Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

Today we are happy to share with you that Season 3 is coming to PC on June 23. This update brings exciting and new things for Vermintide 2 aside from your typical fixes and tweaks, and Weave reshuffling

[h2]Weather Variations[/h2]
Rain, snow, or maybe fog? All missions with outdoor settings now have a chance of changing weather and light. Venture into the great outdoors in Vermintide 2 and see Helmgart in a new light.



[h2]Shilling & Premium Cosmetics[/h2]
Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders will through Season 3 be updated frequently with Shilling Cosmetics and new Premium Cosmetics. The first shipment of Shilling Cosmetics will arrive at Season 3 launch, and the next is said to arrive early July together with new Premium Cosmetics.



[h2]The Grail Knight[/h2]
The Grail Knight is a new Premium Career for Markus Kruber. It contains the new playable career complete with a new talent tree, new weapon types, new abilities, a whole new Bretonnian Knight skin, and more. The Grail Knight will be available on Steam and in Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders.



The Grail Knight is the pride of Bretonnia – a blessed warrior granted supernatural might by the mysterious Lady of the Lake. As all Bretonnian Knights, he never engages in ranged combat, instead favoring foes with the gift of close-quarters battle. Whether armed with his longsword or a trusty sword and shield, the Grail Knight is death to foul creatures wherever he encounters them.

[h2]Fatshark Stream[/h2]
Join us as we will discuss the new Grail Knight, Weather Variations and the new cosmetics coming to Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders. On June 18 at 5.30pm CEST you can ask us your questions live on Twitch as we discuss Season 3.

[h2]Season 3 & Beyond[/h2]
We have mentioned earlier that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 will continue to be supported for years to come, and we still hold to that. We will continue to expand on the existing Vermintide 2 universe and bring you new co-op challenges, experiences and exciting new adventures for the Ubersreik 5.

Welcome to another Developer Update!

Skulls for the Skull Throne went live yesterday for owners of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on PC and will run until the 11th of June. Blood for the Blood God!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/552500/announcements/detail/2219658305417527209

This week we wanted to show you another concept art of a Premium Cosmetic that we are working on. One of many! Our in-house lore expert has spent a lot of time researching, investigating and brainstorming different hat concepts. While we had his attention we also took the opportunity to ask him a couple of questions regarding hats. You can read the interview further down.

If you have any questions related to cosmetics, lore, or tips about any specific hats you want us to look at, hit us up below!


This hat concept is for Slayer Bardin. One of the most important aspects of being a Slayer is showing off your mohawk, and this tricorn hat makes sure that the mohawk can peak through. This particular concept* is based on a Slayer known as Long Drong, and specifically a model from Long Drong’s Slayer Pirates. Long Drong is the Pirate Captain of a band of Slayer Pirates.

*This concept is a work in progress and can change during development, as well as sometimes work in progress items can be pulled from production for various reasons.


1. Where do you take your inspiration from?

Old and new Warhammer books, (army books, art books, roleplay books), other Warhammer fantasy artwork and miniatures.

2. What do you enjoy the most with working with hats?

Looking through the reference material and finding the perfect fit for each hero.

3. Your favorite hat in-game, so far?

I’m sorry to be so predictable but has to be Pigmar. It ticks all the boxes for me, sourced with a backstory from a book, seriously ludicrous. Worn with dignity and pride by the wearer.

Second pick would be the Anvil of Doom.

4. If you could pick a hat to own and wear at the office, which one would it be?

I could see myself wearing the Marienburg Bicorne.

The Skulls for the Skull Throne event is here on PC. The blood lust runs deep and Khorne seeks offerings through violence, destruction, and bloodshed.

• By sacrificing for the Blood God you can earn time-limited loot, such as a new paintings.
  
• An endless amount of skulls have found their way into Taal’s Horn Keep, and Lohner does not seem to mind.
  
• The event will be playable on PC between May 28- June 11.

Together with the Skulls for the Skull Throne event we are also freezing the Winds of Magic Leaderboards in preparation for Season 3 on PC.

WHEN CAN I PLAY THE IN-GAME EVENT?
Between May 28 - June 11

HOW DO I GET THE NEW COSMETICS?
The new cosmetics (paintings) can be earned by completing the new event quests found in Okri’s Challenges. You can only receive these cosmetics during the Skulls for the Skulls Throne event.

• Players on your block list in Steam should no longer be able to matchmake in to your lobby, and conversely you should not be matchmade in to theirs

HOTFIX: Fixed an issue where career level restrictions were inadvertantly lifted. Restrictions are back in place.

From now until 23:59 CEST tonight we're tripling all experience gains for all heroes! That's 24 hours of TRIPLE XP! You earned it.

You might have put to rest half a billion pactswarn this past two weeks, but the tide never relents.

Have fun, and see you in the lobbies!

With 5 hours and 30 minutes remaining, you hit the target of 500,000,000! That’s half a billion (and there would be countless more if we included all the failed missions)! There were some worried faces at various points throughout this challenge — concerned that they thought this wouldn’t be toppled, but you prove time and time again that you’re capable of any challenge we throw at you (and then some)!

https://www.vermintide.com/counter

The portrait frame will be distributed in the next patch.