Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

Look, I love Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, but there have been a lot more videogames where first-person melee combat kind of sucks than ones where it's as fun as kicking an orc off a cliff in Dark Messiah was. There's a reason we all play Skyrim as stealth archers. When Fatshark was first working on Vermintide a decade ago, it wasn't really thinking about that, though. The team was so heads-down invested in first-person melee they were literally unaware of their surroundings...
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"We had a guy in Korea that broke Vermintide 1 because he had played it so much he hit, in the background, level 999 or something like that," says Victor Magnuson, currently design director of Darktide. "He just got stuck because it couldn't go above that number. We had to patch the game to allow him to play more, because the number just couldn't go up. Then we started counting, like, he must have played almost every waking hour since the game launched to be able to hit that number."..
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[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]On this very day ten years ago, we released Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide, the very first Tide game! Throughout these years we’ve seen both the games and the community grow, driven by endless passion from both our developers and especially you, our fans! For all the enemies slain, the times shared and the good times, we want to say thank you, and celebrate![/p][p]
To mark a full decade since the launch of our beloved Tide series, we're unveiling a special anniversary roadmap detailing the content that's waiting right around the corner for both Vermintide 2 and Darktide, including the reveal date for Darktide’s next class.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]October 21: Darktide - “Stolen Rations” Special Event (Oct 21 - Nov 10, 2025)[/p][p]Already live and causing mayhem, the Stolen Rations event introduces Darktide’s first community-versus-community challenge. Players will have to find stolen rations in missions and choose to destroy them or recover them to feed Tertium’s population. Community choices directly shape the event, with the leading decision setting new gameplay conditions each day![/p][p][/p][p]‍October 23: Vermintide - Geheimnisnacht (Oct 23 - Nov 2, 2025)[/p][p]Geheimnisnacht is upon us, and the Skull of Blosphoros haunts these lands once more! From October 23 until November 2, you can find foul Chaos worshippers performing vile rituals to awaken this dark master, and it is up to you to stop them! [/p][p][/p][p]November 11: Darktide - New Class Reveal[/p][p]We will reveal the next playable class for Darktide. More details and developer insights will follow in the days after the reveal.[/p][p]‍[/p][p]November 20: Vermintide - New map: Return to the Reik[/p][p]A brand new free level, Return to the Reik is a re-imagining of one of Vermintide 1’s most popular missions, River Reik! Our Heroes will return to these treacherous waters in search of a family heirloom, but things have only gotten worse in the seven years since then, and this search will take them on a voyage full of adventure, fending off ships of both Ratmen and Chaos alike! [/p][p][/p][p]December 2: Darktide - Free Update & Special Event (details to follow!)[/p][p]A major free update arrives December 2, 2025, with a new Operation mission set in the trenches of Atoma and a new time-limited special event. More features related to this update and the special event will be revealed in the coming weeks!  [/p][p][/p][p]December 9: Vermintide - Gifts of the Wolf Father[/p][p]Finally, as with every year, the Gifts of the Wolf Father event will go live in December through January for Vermintide! Log in each day to claim a new gift, ranging from cosmetics, to brand new illusions, currency and more! End the year with a jolly celebration alongside us![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Once again, a massive thank you to all of our players! We couldn’t have gotten this far without your passion and support, and we hope you’re looking forwards to everything that’s in store for you, and for our Tide games![/p][p][/p][p]We’ll see you in the Mourningstar, in Taal’s Horn Keep, or both![/p][p][/p][p]– Fatshark[/p]

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Hotfix 6.8.1 - 23rd of October

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed a guaranteed crash in the level ‘Old Haunts’ and re-enabled it[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Geheimnisnacht is upon us, and the Skull of Blosphoros haunts these lands once more! From October 23 until November 2, you can find foul Chaos worshippers performing vile rituals to awaken this dark master, and it is up to you to stop them![/p][p][/p][p]Seek the Skull of Blosphoros in the following levels:[/p]

• [p]Righteous Stand[/p]
• [p]Hunger in the Dark[/p]
• [p]Warcamp[/p]
• [p]Old Haunts[/p]
• [p]The Forsaken Temple[/p]

[p]Disrupt the ritual and secure the Skull of Blosphoros for an extra challenge. Select your courier with caution as there is no second chance of picking up the Skull during that mission once it has been lost.[/p][p]Complete Event Quests by disrupting the ritual and carrying the Skull all the way through the levels to earn unique rewards! There’s five new weapon illusions alongside a brand new portrait frame to unlock![/p]

• [p]Bardin's War Pick[/p]
• [p]Kerillian's Greatsword[/p]
• [p]Saltzpyre's Axe[/p]
• [p]Sienna's Conflagration Staff[/p]
• [p]Kruber's Sword[/p]

[p][/p][p]Additionally, for the duration of the event there will be Double XP to be earned across all game modes![/p][p][/p][p]If you missed your chance in previous years, worry not! Seek the Event section of Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders to purchase old rewards with shillings![/p][p]
[/p][p]Without further ado…[/p][h2]Features & Tweaks[/h2]

• [p]Enabled the Geheimnisnacht event, Keep decorations, event shop and event quests.[/p]
• [p]Added a new Portrait frame as well as five new weapon illusions:[/p]
  • [p]Bardin's War Pick[/p]
  • [p]Kerillian's Greatsword[/p]
  • [p]Saltzpyre's Axe[/p]
  • [p]Sienna's Conflagration Staff[/p]
  • [p]Kruber's Sword[/p]
• [p]Enabled the Skull of Blosphoros ritual on the following levels:[/p]
  • [p]Righteous Stand[/p]
  • [p]Hunger in the Dark[/p]
  • [p]Warcamp[/p]
  • [p]Old Haunts[/p]
  • [p]The Forsaken Temple[/p]
• [p]Slightly increased the distance of the first Heavy Attack for Kerillian’s Greatsword.
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[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed clipping from Engineer gauntlet on shields.[/p]
• [p]Fixed some environment visual bugs on Screaming Bell.[/p]