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.
Warhammer—End Times: Vermintide celebrated its tenth birthday in October, a fact that makes me painfully aware of how much closer I am to becoming rat fodder myself. The original Vermintide was a decent stab at Left 4 Dead -style cooperative action by developer Fatshark, but much
Warhammer—End Times: Vermintide celebrated its tenth birthday in October, a fact that makes me painfully aware of how much closer I am to becoming rat fodder myself. The original Vermintide was a decent stab at Left 4 Dead-style cooperative action by developer Fatshark, but much like Valve's pioneering shooter, it has long been eclipsed by its superior sequel...
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As if giving us the gift of a brilliant new mission wasn't enough, Warhammer Vermintide 2 developer Fatshark has gone one step further and made the entire game completely free. To keep. That's right, you can get your hands on this Skaven-smashing, Chaos-crashing masterpiece witho
As if giving us the gift of a brilliant new mission wasn't enough, Warhammer Vermintide 2 developer Fatshark has gone one step further and made the entire game completely free. To keep. That's right, you can get your hands on this Skaven-smashing, Chaos-crashing masterpiece without having to spend a thing. It's never been easier to convince your friends to sign up and find out why it's one of the best co-op games to this day, more than eight years after it first launched.
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If you've ever been obsessed with a co-op game, you know the hardest part of playing one: convincing your good-for-nothing friends to buy a copy and join the fun. I have great news for you if you've ever experienced this particular pain point with Warhammer Vermintide 2—the game
If you've ever been obsessed with a co-op game, you know the hardest part of playing one: convincing your good-for-nothing friends to buy a copy and join the fun. I have great news for you if you've ever experienced this particular pain point with Warhammer Vermintide 2—the game is free to own on Steam until Nov 24...
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently on a time-limited deal where you can grab a copy and keep it, so act fast if you want a free game. Read the full article here:
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently on a time-limited deal where you can grab a copy and keep it, so act fast if you want a free game.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/grab-a-free-copy-of-warhammer-vermintide-2-for-a-limited-time/
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.
My head is swirling as I attempt to calculate the new Black Ops 7 Zombies holdout spots, or figure out the best looting routes in Arc Raiders. In theory, I love the freedom they offer, but sometimes I just want to crash my way through some hordes and not think too much about my e
My head is swirling as I attempt to calculate the new Black Ops 7 Zombies holdout spots, or figure out the best looting routes in Arc Raiders. In theory, I love the freedom they offer, but sometimes I just want to crash my way through some hordes and not think too much about my exfil strategy. Sometimes I want Warhammer Vermintide 2, which points me in a direction, hands me a heavy weapon, and lets me smash apart everything in my way. More than seven years after launch, it's still one of the best co-op games on PC, and developer Fatshark just gave us a fantastic free treat that's got me suiting up once more.
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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!
I dipped back into Warhammer Vermintide 2 earlier this year with a group of friends, and it was a welcome reminder that, more than seven years after it launched, the Skaven-smashing romp remains firmly among the best Warhammer games on Steam. It's certainly one of the most raucou
I dipped back into Warhammer Vermintide 2 earlier this year with a group of friends, and it was a welcome reminder that, more than seven years after it launched, the Skaven-smashing romp remains firmly among the best Warhammer games on Steam. It's certainly one of the most raucous. In fact, we're now a full decade on from its predecessor, the much more clunkily named Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide, and to celebrate, developer Fatshark is bringing back its most-requested map. However, a new blog promises that this will be far more than just a simple port.
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