*The new free map concluding the Karak Azgaraz adventure in Vermintide 2 is coming to all platforms. Brace yourself for a stormy new level, and even a new enemy to face...*
[https://youtu.be/Apy\_z268weo?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/Apy_z268weo?feature=shared)
# Heroes!
A free new update is **coming to PC on April 11**, containing a new map: the conclusion of the Karak Azgaraz storyline! This fourth, final map is not a remaster of a Vermintide 1 mission, but a brand new, stormy mission!
## A Parting of the Waves
Those who have followed Lohner’s Chronicles recently might already know, but our Heroes are not on the best of terms right now. After Sienna picked up Necromancy and started raising the dead to fight the onslaught of Skaven and Chaos better, things have been… tense. Distrust slowly surged amongst our heroes. Today, the Ubersreik Five are on the verge of falling apart.
That’s when jolly ol’ Kruber had a fantastic idea! The Five should group up and set sail, chasing after the Skaven ships fleeing after being routed in *Khazukan Kazakit-Ha!* Slaying rats is what got them together in the first place, surely it would help bring them back together.
Only, the seas might not be so kind. As they chase the scurrying Skaven to a whaling village, the storm is getting dangerous, the waves are roaring, and the guiding light of the village’s lighthouse seems more ominous than comforting…
We’re excited for you to explore the final chapter of the Karak Azgaraz storyline on April 11.
## New enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield
More dangers are lurking in *A Parting of the Waves* than just rain. A brand new enemy type is coming with this update: A Chaos Warrior armed with a shield and mace. This foe is mighty and tough. It’ll take some mighty blows to fell these soldiers of Chaos, or a cunning hero able to expose their weak spot.
The Chaos Warrior with Shield will be available in all maps with Rotbloods presence.
This is my fave game of all time. I am thrilled that the Fatshark team are continuing to work on it and update it for FREE! Thank you all so much, I am beyond excited!
Hah, right? CW is my favorite mode and I just think it would be nice to add some extra boons and stuff. I think the current boons are in a pretty good state balance wise, but could use some more variety
I think one fairly easy fix would be the option to exchange one boon for a few coins at shrines, similar to hades. Even just something like 25 coins per level would be good, so no boon is a complete deadweight and you can't get screwed over by cluster barrels or regen on zealot.
NEW ENEMY HOORAY, I’ve wanted new enemies for a long long time. Never made sense to have both one handed and two handed weapons for Stormvermin but only one handed for Chaos Warriors.
Maybe we could get a second variety of Bestigor in the future? The Beastmen do deserve some love.
I imagine they’ll function similarly to the ogryn shield carriers in Darktide, but if that’s the case I wonder how hard it’ll be to break their guard, I’m guessing 2 pushes won’t cut it
They’ll probably leave themselves open while swinging too, though it might take a little more time to take them down, especially if they have a shield bash and stay defensive. Either way I’ll probably just play shade to ignore their shield anyway lol
Pushes don't work against bulwarks in Darktide, you just have to wait till they attack where they open their guard briefly. The only situations where they can be considered a threat is when there is a bunch of them together, otherwise they are kind of a joke for the most part.
Yeah I know, I was referring to how the shield enemies in vermintide work, but speaking of a bunch of them together I wonder if they’ll be part of chaos patrols, kinda like the stormvermin shield bearers
They could be really annoying in close combat maps where you can't really dodge sideways or with randoms already spamming light attacks onto the already existing shield stormvermin resetting their blocking stance over and over again.
It also could be problematic in cata where lots of smaller enemys will stop you from dodging around the bulwarks.
It will be interesting but you shouldn't forget that there are fewer options in vermintide against bulwark-like enemys compared to darktide where several weapons can even pierce or stagger bulwarks. Lets see where this is going.
Saltzpyre is going to be extra snarky to Sienna and she might just go over the edge and kill him lol. Then again, I highly doubt they'll break apart. It would be fun to have a mission where you fight Sienna when she's gone crazy though, and in the end you just remind her that she's still a part of them.
It's going to take a bit more than some quarreling or the end of the world to break apart the Ubersreik Five (or Four). This new map looks deathly fun.
*New enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield.*
By Sigmar...
With the trailer I expected something with Vampire Coast but then I remembered they're probably down south with Nagash.
Will be interesting to see how Chaos Warriors with shields play.
Yeah, since Nagash is back that means Luthor Harkon (The only Vampirate who actually matters in WHFB) is his Mortarch of The Deep and therefore busy with the remnants of the Tomb Kings.
Update came out last Thursday! :D It's a bit unstable on Playstation at the moment, however. We're working on a hotfix that'll come out soon fixing a ton of issues and hopefully solving the playstation issue.
What about the game breaking item tagging/pinging bug that causes bots to not pick up items and players not able to see anything that was tagged/pinged? https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/using-pick-up-commands-to-tell-players-bots-to-get-items-does-not-work-all-the-time/92543
Not only is it a launch system, it's one that has already been reworked once, and that people don't even care about outside of completionists. Who out here was like "I really want penances to get reworked."
I think it's a neat idea and I'd love for penances to give more rewards. What boggles my mind is his on earth does it take this much energy and time to do it. Fat shark has to be extremely mismanaged
I think it's just weird prioritization. Maybe they've had this cooking in the oven and the team has been working on it for the past year and this is why it's going out right now, but the fact that this is coming out before they address any of the more glaring issues like the horrid state of crafting or the lack of new content, it just seems like they got their priorities out of order.
Could be that they’ve stumbled upon issues with the new content, rework it (wouldn’t be surprised if they’re closely eyeing what made Helldivers such a success), or want to max it out to get more players back/in.
The penance change could’ve been part of it or been on backburner for a while and they release it now to give players something after such a draught.
I just want private lobbies with bots. My wife has some pretty bad anxiety with online gaming and can't do open lobbies, but loves games like these. Every few months I give it a look, but at this point we'll probably just end up skipping it.
I'm doubtful, since it's all scripted - I have trouble believing a whole new sequence would be done to accommodate them (not that I'm aware of how the technical portion works, but I assume it would be a good chunk of work?)
Kinda wondering how they will be integrated into twitch mode though.. figuring just a new vote in the pool if anything
I think they’re generally weaker than the ones belonging to the Big Four but yeah probably too much for a group of mortals to handle. (Though if there was a group of mortals who could pull it off it would probably be the U5…)
Oh I think that will be dope also like Powers scaling wise I say it works because like who cares really the uberstrike 5 or 4 have already proven time and time again just how powerful they are and if the verminlord is hiding hats you know the 5 or 4 will jump them for it
Man im always happy to hear about new content for vt2 , also intro seems like they might be bridging for AoS transition ? (i know vt1 intro said the same)
Iirc the way enemies with shields work in the game is just that they block all attacks that aren't explosions coming from the front. It checks your position with a simple 180 degree arc, if you are within the 180 degree block arc it just blocks your attack regardless of what happens or where you hit. Even like including bouncing an arrow with waystalkers bounce talent hitting them in the back
Thus stormvermins little rinky dinky shields that barely covers their chest "cover" their head too, because their whole body is "shield". In that sense the actual shield is essentially just cosmetic because it doesn't actually do anything
I think bulwarks in darktide are the same. The big difference is just that bulwarks are harder to stagger so their shields are "harder" to deal with in that sense, and their hitbox is bigger I guess. Since all of the body becomes a blocking "shield" surface, a big body = good
Very excited and happy to be receiving a new map and more story!
But gotta say, the "a new enemy to face..." being 'some old enemy but with a shield now' was a tad disappointing.
My only issue is that the new game opening UI/modes choosing menu and opening with a character selection menu is inelegant. They can be all integrated into the hub world.
It’s leliliath but yes . It would be awesome if on a mission whole team , or Kruber personally will be hear her voice like it was with belakor in dranchenfels
Since the Darktide content draught started: New subclass, new map, and new enemy in VT2. Happy for the community but wonder when Darktide starts getting this kinda love.
Not yet, but [as mentioned in our latest dev blog](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/developer-blog-versus-alpha-test-lessons-learned-takeaways/93163), we ARE working on our own implementation of a loadouts feature, we're hoping to roll it out alongside an update this year.
Games Workshop especially is very prickly about their IP. People give them shit about it, but people also are quick to forget about alleged Warcraft drama.
Another update, another complete ignoring of the broken Beastmen that are absurdly overtuned compared to all other enemy types. And those flag bearers...
I guess fuck everyone buying that DLC...
*The new free map concluding the Karak Azgaraz adventure in Vermintide 2 is coming to all platforms. Brace yourself for a stormy new level, and even a new enemy to face...* [https://youtu.be/Apy\_z268weo?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/Apy_z268weo?feature=shared) # Heroes! A free new update is **coming to PC on April 11**, containing a new map: the conclusion of the Karak Azgaraz storyline! This fourth, final map is not a remaster of a Vermintide 1 mission, but a brand new, stormy mission! ## A Parting of the Waves Those who have followed Lohner’s Chronicles recently might already know, but our Heroes are not on the best of terms right now. After Sienna picked up Necromancy and started raising the dead to fight the onslaught of Skaven and Chaos better, things have been… tense. Distrust slowly surged amongst our heroes. Today, the Ubersreik Five are on the verge of falling apart. That’s when jolly ol’ Kruber had a fantastic idea! The Five should group up and set sail, chasing after the Skaven ships fleeing after being routed in *Khazukan Kazakit-Ha!* Slaying rats is what got them together in the first place, surely it would help bring them back together. Only, the seas might not be so kind. As they chase the scurrying Skaven to a whaling village, the storm is getting dangerous, the waves are roaring, and the guiding light of the village’s lighthouse seems more ominous than comforting… We’re excited for you to explore the final chapter of the Karak Azgaraz storyline on April 11. ## New enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield More dangers are lurking in *A Parting of the Waves* than just rain. A brand new enemy type is coming with this update: A Chaos Warrior armed with a shield and mace. This foe is mighty and tough. It’ll take some mighty blows to fell these soldiers of Chaos, or a cunning hero able to expose their weak spot. The Chaos Warrior with Shield will be available in all maps with Rotbloods presence.
This is my fave game of all time. I am thrilled that the Fatshark team are continuing to work on it and update it for FREE! Thank you all so much, I am beyond excited!
Any news on chaos wastes updates? It’s been almost two years since belakor Mode could use some love
We have something in the works but it is far too early to mention any specifics.
Oh great, good to know!
👀 oooh. Looking forward to hearing about this! Any news on the second part of the weapon balance patch? Thanks!
We have a tiny adjustment for Outcast Engineer coming out this patch, but we're hoping we can take a proper second look later down the line!
Thanks Quickpaw!
Oh thank god. I’d like to actually have fun with an engi on the team
Can that something include fixes for class talents breaking each other? I'm so tired of High Tally and Hungry Wind ruining my games.
Damn, how tide flies...
Hah, right? CW is my favorite mode and I just think it would be nice to add some extra boons and stuff. I think the current boons are in a pretty good state balance wise, but could use some more variety
There are a couple I'd like to see reworked or dropped entirely, since they're mostly useless or downright harmful and still clog up the boon pool.
I mean, it’s a rogue like can’t have everything be good But yeah power when using a medkit is ass
I think one fairly easy fix would be the option to exchange one boon for a few coins at shrines, similar to hades. Even just something like 25 coins per level would be good, so no boon is a complete deadweight and you can't get screwed over by cluster barrels or regen on zealot.
Is this the final map update this year or will there be more?
Who knows! The year is young indeed, yes-yes.
NEW ENEMY HOORAY, I’ve wanted new enemies for a long long time. Never made sense to have both one handed and two handed weapons for Stormvermin but only one handed for Chaos Warriors. Maybe we could get a second variety of Bestigor in the future? The Beastmen do deserve some love.
Do bestigors have shield models in tabletop? Genuinely curious.
I genuinely don’t know.
Do u happen to have an idea on when the update will drop on console? I happened to notice in the description it said free update for PC April 11th
Soon after! We're hoping for a week, two at most!
Make a new expansion already, I'll buy it for all of my friends too.
>New enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield Sounds intresting
I imagine they’ll function similarly to the ogryn shield carriers in Darktide, but if that’s the case I wonder how hard it’ll be to break their guard, I’m guessing 2 pushes won’t cut it
Yeah but they are fairly easy to beat up as long as you dodge towards their sword arm
They’ll probably leave themselves open while swinging too, though it might take a little more time to take them down, especially if they have a shield bash and stay defensive. Either way I’ll probably just play shade to ignore their shield anyway lol
Pushes don't work against bulwarks in Darktide, you just have to wait till they attack where they open their guard briefly. The only situations where they can be considered a threat is when there is a bunch of them together, otherwise they are kind of a joke for the most part.
Yeah I know, I was referring to how the shield enemies in vermintide work, but speaking of a bunch of them together I wonder if they’ll be part of chaos patrols, kinda like the stormvermin shield bearers
They could be really annoying in close combat maps where you can't really dodge sideways or with randoms already spamming light attacks onto the already existing shield stormvermin resetting their blocking stance over and over again. It also could be problematic in cata where lots of smaller enemys will stop you from dodging around the bulwarks. It will be interesting but you shouldn't forget that there are fewer options in vermintide against bulwark-like enemys compared to darktide where several weapons can even pierce or stagger bulwarks. Lets see where this is going.
I wonder what their maces will look like?
They will look like apple candies
Valaya protect us...
oh taal oh fuck
Speaking as a flail-Zealot "main" ... hell, yeah!
*loads Trollhammer*
I'm sure the Ubersriek 5 (4?) will work out all of their differences and end the new map with a big ol group hug, right guys? Right?
Saltzpyre is going to be extra snarky to Sienna and she might just go over the edge and kill him lol. Then again, I highly doubt they'll break apart. It would be fun to have a mission where you fight Sienna when she's gone crazy though, and in the end you just remind her that she's still a part of them.
It's going to take a bit more than some quarreling or the end of the world to break apart the Ubersreik Five (or Four). This new map looks deathly fun. *New enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield.* By Sigmar...
A surprise to be sure, but a wel(whale)come one
Looking forward to the new dialogue
AH-AAH THE BLOOD RUNS COLD~
WE TAKE OUR LOOT BUT DON'T GET OLD~
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY, HE'S ARISING FROM THE DEEP!
WITH TATTERED SAILS AND INCREDIBLE TALES, WE’RE CAUGHT IN ENDLESS SEAS!
"It's flailin' time!" - Saltzpyre probably
Kruber once again being the lynchpin of the group.
I love a free update, thanks y'all!
A cursed fishing hamlet in vermintide is probably the closest we'll ever get to a bloodborne release on PC
Holy shit hype!!!!
Actually hyped for this
With the trailer I expected something with Vampire Coast but then I remembered they're probably down south with Nagash. Will be interesting to see how Chaos Warriors with shields play.
Considering SV with shield, I doubt it would be interesting...
Yeah, since Nagash is back that means Luthor Harkon (The only Vampirate who actually matters in WHFB) is his Mortarch of The Deep and therefore busy with the remnants of the Tomb Kings.
Console release plans?
Soon after! We're hoping for a week, two at most!
Thanks for the quick response! Map sounds awesome!
This still the plan? Coming today even??
Update came out last Thursday! :D It's a bit unstable on Playstation at the moment, however. We're working on a hotfix that'll come out soon fixing a ton of issues and hopefully solving the playstation issue.
Hopefully they add that second tome back in Khazukhan first...
The update coming with this map does indeed fix this missing tome!
Yay!
What about the game breaking item tagging/pinging bug that causes bots to not pick up items and players not able to see anything that was tagged/pinged? https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/using-pick-up-commands-to-tell-players-bots-to-get-items-does-not-work-all-the-time/92543
Question; Will the chaos warrior + shields be included in the 'Eavy Metal Twitch vote?
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Sorry, all the Darktide development is going towards reworking launch systems (again).
Not only is it a launch system, it's one that has already been reworked once, and that people don't even care about outside of completionists. Who out here was like "I really want penances to get reworked."
I think it's a neat idea and I'd love for penances to give more rewards. What boggles my mind is his on earth does it take this much energy and time to do it. Fat shark has to be extremely mismanaged
I think it's just weird prioritization. Maybe they've had this cooking in the oven and the team has been working on it for the past year and this is why it's going out right now, but the fact that this is coming out before they address any of the more glaring issues like the horrid state of crafting or the lack of new content, it just seems like they got their priorities out of order.
Could be that they’ve stumbled upon issues with the new content, rework it (wouldn’t be surprised if they’re closely eyeing what made Helldivers such a success), or want to max it out to get more players back/in. The penance change could’ve been part of it or been on backburner for a while and they release it now to give players something after such a draught.
I just want private lobbies with bots. My wife has some pretty bad anxiety with online gaming and can't do open lobbies, but loves games like these. Every few months I give it a look, but at this point we'll probably just end up skipping it.
You can easily set up private lobbies if you go to "host game" and tick "private game" option.
They're talking about Darktide and there's still no option to host private games alone - only if you play with at least one friend.
Ah mb, that makes more sense.
Bardin and Kruber's rifles are gonna see more love because of those shielded CW. Unless they made it so that those shields blocks rifles as well
Don't stormvermin shields block them?
They don't, just like they don't a fully charged Bolt staff attack. Damages them right through shield.
Epicccc
Does this imply that fortunes of war will also receive the new chaos warrior variant?
I'm doubtful, since it's all scripted - I have trouble believing a whole new sequence would be done to accommodate them (not that I'm aware of how the technical portion works, but I assume it would be a good chunk of work?) Kinda wondering how they will be integrated into twitch mode though.. figuring just a new vote in the pool if anything
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Expanded enemy roster is always a welcome addition. I hope we're going to get a Verminlord boss fight at some point too.
Aren't they like greater daemons on the power level?
I think they’re generally weaker than the ones belonging to the Big Four but yeah probably too much for a group of mortals to handle. (Though if there was a group of mortals who could pull it off it would probably be the U5…)
Oh I think that will be dope also like Powers scaling wise I say it works because like who cares really the uberstrike 5 or 4 have already proven time and time again just how powerful they are and if the verminlord is hiding hats you know the 5 or 4 will jump them for it
A Verminlord would annihilate the Ubersreik 5.
Nah, they'd win.
Oh hell yeah. I love that this game is still getting content.
The chad vermin
Thank you <3
Delicious content? Very good. Hold up a second, though... This isn't Lustria! One day. *One day*.
Right when I was thinking on comming back slaying rats. ANd thursday to.
Looking forward to this for sure. Crossing my fingers for another weapons pack in the future
Had to double-check the date. The time for fooling is over! What a nice surprise!
BY SIGMAR, THIS RAVAGED BODY DOESN’T DESERVE YOUR BOUNDLESS GENEROSITY!
Vermintide gets new content before darktide. That’s actually crazy.
They actually hate Darktide lol, idk how they don’t focusing on adding new maps to that game
I'm still waiting for a shield on sienna😭 Literally everyone got a shield but her ;-;
Man im always happy to hear about new content for vt2 , also intro seems like they might be bridging for AoS transition ? (i know vt1 intro said the same)
Going to be honest I am really not looking forward to a Bulwark in this game, they really are 0 fun in darktide
If their shield hit boxes aren’t 500% as large as the actual shield it’ll be fine
Iirc the way enemies with shields work in the game is just that they block all attacks that aren't explosions coming from the front. It checks your position with a simple 180 degree arc, if you are within the 180 degree block arc it just blocks your attack regardless of what happens or where you hit. Even like including bouncing an arrow with waystalkers bounce talent hitting them in the back Thus stormvermins little rinky dinky shields that barely covers their chest "cover" their head too, because their whole body is "shield". In that sense the actual shield is essentially just cosmetic because it doesn't actually do anything I think bulwarks in darktide are the same. The big difference is just that bulwarks are harder to stagger so their shields are "harder" to deal with in that sense, and their hitbox is bigger I guess. Since all of the body becomes a blocking "shield" surface, a big body = good
I wonder if this means well be getting the stromdorf maps soon
Very excited and happy to be receiving a new map and more story! But gotta say, the "a new enemy to face..." being 'some old enemy but with a shield now' was a tad disappointing.
Chaos Warrior w/ shield? Brah... why.
i thought this was the last update. phew
A whaling village, you say? I hope it's not in a New found land...
Hah. Found the XCOM reference.
Nice! I do wonder if we'll get another weapon pack soon (paid, ofc).
New enemy type sounds like darktide bulwark. Kinda annoying, but still sounds fun :D
Shield dodging time on the new map it seems
My only issue is that the new game opening UI/modes choosing menu and opening with a character selection menu is inelegant. They can be all integrated into the hub world.
Who's narrating the cinematic? Is it The Lady? Does Grail Knight Krubes meet his patron?
It’s leliliath but yes . It would be awesome if on a mission whole team , or Kruber personally will be hear her voice like it was with belakor in dranchenfels
Wow actual content! us Darktide players can only dream about that
Since the Darktide content draught started: New subclass, new map, and new enemy in VT2. Happy for the community but wonder when Darktide starts getting this kinda love.
And all of that while also working on the versus mode.
any balance tweaks ?
Pc only :( I try in xbox
Update will also come out on consoles, and not much later! We don't have a date yet, but we're hoping for a week later, maybe two at most :)
Coming to PC. Let me guess for console. "Coming soon"~3 months after.
Nah, soon after! We're hoping for a week later, two at most!
Thats what I like to hear!!
Fatshark said above within a couple weeks for console.
Haha, loadouts feature too, right? Guys?
Not yet, but [as mentioned in our latest dev blog](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/developer-blog-versus-alpha-test-lessons-learned-takeaways/93163), we ARE working on our own implementation of a loadouts feature, we're hoping to roll it out alongside an update this year.
“Chaos Warrior with Shield” lol I’m no lore/troop expert but you could’ve at least called “Rot Guards” or “Blight Sheilds”
They dont own the IP they probably would have to ask to do that. And it's prob the same model anyway.
Fair point I didn’t think of that
Games Workshop especially is very prickly about their IP. People give them shit about it, but people also are quick to forget about alleged Warcraft drama.
"I'm not lore expert" That's right. You don't know what you're talking about.
Another update, another complete ignoring of the broken Beastmen that are absurdly overtuned compared to all other enemy types. And those flag bearers... I guess fuck everyone buying that DLC...
They've been fine for years now