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An apple a day keeps the Barber-Surgeon away, or so it is said. But\nyou’re going to need something a bit more potent to withstand the onslaught of\npestilence poised to sweep the Empire. For this week’s spotlight falls upon the\nthree Brothers Glott, who will stop at nothing to see the Empire remade in the\nimage of Nurgle’s realm. Meet the Glottkin!

 

The Glottkin

 

Marked by Nurgle before their birth, Otto, Ethrac and Ghurk Glott\nwitnessed the slaying of the parents at the hands of the Empire, an event which\ntriggered the transformation into their current feculent forms. Scythe-wielding\nOtto and sorcerous Ethrac ride to battle on the shoulders of Ghurk, who has\ngrown beyond mere corpulence to truly monstrous proportions. They’re prone to\nthe odd brotherly squabble, but they always align to fight as one, as they\njourney south to visit rancid vengeance upon the Empire.

 

Campaign gameplay

 

The Glottkin lead the Host of the Triplets, a Warriors of Chaos faction\nwith some delicious Nurgle-themed perks. The souls which they harvest in battle\ncan be spent on many different Gifts of Nurgle, such as Rituals of Decay which\nprovide campaign and battle effects (such as spreading poxes and triggering\nNurgle Rains), Grandfather’s Blessings which empower your Lords and Heroes with\na range of Nurgle-themed benefits, and the ability to seed Gardens of\nCorruption. As you spread your corruption farther and wider, you’ll gain access\nto new and more powerful Rituals and Blessings, and the ability to seed more\nGardens.


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For it is not simple destruction which the Glottkin seek. Blessed by the\nPlague God, they can transform captured settlements into Dark Fortresses or\nGardens of Corruption, which blur the boundaries between reality and Nurgle’s\nRealm. Gardens enable the Glottkin to bolster their Warriors of Chaos warbands\nwith Daemonic Nurgle units, massively broadening their recruitment options.\nGardens of Corruption are limited in number however, so they’re best placed in\nstrategically useful locations.

 

Beginning play in the icy wastes of Norsca, the early stages of the\nGlottkin campaign are all about rallying local support. Or more accurately,\nmaking beelines for the Norscan capitals, stomping them into submission, and\nvassalizing the tribes. It really feels like a gathering storm as one by one\nthe Norscan tribes fall in line, your area of influence expands, and you build\nfavour with Nurgle. From here, you can expand and conquer in any direction you\nwish, but with the ultimate goal of forging south to Altdorf and ending the\nEmpire once and for all.

 

Battle gameplay

 

Glottkin warbands are nothing if not versatile. Initially, you’ll have\naccess to the Warriors of Chaos unit-roster, with units such as Marauders,\nWarhounds, Chaos Warriors and Aspiring champions. You can certainly assemble\nformidable armies with these warriors, but as you begin seeding Gardens of\nCorruption– which function in the cyclical fashion familiar to Nurgle Daemon\nfactions – your recruitment options broaden significantly. Nurglings,\nPlaguebearers, Soul Grinders and ultimately the full range of Nurgle Daemon\nunits becomes accessible, enabling you to assemble hybrid warbands with unit\ncompositions to suit your favoured battle playstyle. Many of your units can\nalso be enhanced using the Warband Upgrades menu which, among other\nupgrade-paths, can see Plaguebearers become Exalted, or a humble Marauder unit\nascend to the lofty heights of Chaos Knighthood.

 

Units

The Glottkin DLC grants access to the following new units

 

The Glottkin

Monstrous melee caster


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Otto, Ethrak and Ghurek (or rather GHURK! as he prefers) fight as one in\nbattle, combining high-damage melee attacks with monstrous attributes and\nNurglish spellcasting prowess into a single powerhouse of a unit.

 

Their unique skill line grants them bonuses in a range of areas, such as\nenhanced healing caps, stat boosts for themselves and reduced Winds of Magic\ncosts. This culminates in the skill Triune Dominance, which grants them the\nUnholy Triplets passive, for significant spellcasting and damage bonuses over\ntime.

 

A number of legendary Champions of Nurgle – namely Gutrot Spume and the\nthree Maggoth Lords – are drawn to the Glottkin’s cankerous crusade. When\ncertain conditions are met during the course of a Glottkin campaign, they’ll\nbecome available for recruitment. 

 

Legendary Hero: Gutrot Spume

Anti-large specialist

 

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Hailing from the Norscan tribe of Dragonbone, Gutrot Spume was mortally\nwounded in battle with a vast Rot-Kraken. Nurgle saw potential in him and\nreplaced his severed arm with an array of writhing pseudopods, earning him the\ntitle Lord of Tentacles.

 

Spume’s experience hunting the leviathans of the deep serves him well.\nArmed with the huge, two-handed Rot-Pocked Axe, he’s adept at taking down\nlarger units and cleaving through armour, which is bolstered by his Kraken\nHunter passive ability, granting him further Anti-Large capabilities. He’s\nstill a Champion of Nurgle though, and his Mark of the Plague Fleet ability\napplies a plethora of withering resistance debuffs to the enemies around him. 

 

Legendary Hero – Orghotts Daemonspew

Anti-infantry specialist


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The product of an unholy union between a Great Unclean One and a Witch,\nOrghotts Daemonspew seethes with resentment that he has not attained full\nDaemonhood himself. Ever-thirsting for ascendancy, his rage is expressed on the\nfield of battle, where he is a focused anti-infantry specialist.

 

Heavily armoured and wielding twin Rotaxes, Daemonspew deals tremendous\ndamage and carves through armour. He also passively emits Daemonic Acid Ichor,\nwhich heals him while simultaneously eating into the flesh of any nearby foes.\nIn short, he’s perfect for winding up and firing at where the enemy infantry is\nthickest. Daemonspew is also a Maggoth Lord, and as such, he can ride a vast\nMaggoth into battle.

 

Legendary Hero – Morbidex Twiceborn

Anti-infantry specialist


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Disfigured by fire at the moment of his birth, Morbidex Twiceborn\nnevertheless matured into the most powerful warrior of his tribe. He long\nharboured the notion that Tzeentch was the cause of his scarring, and set out\nnorthwards in search of aid from the Lord of Change’s godly rival. As the\naethyric winds blew, he soon found himself in Nurgle’s garden, confronted by a\ntide of Nurglings, and was transformed into a Champion of Nurgle.

 

Wielding the Fleshreaper Scythe, Twiceborn is a focused anti-infantry\ncombatant with the Deadly Onslaught ability. His horde of faithful Nurglings is\nnever far away, and he can summon them into battle. Using his range of special\nabilities, he can also sustain, heal and temporarily prevent them from dying.\nAs one of the three Maggoth Lords, Twiceborn can ride to battle on a Maggoth.

 

Legendary Hero – Bloab Rotspawned

Dual-role caster/anti-large\nspecialist

 

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Bloab Rotspawned of the Icehorn Tribe had an unhealthy fascination with\ndismantling and consuming insects and other crawling things. This brought him\nto Nurgle’s attention, for the Pox-Lord values all life. While he slept, a\nswarm of Daemonflies swept into his open mouth, laying countless eggs which\nhatched and consumed Bloab from the inside. Sustained by Nurgle’s power, he\nbecame a powerful, flyblown champion of his patron god.

 

Wielding the Lore of Nurgle and the Harvestman’s Scythe makes him a\ndual-purpose caster and combatant all in one. His Dispatch the Swarm ability\nreleases clouds of flies to protect nearby friendly units, and every time he\ncasts a spell, Daemonflies erupt from his flesh to damage nearby enemy units.\nPlus, as one of the three Maggoth Lords, Rotspawned can ride to battle on a\nMaggoth.

 

Putrid Blightkings

Elite anti-infantry


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The mightiest of Chaos Warriors, whose deeds Nurgle has rewarded with\nthe bite of a Daemonfly, Putrid Blightkings are among the Plague God’s greatest\nearthly champions. These paragons of pestilence are incredibly resilient and\nfearsomely strong, and can be recruited to wield twin axes, axes and shields or\ngreat weapons.


Giant Spined Chaos Beast

Armour-piercing monster


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Fast-moving for a monstrous unit, the Giant Spined Chaos Beast is a\nfrenzied, armour-piercing blur of slashing claws and gnashing maw. Its mass of\nspines cause damage to any who dare attack it, and it is capable of\nregenerating lost health.

 

Flayerkin

Anti-infantry vanguard

 

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Through barbaric surgeries, Flayerkin are Chaos Marauders whose hands\nhave been replaced with hooks, claws, scythes or axe-blades. They’re a brittle\nbut hard-hitting anti-infantry unit, and a hideous addition to any army.

 

Chaos Siege Giant

Monstrous siege specialist

 

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Like the Flayerkin, Chaos Siege Giants have great iron blades in place\nof hands. They are perfect for siege-attacks, where their heavy frontal armour\nprotects them on the approach, and their high-damage blades can smash walls to\nrubble.

 

Basilisk

Monstrous debuffer

 

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The fast-moving Basilisk is an eight-legged monstrosity of\narmour-piercing horror. In addition, its Aura of Vitriol and Maleficent Gaze\nslow and weaken enemy combatants, enabling your other units to gain the upper\nhand.

 

Regiment of Renown: Sons of the\nLast Plague

Аrmour-piercing and anti-infantry

 

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A Chosen of Nurgle unit wielding great-axes, the Sons of the Last Plague\ncan spread Nurgle’s gifts in battle. Their Last Plague passives can chain-spread disease to nearby units, damaging them\nover time. 

 

Regiment of Renown: Bane of Wittengast

Armour piercing monster

 

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A particularly vicious specimen of Giant Spined Chaos Beast, the Bane of\nWittengast is also hard to kill. It has the Carnage passive ability, so every\nkill it makes increases its damage resistance, as well as the healing it\nreceives from any healing sources – such as its own Regeneration.

 

Repugnauts of Brass Keep 

Elite anti-infantry

 

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Armed with axes and shields, the Repugnauts of Brass Keep are the most\npowerful of the Putrid Blightkings. Dealing poison attacks, they have the\npassive ability Veterans of Nurgle, an area-effect augment granting nearby\nunits greater healing and damage-resistance.



Do you feel sufficiently marked by\nNurgle now you’ve got the lowdown on The Glottkin? Stick around for more Lords\nof the End Times info this week including a Nagash and the Glottkin Campaign\nvideo, a gameplay livestream, and more key giveaways over on Discord!

 

See you next time!

 

— The Total War Team

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The Warhammer world isn’t short of a villain or two, but none of them\neven come close to the monstrous, magisterial malignance of Nagash. He’s the\narchitect of necromancy itself, which really makes him the sire of all\nthe undead races. Now he’s back from the dead and calling all his children to\nservice. Come, mortal: it’s time to meet the master.

 

Nagash, Supreme Lord of Undeath

 

The firstborn son of King Khetep of Khemri, Nagash led the High\nPriesthood of the Nehekharan Mortuary Cult. He discovered a branch of dark\nmagic previously unknown to man – that of necromancy – and created the Elixir\nof Life, granting him unnatural longevity.

 

Nagash took the throne and warred with the other kings of Nehekara, but\nwas defeated and fled in exile. And that might’ve been the end of his tale, but\nfor the fact he discovered Warpstone – concentrated, volatile magic in solid\nform - which transformed him into a creature of unsurpassed power. Beneath the\ncrags of Cripple Peak, he unearthed a vast abundance  of Warpstone, and erected his fortress of\nNagashizzar there. Thus armed, he began preparations to conduct a great dark\nritual, and take his vengeance on all Nehekhara.

 

The Skaven, terrified of the power Nagash wielded – and coveting the\nWarpstone under Cripple Peak for themselves, naturally – hatched a plot to\ndefeat the Necromancer. They crafted a Warpstone fellblade and smuggled it into\nthe dungeons beneath Nagashizzar, where Nagash had imprisoned the Nehekharan\nking Alacadizzar. Pressing the blade into his hands, they freed Alcadizzar and\nbade him take his vengeance.

 

Nagash unleashed his dark ritual, ending all life in Nehekhara, and\nraising its people in undeath. Drunk on the vast power he wielded, he was\nunaware as Alcadizzar stole into the ritual chamber and struck him down.\nHowever, Nagash’s Necromantic power was so great, his spirit remained.

 

Over the centuries, Nagash’s spirit was drawn inexorably back to his\nBlack Pyramid at Khemri, and he was reborn in the age of Sigmar. As he gathered\nhis strength, Nagash discovered that his crown, and all the power it contained,\nhad fallen into the hands of Sigmar. He began raising a new army of the dead\nand set his sights on reclaiming it.

 

Carving a path through the empire, his forces growing with every\nvictory, he fought countless battles, until at last he faced Sigmar in battle.\nSeeing his quarry wearing the crown, Nagash hurled his magical fury at Sigmar,\nbringing him to his knees. Sigmar tore off the crown, and as Nagash clawed for\nit, Sigmar raised Ghal Maraz and the Necromancer was slain again.

 

Now Nagash has risen again, returned to unlife by the efforts\nof Arkhan the Black and Mannfred Von Carstein. The forces of Chaos threaten to\nconsume the world, which should be rightfully his to rule. Nagash would see its\ninhabitants slain and resurrected in his eternal service. And now, he has his\nsights set on nothing less than godhood... 

 

Campaign Gameplay

 

Claiming what is rightfully his, Nagash has mastery over all the\nflavours of undeath. As he captures settlements, he can transform them into\nsummoning grounds for the staggering variety of all undead units. Coastal\nsettlements become Pirate Coves, while inland settlements can be fashioned into\nBurial Chambers or Mausoleums. Across these settlements, Nagash gains access to\nrecruitment options across the Vampire Coast, Tomb Kings and Vampire Counts\nunit rosters.

 

The crowning landmarks of Nagash’s campaign are Necropolises – major\nsettlements which form the very foundation for Nagash’s Land of the Dead\ncampaign mechanic. A Necropolis gathers Necromantic Energy from each region in\nits province, and from those in every province bordering\nit. 

 

Necromantic Energy is spent on construction of Necropolis buildings,\nincreasing the faction’s unit capacities and raising units instantly in the\nprovince via the Gravecall recruitment option (though units can still be\nrecruited as normal using Dark Energy). Each Necropolis is a powerhouse of\nelite unit recruitment, offering advanced military structures to raise the\nmightiest warriors from each flavour of undeath. 


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When not creating nightmarish combinations of undead warriors, Nagash\nconducts arcane research deep in the bowels of the vast Black Pyramid. This is\nhis starting settlement, and the source of much of his campaign development.\nThe Black Pyramid feature contains a vast array of nodes which govern upgrades\nfor all aspects of Nagash’s campaign and the many units he can recruit. These\nupgrades required Empowered Sigils within the Black Pyramid, this can be done\nthrough many sources but principally by constructing and improving\nNecropolises, so his faction strength moves hand-in-hand with his territorial\nconquest and Necropolis construction.

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Next on Nagash’s to-do list is subjugating the Mortarchs to his service.\nThese are the Legendary Lords and Heroes whom Nagash has chosen as his\nlieutenants, and each has their own unlock conditions. Subjugating any of the\nLegendary Lords, namely Arkhan the Black, Neferata, Luthor Harkon, plus Vlad\nand Mannfred Von Carstein, grants you immediate ownership over their empires\nand forces. There are also three Legendary Heroes in the form of Dieter\nHelsnicht, Walach Harkon and Krell, plus a poltergeist Follower known as The\nNameless, who grants any Lord he is assigned to the ability to possess enemy\nunits before a battle.

 

Oh, and Nagash REALLY wants his stuff back. By recovering the Books of\nNagash from the various armies and settlements around the world who currently\nhold them, Nagash can empower them to grant him extra spells from the lores of\nLight, Vampires, Death and Nehekhara.

 

All told, Nagash’s campaign is a rampant power-fantasy made real. Which\nis only fitting for the Supreme Lord of Undeath!

 

Battle gameplay

 

If we were to sum up the focus of Nagash’s battle gameplay in a single\nterm, it’d be power. That begins with Nagash himself, who is probably the most\npowerful single character in the game. Plus, he has the full rosters of every\nundead faction at his bony fingertips, and some potent new additions in the\nform of the Morghasts, the Spirit Host, the Coven Throne, and the unspeakable\nmight of the Khemric Titan. When it comes to building armies with Nagash, the\nsky’s the limit…

 

Legendary Lord: Nagash 

Apex caster and melee Lord

 

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If Nagash were simply a mage, he’d be the most powerful spellcaster in\nthe game. With the Lore of Undeath at his beck and call, plus additive spells\nfrom the Lores of Light, Death, Vampires and Nehekhara granted by the knowledge\nin his lost books, he’s a magical juggernaut.

 

But he isn’t simply a mage. Tooled up with his legendary armour and\nweapons, he’s an absolute killing machine. His Staff of Power, Alakanash, can\npulse out a vortex which repels attackers, while his Mortis Blade,\nZefet-Nefbar, can trigger explosions which return any damage dealt as health\nfor Nagash. Plus, his Arch Necromancer ability is a one-shot finishing-move for\nenemy Lords or Heroes. When activated, it deals eye-watering levels of damage,\nprovided they’re already seriously wounded.

 

As if all that weren’t enough, Nagash is the master of combat\nnecromancy, and is able to unlock a range of Ryze: Gravecall army abilities,\nenabling him to raise units in the thick of battle. Would you expect anything\nless from the Supreme Lord of Necromancy?

 

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Legendary Hero: Dieter Helsnicht

Multi-discipline offensive-spell\ncaster hero

 

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The Doom Lord of Middenheim, Dieter can be subjugated by Nagash to\nbecome one of his Mortarchs, and proves a blisteringly powerful offensive-spell\ncaster in the field. Wielding a blend of damage spells from the Lores of\nVampires and Death, he also has a bound Burning Skull\nspell and can access a unique Undead Manticore as a mount. Dieter Helsnicht can\nalso be unlocked for use by Vampire Counts factions.

 

Legendary Hero : Walach Harkon

Combat caster hero

 

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Famed Blood Knight and veteran of the Vampire Wars, Walach Harkon is\nanother of Nagash’s Mortarchs. A practitioner of the Lore of Vampires, he’s\nalso a potent melee specialist, wielding the Crimson Blade which grants him\nmagical attacks. Walach also carries his iconic Blood Chalice into battle,\nwhich he can drink from to regenerate lost health, or coat his sword with for\nextra melee punch. He can also be unlocked for use by Vampire Counts factions.

 

Lord: High Liche Priest

Spellcaster Lord


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Regal spellcasters of Nehekhara, these Lords can be recruited to wield\nthe Lores of Nehekara, Light, Death, and Undeath. Their Gaze of Usirian ability\ncan instil terror into anything less than the mightiest combatant, and they’re\ncapable of summing poisonous scarab Tomb Swarms to create damaging no-go\nareas.  The High Liche Priest can also be\nrecruited by Tomb Kings factions.

 

Hero: Tomb Herald

Melee support hero


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Tomb Heralds are moderately-armoured melee combatants whose real value\nlies in their support abilities. They can regenerate undead units around them\nusing their Icon of the King, and grant rising leadership bonuses as they\nfight. The Tomb Herald can also be recruited by Tomb Kings factions.

 

Unit: Drakenhof Templars

Versatile elite cavalry


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This heavily-armoured Vampire cavalry is adept at tar-pitting enemy\nmonsters and cavalry, keeping them pinned away from your other units. They pay\nout armour-piercing anti-large damage, and their Drakenhof Banner grants them\nbonus life from any healing sources, helping them turn almost any encounter\ninto a favourable one. Pair them up with a Tomb Herald for outstanding\nsurvivability. The Drakenhof Templars are also available to Vampire Counts\nunits.

 

Unit: Spirit Host

Elite Ethereal chaff

 

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What the knife-wielding Ethereals of the Spirit Host lack in damage,\nthey more than make up for in penetration. Their magical armour-piercing\nattacks which slow their opponents with Frostbite, combined with their high\nentity-count, means they’re surprisingly effective at swamping, pinning and\ndamaging heavily armoured units. Spirit Hosts can also be recruited by Vampire\nCounts factions.

 

Unit: Morghast Archai

Elite anti-large flyers


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One of Nagash’s most potent creations, the Morghast Archai are giant\nwinged constructs whose two-handed glaives pay out monstrous levels of\narmour-piercing damage. If your opponent’s heavily-armoured units – especially\nlarger ones - are giving you pause for thought, these are the apex-killers to\nreach for. Wing them forward and watch the carnage unfold.

 

Unit: Morghast Harbingers

Elite anti-infantry flyers


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Similar in many respects to the Morghast Archai, the Harbingers are less\nheavily armoured and instead wield dual swords. They still deal hefty\narmour-piercing damage though, so they’re adept at carving a swathe through\nhigh-tier armoured infantry. 

 

Unit: Khemric Titan

Colossal construct monster


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Taking the form of a monstrous scarab beetle, the Khemric Titan is a\nterrifying construct whose damage output becomes truly lethal when combined\nwith its abilities. Its armour is near-impenetrable, it emits clouds of\nFlesh-Eating Scarabs mid-combat, and a powerful, explosive magic missile\nability rounds off its armaments, making it a do-it-all death machine that is\nIncredibly hard to kill. Khemric Titans are also available to Tomb Kings\nfactions.

 

Unit: Coven Throne

Magical anti-infantry scout\nchariot


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The Coven Throne is useful in a number of roles on the battlefield. Its\nBlood Omens ability can reveal hidden enemies, making it a neat early-battle\nscout, but it’s also great for supporting frontline troops with combat\nstat-buffs and melee debuffs against enemy units. It’s handy in a fight too,\ndealing pokey armour-piercing damage, though its lack of armour means it’s\nbetter suited to swift flank or rear charges on already-pinned units. Coven\nThrones can also be recruited by Vampire Counts factions. 

 

Regiment of Renown: Icon of Usirian (Khemric\nTitan)

Elite colossal construct monster


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Khemric Titans are nasty enough, but this elite example has a couple of\nextra tricks up its armoured sleeves. With flaming attacks to negate enemy\nhealing effects, it’s pretty well-suited to bringing undead units (amongst\nothers!) to heel, and trades its flesh-eating scarabs for Soul Slaying Hunger,\na multi-use ranged vortex attack.

 

Regiment of Renown: Sepulchrex (Ushabti)

Elite anti-infantry constructs


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Boasting better stats than standard Ushabti, the Sepulchrex also add a\nmagical element to their armour-piercing, anti-infantry attacks. With\nconsiderably more hit-points than your average statue, and protected by magical\nbarriers, they’re perfect for going toe-to-toe with heavily armoured elite\ninfantry.

 

Regiment of Renown: The Silent Legion (Morghast\nArchai)

Elite anti-infantry flyers


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These Morgahst Archai are aptly named, for their Stalk enables them to\nmove unseen in cover. Fly them quickly into position and land them in cover,\nideally near the path of something big and nasty. Then, when the opportune\nmoment arrives, spring them out and deal the killing blow. 



You may now consider yourself worthy to stand by the Great Necromancer’s side in Lords of the End Times! But before that, keep an eye out this week for plenty more info including videos diving deeper into all the new Legendary Lords’ rosters, a livestream, some more Nagash nuggets and yet more Discord giveaways!


 

See you next time!

 

— The Total War Team

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Alongside\nthe Lords of the End Times, Total War: Warhammer III is getting one of its\nbiggest-ever game updates. We’re introducing a host of overhauls, feature\nimprovements, reworks, and some awesome new campaign and battle content in the\nshape of our latest free Legendary Lord, Neferata. Here’s what the update\ncontains, and you can scroll on down for full details on each. 

 

 

VAMPIRE\nCOUNTS REWORK

 

Their time\nhas come! The Vampire Counts are getting a significant rework, which we feel better\ncaptures the essence of the Midnight Aristocracy, and the fantasy of raising\nhordes of undead to conquer the world. 

 

The first change to mention is the Vampire Counts’\ncore game loop.\nRecruitment previously revolved around local region actions, utilizing building\nrecruitment upgrades to improve your forces and being supplemented by the Raise\nDead feature, but the system lacked any real investment in provincial military\ninfrastructure. We felt we could deepen the core loop here, so we’ve redesigned\nelements of the building and recruitment systems to achieve this. The new\nsystem tackles longstanding issues we felt existed in the previous Raise Dead\nmechanic, as it invalidated a lot of campaign progression, such as giving you\ntier 5 units after fighting tier 1 units via battle markers.

 

Raise Dead is now officially the default\nrecruitment method for your undead hordes. All units (other than the very lowest-tier\nones) now have unit capacity, and require military buildings to increase that\ncap. Any unit can be recruited anywhere in the world, provided you have the unit-capacity\nfor them, and the relevant resources to recruit them. There is no longer a chance-based\nelement to recruitment.

 

Lower-tier\nunits (mostly tiers 1-3) require Corpses – a new resource – to recruit. Corpses\nare a provincial resource and generated as units are killed in the province.\nSimilar to the old system, the more (and the bigger!) battles there are in a\nprovince, the more Corpses you’ll have to raise your legions. Recruiting higher-tier\nunits (tiers 4-5) also requires another new resource called Blood. This is\nprimarily gained through certain buildings which convert Corpses in the\nprovince into Blood.

 

Blood has\nmany uses and choosing how to spend it will be a critical decision. As well as\nrecruiting high-tier units, it’s also spent on confederation mechanics, certain\ncritical buildings, Blood Decrees, Vampire Lairs, Bloodlines and Technologies\n(which are being reworked as well).

 

NEW FEATURE: VAMPIRE LAIRS

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We’re\nadding a brand-new feature in the shape of Vampire Lairs. Our goal here is to\nemphasise the pre-eminence of Vampires, and celebrate the unique traits of the different\nBloodlines.

 

Gaining\nnew Vampire Lords now requires you to find a Vampire Lair and spend time\ndeveloping it before awakening the Vampire within. Developing a Lair involves making\nchoices which essentially customise the sleeping Vampire Lord with special\ntraits, bonuses and more. You can also choose how much time you want to invest\nin each Vampire before awakening them for your faction. So for example, you can\nswiftly awaken a Vampire for quick access to a Lord of a specific Bloodline, or\nyou can take your time to invest heavily in their development, resulting in a considerably\nmore powerful Vampire Lord.

 

Vampire\nLairs are scattered around the world in random settlements at the start of each\ncampaign, and revealing them requires the player to fully discover the\nsettlement, by occupation or via certain Agent actions. Once access to the\nnewly revealed Lair is granted, the rituals of awakening may begin!

 

As\nVampire Lords are now recruited through Lairs, the Bloodlines feature has been\nupdated to support this new gameplay flow. Previously a Bloodline would provide\naccess to a key character type, and could only be upgraded three times. Now, a\nBloodline can be infinitely ‘empowered’, but each subsequent empowerment\nrequires an ever-increasing volume of Blood.

 

VAMPIRE COUNT CONFEDERATION

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We’ve\nalso introduced a new mechanism for allowing Confederation with other Vampire\nCount Legendary Lords. Confederating another Legendary Lord will require a\nseries of unique tasks to be completed first, and incurs a hefty cost, but ultimately,\nyou’re able to bring all Vampire Count Legendary Lords under your control.

 

FREE LEGENDARY LORD

Vampire\nCounts – Neferata

 

Neferata\nwas the first of all Vampires. Using Nagash's dark research to learn the\nsecrets of Necromancy, she crafted her own elixir of immortality. However, this\ntincture was tainted with the curse of Vampirism: an unquenchable thirst for\nmortal blood.

 

Hounded\nfrom her kingdom of Lahmia by the Tomb Kings, who reviled her and all her\nVampire thralls, she settled in the Silver Pinnacle, where to this day she\nexerts her will as the Queen of Mysteries through her web of thralls, and spies\nupon the events of the wider world.

 

Neferata\nwould see Lahmia restored to its former glory. She aims to reclaim her ancient\nseat of power, and bend all Vampire-kind to her will.

 

Campaign\nExperience

Build\nyour Court

 

Recruit\nheroes to create secret Vampire Covens, and build a powerful network of agents\nand spies. These include Neferata’s Lahmian Vampire Heroes and their\ncampaign-only counterparts, the Handmaidens, to create secretive Covens and generate\nNeferata’s Manipulation resource (among other benefits!).

 

Project\nyour power

 

Strike\nfrom the shadows to assassinate, manipulate and steal from your foes

 

Dispatch\nyour Heroes to carry out actions within the Web of Power. Weaken your enemies\nwhile managing your Vampire Covens’ Concealment level to maximize their effectiveness.

 

Feature:\nWeb of Power


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Neferata’s\ncampaign focuses on using Heroes to carry out plans in her Web of Power\nfeature. Heroes can be dispatched to set up Vampire Covens in strategic\nlocations among the settlements of other factions. These Covens generate the\nunique Manipulation resource, and have a Concealment value – a measure of how\nhidden Neferata’s actions are within any given province – which in turn informs\nthe Coven’s ability to carry out its plans. Destroying armies and assassinating\nthe heroes of the factions you’re manipulating will reduce the Concealment of\nyour Covens, so it’s a delicate balance.

 

Web\nof Power special actions can target enemies, neutral factions or allies alike,\nto steal, assassinate, disrupt, manipulate and more, and all such actions\nrequire a Hero to perform. Each action requires a Hero to be of a minimum level\nbefore they can perform the action, and costs Manipulation, which is generated\nby your Covens. You’ll need to manage your Covens well in order to increase\nyour total Manipulation capacity, as more impactful Web of Power actions\nrequire increasing amounts of Manipulation to execute.

 

 

UNIT ROSTER AND BATTLE CONTENT

Neferata

 

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Neferata\nis a powerful dual-Lore spellcaster and melee specialist with several mount\noptions, Lahmian special abilities and three unique items.

 

Lore\nof Magic

Mounts

Unique\nItems

Abilities

Attributes

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Coven throne


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Coven throne riders


Lahmian\nVampire Lord

 

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A\nhybrid spellcaster/duellist, the Lahmian Vampire Lord has been reworked with\nsome unique new abilities.

Lore\nof Magic 

Mounts

Abilities

Attributes

 

Necrarch\nVampire Lord

 

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A\nspellcaster Lord, The Necrarch Vampire Lord has been reworked with some\nexcellent new abilities.

 

Lore\nof Magic

Mounts

Abilities

Attributes


Lahmian\nVampire Hero


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A\nnew Lahmia-themed Vampire Hero which emulates the hybrid spellcaster/duellist\nrole of their Lord counterpart.


Lore\nof Magic

Mounts

Abilities

Attributes


Lahmian\nHandmaidens (Unit)

 

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An\nanti-infantry, low-entity-count battlefield unit, capable of casting bound\nspells from the lores of Shadows and Death.

 

Abilities

Attributes

 

END GAME OVERHAUL

 

Immortal\nEmpires has had a number of End Game Scenarios added over time, such as A\nGrudge Too Far (Dwarfs), Will of Hashut (Chaos Dwarfs), The Wild\nHunt (Wood Elves), etc. We feel that these scenarios vary in quality\ngenerally, but more importantly that none of them really achieve our design\ngoal for what an End Game should be. We believe End Games should be the most\nclimactic moment of your campaign, and should present a challenge that is\ndeeper than just a host of new armies appearing on the edge of your empire.

 

To\nbegin with, the current End Game scenarios have been re-categorized as Crisis\nScenarios. We imagine these more as mid-game events that will certainly\nshake up a campaign, but don’t provide all of the necessary ingredients players\nwant from an End Game.

 

We’ve\nnow crafted three new End Game scenarios, and we believe they’re the best we’ve\nmade to date. They comprise unique gameplay mechanics, narrative buildups with\nbespoke art and cinematics, and campaign-defining climactic moments. We of\ncourse provide options in the frontend to opt-out of these new End Games (as\nwell as the newly categorized mid-game Crisis Scenarios), for players who want\nthe full, uninterrupted Sandbox experience. We’ve also included options to\ncustomize the End Games themselves. 

 

The\nthree End Game Scenarios heavily utilize Devastation as part of their\nmechanics, and as the End Game commences, the music, campaign lighting, and the\nterrain itself change as the Endgame factions begin to conquer more of the\nworld.

 

End\nGame Overview: Chaos Invasion

 

Archaon\nhas gathered the forces of Chaos, and all are united under his banner. These\nfactions now forgo all thoughts of territorial conquest and desire only one\nthing: the utter destruction of the mortal world!

 

End\nGame Overview: Vermintide


The\nHorned Rat has spoken. Unleash the Vermintide! All of Skavendom rises up in the\nGreat Ascendancy to conquer the world, with Skreech Verminlord leading the\nVermintide in the Horned rat’s name!

 

End\nGame Overview: Nagash Rises

 

The\nSupreme Lord of Undeath has returned, to end all life and rule over a world of\neternal undeath. Ascension to godhood has long been his goal, and now, he is\ncloser than ever to achieving it.

 

VICTORY CONDITIONS UPDATE

 

Immortal\nEmpires victory conditions have long been a mix of thematic objectives and\ngeneric goals, and we believe that the quality of victory conditions across\nfactions wasn’t always consistent. Some really capture the motivation of a\nLegendary Lord/faction, while others are rather more functional and generic.

 

We’ve\nnow updated victory conditions with a single design-goal in mind: we want to\nensure each campaign has a set of loreful objectives which each Legendary\nLord/faction would aim to achieve. Where possible, these objectives will\ninclude that faction or culture's unique mechanics as part of the victory\ncondition.

 

We’ve\nalso updated the rewards that Victory Conditions grant. Short Victories will\ngenerally provide one reward that is shared by all Legendary Lords in the\nculture, and another Legendary-Lord-specific reward to match their motivations\nor playstyle, while Long Victory rewards will remain more generic. Our goal here\nis to encourage use of the special Short Victory rewards to assist in achieving\na Long Victory, and the Long Victory rewards to help you towards a Domination\nVictory.

 

 

LORES OF MAGIC UPDATES

Lore\nof Vampires 

 

Given\nthe big Vampire Counts focus, we felt this was the perfect time to give the\nLore of Vampires a well-deserved visual update with some fancy new spell\neffects.

 

Lore\nof Nehekara 

 

The\nLore of Nehekara is a spell Lore that we frequently see raised as lacking\nimpact compared to the many other Lores of Magic in the game. This has now had\na balance-pass to uplift it where appropriate.

 

Lore\nof Stealth

 

Similarly\nto the Lore of Nehakara, the Lore of Stealth often gets overshadowed within the\ntriumvirate of Plague, Ruin and Stealth. While keeping the gameplay identity of\nStealth, we’ve given the Lore a little bump to make it more competitive with\nthe other Skaven Lores.

 

IMMORTAL EMPIRES FLYBY\nOVERHAUL

 

The\nintroductory faction-flybys in Immortal Empires have largely consisted of a\nsingle camera-pan down to your Legendary Lord. We originally made this decision\nto give us greater freedom to adjust the starting position of Legendary Lords\nover the long course of Immortal Empires’ development, as redoing the bespoke\nintroductions seen in Total War: Warhammer II would be quite work-intensive.

 

However,\nwe now have very well-established starting positions for all the Legendary\nLords which are unlikely to change over time. With that in mind, we've been\nlooking at ways to use flybys more as a celebration of the Warhammer world and\nits characters.   

  

For\nthe purpose of creating new flybys, we divided the Immortal Empires map into 14\ndistinct theatres that we feel have clear geographic and loreful connections.\nIntro flybys now work so that factions in the same Theatre will use a shared\nflyby; you’re given some background on the Theatre, and the flyby introduces\nsome of the motivations of the major factions in the area, before the camera\nswoops down to focus on your chosen Legendary Lord in their starting position.


Join us this Wednesday for our first End Times stream (otherwise known as Wendnesday). Tune in for the first look at Update 9.0!

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​Total Warriors,

 

The End Times draw\nnear. We’re delighted to announce that Total War: WARHAMMER III Lords\nOf The End Times will release on September 24th.

 

A\ncollection of cataclysmic curiosities,\nthis pack represents the biggest DLC that we’ve ever\nreleased in the\nseries 10-year history. It unleashes four new\nLegendary Lords into the vast Immortal Empires campaign, bringing with them a\nlegion of deadly new units and lore inspired features alongside\na game-changing free update.

 

As always, you can choose\nto purchase all four Legendary Lords as a bundle with a 15% discount\nor opt to pick & choose each individually. And in a series\nfirst, purchasing any of the content grants access to the\ncolossal Immortal Empires campaign with no need to own\nany of the Total War: WARHAMMER games, making it a great\nentry point for new players.

 

The fate of the world will be in\nyour hands; will you save it… or destroy it?

 

Check out the new trailer\nbelow, yes-yes:

 


 

Here’s an overview of\nwhat you can expect to experience, with loads more detail to be\ndelivered as we approach the release date.

 

NAGASH, SUPREME LORD OF\nTHE UNDEAD


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Arise and seize the lands of the\nliving as the Supreme Lord of Necromancy, Nagash, unleashing his\nforces of the undead upon the world in his ascension to\ngodhood.   

 

CAMPAIGN FEATURE – LANDS OF THE\nUNDEAD


Nagash’s vision is to amass\nlegions of undead warriors, erect vast necropolises to his own glory, and\ntransform the world into a vast Land of the Dead. In doing so he gathers dark\nenergy, empowering his arcane Black Pyramid to unleash the true potential of\nhis forces.  

 

To aid him, he must gather the\nnine Mortarchs, his lieutenants in the trials to come, and reclaim the\nlost Books of Nagash to become the mightiest spellcaster the world\nhas ever seen. Only when the world lies in ruin before him will his final aim\nbe realised: ascension to godhood.  

 

BATTLE PLAYSTYLE


Nagash\u202Fis a supremely powerful spellcaster\u202Fwho wields the Lore of Undeath\u202Fin battle,\u202Fthough\u202Fhe can access\u202Fmany\nmore\u202Fspells from other\u202FLores\u202Fas the Books of\u202FNagash\u202Fare returned to him.\u202F 

 

He can raise units from\u202Fthe\u202Fcomplete\u202Frange\nof\u202FUndead\u202Frosters, including Tomb Kings,\nVampire Counts and Vampire Coast units, making his armies uniquely flexible in\nbattle depending on their composition. In addition, he\u202Fmay recruit\u202Fthe\nfollowing new units.  

 

ARMY ROSTER

 

 

THANQUOL, THE GREY SEER


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Mastermind plans of diabolical\nproportions as Grey Seer Thanquol. Leading Clan Scruten of\nthe Skaven, the guileful Thanquol rides to battle atop his\nfaithful Rat-Ogre bodyguard, Boneripper. 

 

CAMPAIGN FEATURE –\nMASTERPLANS


Thanquol brings chaos and\ndestruction to his enemies by enacting Masterplans. Raising secret armies to\nstrike from the shadows, conducting dark rituals and plotting daring\nheists, he sows mayhem in the world. Things don’t always go according\nto plan though... unforeseen complications may arise, and setbacks\ncan emerge. If Thanquol can deal with these, he’ll see\nhis grand and destructive plans realised!  

 

BATTLE PLAYSTYLE


As a sorcerous\nGrey Seer, Thanquol can cast spells from the lores\nof Plague and Ruin. As befits his lofty status, he can\nalso gain access to the infamous Dreaded Thirteenth spell. Once unlocked, he is able to ride\nhis twisted Rat-Ogre mount and bodyguard, Boneripper, into\nbattle, granting him a much higher degree of survivability than other\nspellcasters, while Boneripper himself dishes out significant melee\ndamage. 


Thanquol\u202Fcan recruit units from across the entire\u202FSkaven\u202Froster, plus the following new units, including the\u202Fmuch-feared\u202FSkreech\u202FVerminking.  

 

ARMY ROSTER 

 

BORIS\nTODBRINGER, ELECTOR COUNT OF MIDDENLAND 

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Command Boris Todbringer, Elector\nCount of Middenland. Beloved by the wolf-god Ulric,\nBoris seeks to defend the Empire from destruction, and slay his\nnemesis, the Beastlord Khazrak One-Eye. 

 

CAMPAIGN FEATURE – GREAT TEMPLE\nOF ULRIC

By defeating the enemies of\nthe Empire, Boris raises the Fervour of his faction. This enables him\nto develop the Great Temple of Ulric, enhance its six sacred\nSanctuaries, and perform great Winter Rites to energise his\narmies. 

 

Sanctuaries provide\u202Fnumerous\u202Fpermanent bonuses to\u202FBoris\u202FTodbringer’s\u202Ffaction, and as they are\nupgraded, the Flame of Ulric grows\u202Fever-brighter,\nearning him the right to recruit powerful Elector State Troopers to bolster his\narmed forces.  

 

BATTLE PLAYSTYLE

Wielding his signature weapon\u202FLegbiter\u202Fin battle, Boris\u202FTodbringer\u202Fis a fearsome melee combatant.\nHe is also a legendary veteran General, granting\u202Fnumerous\u202Fcommand-related bonuses\u202Fto\u202FMiddenland’s\u202Fsoldiery who fight by his\nside.  

 

He can recruit troops from across\nthe Empire\u202Froster and\u202Fhas access to the following new\u202FMiddenland\u202Fand Empire-themed\nunits.  

 

BORIS TODBRINGER UNITS\nOVERVIEW 

 

THE GLOTTKIN, THE BEFOULED\nBROTHERS


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Sow destruction and decay as\nthe Glottkin. Mighty champions of Chaos and marked by Nurgle, they\ncommand warriors and daemons alike, spreading gifts of the plague god to the\nEmpire and beyond. 

 

CAMPAIGN FEATURE: GIFTS\nOF NURGLE 

The\u202FGlottkin\u202Fspread corruption and\u202Fharvest\u202Fsouls to gain Gifts of\u202FNurgle,\u202Fa\nrange of faction, character and settlement\u202Fenhancements\nknown as\u202FRituals of Decay\u202Fand Grandfather's Blessings. The\u202Fnoisome\u202Ftriplets\u202Falso\u202Fgenerate significant\u202Flevels\u202Fof\u202FNurgle\u202FCorruption\u202Fin the lands through which they\ntravel, conquering\u202Fsettlements\nand transforming\u202Fthem into\nGardens of\u202FCorruption. 

 

CAMPAIGN\nFEATURE – GARDENS OF NURGLE 

The\u202FGlottkin\u202Fblur the\u202Fboundary\u202Fbetween\nthe mortal world and\u202FNurgle’s\u202Frealm by\ncreating Gardens of\u202FCorruption,\u202Ffruitful settlements\u202Fwhich\u202Fultimately grant\u202Fthe\u202FGlottkin\u202Faccess to a higher proportion of Daemonic\u202FNurgle\u202Funits than any other Warriors of Chaos faction.\nGardens of\u202FCorruption also\u202Fgenerate Plagues which the\u202FGlottkin\u202Fcan spread across the world. 

 

BATTLE PLAYSTYLE

Scythe-wielding Otto and sorcerous\u202FEthrac\u202Fride\u202Fto\nbattle\u202Fatop the shoulders\u202Fof\u202Ftheir\nbrother\u202FGhurk, a vast and\ncorpulent spawn\u202Fof\u202FNurgle.\u202FThey combine their\u202Fphysical\nand magical might in battle, acting as a single, monstrously powerful\u202Fcombatant.  

 

Commanding units from the Warriors\nof Chaos and\u202FNurgle\u202FDaemon rosters, the\u202FGlottkin\u202Fcan assemble punishing and highly resilient armies,\nbolstered by a\u202Fsignificant\nnumber\u202Fof\u202Fnew\u202Flegendary\u202Fheroes\u202Fand\u202Fbattlefield\u202Funits.  

 

ARMY ROSTER 

 

FREE LEGENDARY LORD &\nGAME UPDATE 

 

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Lords of the End Times also\nheralds the arrival of one of the biggest ever free game updates for the series\nto date. Crowning this content is none other than the Vampire\nQueen, Neferata, as a Legendary Lord, alongside a full rework for the\nVampire Counts and Archaon The Everchosen, all-new End Game\nScenarios, updated Victory Conditions for every legacy Legendary Lord and much\nmore.

 

That’s all for now,\nbut we’ll have plenty more to share on Lords of the End Times as\nwe march towards release on September 24th. As always, let us know\nwhat you think over on the official Total War forums and across our social\nchannels. We can’t wait to hear which Legendary\nLord you’ll be taking into the End Times first.

 

─ The Total War Team\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE 14/07/26 @ 10:30AM BST:
The following fix was missing from the Patch Notes, and has now been added. Sorry for any confusion caused!

Fixed an issue where some Norscan homeland settlements were incorrectly set up, causing Warriors of Chaos factions to be unable to vassalize their respective Norscan factions when conquering the settlements.

Additionally, this release included the rollout of our Twitch Extension for streamers. You can find more info about it here.


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Hi everyone,


Patch 8.1 has now arrived in Total War: WARHAMMER III, with\na primary focus on Campaign AI improvements, as well as introducing some new\nLandmarks, Technologies, and a swathe of bug fixes and adjustments across the\nboard.


This release also includes the implementation of our new Twitch Extension for streamers, find out more about this here.


As always, should you run into any new issues after updating\nto 8.1, don’t hesitate to report it over in our dedicated bug reporting sub-forum.


See you on the battlefield!


— Steve Coleman // Senior Community Manager




1. Campaign AI Improvements

With Patch 8.1 a number of Campaign AI changes and\nimprovements have been added to the game:


Campaign AI Prioritisation 

What did we change?


There are certain Campaign AI tasks that lead to its armies\nclustering and idling e.g. focusing on defending key regions therefore, we’ve\nadded a new mechanism that allows us to control exactly what the Campaign AI\nprioritises, depending on how many turns have passed since campaign start.\nUsing this new mechanism we’ve de-prioritised tasks e.g. defending key regions\nin the late game, as contextually they are not that useful at this stage of a\ncampaign anyway.

How will this change affect you in-game?


We expect this to solve a number of cases where Campaign AI\narmies are clustered and idle around settlements, and the mechanism we’ve\ndeveloped make this tweak also allows us to more easily solve similar Campaign\nAI behaviour issues in the future.

 

Campaign AI End Game Scenario Balance Update

What did we change?


Utilising the mechanism above defensive tasks for end game\nfactions have had their priority decreased, making the late game more dynamic\nand much more interesting to play as the Campaign AI will seek to expand and\ncompete instead of turtling up and behaving reactively. The priority of tasks\nthat target enemy forces is increased slightly.

How will this change affect you in-game?


End game factions should be less prone to idling and\nclumping around a settlement, and situations where multiple end game factions\nend up in a stalemate (not attacking each other, only defending) should\ndecrease.

 

Campaign AI Known Issues


There are a series of AI related issues that we are working\non solving, including:


2. New Landmarks

Patch 8.1 adds 4 new landmarks focused in Cathay to add\nadditional buffs and benefits when conquering in the east:


\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

\n Settlement\n  

\n Tier\n  

\n Building\n Effects\n  

\n Name\n / Brief\n  

\n  \n  

\n Village\n of the Tigermen\n  

\n III\n  

\n
    \n
  • Recruitment cost: -15% for\n all Tiger Warrior units (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Ability cooldown: -20% for\n innate abilities Guiding Strike, Master Strike
    and Predatory Instincts\n of Sawai lords (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Spell intensity +10% for\n all Clawspeakers (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Wound recovery time: -2\n turns for Sawai and Clawspeaker

\n Monument\n of the White Tiger\n  

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\n Shang-Yang\n  

\n III\n  

\n
    \n
  • Income: +500 per turn
    • \n
  • Unlocks hero recruitment:\n Alchemist 
    • \n
  • Hero capacity: +2 for\n Alchemists
    • \n
  • Hero recruit rank: +2 for\n Alchemists (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Ability cooldown: -20% for\n abilities “Alchemist’s Elixir of Puissance”,
    “Alchemist’s Elixir of Iron\n Skin” and “Potion of Healing” for Alchemists (factionwide)
\n

\n House\n of Secrets\n  

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\n Nan-Gau\n  

\n IV\n  

\n
    \n
  • Unlock recruitment of\n Terracotta Sentinels
    • \n
  • Upkeep: -10% for Terracotta\n Sentinels (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Recruitment rank: +2 for\n Terracotta Sentinels (factionwide)
    • \n
  • Defensive supplies: +200\n for all settlements factionwide
    • \n
  • Defensive supplies: +50 per\n turn when under siege (factionwide)

\n Terracotta\n Road\n  

\"terracotta

\n Shi-Wu\n  

\n V\n  

\n
    \n
  • All armies ignore movement\n cost when embarking or disembarking from ships
    • \n
  • Sea Lane movement: -1 turn
\n

\n Grand\n Naval Lift\n  

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3. New Technologies

8.1 also introduces two new technologies for the Tiger\nWarriors faction, focused on reducing upkeep while increasing recruitment rank,\nspeed and damage output across the roster:

Tiger's\n Call:

Honed\n Senses:

4. Additional Campaign-side Updates


Onwards to the full patch notes!

 


PATCH 8.1.0


Campaign

General

Faction Mechanics

Characters


Units


Balance


Events & Missions


Items


Technologies


Skills, Abilities & Traits


UI


AI




Battle

General


Balance


Units


Skills, Abilities & Traits


UI


AI


Maps




Performance


Visual


Audio


Misc.

 

Battle Balancing

Bhashiva


Tiger Warrior Sawai


Clawspeaker


Tiger Warrior Stalkers


Tiger Warriors (all)


Taoyan the Merciless


Celestial Dragon Guard (Melee and Crossbow)


Terracotta Sentinel


The Green Guardian (Terracotta Sentinel RoR)


Astrogoth Ironhand


The Masque of Slaanesh


Slaangors


Dechala the Denied One


Druchii Anointed


Preyton


Devotees of Slaanesh


Champions of Slaanesh


Scourge of Arden (Preyton RoR)


Seeker Chariots (mount version included)


Hellflayer


Exalted Seeker Chariot


Chaos Lord of Slaanesh


Daemonettes of Slaanesh


Alluress


The Marquis of Masochism (Keeper of Secrets RoR)


Cultist of Slaanesh


Chimera


Bloodshriek Chimera (Chimera RoR)


Dread Maw


Fimir Noble


Beorg Bearstruck


Riders of the Mighty Serpent RoR


Kurgan Horsemen (Dual Weapons)


Kurgan Horsemen (Great Weapons)


Wulfrik the Wanderer


Throgg


Fimir (All variants and characters)


Feral Mammoth


Curs’d Ettin Runecaller


Soul Crusher RoR


Toad Dragon


Tamurkhan


Rot Flies


Plague Ogres (both variants)


Nurglings


Rot Knights


Plagueridden


Herald of Nurgle


Epidemius


Billious Thunderguff RoR


Great Unclean One


Cultist of Nurgle


Changeling


Screamers of Tzeentch


Shrieking Skyrays RoR


Flamers of Tzeentch


Cockatrice


Iridescent Horror


Vilitch the Curseling


Blazing Squealers RoR


Aekold Helbrass


Blue Scribes


Mutailith Vortex Beast


Aeson the Fallen


Burning Chariot of Tzeentch (all variants, mounts)


Lord of Change


The Golden Griffin on Theurgy


 

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