Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

Welcome to the last out of five weekends of the Versus Spotlight events. Every week, we’ll take a closer look at one of the Ubersreik 5 and one of the Pactsworn Specials. Unlock unique time-limited rewards, learn more about the spotlight Hero and Skaven, and do it all while having fun. This week's spotlight will be on the hearty Bardin and the nasty Warpfire Thrower!

[h2]Previous Spotlight's Rewards[/h2]
As said in the the previous post, we changed the end date for the event from Sunday to Wednesday, which was more than enough to reach and beat the new ambitious target of 250K kills!


The rewards for the previous spotlight were delivered yesterday, so check your inventory! As a note, the Hero Pose might take a few restarts before it applies properly to your account. Sorry about that!

Congrats to everyone for your continued hard work! Now just the final stretch!


There are unique rewards to unlock weekly, all earned by the community as a whole through completion of the Kill-Counter. There are currency rewards, portrait frames, skins, and weapon poses to be earned.

Bardin Goreksson & Warpfire Thrower Spotlight rewards will be earnable between December 12 - December 18. All rewards will be granted after the end of the spotlight.

[h2]Kill-Counter[/h2]
Rally together as community to eliminate Heroes in Versus to complete the Kill-counter. If the community completes the counter, you will all unlock:

• An exclusive skin for the Warpfire Thrower!
• 120 shillings.
• 100 Helmgart Sellsword Marks.
• A brand new Portrait frame.
• A Hero Pose for Bardin!

[h3]Bardin Goreksson[/h3]

Bardin Goreksson introduced himself to the world as an unstoppable avalanche on the battlefield, an ale-swigging hurricane at the inn, and a steadfast friend by the campfire. A bulwark of comradeliness and good cheer, Bardin became the glue binding our unlikely band of heroes.

Learn more about Bardin Goreksson here!

[h3]The Warpfire Thrower[/h3]
The The Warpfire Thrower is whispered of in many quarters – chiefly for the horrors it has wrought in the cramped confines of dwarfen holds. With the smouldering projector aimed, the simple flip of a switch births roiling clouds of warpfire that scours all from the gunner’s path.

Learn more about the Warpfire Thrower here!

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Today we bring you a brand new mission: The Forsaken Temple! This FREE mission is the first of three maps in the brand new ‘Verminous Dreams’ campaign.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3283440/Warhammer_Vermintide_2__Verminous_Dreams/

Tipped off by an otherworldly visit, Lohner’s investigations have led to the discovery of Skaven around the ruins of an ancient elven temple, possibly one that was rumored to not even exist. What could the Pactsworn be looking for in these mythical ruins?

Better stop them regardless, Heroes! Can’t be anything good.

[h2]Gifts of the Wolf Father[/h2]
And of course, this December will also mark the return of the Gifts of the Wolf Father! He’s got an exciting bag of goodies to share with you all this year!

How it works: Starting today and until January 3rd, every day you jump on Vermintide 2, you can access Lohner’s Emporium to claim that day’s Gift*. There’ll be cosmetics, illusions, coins, frames, and all sorts of goodies!

There might even be a very, very special hat that makes its long-awaited, fishy return!

Today’s gift, you might ask?

*: You may also claim the gifts from two days prior, as a small buffer to make things a bit more flexible.

[h2]Upcoming playable monster: Rat Ogre - December 17[/h2]
We also wanted to give you guys a taste of what’s coming next for Versus!

Coming December 17th, the Pactsworn are going to get another fun toy to torment the Hero team: The Rat Ogre will be a playable monster before the end of the year!

[h2]New Premium Cosmetics: The Mythic Masquerade[/h2]
Can’t just let you guys go on a brand new Adventure without some brand new swagger to show off, ey?

This bundle of Premium Cosmetics, purchasable directly from Lohner’s Emporium, has a fantastic set of new cosmetics inspired by iconic characters from Warhammer Fantasy!

[h3]Gotrek Gurnisson[/h3]
Our dear Bardin gets to look even more fierce than usual with this intimidating outfit fashioned after the most deadly of all slayers: Gotrek Gurnisson. Available only to Bardin’s Slayer career.

[h3]Felix Jaeger[/h3]
Of course, we can’t have Gotrek without Felix! Kruber gets to accompany his best buddy in with this dashing outfit inspired by Gotrek’s faithful companion, Felix Jaeger! Available only to Markus’ Mercenary career.


[h3]Count Boris Todbringer[/h3]
Proving that he ALSO can sport a magnificent beard, the imposing Count Boris Todbringer-inspired hero skin is equipable by Saltzpyre’s Bounty Hunter career.


[h3]Naieth the Prophetess[/h3]
Delving into mysticism, Kerillian has access to an outfit inspired by Naieth the Prophetess, equipable on all of Kerillian’s careers.


[h3]Isabella Von Carstein[/h3]
With a sudden propensity for walking around with a cup of wine (at least, we think it’s wine!), Sienna gets a new regal look with this armour inspired by Isabella Von Carstein. This hero skin are equipable on her Pyromancer and Necromancer careers.

Edit December 10th: As a final note: unlike most cosmetic sets, the Mythical Masquerade cosmetics are all one-piece cosmetics, instead of being separated into hero skin and hat.

[h2]Developer stream: December 9th, 17:00 CET![/h2]


Don’t forget to tune into our twitch stream today, at 17:00 CET! Developers Anton, Theodor and Tom are going to go over the new DLC, play the new map, and talk a little bit about what’s next for Vermintide, including both Versus and PvE.

[h2]Versus Spotlight: Week 4 extension[/h2]
Perhaps we overshot a bit when adjusting the kill counter target! We were so impressed with your performance in the first weeks that we got a bit overambitious for the new one.

In the spirit of giving during this Gifts of the Wolf father, we’re extending the period to reach the kill counter from Sunday to Wednesday. Make sure to reach the target of 250.000 Heroes killed in Versus before the next spotlight starts, or you really might miss out on the rewards!

Without further ado…
[h3] Features & Tweaks [/h3]

• Added the new free map: The Forsaken Temple.
  
  • This map is the first mission in the new Verminous Dreams campaign. More maps coming later!
    
  • Added Okri's Challenges & rewards related to The Forsaken Temple
• Added a new set of Premium Cosmetics: the Mythical Masquerade.
  
  • The Gotrek Gurnisson hero skin, equippable by Bardin's Slayer career.
    
  • The Naieth the Prophetess hero skin, equippable by all of Kerillian's careers.
    
  • The Felix Jaeger hero skin, equippable by Kruber's Mercenary career.
    
  • The Isabella Von Carstein hero skin, equippable by Sienna's Pyromancer and Necromancer careers.
    
  • The Count Boris Todbringer hero skin, equippable by Saltzpyre's Bounty Hunter career.
• Minimum and maximum power level for items in chests and crafting increase by one for every level above 30 (added across all characters), before limiting it to its original max value.
  
  • Increasing the minimum means that at a certain level, all items are guaranteed to be max power.
    
  • Increasing the maximum and then reducing it to the cap means that you are more likely to roll a maximum power item as you increase levels, even before your minimum power gets high enough to be equal to the cap.
• Enabled the Gifts of the Wolf Father advent calendar! Log in every day and check the calendar to unlock gifts!
  
• Purchasing a DLC while in the keep now requires a game restart.

[h3] Fixes [/h3]

• Fixed an UI issue where Shillings and Helmgart Sellsword Marks would overlap with the store interface when looking for a match.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Saltzpyre's animation to not take a cool step forward when shooting the rapier's pistol. Now he does his fancy move again!
  
• Fixed a bug where Bardin could sometimes respond with a Kerillian voice line when Victor gets knocked down too many times

"I don't know what they want with it, but if even half the stories of Athel Lithri are true, you better go up there and stop them."


We've been teasing it for a while now, but it's finally time to reveal the next step in the Ubersreik 5's adventure! The first of three missions in the new Verminous Dreams campaign, 'The Forsaken Temple' is coming out next week, free on all platforms!

[h2]The Forsaken Temple[/h2]
Devoted readers of Lohner's Chronicles (spying on someone's personal journal is very rude, by the way) would know that dear Franz was recently visited by an Elf of the Divine persuasion, who gave him a cryptic warning of things to come.

While he never spoke a word about this to our Heroes, his investigations nonetheless led him to uncover hints of Skaven presence in the ruins of what could be an ancient and even mythical Elven temple: Athel Lithri.

Whatever it is that the Pactsworn plan to do with that temple, it can't be anything good. Time for our Heroes to take a peek and hopefully put a swift end to any verminous schemes going on there.

[h2]New upcoming Premium Hero Cosmetics: The Mythical Masquerade[/h2]
Just in time for the new adventure, Lohner got a glorious shipment of new outfits and hats, all inspired by some of the most iconic characters from Warhammer Fantasy!

• Bardin and Kruber get to pair up as an iconic duo, wearing vestments inspired by Gotrek Gurnisson and Felix Jaeger! These hero skins and hats are equipable on Bardin’s Slayer career and Kruber’s Mercenary career, respectively.
  
• Proving that he ALSO can sport a magnificent beard, the imposing Count Boris Todbringer-inspired hero skin and hat are equipable by Saltzpyre’s Bounty Hunter career.
• Delving into mysticism, Kerillian has access to an outfit inspired by Naieth the Prophetess, equipable on all of Kerillian’s careers.
• With a sudden propensity for walking around with a cup of wine (at least, we think it’s wine!), Sienna gets a new regal look with this armour inspired by Isabella Von Carstein. This hero skin and hat are equipable on her Pyromancer and Necromancer careers.

Welcome to the fourth out of five weekends of the Versus Spotlight events. Every week, we’ll take a closer look at one of the Ubersreik 5 and one of the Pactsworn Specials. Unlock unique time-limited rewards, learn more about the spotlight Hero and Skaven, and do it all while having fun. This week's spotlight will be on good ol' One Eye Saltzpyre and the cruel Packmaster!

[h2]Previous Spotlight's Rewards[/h2]
An update on the way the rewards are handed out:
Due to feedback from the community, as well as some technical issues on our end regarding this, we've decided to change how rewards for the Spotlight are given out.

All rewards for the spotlight will now be earned upon completion of the kill counter. That means all of the currency, portrait frames and Hero poses will be unlocked for the community (alongside the Pactsworn skin, as before).

This change is retroactive and will also affect the rewards of the first weeks of the spotlights.

The rewards for the previous spotlight have just been delivered, so check your inventory! As a note, the Hero Pose might take a few restarts before it applies properly to your account. Sorry about that!


There are unique rewards to unlock weekly, all earned by the community as a whole through completion of the Kill-Counter. There are currency rewards, portrait frames, skins, and weapon poses to be earned.

Saltzpyre & Packmaster Spotlight rewards will be earnable between December 5 - December 8. All rewards will be granted the following week.

[h2]Kill-Counter[/h2]
Rally together as community to eliminate Heroes in Versus to complete the Kill-counter. If the community completes the counter, you will all unlock:

• An exclusive skin for the Packmaster!
• 120 shillings.
• 100 Helmgart Sellsword Marks.
• A brand new Portrait frame.
• A Hero Pose for Saltzpyre!

Since all rewards are tied to the kill tracker, and since you've all been smashing through every target so far, we've decided to up the ante and increase the target kills from 40K Hero kills to 250K! Get crackin', players, that's a lot of Heroes to kill.



[h3]Victor Saltzpyre[/h3]

For Victor, life has ever been a never-ending battle against heresy and destruction – the beleaguered Reikland is but a vaster stage upon which to strut his hour. Though it is hardly in Victor’s nature to trust such outcasts as are his companions in these dark days, he accepts that righteous work can sometimes be accomplished by stained souls and soiled hands.

Learn more about Victor Saltzpyre here!

[h3]The Packmaster[/h3]

The Packmasters of Clan Moulder excel in driving packs of ravening beasts into battle, but in the crush of the swarm they favour other tactics. Clan Moulder is ever seeking new subjects to further its vile breeding experiments, and every Packmaster covets the bounty paid for a particularly noteworthy prize.

Learn more about the Packmaster here!