What changed in Total War: WARHAMMER III in 2022

Familiar Landmarks arrive in Immortal Empires.

Endgame Scenarios make their way to multiplayer.

Artillery dodging has also been adjusted.

Players can now customize endgame scenarios for multiplayer matches.

The eight original WARHAMMER I Lords receive brand-new selection videos.

Further tweaks to the victory objectives of several Legendary Lords including Kislev, Tomb Kings and the Ogre Kingdoms.

A sweep of balance changes to Tomb Kings, Vampire Counts, Skaven and more.

Changes to how the AI dodges spells, artillery and other ranged attacks, along with new difficulty adjustments.

Landmarks from Mortal Empires and the Realm of Chaos maps arrive in Immortal Empires, along with new landmarks and 10-slot settlements for select factions.

Addressed a scripting error that would sometimes prevent Immortal Empires from launching when using modded factions and races.

Resolved a problem where units resurrected by a healing spell had their healing cap removed, granting them immortality.

Monsters invade the old world with the introduction of Regiments of Renown III.

Additional flavour for special settlement garrisons, allowing them to use additional units.

Changes to settlements and garrisons to reduce the frequency of settlement battles.

Added a game mode split option in ranked multiplayer for greater control over online experience.

Adjustments to AI aggression, strategy, and overall game difficulty.

A new endgame crisis brings ruin-death to all.

Rebalance reducing the importance of victory types and focusing on enemy unit destruction.

Adjustments to the victory objectives of several legendary lords, including Lizardmen, High Elves, and Empire.

All the latest fixes and features have been integrated into the game.

Latest updates include Immortal Empires and Champions of Chaos.

Players on macOS can now download recent game builds and connect with friends.

Addressed an issue which impacted the game performance when running on Intel’s Raptor Lake CPU.

Players can choose between Land and Domination Battles in the ranked queue.

Announcement of the third Regiments of Renown pack on the way.

Announcement of a new endgame crisis feature.

Numerous adjustments are being made to the number of Settlement Battles encountered throughout a campaign.

Adjustments to make AI more aggressive, better at scaling with difficulty, employing smarter tactics, and being better allies and vassals.

Opened two Steam Beta branches to allow players to roll back to earlier builds to avoid the end turn crash issue.

The 'Rollback' branch has been added as an opt-in beta branch on Steam, allowing users to revert to Update 2.0.

Fixed a crash when manually defending during minor and major Settlement Battles.

Warriors of Chaos can now subjugate all human and elven races.

Targets now have some time to react to Stationary Vortex spells.

An Ultimate Crisis setting to trigger all endgame scenarios in the same playthrough has been added.

Upon capturing their final settlement, Archaon and Be'lakor can confederate other Warriors of Chaos factions.

Reduced penalties when the Empire incurs their first losses.

Helman Ghorst has been rebalanced to align with other battlefield units.

The Assembly Kit has arrived for the modding community.

Regiments of Renown units are now available to appropriate factions, with some cost reductions.

Dwarfs gain spell resistance, additional movement options, and buffs to their Hammerers.

All Legendary Lords now start with the Siege Attacker trait.

The High Elf Archmage is no longer unstoppable when mounted on a dragon.

Rule changes to Domination Battles to extend their duration.

Players will be able to load mods that change how Immortal Empires plays.

It is now harder to confederate minor factions but easier to confederate major ones.

Vilitch has access to the Tzeentch teleport stance.

Vilitch gains increased spell mastery, melee defence, and melee attack the longer they're in combat or casting spells.

Players can now request allies to occupy settlements, including colonizing ruins.

Vilitch can steal +15% of the experience earned by other Lords.

Download size reduced from 120GB to approximately 104GB.

Immortal Empires will be localized in the same languages as Total War: WARHAMMER III.

Introduction of new end-game scenarios for players to experience.

Introduction of a new mechanic to help players navigate the map.

Balancing efforts for factions from Total War: WARHAMMER I and II to compete with WARHAMMER III factions.

Immortal Empires will support cross-play across Microsoft, Steam, and Epic platforms.

Vilitch the Curseling, a new Legendary Lord, is revealed as part of the Champions of Chaos Lords pack.

Vilitch converts a portion of their own battle casualties into Souls.

Vilitch has access to the Changing of the Ways ability.

Daemon factions will no longer automatically declare war on non-Daemon factions.

Reload-time reductions for ranged units are now easier to understand and less prone to overperformance.

New victory conditions inspired by the lore for the campaign.

The front-end and faction-select UI have been improved for better usability.

Be'Lakor introduced as a playable Legendary Lord in Immortal Empires.

Battle AI's capture-point behavior and target priority have been enhanced.

Two new DLC packs are available, enhancing the game with new content.

A brand-new game mode that integrates content from WARHAMMER I and II.

A new grand-scale campaign mode combining content from all three Total War: WARHAMMER titles.

Teleport stance usage cost is reduced by -25% Winds of Magic for Vilitch's army.

Forces receive benefits for having high Winds of Magic.

Vassals gain increased barrier hit points and spread Tzeentch’s corruption.

Valkia has unique abilities including Daemonshield and Spear of Slaupnir, along with faction effects like increased campaign movement range and bloodletting.

Valkia the Bloody, a new Legendary Lord, will be available in the Champions of Chaos pack.

The Champions of Chaos DLC, featuring Valkia and other Lords, will be released on August 23rd.

A new system restricts which units can be included in armies based on the lord's alignment.

Confederation for the Warriors of Chaos will be enabled in a post-release patch due to technical issues.

Monogod factions will see their rosters nearly double in size with new heroes and lords.

New DLC Lords have unique tech trees and campaign mechanics tailored to their specific God.

Warriors of Chaos can access a mix of mortal and daemonic units with a new 'Warband' and 'Gifted' unit system.

Four Legendary Lords aligned with the four Chaos Gods are introduced in the upcoming DLC.

Battle healing cap is increased by +25% for the Lord’s Army.

Festus the Leechlord, a new Legendary Lord, will be available on August 23rd.

Festus can heal his own combatants with Healing Elixirs, but it is mutually exclusive with his damage-dealing ability.

Vassals gain poison attacks and spread Nurgle’s corruption.

Festus can deal damage to enemy combatants with the Harbinger of Pestilence ability, which is mutually exclusive with Healing Elixirs.

Festus can brew Plagues, providing strategic advantages.

Plague duration is increased by +3 turns for local armies.

Gain +25 souls when a plague is spread.

Tehenhauin can now unlock Regiments of Renown units by leveling up.

Norsca can enact commandments over provinces to solidify their holdings.

Tech tree updates to boost economy and improved benefits from constructing Temples.

Many units now available earlier and more easily through recruitment buildings.

Primal Instincts ability triggers earlier, providing greater bonuses without triggering Rampage.

Leadership increases to most units, adjustments to Ethereal units, and ability to recruit Mournguls if Vampire Coast DLC is owned.

Skill tree adjustments to fit the new magic system with powerful effects.

Rakarth can now capture and tame new beasts including Sabretusks and Feral Bears.

Free skeletons are no longer available, requiring players to adapt their strategies.

Norsca can now construct buildings to exploit various resources for bonuses.

Starts mounted on Corpse Cart with skills enhancing aura abilities.

Krell is now a permanent summon by default, enhancing Kemmler's combat stats.

New missions to hunt Daemonic enemies with scaling mission durations.

Raise Dead pools now offer better units by default and scale with Vampiric corruption.

Increased magic reserves and enhanced spell mastery ability.

Morathi can now recruit Daemonettes and has unique interactions with Slaanesh corruption.

Slaves are now a faction-level resource with new ways to generate income.

New effects such as increased healing caps and extra Winds of Magic introduced.

Norsca can now access their complete building tree anywhere in the world.

The game will no longer search for files which do not exist and will no longer scale the number of searches based on the number of mods being run.

Four new Regiments of Renown units, each aligned to a different Chaos God.

Winning battles grants Souls that can be exchanged for power and Daemonic reinforcements.

Includes 36 new 'Marked' versions of mortal Chaos units and 8 new 'Marked' Lord and Hero characters.

The pack includes four new Warriors of Chaos Legendary Lords aligned with the Chaos Gods.

Occupying Dark Fortresses allows construction of powerful strongholds and vassal acquisition.

New campaign mechanics available in both Immortal Empires and Realm of Chaos campaigns.

Significant overhaul of the Warriors of Chaos race mechanics, available for free.

Champions of Chaos can recruit forces instantly and units can ascend ranks.

Introduction of a new Chaos Warshrine with four 'Marked' variants.

Champions can spend Souls to promote Lords and Sorcerers to Daemon Princes.

Introducing the Champions of Chaos Lords Pack, releasing on August 23rd.

New variants of Warriors of Chaos including Great Weapons, Hellscourges, and Halberds.

The change that allowed overlapping units to be treated as a single unit has been reverted to restore the importance of troop positioning.

Sigvald is now a standalone force with new abilities including Seductive Influence.

Warriors of Chaos can unlock powerful rewards by offering defeated souls to the Gods, enhancing battle proficiency.

Be'lakor has access to four powerful Unholy Manifestations aligned with the Chaos Gods, offering unique benefits.

Grombrindal moves to Naggaroth to seek revenge against the Dark Elves.

Vlad and Isabella can be played within the same campaign, with one unlocking the other as a hero.

Volkmar embarks on a pilgrimage in the lower Southlands, sealing away the Books of Nagash to increase his Zeal.

Helman Ghorst moves eastwards to be closer to Nagashizzar in search of necromantic knowledge.

Kholek Suneater now resides north of the Mountains of Mourn, seeking a monolithic settlement.

Be'lakor can corrupt defeated human Lords, converting them into Daemon Princes to reinforce his army.

Be'lakor, the first daemon prince of Chaos, is now a fully-playable Legendary Lord with unique abilities and mechanics.

Several Legendary Lords now have their own dedicated factions and starting positions in Immortal Empires.

Miao Ying can now properly use her Eye of the Storm ability in combat.

A new set of elite troops focusing on mounted units for all seven factions.

Fixes to the Kurgan Warband spawn rates during the Grand Cathay campaign.

Adjustments to AI teleportation and final encounter with Be’lakor.

Numerous improvements to unit responsiveness to orders and movement commands in battle.

Changes to the duration and strength of plague attrition effects.

Increasing the frequency of field battles has been postponed to a future update.

Improvements to the Cathayan Formation Attack ability.

Adjustments to traits and skill trees to improve gameplay experience.

Miao Ying can now access her Eye of the Storm ability in dragon form.

Several adjustments to make the Realm of Chaos less punishing or tedious.

Ranked matchmaking now includes Land and Domination battles.

Land Battles have joined the ranked matchmaking queue.

AI improvements to their battle strategy, as well as fixes to prevent them from abusing skills and abilities.

Additional character trait reworks and skill tree updates for the Legendary Lords.

AI will no longer use abilities that players cannot access.

Various fixes for player-reported issues and feedback notes.

Added melee defense and improved entity behavior for Cathay's Formation Attack.

Enhancements to unit navigation and reaction to orders.

Seven new elite units will be added to each of the game's core races.

Changes made to prevent continuous spawning of Kurgan Warband armies.

Much-needed adjustments to how the AI Tzeentch faction utilizes Changing of the Ways.

Minor Tzeentch factions can no longer use this ability; cooldown increased.

AI will now engage more meaningfully in battles rather than focusing on backline units.

Kairos Fateweaver will begin at the Fortress of Dawn.

Starting positions for 29 factions have been altered in Immortal Empires to enhance lore-friendliness and racial diversity.

Markus Wulfhart will start in The Creeping Jungle.

Volkmar the Grim will begin in Sudenberg.

The Daemon Prince will start in the Forest of Decay.

N'Kari will start at the Shrine of Kurnous.

Karl Franz will start his campaign in the settlement of Altdorf.

Skarbrand will start in Deff Gorge.

Ku'gath Plaguefather will begin at Dragon Fang Mount.

Balthasar Gelt will begin his journey in the settlement of Pfeildorf.

The number of playable Legendary Lords has increased from 74 to 86 in the Immortal Empires campaign.

Sea Lanes allow for flexible travel across the Immortal Empires map, enhancing gameplay with new strategic options.

The Immortal Empires map is the largest in Total War history, featuring 554 settlements and 278 starting factions.

Be’Lakor is now a Legendary Lord with his own faction.

New randomized challenges introduced to enhance late-game gameplay.

Supports 8-player campaigns with limited Legendary Lord choices for non-owners.

Simplified victory requirements to enhance player satisfaction.

New factions for Grombrindal, Helman Ghorst, and Volkmar the Grim.

Immortal Empires combines content from all three Total War: WARHAMMER titles into a massive battlefield.

Enhanced personal faction mechanics for select older Legendary Lords.

New tools for managing corruption and natural reduction for uncorrupted factions.

29 older Legendary Lords receive new starting locations.

New feature allows armies to move between distant lands without leapfrogging.

Players can access all 86 Legendary Lords from the Total War: WARHAMMER series.

Fixed an issue which caused the unit formation orders (issued by right-clicking and dragging) to feel cumbersome and unresponsive.

Adds elite troops to the Campaign and Battles.

Addresses concerns with Siege Battles and an overbearing 'anti-player bias'.

A long list of fixes for Campaigns and Battles based on player feedback.

Fixes key Campaign issues identified over the first months of WARHAMMER III.

Mounts now automatically unlock for all mounted characters—no skill points necessary!

Updates (and more) for every playable race.

Numerous improvements to Unit Responsiveness during Battles.

Total War: WARHAMMER III is now available on macOS.

First improvements to unit responsiveness implemented.

A one-on-one training montage to bulk up The Daemon Prince.

Fixes for numerous issues blocking players from completing the Prologue.

Balance updates for most factions and several faction-specific units.

Units must now brace against a charging attacker for Charge Reflection to take effect.

Numerous crash fixes and performance optimizations implemented.

A major overhaul of the Realm of Chaos mechanics introduced.

Fix for a bugged interaction between the Everlasting Gift tech and Gift of Slaneesh upgrade.

Major updates to the Domination multiplayer mode including larger starting armies and updated supply mechanics.

Two returning Domination battlefields: Arnheim and Battle for Itza.

Major adjustments to the Daemons of Chaos Gifts and Gift Sets.

Fix to ensure that Supply Lines values update properly when disbanding a Lord.

Players may encounter issues such as unavailable crossplay and graphical problems when using different resolution monitors.

Detailed steps provided for players to opt-in and download the special Steam Beta branch.

Players can opt-in to a Steam Beta branch that includes a fix for the ALT+Tab crash issue.

Aiming to release the mod manager and enable Workshop support alongside Update 1.1.

The strength of the negative Realm traits has been reduced by roughly ~50%.

When a player intercepts an AI Lord at the Forge of Souls, their souls will now be lost, forcing them to restart their collection.

Fixes for several issues with charges, bracing, and impact damage for Nurgle units.

The 'Protection' building chain can now be used to prevent rifts from spawning in the province in which they're built.

Changes made to improve the rate of infantry units' responsiveness to match that in Total War: WARHAMMER II.

Daemon Legendary Lords will no longer be burdened by the negative traits of their respective patron god.

Prologue will no longer stick after the Battle of Fort Devingard.

The rewards for gaining Souls have been improved by providing additional bonuses for a limited period of time.

Increasing the size of all starting armies in Domination for Grand Cathay, currently the biggest underperformer.

Aiming to have a Steam Beta for ALT+Tab crash fix available next week.

Fixes for various achievement unlocking issues.

Conflict between the 'Everlasting Gift' tech and 'Gift of Slaanesh' upgrade will be resolved.

Factions can now remove negative 'corrupted by' traits when in a region dominated by their favored corruption.

Significant adjustments to the units of the Ogre Kingdoms due to overperformance in ranked matchmaking and tournaments.

Several crash fixes implemented based on community reports.

Soft lock when ending your turn after losing Yuri has been fixed.

Traits gained in the Realm of Chaos will now be removed when a Legendary Lord completes the survival battle within that realm.

Be’lakor's ability 'Shadow Shroud' is now associated with his unique trait.

Fix to address the bug where the upkeep cost of the Supply Lines mechanic would fail to update after disbanding armies.

Smaller tweaks to Kislev units while observing the effects of other changes and bug fixes.

Reduced excessive install times required for small patches.

Resolved problem where VSync was forced on for some players, limiting framerate.

Game will now show an error if installed to a folder path with non-English characters.

Fixed game stuttering when played on Windows 11 with Intel Alder Lake processors.

Includes forced V-sync and fixes for Alderlake generation processors.

Fixes for desyncs and boot issues preventing certain players from playing.

Bug fix for the Supply Line issue included in the upcoming update.

The fix for the ALT+Tab crash resulted in new graphical issues and will be available in a Steam Beta branch.

First of several improvements to cut down unpacking time after downloading updates.

Numerous balance tweaks to various factions planned for the upcoming update.

Aiming to include bug fixes, balance tweaks, and gameplay changes in various areas.

Fixed an issue which prevented invites to a multiplayer lobby from working properly.

The game now runs in DirectX 11 compatibility mode for all users by default to prevent issues with DirectX 12 beta.

Fixed an issue where the multiplayer lobby would refresh too quickly, preventing players from being able to select and join a room.

Improved how 12th generation Intel CPUs (Alder Lake family) interact with the game, providing more consistent framerates.

Approximate installation size for Total War: WARHAMMER III is ~120 GB.

Instructions provided for pre-installing the game via Steam.

Pre-load for Total War: WARHAMMER III begins on February 15th for pre-purchased players.

Players can enter as spectators during battles and control their own forces.

Players can choose to take sequential turns for a more thoughtful pace.

All players may take their turns simultaneously to enhance the multiplayer experience.

Three unique campaigns available for multiplayer: Realm of Chaos, Darkness & Disharmony, and Something Rotten in Kiselv.

Players can gift regions of the map to allies to support them in battles.

Players can play as mercenaries, commandeering troops from either army.

Explore the customization options available to the Daemon Prince as you play and grow in power.

Meet The Daemon Prince—a Legendary Lord risen in the name of Chaos Undivided.

Watch gameplay footage from Total War: WARHAMMER III featuring the Daemon Prince.