Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

• The Collector's Edition has been updated to include the soundtrack for Chaos Wastes.

• The Crimson Greatsword (Executioner Sword) illusion now has the appropriate icon.
  
• Fixed various localisation issues.
  
• Twitch mode: Changed Spawn Size setting widget from a stepper to a slider, allowing setting values like 199% from in-game. Also bumped up the maximum allowable value from 200% up to 300%. Happy Twitching!
  
• Twitch mode: Added a failsafe against setting the minimum vote time and time between votes externally to prevent crashing.
  
• Fixed the "Weapon Trail VFX" setting not affecting flail skins (Dressad's Roaster, Cruciform Firebox & The Brass Flail). Furthermore, particles on the Feeble Mace have been disabled for consistency with other maces.
  
• Fix a crash that would occur when trying to apply a weapon illusion from a sign in reward in the same session.
  
• Fixed an issue where fire grenade, frag grenade, and explosive barrels dealt damage over time for a longer duration than intended. Lowered DoT instances from 3 to 1 on beings hit by impact damage.
  
• Fix rare crash when spawning orbs in the Chaos Wastes. Orbs are also now much more prone to successfully spawn in complex landscapes.
  
• Fixed ranged weapon proc buffs not triggering on target dummies in the Keep.
  
• Against the Grain: Fixed an issue where enemies could be partially submerged in the ground while progressing the "Reach the Farm" objective.
  
• Festering Ground: Fixed an issue where the skybox looked all kind of jank when viewed from within the Waystone portal at mission's end.
  
• Fortunes of War: Fixed a cheese spot.
  
• A Grudge Served Cold: Bomb Cart objective marker now follows the cart when moving. Cart should now be suitably destroyed after the explosion.
  
• A Grudge Served Cold: Fixed a snowpile that had no collision allowing players to fall through the floor.
  
• A Grudge Served Cold: Fixed a lighting issue in the area proceeding the Bomb Cart event.
  
• A Grudge Served Cold: Fixed a hangledge that was very distant from the ledge itself making pick up near impossible whilst progressing the "Locate the Vault" objective.
  
• A Grudge Served Cold: Fixed an issue where enemies could walk through a closed gate whilst progressing the "Locate the vault" objective.
  
• Into the Nest: Fixed a spot where players could get stuck.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed an issue where the objective icons could be shown incorrectly/not update appropriately.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed a spot where Ratling Gunners could shoot through a closed gate.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed an issue where there were one too many Tomes up for grabs in the mission.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed a rocky outcrop in the bridge area that had no collision.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed a spot during the 'Escape the Hilltop' objective where players could get stuck.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed an issue where players could respawn behind the group during the mid-event.
  
• Khazukan Kazakit-ha!: Fixed an issue where players could respawn in exactly the same spot as opposed to in a neat little row.
  
• Mission of Mercy: Fixed the Bell Ban challenge.
  
• Mission of Mercy: Added additional player respawn points to the mid-event.
  
• Mission of Mercy: Fixed a spot in the lava fall where players could get stuck.
  
• Mission of Mercy: Fixed the ending terror event where specials could be stacked between waves.
  
• Mission of Mercy: Clients can now fail the 'Come Prepared' challenge appropriately should the party not meet the criteria.
  
• Skittergate: Fixed an issue where clients who hotjoined during the finale could not see the Skittergate VFX.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed an issue where a player could hotjoin in to an already completed puzzle and be softlocked from progressing/catching up to the group.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed an branch on a big tree that had no collision but looked really interesting to jump on to.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed some rocks beside the same big tree that had no collision.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed a spot in the library where Saltz could see through a ceiling and kill stuff he shouldn't be able to from such a position.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed the poison pool not dealing any damage to players.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed a potion that didn't spawn appropriately unless the host themselves smashed the vase that encased it.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed an issue where battle music would not wind down in the Library area even when combat had ended.
  
• Tower of Treachery: Fixed an area where players could get out of bounds.
  
• Righteous Stand, Convocation of Decay, Athel Yenlui, Dark Omens, Trail of Treachery & Tower of Treachery: End of level explosions should now appropriately kill remaining enemies.

[h2]Hotfix 5.0.1 - June 14th at 13:00 CEST[/h2]

• We're switching the rewards for Recruit and Cataclysm 'Karak Azgaraz' mission completion Okri's Challenges, where now the Recruit challenges will offer the Keep paintings, and the Cataclysm challenges will offer Shillings.
  
• Fix for valve door sounds being triggered on 'Mission of Mercy' level load.
  
• Fixed a crash on Mission of Mercy when more than one person activates the elevator.
  
• Fixed a crash when shooting at Sister of the Thorn's wall on Recruit or Veteran difficulty.
  
• Fixed a crash happening when client picks up the key to the Grimoire chest.
  
• Fixed a crash when client picks up potion at the same time as someone else hands them a new one.
  
• Fixed a crash when using Life Staff lift attack on a dummy in the Keep.
  
• Fixed a crash with the 'Blessings of Valaya' challenge should a player die in the spot where the challenge takes place.

• Three remastered levels to explore - Revisit Khazid Kro in three fan-favorite adventure maps, newly remastered specifically for Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
  
• New Okri’s Challenges & rewards - Challenge yourself with new Okri’s Challenges and show your accomplishments with new Keep paintings and animated portrait frames.

• The Lost Helm of Karak-Hirn - Ironbreaker Hat: I don't know. Can't put a thing down for five minutes without someone stealing it and putting it up for sale…
  
• Gladiatorial Gaze - Shade Hat: There's no mistaking the gilded mask of one who pledges themselves to Eldrazor, the Lord of Blades.
  
• Sneaker’s Helm - Huntsman Hat: Some hunters believe that adopting a fox as their totem makes them sneakier. It certainly makes them look distinctive when seen.
  
• Tri-Skull Crown - Battle Wizard Hat: A Bright Wizard seldom has a shortage of skulls close to hand, although most will need wiping clean first.
  
• Tax Collector’s Cap - Bounty Hunter Hat: Always have a dagger close to hand. You never know when someone's going to seek a rebate.
  

• Added a new setting, Weapon Trail VFX, to control what first-person weapon visual effects are shown on melee weapon attacks. It has 3 levels: Normal, Disabled for criticals, Off for all effects.
  • Currently the Feeble Mace, Dressad's Roaster, Cruciform Firebox & The Brass Flail are not effected by this setting, which will be corrected in the next update.
• The game window icon will now flash in the taskbar if it is not in focus when a level starts (start of the intro cutscene).
  
• The scoreboard now shows the completed level and difficulty.
  
• Fixed Witch Hunter Captain Saltzpyre's "Heretic Sighted" talent refreshing when tag duration ends and triggering on tagging downed allies.
  
• The Heroic Masquerade Collection bundle should now correctly include Sienna's Thyrus Gormann collection.
  
• Fixed an issue where quest objective markers weren't updating for clients in the brewing area of Tower of Treachery.
  
• Fixed some cases where bosses could slide about.
  
• Fixed two missing dialogue sound events for Kruber (subtitles were showing but no sound).
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the same weapon skin would show up multiple times in a player's inventory.
  
• Fixed a bug where two characters could say that they hear a ratling gunner at the same time.
  
• Fixed a crash from firing Waywatcher or Pyromancer ability after aiming it while all nearby enemies die with ragdolls turned off.
  
• Fixed a Twitch mode crash that could happen when connected to a channel with a high amount of chat activity.
  
• Fixed a crash that would occur if you force closed the game on PC while playing a video.
  
• Damage dealt by Adept's Battle Wizard's ability 'Fire Walk' and Unchained's ability 'Living Bomb' now count towards end of round statistics. (fixed the use of the internal career name in this patch note, sorry for the confusion)
  
• Fixed various localisation issues.
  
• Fixed various miscellaneous crashes.

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