapon Damage: 5 → 0
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 37 → 42
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

KONIGSTEIN STALKERS (SKELETON WARRIORS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Armour: 60 → 80

MASTER NECROMANCER

• Added Ability: Lesser Raise Dead

MORTIS ENGINE

• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

NECROMANCER

• Added Ability: Lesser Raise Dead

SKELETON WARRIORS

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Domination Capture Power: 6 → 2

SKELETON WARRIORS (SPEARS)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Domination Capture Power: 6 → 2

STRIGOI GHOUL KING

• Melee Defence: 40 → 50
• Melee Attack: 54 → 75
• Charge Bonus: 30 → 35

STRIGOI GHOUL KING (TERRORGHEIST MOUNT)

• Melee Defence: 42 → 47
• Melee Attack: 40 → 52
• Charge Bonus: 40 → 45

STRIGOI VAMPIRE LORD

• Melee Defence: 48 → 50
• Melee Attack: 65 → 75

TERRORGHEIST

• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Hit Points: 7544 → 8289
• Melee Defence: 42 → 47
• Melee Attack: 36 → 41
• Mass: 1600 → 2200
• Multiplayer Cost: 2050 → 2100 gold

THE CLAW OF NAGASH (MORTIS ENGINE)

• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

THE DIREPACK (DIRE WOLVES)

• Charge Bonus: 24 → 28

THE TITHE (ZOMBIES)

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 12600 → 15400
• Physical Resistance: 15% → 20%

VAMPIRE

• Leadership: 60 → 70
• Melee Defence: 35 → 40

VAMPIRE LORD

• Melee Defence: 45 → 50

VARGHEISTS

• Mass: 450 → 1300
• Added Ability: The Hunger

VARGHULF

• Leadership: 40 → 50
• Hit Points: 7048 → 8248
• Splash Attacks: +2
• Removed Ability: Regeneration
• Added Ability: The Hunger

VEREK’S REAVERS (BLACK KNIGHTS – LANCES & BARDING)

• Melee Defence: 32 → 36
• Melee Attack: 32 → 38
• Melee Attack Interval: -1.1 seconds
• Charge Bonus: 62 → 67
• Multiplayer Cost: 1300 → 1400 gold
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

WIGHT KING

• Hit Points: 4393 → 5096
• Hit Points (when mounted): 4768 → 5468
• Melee Attack: 34 → 44
• Mass: 500 → 700
• Multiplayer Cost: 500 → 600 gold
• Splash Attacks: +3
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

ZOMBIE DRAGON MOUNT

• Mass: 2200 → 4000

ZOMBIES

• Leadership: 30 → 40
• Hit Points: 10080 → 12320
• Domination Capture Power: 5 → 3

Abilities

BALEFIRE

• Removed existing effects from the ability
• Changed from an Area-of-Effect Debuff to an Area-of-Effect Augment
• Grants +20% Fire Resistance within the area-of-effect
• Imbues Flaming Attacks within the area-of-effect
• Imbues Magical Attacks within the area-of-effect

BLACK NIMBUS

• Removed the prerequisite “time in melee combat” condition before the ability activates
• Added a prerequisite “number of kills” to activate the ability

BLACK SCYTHES

• Removed the prerequisite “time in melee combat” condition before the ability activates
• Added a prerequisite of more than 40 kills to activate the ability
• Removed existing effects from the ability
• Added Boon: +50% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage
• Imbues Flaming Attacks

MASTER OF THE DEAD

• Unit must now be out of melee to activate this ability

STORM OF THE NIGHT

• Target: Flying → Flying Unit
• Duration: 17 → 22
• Effect Range: 20 → 35
• Removed Debuff: Cannot Move
• Added Debuff: -60% Speed

UNHOLY VIGOUR

• Removed the prerequisite “time in melee combat” condition before the ability activates
• Added a prerequisite “number of kills” to activate the ability
• Removed existing effects from the ability
• Added Boon: Restores Vigour

VIGOUR MORTIS

• Restores Vigour (1% per second) to units within its area-of-effect

Units

ARCHAON THE EVERCHOSEN

Archaeon has been updated with a new, mixed Spell Lore with the following spells:

• Spirit Leech
• Searing Doom
• The Burning Head
• Flaming Sword of Rhuin
• Transmutation of Lead
• The Purple Sun of Xereus

We’ve also made several tweaks to his speed stats:

• Walk Speed: 15 → 18
• Run Speed: 33 → 35
• Charge Speed: 40 → 48
• Run Speed (when mounted on Dorghar): 78 → 94
• Acceleration (when mounted on Dorghar): 60 → 70
• Charge Speed (when mounted on Dorghar): 108 → 113
• Turn Speed (when mounted on Dorghar): 60 → 90

Additions:

• New Item: The Armour of Morkar
• Weapon Imbuement: Flaming Attacks
• New Ability: Paragon of Ruin

ASPIRING CHAMPIONS

• Hit Points: 3080 → 7808
• Melee Defence: 62 → 45
• Melee Attack: 46 → 40
• Base Damage: 34 → 68
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 14 → 28
• Entity Mass: 250 → 600
• Multiplayer Cost: 550 → 1100 gold
• Removed Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

CHAOS CHARIOTS

• Entity Mass: 700 → 1100

CHAOS KNIGHTS

• Run Speed: 66 → 70
• Charge Speed: 107 → 108
• Turn Speed: 60 → 90

CHAOS KNIGHTS (LANCES)

• Run Speed: 66 → 70
• Charge Speed: 107 → 108
• Turn Speed: 60 → 90

CHAOS GIANT

• Missile Resistance: 0% → 15%

DRAGON OGRE SHAGGOTH

• Added Attribute: Wallbreaker

FORSAKEN

• Base Damage: 46 → 44

GOREBEAST CHARIOTS

• Mass: 1400 → 2000

HELLCANNON

• Updated the persistent visual effects of the unit

KHOLEK SUNEATER

• Building Damage Multiplier: 1.25x → 2x
• Added Attribute: Wallbreaker
• New Ability: Tempest Rage

MARAUDER HORSEMASTERS

• Entity Mass: 600 → 700

MARAUDER HORSEMEN

• Charge Speed: 113 → 110
• Turn Speed: 140 → 120

MARAUDER HORSEMEN (THROWING AXES)

• Charge Speed: 113 → 110
• Turn Speed: 140 → 120

MIRROR GUARD (CHAOS WARRIORS)

• Base Damage: 29 → 26
• Armour-Piercing Damage: 9 → 10
• Walk Speed: 14 → 15
• Run Speed: 38 → 33
• Charge Speed: 44 → 43
• Physical Resistance: 0% → 10%
• New Ability: Supreme Vanity (see below)
• Added Attribute: Strider
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks

PRINCE SIGVALD THE MAGNIFICENT

• Physical Resistance: 0% → 10%
• Removed Ability: Deadly Onslaught
• Removed Ability: Heroic Killing Blow
• Removed Ability: Foe Seeker
• Added Ability: Mortal Blow
• New Ability: Paragon of Excess
• New Item: Sliverslash

SUMMONERS OF RAGE (DRAGON OGRES)

• Updated the unit with new in-game visuals
• Updated with a new Unit Card

THE DAEMONSPEW (FORSAKEN)

• Hit Points: 7360 → 8000
• Melee Defence: 27 → 32
• Melee Attack: 40 → 35
• Base Damage: 46 → 44
• Run Speed: 46 → 41
• Charge Speed: 50 → 45
• Added Attribute: Fear
• Updated the unit with new in-game visuals
• Updated with a new Unit Card

THE SOUL OF DAMNATION (HELLCANNON)

• Updated the persistent visual effects of the unit
• Updated with a new Unit Card

THE SWORDS OF CHAOS (CHAOS KNIGHTS)

• Reworked Ability: Apocalyptic Charge (details below in the Abilities section)
• Added Attribute: Immune to Psychology
• Updated the unit with new in-game rider visuals
• Updated with a new Unit Card

UNDIVIDED CHAOS LORD

• Mass (when riding a Chaos Dragon mount): 2200 → 4000
• Multiplayer Cost (when riding a Manticore mount): 1400 → 1500 gold
• New Mount: Chaos Chariot
• New Ability: Paragon of Ruin
• New Item: Armour of Damnation
• New Item: Aethersword

UNDIVIDED CHAOS SORCERER

• Armour: 100 → 80
• Fixed an issue which would prevent their weapon from dealing Splash attacks
• Mass (when riding a Chaos Steed mount): 950 → 1500
• Turn Speed (when riding a Chaos Steed): 120 → 90
• Multiplayer Cost (when riding a Manticore mount): 1200 → 1000 gold
• New Mount: Chaos Warshrine

UNDIVIDED CHAOS SORCERER LORD

• Armour: 100 → 80
• Fixed an issue which would prevent their weapon from dealing Splash attacks
• Mass (when riding a Chaos Dragon mount): 2200 → 4000
• Mass (when riding a Chaos Steed mount): 950 → 1500
• Turn Speed (when riding a Chaos Steed mount): 120 → 90
• Multiplayer Cost (when riding a Manticore mount): 1200 → 1300 gold
• New Mount: Chaos Warshrine
• New Ability: Paragon of Ruin
• Added Item: Tormentor Sword

UNDIVIDED EXALTED HERO

• Mass (when riding a Chaos Steed mount): 950 → 1500
• Turn Speed (when riding a Chaos Steed mount): 120 → 90
• Multiplayer Cost (when riding a Manticore mount): 1100 → 1200 gold
• New Mount: Chaos Chariot
• Added Item: Doom Totem

WYRD SPAWN (CHAOS SPAWN)

• Damage Resistance: 15% → 20%
• Removed Attribute: Woodsman
• Added Attribute: Terror
• Weapon Imbuement: Magical Attacks
• Updated with a new Unit Card

Abilities

APOCALYPTIC CHARGE

• Reworked into an Active Ability
• Affects: All Allies within range
• Increases Charge Bonus by +20%
• Increases Charge Speed by +10%
• Range: 35 metres
• Duration: 30 seconds
• Cooldown Duration: 120 seconds

^[NEW] SUPREME VANITY

• Passive Ability
• Affects: All Lords and Heroes within range
• Increases Melee Defence by +10
• Range: 35 metres

^[NEW] TEMPEST RAGE

• Active Ability
• Affects: Self
• Increases Base Damage by +25%
• Increases AP Damage by +25%
• Increases Charge Bonus by +20%
• Increases Melee Attack by +24
• Duration: 36 seconds
• Cooldown Duration: 120 seconds

Items

^[NEW] AETHERSWORD

• Active Ability
• Affects: Self
• Enables Magical Attacks
• Grants Attribute: Armour Sundering
• Increases Base Damage by +25%
• Increases AP Damage by +25%
• Duration: 27 seconds
• Cooldown Duration: 90 seconds

^[NEW] ARMOUR OF DAMNATION

• Passive Ability
• Affects: Self
• Increases Armour by 5
• Increases Damage Resistance vs All by +5%
• Only Enabled when in Melee
• Deactivates if health drops below 50%

^[NEW] DOOM TOTEM

• Passive Ability
• Affects: All Enemies within range
• Reduces Leadership by -4
• Range: 35m

FILTH MACE

• Replaced the Poison Contact stat effect with a new Corroded Armour contact stat effect.
• Base Weapon Damage: +30% → +25%
• Added: Armour-Piercing Damage +25%

HELM OF MANY EYES

• Melee Defence: +5 → +54
• Altered the ability from a Passive to an Active ability
• Updated from an area-of-effect buff to a single target
• Removed the Melee Attack stat

^[NEW] SILVERSLASH

• Active Ability
• Affects: Self
• Enables Magical Attacks
• Grants Attribute: Armour Sundering
• Increases Base Damage by +50%
• Increases AP Damage by +50%
• Duration: 26 seconds
• Cooldown Duration: 120 seconds

SKULL OF KATAM

• Replaced the enemy-targeted debuff with a self-buff
• Increases Spell Mastery by +40%
• Deals direct damage to the character that triggered the ability
• Duration: 27 seconds

^[NEW] THE ARMOUR OF MORKAR (Archaon the Everchosen)

• Active Ability
• Affects: All Allies within range
• Increases Melee Defence by +29
• Grants Attribute: Charge Defences vs All
• Range: 35 metres
• Duration: 29 seconds
• Cooldown Duration: 120 seconds

THE CROWN OF DOMINATION (Archaon the Everchosen)

• Added: Can Cause Terror when equipped

Units

BLADESINGERS

• Melee Attack: 44 → 48
• Charge Bonus: 30 → 34
• Bonus vs. Infantry: +8 → +12

DRYADS

• Melee Attack: 33 → 35
• Base Weapon Damage: 29 → 35
• Charge Bonus: 12 → 18

FOREST DRAGON

• Hit Points: 6008 → 7008
• Armour: 50 → 60
• Mass: 2200 → 4000
• Multiplayer Cost: 1800 → 1600

LOST SYLVAN KNIGHTS (GREAT STAG KNIGHTS)

• Hit Points: 5536 → 6240
• Physical Resistance: 75% → 55%
• Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage: 42 → 53
• Removed 21 Base Weapon Damage
• Added Contact Effect: Frostbite

MALEVOLENT DRYADS

• Base Weapon Damage: 29 → 35
• Charge Bonus: 12 → 18

WRAITHS OF THE FROZEN HEART (DRYADS)

• Base Weapon Damage: 29 → 35
• Charge Bonus: 12 → 18

Abilities

CEITHIN-HAR’S TENACITY (Sisters of Twilight)

• Base Damage / Armour-Piercing Damage / Charge Bonus Effects: +10% → +20%

FANATICAL RESOLVE (Drycha)

• Level I Effects: +5% Base Weapon Damage, +5 Melee Attack → +10% Base Weapon Damage, +10 Melee Attack
• Level II Effects: +10% Base Weapon Damage, +10 Melee Attack → +15% Base Weapon Damage, +15 Melee Attack
• Level III Effects: +15% Base Weapon Damage, +15 Melee Attack → +20% Base Weapon Damage, +20 Melee Attack
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Below are changes made to the overworld Campaign and world mechanics.

General Updates

• Fixed an issue where a Lord’s name would not be listed in the related event message when a loaned army is returned after dying from attrition.
• Fixed an issue where unit stats would not update when moving between territories with different forms of corruption.
• Fixed several bugged character animations throughout the Campaign map.

Prologue (The Lost God)

• Fixed an issue which prevented Yuri from receiving experience points when auto-resolving battles after Dervingard.
• Fixed an issue where the Diplomacy UI would still be accessible after defeating all other factions, resulting in the display of placeholder assets.
• Corrected the alignment of several HUD buttons and decorative UI elements throughout the Campaign.
• Heroes controlled by AI factions can now perform actions against the player on the Campaign map.

The Realm of Chaos

Four new provinces have been added to the Realm of Chaos map:

• Middle Mountains
• Northern Wastelands
• Marches of Couronne
• Albion

Other changes:

• The four new Champions of Chaos factions will now be present within the Realm of Chaos campaign. They do not participate in the race for Ursun; rather, they will pursue their own unique agendas set around the ancient city of Zanbaijin.
• To accommodate the new Champions of Chaos starting positions, several regions have had their ownership updated.
• Several new AI factions have been added to the map: including the Marches of Couronne—led by Louen Leoncoeur’s vassal, Earl Adalbert—and Wintertooth, led by Throgg the Troll King.
• Wei-Jin is now available as a Grand Cathayan settlement with ten building slots.
• Reduced the number and frequency of Kurgan Warband spawns to account for the presence of Azazel north of the Bastion.
• Kurgan Warbands can no longer declare war on most Chaos-aligned factions.
• The player can now collect multiple weapons from the Khorne realm.
• When in the Khorne realm, the AI-controlled Daemon Prince will no longer try and collect magic weapons from the points of interest.
• Armies summoned via Chaos Rifts should now always target the settlement of the region where the Rift spawned.

Immortal Empires

• Fixed an issue where reinforcement lines would display when hovering the mouse over settlements with hidden Skaven, thereby revealing their presence to the player.
• Added item sets for all WARHAMMER I & II Legendary Lords who had two or more quest items.
• Markus Wulfhart no longer stands with his mouth open during Campaign animations.

Below are Battle-specific changes made throughout the game.

General Updates

• Collision has been removed from all unit corpses, as it was causing pathfinding issues. Overall, this should improve responsiveness of units in Battle.
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Sorceress (mounted) and the Supreme Sorceress to T-pose after dying.
• Fixed a rare issue with units that could fire while moving which would result in entities getting stuck and failing to respond to new orders.
• Fixed an issue which caused the battle radar to disappear when toggling help during a Battle.
• Fixed several bugged animations in Battle.

Ambush Battles

• Older Ambush Battle maps have been updated with the new withdraw mechanic

Domination Battles

• Reduced the lockout from Capture Points from 3 to 2 minutes.
• Capture Power – Cavalry: 3 → 4
• Capture Power – Monsters: 2 → 3
• Capture Power – Monstrous Infantry: 5 → 3
• Capture Power – Heroes and Lords: 2 → 3
• Capture Power – Expendable Infantry: 2

Minor Settlement Battles

BRETONNIA

• L’Anguille
• Quenelles

DARK ELVES

• Har Kaldra
• Grey Rock Point

HIGH ELVES

• Eagle Gate
• Evershale
• Shrine of Asuryan

LIZARDMEN

• The Cursed Jungle

THE EMPIRE

• Helmgart

TOMB KINGS

• Antoch
• Numas

VAMPIRE COAST

• The Blood Swamps

Major Settlement Battles

BRETONNIA

• Couronne
• Parravon

DARK ELVES

• Ancient City of Quintex
• Naggarond

HIGH ELVES

• Gaean Vale
• Lothern

LIZARDMEN

• Temple of Skulls

TOMB KINGS

• Ka-Sabar
• Khemri

VAMPIRE COAST

• Sartosa

General

• Gotrek and Felix can now spawn in Multiplayer Campaign games and when playing as Kislev or Cathay.
• Fixed several issues which could cause desyncs during Multiplayer Campaigns.
• When a player is joined by another player in Battle, the supporting player will no longer be able to end the Battle before reinforcements arrive; only the main player can make this decision.
• When a player reinforces another human player, they will now be able to see their own army’s abilities before the Battle instead of their ally’s.
• Fixed an issue which sometimes prevented players from sharing units with other reinforcing human players during Multiplayer Campaign Battles.

Multiplayer Battles: Map-Pool Update

As part of the Immortal Empires release, a significant number of battle-maps from WARHAMMER I and II have been completely reworked and are now available in WARHAMMER III.

• This update adds two new maps to Domination: Black Ark and Grove of Slaughter.
• Land Battle matchmaking maps have been updated.
• Land Battles and Domination Battles now have unique map pools, ensuring a distinct experience between the two modes.
• Matchmaking will remain a single queue with a random chance to land in a Domination or Land Battle map.

MAP	DOMINATION BATTLE	LAND BATTLE
Arnheim	✅	⛔
Battle for Itza	✅	⛔
Black Ark	✅	⛔
Broken Leg Gully	✅	⛔
Crossing the Sea of Claws	✅	⛔
Death Pass	✅	⛔
Galleon’s Cove	✅	⛔
Grove of Slaughter	✅	⛔
Mountains of Mourn	✅	⛔
The Eye in the North	✅	⛔
The Silver Spire	✅	⛔
Broken Hills – Steps of Isha	⛔	✅
Compass Reach	⛔	✅
Crossroads	⛔	✅
Crystal Mountains	⛔	✅
Eschen	⛔	✅
Glacial Lake	⛔	✅
Heorot Ridge	⛔	✅
River Amaxon	⛔	✅
Sword of Torgald	⛔	✅
The Lost Crater	⛔	✅
Wyvern Lake	⛔	✅

Below are changes to the systems that arrive in the Immortal Empires update to support and enhance the gameplay of Total War: WARHAMMER III.

Graphics

• Fixed several issues which would result in graphical artifacting.
• Fixed an issue which would cause shadows cast by flying units in Battle to flicker on the landscape.
• Toned down the…”enthusiastic” fire effects of Treekin Regiment of Renown units.
• Improved the visual effects of deployment zones in multiple Battle maps.

BATTLE UNIT BANNER HEIGHT NORMALIZATOIN

• Normalized the height of banners for all factions across the game.

Audio

• Each race available in WARHAMMER III now utilizes a modular UI sound-effect system which plays unique UI sound effects for the given faction.
• Found and fixed several instances where unit and character voice lines would fail to trigger.

• All 27 Lores of Magic now have bespoke casting sounds.

UI

• Overhauled the front-end Campaign- and Faction-selection menus.
• Players can now select between three different UI colour themes via the Settings menu.
• Corrected issues with the English and Turkish versions of the epilepsy warning displayed at the start of the game.

CUSTOM & MULTIPLAYER BATTLE UI OVERHAUL

The Custom and Multiplayer Battle interfaces have also been overhauled!

• The “vs A.I.” Battle has been renamed to “Skirmish vs A.I.“
• Added a button to quickly navigate to the Spell browser.
• Unit categories are now collapsible in the Custom Battle screen.
• The Spell Lore buttons on the spell browser have been re-ordered and have a fresh batch of colours to differentiate between them.

Rather than being contained in a small drop-down menu, the options to customize spells, abilities, items, and mounts have their own areas in the UI.

• Spells, abilities, items, and mounts can now be grouped, equipped, and unequipped as groups.
• The associated costs relating to a particular spell, ability, item, or mount are now displayed up front.

Spellcaster Lords and Heroes have had their Spell Lores grouped beneath their base unit archetypes to reduce clutter in the menus.

• For Example: The High Elf Archmage is now displayed as one configurable unit rather than nine separate ones.
• Vampires have similarly been grouped by their Bloodline.

Certain units now have the option to pick between different variants:

• The Warriors of Chaos can mark their mortal units in Custom Battles using this menu.
• Wood Elf Tree units can select between their Athel Loren, Avelorn, and Wargrove of Woe variants.

Finally, the “Campaign Exclusives” section of the unit roster has been renamed to “Extended Roster” to better convey that the units are selected outside the regular unit pool:

• The section is no longer hidden when the Unit Caps option is enabled, ensuring you can mouse over units to learn why they’re restricted.
• Some units and characters have been moved out of this section for organizational purposes but retain the special unit cap that restricts them from being used in competitive play.

IN-GAME UI

• Removed ‘reinforcement prediction accuracy’ references, as all factions now have 100% prediction accuracy.
• All WARHAMMER III factions now use hand-drawn settlement occupation images rather than the original icons.
• Re-sized the Campaign Objectives panel to make more space for the Teleport button.
• Updated the ability tooltips in Battles to more accurately convey explosion damage.
• The “move to area of attrition” cursor now displays as intended.
• Updated the Greenskin’s WAAAGH! ability icon for improved readability.
• Fixed an issue where cancelling a province’s commandment would fail to remove the commandment from play.
• Fixed an issue which prevented the addition of units to a reinforcing army by double-clicking to quickly add them. Each army tab now has an active state to allow the choice of where to add units.
• Improved the readability of costs in the Sacrifice of Sotek panel when hovering over individual items.
• When targeting the Daemon Prince’s army with an agent, the Daemon Prince icon will now be visible in the agent action panel.
• Fixed several issues where certain portraits of Lords and Heroes in the recruitment panel appeared stretched.

WAR COORDINATION INTERFACE

• A list of allies and vassals can now be accessed via a dedicated button next to the minimap.

Update 2.0 introduces a variety of changes to nearly every aspect of the game (see above), which means that our focus will turn to implementing fixes, making adjustments, and continuing to improve the game as players experience all the new content. Our priorities will, in large part, be driven by the feedback we receive from you, the players. To that end, there are a few key places where we’ll be looking for your commentary and reports:

While there will be room for Hotfixes in the event of any critical issues, the first expected release is UPDATE 2.1, which is already scheduled to arrive two weeks (September 6). Note that this WILL NOT include any fixes or responses to any immediate reports we receive; rather, it includes several critical changes and fixes based on early access feedback that we want to implement sooner than later. Due to testing and release timelines, they unfortunately could not be included in Update 2.0; nonetheless, you can look for them in their own build soon. (You can also find some of what’s on the way below.)

Come early October, you can look forward to UPDATE 2.2: the first planned release to include adjustments based on your feedback and reports. We’re less certain what this build will include—since it will be based on your experiences in this first month—but we’ll be watching closely to see where the most impactful tweaks can be made for the most people. We do know we’ll be adding some startpos adjustments for a few Legendary Lords such as Teclis, Skrag, Kairos and Alith Anar based on initial feedback.

Assembly Kit

With an all-new game mode, we know there’s a huge community ready to start implementing their own spin and style to what the game has to offer. The final piece of the puzzle is the Total War Assembly Kit, which we hope to release on all platforms alongside Update 2.1 or Update 2.2.

UPDATE 2.1: Tzeentch Doom Knights Model Update

Tzeentch Doom Knights will be receiving a glow up in Update 2.1 as they get a new model befitting of their glory.

UPDATE 2.1: Warriors of Chaos Confederation

We’re looking at introducing a limited way for Archaon and Be’lakor to confederate other Warriors of Chaos factions. This is the first step along the way to introducing better and more varied ways to allow players to collect all their favourite Legendary Lords under a single banner.

UPDATE 2.1: “Ultimate Crisis Mode”

Following the addition of various end-game scenarios to the game, Update 2.1 will add a toggleable option to trigger ALL end-game scenarios in the same save game if you so desire. While this will not be toggled by default, it’s a great option for players who want to add all the end-game spice needed to keep things chaotic!

UPDATE 2.1

Here is a quick list of some of the other key fixes coming in Update 2.1:

• Tweaking the starting conditions for Be’lakor to offer him more flexibility and options in his early game.
• Adding missing text to the Hero Academy notifications for Isabella and Vlad Von Carstein.
• Adding the correct settlement art for the Teotiqua settlement.
• Tzeentch Doom Knights will be made available in the recruitment pool for Sigvald, Archaon, Kholek and Vilitch.
• Adding clarity to the victory conditions of the ‘A Grudge Too Far’ and ‘The Wild Hunt’ end-game scenarios.
• Ensuring that the Master Engineer is a high-priority pick for garrison forces.
• The ‘A Grudge Too Far’ event will trigger when the invasion begins rather than four turns too late. (One less grudge!)
• Fixing an issue where ornamentation on the Palace of Princes wall(s) can block artillery damage.
• Be’lakor will made be available in Custom and Multiplayer Battles regardless of whether you’ve completed the Realm of Chaos campaign.

There are many more being included in the build, so watch for the full release notes when it arrives in a few weeks!