PERFORMANCE

• A cleanup procedure has been implemented to automatically remove crash dump files older than one month from users' machines, helping manage disk space without affecting recent diagnostic data; this process is triggered only when a crash occurs.
  

CAMPAIGN

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where Kroxigor Ancients and Red Crested Skink Chief characters had varying combat skills based on the Lizardmen Legendary Lord selected.
  
• Fixed an issue where, when the Blue Scribes left an army, the effect granting a random Cataclysm Spell was not removed from the army.
  
• Fixed a bug where stealing Magic Items would block the item drop chance for reinforcements.
  
• Fixed an issue where the code was incorrectly checking for a lord's rebellion after data removal had begun. The rebellion check is now performed earlier, allowing the rest of the code to be skipped if a rebellion occurs.
  
• Resolved an issue where technologies requiring active Gifts of Chaos were not consistently providing bonuses for Warriors of Chaos factions, particularly affecting techs like 'Mystical Banner' and 'Temple of Tzeentch' when playing as Vilitch. Bonuses should now correctly apply once the relevant Gifts are active.
  Unfortunately this fix has not made it in to the final release of hotfix 5.2.7, but will be included in our next release. Apologies for the confusion!
  

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where multiple instances of the same Path to Glory event would trigger upon unlocking one.
  
• Fixed a missing icon when recruiting an Exalted Hero of Tzeentch.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Daemonic Progression panel would not open when accessed through the Character Details panel.
  
• The Dwarf Ancestor Rune no longer incorrectly states that it grants permanent death immunity to all nearby units. (This was purely a UI issue.)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Chaos Dwarfs' settlement type icon on the city label would not update after the settlement type was changed.
  
• Fixed an issue where several tooltips for contact effects in the Flesh Laboratory were missing text.
  
• Fixed an issue where characters with long starting trait names, such as 'Virtue of the Impetuous Knight,' could clip outside the recruitment box.
  
• Fixed several Tomb King building icons that were using the wrong colour.
  
• Fixed a bug where misleading tooltips would pop up after purchasing an upgrade in the Rewards of Dread panel.
  

BATTLE

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where the Herald of Tzeentch (Metal) was incorrectly treated as a Slaanesh-aligned character when determining the likelihood of army abilities for Daemons of Chaos.
  
• Fixed the porthole camera angle for the Shadewraith Gunners (Deck Gunners) Regiment of Renown.
  
• The Blue Scribes can now access the Lore of the Hag in Custom Battle.
  

UI/UX

• Fixed a bug where the abilities 'Rot or Die,' 'Necrotic Phylactery,' and 'Isha's Rain' did not display their names when hovered over in certain contexts.
  
• Fixed an issue where several Legendary Lords were using incorrect unit cards in quest battles.
  
• Fixed an issue where Emperor Karl Franz's name was duplicated on his unit card in battles fought during a campaign.
  

MULTIPLAYER

• Fixed a multiplayer campaign desync issue that occurred when a player without ownership of a building in the Nurgle chain upgraded a building to complete the cycle and then recruited all available Forsaken of Nurgle units.
  

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• Resolved a potential crash that could occur at the end of a turn after updating to 5.2.5.
  
• Removed references to older, unreleased content from our game files.
  

DEV NOTE:

The act of removing these references in today's Hotfix will also require us to revise our active cache of rollback builds, which will temporarily remove the option to roll back to an earlier release. With this release, the available rollback builds will be set to 0, and today’s build will go on to serve as the oldest rollback version as we release new updates to the game over the coming months.

We apologise to all our players who currently make regular use of our rollback releases, we know how beneficial this feature has become for many of you, and the responsibility for that falls entirely on us.

As mentioned during the launch of version 5.2, we aim to maintain one rollback build for each category: update, patch, hotfix, and release, for a total of 4 rollback builds. This supports players running heavily modified campaigns, helping to minimize delays while their mods are updated. Each subsequent build following today’s 5.2.6 Hotfix will remain available as a rollback option until we have one build in each category - 4 in total - at which point the oldest will be replaced by a newer one.

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CAMPAIGN

SKILLS

• The Blue Scribes' skill ‘Tzeentch's Quaestors’ now correctly modifies the Assassinate action, rather than Wound (which they did not have!).
  

SETTLEMENTS

• Special settlements (e.g., Altdorf, Karaz-a-Karak, etc.) will now correctly use the Wood Elf settlement battle map when occupied by Wood Elves.
  

ENVIRONMENT

• Fixed an issue where the edges of The Great Canal, south of Cathay, appeared jagged; the canal's edges should now display smoothly.
  
• Fixed an issue in The Lost Valley where building assets for a landmark near the settlement of Oyxl were visible despite being covered by the Fog of War.
  

TEXT/LOCALISATION

• Fixed an issue where the Korean translation of ‘Livery’ was incorrectly displayed as ‘Symbol’; it has now been corrected to ‘Horse House.’
  
• Fixed an issue where a Lord's name in the Visions of the Old Ones mission panels was not localized.
  

BATTLE

AI

• The AI has been improved in chokepoint battles to prioritise moving swiftly through chokepoints when under fire, rather than reforming or trying to cross while in formation. This enhancement increases the overall challenge and reduces the dominance of artillery and ranged units in these scenarios.
  
• Fixed the disabled AI skirmish mode for isolated units; it will now be disabled only when it is clear that the unit will lose, preventing unnecessary prolongation of the battle.
  
• Fixed an issue where AI-controlled units were moving chaotically in some quest battles while incorrectly waiting for reinforcements.
  

ENVIRONMENT

• We've asked the flying trees in Dwarf Mountains to calm down, thereby resolving an issue with them floating above the ground during battles.
  
• Nan-Gau is no longer affected by random fires, and specific assets have been grounded properly, fixing the issue where they were floating above the battlefield.
  
• Fixed an issue on ‘The Shifting Monolith’ map where the camera could move under a lavafall, revealing unintended areas of the map.
  

UNITS

• Fixed black spots on the Chaos Sorcerer, caused by transparency maps being turned off at different levels of detail (LODs).
  
• Fixed an issue where parts of the Marauders of Khorne's armour would disappear due to LOD errors.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the inner wall of the cabins on the Thunderbarge and The Spirit of Grungni.
  

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• Resolves a crash to desktop (CTD) that could occur when pressing the 'Choose Path' button in the 'Path to Glory' panel.
  

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GENERAL

• Tweaked the porthole lighting in both campaign and battle to eliminate a slight red hue caused by sunlight.
  

PERFORMANCE

• Fixed a rare crash where a previously resolved dilemma remained in the event feed, causing the game to crash if the related character died later in the campaign.
  
• Fixed a freeze/crash that occurred when creating more than 254 settlements to one of the old ones with Nakai.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when disbanding a unit from a Waaagh army.
  

CAMPAIGN

​GENERAL/GAMEPLAY

• Fixed a bug where characters occasionally moved large distances after razing settlements, resulting in them being in different regions than the one they just razed. Now, after razing, an attacking army will move away one hex beyond the zone of control radius, while a surviving army will move three hexes away from the settlement.
  
• Fixed an issue where playing as Slaanesh and using the ‘Pleasure Hunt’ pleasurable activity could sometimes apply its effects multiple times.
  
• The Star-Metal Talons upgrade in Ikit Claw's Forbidden Workshop no longer grants vanguard deployment to Warp Grinder units, as they already have this attribute.
  
• Fixed an issue where effects providing immunity or damage resistance to attrition also affected desertion, such as in cases of bankruptcy.
  
• The Elector Count of Hochland position no longer provides a movement range bonus twice.
  

​ABILITIES/SKILLS/TRAITS

• Hero units that join Cathay caravans will now have spells or abilities where appropriate.
  
• Fixed an issue where upgrading a Chaos Sorcerer (Death) to a Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer (Death) would result in gaining the wrong trait.
  
• Fixed an issue where some effects meant for Nurgle characters were incorrectly applied to the Slaanesh Chaos Sorcerer.
  

ANCILLARIES

• ​The Experimental Explosive item gained from Cathay caravans can now be transferred to other characters.
  

​TECH TREE

• Fixed an issue where researching the ‘Grand Throne Chamber’ technology would unlock the Dwarf Lord ‘Mikael Leadstrong,’ who is meant to be obtained through legendary grudges.
  

RECRUITMENT

• ​The effects of different levels of province control no longer impact recruitment costs for Tomb Kings, as they do not incur recruitment costs.
  
• Character recruitment from buildings like The Deeps & Gardens of Morr was overriding normal character recruitment. Now, only the recruitment option with the highest lord rank will be displayed.
  

MISSIONS/VICTORY CONDITIONS

• Fixed an issue where some missions would double their settlement count when reloading saves.
  

CAMPAIGN UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where Harmony effects on buildings would display as a negative value when adding Yin.
  
• Added help page buttons to the Nurgle Plagues and Tamurkhan's Chieftains panels.
  
• Fixed a bug where players couldn't undo spent skill points for heroes.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Spices UI panel displayed landmarks alongside resource buildings at the Fortress of Dawn.
  
• Removed text references in the help pages to Chaos factions automatically declaring war to align with the intended design.
  
• Fixed an issue where the help pages would open behind the Bloodlines panel when playing as Vampire Counts.
  
• Fixed a display issue with army zone of control where old VFX instances remained after moving an army in ambush stance.
  
• Fixed an issue where the scroll position in the Allied Recruitment panel would reset when selecting a unit from an outpost as the first unit to be recruited; the scroll now stays in its correct position after selecting a unit, improving the recruitment flow.
  
• Clicking on the pin of a recruitable unit card should now correctly pin/unpin the card.
  
• Tweaked the entry in the effect lists of the Item Gained event popup to resolve occasional text bleeding issues in the UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Athel Loren landmark buildings did not display the landmark icon or tooltip.
  
• Resolved an issue where clicking on Pieces of Eight mission scrolls as the Vampire Coast incorrectly navigated to the Missions panel. The scrolls now correctly direct players to the Pieces of Eight panel, ensuring smoother navigation during treasure hunts.
  

CAMPAIGN ENVIRONMENT

• Fixed an issue on the campaign map where a horse in the Tor Saroir region (Averlorn start position) was clipping through an altar, improving visual consistency in the area.
  

BATTLE

​GENERAL/GAMEPLAY

• Fixed an issue where High Elf towers and some of the walls behind them would disappear after being destroyed in siege battles, while still functioning as intact barriers. Towers now leave rubble behind, and walls remain visible post-destruction.
  DEV NOTE: We are aware of ongoing related issues with other High Elves siege map destruction and are continuing to investigate.
  
• Fixed an issue where the enemy reinforcements displayed in the Event Message did not match those shown in the Objectives Panel for the Battle for the Armour of Glimril Scales quest battle.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Altar of Spawns settlement was not using the Norsca minor settlement battle map.
  

​BATTLE AI

• The AI is now less likely to use the General unit for solo harassment or outflanking.
  
• The AI-controlled Lord will no longer withdraw when ambushed if it has a good chance of winning.
  
• Fixed pathfinding on certain river maps to prevent the AI from attempting to cross through the water.
  
• Fixed a rare bug where enemy units were routing toward the player's units.
  
• Now, the reinforcements AI will join the fight more quickly if the main army is engaged in melee.
  
• Fixed a bug where the AI was attempting to go to the river while the enemy was already on the same side.
  
• Fixed a bug where the defending AI was constantly reforming in land battles.
  
• Now, the AI will attempt to synchronize the river assault groups based on the player’s positioning when passing through different crossings.
  DEV NOTE: Previously, if the player was defending at only one location, the AI would lose units while those crossing at another location did not engage in combat. Now, the first group will wait until the second group crosses the river, allowing them to attack together.
  

UNITS GENERAL / ANIMATIONS

• Fixed a bug where Razorgor would move too far from the chariot during one of the attack animations.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Daemon Prince of Khorne was missing one of the weapons during flying attack animations.
  
• Hans Valhirsson, the ghost dwarf, is no longer allowed to appear in ranked armies.
  
• Resolved an issue where parts of the Reiksguard and Empire Knights' helmets would disappear when viewed from behind at different levels of detail (LODs) during battles.
  
• Resolved an issue with the High Elf Princess's torso and arm armor textures distorting at certain LOD, ensuring consistent visual quality at different camera distances.
  
• Fixed the missing arm and blackened cape of High Queen Khalida at LOD3 and LOD4 levels.
  
• Fixed the visual problems with the leg armor of the Steed of Slaanesh model at different LODs.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Lahmian Vampire Lord's head texture does not appear correctly at certain LOD levels.
  

ENVIRONMENT

• Addressed several visual issues, including missing objects, texture problems, floating objects on the Badlands Wastelands map and Ice Witch Mountains – Kislev Mountains map, misplaced assets in the Haunted Forest, Dragon River Run, Black Ark, and pixelated fallen trees on the Baron’s Bluff map, among others.
  
• Moved certain objects out of the playable area on the Parched Pass - Southlands Mountains map to align with the intended design.
  
• Fixed an issue where an ogre camp battle map would occasionally load incorrectly in the Badlands marsh area of the campaign map.
  
• Fixed a lighting issue in the Battle of the Great Hall of Greasus.
  
• Fixed an issue where ground units could be deployed mid-air on the Karak Azgaraz – Dwarfs map.
  
• Fixed camera collision issues with certain assets, including those in multiplayer maps.
  

​BATTLE UI/UX

• ​The unit card for 'The Big One' in Thorek Ironbrow's quest battle, 'Klad Brakak,' is now correct.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Unit Info UI element would not appear during replays if it had been disabled during the actual battle; players can now toggle unit details in replays, so they are no longer stuck with the settings from the most recent battle.
  

MULTIPLAYER

• Fixed a bug where the battle difficulty selected in the multiplayer campaign lobby would change by one tier for each player when the campaign started.
  
• It is no longer possible to issue orders to a military force while a player is selecting a new general for the orphaned army.
  

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Hotfix 5.2.2

PERFORMANCE

• Fixed a rare crash that occurred after hitting End Turn following the construction of the Ritual of Cults building.
  
• Fixed a game freeze or unresponsiveness that occurred when starting The Great Drill of Hashut quest battle.
  

GAMEPLAY & CAMPAIGN

• Fixed an issue where, when multiple caravans or convoys were active, the first one dispatched would receive all the events. Now, the caravan or convoy that receives an event each turn is randomly selected.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ritual of Cults could cause Cults to spawn in your own settlements.
  
• Fixed an issue where a Warpstone Cache building in The Deeps would not be demolished when a Master Engineer was present.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Old Doomsphere building would not detonate when removed if a Master Engineer was not present.
  
• Fixed an issue where events associated with previously destroyed Unusual Locations would still trigger after they were removed.
  

• Fixed incorrect text on the settlement panel that showed income from The Deeps as Foreign Slot Income instead of Deeps Income.
  
• Updated the Cult of Ranald Unusual Location building description to better reflect its actual function.
  
• Updated the Beached Black Ark Unusual Location building description to better align with its actual function.
  
• Redesigned the 'News from the Sewers' event from the Cult of the Yellow Fang Unusual Location to remove any reference to the Cult of Ranald. Instead, the event now provides a Skaven-themed item, and the event text has been updated to match this change. The new item, the 'Under-Empire Map,' allows you to instantly reveal any Under-Cities in the region where this item is equipped.

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Hotfix 5.2.1

• Fixed a crash that occurred when hovering over specific settlement resource icons.
  

Patch 5.2 Additional Notes

• Fixed a softlock that occurred when declaring war while another player was watching a cinematic or flyby in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when reloading character models in the campaign.
  

• Fixed a bug where the Black Tower was not providing secondary effects when Elspeth was present in the region.
  
• Fixed a bug where bankruptcy attrition was not displayed on the army or unit cards affected by it.
  
• Fort Jakova is now facing the correct direction on the campaign map.
  
• Fixed the death animation for the Chaos Lord of Tzeentch on a Disc mount.
  
• Fixed a bug in the text for Cylostra's Emerging Terror ability, which incorrectly referred to the Mourngul Haunter hero instead of the Mourngul unit.
  
• Fixed a bug with the Red Duke's textures on the campaign map.
  
• The Bray-Shaman's Familiar follower can now be equipped by both Great Bray-Shamans and regular Bray-Shamans.
  
• Fixed a bug where Malagor appeared too zoomed out in the character details panel
  
• Fixed a bug where attacking a garrison that had only an army and no characters would prevent the battle panel from appearing.
  
• Fixed a bug where Durthu's spell skills were using the wrong colours.
  

• Changed the unit group of the RoR Doomseekers so the CAI correctly classifies them as melee units.
  

• Fixed a couple of instances where players could not interact with the pre-battle menu.
  
• Based on community feedback, Dwarf Warriors, Longbeards, and Giant Slayers no longer have their axes tinted by faction colour.
  
• Fixed an issue with the positioning of some body part assets for the Minotaurs of Khorne; they no longer have gaps in their necks.
  
• Fixed a bug where the unit cards of some units with shrapnel projectiles displayed the shrapnel range instead of their actual range.
  
• Fixed a bug with the Beastmen faction colours.
  
• War Wagons now use the correct textures for both regular and RoR versions.
  
• The Silver Bullets and Sigmar's Sons now have the correct coloured clothing.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Sarthorael the Everwatcher model was missing in battle.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Empire Knights had black colouring on their head and leg armor pieces, in contrast to the rest of their silver armor.
  
• Fixed an issue where the wrong battle map would load when fighting near mountains in Ulthuan.
  

• Fixed a bug where AI-controlled armies would not attack each other when the player was reinforcing one of them in battle.
  
• Improved the AI's use of high ground.
  
• Adjusted AI decision making when defending during an ambush battle to increase priority of fleeing the field.
  
• Increased the priority of vulnerable artillery pieces when the AI selects targets in battle.
  

• Fixed a bug where the root of the Orc Labourer's defense animation was misaligned.
  
• The Grace of Quai Yin (Celestial Dragon Crossbows) now display their crossbows while moving.
  
• Greenskin Trolls now hold their weapons correctly in walking and attack animations.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Hochland Long Rifles sword did not disappear when sheathed.
  

• Added crackle audio for the Chaos Lord of Tzeentch when mounted on a warhorse or chariot.
  

—The Total War Team

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