Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

We had a chance to try out Vermintide 2's new Chaos Wastes update ahead of its launch earlier this week, and we came away impressed: it's a truly massive expansion, doubling the amount of level space that was present when Vermintide 2 was first released three years ago. Now you can try it out, too, because Vermintide 2 is free to play on Steam this weekend.

The Chaos Wastes is a free update for Vermintide 2, and it adds a new semi-roguelike mode to the rat-bashing co-op game. You'll set off with your comrades on an increasingly difficult pilgrimage through the Wastes, choosing boons and new gear to buy as you collect pilgrim's coins along the way. The combinations of buffs and weapons can pretty wild as you get deeper into each run, and it's a fun way for veteran players to join up with newbies, since each expedition is its own chance to go from zero to hero.

The new mode has proven popular already: Fatshark says the first 48 hours after the launch of the Chaos Wastes update saw the highest number of players online since Vermintide 2's launch.

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• Fixed numerous, various crashes.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could buy Premium cosmetics from Lohner's Emporium more than once.
  
• Fixed an issue where owned Premium cosmetics were not labelled as 'Owned' in Lohner's Emporium of Wonders.
  
• Bots should now use the ranged weapons in the Forgotten Relics DLC pack.
  
• Trollhammer Torpedo should now deal damage to the Beastman Banner.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Fixed Victor sometimes using Kruber voice lines when a positive curse effect happens.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Weapon properties: Removed Stamina properties from all ranged weapons.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Weapon properties: Added Power vs Unarmoured/Large/Armoured/Frenzy properties to all ranged weapons.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Add a warning when attempting to quit out of an Expedition.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Crystal Eggs should no longer spawn right beside players.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Potion of Prophetic Strike and the trait duration improved Potion of Prophetic Strike now have the correct durations (previously this was inverted).
  
• Chaos Wastes - Fixed an exploit possible due to Host Migration behaviour.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Fixed lobby data for host migrated lobbies to now show up properly in the lobby browser.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Rotten Miasma Relic should now deal damage to the Beastman Banner.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Fixed an issue where the Blood Tornados could pass through event gates.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Bel'sha'ziier's Mine - Fixed a spot where rescued players could get picked up and drop out of the play area.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Citadel of Eternity - Fixed so that players can't use teleport abilities to skip through the gate and trigger the final interactable.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Citadel of Eternity - Added a failsafe to the end event so on the rare occasion it fails to proceed it will time out and allow players to continue.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Fixed a killbox that was misplaced causing players to heartattack.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Fixed a spot where bots could get stuck.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Fixed a spot where enemies would spawn in a kill box and be killed without player intervention.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Fixed a spot where players could respawn for rescue underneath the terrain.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Fixed an out of bounds spot.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Count Mordrek’s Fortress - Made some performance optimisations.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Holseher's Tower - Made some performance optimisations.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Holseher's Tower - Fixed a tower wall that was missing collision.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Pit of Reflections - Fixed a spot where players could get stuck.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Slaughter Bay - Fixed some erroneous invisible walls.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Slaughter Bay - Fixed cases where an objective could trigger multiple times at once.

• Fixed an issue with Kerillian's new Premium Cosmetics in Lohner's Emporium of Wonders

• Grail Knights can no longer spam their activated ability by block canceling 2 hit combo.
  
• Engineer's 'Leading Shots' is now consumed when using the Trollhammer Torpedo at 4 stacks.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Fixed 'Rotten Miasma' not working correctly for clients.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Getting multiple stacks of 'Djaf's Reaping' no longer makes the buff shake and go back and forth on the bottom of the screen.
  
• Chaos Wastes - 'Myrmidia's Great Leveller' should now refresh correctly whilst it is active.
  
• Chaos Wastes - Reworked 'Manann's Tempest' deal damage equal to the attack that triggered it.
  

  Designer Note: "The current flat damage calculation it has scales a bit too well with fast hitting weapons while hard hitting and slow weapons have little chance to shine with the boon. This change aims to even out the use cases of this boon between the two types."

• Fixed various crashes.

• Fixed a start-up crash experienced by users on Windows 7

• Fixed double projectiles doubling overcharge cost but not taking double ammo.
  
• Armorbreaker and shockwave now works on clients.
  
• Fixed an issue where Engineer's in Chaos Wastes could crash when transitioning levels with additional bombs.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by pinginging enemies affected by corrupted flesh.
  
• Fixed modded realm not working correctly.
  
• Fixed a crash that was caused by the Difficulty not being set under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed a crash players would experience trying to Quickplay in to the Chaos Wastes mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Nurgle Chaos Wastes challenge would be insta-flagged as complete for players in Okri's Challenges.
  
• Fixed crash when host uses the scoreboard mod, but the client doesn't.

• Explore the Chaos Wastes together with your fellow heroes in this new rogue-lite inspired game mode. Build your team from the ground up, decide your tactics together and prepare for the unexpected. The farther your team progresses, the greater the reward, but beware: failure to reach the expedition’s end may rob you of the fruits of your labor.
  
• Head out on expeditions and explore 15 new unique locations. Trust your instincts during your explorations, the path you took yesterday can be inaccessible or obliterated. Your mission is to locate the rumored Citadel of Eternity in the search for salvation - at any cost.
  
• No two expeditions are the same. Thus, the choices you make are more important than ever and can tip the scales, from life to death. Choose carefully as you equip new weapons, boons, miracles, and more as you progress through the expeditions.
  
• Throughout your journey, you may encounter areas that are cursed. When you enter a cursed area, the landscape itself is influenced by its current ruler which dramatically changes the way you need to play. So, prepare for an extra challenge as a cursed area also brings a more sinister threat.

• A Quiet Drink - Fixed an issue where the broken wooden blockade would appear to be intact for players that spawned in to the map in progress.
  
• Against the Grain - Removed a boss wall in the middle of a capture point.
  
• Against the Grain - Fixed a spot where enemies could just flat out walk or run up a cliffside.
  
• Against the Grain - Fixed a location where bots could become stuck against breakable wooden blockades.
  
• Athel Yenlui - Fixed an issue where bots could become stuck at the location of the second Grimoire.
  
• Athel Yenlui - Fixed some places where invisible collisions were blocking projectiles.
  
• Athel Yenlui - Fixed a spot where bots would get stuck trying to retrieve the last Tome.
  
• Athel Yenlui - Fixed a rare issue where leylines could get locked in place whilst misaligned, soft locking the event.
  
• Athel Yenlui - Fixed a number of locations where players and bots could not traverse up steep ledges.
  
• The Blightreaper - Fixed a location where the Blightstormer could spawn but be totally unreachable whilst still being able to cast.
  
• The Blightreaper - Fixed a location where Blightstormers could cast from underground.
  
• The Blightreaper - Fixed an issue where bots could become unresponsive when focused on enemies behind walls.
  
• The Blightreaper - Fixed an issue where enemies could spawn behind the sanctum gate.
  
• Blood in the Darkness - Fixed an issue where Warpfire Thrower flames could travel through walls.
  
• Convocation of Decay - Fixed some situations where progression of the end event could freeze up incorrectly.
  
• Convocation of Decay - Fixed an issue where wooden doors would play the incorrect sound when struck.
  
• Convocation of Decay - Fixed multiple locations where bots and players could become stuck.
  
• Convocation of Decay - Fixed an issue where a wall could block ranged projectiles beyond its appearance.
  
• Dark Omens - Fixed a location where patrols could become stuck.
  
• Empire in Flames - Fixed a spot where bots would get stuck trying to retrieve the first Tome.
  
• Empire in Flames - Fixed some out of bounds bits.
  
• Enchanter's Lair - Fixed an issue where a barrel could be thrown out of bounds, soft-locking the level.
  
• Engines of War - Fixed an issue where Sienna could Fire Walk herself into a ceiling spot.
  
• Engines of War - Fixed some cases where a Chaos Spawn could get stuck in branches.
  
• Engines of War - Fixed some places where invisible collisions were blocking projectiles.
  
• Engines of War - Fixed a location where Skaven could die immediately after spawning.
  
• Festering Ground - Fixed a spot where bots would get stuck trying to retrieve the second Grimoire.
  
• Festering Ground - Fixed a spot that could just heart-attack a player, killing them outright.
  
• Festering Ground - Fixed a spot in the end event where enemies could spawn out of thin air.
  
• Fort Blink182 - Fixed a broken respawn location near the first Grimoire.
  
• Fort Bryanadams - Increased size of the interaction shape on the cannonball, making it easier for players to pick up the cannonball in frenzied situations.
  
• Fort Bobmarley - Fixed some spots where the cannonball could drop through the terrain.
  
• Fort Bigsean - Fixed various spots where players and bots could get stuck.
  
• Fortunes of War - Fixed an exploit where players could just basically skip the whole challenge.
  
• Fortunes of War - Fixed a couple of locations that could instantly kill players and bots.
  
• Garden of Morr - Fixed a floating Ravaged Art pickup.
  
• Garden of Morr - Fixed an issue where bots could become stuck by the ladder in the end event.
  
• Garden of Morr - Fixed a spot where bots were prone to leap off a cliff.
  
• Garden of Morr - Fixed a location where Beastmen patrols could become stuck.
  
• Halescourge - Fixed it so that Saltzpyre's Billhook isn't able to one-shot Brimstone Horsepurge by using the pull action at a specific time.
  
• Halescourge - Fixed an occlusion issue on the path leading to the second Tome.
  
• Halescourge - Fixed an issue where bots could dodge off the elevator and fall to their doom.
  
• Horn of Magnus - Fixed an issue where players could respawn beyond the barrel door event should they die before it.
  
• Horn of Magnus - Fixed an issue where textures would appear to be missing.
  
• Horn of Magnus - Fixed an issue where enemies could become stuck running down the end event stairs.
  
• Horn of Magnus - Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in a corner after respawning.
  
• Horn of Magnus - Fixed an issue where barrels would stop spawning after the player carrying the barrel had lost connection.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed a spot where you could see outside the level and another where Sienna could leave the level.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed an issue where the barrels in the cart would appear spectral for clients.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed a spot where bots would get stuck trying to retrieve the last Tome.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed a lighting issue seen in the area where the second Tome is found.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed a missing texture observed on a part of the tunnels.
  
• Hunger in the Dark - Fixed a bug where players could get night vision in the room where the second Tome can be found.
  
• Into the Nest - Fixed an issue where players could spawn behind the team in the boss arena.
  
• Into the Nest - Fixed a spot where Ratling Gunners could shoot throught the water wheel.
  
• Into the Nest - Fixed an issue where players could spawn in at the end of the map.
  
• Old Haunts - Fixed a spot where Bardin bot couldn't retrieve the first Tome.
  
• Old Haunts - Fixed a few spots where bots could get stuck.
  
• Old Haunts - Fixed an issue where players and bots that died during the church event could respawn beyond the point of no return.
  
• Old Haunts - Fixed an issue where enemies spawned by Twitch mode could become stuck, unable to reach players.
  
• Old Haunts - Fixed an issue where bots were unable to rescue players downed in a specific location.
  
• The Pit - Fixed a spot where players could dash through the ground.
  
• The Pit - Fixed an issue where enemies could walk across a fallen bridge during the end event.
  
• Prologue - Fixed case of Bardin not accepting healing during his rescue section.
  
• Righteous Stand - Fixed a spot where bots were prone to suiciding.
  
• Righteous Stand - Fixed a couple of spots where players could get stuck.
  
• Righteous Stand - Fixed an issue where enemies could become stuck whilst climbing down the walls during the end event.
  
• Righteous Stand - Removed Beastmen. For real this time.
  
• The Screaming Bell - Fixed a spot where players could dash through the ground.
  
• The Screaming Bell - Fixed an issue where Sienna could Fire Walk her way below the bell.
  
• The Screaming Bell - Fixed a "deathzone" location.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed an issue where bots would not follow players through the Skittergate nor teleport to them to catch up.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed a hole where players could get stuck.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed a spot where Bardin bot would get perma-stuck.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed multiple cases where players and bots could lose substantial amounts of health when entering the Norsca -> Skittergate portal.
  
• Skittergate - Removed an invisible blocker.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed an issue where bots would be reluctant to leave the last elevator.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed an issue where players could spawn into the map behind the elevator.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed an issue where Gatekeeper Naglfahr could be knocked underground.
  
• Skittergate - Fixed a location where enemies were able to walk up a tent.
  
• Skippergate - Fixed some out of bounds bits.
  
• Taal's Horn Keep - Added collision around the Spoils of War pedestal so you cant toss dummies onto the chests (they were wigging out for clients).
  
• War Camp - Fixed a spot where players could get stuck.
  
• War Camp - Fixed so a player who joins around the time the battering ram breaches the camp doors, the joined player is able to pass through said doors - whilst previously they were locked out.
  
• War Camp - Fixed a location where enemies and bots were able to walk up walls.
  
• War Camp - Fixed a spot where Sienna could Fire Walk herself to an out-of-bounds part of the map.
  
• Weaves - Objects thrown out of bounds should now despawn and be replaced in-bounds.
  
• Weaves - Fixed some locations where players could get stuck.
  
• Weaves - Fixed an occlusion issue causing flickering on Light wind weaves.

• Some Engineer sounds have been tweaked, in particular the volume of 3rd person sounds (those you'd hear with an Engineer in your group - from the perspective of another player).
  
• Enemies should now be easier to hear when behind you.
  
• Fixed sound cutting out when shield pushing several enemies.
  
• Victor's secondary pistol attack with Rapier now plays the correct sound.
  
• Victor's Repeater Pistol now has the reload sound properly audible in all situations.
  
• Kruber's Man-bow now has the correct sound when switched to from another weapon.
  
• Bounty Hunter's activated ability now plays the correct sound.
  
• Lohner will no longer instigate conversation about their experiences at Castle Drachenfels with the heroes.

• Masterwork Pistol crosshair style has been changed to avoid switching back and forth while using the alt fire.
  
• Made it so changes to the gamepad button icon style (PS4/XB1) are immediately reflected in the UI when the setting is changed.
  
• Fixed text overflow in Athanor talent descriptions.
  
• Pinging an enemy can no longer trigger the "Too many Social Wheel messages" error in chat.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented changing hero via the escape menu when the bridge of shadows was open.
  
• Grail Knight duties are now considered priority buffs and will show up center screen when activated.
  
• Fixed an issue in the controller UI where the healthbar frame would not adjust appropriately when the window is resized.
  
• Re-enabled the cancel host migration button. It was disabled as a stop-gap measure to fix a networking issue that has since been resolved.
  
• Fixed an issue where incorrect Portrait Frames were sometimes being displayed in the end of match screen.
  
• Removed a debug timer that snuck its way into the game.
  
• Fixed a couple of instances where incorrect subtitles would be displayed.
  
• Players will no longer be pinged when commanded to drop something.

• Engineer: Scavenged Shot talent replaced with Combined Arms - 'Melee power increased by 10%. Every 5 melee kill makes Bardin's next Ranged attack grant 15% Ranged Power for 10 seconds.'.
  
• Fixed a bug where "Vanish" could disallow Kerilian the crit buff from "Cloak of Mist".
  
• Added back the dot to the first strike of Sienna's mace heavy attack chain.
  
• Fixed an issue by which damage reduction stacking wasn't multiplicative as intended.
  
• Added a missing action to the Coghammer so holding attack chains the first heavy (same behaviour as with other weapons).
  
• Bardin's 'Survivalist' now correctly produces ammunition on barrel explosion.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain ranged weapons would sway excessively after switching from a Bretonnian Longsword.
  
• Fixed an issue where Battle Wizard's Soot Shield could trigger if hitting dead enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where switching to Saltzpyre's melee weapon prior to reloading his Repeater Pistol and back would result in the animation breaking.
  
• Fixed an issue where Siennas on the verge of exploding who felt the need to cliff dive would be flat out killed, without an opportunity to be rescued by their fellow heroes.

• Slayer's 'Ghalskeggi' now shows the correct wristband colour in both 1st and 3rd person views.
  
• The Grail Knight's Black and Gold skin now correctly has yellow sleeves instead of white.
  
• Fixed a bunch of other minor inconsistencies between 1st and 3rd person textures for Shade and Zealot skins.
  
• Fixed an issue where "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", and "The Vanguard" Deeds didn't include Beastmen where the host was eligible to face them.
  
• Packmasters should no longer do a 180 spin when hooking players.
  
• Accessing Okri's challenges has been re-enabled for modded. (Note: rewards are not redeemable on modded by design). This also fixes a bug that did not allow starting Fortunes of War on modded realm.
  
• Fixed an issue where players getting disabled immediately after consuming healing draughts would lose the draught without getting it's effect. It now gets refunded in this case.
  
• We've updated the colour and duration of the ground decal for the Gobadier's Globe VFX to better match up with the effect and the duration of the threat.
  
• Input buffering of quickswap (default keybind: Q) will now have priority over other actions (eg. swapping to a bomb or a potion).
  
• Fixed a rare issue that allowed a player to block whilst in a downed state.
  
• Fixed some cases where ambush hordes could spawn in plain sight.
  
• Twitch mode boons and potions now stack, and no longer overwrite each other.

• Fixed a crash that could occur due to an excessive amount of friends being displayed within the in-game player list.
  
• Fixed various miscellaneous crashes.

• Armory - Crashes when selecting Kruber or his new weapon.
  
• Needii - Missing functionality with the new potions.
  
• Crosshair Kill Confirmation - Might cause issues booting the game (unable to reproduce).
  
• Info Dump for Streaming - Does not work and causes performance degradation.
  
• Item Filter - Throws a localization error when looking at deeds.
  
• Loadout Manager - Throws errors when opening the player list (tab) menu. Bot loadouts do not work in the wastes.
  
• Mission timer - Does not work in the wastes.
  
• Player List Plus - Throws errors when opening the player list (tab) menu. Does not work (or works inconsistently) in the Wastes.
  
• Removed Hanged Corpses - New hanging units are visible in the Chaos Wastes locations.
  
• Third Person Equipment - Causing big performance degradation due to errors.
  
• UI Tweaks - Causes some issues in the HUD
  • Removes keybinds from the HUD.
    
  • Green outline timer of priority buffs is always full.
    
  • Locations of some HUD components have moved w/ regards to live game, including but possibly not limited to: Player Portrait, Health Bar, Ability Bar, Cooldown Timer, Inventory Items & Ammo Count.
• Vermintide Mod Framework - Sliders/dropdowns are not visible but still clickable. Being in the Mod Options when changing maps can crash the game.
  
• Weapon Kill Counter - Kills are not consistently added to the counter in the wastes.