Hotfix 6.12.1 patch notes Fixes Fixed being unable to destroy heroic deeds. Fixed Modded Realm having consistent backend errors.
Fixed being unable to destroy heroic deeds.
Fixed Modded Realm having consistent backend errors.
Heroes! As promised, the Feast of Grimnir event has returned! From August 25 to September 6 , venture forth into Karak Dal once again to slay every troll in sight and make Cousin Okri proud! For the duration of the event, select the Weekly Event game mode in the Adventure map to
As promised, the Feast of Grimnir event has returned! From August 25 to September 6, venture forth into Karak Dal once again to slay every troll in sight and make Cousin Okri proud!
For the duration of the event, select the Weekly Event game mode in the Adventure map to launch the Feast of Grimnir mission! Complete the mission to progress in various repeatable Event Quests found in Okri’s Book and receive shillings and chests!
Make sure to also check Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders for time-limited access to previous event rewards, purchasable for shillings!
Without further ado…
Feast of Grimnir
Updated the Troll Chief's portrait frame to be more fitting to their chieftain status. Now boss phase information is presented similarly to grudge marks.
Troll Chief now uses ‘Lord’ damage reduction instead of ‘Boss’. Max health was lowered to compensate, but should overall be a tougher beastie to bring down.
Troll Chief health was increased by aproximately 15% in Cataclysm 3.
Fixed a crash when firewall software blocks connecting to Twitch servers.
Fixed a crash when the Necromancer sacrificed a skeleton that had already died in the host or server.
Fixed a bug that allowed Necromancer to sacrifice the same skeleton multiple times with enough latency.
Fixed several unlocalized strings in the equipment customization view.
Fixed a crash that only happened on Mondays when closing the Weekly expedition view while it is refreshing. No, really.
Fixed a crash when interacting with a Keep painting around the time there is a seasonal keep change.
More fixes on the Skittergate invincibility.
Fixed a crash when receiving a reward from the backend while running an older game version.
Fixed a bug where runed illusions for Kerillian’s Longbow had lower glow intensity than intended.
Hotfix 6.11.2 - 2nd of June Features & Tweaks Huntsman’s Longbow no longer automatically zooms. Huntsman players can now press the Weapon Special button while aiming with a ranged weapon to get an extra zoom, regardless of whether they’re under the effects of their Career Ski
Hotfix 6.11.2 - 2nd of June
Features & Tweaks
Huntsman’s Longbow no longer automatically zooms.
Huntsman players can now press the Weapon Special button while aiming with a ranged weapon to get an extra zoom, regardless of whether they’re under the effects of their Career Skill or not.
Fixes
Fixed a crash when an Illusionist monster creates illusions and there is no one to see them.
Fixed a crash when sending a 500 character essay in a language other than English.
Fixed a crash that happened when hot-joining an ending adventure game and victory poses hadn't fully synchronized.
Fixed a bug where Sienna’s Mace L1/L2 burn VFX didn’t use the proper color when playing Necromancer.
Fixed a bug where Sienna’s Mace L1/L2 weren’t able to trigger the Soul Harvest talent.
Fixed a minor spelling mistake in the “Aim for the what?!” Okri’s Challenge.
Fixed a bug with the Axe & Shield H3 not being able to proc "On Charged Hit" Talents.
Sienna Mace H2/H3: Fix Drop-off curve hitting minimum damage on target 3 onward instead of target 4.
Removed a false Weapon Special action text on the Moonfire Bow’s weapon card.
Reverted unintended changes to Axe & Falchion H1/H2 and Sienna Dagger H2.
Reverted an unintended nerf to Hagbane Charged Shot direct hit stagger.
Fixed so that Monster Crit Damage on Crowbill H1/H2 was aligned to the lower of the two values from pre-patch instead of the higher.
Hotfix 6.11.3 - 2nd of June
Fixes
Fixed a crash when trying to join a friend in the main menu instead of the keep.
Hotfix 6.11.1 - 25th of May Features & Tweaks Elven Axe: Increased Push Attack damage to the first target. Increased minimum targets before minimum damage on Push attack by 1. Increased the damage of Warpick Heavy attacks (charged and uncharged) on critical hits against Super
Elven Axe:
Increased Push Attack damage to the first target.
Increased minimum targets before minimum damage on Push attack by 1.
Increased the damage of Warpick Heavy attacks (charged and uncharged) on critical hits against Super Armoured enemies.
Fixed a crash on Steam authentication failure and implemented a feature to retry upon failure.
This should help with some connection issues.
Reverted unintended ammo buff to Griffonfoot.
Fixed a bug that caused War Pick heavies (both charged and uncharged) to deal lower damage to Armoured enemies on critical hits.
Fixed a crash when a Warrior Priest of Sigmar gets punched 10 times by a Chaos Warrior in the same game. No, really.
Fixed a bug causing the 1H Axe & Elven Axe not being able to proc "On Charged Attack Hit" talents.
Fixed a stuck spot in Skittergate, added failsafes for invincibility during the actual Skittergate section.
Dev note: We have seen your concerns regarding the changes to the Longbow. We intend to adress this in a future patch, but we need to do some testing before committing to a solution.
What better way to celebrate the recent rebalance of weapons than by slaughtering endless hordes of enemies? Join us in celebrating Warhammer Skulls with another iteration of Vermintide 2’s in-game Skulls event! Starting today and until May 31 , pick up skulls during missions to
What better way to celebrate the recent rebalance of weapons than by slaughtering endless hordes of enemies? Join us in celebrating Warhammer Skulls with another iteration of Vermintide 2’s in-game Skulls event!
Starting today and until May 31, pick up skulls during missions to gain a powerful but dangerous boon… The more skulls you take, the stronger you’ll be, but the stronger your lust for bloodshed as well! Make sure you don’t run out of enemies to kill if you picked up too many!
Participating in the event can earn you a brand new portrait frame, The Skull Collector.
Can’t have too many skulls, can you? Leastways, you don’t seem to think so.
Last, but not least, there’s more than one way to tint your weapons red! As a community, kill 300,000,000 enemies during the event to unlock a new set of Crimson Illusions, available for the following weapons:
Kruber’s Blunderbuss
Bardin’s Crossbow
Kerillian’s Longbow
Saltzpyre’s Flail
Sienna’s Fire Dagger
You can check the community’s progress on the event by checking our website, here.
Heroes! We have a lovely update for you guys! Today’s patch is live now , and brings a bunch of balance changes , mostly aimed at improving the weapons that have been struggling for a while, which hopefully gives you guys a bigger breadth of viable options to play with! Alongside
We have a lovely update for you guys! Today’s patch is live now, and brings a bunch of balance changes, mostly aimed at improving the weapons that have been struggling for a while, which hopefully gives you guys a bigger breadth of viable options to play with! Alongside that, there’s some minor tweaks, quality of life changes, and several bug fixes.
The intentions of this balance patch is to bring some love to underused or underperforming weapons, mostly focusing on buffs, but some adjustments can be found in relation to the buffs.
Before getting into weapon specifics. We would like to bring to light two major broad focus points of this patch:
First, one-handed weapons’ main boon is their mobility compared to heavier weapons, but it's not quite enough. To amplify this niche even more, you will see buffs across the board to their dodging capabilities and in some cases reduction to movement speed penalties during attacks.
Secondly, Axe-like weapons have always had a niche of being a weapon type that boasts great single target damage and armor penetration, in exchange for a lack of cleave. However the trade off has been too harsh for how Vermintide truly plays, and in some cases even the single target damage has been lacking compared to other weapons.
So across the board you will see changes that allow Axe-like weapons to handle multiple enemies ever so slightly better (without removing it as a weakness) and in some cases having their single target damage bumped up to bridge the gap between them and other great single target weapons of today.
With that said, let's get into the fun stuff:
1H Sword: (Kruber/Sienna)
Reduced slowdown on Light attacks.
PA chains into either L3 or H1 instead of only L1
Increase Dodge Range
Alongside the mobility buffs for 1 Handed weapons, the One-Handed Sword has gotten a change to its attack pattern.
Now the push attack follow up can chain into Light 3 or Heavy 1, allowing you to pick if you want to chain into a multi-target attack or a single target attack depending on the situation.
1H Axe: (Bardin/Salzpyre)
Light Attacks now use a speed up/slow down Movement Speed curve. On average the Movement speed slowdown during attacks has been reduced.
L1/L2 slightly increased Cleave
L3 slightly bigger increase to Cleave
H1/H2 increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 increased Damage to Super Armor
Increase Dodge Range
The 1H axe is meant to be mobile and have great single target damage for its size, but in-comparison to other weapons its damage has been slightly lacking against Armored Targets. In addition to the damage buffs, the light attacks have been given the same style of movement as dual axes / axe & falchion. It will feel slightly different to use than before but will also (on average) be slightly faster while attacking.
1H Hammer / 1H Mace: (Kruber/Bardin/Salzpyre)
Increased Block Radius.
Increased number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
Hammers and Maces have traditionally been more competitive compared to other 1H weapons, but still in today's standard could use something. So to amplify that they are the mobile yet tanky 1 handed option, their dodge count and effective block radius has been slightly buffed.
Blunderbuss:
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Damage to Monsters
Shotguns sometimes don't kill when they feel like they should. So a slight buff into Armored damage and Monster damage should allow them to more often deal with Hookrats and Stormvermins appropriately.
Longbow:
Reduced wait time before Auto Zoom happens
The Longbow’s Autozoom used to occur when the arrow reached max damage. This timing can be quite disruptive while trying to aim, as such it's been moved much closer to the start of the aiming processes. Zooming is now finished just as the arrow is about to reach max damage.
War Pick:
Attacks can no longer be interrupted by Damage during wind-up
New Attack: Heavy 3. Only accessible from L2 → H3 (uncharged)
Horizontal Sweep
Same Damage as L1/L2
Can Cleave a few Armored enemies
Higher Stagger than L1/L2
Increased Stagger Duration
Breaks Shields
Light Attacks now use a speed up/slow down Movement Speed curve. On average the Movement speed slowdown during attacks has been reduced.
L1/L2 increased Damage to Armored
L1/L2 increased Damage to Super Armor
L1/L2/H3 increased Crit Chance
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Base Stagger
H1/H2 (Charged) increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 (Charged) increased Sprint Duration
H1/H2 (Charged) slightly reduced Sprint Speed
H1/H2 (Charged) now ignores Shield
PA slightly increased Cleave
The War Pick is an interesting weapon with its charged heavy, however the uncharged heavy has been nerfed too harshly to amplify the usefulness of the charged heavy. Making the weapon hard to justify as a main hand weapon and mostly brought as secondary for Slayer.
Alongside the overarching axe changes, the single target damage of the uncharged Heavy has been significantly brought up to make it a useful attack in situations where charging the Heavy is not possible.
A new Attack has been added. The intention with the new attack is to give the War Pick a bit of nuance to its attack patterns while disrupting muscle memory as little as possible. Keeping the Light and Heavy spam the same as before, while adding in some new chains between lights and heavies. The new attack should allow for more horde control with the Light 2 → Heavy 3 loop, while also with its increased stagger duration, serve as a way to set up for a follow up single target heavy (Heavy 3 → Heavy 2).
To not completely remove the option of a Single target hit after Light 2, you can still charge past the new attack and chain into Heavy 1 Charged.
As the War Pick is intended to be a powerful but slow and immobile weapon, it really shines when combining it with Attack Speed buffs, which is why it is commonly better in the hands of Slayer than other Bardin careers. To bridge the gap between the careers, Light 1/2 & Heavy 3 now have increased crit chance to allow for more uptime when using Swift Slaying weapon trait. This should narrow the gap between Slayer and other Bardin Careers as Slayer could already have the Swift Slaying buff up most of the time.
The War Pick has always been able to break shields, however we could lean into this identity even more. The fully charged Heavies 1/2 now ignores shields while the new Heavy 3 can break multiple wooden shields with its horizontal sweep.
Axe & Shield:
L1/L2/PA slight Cleave increase
L1/L2/L3 reduced Movement Speed slowdown
L3/H3 increased Headshot Damage
H3 increased Damage to Armored
H3 increased Damage to Super Armor
Push attack now has 20% increased Crit
To allow the Axe part of the weapon to shine through more, the single target attacks (Light 3 / Heavy 3) are now similar to or mirror the 1H axe’s damage. As these attacks are not spammable the weapon won’t have the same damage output as the 1H axe, but should now be capable of handling some tougher enemies on its own.
The Light Attack chain had a much steeper movement speed slowdown compared to the Heavy attack chain, as such the slow during the Light attack chain has been reduced to make it more in line with the Heavy attack chain.
Grudge Raker:
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Damage to Monsters
Increased Max Carry Ammo
Shotguns sometimes don't kill when they feel like they should. So a slight buff into Armored damage and Monster damage should allow them to more often deal with Hookrats and Stormvermins appropriately.
Throwing Axes:
Slayer Passive “Trophy Hunter” no longer works on Ranged Weapons
Reduced Wait Time before first Reload occurs
Reduced Movement Speed Slow while Reloading
Increased Damage to Berzerker
Increased Damage to Monsters
Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Base Max Ammo
Charged Throw: Now reaches further before Damage drop-off starts
Slayers Passive “Trophy Hunter” has been changed to only work with Melee weapons. (This change only excludes throwing axes). The intention here is to streamline Throwing Axe’s damage between careers, making it usable on both Ranger Veteran and Slayer.
To make up for the loss in damage from Slayer’s Passive, the weapon has got a substantial increase to headshot damage and some extra Berzerker & Monster damage to improve efficiency on higher difficulties.
“Reloading” throwing axes should be a window of vulnerability, but the slowdown has been a bit too punishing for Ranger Veteran. Alongside this weapon also technically being a 1H weapon, the wait time and movement speed slowdown has both been reduced slightly.
Base Max Ammo has been increased to an even number as without headshots most enemies take two hits to kill, thus making it line up better with ammo count.
To give Charged Throw a place other than slightly increasing Cleave. Now, when charged, the axe reaches further before damage drop-off starts. This allows the increased projectile speed and smoother trajectory of the charge throw to have more of a meaning as it can now kill on longer ranges. This is intended as a fun change, but also a change that will reward mastery of the weapon, allowing players to go for difficult long range shots.
Drakefire Pistols:
Single Shot: Now applies 2 Ticks of Burn instead of 1
Single Shot: Slight Increase to Base Damage
Single Shot: Slight Damage reduction to Monsters
Drakefire Pistols has been lacking in its single target DPS against Elites and Specials.
So to play into its burning identity, the burn duration on regular shots has been increased allowing the weapon to stack more burns on its target. However to avoid this weapon going too overboard with boss damage, the base damage towards monsters has been slightly reduced.
One-handed Sword:
H2 changed from a Single target → Multi-target attack
Heavy 1/2/3 reduced minimum charge time
Increase Dodge Range
A requested change has been to revert the Heavy 2 attack back to a multi-target attack from a single target attack. So now you can once again chain Heavy 2 into Light 1 (looping) to deal with hordes.
Kerillian’s one-handed sword is meant to be a versatile, nimble weapon that doesn’t pack as much of a punch as dedicated single-target weapons. However, its heavy attacks were a bit too slow for the low damage. To improve them without sacrificing the identity, the heavy attacks were also sped up slightly.
Greatsword:
Reduced time between H1 → H1 attack chain
H1 Movement slowdown on is now gradual instead of instant
H2 changed from Heavy Single Target Attack → Heavy Multi-target Attack
The Elven 2H sword has always been a unique weapon but kind of awkward to use optimally.
To make the experience smoother overall, the Heavy 1 chain has been sped up to make QQ/Block canceling not mandatory anymore and the movement speed slowdown gradual instead of an instant drop to 20%.
The 2nd Heavy attack has been reworked, it used to be a horizontal attack boasting high single target headshot damage with little to no cleave. As you can chain Heavy 1 into itself indefinitely, this type of follow up is not what the weapon chain needs. So it has been transformed into a cleaving multi-target attack that can stagger hordes and armored enemies alike.
Elven Axe:
L1/L2/PA slightly increased cleave.
L1/L2 Reduced slowdown during attack
L3/L4/PA added slight lunge movement.
L3/L4 increased Damage to Armored
L3/L4 increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 increased Damage to Monster
PA removed additional crit
Increase Dodge Range
In addition to amplifying the movement and damage of the elven axe, it has been given some new movement curves for its Light 3, Light 4 and push follow up attack.
With the addition of cleave on the push attack, it is no longer a single target damage move and the angle isn't steep enough to lock the attack out from headshotting. As such the crit chance boost has been removed.
Elven Spear:
L1/L2/L4/H2 adjusted hit window & hitbox
These changes should make landing headshots when aiming at the head with stab attacks more consistent. But keep in mind as the attacks are slightly slimmer, it’s also easier to miss completely.
Hagbane Shortbow:
Charged shot: Poison explosion now applies poison to Armored targets in the AoE.
Increased Max Ammo
Hagbane’s niche is dealing with hordes, but it could only poison armored targets on direct hit. Now the explosion will also poison armored enemies, making it better in mixed horde situations.
As the Hagbane tends to need quite a few arrows to do its job, it got a buff to its Max Ammo to allow careers that lack ammo increasing talents/perks to use the weapon as well.
Swiftbow:
Hipfire: Increased Cleave
Charged Shot: Increased Cleave
Charged Shot: Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Max Ammo
The Swiftbow does accelerate in its speed, but is lacking a bit too much in the damage department, this buff should make it both better at horde clearing and sniping specials.
Same as Hagbane, as the Swiftbow tends to need quite a few arrows to do its job, it got a buff to its Max Ammo to allow careers that lack ammo increasing talents/perks to use the weapon.
Volley Crossbow: (Shade)
Single shot: Now uses same bullet spread as Saltzpyre's Volley Crossbow
Burst shot: Now has an even spread between each bolt
Burst shot: Total spread between bolts has been reduced
Single shot: Increased Base Damage
Burst shot: Increased Base Damage
Some adjustments have been done to the “bullet” spread on the volley crossbow.
The Hipfire “bullet” spread could randomly shoot quite far to the sides, making a perfectly aimed shot by the player miss quite substantially. As such it now shares the more accurate bullet spread of Saltzpyres Volley Crossbow Hipfire.
The Multishot “bullet” spread always shot the 1st bolt accurately, then a big jump aim punch happened between first and 2nd bolt, then the 3rd bolt hit basically the same spot as bolt 2. Now all three bolts are evenly spread and in total all inside a smaller spread.
Base damage has been slightly increased to improve efficiency on higher difficulties.
Falchion:
Reduced Chain time between PA → L1
Increase Dodge Range
Increased number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
Alongside the universal buff to 1H Mobility, we gave it a small quality of life buff to the unnaturally slow follow up between Push Attack → Light 1.
Axe & Falchion:
L1 slightly increased Cleave
The Axe & Falchion is already a great weapon, this change is only for consistency’s sake regarding universal changes to axe attack cleave.
Volley Crossbow:
Single Shot: Increased Headshot Damage
Multishot: Increased Horizontal Spread between the 3 Bolts
Multishot: Increased Stagger to Armored
Increased Max Ammo
Slightly increased Reload Speed
Compared to the damage of the regular Crossbow, the Volley Crossbows sniping capabilities don't match up. Improved Headshot damage should bridge the gap between them for skilled players.
Multishot’s niche is hordes/mixed hordes, it already had the damage but could very easily get overrun if there was even one armored unit in the horde. With some extra Stagger towards Armored and a slightly wider hit area it should be able to handle mixed hordes even better.
A slight bump to Max Ammo that won’t mean much on its own, but it will allow Bountyhunter to sustain his ammo slightly better when using Scrounger weapon trait.
Repeater Pistol:
Bullet spread resets faster
Reduced Base Bullet Spread for every movement type (Standing, Walking, Crouching, Crouch Walking)
Increased Bullet Spread gain per shot
Slightly increased Base Damage
Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Close Range Damage to Berzerkers
Increased Close Range Damage to Monsters
The Repeater Pistol essentially has three modes, spray and pray, sniping and the shotgun blast. Changes have been made to the bullet spread and headshot damage to bump the weapons sniping capabilities without altering the other two too much.
With reduced bullet spread on the initial bullet, a quicker reset, and bigger bullet spread increase per shot, tap shooting should be more accurate than before while keeping the spray and pray just as inaccurate as before.
This along with some damage buffs should help the weapon with taking on specials and elites better on the short to mid ranges, but won’t excel like the crossbows in long range sniping as it quite quickly reaches its damage drop of range.
Crowbill:
L2 / L3 slightly increased Cleave
H1 & H2 increased Cleave.
H1 & H2 slightly reduced Base Damage
H3 increased Headshot Damage
PA slightly increased Cleave
As Crowbill heavy attacks are slower and feel like they have power behind them than other axes horizontal attacks, It’s been given the biggest cleave buff but in-exchange for a slight damage nerf to those attacks. However as the 3rd Heavy is an upper diagonal attack, it has a good angle to go for headshots, As such its been left without a cleave buff and instead amplified its headshot damage to make it a stronger single target attack.
Scythe:
Weapon Special Attack now applies Burn a non-stacking Burn
Reduced Damage of Weapon Special Attack.
Not having the Weapon Special apply burn thematically seems wrong. So now it does in exchange for its upfront damage.
The burn lasts for a few seconds and does not stack. The intention with this is to promote weaving the special into your melee combos, instead of an attack you spam. Spamming it will do less damage than before but in exchange keeping the burn up should result in slightly more dps, and allow for burn synergies.
Fire Dagger:
L1/L2/L4 slightly increased Cleave
L3 now has the same Damage & Stagger as PA and applies the same Bleed
Increase Dodge Range
Sienna’s 1H Daggers’ Light Attack chain consists of three multi-target cleave attacks and one single target stab. To make the 3rd light attack (stab) feel more like what it shows, it's now the same as the Push follow up attack. It loses some cleave but gains bleed, higher headshot damage and stronger stagger.
To make up for the loss in cleave for the Light chain, the other three attacks have gotten a slight buff in cleave allowing them to cleave Marauders.
Mace:
Increased Maximum Stamina
Increased Effective Block Angle
Increased Push Radius
L1/L2 now applies Burn.
Slightly reduced Damage on L1/L2 & H1.
H1 increased Stagger
H1 increased Stagger duration
H2/H3 applies unstackable burn
H2/H3 has increased Cleave
H2/H3 & PA can now Cleave Armored
Increased Armored pen on 1st hit for H2/H3
Increased maximum Movement speed slow on H1/H2/H3
Reduced Dodge Range
Reduced number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
This used to be Sienna’s Tanky option, but it’s undergone a lot of changes throughout the years, changing its role to more of a single target weapon. Today is another attempt at making it a tanky option again. The idea is to make it better at crowd control, make it feel a bit heavier and, while we’re at it, amplify its flaming identity by moving some of its upfront power into burning.
The buffs to its block radius, stamina, push radius and cleave on Heavy 2 & 3 should make it much stronger at keeping enemies at bay. And with Heavy 2 & 3 now applying burn, this should make the Mace a great tool for helping the team control hordes of enemies, while slowly whittling them down with fire. Alongside this, the buff to Heavy 1 stagger & stagger duration should help with control against tougher enemies.
To further amplify the flaming identity, Light 1 & 2 now applies burn. However, to adjust for the addition of burn and buffs to cleave & stagger, Light 1/2 & Heavy 1/2/3 upfront damage has been slightly reduced.
While increasing the burn and staggering capabilities of the Mace will make it fill a role similar to the Flaming sword, it should still feel and play quite differently due to its lighter burn damage, tankier stats and better single target capabilities. Hopefully this version of the Mace will become a solid option for players who want to either lean into burn synergies, tank, or both.
Without further ado…
1H Sword: (Kruber/Sienna)
Reduced slowdown on Light attacks.
PA chains into either L3 or H1 instead of only L1
Increase Dodge Range
Increased number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
1H Axe: (Bardin/Salzpyre)
Light Attacks now use a speed up/slow down Movement Speed curve. On average the Movement speed slowdown during attacks has been reduced.
L1/L2 slightly increased Cleave
L3 slightly bigger increase to Cleave
H1/H2 increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 increased Damage to Super Armor
Increase Dodge Range
1H Hammer / 1H Mace: (Kruber/Bardin/Salzpyre)
Increased Block Radius.
Increased number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
Blunderbuss:
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Damage to Monsters
Longbow:
Reduced wait time before Auto Zoom happens
War Pick:
Attacks can no longer be interrupted by Damage during wind-up
New Attack: Heavy 3. Only accessible from L2 → H3 (uncharged)
Horizontal Sweep
Same Damage as L1/L2
Can Cleave a few Armored enemies
Higher Stagger than L1/L2
Increased Stagger Duration
Breaks Shields
Light Attacks now use a speed up/slow down Movement Speed curve. On average the Movement speed slowdown during attacks has been reduced.
L1/L2 increased Damage to Armored
L1/L2 increased Damage to Super Armor
L1/L2/H3 increased Crit Chance
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 (Uncharged) increased Base Stagger
H1/H2 (Charged) increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 (Charged) increased Sprint Duration
H1/H2 (Charged) slightly reduced Sprint Speed
H1/H2 (Charged) now ignores Shield
PA slightly increased Cleave
Axe & Shield:
L1/L2/PA slight Cleave increase
L1/L2/L3 reduced Movement Speed slowdown
L3/H3 increased Headshot Damage
H3 increased Damage to Armored
H3 increased Damage to Super Armor
Push attack now has 20% increased Crit
Grudge Raker:
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Damage to Monsters
Increased Max Carry Ammo
Throwing Axes:
Slayer Passive “Trophy Hunter” no longer works on Ranged Weapons
Reduced Wait Time before first Reload occurs
Reduced Movement Speed Slow while Reloading
Increased Damage to Berzerker
Increased Damage to Monsters
Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Base Max Ammo
Charged Throw: Now reaches further before Damage drop-off starts
Drakefire Pistols:
Single Shot: Now applies 2 Ticks of Burn instead of 1
Single Shot: Slight Increase to Base Damage
Single Shot: Slight Damage reduction to Monsters
One-handed Sword:
H2 changed from a Single target → Multi-target attack
Heavy 1/2/3 reduced minimum charge time
Increase Dodge Range
Greatsword:
Reduced time between H1 → H1 attack chain
H1 Movement slowdown on is now gradual instead of instant
H2 changed from Heavy Single Target Attack → Heavy Multi-target Attack
Elven Axe:
L1/L2/PA slightly increased cleave.
L1/L2 Reduced slowdown during attack
L3/L4/PA added slight lunge movement.
L3/L4 increased Damage to Armored
L3/L4 increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 increased Damage to Armored
H1/H2 increased Damage to Super Armor
H1/H2 increased Damage to Monster
PA removed additional crit
Increase Dodge Range
Elven Spear:
L1/L2/L4/H2 adjusted hit window & hitbox
Hagbane Shortbow:
Charged shot: Poison explosion now applies poison to Armored targets in the AoE.
Increased Max Ammo
Swiftbow:
Hipfire: Increased Cleave
Charged Shot: Increased Cleave
Charged Shot: Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Max Ammo
Volley Crossbow: (Shade)
Single shot: Now uses same bullet spread as Saltzpyre's Volley Crossbow
Burst shot: Now has an even spread between each bolt
Burst shot: Total spread between bolts has been reduced
Single shot: Increased Base Damage
Burst shot: Increased Base Damage
Falchion:
Reduced Chain time between PA → L1
Increase Dodge Range
Increased number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
Axe & Falchion:
L1 slightly increased Cleave
Volley Crossbow:
Single Shot: Increased Headshot Damage
Multishot: Increased Horizontal Spread between the 3 Bolts
Multishot: Increased Stagger to Armored
Increased Max Ammo
Slightly increased Reload Speed
Repeater Pistol:
Bullet spread resets faster
Reduced Base Bullet Spread for every movement type (Standing, Walking, Crouching, Crouch Walking)
Increased Bullet Spread gain per shot
Slightly increased Base Damage
Increased Headshot Damage
Increased Damage to Armored
Increased Close Range Damage to Berzerkers
Increased Close Range Damage to Monsters
Crowbill:
L2 / L3 slightly increased Cleave
H1 & H2 increased Cleave.
H1 & H2 slightly reduced Base Damage
H3 increased Headshot Damage
PA slightly increased Cleave
Scythe:
Weapon Special Attack now applies Burn a non-stacking Burn
Reduced Damage of Weapon Special Attack.
Fire Dagger:
L1/L2/L4 slightly increased Cleave
L3 now has the same Damage & Stagger as PA and applies the same Bleed
Increase Dodge Range
Mace:
Increased Maximum Stamina
Increased Effective Block Angle
Increased Push Radius
L1/L2 now applies Burn.
Slightly reduced Damage on L1/L2 & H1.
H1 increased Stagger
H1 increased Stagger duration
H2/H3 applies unstackable burn
H2/H3 has increased Cleave
H2/H3 & PA can now Cleave Armored
Increased Armored pen on 1st hit for H2/H3
Increased maximum Movement speed slow on H1/H2/H3
Reduced Dodge Range
Reduced number of Effective Dodges (aka Dodge Count)
Added various Weapon Poses and Versus skins to Lohner’s Emporium
These were previously available as a temporary reward for a Versus launch event, and are now purchasable with in-game currency.
Chaos Warriors with Shields can now be staggered by ‘shockwave’ stagger abilities, (like Mercenary’s Career Skill, or Ironbreaker’s ‘Gromril Curse’ talent).
Updated some minor sound effects that were outdated.
Fixed a rare crash during enemy dismemberment.
Fixed the Cataclysm version of the ‘Blessed by the Father’ Okri’s challenge using the same icon as the Legend version.
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when bots attempted to dodge a Monster/Lord.
Fixed an issue where the ‘Realm Divided’ painting was using an incorrect image.
Tower of Treachery fixes:
Enemies can no longer spawn behind the locked gate that leads to the exit portal.
Fixed an issue with the snow material in a building in Kruber’s version of the Pit of Death.
Enabled missing geometry in the fiery Pit of Death.
Improved enemy & bot pathfinding in certain areas.
Fixed a visual effect being visible after the intro cutscene ends.
Skittergate fixes:
Made sure players are invincible when going into the warp and stay invincible until getting out from the warp.
This should finally fix the sudden death syndrome bug that rarely occurred when travelling through the Skittergate.
Fixed some issues with pacing not being properly disabled during the generator sabotage sequence.
Fixed a bug that could cause more enemies spawning than intended during the end event.
Heroes! Another year passes us by but Vermintide is still going strong! Join our Heroes in yet another pub crawl through Helmgart in our 8th Anniversary! As always, for the duration of the event you will be able to access A Quiet Drink and there will be double XP! The Anniversary
Another year passes us by but Vermintide is still going strong! Join our Heroes in yet another pub crawl through Helmgart in our 8th Anniversary! As always, for the duration of the event you will be able to access A Quiet Drink and there will be double XP!
The Anniversary Event is live now and will last until March 15!
As always, head over to the Weekly Event game mode in the Adventure mission selection menu to enter the event mission, ‘A Quiet Drink’. Completing the event with any difficulty will reward you with a brand-new anniversary portrait frame, ‘Feasts & Felicitations’!
There's nothing finer than spending time in good company.
Make sure to check the Event tab in Okri’s Challenges!
And for those of you who didn’t get the chance before, visit Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders’ ‘Event’ section for the limited time chance to purchase previous years’ Anniversary event rewards!
Without further ado…
Enabled the ‘A Quiet Drink’ event level, accessible through the Weekly Event game mode.
Added new anniversary event rewards.
Enabled Double XP.
Opened up the Event section in Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders for the duration of the Anniversary Event.
Fixed an occasional crash when hitting things with a flail.
Fixed an issue where the blood tornadoes in Chaos Wastes were playing regular Blightstorm vortex sounds for clients, rather than the blood tornadoes’ unique sound effect.
Fixed a gift illusion for Sienna’s Scythe (from Gifts of the Wolf Father) being locked behind the Necromancer Deluxe Edition, rather than the regular Necromancer class DLC.
Heroes! A Merry Mondstille to all of you! It is that time of year where the Wolf Father goes around delivering gifts to our ardent rat slayers! Premium cosmetics, weapon illusions, red dust, shillings, and more! From December 9 to January 3 , log in each day and check in Lohner’s
A Merry Mondstille to all of you! It is that time of year where the Wolf Father goes around delivering gifts to our ardent rat slayers! Premium cosmetics, weapon illusions, red dust, shillings, and more!
From December 9 to January 3, log in each day and check in Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders to receive a new gift!
All players have a 2 day grace period to claim each of the items from each calendar day as they unlock (plus the day of release itself, for a total of 3 days), so even if you miss a day or two you won’t miss any rewards if you log in regularly!
But what’s today’s gift, you might ask?
Finally, for the duration of the entire Gifts of the Wolf Father event, there will be double XP!
To both new and veteran players alike, we hope you continue having fun on Vermintide 2, and that these gifts bring you mirth and joy on this merry Mondstille!
The Vermintide Team
We're aware of an issue where one of yesterday's Gifts of the Wolf Father (specifically, the Scythe illusion!) is only available to players who own the deluxe edition of Necromancer. This is a mistake, it should be available to all owners of Necromancer, no need for Deluxe edition.
Rest assured, the illusion is still unlocked in your accounts for those of you who opened the Gift, but it won't be accessible until we fix this bug. Unfortunately, the next hotfix will have to be after the holidays at the earliest.
Heroes! Last weekend we had a Free-To-Keep event, where any players who didn’t yet own Vermintide 2 could claim it and add it to their libraries for free, to celebrate 10 Years of Tide. During this event, a staggering 5.9 million players have become Heroes and joined the endless
Last weekend we had a Free-To-Keep event, where any players who didn’t yet own Vermintide 2 could claim it and add it to their libraries for free, to celebrate 10 Years of Tide.
During this event, a staggering 5.9 million players have become Heroes and joined the endless ratslaying, bringing us up to a total of 25 million lifetime players since launch!
“A decade on and players are still charging into Vermintide 2, that’s amazing to witness. At Fatshark, our goal has always been to make games that people love to play, and this weekend proved that the passion endures.” ~ Joakim Setterberg, Design Director for Vermintide
We’re so grateful to have so many people try our game and experience the world of Warhammer Fantasy through it! The years pass but our passion for this game does not. We’re still putting out free content and updating this game that we cherish and love so much, such as the recently released Return to the Reik.
Return to the Reik is the latest, but not the last mission coming to Vermintide 2. We can’t wait to show you what lies next in the adventure of our Heroes!
For that reason, we wanted to let you know that we’re hoping to get your vote this year on the Steam Awards for the Labor of Love category! It would mean the world to us to get your vote and celebrate this awesome game and this fantastic community!
That’s all for now, but look forward to hearing more from us in December for Gifts of the Wolf Father!
~ The Vermintide Team
Fixes Fixed a crash on Tower of Treachery and re-enabled it for play. Fixed the new portrait frame being too big. Return to the Reik Fixes: Adjusted several hang ledges throughout the map. Fixed some bombs spawning in the same spot as explosive barrels. Fixed a softlock caused by
Fixed a crash on Tower of Treachery and re-enabled it for play.
Fixed the new portrait frame being too big.
Return to the Reik Fixes:
Adjusted several hang ledges throughout the map.
Fixed some bombs spawning in the same spot as explosive barrels.
Fixed a softlock caused by detonating barrels in a way that caused no more barrels to spawn.
Fixed some situations that could cause Bots to behave oddly during the explosive barrel event.
Plugged a spot where players could fall off the map in the Chaos camp.
Fixed duplicate cannons showing up in the outro cinematic.
Fixed some collision issues with terrain and ships.
Moved some respawn points in the Dawnrunner to prevent the camera from clipping into the ship when spectating.
Fixed a bug where the beached chaos ships could be destroyed by melee attacks.
Fixed some spots where players could get stuck.
Blocked off a small water area that was incredibly lethal. It’s for your own protection!
Fixed some ladders that the Bots couldn’t figure out how to climb.
Improved Bot pathfinding around some areas.
Fixed the explosive barrels sometimes clipping with the hatch.
Heroes! We’re not done with the 10 Years of Tide celebrations just yet! Starting today and until November 24, Vermintide 2 is Free To Keep! Anyone with a Steam account may add it to their library and keep it forever, for free! View game page Whoever hasn't had the chance to play
We’re not done with the 10 Years of Tide celebrations just yet! Starting today and until November 24, Vermintide 2 is Free To Keep! Anyone with a Steam account may add it to their library and keep it forever, for free!
Whoever hasn't had the chance to play Warhammer: Vermintide 2 will now get to dig into the hectic, intense gameplay and discover the breadth of content that awaits them.
Throughout the years since its release in 2018, Vermintide 2 has expanded greatly and more than doubled its original content with several free DLCs, Quality of Life Updates, and new Game Modes such as Chaos Wastes and Versus.
The latest addition to the game just released yesterday, with Return to the Reik - a fan-favourite location from Vermintide 1, expanded and re-imagined for Vermintide 2. In case you missed it, you can read all about it here.
And to have even more fun, we’ve temporarily re-enabled the infectiousness of the Fangtastic Fortitude portrait frame! Starting today until November 30, winning a match where a teammate was wearing this frame will infect your account, adding it to your collection!
And don’t forget there’s Double XP running until November 30, as well!
Fixes Fixed a crash when joining an ongoing match of Return to the Reik. As a heads up, we also identified a guaranteed crash on Tower of Treachery on PC, and are temporarily disabling the level until we can solve it.
Fixed a crash when joining an ongoing match of Return to the Reik.
As a heads up, we also identified a guaranteed crash on Tower of Treachery on PC, and are temporarily disabling the level until we can solve it.
Heroes, The newest level for Vermintide 2, Return to the Reik , is out now for free! Celebrate 10 Years of Tide as you take the chase to the river, returning to one of Vermintide 1’s most popular levels! View game page Return to the Reik ‘River Reik’ returns with expanded, boat‑f
The newest level for Vermintide 2, Return to the Reik, is out now for free! Celebrate 10 Years of Tide as you take the chase to the river, returning to one of Vermintide 1’s most popular levels!
‘River Reik’ returns with expanded, boat‑focused gameplay that puts deck skirmishes front and center. Fight across swaying platforms, and use the environment of the barge and riverbanks to turn every encounter into a cinematic, co‑op setpiece. Things are not as before, there’s more than just Skaven lurking in these shadows, and even sailing in these waters…
Explore the river bank, board the Dawnrunner, fight off the marauding Chaos and Skaven ships with cannonfire and steel in search for Kruber’s heirloom sword. Find all of the secrets, there’s far more to find in this version of the beloved Vermintide 1 level!
In case you missed it, check out the dev blog on Return to the Reik’s level and sound design here!
To celebrate the new level and 10 Years of Tide, we’ll have double experience gain from any in-game source, starting today until November 30!
Without further ado…
Added a brand new level: ‘Return to the Reik’.
The Well of Dreams - Added more enemy spawn points in open areas.
The Well of Dreams - Slightly increased brightness for the entire level.
Bots now take multiple Area of Effect attacks into account when defending, instead of just the latest.
Improved remote player movement prediction on elevators - other players should look less jittery on them.
Chaos Wastes - The Citadel of Eternity - Improved terrain collision to prevent players from walking into the plinth.
A Parting of the Waves - Added an additional respawn point at a boss wall near the middle event.
The Well of Dreams Fixes:
Improved bot pathfinding throughout the level.
Improved ladders throughout the level.
Added missing hangledges.
Fixed an issue with enemies spawning above ceiling.
Fixed a bug where players joining mid-match could get stuck in the lower floors.
Fixed enemies sometimes dropping dead for no reason right before the middle elevator.
Heroes, Return to the Reik, the newest addition to Vermintide 2, is coming out on November 20 ! In case you missed it, check out our dev blog on the level and sound design of it! This map is a re-imagining of the Vermintide 1 level 'The River Reik' . Our Heroes must re-tread thei
Return to the Reik, the newest addition to Vermintide 2, is coming out on November 20! In case you missed it, check out our dev blog on the level and sound design of it!
This map is a re-imagining of the Vermintide 1 level 'The River Reik'. Our Heroes must re-tread their steps as they return in search for one of Kruber's family heirlooms. But much has changed since the last time they were here, and now Ratmen aren't the only dangers lurking in the dark…
Embark on an exciting adventure, fending off hordes of enemies on both land and sea, and experience the River Reik like never before!
Heroes! We’ve interviewed Lead Level Designer Rickard , Lead Sound Designer Anton , and Lead Gameplay Programmer Theodor about their work on the upcoming free level for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Return to the Reik! Level Design “My name is Rickard and I've been a Level Designer si
We’ve interviewed Lead Level Designer Rickard, Lead Sound Designer Anton, and Lead Gameplay Programmer Theodor about their work on the upcoming free level for Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Return to the Reik!
“My name is Rickard and I've been a Level Designer since the beginning of humankind, I think. [Laughs] I started doing levels for my uncle when Doom came out, that’s almost 30 years ago now. Since then it’s been a hobby, but for the last 15, 20 years it’s been my profession. And it just keeps getting more fun.” ~ Rickard
‘Return to the Reik’ is a re-imagining of one of Vermintide 1’s most popular levels, ‘The River Reik’, which is part of the Death on the Reik DLC. For those not familiar, this level has our Heroes crash into the river bank, fighting off hordes of Skaven as they follow the shore, trudge through caverns, and even sail a ship which gets boarded by the dastardly ratmen! In Vermintide 2, our Heroes are returning to these treacherous waters in search of a family heirloom, and they’ll find that much has changed in the seven years since their last visit!
“We started to think about what we should do for the 10 Years of Tide celebration. So, we looked at all of the old levels and we checked all our forums and what our fans wanted most and I think every query we made ended up with the River Reik level because it's such an epic, different level.” ~ Rickard
The first order of business was porting the original level into Vermintide 2, which took some work just to get running. After updating it and fixing all the errors, we ended up with a playable version of said level and began testing.
However, we wanted to do more than just port the original level, we wanted to make a new experience as our Heroes return to this place, similar to how we re-imagined other Vermintide 1 levels, like Drachenfels. Players familiar with the original will recognize a lot of it, but we also added more side paths, redid the terrain on various areas, added more encounters, and overall updated the level to represent the years that had passed since our last visit.
“We wanted to make something more. So every developer who played it had to give their input on what they wanted. And some were crazier than others, of course!” ~ Rickard
While the original map wasn’t necessarily short, we still wanted to add even more stuff to it, both for the sake of variety and just to make it a properly packed level worthy of celebrating 10 Years of Tide with! Skaven aren’t the only enemies lurking in these waters anymore! Chaos encampments and even raiding ships join the dangers of the River Reik, and we have caverns that act as both a shortcut, and lair of who knows what beastie…
Like last time, you’ll have the chance to board and sail a ship along the river, only the ride will be even wilder this time! Luckily, the ship you’ll be boarding sports a nifty set of cannons, which will be quite useful to fend off the approaching Skaven and Rotblood vessels! Mid-sail combat features more prominently in Return to the Reik, and they not only last longer, but also feature more of them, with unique encounters and new challenges to deal with! Timing your cannon shots to sink the enemy ships circling your boat like sharks while fending off boarders is no easy feat, eh?
“It’s so fun to be able to use the cannons. That’s something that I’m kind of proud of, that I actually got it working, ‘cause it was such a struggle, haha.” ~ Rickard
There’s also plenty of new challenges and secrets to uncover, along the usual search for hidden Tomes and Grimoires. Those of you with a passion for exploration will find many nooks and crannies to look into!
“I know some of our testers said it was almost too much to do, haha. [...] The cool thing was, we said we wanted to convert some of the Vermintide 1 levels [...] and someone said we’re not gonna be able to do River Reik, it’s too complicated, it was made so long ago and I just- I went ‘Okay, that’s a challenge, I will do it.’ [...] It took me like two days just to understand how it was actually made. [...] We had to update a lot of code to get everything working like it did in Vermintide 1.” ~ Rickard
Thankfully most of the assets in the level were already updated by the time we began work on it, but various of the models and texture that weren’t already used in Vermintide 2 definitely needed to be updated or even re-done. But it was the ship sailing mechanics that took the most effort, more on that later!
“There were so many things going on, but I think we got it to work, and it was worth it. Very worth it. [...] It’s been an honour to be working with one of the coolest levels.” ~ Rickard
“I am Theodor, I’m the Lead Gameplay Programmer at Vermintide. [...] I do racing on my free time, driving cars… I drive a Chevrolet Nova 1968!” ~ Theodor
Elevators have never been a big part of Vermintide, and so while they function well enough for their usual purpose, a lot of work had to be done to improve them for Return to the Reik. That’s because the times where the ship our Heroes will be boarding is moving around, the game treats it as a giant elevator moving horizontally.
“When a game is so big, there’s so many layers that can go wrong when you want to move a lot of things along something else and have that look good and proper. It’s not as simple as just attaching a player to the elevator, because that would break so many other things.” ~ Theodor
A lot of the jittering and sudden movements that players have while riding elevators, or the fact that blood splatters and items cannot follow along, are just a couple of things that are just fine in regular elevators but don’t quite cut it when you spend such a huge part of the level riding one.
“Now if you die with a Tome on you or something, it won’t just detach on the elevator, it will actually be brought along with the elevator.” ~ Theodor
Not only that, but all of the fighting done onboard the ship presented a lot of challenges getting the game to synchronize things well visually, as the boat has its own animation of swaying and rocking with the waters. These random movements are not synchronized between the players, and so figuring out how to make the movements of the players and items make sense according to what each client thinks the boat is doing was a huge headache.
It was a struggle against both the game physics and networking to make this boat ride as smooth as possible, but the end result was worth it. And, while the improvements were mostly made for the sake of Return to the Reik, these changes will also affect all elevators across Vermintide 2.
“My name is Anton, I’ve worked as a Sound Designer for around 10 years now, maybe a bit more. I started out in movies, commercials, trailers the first six years of my career. So I came from that part of sound designing, I worked almost exclusively with linear stuff. Then I transitioned more and more into gaming [...] I’ve always had gaming as a hobby of mine, I’ve always been gaming, so that’s never been an issue. And I’ve always been interested in audio in games!” ~ Anton
You might remember Anton from our previous Sound Design dev blog on A Parting of the Waves! This time around, one of the big challenges was updating the sound design from the original River Reik, figuring out what changes needed to be made and how to implement the sounds for the new additions.
“When we as a team decided we were remastering River Reik, I was really hyped because I like the idea. Like, boats! It’s different, it’s fun. But it’s also a bit scary to take on a challenge that’s already been designed, and it’s already been out there, in Vermintide 1. [...] Like, how much can I change without players feeling that I took something away, or changed too much? It’s a tricky balance.” ~ Anton
Many things have changed since Vermintide 1, such as various constraints no longer being an issue, enemy density being much higher, overall sound quality improving, and so on. This meant that every sound effect in River Reik had to be looked into, to figure out what was acceptable, what needed to be replaced, and what could be improved.
“The mix in Vermintide 2 is completely changed so naturally I had to change a lot of stuff to make it work with our new gameplay. [...] There were a lot of really nice assets from Vermintide 1. I reused almost all of the music we had in River Reik, because we felt like that’s a nice homage [...] and it still sounds really good. We still have the original recordings from the music, so it was just for me to re-implement it.” ~ Anton
Even regular sounds like the chirping of birds, the creaking of the wooden hull, the sound of a cellar door, everything got a pass. But of course the most fun to be had was in implementing the sounds of cannons firing, boats ramming and explosions!
All of the new editions required new sound effects, the sea encounters in particular. The howling wind, the rushing waters, a moody ambiance for the short time of calmness our Heroes might enjoy before being attacked.
“There was a lot of work with the Chaos ships. Because those we haven’t done before, so I’ve added drums and chanting from the Chaos ships to make them more threatening, which was really fun.” ~ Anton
On top of that, the finale of the level has, to put it lightly, received some major modifications to make it more climactic and exciting, and the sound design had to be changed accordingly. A proper grand finale, with the booming toll of Skaven bells and so much more.
Despite how much work and attention to detail was put into these parts of the level, it was actually the Voice Over that presented the biggest challenge in sound design. Without spoiling too much, there’s a particular section where our Heroes are searching an area for something, and the dialogue system had to accommodate for tons of variables and dynamic situations. It might seem simple, but the logic of how to handle each Hero reporting each location, how to handle multiple of these events at once, or what to do when they finally found what they were looking for was a lot of manual work.
“Those small details are always, hilariously enough, the things that take the most time.” ~ Anton
“My favorite part is definitely the Chaos sea battle encounter, because it’s so fun to make use of something new. I mean we have been firing cannons, like for Brachsenbrücke, but not in this way, this way you actually have control over it.” ~ Rickard
“What can beat the boat ride– I mean, plunder and adventure on the seas?” ~ Anton
“It’s so hard not to say ‘the boat part’... I really like the last stand, fighting the enemies back while you’re preparing to leave. [...] And I love all the dynamic parts of how we implemented the boat into combat, and how we made it an actual interactive part of the level.” ~ Theodor
Return to the Reik features not just exciting adventures, but also more mysteries to solve, questions that won’t be answered in this level alone! While we can’t say anything more, suffice to say that this won’t be the last map we make, and that we’re already looking into what can come next in the adventures of the Ubersreik Five.
That’s all for now! We hope you have a blast with Return to the Reik when it comes out!
- The Vermintide Team
Heroes and Acolytes! 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!
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!
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.
October 21: Darktide - “Stolen Rations” Special Event (Oct 21 - Nov 10, 2025)
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!
October 23: Vermintide - Geheimnisnacht (Oct 23 - Nov 2, 2025)
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!
November 11: Darktide - New Class Reveal
We will reveal the next playable class for Darktide. More details and developer insights will follow in the days after the reveal.
November 20: Vermintide - New map: Return to the Reik
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!
December 2: Darktide - Free Update & Special Event (details to follow!)
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!
December 9: Vermintide - Gifts of the Wolf Father
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!
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!
We’ll see you in the Mourningstar, in Taal’s Horn Keep, or both!
– Fatshark
Hotfix 6.8.1 - 23rd of October Fixes Fixed a guaranteed crash in the level ‘Old Haunts’ and re-enabled it Geheimnisnacht 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 perf
Hotfix 6.8.1 - 23rd of October
Fixes
Fixed a guaranteed crash in the level ‘Old Haunts’ and re-enabled it
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!
Seek the Skull of Blosphoros in the following levels:
Righteous Stand
Hunger in the Dark
Warcamp
Old Haunts
The Forsaken Temple
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.
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!
Bardin's War Pick
Kerillian's Greatsword
Saltzpyre's Axe
Sienna's Conflagration Staff
Kruber's Sword
Additionally, for the duration of the event there will be Double XP to be earned across all game modes!
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!
Without further ado…
Enabled the Geheimnisnacht event, Keep decorations, event shop and event quests.
Added a new Portrait frame as well as five new weapon illusions:
Bardin's War Pick
Kerillian's Greatsword
Saltzpyre's Axe
Sienna's Conflagration Staff
Kruber's Sword
Enabled the Skull of Blosphoros ritual on the following levels:
Righteous Stand
Hunger in the Dark
Warcamp
Old Haunts
The Forsaken Temple
Slightly increased the distance of the first Heavy Attack for Kerillian’s Greatsword.
Fixed clipping from Engineer gauntlet on shields.
Fixed some environment visual bugs on Screaming Bell.
Hotfix 6.7.2 - 9th of September 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. Features & Tweaks Feast of Grimnir changes: Added and re-shuffled placements of ammo boxes. Tweaked grena
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.
Feast of Grimnir changes:
Added and re-shuffled placements of ammo boxes.
Tweaked grenade spawners.
Made sure all grenade spawners also spawn fire grenades
Fixed collision issues in Horn of Magnus.
Tweaked the collisions of Grimoires to prevent issues where they weren’t grabbable when they should.
Feast of Grimnir fixes:
Added extra collision in various places to prevent the Cog or Barrels from getting out of bounds.
Filled in some small holes in walls
Heroes, 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! The Feast of Grimnir Feast of Grimnir is a brand new, limited time, annually
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!
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!
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!
As always, there will be double XP for all actions for the duration of the event!
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!
Without further ado…
Enabled the new Feast of Grimnir event.
Complete event-specific Okri’s Quests during the event to receive exclusive rewards.
Taal’s Horn Keep has received a summery makeover that some of you might be familiar with!
Heroes will gain Double XP for the duration of the event.
Added a new event level ‘The Feast of Grimnir’, available for the duration of the Feast of Grimnir event.
Bots now avoid damage circles in Enchanter’s Lair.
Bots are now able to detect attacks from multiple enemies at once that don't directly target them.
Bots are now less prone to dodge into enemies.
Boss health bars no longer disappear until bosses are dead.
Teammates attacking bosses will now make the health bar appear for oneself as well (similar to pinging).
Additional health bars will now appear if more than one boss is active at once.
Players joining mid-match can now spawn while other players are riding an elevator
Fixed the Chaos Spawn contemplating existence if a grabbed player disconnects.
Fixed an issue with an illusion for Kerillian’s Dual Swords where it had the wrong name (Now correctly named ‘Eternos-Ichor Dual Swords’)
Fixed an issue in Fort Bringing Bacon where the intro dialogue would not play if either Bardin or Saltzpyre were missing.
Fixed playback limits for Blightstormers and Lifeleeches where audio issues could occur if a huge amount of them were spawned at the same time.
Fixed an issue with the barrel pit in the finale for Tower of Treachery. Throwing barrels into it should be far more consistent now.
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.
Fixed a crash when a source damaging a player is destroyed while dealing damage when the Baleful Empathy curse is active
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.
Fixed a typo in the Louen Leoncoeur skin for Grail knight.
Feast of Grimnir - Slightly moved pickups before boss drop (to hopefully make bots pick them up)
Fixed various boons playing sound cues for the host when bots proc them during weekly chaos wastes runs.
Fixed a crash entering the chain end event in Garden of Morr.
Fixed a crash related to bot navigation.
Feast of Grimnir fixes:
Filled in small hole in ground just before boss drop
Added extra collision in space under stairs (and platform)
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.
Fix for trolls not seeing players in the elevator.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in the Waterwheel section.
Fixed the music so that it’s properly synchronized between Host and Clients.
A brand new limited time mission! The Ubersreik 5 must venture into a Dwarfen hold that’s been overrun with Bile Trolls and exterminate them. Heroes! We’ve interviewed the main level designer for the new and upcoming Vermintide 2 event mission: The Feast of Grimnir! “My name is M
A brand new limited time mission! The Ubersreik 5 must venture into a Dwarfen hold that’s been overrun with Bile Trolls and exterminate them.
We’ve interviewed the main level designer for the new and upcoming Vermintide 2 event mission: The Feast of Grimnir!
“My name is Mikael Sundvall, I’ve been at Fatshark since 2016. I joined production of Vermintide 2 when they had just started as a Level Designer. [...] I’ve been a Level Designer and a Level Artist, right now I am both. I’ve been involved in all the levels except for Bögenhafen.” ~ Mikael
From the beginning we knew we wanted to have a new recurring event sometime during the end of Summer to complement the rest of the yearly events. Mikael was asked to come up with ideas for a map that was unique and experimental enough to fit the celebratory nature of the event!
Mikael came up with about five different pitches, each more extravagant than the last. While this time we picked Feast of Grimnir, there’s always a chance to revisit those other ideas for later maps!
“That was kinda the pitch: adding ‘Dwarf’ and ‘Nurgle’ as a setting, and then focusing on Trolls as a gameplay theme.” ~ Mikael
The dwarf setting also gave Mikael the opportunity to use some assets he had already prototyped before, such as the giant statue setpieces used in the beginning of the level.
As always, after the pitch was selected, a Level Design Document was crafted that outlined a rough map of the level, showing each area with reference images and concept art to give an idea of what each area is meant to look like. From there, a basic blockout version of the level was made. Since we already had a lot of dwarfen assets, those were used instead of the typical gray boxes we usually use for blockout maps.
Once this foundation was established, Mikael, along with our other designers and artists, began to work on fleshing out and polishing the level through various iterations and tests, bringing it to life.
Beyond the troll theme, one of the more unique aspects of this map is its non-linear nature! It was also one of the biggest challenges. Unlike most maps, which start you from point A to B (with some maps also having different paths you can take to reach point B!), this level has a portion in the middle where there are multiple paths the players must take, each its own section of the map. Players can choose the order in which they tackle each path, but eventually they must go through all of them to complete the level!
“The idea for the whole setup is that [...] there should be differences in each area depending on the order. So, for instance, if you take the cog first you gotta turn off all the lights, which will make the other areas dark. If you turn on the water, you’re going to raise the water level in the other areas […] I hope that players at least try to go through it in different order and realize that there are differences and find their own preferred path.” ~ Mikael
While that might not sound overly complicated, it actually proved quite challenging because of how the game’s Enemy Director functions, since it was designed with linear paths in mind. Near the end of Vermintide 2’s original production, Mikael had attempted and prototyped making entire levels out of this concept – an entire map split into different chunks that players could tackle in any order – but it had proven too incompatible with the Enemy Director’s linear nature. This map provided an opportunity to tackle it at a smaller scale; a section of the map being non-linear rather than the entire thing.
“This kind of level is kind of a test for it. If this is really cool we’ll see if maybe we want to try this in something bigger but… Anyhow, this was years ago that we were talking about this and now I finally got the chance to do this, to try it in a simpler setup.” ~ Mikael
In case you’re curious, the way we went about this is to make the AI director consider the entire multiple paths section (along with its central ‘hub’) to be one unified area. It’s only once you exit it through the elevator that the Director finally acknowledges the players moving to a different area!
“[Originally] that was really the main thing, the end event. So it would be a section of traversal leading up to that area and that would be the main event in the level. But then [...] we knew we wanted to have this ending where players could choose to not kill the trolls. [...] It felt like that’s kind of anti-climactic for an ending, so that’s why we kind of said ‘we need something more at the end there’.” ~ Mikael
While escaping from a pack of trolls by the skin of your teeth is exciting enough, a troll hunt would not be complete without a proper slaying of trolls at the end, ey? But you’ll have to find out what that ‘something more’ at the end is yourselves. We’re really proud of how it turned out! There’s even some additional secrets to be found by those with a keen eye and a drive for exploration!
“I really like the statues. [...] I mean the big, big statues. Even though it might be kind of simple from a gameplay perspective, it’s still like a cool moment I think.” ~ Mikael
That’s all we have for today! We hope you have a blast playing Feast of Grimnir!
~The Vermintide Team