Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 gets an Easy Anti-Cheat upgrade - finally works properly on Linux

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 from developer Fatshark just got an upgrade for Easy Anti-Cheat, and this finally makes online play work properly on Linux. Although you still need to opt into a Beta.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/warhammer-vermintide-2-gets-an-easy-anti-cheat-upgrade-finally-works-properly-on-linux/

PC Hotfix 6.4.0 - Easy Anti-Cheat update + Hotfix 6.4.1

Heroes!

We’ve just pushed a patch that swaps our old version of Easy Anti-Cheat for the newest version. The previous version is scheduled to shut down on March 4, which would’ve meant no protection to the game from cheats or tampering unless we did this upgrade.

A couple of things to note about this change:

For normal gameplay, there should be no notable difference. The game will continue to run normally in both Official and Modded realms, and no extra actions need to be taken from you as players to continue playing.
Operating Systems that had incompatibility issues with our EAC may find those issues gone with this update. We still can only officially support Windows 10 & 11, but nonetheless there might be one barrier less in that aspect.
The system necessary to support Sanctioned Mods is changing. This means that until sanctioned mods are updated by their authors, they might not work in the official realm.
- We are currently in communication with mod authors to find the swiftest solution to this issue for all sanctioned mods.
- Sanctioned Mods are now fixed as of Patch 6.4.0 without needing to update the original mods!
Connecting to other lobbies might take longer than usual at first. Will go back to normal after some time.
Versus Quickplay will be temporarily disabled as we update the servers.

We're working to fix the issues with Sanctioned Mods and Versus Quickplay Dedicated Servers as soon as possible, we'll keep you updated.

Hotfix 6.3.4 patch notes - 3rd of March

[h2]Features & Tweaks[/h2]

Replaced the Kamu Easy Anti-Cheat for Epic Online Service
Improved error messaging for banned players to show reason & duration.
Temporarily disabled Versus Quickplay / Dedicated Servers.

Developer Blog - New Versus Map: A Grudge Served Cold

Heroes and Pactsworn!

As mentioned in our previous announcement, another Vermintide 2 level has been adapted and added to the pool of playable Versus maps: A Grudge Served Cold!

We thought you might be curious about why or how a map is turned into a Versus level, so we interviewed one of our level designers, Pål, who redesigned the level...

Why was A Grudge Served Cold picked to be the next Versus map? What features or aspects of it made it seem like a good fit for Versus? “The level was built in a way that converting it to Versus would be quite a fast process, compared to other levels. The layout is open to water on the left-hand side and mountain ranges to the right and it doesn’t have too many empty backfaces or “half-built” structures like many other levels have.”

Areas that Heroes never get to look at in normal gameplay often aren’t meant to be looked at, but because the Pactsworn specials can move around all over the place by climbing or even leaping, patching up all of those views is important.

“We also wanted to have another art style, where both snow/winter mixed with the Dwarfen environment made it feel fresh."

"It also features a nice mix between tight passages or “corridors” and open spaces, and it also provides quite a lot of verticality.”

What, overall, makes for a good & fun Versus level? “Definitely a mix between open spaces, verticality, chokes, interiors, and exteriors.”

“Levels that are “geometrically complicated” in their set-up are also hard to convert to Versus (‘Tower of Treachery’ would probably be quite hard to do, for example).
Maps with too many long chokepoints and tight passages are also not fun (‘Hunger in the Dark’, as an example)”

“Maps that have some built-in events that make sense in the world already (such as the gate you blow up in Screaming Bell to pass through the plaza) are great, but levels that offer opportunities for new Versus specific events to be added are also good.”

“We wanted the “portfolio” of levels to offer everything that makes Vermintide 2 fun, and the levels are better if they allow a lot of new areas to be added for Skaven, so the players see some new parts and experience what the world looks like from different perspectives (such as standing on a high cliff and looking down at the Heroes).”

For ‘A Grudge Served Cold’, are there any highlights of new or changed places, objectives, pacing, etc.? “‘A Grudge Served Cold’ was a bit too long and had to be cut at the beginning. We also added some interiors such as caves and safe rooms inside the Dwarf interiors.”

“The main events are still as they are in Adventure mode, but we added a few capture zones, and a payload to reduce the endless running and allow the pact-sworn to break the Heroes’ dash.”

“It was supposed to be only 2 rounds, but the length of the level made it into 3 rounds. We added a night environment to the last round to make it feel like some time has passed, and also because it looks nice.”

What would you look for if you had to turn another map into a Versus level? “ ‘Garden of Morr’ is a level that looks to have a very fun Versus layout, but the geometry is quite complicated to work with, with many small units stitched together, and lots of holes where Heroes can’t look.

On the other hand, it’s not nice to have too many large, solid structures, because if we need to make changes, artists need to spend time separating them, exporting new units & more.”

“‘A Parting of the Waves’ looks to be a great Versus level as well.”

“All-in-all, we move, delete, add, and heavily rework the levels, but on the “surface,” they should look just like the Adventure levels. But pretty much all the units in a level are somehow tweaked, rotated a little, moved, and fixed so Versus works. It’s mostly about making the pact-sworn feel like Heroes because they have access to a lot of level areas that the Heroes can’t reach. So shortcuts, vantage points, etc. are very important.”

“You also create a “net” of transition points with the climb units, which in theory should cover the whole level, but it’s important to not add too many (the UI becomes bloated).”

“We also scaled down the enemy compositions, terror events strength, and roaming enemies a lot, since we have the 4 pact-sworn players using the Horde ability all the time.”

“If I were to convert another Adventure level to Versus, I would look for a bit more ‘wild and crazy’ layout level to push the Versus experience even further and avoid repetitiveness. For example Bögenhafen’s ‘The Pit’, which is a huge open town map with plenty of possibilities to add cool events.”

The new map will be added to the pool of Versus maps on March 6 alongside the Anniversary event! Check it out then!

Onslaught Series: Community run Charity Tournament event for Anniversary!

Heroes!

The Onslaught Series will be hosting a Charity Tournament in the name of APOPO ( https://apopo.org/ ).

APOPO is a social enterprise that researches, develops and implements detection rats technology for humanitarian purposes such as Mine Action and Tuberculosis detection. APOPO is a Belgian NGO, with headquarters in Tanzania and operations in Mozambique, Thailand, Angola and Cambodia.

The sign ups are open NOW for the Tiers:

Tier 1 - C1DWONS and LEGEND DWONS
Tier 2 - C3DWONS
Tier 3 - C3DWONS+
Tier 4 - C3DWUTCH

The event itself consists of two tournament days:

8th March 2025 Teams in Tier 1 and Tier 2
9th March 2025 Teams in Tier 3 and Tier 4

Be quick, because there are only so many teams that can be shown live and the first to sign up and play live on tournament time will be the ones to be featured in the big event stream on the Fight The Tide Twitch Channel ( https://www.twitch.tv/fightthetide ).

Sign ups are open NOW until 6th March, 2025 4PM CET!

All players regardless of when they play in the week from the 3rd March 2025 - 9th March 2025 will be listed for everyone to check out!

[h3]Sign ups[/h3]
You can sign up to participate in the event through the Onslaught Discord, link here: https://discord.gg/MS4vWSQrEh

The charity event is open for everyone, if you donate something you will be granted a digital gift. The rewards are set up in multiple categories:

01 - 05$US: A new frame in Vermintide 2
05 - 10$US: Crown of Purity, a Zealot hat skin for Vermintide 2
More than 10$US: A digital vermintide 2 magazine with stories, pictures and articles about the game

Note that a higher category will include all the rewards of the lower categories as well.
All players in the tournament itself will be rewarded with the rewards of category 2.

You can find information on how to donate to the charity in the Onslaught Discord, link above. Expect digital gifts to be sent out by Fatshark by the end of March.
The Fanzine PDFs will be distributed by the Onslaught team the day after the tournament ends.

The Onslaught Team would like to extend a big thank you APOPO for this opportunity!

Let's have a great ratty party with APOPO and 7 amazing years of Vermintide 2.

If you have any questions you can read their FAQ here
Or ask them directly in the Onslaught Series Discord server: https://discord.gg/MS4vWSQrEh

Upcoming Event: Vermintide’s 7th anniversary!

Heroes!

Another year has gone by and it’s another year to celebrate the launch of Vermintide 2, with much merry, drinking, and rat slaying! Join us from March 6 to March 16 for our Seventh anniversary as we open the floodgates of the anniversary map ‘A Quiet Drink’ once more!

[h2]A Quiet Drink[/h2]
Celebrate with our Heroes by taking them on a bar crawl across what’s left of Helmgart in this returning, limited-time mission! There will also be challenges related to completing the mission and rewards, including a brand-new portrait frame!

In addition, Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders will once again open the Event section for the duration of the event, allowing you to purchase old rewards from previous anniversaries for shillings in case you missed them!

[h2]Double XP[/h2]
For the duration of the event, all experience earned while playing Vermintide will be doubled! Time to finish leveling up those Heroes, or getting a chunky boost in Versus ranks!

[h2]New Versus map[/h2]
And as an additional celebration, we can let you guys in on a little secret! The update will see the addition of yet another map to the pool of playable Versus maps! We can’t spoil which one it is yet, but we’re excited to show you!

[h2]Fatshark Livestream today - 17:30 CET[/h2]

Finally, while we have you here, we wanted to mention that we actually have a livestream later today for both Vermintide and Darktide! Our Art Directors will go through your submitted fanart to celebrate and pass judgement! The best pieces will net a reward, so make sure to submit your best! If you haven't already, make sure to find one of our Social Media posts about the contest and submit your piece as a comment!

Tune in later today on our twitch.