Thrones of Decay – Patch 5.0: Introducing the Free Content
Hello, Total War: WARHAMMER community! Welcome to the final instalment of the Thrones of Decay blog series. Much like Grandfather Nurgle, we come bearing gifts, but thankfully not ones of a pestilent nature. Instead, we have some exciting free content to dive into detail about, all of which you’ll get to experience for free when Patch 5.0 arrives alongside Thrones of Decay’s launch on April 30th.
But before we get to that; If you’ve been with us these past few weeks, you’ll no doubt know that our next DLC is shaping up to be a showdown of mohawks, maggots and machines as we welcome exciting new content to the rosters of the Empire, Dwarfs and Nurgle. Click on the links below in case you missed it to get a detailed look at the new paid content, as well as details on the free race updates.
This week, we’re delving into the final Legendary Lord to arrive in Thrones of Decay, for doing otherwise would end up with each and every one of our names in the Dammaz Kron. The Dwarfs are taking grand engineering to the next level, and with the caliber of mighty machines this guy builds, you'd be wise not to find yourself in the Great Book of Grudges.
We’re back this week with our second deep dive into Thrones of Decay. Having royally infested ourselves with Nurgle’s blessing last time, we thought it appropriate to take a refreshing trip to the Gardens of Morr with the Empire’s latest Legendary Lord; Elspeth von Draken.
And though you may have heard some rumblings already, we’re delighted to confirm that Thrones of Decay will be releasing on the 30th of April.
You can check out the introduction to Thrones of Decay and Tamurkhan, The Maggot Lord here, as well as the Nurgle Showcase on the official Total War YouTube channel.
Thrones of Decay: Introducing Tamurkhan, The Maggot Lord
Greetings!
Decay is rolling through the known world of Warhammer, and 3 new Legendary Lords have emerged to push ingenuity and conflict into a new dawn, alongside a suite of new units, lords, heroes, campaign mechanics, and more!
Thrones of Decay, our latest paid expansion, will be arriving in Total War: WARHAMMER III alongside Update 5.0.
As promised, you’ll know exactly what’s coming in Thrones of Decay before you see a “Buy Now” button, so let's unearth our latest arrivals; those of invention, of amethyst, and of pestilence.
Check out the announcement trailer below:
This week, we’re delving into the first Legendary Lord to arrive in Thrones of Decay. One of Nurgle’s greatest champions, the infested Master of Hosts and Bringer of Desolation, the Maggot Lord himself; Tamurkhan. As the stuff of lie and legend, tales of the savage commander trail back for millennia, so, it’s best we set the record straight and meet an infested warlord for the ages.
Total War: WARHAMMER III – Thrones of Decay arrives later this Spring!
Greetings WARHAMMER III fans,
Get ready for a showdown of magic, maggots and mohawks. Thrones of Decay arrives later this Spring, starring:
🏰 Elspeth von Draken 🦠 Tamurkhan, the Maggot Lord 🍺 Malakai Makaisson
...and more!
Watch the trailer:
In case you missed it, with Thrones of Decay you'll have the choice between purchasing the full DLC bundle or each faction's content individually. You can read more about how this works here.
With the full reveal of Thrones of Decay starting next week and continuing through April, I wanted to talk with you all about some pricing changes that we’re making for this DLC that we thought would be good to share ahead of our usual reveal business.
With Thrones of Decay, we'll be making a one-time change to the way in which we release our DLC, which will give you more choice in how you purchase your content.
As announced last year, Thrones of Decay welcomes all-new content for the Empire, Dwarfs and Nurgle, and we’re happy to reveal that each faction's new content will be available to purchase either as a complete bundle, or on an individual basis, i.e. if you only want to play as the Empire, you can buy this section of the DLC as a standalone purchase rather than having to buy everything, allowing you to pick and choose what you want to play.
You can read more details on how this will work in our blog right here:
We’re looking forward to revealing this new DLC for you next week, and keen to listen in on what you have to say about today's news. Please do join us over on the Total War Discord, or the Total War Forums to share your thoughts - we always appreciate it when you do!
Thanks for reading, we’ll be back early next week with more.
Adam Freeman Head of Community – Total War
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Today we're bringing you Hotfix 4.2.2 for Total War: WARHAMMER III, which tackles a few bugs, crashes, glitches, and more.
Here's what we've got:
We've made some visual adjustments to Saytang to ensure lore authenticity, aligning it with the concept art we previously shared within our blog "Patch 4.2 Shadows of Change Content Additions – Part 1: Cathay".
Fixed a crash that could occur during Sea Encounters.
Various Griffons have grabbed a slice of the Upelkuchen cake and are no longer shrunken on the Campaign map.
Replaced Assault Unit (Deal damage to one unit in the target army) with Assault Units (Deal damage spread across a random portion of units in the target army) for all characters. This affects the following heroes:
River Troll Hags
Skink Oracles
Empire Battle Wizards
Necromancers
Glade Captains
Vlad Von Carstein (As a Hero)
Frost Maidens
Iridescent Horrors
Fixed an issue where the Changeling's Trickster Cults would be revealed when any army (including enemy armies) retreats from a pre-battle involving the Changeling.
Melee units now have a bit of an easier time pinning down Katarin's sled.
Katarin's sled can now be more reliably targeted by missile weapons.
Fixed a specific issue where Legendary Heroes would not spawn if the army they intended to spawn at (usually the faction leader) was in a settlement that was under siege. We have noticed some additional edge cases of Legendary Heroes failing to spawn which we are currently investigating.
Fixed Vlad and Isabella von Carstein not being able to scout ruins when they are Heroes.
Fixed Vlad von Carstein not spreading growth as a Hero.
Celestial Lion is now a High Threat target. (All single entities are High Threat targets and take focused damage when caught in a splash attack.)
Saytang, The Watcher causes Terror, but hasn't been causing Fear as intended. We're not sure the dictionary supports our position on the difference, but Saytang is too scary for us to tell him no, so, he now causes both Fear and Terror.
Fixed the Cathay technology "Yin Hex" displaying melee units in its tooltip despite it only applying to ranged units.
Raknik Spiderclaw can now equip the Spider Banner magic standard, as the spider gods intended.
Beastmen advanced recruitment horde buildings now correctly appear in their own group.
Fixed an issue with Bretonnia Lords where their unit cards did not match their 3D model.
Druzhina now flips a coin during one of his idle animations instead of simply miming the act.
Fixed an issue in the Sisters of Twilight quest battle "Search for Ceithin-Har" where the herdstone buildings could be manually targeted and destroyed by ranged units.
Caravan Master skills that modify encounters (e.g. amount of Cargo paid as a toll or the chance of an Ambush Battle occurring) are now correctly calculated with each skill level.
Fixed Drycha not receiving the "Stolen Power" trait when unlocking Coeddil.
Fixed instances of Heinrich Kemmler's portrait being extremely wide.
Fixed Ulrika Magdova's porthole being too zoomed out.
The 3D porthole for the Chaos Lord of Tzeentch on a Disc of Tzeentch no longer focuses exclusively on his crotch.
Clan Skrat's faction leader Metastorm is now properly generated with both a face and a name.
The Kislev red line skill "Creatures of the Land" now correctly states that it applies to Frost Wyrm units.
The Bretonnian vow "Pledge to Campaign" (win a siege battle in a desert or jungle climate) can now be completed when reinforcing in battle.
Added the missing Chaos Warshrine mount to the Chaos Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch (Metal).
Renamed the Grand Cathay technology "Nan-Gau Polearms" to "Nan-Gau Weaponry" to better reflect the effects it provides.
The Chaos Sorcerer and Chaos Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch (Metal) now correctly have the "Prismatic Plurality" skill instead of "Evasion" on their magic line.
The Lizardmen Exotic Animals resource building now also affects Feral Troglodons.
The Lizardmen Exotic Animals resource building has a hidden effect reducing Recruitment costs - this effect is now visible.
The Hexoatl landmark building Blessed Incubator now also affects Feral Troglodon and Dread Saurian units.
When using the MS store version of DaVe, reprocessing the campaign no longer breaks frontend faction selection.
Fixed the camera clipping into the terrain in the intro cutscene to Grombrindal's quest battle "Rune Helm of Zhufbar".
Recently we learned that one of the random names generated from the High Elf pool had connotations that could be tied to an abominable character from 20th Century history. Upon learning this, our teams have taken immediate action to return to WARHAMMER II so that we can release an update removing the name.
As the name is also accessible within WARHAMMER III, we've similarly directed our team to make the very same update here as well.
We apologise that the name has been present in the game for this long, and are grateful to those who brought it to our attention so that we could take action.
Once again, thank you for your continued input and feedback on Patch 4.2.0, Hotfix 4.2.1, and the game as a whole. Please keep sharing your insights with us on our official forums, and we'll see you on the battlefield!
— The Total War Team
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