- PREVIEW - Upcoming Balance Changes - 18 September 2026
Warband! As part of the upcoming Depths of the Damned Free Update we have a balance update. Our focus has been on improving the base classes talent trees, overall class balance, weapon balance, and addressing Golden Toughness and its impact on both player builds and our overall design space for the future. Since we are making changes that will affect all players, regardless of class and loadout, it’s important for us to go through our thought process. The original four Classes are receiving several changes to their talent trees, with a particular focus on reducing the number of stat nodes required to complete your build, and improving the paths through the trees with the intent of providing more interesting choices and improving buildcraft. We are also looking to reinforce what makes the Veteran and Zealot stand out from the other Classes, by taking a closer look at their themes and mec…
- Feature Highlight - Upcoming Weapons - 16 September 2026
As part of the upcoming Free Update, we have a new set of weapons coming to Darktide! These include both new marks for existing patterns, as well as some brand new patterns entirely! We’ve interviewed some of our Game Designers to talk about them in this Feature Highlight.“I’m Matteo, I’m a Game Designer specializing in Weapons. My favourite class is Psyker, and I make a sick tiramisú.” ~ Matteo“I’m Erik, a Game Designer also specializing in Weapons. My favourite classes are Zealot and Psyker. I can confirm that Matteo makes a sick tiramisú. I can't cook or bake but I'll make you a perfect 'Last word' cocktail.” ~ Erik New Weapon FamiliesOgryn Cruncher“It’s a big sledgehammer. And it’s big even for an Ogryn, so it’s HUGE, heheh.” ~ MatteoThe “Cruncher” two-handed Hammer is a relatively simple, but effective weapon. The heavy attacks are powerful, wide swings with good damage and stagger…
- Free Update - Depths of the Damned - Coming September 29! - 15 September 2026
Warband!On September 29, Get ready to return to Tertium and venture deeper into the Hive than ever before! The Depths of the Damned update introduces a new mini story campaign to Darktide, which reaches its climax in the brand new level, Spillway! This new mission sends players into the deep and dangerous recesses of the Hive. The notorious domain of the Water Cartel is a sprawling labyrinth of tunnels, waterways and forgotten passages, crawling with chaos, decay and threats best left undisturbed. Spillway's journey is far from straightforward; strike teams must choose their paths wisely, and some routes are more perilous than others. Expanded Arsenal: The warband is expanding their armory against Chaos with six new weapons coming to Darktide! Players will be able to unleash a mix of both new weapon marks and families accessible to a range of in-game classes.For the new weapon families,…
- Special Live Event: Shambling Horrors Live Now! - 20 August 2026
Whatever Admonition's been up to seems to be infecting the population. Horde sightings are on the rise, with some districts entirely lost to the shambling horrors. This isn't a case of a single hab-block falling. This is something much darker and could be the herald of worse to come...The streets are choked with hordes of infected enemies! To make progress in the event, complete missions with the Endless Hordes modifier.The event is LIVE NOW until September 2! The rewards will be Ordo dockets, Plasteel and Diamantine. Those who complete the last tier of the event will receive a cosmetic insignia.
- Hotfix 1.12.5 - Patch Notes - 18 August 2026
Warband!Today’s hotfix includes a handful of fixes. The patch is now rolling out on all platforms, and you can read the notes below! Hotfix 1.12.5 patch notesFixesGeneral FixesFixed a crash occurring when Zealot players disconnect mid use of Fury of the Faithful.Fixed Chordclaw ability being able to be used without consuming charges.Fixed a crash occurring when Veteran hotjoins a game with Leave No One Behind talent.Fixed a rare crash occurring when the Servo Skull is reviving an ally but the player being revived dies.Inviting your Steam Friends from the Steam Overlay into your Strike Team now works again.Fixed an issue where newly created characters could not opt out of the campaign. Cosmetic FixesFixed visible hole on Cadia's teeth Chainsword.Fixed ammo meter and broken reload on Resplendent Fury Laspistol.Fixed hair clipping into headgears.Fixed Hair clipping with Scryer's Eyewrap wi…
- Patch 1.12.4 - Patch Notes - 11 August 2026
Warband!Today’s patch comes with several tweaks and fixes. After feedback from you all we have done some balance changes to the Vanguard enemies, decreasing their health, modified their block radius and added a new way for you to stagger them. We also took a look at the Blitzes available to the Skitarii class and made some adjustments. There are plenty of other things going into Patch 1.12.4, and it is now being rolled out on all platforms, notes are below! Dev Note for our Xbox Series S players: To alleviate memory, and to prevent crashes, there is now a black pre-loading screen that appears before the Valkyrie loading screen when you go into a mission. This shouldn’t change the loading time length. We have other memory saving solutions that we will implement in a future patch, and we aim to return to the normal loading screen once those are implemented. Patch 1.12.4 patch notesFeature…
- Hotfix 1.12.3 - Patch Notes - 6 July 2026
Warband!Hotfix 1.12.3 is now being rolled out on all platforms. It just has a small fix, but we would like to take the opportunity to quickly cover some feedback we have received since the release of the Skitarii Class. Dev note:Since the Omnissiah blessed the Mourningstar with the arrival of the Skitarii, we’ve been keenly listening to the feedback you have shared regarding them. We are currently looking at their Blitz Abilities , addressing the issues regarding balance, usability, and how they fit into the kit of the Skitarii.We are also looking at the Skitarii Melee Weapons, and we are planning some fixes and changes to stat scaling and also a set of specific tweaks for the Mechanicus Power Sword.Finally, we have heard your feedback on the new enemy, the Vanguard, and we are hard at work on tweaking and balance for them too.We still need some time to get this right, so these fixes ar…
- Hotfix 1.12.2 - Patch Notes - 1 July 2026
Warband!Hotfix 1.12.2 is now being rolled out on all platforms. This hotfix is focused on the Skitarii class, and it also has some features and tweaks to improve the general Darktide experience. Hotfix 1.12.2 patch notes Features & TweaksReduced the unlock requirement for the Pro-Trader (5) Penance from 100,000 salvage to 20,000 salvage.Vanguard Enemies:Sweep priority between head and shield hitzones have been equalized; this change will make it so less of the hits that visually should have hit the head will be consumed by the shield instead.Tweaked the Weakspot damage multipliers as follows:Dreg Vanguard 0.5 → 0.75Scab Vanguard 0.5 → 0.65Change to Damage over Time type damage behaviour. The initial hit will inflict stagger as expected, but the DoT damage itself will not contribute to the impact required to ”open” the shield.Reduced the unlock requirements of the following Skitarii Pena…
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- Hotfix 1.12.1 - Patch Notes - 25 June 2026
Warband!Hotfix 1.12.1 is now being rolled out on all platforms. This hotfix has a couple of bug and crash fixes, including a fix that solves the issue where Skitarii Deluxe Edition cosmetics weren’t immediately available at initial character creation. Hotfix 1.12.1 patch notesFixesIf you bought the Deluxe Edition of the Skitarii DLC, the Deluxe cosmetics and customization options should now be available when attempting to create a new character immediately, without having to enter the hub or restart the game.Fixed an issue where Skitarii characters could not equip starter gear from other Forge World origins.Fixed a crash occurring when an Arc Grenade targets an enemy that died from another source before spawning the Arcs.Fixed a rare crash when using the Skitarii Integrated Refraction Emitter Blitz.Fixed an issue where players received notifications multiple times for penance rewards an…
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide gets a free update adding new enemies and an expeditions mode revamp as the Skitarii parachute in via DLC - 23 June 2026
Following in the footsteps of some Hive Scum , Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has been descended upon by another new DLC class - the Skitarii. Alongside the arrival of the the Machine God's elite the game's gotten a fresh patch with some free additions. Read more
- New Skitarii Class Out Now! - 23 June 2026
Warband!Introducing New Class: Alpha Primus SkitariusDarktide’s third Class DLC is out now! Rising above the shackles of the flesh, the Skitarii have been rebuilt with the divine augments of the Adeptus Mechanicus to best serve the Omnissiah, as an impossibly efficient tool of war.Arm your Skitarius Alpha Primus with deadly Adeptus Mechanicus weapons! Rip your enemies apart with melee weapons such as the Mechanicus Power Sword, the Paired Transonic Blades or the Arc Maul. Decimate the enemies of the Omnissiah at range with weapons such as the Arc Rifle and the Mechanicus Phosphor Blast Pistol, or assassinate them with precision with the Galvanic Rifle. This class also features a unique talent tree layout built for extreme versatility, and unique customization options! See under the robes of the Adeptus Mechanicus, choose from four distinct personalities and even customize your voice!Nar…
- Free Update - Patch 1.12.0 out now! Skitarii later today - 23 June 2026
Warband!We’ve just released a major new update, containing tons of changes and fixes, alongside some new enemies! The long-awaited Skitarii DLC class release later today, as will a new live event to go along with it! Special Live Event: Heretical Artifacts - 14:00 CESTThe Admonition have been sighted gathering relics and sacred effigies and doing…unnatural things to them. Strike teams have been tasked with retrieving these stolen artifacts and returning them to Tertium's clerics.Starting from later today, at 14:00 CEST, players can participate in the event by joining missions with the ‘Relics in Ruins’ modifier to recover relics from the cultists. Once back in the Mourning Star, visit Sire Melk to deliver your recovered relics, and choose which faction to give them to.The Adherents of Saint Messelina, which will bestow players with an increased coherency radius, alongside boosted attack…
- Feature Highlight - Skitarii Weapons - 18 June 2026
Rising above the shackles of the flesh, the Skitarii have been rebuilt with the divine augments of the Adeptus Mechanicus to best serve the Omnissiah, as an impossibly efficient tool of war.In case you missed it, check out the reveal trailer here.This is part of an ongoing series of feature highlights focused on the upcoming DLC class: The Skitarii.In our previous highlight we talked in depth about the design of the class itself and its talent tree. This feature highlight will focus on the arsenal available to Skitarii in Darktide, exploring the design philosophy behind the unique weapons and talking about what existing weapons they have access to. We’ve interviewed our Game Designers Erik and Matteo for this!“I’m Matteo, I’m a Game Designer specializing in Weapons. My favourite class is Psyker, and I make a sick tiramisú.” ~ Matteo“I’m Erik, a Game Designer also specializing in Weapons…
- Feature Highlight - Skitarii Game Design & Talents - 11 June 2026
Rising above the shackles of the flesh, the Skitarii have been rebuilt with the divine augments of the Adeptus Mechanicus to best serve the Omnissiah, as an impossibly efficient tool of war.In case you missed it, check out the reveal trailer here.This is part of an ongoing series of feature highlights focused on the upcoming DLC class: The Skitarii.In our previous blog we went over the Skitarii’s unique character creation features! This Feature Highlight focuses on the design of the class’ gameplay, going over its core principles, abilities, talents, and unique mechanics! We’ve interviewed Design Director Victor and Game Designer Gunnar to get their insight.“I’m Victor, I’m the Design Director on Darktide. I’ve been at Fatshark for 17 years, working as a designer in different ways.” - Victor “My name is Gunnar and I am currently a Game Designer, but I started at Fatshark in 2018 as a…
- Feature Highlight - Skitarii Character Customization - 4 June 2026
Rising above the shackles of the flesh, the Skitarii have been rebuilt with the divine augments of the Adeptus Mechanicus to best serve the Omnissiah, as an impossibly efficient tool of war.In case you missed it, check out the reveal trailer here. This is part of an ongoing series of feature highlights focused on the upcoming DLC class: The Skitarii.In our previous highlight we went over the overall vision of the Skitarii’s visual design! This feature highlight focuses on unique options available to the class as far as character creation and customization goes, from unique physical options to voice modification! We’ve interviewed our Associate Art Director, 3D Technical Artist, and Sound Designer to get you all the details!“My name is Lucas. I am the Associate Art Director on Darktide and I’ve been involved in overseeing the art delivered in the production of the Skitarii class, working…
- Feature Highlight - Skitarii Visual Design - 29 May 2026
Warband! Last week we revealed the new Skitarii Alpha Primus class to the world. We are so excited for these specialist warriors of the Machine-God to join the fight on Atoma, bringing their wargear and combat expertise to the fight against the heretics! Today we are joined by Matte and Lucas, our Art Director and Associate Art Director, to chat a bit about how we visualised this new class in Darktide. Take it away guys! “As a huge Warhammer fan myself, getting the opportunity to explore something from the Adeptus Mechanicus faction was very exciting”Lucas We already touched upon the fact that the entire Darktide team has been waiting for a chance to add an Adeptus Mechanicus themed class to the game for a long time, and for many of us this really is a dream come true. The ritualistic elements of this faction, combined with their technology is something we find really interesting, and g…
- Warhammer 40k Darktide's new class is the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii. Praise the Omnissiah - 21 May 2026
It's official: Warhammer 40k Darktide's new class is, in fact, the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii. My good friend Ben called it back in October 2025 based on a single teaser trailer alone, and wherever he is right now, I can feel him grinning. The Machine God's favorite toasters will enter the fray this June, with an impressive arsenal of weapons and upgrades that are nothing to smirk at. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Warhammer 40k Darktide's new class is the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii. Praise the Omnissiah
- Skitarii Alpha Primus is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide! - 21 May 2026
Warband! Together with Games Workshop we just revealed the next class coming to Darktide as part of the Warhammer Skulls showcase! If you missed it, no worries, you can watch it here.The Skitarii Alpha Primus is coming to Darktide on June 23rd! We asked Juan and Victor, our Executive Producer and Design Director, to sit down with us and walk us through the new class at a glance. Following this we will have a series of Feature Highlights, deep diving into the different parts of the class, leading up to the release! Take it away guys! Why Skitarii? We have known from the start that we wanted to add some form of playable Adeptus Mechanicus presence to the game. We also know that players really resonate with Adeptus Mechanicus, our Tech-Priest Hadron Omega-7-7 being a good example.Many of you might ask why Skitarii, and not the more recognisable Tech-Priest? For us this really came down to…
- Hotfix 1.11.7 - Patch Notes - 18 May 2026
Warband! Hotfix 1.11.7 is now being rolled out on all platforms. This hotfix only contains the following change:Fixed an issue that could cause players to disconnect when another player left a mission right when said mission failed. That’s all for today! We’ll see you on the Mourningstar. – The Darktide Team
