Ogre mercenaries aren't the only bit of free DLC coming to Total War: Warhammer II alongside the final Lords Pack. We're also getting another free lord in the form of Thorek Ironbrow, who'll lead the Dwarfs with a big emphasis on digging up ancient relics and making the most of runic magic.
Thorek's big unique mechanic has you seeking out relics, which you can locate through a simple menu click. Collect two pieces of a given relic, and you'll get a new passive ability or a special unit. One relic might give a boost to the stats of your ranged units, while another might give you a yoked carnosaur for your Regiments of Renown pool.
Thorek has Fiery Temper, which causes fear and drops the cooldown for the Master Rune of Wrath & Ruin, which causes an armour-piercing explosion. His Klad Brakak hammer gives him immediate access to a bombardment ability and a frenzy augment. His Rune Armour gives bonus armour and flame resistance to allies in a 40 meter range.
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Just yesterday, Creative Assembly and Sega unveiled the final Total War: Warhammer 2 Lords Pack, The Silence and the Fury, and hinted at some more surprises to come soon. Well, all has now been revealed: Ogre mercenaries are coming to the strategy game for free, and it there are hints that more "might lie in their Kingdom", too.
Alongside the new purchasable Lords Pack, which arrives on July 14, there'll be a Ogre Mercenaries pack coming which you can scoop up for free if you're signed up to Total War Access. This, as you might well be aware, means the Ogres are coming to the Total War: Warhammer series for the very first time, and they'll come in the form of mercenaries - a kind of hireable unit that'll battle on your side "so long as you keep them fed, watered, paid, and in combat".
Ogre camps have a chance of popping up whenever an "act of destruction" occurs, Creative Assembly explains - so, that's whenever battles, sieges, settlement sacking (or razing), and the like happen. You can interact with the camps using your army, then pick the tribe you want to bring on board and set their pay. When they're then made available, you need to recruit them into your chosen army - and then keep them happy to keep them hanging around.
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