Darktide News and Patch Notes 
 Warhammer 40k: Darktide 

Free Update - Battle For Tertium

Hello Everyone, Alongside the release of the Arbites Class on June 23, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide will also receive a free update, dubbed Battle for Tertium. New Player Journey The core player experience has been reworked to provide a new...

15 hours ago

June Update: Early Balance Look

Hey Everyone! Welcome to a new series of balancing blogs for Darktide! Going forward we will be doing regular balance changes to the game alongside big updates. As part of this journey we want to include you, the community, by sharing our ...

3 days ago

Extended Arbites Gameplay

7 minutes of Arbites gameplay! Aspiring Arbitrators of the Lex Imperialis! As we promised with the release of the Arbites Gameplay Trailer at the PC Gaming Show, we’re bringing you a 7 minute long video showing gameplay of Arbitrators and...

1 week ago

A Farewell from StrawHat

Heya Everyone, I’ve got some news to share. Perhaps some of you have guessed it because I haven’t been around much lately! I am moving off of Darktide. First, it’s not because of y’all! I’d like to think we’ve built a good rapport and the c...

1 week ago

Introducing: Dev Blog - Arbites Talent Tree

Hello everyone! This is one of several developer blogs centered around different aspects of the recently announced upcoming class, the Arbites! This dev blog will focus on the class’ talent tree! We’ve interviewed Design Director Victor and...

1 week ago

Dev Blog: The Voices of the Lex

Hey Everyone, With the introduction of Arbitrators to the Mourningstar and to celebrate the upcoming release of our new DLC we’re going to talk a bit about the voice work. Matthew Ward, Michael Knight and David Wahlund tell us what it’s li...

1 week ago

Arbites Gameplay Reveal

Watch the gameplay reveal and get details on the Deluxe Edition! During today’s PC Gaming Show, we gave you a first gameplay glimpse at the Adeptus Arbites and announced the Deluxe Edition. Check out the gameplay trailer below to see the Ar...

1 week ago

Behind The Arbitrators - BTS Dev Blog

Hey Everyone, To celebrate the upcoming release of our new DLC and the introduction of Arbitrators to the Mourningstar, we’re going to delve into the lore behind them. As always, we want to give you an overview, but we’ll be leaving some t...

1 week ago

Introducing: The Cyber-Mastiff - Dev Blog

A cybernetically-enhanced attack hound never far from your side. Send your kill-dog to disable priority targets, maul enemies, and provide vital support to your strike team. Hello everyone! This is the first of several developer blogs cent...

2 weeks ago

Hotfix #68 (1.7.6) - Patch Notes

Heya Everyone, Hotfix #68 (1.7.6) is currently rolling out across our platforms. In the meantime, you can read the notes below! Admonition Ascendant Fixes Fixed some instances where the top part of the nurgle totem would fall straight thr...

3 weeks ago

Arbites Class Coming June 23

Hello Everyone, We hope you enjoyed Warhammer Skulls 2025 as much as we did! We’re excited to finally reveal what we’ve been building behind the scenes. The Arbites Class is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on June 23, 2025, across all...

4 weeks ago

Special Event to Celebrate Skulls 2025! Tune in tonight for our big reveal!

Admonition Ascendant - Live Now! Starting May 22 and until June 9, to celebrate Skulls, the forces of Nurgle will be stirring in Darktide with the Admonition Ascendant Special Event. During this time-limited event, players will encounter N...

4 weeks ago

Hotfix #67 (1.7.5) - Patch Notes

Hey Everyone, Hotfix #67 (1.7.5) is currently rolling out across our platforms. In the meantime, you can read the notes below. General Fixes & Changes If a player is part of a Strike Team when they enter the Mourningstar, the text chat w...

4 weeks ago

Tune in at Skulls

Tune in during Skulls to find out what is coming next to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide! We cannot wait to reveal what we have in store for you! May 22 - 18:00 CEST / 09:00 PT Twitch.tv/warhammer youtube.com/@officialwarhammer -Da...

1 month ago

New Event: Communication Breakdown!

The Traitorous 6th have disrupted Hive communications with tainted technology. You must root out these tech-heresies and restore regular Hive communications. To make progress in the event, find Tainted Communications Devices and complete...

1 month ago