Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

[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]

[h2]Hotfix 6.7.2 - 9th of September[/h2][p]This hotfix includes a handful of fixes and tweaks for Feast of Grimnir, as well as some grimoire fixes that mostly affect Horn of Magnus.[/p][p][/p][h3]Features & Tweaks[/h3]

• [p]Feast of Grimnir changes:[/p]
  • [p]Added and re-shuffled placements of ammo boxes.[/p]
  • [p]Tweaked grenade spawners.[/p]
  • [p]Made sure all grenade spawners also spawn fire grenades[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed collision issues in Horn of Magnus.[/p]
• [p]Tweaked the collisions of Grimoires to prevent issues where they weren’t grabbable when they should.[/p]
• [p]Feast of Grimnir fixes:[/p]
  • [p]Added extra collision in various places to prevent the Cog or Barrels from getting out of bounds.[/p]
  • [p]Filled in some small holes in walls[/p]

Every year Vermintide 2 players get to enjoy limited-duration events like A Quiet Drink, a special pub crawl level that takes them from the Hungry Troll Tavern to the Obese Megalodon, and the Halloween-themed Geheimnisnacht, based on the Warhammer world's own night of mystery. This year a new event's been added to the calendar, and it's already begun...
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[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]The Feast of Grimnir is upon us! Our brave Heroes must venture into the troll-infested hold of Karak Dal to prove themselves worthy of the title of ‘Drengbarazi’ by slaying every troll in sight![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]The Feast of Grimnir[/h2][p]Feast of Grimnir is a brand new, limited time, annually recurring event. This year’s event begins today and will last until September 14. For the duration of the event, the new event level, ‘The Feast of Grimnir’, will be accessible via the Weekly Event Game Mode. Play the level to complete event specific Okri’s quests and unlock rewards![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]On top of that, Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders’s event section is open again, where you’ll be able to purchase a brand new cosmetic frame, alongside old event rewards from other recurring events![/p][p]
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As always, there will be double XP for all actions for the duration of the event![/p][p][/p][p]If you’d like to know more about The Feast of Grimnir, check out the most recent entries in Lohner’s Chronicles (Part 1 and Part 2), as well as this dev blog about the level![/p][p]
[/p][p]Without further ado…[/p][h3]Features & Tweaks[/h3]

• [p]Enabled the new Feast of Grimnir event.[/p]
  • [p]Complete event-specific Okri’s Quests during the event to receive exclusive rewards.[/p]
  • [p]Taal’s Horn Keep has received a summery makeover that some of you might be familiar with![/p]
  • [p]Heroes will gain Double XP for the duration of the event.[/p]
• [p]Added a new event level ‘The Feast of Grimnir’, available for the duration of the Feast of Grimnir event.[/p]
• [p]Bots now avoid damage circles in Enchanter’s Lair.[/p]
• [p]Bots are now able to detect attacks from multiple enemies at once that don't directly target them.[/p]
• [p]Bots are now less prone to dodge into enemies.[/p]
• [p]Boss health bars no longer disappear until bosses are dead. [/p]
• [p]Teammates attacking bosses will now make the health bar appear for oneself as well (similar to pinging). [/p]
• [p]Additional health bars will now appear if more than one boss is active at once.[/p]
• [p]Players joining mid-match can now spawn while other players are riding an elevator[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed the Chaos Spawn contemplating existence if a grabbed player disconnects.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with an illusion for Kerillian’s Dual Swords where it had the wrong name (Now correctly named ‘Eternos-Ichor Dual Swords’)[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue in Fort Bringing Bacon where the intro dialogue would not play if either Bardin or Saltzpyre were missing.[/p]
• [p]Fixed playback limits for Blightstormers and Lifeleeches where audio issues could occur if a huge amount of them were spawned at the same time.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the barrel pit in the finale for Tower of Treachery. Throwing barrels into it should be far more consistent now.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the whole party immediately returns to the keep when the host presses "Return to The Keep" after losing a level, instead of the 45 second timer appearing.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash when a source damaging a player is destroyed while dealing damage when the Baleful Empathy curse is active[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where enemies hit while Aqshy's Incineration is active in a Bright Delving weave don't visually catch on fire while they are affected by the damage over time effect.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a typo in the Louen Leoncoeur skin for Grail knight.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Patch 6.7.1 Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Features & Tweaks[/h3]

• [p]Feast of Grimnir - Slightly moved pickups before boss drop (to hopefully make bots pick them up)[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed various boons playing sound cues for the host when bots proc them during weekly chaos wastes runs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash entering the chain end event in Garden of Morr.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash related to bot navigation.[/p]
• [p]Feast of Grimnir fixes:[/p]
  • [p]Filled in small hole in ground just before boss drop[/p]
  • [p]Added extra collision in space under stairs (and platform)[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a crash when the Troll Chief stands back up from the knocked down state if Troll Chief is in a very tight spot where no barrel socket manages to fit.[/p]
  • [p]Fix for trolls not seeing players in the elevator.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in the Waterwheel section.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the music so that it’s properly synchronized between Host and Clients.[/p]