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HOTFIX 14.1 GENERAL FIXES - Fixed an issue where Accolades were not granted after a Weekly Siege or Weekly Eternal War, despite being counted in the Lectern of Oaths.
- Fixed an issue where Accolades were not granted after a Weekly Siege or Weekly Eternal War, despite being counted in the Lectern of Oaths.
Something in the latest update to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has been causing crashing issues for SteamOS / Linux players - but you may be able to fix it. Read the full article here:
Something in the latest update to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has been causing crashing issues for SteamOS / Linux players - but you may be able to fix it.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2-update-is-causing-issues-for-steamos-linux-players/
Hello Space Marines! You know the drill now! The end of the month means new info about Space Marine 2 ! Let us reveal some of the content of Patch 15, the Community Event and a few words about modding. PATCH 15 🔜 We’re working on Patch 15, making sure everything is ready before
You know the drill now! The end of the month means new info about Space Marine 2!
Let us reveal some of the content of Patch 15, the Community Event and a few words about modding.
We’re working on Patch 15, making sure everything is ready before it reaches your hands. In the meantime, let’s dive into some of the content coming with this update:
As you know, Chaos Siege Mode is coming with Patch 15 bringing a new challenge to the game. In this mode, you’ll play with Chaos Space Marines on a brand new Siege map located on Avarax. You’ll face Tyranids and Loyalists waves, receive the support of Chaos Cultists and Ritualists, and you’ll be able to deploy a Helbrute to wreak havoc on the battlefield.
We’re adding the One-Hander Thunder Hammer, a fast weapon that can transition between single target and area attacks. Available for the Tactical (! more info below), Assault, Bulwark and Techmarine classes.
“The Crucible awaits, Brother. Will you submit to the test?”
A new game mode will also be added: the Crucible Mode.
Talk to our beloved Chapter Chaplain to set up your Penance before going into an Operation. Penances are personal debuffs that will make your mission even harder. They will grant you Purity XP if you succeed the Operation, which will let you unlock unique customisation items and armour parts.
Each Penance has a tier, each with its own set of challenges and rewards. The more debuffs you pick, the more XP you get, but the harder the challenge, so choose wisely! Since Crucible is designed to be an end game challenge, your class must be level 25 to participate.
We teased it in a previous Community Update, the Tactical class will receive a major rework to support more versatile playstyles. His Perk Tree in particular will be more diverse and will allow for more creativity in the build. A frequent request was to expand his melee arsenal: it will now be possible to equip a Power Sword, Power Axe or One Handed Thunder Hammer at the expense of his Primary Weapon for a melee build.
If you’re more into distance fights, a Class Perk will allow you to replace your Secondary Weapon with a Primary Bolt Rifle.
A few community updates ago, we told you that we were working on “something we should have done a long time ago”. The something in question being: Cape Recolour. Take a first look:
Work in progress, final version subject to change.
First of all, we’d like to thank you for these two incredible years of Space Marine 2, and for your continued support throughout this journey. The enthusiasm you’ve shown for the game and its updates continues to motivate us to keep bringing new content and experiences to the battlefield.
As we reach this two-year milestone, we’re excited to share that the Second Anniversary Update will arrive early October! 🎉
And that’s not all: Season Pass 3 will also be available on the same day, bringing even more content for you to discover following the same formula as for Year 2 and Year 1.
We’re really excited about what’s coming, and we hope you’ll be just as excited to join us for another year of Space Marine 2! And as a little token of appreciation, we can confirm that yes, you’ll have your Greatsword in Year 3.
The Community Event of the month is live since yesterday! You have until September 8 to complete 3 Chaos PvE missions (Vox Liberatis, Reliquary, Fall of Atreus, Obelisk, Vortex, Disruption or Purgation) to earn 100 accolades and 150 requisition points.
Onward, Space Marines!
We’re grateful to see how much excitement the launch of the Steam Workshop has brought to the modding community of Space Marine 2.
Since the launch of the modding tool, we’ve seen an amazing amount of creativity from you, with new ideas and creations popping up… some of them have definitely made us smile! So, a big thank you to everyone contributing to the modding scene. It’s great to see you finding new ways to play around with Space Marine 2 and keeping the community buzzing with new creations! Keep them coming!! 👀
If you’re interested in creating mods, you can check our guidelines here, or check the Steam Workshop to browse the available mods.
Thank you for supporting us and helping us improve Space Marine 2. In next month’s Community Update, we’ll reveal the full Year 3 Roadmap, followed by a Q&A session with our Game Director on Reddit, so make sure to follow us on our social media channels to get the news: X, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky.
🪽 The Emperor Protects.
The Saber and Focus teams
Greetings Space Marines, The next Community Event is here! ⚔️ Take on the challenge, complete 3 Chaos PvE missions (Vox Liberatis, Reliquary, Fall of Atreus, Obelisk, Vortex, Disruption, Purgation) before September 8 to earn 100 Accolades + 150 Requisition Points . For the Empero
The next Community Event is here! ⚔️
Take on the challenge, complete 3 Chaos PvE missions (Vox Liberatis, Reliquary, Fall of Atreus, Obelisk, Vortex, Disruption, Purgation) before September 8 to earn 100 Accolades + 150 Requisition Points.
For the Emperor.
HOTFIX 14.1 GAMEPLAY AND BALANCING TWEAKS Heroic Stalker Bolt Rifle Number of body shots required to trigger auspex scan reduced from 4 to 3 Auspex scan radius increased from 8 to 10 metres Heroic Combi-Flamer Reduced charge up time for flamer barrel Bolter barrel damage increase
Heroic Stalker Bolt Rifle
Number of body shots required to trigger auspex scan reduced from 4 to 3
Auspex scan radius increased from 8 to 10 metres
Heroic Combi-Flamer
Reduced charge up time for flamer barrel
Bolter barrel damage increased by 10%
Flamer barrel ammunition can now be replenished using the Ammo Crate.
Heroic Combi-Melta
Melta barrel ammunition can now be replenished using the Ammo Crate again.
Heroic Power Fist
Can now fire a melta blast after a single charge in hold stance.
Melta blast attack after a delayed light attack damage has been slightly increased.
Minor customization fixes
Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer
Delay for a followup double beam attack has been increased to accomodate for slower dodge roll animations
Teleport ability now deals significantly reduced damage.
Fixed an issue with Battlefield Conditions "Squad Unity" and "Split Up" radiuses being mixed up.
Fixed a bug with Tactical's Perk "Kraken Penetrator Rounds" granting penetration for projectile based weapons.
Fixed a bug with Battlefield Condition "Come Prepared" not granting 10 stimms to all squad members.
Fixed: Some Ordeals were not taking the players progress if they join a game that was already started on the first sector in Siege Mode.
Fixed: Weekly Siege Mode ordeals progression was not counted in some cases.
Fixed several issues with server side mods on Steam Workshop
Crash fixes.
The addition of Steam Workshop support for Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 opens up the potential for all manner of easily accessible mods. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Space Marine 2 now has Steam Workshop support - here's what we want to see first
The addition of Steam Workshop support for Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 opens up the potential for all manner of easily accessible mods.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Space Marine 2 now has Steam Workshop support - here's what we want to see first
Hello everyone! We're happy to announce that the official Space Marine 2 Steam Workshop is now open! 👉 Learn more right here When playing with mods, you’ll be disconnected from the public matchmaking and placed in a private lobby. You can invite other players to your session us
We're happy to announce that the official Space Marine 2 Steam Workshop is now open!
👉 Learn more right here
When playing with mods, you’ll be disconnected from the public matchmaking and placed in a private lobby. You can invite other players to your session using either an invite or a code. In a modded session, a watermark will be displayed at the top right corner of your screen.
Additionally, your game progression will be separated from the official game.
Certain conditions and restrictions apply, so make sure to read our modder's guidelines and the legal notice
When you have, you’ll find a complete guide explaining how to start modding!
Hello, Space Marines! The Confrontation Update is now live for Space Marine 2 , bringing Year 2 to an epic conclusion! Patch 14.0 introduces two new PvP maps, a new Thousand Sons Terminus enemy, new Heroic weapons and armour pieces, plus the final Season Pass 2 cosmetic DLCs. Wat
The Confrontation Update is now live for Space Marine 2, bringing Year 2 to an epic conclusion!
Patch 14.0 introduces two new PvP maps, a new Thousand Sons Terminus enemy, new Heroic weapons and armour pieces, plus the final Season Pass 2 cosmetic DLCs.
Patch 14.0 expands Eternal War with two new PvP Arenas:
Sanctum on Avarax
Facility on Demerium
The update also adds new weekly PvP rewards and Ordeals. Play Eternal War matches, complete Datavault challenges, and earn exclusive accolades and cosmetics.
PvE also gets deadlier with the arrival of a new Terminus enemy: the Thousand Sons Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer. Encounter this formidable foe in every Chaos Operation and throughout Siege mode.
It includes a new Heavy Champion skin and an exclusive Multi-Melta skin.
It features five unique armour pieces inspired by the Chapter's iconic combat doctrine.
Purge the xenos and heretics with the Space Marine 2 Confrontation Update, and don't forget to join the Space Marine 2 community.
Greetings Space Marines, Kill two birds with one stone with this month's Community Event on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ! Make the most of the Confrontation Update by completing 3 PvP matches to earn 200 accolades 🔹📈 For the Emperor.
Kill two birds with one stone with this month's Community Event on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2! Make the most of the Confrontation Update by completing 3 PvP matches to earn 200 accolades 🔹📈
For the Emperor.
Patch Notes 14.0 The 14.0 patch is now live on every platform. Read the complete patch notes down below. Features that have changed since the PTS’ Patch Notes are flagged with this icon: 🟡 NEW FEATURES New PvP map: Sanctum Sanctum is a medium-sized PvP map built for dynamic and
The 14.0 patch is now live on every platform. Read the complete patch notes down below.
Features that have changed since the PTS’ Patch Notes are flagged with this icon: 🟡
Sanctum is a medium-sized PvP map built for dynamic and exciting battles. The map features open combat areas, fast routes to key engagement zones and a central area designed as the main hotspot for intense firefights.
Facility is one of the most compact PvP maps designed for fast-paced and intense combat. The map maximises opportunities for flanking attacks, rotations and outmaneuvering the enemy.
Meet the new Terminus enemy: the Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer, part of the mighty Thousand Sons. He wields powerful magic for both close and long-range attacks, and is also capable of creating potent illusions.
Medals and Achievements: enhanced visual effects that highlight a player’s accomplishments during a match. They affect match statistics and the experience points a player earns.
Four new challenging Ordeals to get new items have been added, designed for experienced players.
This is a small intermediate update to the wargear system.
We are adding a 3rd Wargear slot to some classes so tabards and capes could be equipped at the same time.
This is why some tabards were removed from some chest pieces in this patch in preparation to be moved to a separate slot.
With Patch 15 you will be able to equip everything together.
In addition to that, with the next update robes and tabards are coming to Vanguard and Heavy.
Capes for Bulwark are also in the works, however it will take a bit more time (not in Patch 15), since robes need to be removed from chest pieces first.
Oh and "Something we should have done a long time ago" customization feature also coming in Patch 15 :)
Robes for the Assault and Tactical classes have been added, along with tabards for the Assault class which can be earned by completing new Ordeals.
Earn Accolades for participating in PvP on weekly basis
At the end of a PvP match players will be randomly assigned to teams based on match results (experimental feature, will be turned on and off on backend)
Added 6 Heroic Weapons (Thunder Hammer, Power Fist, Bolt Carbine, Melta Rifle, Power Sword, Stalker Bolt Rifle) to unlock with Accolades.
Added 4 Heroic Armour (Deathwatch Hand, Deathwatch Chest, Ultramarine Chapter Champion Pauldron) parts to unlock with Accolades.
Salamanders Champion with its Signature Multi-Melta Weapon Skin.
Raptors Cosmetic Pack.
Heroic Bolt Pistol
Damage increased by 15%.
Secondary Bolt Carbine
Maximum ammo increased by 2 magazines for all versions. (🟡Added 2 magazines instead of 1.)
Pyrecannon
Increased range by 15% in both stances.
Burn damage
Auspex Scan no longer affects Burn damage.
Omnissian Axe
“Explosive Strike” perk of Omnissian Axe now causes an energy explosion at the point of impact on the enemy.
Ultima Ratio (Heroic Omnissian Axe): The time to reach the maximum additional damage was reduced by 35%.
🟡 Following your feedback on the PTS, the 6 new Heroic weapons received buffs:
🟡 Salamanders Power Sword
We understand that a lot of you wanted it to be a burning blade, but only Guilliman gets to wield one.
Fixed perk activation, now it should work according to description and should affect only light attacks.
Increased max stacks from 5 to 6.
Increased number of stacks you gain per perfect parry from 1 to 3.
🟡 Combi-Flamer Bolt Carbine
Increased damage by 20% for bolter barrel.
Increased burn status effect accumulation speed for flamer barrel.
Fixed ammo refill for flamer barrel.
🟡 Deathwatch Stalker Bolt Rifle
Decreased number of body shots to activate perk effect from 5 to 4.
Perk now activates on any body shots, not on body shots on a single target.
Increased headshot damage multiplier to match Relic versions.
Increased perk damage bonus to 30% versus minoris, majoris and extremis enemies and to 10% versus terminus enemies.
🟡 Salamanders Melta Rifle
Increased damage fall-off range.
Increased damage by 10%.
🟡 Deathwatch Power Fist
Improved animation responsiveness for entering melta blast stance.
Fixed tracking for the melta blast move.
Greatly increased direct damage for melta blast move.
Melta blast burn effect AoE is slightly wider.
Added directional input to melta blast move.
🟡 Lord Executioner's Axe
Now properly restores contested health with new attacks
This patch is very light on perk changes, but big promise rework is coming for Tactical class with the next update.
Techmarine
Perk "Methodical Destruction" now works with Prometium Can.
Overall, we want to try to make Eternal War more accessible for everybody. So people can pick it up and enjoy it. Rest assured, this isn't the last Eternal War update.
We are planning to add a new very very big feature to it so it will be more enjoyable for all players.
Removed progression in PvP
All weapons and equipment are available from Level 1.
Shock Grenade
Blindness Radius reduced from 9 to 4 meters
Blindness Duration reduced from 1.5 to 1.1 seconds for
Krak Grenade
Now always destroys the Heavy’s Iron Halo
Assault
Ground Pound min and max damage radius have been reduced:
Chainsword — inner radius is reduced from 2 to 1.5; outer radius is reduced from 4 to 3.
Thunder Hammer — inner radius is reduced from 2.5 to 2; outer radius is reduced from 5 to 3.5.
Power Fist — inner radius is reduced from 2 to 1.5; outer radius is reduced from 4 to 3.
Power Sword — inner radius is reduced from 2.5 to 2; outer radius is reduced from 5 to 3.5.
Power Axe — inner radius is reduced from 2 to 1.5; outer radius is reduced from 4 to 3.
🟡Partically reverted outer damage radius for some weapons compared to PTS:
Chainsword — outer radius changed from 2.5 to 3.
Power Fist — outer radius changed from 2.5 to 3.
Power Axe — outer radius changed from 2.5 to 3.
Ability charge cooldown is increased from 12 to 16 seconds
🟡Fully reverted change from PTS: Ground Pound charge aim max angle is reduced from 50 to 38 degrees
Vanguard
Ability charge cooldown is reduced from 30 to 18 seconds
Ability damage is increased from 10 to 25
Ability charges are increased from 2 to 3.
Bulwark
The damage cap required to knock Bulwark out of shield stance has been reduced from 300 to 200.
🟡Reduced the number of kills required for new Eternal War ordeals to 50/200/500 compared to the PBE requirements
Tech Priest:
Effectiveness has been greatly reduced: Base max income now starts at 720 for the team and gradually decreases with each wave to 300 at wave 30+ like all other sources of income.
Increased wave completion and side objective resource rewards by 20%.
Increased Enemy Damage Resistance Cap on high waves:
From 60% to 72% for regular enemies
From 80% to 88% for Terminus enemies
Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer added as miniboss.
Siege Mode Accolade rewards are now given based on reaching wave 15, not surviving 15 waves.
Lots of minor fixes with level geometry.
Added robes for Assault and Tactical classes to be unlocked with new Ordeals.
Added tabards for Assault class to be unlocked with new Ordeals.
Added Mark X Pristine Aquilla to Refinement and Redemption shop.
Added free Raptors knee decal.
Black Templar Champion backpack split into 2 parts. Skeleton part is now a part of a wargear slot and can be used on Heavy class.
Lots of minor customisation fixes for both Loyalists and Chaos.
Lots of minor fixes with animations.
🟡Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer:
Third flurry attack is now ripostable in both combo variations
Reduced beam attack damage by 33%
Increased beam attack cooldown by 15%
Perfect Dodging Beam attack now applies Gunstrike Mark
Beam attack illusions follow up now has 8 sec cooldown
Beam attack illusions follow up is slightly easier to avoid
Split into three illusions attack is no longer interruptable
Reduced hp of illusions by ~15%
Illusions focus slightly less on range attacks
Radial beam attack cooldown increased by 25%, follow up attacks will happen with a slightly bigger delay
AI Director: Reinforcement waves no longer include Ranged Scarab Occult Terminators
AI Director: Reinforcement waves will have smaller chances of having Lesser Sorcerors
Various Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug with Sniper's “Efficient Readiness” perk not reloading the gun if the player used the ability after the “Lingering Concealment” perk effect.
Fixed an issue with Siege Mode accolades rewards not being awarded in some cases.
Fixed a bug with the Bolt Sniper Rifle "Strong Start" perk not working consistently with the Heroic Bolt Sniper Rifle.
Fixed a bug with Vanguard's "Tactical Prowess" perk not working on the Zoanthrope in some rare cases.
Fixed a bug with "Split up" and "Squad Unity" battlefield conditions working with bots and interfering with gameplay.
Fixed a bug with "Split up" and "Squad Unity" battlefield conditions activating and deactivating at inconsistent distances.
Fixed a bug with Tactical’s "Kraken Penetration Rounds" class perk affecting burn damage when switching to a bolt weapon.
Fixed a bug with Tactical’s "Kraken Penetration Rounds" class perk affecting projectile weapons (grenade launchers) when switching to a bolt weapon as they fly.
Fixed a bug with “Suspicious Behaviour” battlefield condition dealing full damage to allies instead of 50% damage.
Fixed an issue with the headshot damage of the Heavy Bolt Rifle Relic "Ophelian Liberation Beta" not working properly.
Lots of minor fixes for Blessing and Atonement system in Siege.
Lots of minor bug fixes.
Lots of minor localisation bug fixes.
Lots of minor UI and sound fixes.
Crash fixes and general stability improvements.
Loading time optimisation.
Memory optimisations.
Minor performance improvements.
General connectivity improvements.
Saber Interactive has a long list of recent winners to its name, including the likes of Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, Roadcraft, and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando. Alongside its own creations, however, the studio's publishing side is adamant about sticking with indie games. At
Saber Interactive has a long list of recent winners to its name, including the likes of Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, Roadcraft, and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando. Alongside its own creations, however, the studio's publishing side is adamant about sticking with indie games. At Summer Game Fest, we sat down with Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits and Head of Publishing Todd Hollenshead to discuss why Saber believes so strongly in continuing to support smaller teams.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Alongside its own big successes, Saber Interactive is sticking with indies - here's why
Hello Space Marines! Welcome to our June Community Update! As summer kicks off, it’s time to bring you the latest news on what's ahead for Space Marine 2 . From teasers for Year 3 to the upcoming arrival of Patch 14 , there’s plenty to cover, with a lot of spoilers ahead since th
Welcome to our June Community Update! As summer kicks off, it’s time to bring you the latest news on what's ahead for Space Marine 2. From teasers for Year 3 to the upcoming arrival of Patch 14, there’s plenty to cover, with a lot of spoilers ahead since there won’t be a Community Update in July. Let’s get started!
Let’s reveal a bit more about the free content that will be added in Year 3:
Two new weapons are on their way:
The first one is the Absolvor Bolt Pistol, which will be the signature weapon of the upcoming new class. Sooo Chaplain, Apothecary or something else maybe? 🤫
The second one is the One-Handed Thunder Hammer. While we mentioned a few months ago that the Greatsword was the priority for a new melee archetype, plans have changed (though perhaps it is still coming?).
Two new Bosses will be added at the end of their respective Operation.
Heretics among you should be pleased as there will be more ways to play your Chaos Space Marines! You'll be able to play with characters that were once limited to PvP only, in a new Chaos "spin-off" of Siege Mode.
Now, regarding the cosmetic DLCs, Year 3 will also receive its “Season Pass 3”. New Champion and Cosmetic packs will be added, representing new and returning Chapters.
Space Wolves, rejoice! The first Champion of the Year 3 will be a Wolf Guard Champion (with a classic Space Wolves round Stormshield), releasing in September.
You asked for it for a looong time, a Deathwatch Champion will also be featured in Year 3.
The Exorcists chapter will receive a bespoke Cosmetic Pack.
As we revealed in last month's Community Update, one of the Champion DLCs will be for the new class, the same way it was for the Techamarine class.
Alright, that’s enough spoilers for today! Hopefully, this little tease left you hungry for what’s to come! 😉
Now, let’s talk about something that’s already around the corner: Patch 14! This new patch has a smaller scale compared to the 2 previous ones (because we’re preparing for the much bigger Patch 15 😉), but this update will still bring 2 new PvP maps: Facility and Sanctum, respectively located on Demerium, and Avarax.
A new enemy will also be added for the Thousand Sons: the Scarab Occult Terminator Sorcerer. This new Terminus enemy will be present in every Chaos Operation.
More Heroic weapon variants will also be added in this patch. Among them, the Stalker Bolt Rifle, the Power Sword and the Power Fist will receive an heroic variant. There will be 3 other heroic weapons for a total of 6, we hope you’ll enjoy them!
Finally, for the Season Pass content, this patch will bring:
The Salamanders Champion Pack 2, which will be a Heavy Champion, with a Salamanders themed Multi-Melta skin.
The Raptors Cosmetic Pack which will include a Helmet, Chestplate, Right and Left Pauldrons, a Cloak, plus an additional Cloak variant covering the top of the backpack.
Last note on Patch 14, Steam players will have the opportunity to test it on the Public Test Server and provide feedback in early July.
As revealed during the June Nintendo Direct, Space Marine 2 will be released on Switch 2 later this year! We’re currently targeting a release for the Holiday 2026 (which is roughly between Thanksgiving and Christmas).
A Community Event to earn 100 accolades is still ongoing for a few days! You have until July 1st to complete a total of 30 waves in Siege Mode on any difficulty (across any number of sessions) to earn 100 Accolades.
We are pleased to announce that we are going to continue expanding our official mod support for the game and will bring mod support to consoles. This is a massive undertaking that is going to take a long time to implement and we’ve been working on it for a while, but now we are ready to announce it officially.
The mod support will expand in multiple stages. The first stage would bring full Steam Workshop integration to the game and it should happen very soon.
It has been very exciting (and sometimes very funny) to watch what our modding community can come up with. We are going to continue helping the community grow and improve the toolset.
Dmitry Grigorenko, Game Director.
Thank you so much for your continued support! Space Marine 2 and its DLCs are currently discounted on Steam, check it out if you don’t own them already!
Please note that there exceptionally won’t be a community update in July, we’ll return at the end of August for more news about Space Marine 2!
Don’t hesitate to follow us on our social media platforms to stay informed and get the latest news: Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky.
See you on the battlefield, Space Marines.
The Focus and Saber Teams. 🦾
GAMEPLAY AND BALANCING TWEAKS Siege Mode Atonements are now disabled in Normal difficulty . Enemy scaling : Reduced speed with which enemy damage resistance grows from 5% to 4% per step. Enemy damage resistance is capped at 60% for regular enemies and 80% for Terminus enemies. At
Atonements are now disabled in Normal difficulty.
Enemy scaling:
Reduced speed with which enemy damage resistance grows from 5% to 4% per step.
Enemy damage resistance is capped at 60% for regular enemies and 80% for Terminus enemies.
Atonements:
Hardened Skins - Reduced number of heavy hits resistance stacks.
Squad Unity - Increased distance to 25 meters.
Split Up - Decreased distance to 15 meters.
Warp Storm - Increased cooldown to 45 seconds
Hyperopia - Decreased damage reduction from 75% to 50%.
Myopia - Decreased damage reduction from 75% to 50%
Squad Unity - Increased distance to 25 meters
Split Up - Decreased distance to 15 meters
Combat Knife
Slightly increased speed for non-heroic Relic versions
Bolt Carbine One-Handed
Increased damage by 15%
UI now correctly displays its headshot multiplier
Fixed a bug with Siege Mode weekly rewards not being awarded in some cases.
Fixed a bug with the equipped custom armour set disappearing after re-entering the game if it was created from the standard armour set with a helmet.
The VFX of Tactical's "Radiating Impact" perk is back again.
Fixed a bug where Tactical's "Marked for Death" signature perk had no cooldown.
Fixed a bug where Bulwark's "Defensive Mastery" perk had no cooldown.
Fixed a bug with Sniper's “Pattern of Excellence” signature perk cooldown being twice as long as it should be.
Fixed a bug that replaced Restorative Stims by Medicae Stims after switching loadouts in the weapon drop pod.
Fixed a damage stacking issue with the Damage over Time from the Pyre weapons perks not working properly.
Fixed a bug where Gunstrike damage was affected by switching to primary or secondary weapon for some versions of pistols.
Fixed a bug preventing from performing a gunstrike on the Pyreblaster Canister in some rare cases.
Fixed a bug where the Tech Priest could die from friendly fire with certain perks in Siege Mode.
Fixed several issues with Hive Tyrant getting stuck in Siege Mode.
Fixed several issues with Ordeals.
Crash fixes.
Minor customisation fixes.
Minor localisation fixes.
Minor UI fixes.
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Hi Space Marines, May’s all about Warhammer Skulls and therefore we’ve launched Patch 13 - Purgation Update a week ago! Have you tried it already? In this month’s Community Update, we shall reveal some Year 3 spoilers, recap Purgation Update’s content, and remind you of the ongoi
May’s all about Warhammer Skulls and therefore we’ve launched Patch 13 - Purgation Update a week ago! Have you tried it already?
In this month’s Community Update, we shall reveal some Year 3 spoilers, recap Purgation Update’s content, and remind you of the ongoing Twitch Drops.
Lots of exciting things are coming in Year 3, and today we’re too excited to keep them under wraps, so here are a few spoilers!
Throughout Year 3, the game will receive five major updates (Patches 15 to 19). Once again, there’ll be plenty of free content for everyone, including new weapons, missions, and more. On top of that, there’ll be a Season Pass packed with Chapter cosmetics and Champion skins.
We’ll also continue placing a strong focus on improving the user experience and fixing bugs throughout Year 3, making the game smoother, more stable, and more enjoyable for everyone.
Now for our first spoiler: a new Class is on the way, planned for the first half of 2027! We can’t reveal which one just yet, but we can say it’s been highly requested by the community. As we did with the Techmarine, this new Class will receive its own special Champion Skin after its release.
Place your bets! Which Class do you think it will be? 🤔😁
The Year 3 roadmap will be revealed alongside the Second Anniversary Update. Stay tuned!
The Iron Hands Chapter pack includes a Techmarine Champion and a skin for its signature weapon, the Omnissian Axe.
Armour pieces were added as part of the Chapter Customisation Pack:
L&R Greaves
L&R Gauntlets
L&R Pauldrons & Decals
Four Successor Chapters were added alongside the Iron Hands Chapter Pack, including:
Brazen Claws
Iron Lords
Sons of Medusa
Red Talons
Investigate Chaos activity near a Cadian base and stop an unholy ritual.
As you make your way across the swamps, stay alert – Chaos corruption status effect will apply if you spend too much time in the waters.
The water corruption grows over time, and eventually, geysers may erupt near your squad, dealing damage unless you evade them.
Several new features were implemented in Siege Mode:
Now, you can earn weekly Accolades for completing Siege Mode.
New items have been added to the shop, including a Commissar to boost Cadians, explosive mines, Tarantula Sentries and a Tech-priest to defend as he gets you currency boosts.
Blessings and Atonements were introduced. It’s up to you to pick and choose them and customise your mission. Pick 1 Blessing amongst 3 every 5 waves. One Atonement is applied every 5 waves as well. You can reroll it in exchange for some Siege currency.
The Hive Tyrant and Mutalith Vortex Beast can now be encountered as Bosses. And the timer got a rework too. Now, when the timer’s over, you won’t get a Game Over, but enemies will become subsequently harder to beat.
For further details on the new gameplay features, we strongly recommend checking the 13.0 Patch Notes right here.
Here’s a compendium of what’s new:
Battle-Barge Battle Simulator
Perks Loadout
New Ordeals
Regarding the new Ordeals, our chapter Chaplain has learnt of a number of “creative” practices with the private lobbies to quickly get the rewards, and has instructed all units to heed the following warning. We’re not going to fix these, but you’ve been warned, Space Marines!
Wargear Sharing
New Rewards in the Refinement & Redemption shop (3 Weapon Variants and 6 Armour Variants)
New weapon: Bolt Carbine Sidearm (One-handed)
Earlier this week, we released a hotfix to improve the connectivity issues that occurred with the Patch 13. It also lowers the requirements to unlock the Wargear Sharing items. You can read the patch notes here for further details.
To celebrate the release of the Purgation Update, we’re hosting a Twitch Drops campaign until June 11 with these special rewards.
Watch any streamer on Twitch playing Space Marine 2 for 30 min, 1 and 2 hours to earn the Mark X Skull Breastplate, 100 Accolades and the brand new Victrix Honour Guard Gauntlet.
That’s it for this month!
Thank you for supporting us and helping us improve Space Marine 2. We remain very attentive to your feedback. As a token of our appreciation, here’s a little code to unlock 150 Requisition points: GEGV-5QJJ-5P68.
You’ll have to claim it through PROS, you can read this page to learn how.
We’ll handle a new community event in June to earn Accolades as well.
If you’d like to keep yourself informed on the latest news, make sure you follow our socials: Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads, Bluesky.
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Hotfix 13.1 GAMEPLAY AND BALANCING TWEAKS Firearms in PvE Gunstrike damage values restored to pre 13.0 values. Plasma pistol variants gun strike damage adjusted to better reflect new versions speciality (i.e. damage version deals more gunstrike damage). Siege Mode Atonements : Pl
Gunstrike damage values restored to pre 13.0 values.
Plasma pistol variants gun strike damage adjusted to better reflect new versions speciality (i.e. damage version deals more gunstrike damage).
Atonements:
Players will start receiving atonements starting from wave 11 on normal difficulty.
Players will start receiving atonements starting from wave 6 on hard difficulty.
A new indicator has been added to alert you when a new blessing becomes available.
Additional Blessing: Surplus - You can carry twice as much Equipment. Equipment spawns are doubled.
Additional Atonement: Hardened Skins - Enemies are not staggered by the first 3 hits. Damage is still dealt.
Additional Atonement: Posthumous Proliferation - Slain enemies spawn Spores or Chaos Skulls (depending on faction).
Additional Atonement: Booby Trap - Majoris-level and higher enemies explode upon death and deal Damage to Squad Members.
Reduced the requirements for the 6 "complete missions on absolute difficulty" class-specific ordeals from 10/30/100 to 10/25/50.
Crash fixes.
Consoles: Crashes when the French and Spanish VO were selected have been fixed.
Fixed a bug where several perks would reset their cooldown after switching loadouts.
Fixed a bug where several perks would stop working after switching loadouts.
Fixed bugs with several Pyreblaster perks affecting Pyreblaster Canister equipment.
Fixed several issues with Servo Skull objective in Siege Mode.
Fixed lots of issues with Ordeals.
The ordeal "Preserve Ammunition" now counts incapacitating shots as well as kills.
Fixed several issues with host migration.
Fixed bug where Pyreblaster Canister were not spawning when purchasing grenades in the Requisition Terminal in Siege.
Fixed lots of minor issues with Blessing and Atonement in Siege mode.
Fixed minor geometry issues on Purgation.
Minor customisation fixes.
Minor localisation fixes.
Minor UI fixes.
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Space Marine 2 has just released a free PvE Operation, a huge update to its Siege Mode, and a host of new weapon and armor cosmetics. On top of that, the Warhammer 40k game is free to play this weekend, with a trial available between Thursday, 21 May and Monday, 25 May. The Purga
Space Marine 2 has just released a free PvE Operation, a huge update to its Siege Mode, and a host of new weapon and armor cosmetics. On top of that, the Warhammer 40k game is free to play this weekend, with a trial available between Thursday, 21 May and Monday, 25 May. The Purgation Update, as it's called, is available now on both PC and console.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Space Marine 2 is shadowdropping a free campaign mission and giving Siege Mode progression some much-needed love
Space Marine 2 shadowdrops its Purgation Update just in time for the Warhammer Skulls Festival! Patch 13 comes with a new PvE mission, a major update to Siege Mode, and whole new sets of weapon and armour cosmetics, both free and paid. We're excited to announce the release of the
Patch 13 comes with a new PvE mission, a major update to Siege Mode, and whole new sets of weapon and armour cosmetics, both free and paid.
We're excited to announce the release of the Purgation Update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 at today’s Warhammer Skulls Festival. Available now free on Steam, this update brings a host of free content and the long-awaited Iron Hands Chapter Pack.
As is the case since release, today’s Space Marine 2 update comes with free content for everyone, in the form of a new PvE Operation in the heart of the Kadaku swamps, a major revamp of Siege Mode progression mechanics in addition to the Hive Tyrant and Mutalith Vortex Beast joining the game mode.
Space Marine 2 players also receive new Heroic weapons and armour pieces, a new “Practice Arena” in the Battle-Barge and a new secondary weapon, the Bolt Carbine Sidearm! It doesn’t stop there, but all details may be found in the Purgation’s patch notes, available here.
The Purgation Update also comes with the Iron Hands Chapter Pack, the last of the First Founding loyalist Chapters to receive a DLC. Available for free to all Season Pass 2 owners, it contains a Techmarine Champion skin, an exclusive Omnissian Axe skin, and 4 unique, mechanical armour pieces honouring the warriors of the 10th Legion.
Kill the Heretic, Purge the Xenos, during Space Marine 2’s Free Trial
Experience the epic bloodfest that is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for free on Steam. Play the first couple of missions from the Campaign, three Operations (Inferno, Decapitation & Vortex), and all of the PvP games modes available before Tuesday morning!
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Patch Notes 13.0 The Patch 13.0 - Purgation Update is now live! You can find the complete patch notes below, with comments from our Game Director, Dmitry Grigorenko. NEW FEATURES New Operation: Purgation The Combat Squad Veridian must reclaim a Mechanicus facility in the Kadaku
The Patch 13.0 - Purgation Update is now live! You can find the complete patch notes below, with comments from our Game Director, Dmitry Grigorenko.
New Operation: Purgation
The Combat Squad Veridian must reclaim a Mechanicus facility in the Kadaku swamps. Communication is lost, and Nozick's Research is still inside the laboratory.
New Feature: Battle Simulator
A new customisable battle arena in which you can practice, fighting various enemies and their combinations, as well as trying different weapons, equipment and loadouts.
New Feature: New Loadouts & Perk Swapping
Players can now switch perk loadouts alongside weapons during a session. Perks loadouts are tied to your Weapon loadouts, so prepare accordingly.
New Feature: Wargear 2.0
Expanded customisation options allow each class to wear multiple wargear at once, such as capes, iron halos and sensor antennas.
We are going to continue to expand the customization system. With the next update we are also going to add robes and tabards to the shared wargear pool. But as in this update, players will have to earn their wargear. Also, more unique wargear items are coming.
Known issues that will be fixed in an upcoming hotfix:
Iron Halos cannot be customised depending on the equipped Backpack for the Tactical & Bulwark.
Storm Shields cannot be customised if the Bulwark has an Iron Halo equipped.
Wargears are not available if the player selects an Armour Set Template.
New Siege Content: Siege 2.0 Update
A massive update for Siege Mode. New items to buy in the Siege shop, fresh bosses, additional objectives, and a brand-new Blessings and Atonements system. Learn more in the dedicated part below.
New Feature: Trials of Resolve
New challenging Ordeals with unique rewards.
New Weapon: Bolt Carbine One-Handed
New secondary weapon for Assault and Bulwark.
Something more interesting than another sidearm is actually on the horizon 😜
New PvE Equipment: Pyreblaster Canister
A piece of equipment that functions like an incendiary grenade and requires to be shot to explode.
New Heroic Items
Added 3 Heroic Weapons to unlock with Accolades:
Plasma Pistol - Relic Battle-Worn Plasma Pistol
Chainsword - White Scars Chainsword (Block)
Power Axe - Encarmine Axe (Block)
New Season Pass Content
Iron Hands Chapter Pack:
Techmarine Champion + Signature Omnissian Axe Skin
L&R Greaves;
L&R Gauntlets;
L&R Pauldrons & Decals;
4 Successor Chapters
Non headshot damage increased by ~30% for bolter weapons.
As we have discussed before, we want to close the gap between body and headshot damage for ranged weapons. The issue is that headshot damage calculation was very complex, because there were 2 sources of it: enemy damage zone sensitivity and weapon itself. Which results in weird multiplicative stacking that was very hard to manage and track. With this update we are doing massive rework and cleanup where we went through each enemy and adjusted its internal damage region sensitivity.
In short, as a result: headshot TTK (Time To Kill) of all enemies should be the same, while non headshot TTK will be lower by 30%.
The global headshot modifier has been removed from Majoris and Extremis enemies and adjusted on Terminus enemies.
The headshot bonus now depends directly on the weapon’s stats, rather than on the target’s stats.
Weapon headshot bonus was greatly increased for all bolter weapons to compensate for removal of headshot bonus from enemies.
Known issue: as a result of the body shot damage rebalance, the gunstrike damage of secondary weapons shifted a lot. In some cases it increased and in some cases it decreased. This is not intentional and will be addressed in a hotfix.
PS. We haven't forgotten about contested health rework. It is still coming. The change is very big, very complicated from the technical side as well and needs to be playtested a lot. Since the Patch 13 didn't have PTS we were not comfortable to release it in the wilds.
Neo Volkite Pistol
Heat status effect accumulation is increased by ~16%
Contested health recovery increased by 18%
Plasma Pistol
Common shot damage increased by ~30%
The pistol's versions have been updated:
The cooling speed version now also features increased max ammo.
Default version is now a damage-focused version.
Plasma Incinerator
Common shot damage is increased by ~40%
Charged shot damage is increased by 10%
Burning Status Effect
Terminus enemies take 20% less burning damage over time on all difficulties
Power Axe
Fixed an issue with the “Power Wave” perk not working as intended.
The maximum number of damaged targets for Power Backstep without perk was increased.
Fixed the incorrect cooldown value in the description of the "Restoration" perk: changed from 20 to 15 seconds. The actual gameplay value was correct and has not changed.
Power Sword
Attack speed of all weapon versions has been slightly increased.
Heroic Weapons
Heroic Combat Knife - Argent Edge: the description of the weapon perk has been clarified.
With this patch we are not doing much with perk balance. Let me explain our current vision and our next steps:
There aren't many perks left (~15 total across all classes) that have less than 20% relative pick rate in their column on hardest difficulty. Which sounds good in theory, but that doesn't mean that we are happy.
We need to add more "toys" for our sandbox gameplay before we start replacing perks, just like burning status effect or shock effect. They can be used in multiple ways, weapons, perks etc.We are working on many more of these that can help with perk reworks. After that, we can start the rework process, because I feel like changing numbers or conditions on perks isn't going to be effective anymore. We need more interesting stuff, and afterwards we will start big overhauls.
Our first priority is going to be Tactical class. While it's super strong in both ranged and melee combat, I think it lacks more defined "melee" build options.
Second priority is going to be Vanguard class. I think its biggest problem is that his ability is too one dimensional, especially when compared to Assault.
Third priority is going to be the Heavy class. Again, super strong and effective class. Lots of build variety, but it comes solely from his weapon loadout. His perks don't do enough to promote different playstyles.
While we are working on these big changes, you can expect continued minor adjustments and improvements.
Techmarine
Added Sanctified Wrath Reliquary equipment to Methodical Destruction perk so it would trigger the perk as well as other equipment;
Explosives Adept: Damage is increased from 35 to 50%;
Reinforced Position: Increased bonus from 25 to 30% less Damage and deal from 15 to 20% more Damage.
Heavy
Coolant Reserve: Damage bonus increase from 15 to 50%.
Added more items to the Requisition Terminal:
Tarantula Sentry Gun
Tarantula Sentry Gun Upgrade
Tech-priest
Minefield
Disciplined Reinforcements
Techmarine
Explosive Resupply
Added Blessings and Atonements system:
Blessing and Atonements system: every 5 waves, receive a permanent blessing in the new Shrine and endure shifting atonements.
Adjusted difficulty of the Siege mode
Added Hive Tyrant and Vortex Beast as bosses. They can spawn on waves 5/10/15 etc…
Adjusted enemy spawns to be more intense.
Adjusted difficulty curve so enemies grow stronger much quicker and much earlier.
The intention is to make Siege mode sessions quicker and more intense. In addition to that, we are giving players more options for "build crafting" to make each run different. Since Siege mode rules have changed that much, we've reset max completed waves counter in players save files.
Siege timer reworked
Instead of an instant game over, the enemies will get much stronger each time the timer is triggered.
Added 2 new random side objectives
Added weekly Accolade rewards:
Complete 15 waves on Normal difficulty once per week to earn 50 Accolades
Complete 15 waves on Hard difficulty once per week to earn 100 Accolades
Stratagem weekly rewards reduced to 125 and 175 for Normal and Hard to compensate
The total number of Accolades that you can get per week (without Dailies) is higher than in Patch 12 and went up from 350 to 450.
Added more Siege mode weapon skins rewards
Screamer Pink, Deathworld Forest, Zamesi Desert for all weapons
Added missing coloured skins for weapons that were added later (i.e. Power Axe)
Lots of minor fixes with level geometry
Added a small invulnerability window after a finisher animation.
Improved visibility of "enemy incapacitated" VFX when it is also burning.
Added new free armour, lense, cloth, decal colour: Kakophoni Purple
Added new free cloth colours: Death Guard Green, Zamesi Desert, Khorne Red, Runefang Steel, Thondia Brown, Kantor Blue, Xereus Purple, Naggaroth Night, Phoenician Purple
Added new free lense colours: Ushabti Bone, Death Guard Green, Incubi Darkness, Kantor Blue, Warboss Green, Thunderhawk Blue, Flesh Tearers Red, Baal Red, Bad Moon Yellow, Troll Slayer Orange
Added new free greaves patterns: shin, boot
Added new free greaves decals: battleline, veteran, close support, fire support, command and one colour knee markings
Decal "Atlantean Spears" in the Librarium award was replaced by decal "Emperor's Spears"
Macragge Blue was copied into Calgar Blue. Macragge Blue has been modified. It is now closer in hue to the Macragge blue in Story Mode.
Improved Tyranid Pauldron and made it individual for all classes
Added a Tyranid Hand, unlocked by completing 13 operations on Absolute difficulty
Added Salamander and Space Wolves Champion Tabards for Tactical.
Added Space Wolves Champion Pauldron to all classes.
More interesting stuff is coming soon :)
Added more customization options for Tech Marine:
Left Pauldrons
Gauntlets
Added a lot of free decals for missing successor chapters and warbands (some of them have to be unlocked via the new Ordeals).
Lots of minor customisation fixes for both Loyalists and Chaos.
Scarab Occult Terminator Ranged
Headshot damage is increased to compensate for bolter weapons rework.
Neurothrope
Headshot damage is slightly increased
Non headshot damage is slightly reduced
Health reduced by 25% to compensate bolter weapons rework
Lots of minor fixes with animations.
Fixed a bug where the Techmarine’s servo-gun gunstrike range would depend on the equipped secondary weapon.
Fixed a bug where the Plasma Pistol stopped working after the player self-revives using a Guardian Relic.
Fixed a bug where the Thermal Boost Heavy Class perk would deactivate when switching weapons, even if the magazine is half empty.
Fixed: On The Clock battlefield condition timer no longer keeps running during the outro sequence.
Fixed: Butcher's Gift battlefield condition now correctly disables contested health recovery.
Lots of minor fixes for Battlefield Conditions.
Lots of minor bug fixes.
Lots of minor localisation bug fixes.
Lots of minor UI and sound fixes.
Crash fixes and general stability improvements.
Memory optimisations.
Minor performance improvements.
Minor loading times improvements.
General connectivity improvements.