What changed in Total War: WARHAMMER III in 2026

Addressed issues around the Chaos Invasions.

Resolved issues preventing vassalization of Norscan factions.

Ensured proper counting of plagues that spread to settlements.

Upkeep costs for Tiger Warrior Stalkers and Dual Axes have been reduced.

Fixed benefits targeting Melee infantry to include Tiger Warriors.

Desert Tigress Insignia for Jade Crossbows now provides increased Armour-piercing missile weapon damage.

Addressed functionality loss when opened while the army is moving.

Addressed animation issues with Lord Magistrate on a Sky Lantern mount.

Fixed an issue with the Clawspeaker Hero provided to Caravan Lords.

Fleet of Foot traits now provide a movement range bonus instead of 'Strider'.

Fixed effective range alignment with the sky lantern.

Addressed softlock issue after Mirror of Madness battle.

Addressed missing sound effects in quest battles.

Ensured mission 'Chaos Invasion: Despoilers' spawns a functional Cultist of Khorne.

Corrected tab opening behavior in Armies of Shang-Yang.

Completing Zhao Ming’s goals now provides a better chance to receive higher tier units.

Fixed recruitment cost reduction from Prophecy of the White Tiger buildings.

Recruitment costs for Tiger Warrior Iron Claws, Stalkers, and Dual Axes have been reduced.

Fixed AI behavior regarding single entity targets.

Fixed an issue where enemy units wouldn’t respond appropriately to incoming missile fire.

Fixed an issue where Taoyan did not have Harmony despite not being a Tiger Warrior character.

Adjusted upkeep, missile strength, and reload time for Sentry of Mettle.

Increased the HP of the Alchemist when mounted on a Sky Lantern to be consistent with the standard Sky Lantern unit.

Adjusted upkeep, missile strength, and reload time for Sentry of Mettle.

Added a range of 35 to Astromantic Warding & Heavenly Bonds abilities.

Fixed an issue preventing insignias from being assignable to RoR units.

Fixed an issue where the Sky Lantern was wrongly categorized as only Yang.

Improved performance in regions affected by Slaanesh corruption.

Fixed an issue where the objective to kill Lord Dechunga wouldn’t complete when he was routed.

Corrected stats for Optimised Logistics and Preparedness Drills skills.

Fixed an issue so that one of the Gate Master’s buffs shows properly as a percentage in their UI.

Cost reduced from 800g to 600g in multiplayer.

Added a range of 35 to Astromantic Warding & Heavenly Bonds abilities.

Cost reduced from 1100g to 950g and AP weapon damage increased.

Fixed a recurring issue where having hotkeys enabled disrupted some of Bhashiva’s narrative dilemmas.

Corrected the Melee Defence stat for The Jade Standard skill from 10 to 4.

Fixed an issue where the Alchemist was missing casting animations while mounted in the Sky Lantern.

Fixed an issue where a notification from the Armies of Shang-Yang campaign mechanic would wrongly trigger.

Fixed an issue preventing insignias from being assignable to RoR units.

Fixed an issue where the Alchemist was missing casting animations while mounted in the Sky Lantern.

Fixed incorrect icon and ability shown over the 'Cooldown to all spells' effect.

Reduced spell intensity by the 'Celestial Conduit' skill from 20 to 10.

Fixed a missing percentage sign and improved presentation for the Alchemist skill.

Increased the HP of the Alchemist when mounted on a Sky Lantern to match standard Sky Lantern unit.

Fixed 'Cooldown to all spells' effect to work on the Transformation of Kadon for factions not summoning a Manticore.

Merged units now retain upgrades and can be refunded after losing them in battle or disbanding.

The Bhashiva Character Pack is now accessible on Mac & Linux.

Upgrades are now refunded and can be re-bought when merging units or losing them in battle.

Reduced spell intensity by the 'Celestial Conduit' skill from 20 to 10.

The Bhashiva Character Pack is now accessible on Mac & Linux.

Fixed a missing chain link on chest pieces armour for the Clawspeaker.

Melee Defence stat for The Jade Standard reduced from 10 to 4.

Fixed an issue where one of the Gate Master’s buffs did not show properly as a percentage.

Fixed an issue where most hotkeys would stop functioning after dismissing The White Tiger's Calling event.

Corrected stats for Optimised Logistics and Preparedness Drills skills.

Fixed an issue where a notification would wrongly trigger after completing a mission.

Fixed an issue where enemy units wouldn’t respond appropriately to incoming missile fire.

Fixed an issue causing a hardlock when opening the Tiger Court or Armies of Shang-Yang panel.

Fixed incorrect icon and ability shown over the 'Cooldown to all spells' effect.

Fixed an issue where the second phase objective wouldn’t complete when Lord Dechunga was routed.

Fixed an issue where having hotkeys enabled would cause an error in the Armies of Shang-Yang panel.

Fixed a missing chain link on chest pieces armour for the Clawspeaker.

Improved performance on regions affected by Slaanesh corruption.

Buildings from the Conscription chain can now properly upgrade and convert from Yin to Yang and vice versa.

Fixed the 'Reveal Relics' camera triggering too early during events.

Cost reduced from 1100g to 950g, AP weapon damage increased from 35 to 40.

Buildings from the Conscription chain can now properly upgrade and convert from Yin to Yang.

Fixed an issue where Taoyan did not have Harmony despite not being a Tiger Warrior character.

Fixed 'Cooldown to all spells' effect to work on the Transformation of Kadon.

Fixed an issue where having hotkeys enabled caused an error in the Armies of Shang-Yang panel.

Fixed a recurring issue where having hotkeys enabled would disrupt some of Bhashiva’s narrative dilemmas.

Fixed an issue causing a hardlock when opening the Tiger Court or Armies of Shang-Yang panel.

Fixed the camera triggering too early during the Reveal Relics event.

Cost reduced from 800g to 600g in multiplayer.

Cost reduced from 900g to 800g and Melee Defence increased by 4.

Cost reduced from 900g to 800g, Melee Defence increased by 4.

Fixed a missing percentage sign for the bonus value of the Alchemist skill 'Metallurgic Refining'.

Fixed an issue where most hotkeys would stop functioning after dismissing The White Tiger's Calling event.

Fixed an issue where the Sky Lantern was wrongly categorized as both Yin & Yang.

Soundtracks for Total War: WARHAMMER I, II, and III are now available to listen to on music streaming platforms.

Bhashiva the White Tiger of Shang-Yang and her mercenary company The Claws of the White Tiger have joined the fray.

Introduces Bhashiva, The White Tiger, as a new playable Legendary Lord and new Tiger Warrior units for Grand Cathay.

Soundtracks can be purchased and added to your library via Steam.

New units forged by ancient tradition and campaign mechanics reflecting a mercenary force.

A free Legendary Hero will be included with the upcoming Patch 8.0.

Introducing Bhashiva, the Desert Tigress, along with new units and campaign mechanics.

Hotfix 7.2.2 prevents the game from crashing on boot when online services are unavailable, allowing successful boot in offline mode.

Includes title and tags even when not subscribed or subscribed by a different user

Includes improvements for users with very large mod lists

Addresses UI confusion when local modder versions match subscribed versions

Search now matches against mod title, pack file name, and Steam Workshop mod ID

Multiple fixes and improvements made

Profile not shown until mouse moved over the window

Resolved for some setups

Resolved issues in the mod profile table

Icons now indicate whether a mod is subscribed and up to date

Made tooltip text clearer and more helpful

Fixed an issue with Eternal Dance scripted tour when the user selects and deselects Army Lord with access to Eternal dance.

Fixed the character's HP values not updating correctly when obtaining HP increasing skills.

Fixed a visual issue, where effects applying fire weakness to enemy units were colored red like they're a negative for the player.

The unit models for the Devotees of Slaanesh have been redesigned to be higher quality, with more detail and unit variation.

Fixed an issue where the UI could softlock the player after finishing a Quest Battle tutorial as Karl Franz.

On the Prologue Campaign disbanding Generals no longer will causes a crash.

Fixed an issue where recruiting lords at higher level with a mount spawns them with missing HP.

Fixed a crash when closing Throt's Flesh Laboratory.

Diplomacy double click shortcut is disabled when the scripted tour for Witch's Hut is active to prevent opening the Diplomacy panel.

Fixed an issue where some settlements weren't displaying the icon of the trade resource they're providing.

Resolved situations where the AI army is taking too much time to storm the settlement after routing the enemy units in front of city gates.

Fixed Sayl downgrading his own fortress gates to level 1 whenever he confederates another Norsca faction.

Amended Aislinn VO to use the correct VO actor when mounted on the Star Dragon.

Fixed an issue where effects from Black Ark buildings weren't applying to the Black Ark itself.

Fixed a bug with incorrect diplomatic relationship type icon displayed in some event messages.

The Exalted Hero of Slaanesh should now have the Siege Attacker attribute when mounted on all their mounts.

Fixed issues with Elspeth’s Gunnery School missions and progression issues.

Fixed an issue where Multiplayer would crash if any player was playing as Kairos.

Fixed an issue where Kairos couldn’t change spells in Fragments of Sorcery once confederated.

Fixed an issue so that the Nemesis Crown dilemma should no longer display a placeholder image.

Fixed an issue where the option to Subjugate a faction would sometimes not appear after defeating them.

Fixed an issue where you could only select 1 spell after resetting skill points for Kairos Fateweaver.

Fixed an issue where Pleasurable Acts for N'kari and The Masque would incorrectly have a 10 turn cooldown.

Fixed an issue where Norscan Marauding actions would incorrectly have a 5 turn cooldown.

Fixed performance issues when using Chinese Text language on high UI Scale (160% to 200%) on 4K Resolution.

Fixed broken Encampment stance for Dragonship horde armies (Aislinn unaffected).