What changed in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 in 2018

Indicates when you get friendly fire with a color change.

Helps edit the way your UI looks, allowing repositioning, scaling, and changing direction of UI elements.

Shows the country code in front of the host’s name.

Allows hosting a quick play session even if playing solo.

Changes the sensitivity to match how much you zoom, making your game more precise.

Times the lifespan of monsters and lords and shows it in the chat.

Provides advanced filtering options for your character inventory.

Displays information about buffs.

Shows a short message in chat when someone picks up hidden keys.

Auto-hides information from the screen while playing a level, making everything crisp and clean.

Shows properties and traits on respective reroll screens and keeps the same item slotted after rerolling.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2, now with more blood.

Fixes the crosshairs to accurately represent your spread.

Tweaks that empower the fighting capabilities of bots in a fair manner.

The third wave of sanctioned mods includes 14 new mods for use in the Official Realm.

Increased damage multiplier versus bosses from 1.5 to 3.0.

Fixed an issue where you could become stuck with a wide crosshair when firing the Brace of Pistols.

Updated hit-impact sounds and tuned animation playback speed of light attacks.

Fixed a crash that could occur where the file 'D3DCOMPILER_47.dll' was missing for some players.

Various localization fixes to Simplified Chinese, Polish, and English languages.

Increased damage over time and duration, decreased stagger radius and impact damage.

Increased damage against Bosses, Power boost, dodge range, speed, and efficient dodge count.

Hit-impact sounds, hit-stop animations, precision sweeps, and impact vectors configured. Heavy attack damage templates switched to heavy one-handed versions, increasing damage output against armor.

Increased damage multiplier versus bosses from 1.5 to 2.5.

Fixed crashes related to Bardin's Drakefire Pistols and at the end of Engines of War.

The way latency is calculated has been changed to include processing time for both host and client.

Character specific 'hurry up' voice lines added for Lohner.

Each hero receives a new weapon available through Okri's Challenges for owners of Back to Ubersreik.

New algorithm for random mission selection in Quickplay to avoid repetition.

Three remastered missions from Vermintide 1: Horn of Magnus, Gardens of Morr, and Engines of War have been added for DLC owners.

Various bug fixes including issues with ladders, respawning, and fall damage.

The second DLC for Vermintide 2, Back to Ubersreik, is now available, introducing new missions and weapons.

Fixed multiple audio issues including sounds not playing for certain actions and weapons.

Players must now own the DLC to join DLC missions via Quickplay, affecting both Back to Ubersreik and Shadows over Bögenhafen.

Increased damage and stagger for first two targets of heavy combo sweeping attacks by 47%.

Dodge improvements have been made to make them more reliable across the board.

Increased damage for light attacks by 7%; increased damage cleave for heavy attacks.

Increased damage for sweeping light attacks by 28% versus Infantry, Monsters and Frenzy; added new slam mechanic to first heavy attack.

Increased Infantry, Monster and Frenzy damage by 19%; increased Armored damage by 62%.

Fixed an issue with Drake Pistols.

Increased heavy attack damage versus Infantry, Monster and Frenzy by 51%; increased heavy attack damage versus armored by 283%.

Gaining temporary health pauses temp health decay for 3 seconds and removed stamina regain burst when gaining temp health.

Reduced cleave on all shots by 33%.

Increased light attack damage by 33% for attack three and four; increased heavy attack damage against first target hit by 45%.

Increased shotgun damage versus monsters by 33%; increased range of push attack from 2 to 2.5 meters.

Reduced cleave on all shots by 25%.

Increased damage for Heavy attacks by 8%; increased stagger strength for Light attacks by 72%.

Increased range of shotgun push.

Dodge improvements have been made to make them more reliable across the board.

Tuned down damage of Repeating Handgun and Brace of Pistols slightly.

After pushing, shields start recovering stamina 50% faster than other weapons.

Reduced strength of pushes, notably shield pushes.

Two-Handed Axes got increased damage and cleave of heavy attacks. Removed precision targeting from light attacks.

Fixed issue with Drake Pistols dealing damage to armored enemies.

Repeating Handgun reload time increased from 1.3 to 1.6 seconds.

Removed stamina regain burst when gaining temp health.

Increased damage and stagger of Flamestorm Staff and Drakegun.

Sword and Dagger now has 10% crit chance bonus on all attacks.

Reduced 1h Axe armor damage and stagger, especially versus Chaos Warriors.

Gaining temporary health pauses temp health decay for 3 seconds.

The second DLC for Vermintide 2, 'Back to Ubersreik', coming in December 2018.

Increased heavy attack base armor penetration modifier from 0.3 to 0.65, reduced headshot modifier from 2 to 1.5.

Taking damage reduces the damage you take from subsequent hits by 30% for 2 seconds. This effect can only trigger once every 2 seconds.

Reduced the armor penetration modifier for critical strikes from 0.5 to 0.4 on light stab(push attack).

Additional tweaks to the temporary health gained from Heal on Kill, Heal on Cleave and Heal on Stagger talents.

Ranged critical hits reduce the cooldown of your Career Skill by 5%. Effect can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

Increased critical hit modifier for damage and stagger vs armor from 0.5 to 0.75.

Reduced the armor penetration modifier for critical strikes from 0.5 to 0.4 on light stab.

Melee critical strikes reduce the cooldown of your Career Skill by 5%. Effect can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

Now restores 5% of your maximum ammunition on a critical hit. Can only trigger once per shot.

Reduced the armor penetration modifier for critical strikes from 0.5 to 0.4 on light stabs.

Increased base damage and stagger for short and long range.

Reworked Ranger's Ambush: Moving outside of the Smoke Bombs area does not break invisibility.

Increased base delay of stamina regeneration from 0.5 seconds to 1 second and after pushing from 1 second to 1.5 seconds.

Provides health regen, healing from healing draughts and first aid kits become temporary health.

Fixed an issue where Waystalkers talent Lifebloom Arrows returned 20 temporary health instead of intended 50.

Resolved an issue where Kerillian's bows did not zoom when aiming.

All Vermintide 2 maps now feature a 'Night Mode' for the event.

New difficulty banners have been added to the main keep area.

A limited time event quest rewards players with an exclusive portrait frame and opens the trophy room.

Changed the brightness of the Overheat effect for better visibility.

Fixed voice overs where characters incorrectly referred to each other during interactions.

Corrected the calculation of buffs and breakpoints for Zealot Saltzpyre's abilities.

Adjusted how often story-based dialogue plays for better consistency.

Corrected the temporary health gain from Mercenary Kruber's Talent 'Inspirational'.

The Keep has been visually enhanced to celebrate the event.

Resolved an issue where the power level increase from the 'Opportunist' trait was not applied correctly.

The Trophy Room in Taal's Horn Keep is now accessible for players to showcase their progression.

Resolved an issue where the Sienna bot would cause friendly fire with the Conflagration Staff.

Resolved an animation issue where Bardin's one-handed charge attacks could get stuck.

Fixed the tooltip for the 'Off Balance' trait to reflect correct values.

Adjusted the Beam Staff to trigger on-hit procs correctly on the second damage tick.

Corrected an issue where Saltzpyre would fire the same pistol repeatedly under certain conditions.

Resolved multiple crash issues related to gameplay mechanics and interactions.

Corrected animation speed issues when stacking speed and charge bonuses.

Resolved issues where Kerillian's Glaives would play incorrect sounds or none at all.

Passive stamina regen rate changed from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.

Higher floor, lower ceiling adjustments.

Increased stagger on crit vs armor and reduced damage dropoff.

Should ignore the weakest hits now.

Adjusted to be more in line with other temp health talents.

Restored to 10% from previous adjustments.

Adjusted from 250% extra crit chance to 25% as intended.

Now starts from 3 seconds instead of 1 second.

Reduced stagger on attacks and against armor.

Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.

Cooldown reduced from 90 to 70 seconds.

Now decays twice as fast when not wounded.

Fix for non-charged attacks.

Fixed an issue where Mercenary Kruber's Talent 'Inspirational' incorrectly increased temporary health.

The dodge window has been greatly increased to 3 seconds, improving evasion mechanics.

Updated tooltips for the Trait 'Off Balance' to reflect intended behavior without changing functionality.

Various adjustments made to weapon damage, cleave, and stagger for multiple weapon types.

Fixed an issue with Kerillian's Glaives, where they sometimes would play the wrong sounds, or none at all.

Fixed a bug relating to how often story based dialogue played, ensuring more consistent playback.

Fixed a broken animation on Bardin's one-handed charge attacks, which could sometimes get stuck.

Included bug fixes and quality of life updates for Tobii Eyetracker users.

Introduction of a Balance Beta to address weapon and career balance issues.

Fixed various issues with voice overs referring to incorrect characters during interactions.

Fixed an issue with Zealot Saltzpyre's Passive Ability and talents that give bonuses per 25 health.

Fixed issues with voicelines sounding muffled and added new callouts for Berserker enemies.

Bosses will now drop a Loot Die when defeated.

Melee sweeps now correctly hit intended targets, resolving 'phantom swings'.

Resolved navigation issues and fixed bugs on several levels.

Added Bright Dust, obtainable by salvaging Veteran items.

Reworked health regeneration mechanics and increased health across all difficulty settings.

A new feature allowing social interactions and bot commands via a popup menu.

Weapon illusions are now unlocked without consuming inventory space.

Bots can now crouch and follow players more effectively.

Chaos Troll's health increased to 570 on Recruit, 900 on Veteran, 1200 on Champion, and 1800 on Legend.

Fixed Missing 2nd grim and 3rd tome on Convocation of Decay.

Added an extra check for the Conflict Director to avoid punishing players going for revives by waiting to spawn extra enemies if allies are awaiting respawn.

Fixed drakegun and flamestorm staff not being able to do a charged attack.

Fixed a crash that could occur if a body part of a precision target enemy was removed by another player before connecting with the swing.

Fixed an uncommon Social Wheel crash that could occur if the pickup unit got removed the frame before you try to give a pickup order.

Made the Social Wheel easier to mod by moving out category selection to separate settings file.

Earn Double XP for all conquests during the weekend event.

Players can test the latest changes including the new social wheel with bot commands and Veteran crafting.

Fixed crash that occurred when ordering player to drop grimoire.

Fixed a crash that could occur if the pickup disappeared whilst giving an order to pick it up.

Fixed so that you cannot give orders to players that have respawned and are waiting to be rescued.

Corrected melee sweeps to hit intended targets accurately.

New crafting material added, obtained by salvaging Veteran items.

Reworked health regeneration mechanics and increased health across all difficulties.

Changed scoreboard to highlight the player with the least damage taken.

Ensured targeted outlines are displayed correctly for certain skills.

Bosses will now drop a Loot Die when defeated.

A new feature allowing social interactions and commands for bots.

Bots can now crouch and navigate better in various scenarios.

Resolved an issue where healing would not apply under certain conditions.

Reduced overcharge needed for certain abilities, enhancing gameplay.

Resolved a crash that could occur due to network timeouts, particularly at the end of a mission.

Temporarily disabled the option to salvage Veteran/Red items in preparation for upcoming changes.

Bots can now execute attack chains with proper timings for various light and heavy attacks, improving their combat efficiency.

Bots received new behavior to avoid and escape area-based dangers like warpfire and troll bile.

Support added for bots to utilize talents and career abilities, enhancing their gameplay.

Addressed the most occurring backend crash related to time outs.

Resolved an issue where zooming with the Longbow would include a long delay.

Reverted the change in 1.2.0.3 affecting criticals on Area of Effect damage, improving interaction with certain talents and item traits.

Resolved an issue where Area of Effect damage attacks would not trigger effects that activate on Critical Hits.

Players will now receive three different quests each week instead of just one, with varied requirements and reduced overall requirements.

Resolved an issue with healthbars being drawn incorrectly when switching input devices while dead.

Resolved a crash that occurred when dropping a torch or other level objects while shutting down a game session.

Resolved an issue where the Veteran Two-Handed Sword 'Van Hal's Reaper' would not play a sound when unsheathing.

Players can now turn off aim acceleration when using a controller.

Resolved a crash that occurred when using Twitch Mode and opening a menu.

Fixed an issue that could disconnect clients from the host in areas where enemies had trouble navigating.

Resolved an issue where Horde mutators from Deeds would persist through the session after the Deed was completed.

Resolved issues where certain Perks and Talents would not correctly increase charge speed or animation speed when using a Bolt Staff.

Resolved a crash that occurred if someone attempted to join while playing the Prologue.

Added measures to resolve issues where the game could not communicate with the backend at the end of the mission.

All weekly quests will reset at the start of the week, meaning progress will no longer carry over.

Resolved issues where incorrect or duplicate voice lines were played.

Screaming Bell should no longer crash on startup as Kruber Footknight & Kruber Huntsman with Halberd equipped.

Explore the city of Bögenhafen with two new missions - 'The Pit' and 'The Blightreaper'.

Fixed an issue where the Chaos Spawn got stuck in an animation loop after killing a bot.

Sounds for Specials have been adjusted for better audibility and priority.

Fixed an issue where the UI Scaling option would break the UI layout.

New option available under Settings to enable Gamepad Controller HUD and menu layout on PC.

The new torch has had some visual effects improvements.

Trolls' passive regeneration now pauses for 3 seconds after taking damage.

Bringing over performance improvements that will impact all types of PC systems.

New challenges involving the new levels that reward players with Bögenhafen Strongboxes.

Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Slayer Bardin's Talent 'Crippling Wound' displayed incorrect values.

Fixed an issue where activating Career Skills would instantly fire without proper animation.

The first DLC for Vermintide 2, Shadows Over Bögenhafen, is now available on Steam.

Resolved an issue with looping sounds.

The two new missions have had many fixes and tweaks for places where players could become stuck.

Server ping (in milliseconds) is now displayed for each player in the Tab menu.

Players can now tap (F) to favorite items in their inventory, which do not show up in Salvage selection.

Kerillian no longer holds her two-handed sword upside-down.

Fixed some crashes that could occur when joining games in progress, specifically when fighting the Lords.

The Blightreaper's effect now correctly converts players' health into temporary health and stops when entering the Waystone Portal.

Various optimizations to improve CPU and GPU performance.

Trolls' passive regeneration pauses for 3 seconds after taking damage.

Players can now see server ping in milliseconds in the Tab menu.

Changes made to how Specials play sounds for better audibility.

Resolved various issues where players could get stuck or bots wouldn't assist properly.

Explore the city of Bögenhafen with two new missions.

Numerous fixes for weapon behaviors and traits to ensure proper functionality.

Increased damage multipliers for various melee weapons against monsters.

Bug fixes for Lord arenas where bosses could become unreachable.

Weekly Quests reward players with Bögenhafen Strongboxes containing new hats, skins, or weapon illusions.

New option available for gamepad users on PC.

New challenges and quests available for players who own the DLC.

Change in how Steamworks handles download region selection and matchmaking geolocation.

New option in the in-game network settings to adjust matchmaking search range.

Automatically skips the intro videos and sends players directly to the keep loading screen.

Shows which characters need a certain pickup the most.

A mod that adds a new screen to check out all enemies in the game with stats and rotating character models.

Adds numbers next to ammo and health in the HUD, and icons for wounded teammates.

A mod that allows players to paint waypoints on the ground for better teamplay.

A mainstay from Vermintide 1, commonly used by other mods in the workshop.

Changes the first-person rig to emulate how it looks in Source games.

Provides a simple framework for setting up UI for modders.

A mod that requires holding down the mouse button to drop a grimoire, preventing accidental drops.

A mod that improves the overall UI, allowing gear changes without switching characters.

The Sanctioned Mod feature is released, allowing approved mods to be played on the Official Realm.

Adds a UI element to indicate if your ranged weapon is loaded.

The first wave of 11 new Sanctioned Mods has been released.

Implemented Sanction Mod verification so sanctioned mods aren't blocked from loading in the Official Realm.

Added an select all/none checkbox, dependency tracking, and extended mod description field in the mod screen.

Changed the Sonnstill Keep back to the original Keep design.

Added a fix that verifies all slots for players gear, fixing a crash that occurs for players who used the 'Give All Hats And Skins' mod.

Adjusted Packmaster, Globadier, Warpfire Thrower & Rattling Gunner audio cues to further mitigate situations in which they may be unheard or altogether missing.

Added the default Portrait Frame for players who were missing it.

Enjoy the summer ambiance of Taal's Horn Keep and complete three new Event Quests until Thursday the 12th.

Reduced the volume of the Globadier, who was previously too loud.

Daily Quests requiring players to slay enemies 'as a party' now correctly award progress to all players.

Addressed the issue with Lohner and other elements of the Keep popping in and out of existence.

Double your experience in Vermintide 2 from now until 9am PST on Monday.

Resolved an issue with missing sounds on Blightstormers, Lifeleeches, Chaos Warriors, and Bungledpatch Silentspue.

Join us for the first Vermintide 2 Double XP Weekend Event to earn more Commendation Chests and level your non-mains to 30.

Join in the celebration with new summer ambiance and three new Event Quests.

Experience gains are doubled from 9am PST on Friday the 6th to 9am PST on Monday the 9th.

Resolved an issue where Bardin's ears would clip through his hats Kladkap and Gorusklad.

Fixed an issue where clients would not receive all potion effects while using the Charm Trait 'Concoction'.

Changes made to game sounds to make it easier to identify Specials, reducing Packmaster's sneakiness.

Improved reliability for marking certain Okri's Challenges as completed.

Restored ability to roll 'Power vs. Chaos' and 'Power vs. Skaven' on Charms after previous removal.

Removed Red Shell analytics service due to player concerns regarding GDPR compliance.

Resolved issue where Slayer Bardin's secondary melee option was unequipped due to equipment verification process.

Additional changes to reduce occurrences of backend errors.

Players must replay the Prologue from the main menu to claim it.

Prevents Bardin's hats from appearing on Kerillian's body.

This patch aims to resolve the backend errors related to the network code rewrite.

Improved the creation/opening of chest and crafting requests to avoid 1342 errors.

Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving the game at the same time as starting or stopping a revive.

Fixed a crash that could occur when blocking Ratling Gunner fire.

An event quest is available that rewards players with an exclusive Portrait Frame.

The Skull Throne event has launched, featuring new content and exclusive rewards.

Lohner has decorated the Keep for the Skull Throne event, enhancing the game's environment.

Developers will be live on Twitch and Mixer to discuss the content update and gameplay mechanics.

Resolved an issue where the texture of Kruber's Veteran Blunderbuss 'Old (Mostly) Faithful' appeared blurry.

Resolved an issue where the Shade Talent Ereth Khial's Herald wouldn't apply the intended backstab bonus.

The boost power curve for Handguns and Kruber's Longbows is now linear, requiring more boost modifiers for high damage output.

Resolved an issue where the Slayer talent Stoutfellow wouldn't work properly when playing as a client.

Several weapons were fixed to ensure sweeping attacks hit multiple enemies instead of just one.

Fixed an issue where the healing received from the Ranger Veteran Talent Apply Pressure was not applied properly.

Handguns now deal 1.5 damage against Bosses, up from 1, with increased headshot boost multiplier.

Ranged attacks will no longer automatically crit when using the Shade's 'Infiltrate' and Ranger Veteran's 'Disengage' skills.

Resolved issues with various talents not applying buffs properly for players joining as clients.

Fixed an issue where the healing received from the Mercenary Talent Battle Scars wasn't applied properly.

Fixed an issue where the power buff from the Ranger Veteran Talent Last Resort was not applied properly.

Added missing damage boost multiplier caps to Rasknitt and Deathrattler to prevent unintended high damage.

Resolved an issue where the bonus damage from the Zealot Talent No Surrender! wasn't applied properly.

Two-Handed Axes have had their range increased by 10% and push followup attack switched to more cleave but less damage.

Resolved an issue where the bonus power on enemy proximity from the Mercenary Talent The More the Merrier! wasn't applied properly.

Reduced the damage multiplier on Huntsman Kruber's Career Skill to 1.5, down from 2.

Fixed an issue where the healing received from the Battle Wizard Talent Cauterize Wounds wasn't applied properly.

The ritual pool now properly slows movement speed and decays stamina, no longer deals damage.

Fixed an issue where the bleed effect from the Handmaiden Talent Bladedancer wouldn't have its damage increased.

War Picks have had their range increased by 10% and push radius increased to 2.5.

Shade Kerillian's melee boost multiplier reset back to 4 from 2.

Fixed an issue where the glow effect on Veteran weapons would look blurry or pixelated.

Executioner Sword's Finesse coefficient on heavy attacks increased to 2, up from 1.

Fixed an issue where a crit from a Great Axe would do less damage to armored enemies than a regular hit.

Fixed graphical issues with the grain on Against the Grain.

Infiltrate skill now properly applies power boosts and multipliers against all targets during the whole sweep of her attack.

Finesse coefficient on Glaive heavy second attacks changed to 1.25, up from 1.0.

Glaive heavy second attack now uses a separate damage profile from the Executioner Sword.

Improved collisions around the second Grimoire on Empire in Flames.

Dual Dagger stabs now use the same damage profile as Sword and Dagger stabs, with increased damage to 0.25, up from 0.2.

Fixed a crash that could occur when starting or ending a lunging ability at the same time as the game session was torn down.

Fixed a crash that could occur if Ironbreaker Bardin used his Career Skill with the 'Booming Taunt' talent on a Chaos Warrior that had not yet seen him.

Fixed missing localization texts on hats.

Fixed a crash that could occur if leaving a game session at the same time as receiving a 'Last Man Standing' buff.

Fixed a crash that could occur when a Clan Rat returned to patrolling after having engaged the players.

Fixed an issue where Clanrats wouldn't burn properly from fire effects.

Fixed a crash that could occur when lighting more than one training dummy on fire with a Conflagration Staff while another player picked up a targeted training dummy.

Added an override setting for melee boost multiplier for individual damage profiles, affecting Glaive and Dual Weapons.

Bile Trolls given a melee boost multiplier cap of 3.

Fixed an issue where the Bile Troll would try to stand up when being downed instead of raising its head.

Increased the lifetime of light attack fireballs to 1.5 seconds.

Reduced the attack range on Savages - Dual wielding Marauders by around 13%.

Increased the time between each Specials spawn to 2 seconds, up from 1.

Changed patrols to spawn further ahead of players to give more reaction time.

Added armor penetration to the first two light attacks in combos for the flail.

Chaos Warriors and Maulers will now consider player surroundings before initiating running attacks.

Fixed that Bulwarks were doing double the intended damage on their running attacks.

Tweaked the no-block window for push-followup attacks to block faster.

Fixed an issue where Handmaiden Kerillian would receive more damage than intended.

Resolved a guaranteed crash issue occurring during the Norsca Champion encounter on Skittergate.

Tightened the auto-block on hold for push-followup attacks to return to block faster.

A huge beta patch will be available on May 3, including optimizations and bug fixes.

Increased delay of Specials spawns after a Lord dies to 120 seconds, up from 40.

Changed the AI-slot system for Savages and Maulers to reduce clipping into other enemies.

Tweaked Raider ragdoll force multiplier to make them react more to weapon impacts.

Fixed a rare deadlock crash at boot that would occur on some PC configurations.

Increased the speed of push-followup attacks.

Tweaked input buffering to more reliably switch wielded weapons.

Increased damage vs Chaos Warriors and overall damage for handguns.

Increased the damage on explosive barrels to be on par with bombs.

Reduced light attacks on armored enemies and removed damage to Chaos Warriors.

Fixed an issue for Deeds where effects could persist into the Keep on clients.

Fixed a bug that would cause you to do light attacks when trying to spam pushes.

Poison Wind Globadiers now wait between 4 and 6 seconds before throwing their first globe.

Witch Hunter Captain Saltzpyre's level 25 Talent Resonating Faith now correctly increases the duration of Animosity.

Fixed issues which would spawn some hordes in plain sight of players.

Reworked the spread on non-charged shots and increased damage for crossbows.

Decreased the fuse timer on barrels to 4 seconds, down from 6.

Reduced the initial impact damage radius of Globadier globes from 4 to 2 meters.

Fixed an issue where Chaos Warriors and Maulers would not make patrolling sounds.

Fixed an issue where sound effects from certain Career Skills would not follow the player character.

Tweaked the way charging changes the spread of handguns for better precision.

Fixed a crash that could occur when a player left the game while Skarrik Spinemanglr spins in his defensive phase.

Buffed one-handed axes with faster turnarounds and balanced cleaves.

Fixed a rare crash that could occur when a player left the game while being grabbed by the Lifeleech.

Added damage falloff to the second target of a cleave for one-handed axes.

Fixed spawning of Specials to ensure they find hidden positions before spawning.

Fixed an issue where Bulwarks used the wrong stagger animation when hit by a weapon that bypasses shields.

Fixed a crash that could occur when Ironbreaker Bardin activates his Career Skill and leaves the game.

Made light combo attacks faster by 0.1 seconds.

Reduced the amount of file integrity checking done during gameplay to address frame rate stuttering issues.

Fixed a crash that occurred for players using French Localization when hovering over select items.

Fixed a bug that caused some blueprint items to go missing. Any currently missing blueprints will be received when starting the game.

Skarrik is now immune to stagger when spawning allies; reduced attack range and speed.

Fixed an issue where Rasknitt sometimes teleported to the wrong location.

Debuff duration on players for Hailstorm Barbecue’s Plague Wave attack reduced to 2 seconds.

Killing Skarrik, Bödvar, or Halescourge rewards 2 extra loot dice; Rasknitt rewards 3 extra dice.

Fixed several issues of wrong voice lines during character dialogue and skills.

AI director will now wait longer between spawns of coordinated special enemy attacks.

Fixed a case where the EAC error panel would not be shown if untrusted.

Fixed an issue where the Bile Troll would sometimes not rotate towards its target when vomiting.

Maulers' running swipe and cleave attack hitbox range reduced by around 15%.

Multiple weapons received adjustments including damage, speed, and ammo changes.

Defensive stance duration reduced from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.

File integrity checks have been turned on for the anticheat system to prevent corrupted or outdated files from causing errors.

The untrusted state panel now shows correctly when in an untrusted state.

File integrity checks have been turned on for the anticheat system to prevent corrupted files from causing game crashes.

The untrusted state panel now shows correctly when in an untrusted state.

Resolved an issue causing crashes when mousing-over certain talents with Chinese localization.

Resolved crashes occurring when mousing-over certain talents for players using Chinese localization.

Updated the anti-cheat panel to show untrusted state and reason.

Marauders have had their cleave hit mass reduced by 25%.

Reduced friendly fire multiplier on Champion and Legend difficulties.

Enemies are now more resistant to staggering and weapon cleave has been tweaked for better viability against hordes.

Fixed issues with double bosses and patrols spawning incorrectly in levels.

Fixed erroneous translations and missing subtitles for all languages.

Increased durations and adjusted effects for various Twitch Mode buffs.

Traits and Properties can now be re-rolled on equipped items.

Veteran items can now be obtained from General’s Champion and Emperor’s Champion chests, with increased drop rates.

Fixed issue where health regeneration talent only worked for host players.

Fixed issue where Heroic Intervention trait wouldn’t function properly on clients.

Damage and cleave scaling adjusted to a 3.5 ratio.

Fixed issue where the Righteous Hatchet weapon skin displayed the wrong icon.

Fixed issue where Heroic Intervention trait wouldn't function properly on clients.

Fixed crashes related to leaving games while carrying items and hitting dismembered body parts.

Hero Power caps adjusted for different difficulties: Veteran capped at 300, Champion and Legend uncapped.

Various changes to Twitch Mode effects and durations.

Fixed issue causing projectiles to not trigger hit or crit procs from traits and talents for clients.

Updated anti-cheat panel to show untrusted state and reason if not trusted.

Fixed weapons using single target priority incorrectly; affected several weapons.

Enemies are now more resistant to staggering; weapon cleave tweaked for viability against hordes.

Veteran items can now be obtained from General’s Champion and Emperor’s Champion chests with increased drop rates.

Replaced team member’s ammunition bar with ability bar for clarity.

Fixed issue where the Righteous Hatchet weapon skin displayed the wrong icon.

Marauders have had their cleave hit mass reduced by 25%.

Chest rewards from Veteran capped at 300 Hero Power, up from 200. Changes to Hero Power scaling per difficulty.

On Champion and Legend, Director will spawn hordes and specials less frequently while players are engaged.

Fixed issue causing projectiles to not trigger hit or crit procs from traits and talents for clients.

Fixed crashes related to leaving a game while carrying items and hitting dismembered body parts.

Fixed temporary health degeneration incorrectly tallied in Damage Taken statistic.

First DLC for Vermintide 2 that allows players to mute all of Kerillian's banter.

First DLC for Vermintide 2 that allows players to mute all of Kerillian's banter.

Fixed an issue where equipment trait Heroic Intervention was not functioning properly on clients.

Fixed some weapons that were using single target priority while not being single target attacks.

Increased duration to 60 seconds with buff effect tweaked.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, with health regenerated tweaked.

Fixed temporary health degeneration incorrectly being tallied in the Damage Taken statistic.

Traits and Properties can now be re-rolled on equipped items.

Fixed a rare crash when hitting a dismembered body part as client.

Fixed erroneous translations and missing subtitles for all languages.

Marauders have had their cleave hit mass reduced by 75%, making them easier to cut through and hit an additional target.

Fixed a UI issue where the buff icon would not appear when a taggable target was killed.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, buff effect tweaked.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, buff effect tweaked.

Increased number of Warpfire Throwers to 4, from 3.

Replaced the bar under a team member’s portrait to show their ability bar instead of ammunition.

Fixed an issue causing projectiles to not properly trigger hit or crit procs from traits and talents for clients.

Updated the anti-cheat panel to clearly show the untrusted state and reason if not trusted.

Fixed a crash when leaving a game while carrying an item from that level.

Fixed an issue where the talent description and actual amount of health regained did not match up.

Fixed an issue which caused projectiles to not properly trigger hit or crit procs from traits and talents for clients.

Scaling has been tweaked for damage and cleave using a 3.5 ratio rather than 3.0.

Removed from voting pool.

Fixed an issue where Blessed Shots cooldown would be incorrectly reset by ranged attacks.

Kurnous' Blessing fixed to return 20% ammo down from 50%.

Blood Loss changed to target a single player instead of the whole team, duration increased to 60 seconds.

Fixed a rare crash when hitting a dismembered body part as client.

Increased duration to 60 seconds.

Replaced ammunition bar with ability bar for team members.

Hunter’s Respite fixed to work for both hosts and clients.

Oi! Wazzok! fixed to now more reliably taunt bosses.

Fixed ranged weapon switch priority to enter input queue with highest priority.

Fixed a UI issue where the buff icon would not appear when a taggable target was killed.

Changed Blood Loss to target a single player instead of the whole team, increased duration to 60 seconds.

Increased number of Ratling Gunners to 4, from 3.

Fixed an issue where health regeneration from the talent only worked for host players.

Updated the anti-cheat panel to clearly show the untrusted state and reason if not trusted.

Fixed the Beam Staff which sometimes incorrectly saved the number of consecutive hits.

Fixed an issue where the equipment trait Heroic Intervention was not functioning properly on clients.

Fixed an issue where the Righteous Hatchet weapon skin displayed the wrong icon.

Increased number of Warpfire Throwers to 4, from 3.

Marauders have had their cleave hit mass reduced by 75%, making them easier to cut through and hit additional targets.

Talents and passives that would boost your Hero Power should now be boosted appropriately.

Fixed an issue where Blessed Shots cooldown would be incorrectly reset by ranged attacks when swapping to a melee weapon.

When a team member’s ammunition is low, they will show a yellow icon; when out of ammunition, a red icon.

Fixed an issue where the Righteous Hatchet weapon skin displayed the wrong icon.

Increased duration to 60 seconds.

Traits and Properties can now be re-rolled on equipped items.

Increased speed of fire slightly, allowing chaining after 0.5 seconds.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, health regenerated tweaked.

Fixed the Beam Staff which sometimes incorrectly saved the number of consecutive hits between attacks.

Talents and passives that boost Hero Power should now function correctly.

Scaling has been tweaked for damage and cleave using a 3.5 ratio rather than 3.0.

Removed from voting pool.

Increased speed of fire slightly, allowing chaining after 0.5 seconds instead of 0.6 seconds.

Fixed temporary health degeneration incorrectly being tallied in the Damage Taken statistic in the Score Screen.

Fixed an issue where Pleasure from Pain would replace the attack speed increase from Holy Fervour.

Bonded Flame fixed to correctly display and grant 20 temporary health.

Pleasure from Pain fixed to not replace the attack speed increase from Holy Fervour.

Increased number of Packmasters to 3, from 2.

Increased duration to 60 seconds with buff effect tweaked.

Increased number of Ratling Gunners to 4, from 3.

Fixed a crash when leaving a game while carrying an item from that level.

Fixed some weapons that were using single target priority while not being single target attacks.

Burnout & Exhaust fixed to remove attack speed debuffs when clearing Overcharge.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, buff effect tweaked.

Fixed Ironbreaker's Oi! Wazzok! to now more reliably taunt bosses.

Increased number of Packmasters to 3, from 2.

Yellow icon for low ammunition and red icon for empty ammunition added next to team member portraits.

Increased duration to 60 seconds and now gives full ammunition when triggered.

Increased duration to 60 seconds with buff effect tweaked.

Increased duration to 60 seconds, now gives full ammunition when triggered.

Fixed an issue where attack speed debuffs were not removed when clearing Overcharge.

Fixed an issue where Trueflight Volley returned more ammo than intended, now returns 20% ammo down from 50%.

Fixed ranged weapon switch priority to enter the input queue with the highest priority.

Addressed a crash that could occur when applying video settings, despite settings being applied correctly.

Resolved an increase in crashes occurring at the end of the Prologue in version 1.0.4.1.

Resolved an increase in crashes occurring at the end of the Prologue.

Fixed a crash that could occur when applying video settings.

Resolved a crash when converting damage to Overcharge while in damaging liquids.

Resolved a crash issue when converting damage to Overcharge while in damaging liquids.

Improved variety in spawned roamers and adjusted the number of Elites to enhance gameplay experience.

Resolved a crash that occurred after using the Waystalker Career Skill and jumping onto a ladder.

Certain graphics options require a restart to apply, which can cause a crash. This will be fixed in the next version.

Resolved a crash issue that occurred when switching cosmetics in the inventory.

Adjusted peak clamp for Champion difficulty to reduce extreme spawn peaks.

Resolved a crash that could occur when switching cosmetics in the inventory.

Adjusted spawn peak clamp for Champion difficulty to reduce extreme peaks during enemy spawns.

Certain graphics options require a restart to apply, but doing so may crash the game. A fix is planned for the next version.

Resolved a crash that occurred after using the Waystalker Career Skill and jumping onto a ladder.

Improved variety in spawned roamers and adjusted the number of Elites to enhance gameplay experience.

Fixed occasion where players would be incorrectly kicked for anticheat violation.

Added more rain to The Screaming Bell level.

Added anti cheat panel for untrusted states to help resolving issues.

Backend issues still unresolved.

Fixed Flamestorm Staff and Drakefire Gun triggering headshot HUD sounds.

Includes crashes from Chaos Spawn interactions and player exits.

Fixed to properly apply buffs when modified by talents.

Additional functionality implemented to combat griefing.

Outdoorsman now properly grants a stamina shield.

Upgrading an item with an illusion will no longer result in salvaging the item.

No longer converts received damage to overcharge while incapacitated.

The upgrade cost of an item now matches the listed requirements.

When state is not trusted - or when a player has been banned, we present them with detailed information.

Fixed crashes occurring under various conditions including player interactions and enemy actions.

Fixed an incorrect tooltip showing 100% bonus to Murderous Prowess instead of 75%.

Players must re-play Act 3 to unlock Skittergate.

Fixed hole where player could fall under the bell platform on The Screaming Bell.

To avoid self-detonation, Sienna will no longer convert received damage to overcharge while being incapacitated.

Provides detailed information when a player is banned or not trusted.

Fixed an issue where party members would receive no healing from Rejuvenating Locus if Kerillian was above half health.

Fixed backtrack points out of the cellar on Fort Brachsenbrücke.

Removed visible lines in the top and bottom of the screen caused by the outline shader.

Fixed an issue where Gatekeeper Naglfahr could transform into multiple Chaos Spawns.

Apologies for the current state, improvements will continue.

Fixed issue causing some players to not get their Collector’s Edition character frames.

Occurs with specific timing while using Kerillian Waystalker.

Fixed so ‘Deeds’ are able to change enemy types used in patrols as well.

Game no longer uninstalls itself after a particularly rare crash.

Can occur if a player joins or leaves the game.

Party members now receive healing from Rejuvenating Locus regardless of Kerillian's health.

Implemented additional functionality for vote kick system to combat griefing.

Added an error message box when trying to launch DX12 binaries on any other OS than Windows 10.

Fixed to properly grant a stamina shield.

Improved CPU optimizations for enemy and bot AI decision making.

Corrected tooltip showing 100% bonus instead of 75% for Ereth Khial's Herald.

Protective Presence now properly applies buffs when modified by talents.

Increased stability when losing contact with Steam.

Vaul's Quiver will now grant an amount of ammo based on your weapon’s maximum ammo.

Ammo granted now based on weapon’s maximum ammo capacity.

Fixed dinner bell interaction box on Hunger In The Dark being too small to use.

Related to XAudio2.

Fix chaos raiders getting stuck after being in a vortex.

Fixed crash when starting level after changing cosmetic skin in the Keep.

End screen scoreboard should now show the correct career portraits.

Damage numbers on training dummies set as a multiple of 100.

Fixed crash when Sienna Unchained was set on fire by Warpfire Throwers or Stormfiends.

12 descriptions updated and 4 talents renamed in Simplified Chinese.

Troll passive regen while walking around changed from 1.5/s to 0.5/s only on Recruit difficulty.

Fixed a location where bots were not coming to rescue the player hanging to a wooden platform on Skittergate level.

Give item UI should now show the correct career portraits.

Fixed various crashes related to starting levels, buffs, DX12, character switching, and specific hero interactions.

Kill feed should now show the correct career portraits.

Troll puke liquid area lifetime reduced from 10s to 7s.

Kill feed, end screen scoreboard, give item UI, and matchmaking panel now show the correct career portraits.

Fixed the ramp on the Skittergate end event that was not hotjoin synced.

Fixed hotjoin crash when a player joins during Halescourge fight.

Troll downed regen min health factor changed from 60% to 50%.

Fixed a location where bots were not coming to rescue the player hanging to a wooden platform on Skittergate level.

Fixed DX12 crash when selecting hero or exiting hero selection menu.

Damage numbers on training dummies set as a multiple of 100.

Troll pukes less amounts of vomit near itself, now set to 30 liters as ranged puke.

Fixed the ramp on the Skittergate end event that was not hotjoin synced.

Fixed missing achievements for completing Skittergate.

Fixed various localization and subtitle-issues.

12 descriptions updated and 4 talents renamed in Simplified Chinese.

Matchmaking panel should now show the correct career portraits.

Fixed rare crash occurring when switching characters.

Fixed Fort Brachsenbrücke pickup tome.

Troll puke liquid area lifetime reduced from 10s to 7s.

Fixed issue with bots missing during the Rasknitt fight.

Troll downed regen min health factor changed from 60% to 50%.

Fixed a bug where clients would not receive any rewards when completing a deed, if the owner was not the host.

Fixed dual sword push-stab wield chain window.

Fixed chaos raiders getting stuck after being in a vortex.

Troll pukes less amounts of vomit near itself, now set to 30 liters as ranged puke.

Troll passive regen while walking around changed from 1.5/s to 0.5/s only on Recruit difficulty.

Fixed crash when buffs were removed.

Fixed a bug where clients would not receive any rewards when completing a deed if the owner was not the host.

Resolved issue causing rapid health loss followed by death.

Cooldown reduction decreased from 5% to 2%.

Reduced healing from First Aid Kit from 80% to 35% of missing health.

Fixed bug causing Barrage to stack up to 10 times instead of intended 5.

Healing from First Aid Kit reduced from 80% to 35% of missing health.

Resolved issue causing rapid health loss followed by death.

Cooldown reduction decreased from 5% to 2%.

Reduced cooldown reduction from 5% to 2%.

Reduced cooldown reduction from 5% to 2%.

Fixed bug causing Barrage to stack up to 10 times instead of intended 5.

Cooldown Reduction property range reduced from 5-20% to 5-10%

Adjusted from 5-20% to 5-10%

Raw damage multiplier set to 1.5 for the duration of the ability (instead of 5)

Adjusted to be more in line with her health pool

Adjusted to be more in line with her health pool

Adjusted from 5 to 1.5 for the duration of the ability

Full audio and subtitles will be available in multiple languages including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.

Made sure we discard lobbies that are playing levels the player has not unlocked.

Truflight should keep target while aiming away from painted target and fire faster.

Debuff duration down from 7 to 5 seconds.

Interface, full audio & subtitles in English; Interface & subtitles in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Interface, full audio & subtitles in English; Interface & subtitles in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Reduced the max amount of stamina awarded from properties from 2-4 to 1-2 to prevent crashes.

Reduced from 2-4 to 1-2 to prevent crashes.

Hordes will start earlier with longer intervals between them.

Troll health regen lowered by 20% for Recruit difficulty only.

Removed camera movement on certain weapon aiming animation.

Set to 0.75 speed multiplier.

Fixed flamethrowers stuttering after finished charged shot.

Players were considered inside an end zone forever if standing in it when deactivated.

Fixed crash when removing overheat on crit.

'Recruit' involves less elites and more restrictive AI director checks to avoid difficulty spikes.

Height before a player takes fall damage increased from 5 to 7.

Truflight should keep target while aiming away from painted target and fire faster.

Fixed a bug where players were considered inside an end zone forever if they were standing in it when it got deactivated.

Set to 0.75 speed multiplier.

Various adjustments made to make Recruit difficulty more forgiving for new players.

Troll health regen lowered by 20% for Recruit difficulty only.

Duration down from 7 to 5 seconds.

Made sure we discard lobbies that are playing levels the player has not unlocked.

Clients should now properly display Zealot Invulnerability.

Fixed stuttering after finished charged shot.

Fixed trait related crash when removing overheat on crit.

'Recruit' involves fewer elites and more restrictive AI director checks to avoid difficulty spikes.

Start hordes earlier with longer intervals between them.

Increased the height before a player takes fall damage from 5 to 7.

The Closed Beta for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is now available to eligible players.

Players are now free to stream, broadcast, screenshot, and discuss the game.

Players are now free to stream, broadcast, screenshot, and discuss the game.

The Closed Beta for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is now available to eligible players.

Participants must adhere to NDA guidelines, including restrictions on streaming and sharing media.

All Vermintide 2 pre-orders can now participate in the Closed Test by installing the 'Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Closed Test' app.

Participants can provide feedback and bug reports in designated sub forums of the closed test group.

All Vermintide 2 pre-orders can now access the Closed Test by installing the 'Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Closed Test' app.

Participants are reminded of the NDA, prohibiting streaming, media distribution, and sharing information about the game.