What changed in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 in 2020

New gameplay mechanics for the Steam-Assisted Crank Gun (Mk II), including a venting mechanism for pressure release.

Introduction of new visual effects for the Outcast Engineer career, focusing on unique weapon effects and mechanics.

All players in the lobby gained progress towards 'Where's the Kaboom?' when the Engineer killed enemies with bombs.

Resolved sound issues on jumping/landing.

Players were not receiving essence from quickplay.

The new Season for Winds of Magic is now live with leaderboard resets and new portrait frames.

Resolved an exploit where players could force a despawn of enemies.

Challenge was being rewarded randomly to players.

Resolved 2 of the most common crashes affecting gameplay.

Fixed an issue where the Outcast Engineer would be wearing the wrong helmet on the hero selection screen if the DLC was not owned.

Fixed the 'Fundamental Force' Okri's Challenge being completed for host when completed by client.

Fixed Packmasters doing a 180 spin when hooking clients.

Added subtitles for the Outcast Engineer's introductory trailer.

Fixed an issue where pressure stacks would be lost when the ability bar reached maximum with the 'Experimental Steam Capacitors' talent.

Cosmetic Upgrade for the Outcast Engineer includes new skins and illusions.

Resolved issues with event missing sorcerers and fixed a hole in the map.

Multiple character animation issues have been addressed.

The Outcast Engineer can wield the Masterwork Pistol and Cog Hammer.

Keybinding for Push to Talk has been reset as part of a fix.

The new advanced career for Bardin Goreksson, The Outcast Engineer, is now available for purchase.

Addressed multiple crash issues related to gameplay.

Improved bot pathing and fixed various stuck locations.

Season 3 ends on November 8th, with Season 4 beginning on December 8th.

Two weekends of Triple XP awarded due to community challenge success, now extended into a 10 day event.

Seasons will no longer necessarily include larger content releases, focusing instead on leaderboard resets and fresh Portrait Frames.

Celebrate the ill-omened night with special changes to Taal's Horn Keep and adventure mode maps.

Taal's Horn Keep has been transformed to reflect the eerie atmosphere of Geheimnisnacht.

Adventure mode maps have been re-lit to enhance the spooky ambiance for the event.

Complete one mission to unlock the Obese Megalodon hat available until November 1.

The 5-Year Anniversary events will run until November 1 on all platforms.

The special anniversary mission 'A Quiet Drink' is available until November 1.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free-to-play from October 26 to November 1 on Steam.

Play during the Free Weekend to contribute to the Community Challenge and earn rewards.

Complete one mission to unlock the Obese Megalodon hat for all heroes from October 21 - 25.

The mission 'A Quiet Drink' returns and is available during the 5-Year Anniversary.

Join the celebrations from October 21 - 25 with various activities in Vermintide 2.

All player kills during the anniversary will fill a counter, leading to milestone rewards.

Special discounts on Unhinged Heroes, Hearth & Home, and Wanderlust Anniversary Hat Bundles for PC players.

Bots should now replenish ammo from Ammo Boxes with much more consistency.

The wall shot out by a canon should be network synchronised now.

Fixed a specific location where bots wouldn't revive the player.

Blightstormers should be less prone to casting without Line of Sight.

Moved two respawns slightly to fix issue where they connected to the wrong path.

Fixed 2 of the most common crashes.

Fixed a bunch of navigation issues experienced by Bot AI counterparts.

Healing Potions should no longer be wasted if you're hit right at the moment the potion is consumed.

Bots now heal when they have Natural Bond if they are safe and wounded.

Patrols will now aggro in Lamp Oil Fire.

Ability to speed up rewards popup and results screen summary by pressing specific buttons.

No longer massively slows or stops temp hp decay.

Now applies the proper critical strike chance bonus.

Issue occurred if a player left the lobby while too far from allies.

Back to 20%, was reduced to 10% after beta.

Ammunition Caches now drop at Bardin's feet instead of at the killed specials location.

Now grants 10% power and closest ally gains 50% damage reduction.

Overcharge generated by shotgun blast reduced significantly (~33%).

Reduced animation speed by 8.5% for all attacks.

Increased to ~2.0 from ~1.4.

Move speed increased to 60% from 20%.

Push attack now has the same damage profile as heavy attacks.

The first heavy is now the Heavy Stab, and the second heavy is now the Heavy Sweep.

Forced zoom delay is now 2s instead of 0.4s.

Increases revive speed by 50% and grants 20 health back to the revived hero.

Light attack 3 has 10% additional critical strike chance.

Reload time reduced from 2.0s to 1.5s.

Heavy attacks now have the same damage profile as Elf 1H Sword Heavy 1.

Light attacks 1 and 2 and push attack now have Tank hit mass multiplier.

Ammo pool boosted by 50% (from 30 max ammo to 45).

Animation pause after Light 3 reduced from 0.42s to 0.3s.

Finesse multiplier increased to ~2 for all attacks.

Gains 15% attack speed and 15% power for 15 seconds after firing last shot.

This is a highly experimental Beta with changes subject to feedback and further adjustments.

Weapons with low pickrate have been buffed, while those with high pickrate (>25%) have seen a slight reduction in performance.

Selected careers with problematic talents have been reworked to provide new build options and better niche roles.

Mitigated funky/illogical respawns.

Issue occurred in the talent window.

Change made based on community feedback.

Issue occurred only with UI Improvements mod.

Addressed broken spawn points in various maps reported since patch 3.0.0.x.

Resolved multiple crash issues including those related to the Grail Knight and other gameplay elements.

New Premium Career for Markus Kruber with a new talent tree, weapon types, and abilities.

Outdoor missions now have a chance of changing weather including rain, snow, or fog.

Resolved a crash caused when AI attempted to push a dead enemy.

Dimmed the brightness of the Grail Knight's activated ability effect by about 50% based on community feedback.

Changed the interaction text from 'Opening' to 'Talk' with Lohner.

UI now shows tracking of Duty progression in missions for the Grail Knight.

Corrected overflow issues in DE/IT locales in the talent window for Grail Knight.

Grail Knight bots should now use their activated ability on Chaos Warriors.

New items added to Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders, with more to come throughout Season 3.

All outdoor missions will now feature changing weather and light conditions.

Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders will be updated with new Shilling and Premium Cosmetics throughout Season 3.

Season 3 is coming to PC on June 23, introducing new features and content.

The Grail Knight is a new playable career for Markus Kruber, featuring a new talent tree, weapon types, and abilities.

The Skulls for the Skull Throne event went live for PC players and will run until June 11.

Concept art for a new tricorn hat for Slayer Bardin, inspired by Long Drong's Slayer Pirates.

Fixed an issue where career level restrictions were inadvertently lifted; restrictions are back in place.

The event allows players to earn time-limited loot, including new paintings, by sacrificing for the Blood God.

Players on your block list in Steam can no longer matchmake into your lobby.

An endless amount of skulls have been added to Taal’s Horn Keep for the event.

Leaderboards are frozen in preparation for Season 3.

For 24 hours, all experience gains for heroes are tripled.

Work in progress of a new premium cosmetic item inspired by 'Blood on the Reik'.

Featuring traditional fan art from the community, including various characters and creations.

Announcement of a Reddit contest for writing untold stories in the Vermintide universe with prizes.

Update on the ongoing Community Challenge, currently at 57% completion with a double XP weekend.

Players are challenged to slay 500 million Skaven, Norscans, or Beastmen to earn an exclusive portrait frame.

Double XP is now active for all players across all platforms until April 30th.

If the community challenge is completed, a 24-hour Triple XP event will be activated on May 1st.

Join the Community Challenge running until April 30th to help the Reikland by defeating enemies.

A new weekly event where defeated enemies materialize into two lesser enemies, increasing the challenge.

Updated event page with information on charity proceeds from sales of the 'Crown of Purity'.

Players can earn a new portrait frame by defeating Skaven, Rotblood, and Beastmen during the Community Challenge.

Enabled a counter on in-game loading screens that updates every five minutes for the community event.

Players are tasked with slaying 500,000,000 pactsworn over 14 days to earn a portrait frame.

Participate in a community challenge from April 15 to 30 by defeating enemies to unlock a new portrait frame.

A Kill Counter has been set up to track community progress in defeating Skaven, Rotblood, and Beastmen.

A new premium cosmetic, 'Crown of Purity', will be available for purchase, with all profits donated to charity.

Default sorting behavior applied, but full sorting not yet available.

Players can receive an 80% off coupon for Space Hulk: Deathwing if they own Vermintide 2, valid from April 10 to April 20.

A new community event is planned but not yet ready due to unforeseen delays.

Double XP is active from April 10 to April 14, allowing players to level up faster.

Double XP is active in celebration of the long weekend.

Developers will join player lobbies at 4pm CET.

Double XP gains active until March 29th.

Torches can now block arrows.

Fixed some culling issues in Old Haunts.

Fixed performance issue in HUD in Taal's Horn Keep.

Fixed a broken patrol route in the Enchanter’s Lair mission.

Fixed some art issues in the Enchanter’s Lair mission.

Added delay on kill volumes to prevent players with bad connections from dying unexpectedly.

Fixed more generic crashes affecting gameplay.

Fixed culling issues in various Weaves types.

Fixed some illogical player respawn issues.

Fixed an exploit where items could be duplicated into the Salvage window.

Added a notification for the host when a party member is not eligible for a particular Deed.

A batch of Weapon Skins has been added to Lohner's Emporium, previously unavailable via the store.

Fixed a LOD issue that could cause the Ravaged Art pickups to be hidden in specific situations.

Durations for Reikland Reaper are now refreshed when procced again.

Fixed an issue where the end event would be super bright once the Twitch-mode Darkness mutator expired.

Fixed an issue where players who joined after the gargoyle head puzzle completion would instantly complete the 'Ahead Of Time' challenge criteria.

Fixed some spots where players could get stuck and where they might 'slip' off the map.

Fixed some floating props in Taal's Horn Keep.

Chat will no longer take mouse wheel input if it's not focused and will scroll all the way down when unfocused.

The third and final Chapter of the Curse of Drachenfels is now available, featuring the Enchanter’s Lair map.

Bots could sometimes remain dead if they died before the Arena and not be available for rescue within the Arena. This shouldn't be possible now.

Fixed crashes caused by Ironbreaker’s Gromril Curse talent during the Nurgloth encounter.

Fixed quickplay stats sometimes not getting incremented after finishing a quickplay game.

Fixed various crashes affecting gameplay.

Developers will invade the lobbies of Vermintide 2 to play games with players at 14:00 UTC today.

All XP gains are doubled for players on all platforms from now until Monday around midday UTC.

Chapter 3 of the Curse of Drachenfels adventure for Vermintide 2 is on track to be released next week.

Nurgloth the Eternal, the Rotbloods’ chief soothsayer and rival to Burblespue Halescourge, is introduced as a new character in the upcoming chapter.

The final chapter of the Curse of Drachenfels update, featuring 3 new missions: Old Haunts, Blood in Darkness, and Enchanter’s Lair, is set to release on March 24.

The event special map 'A Quiet Drink' is now available to celebrate the second anniversary of Vermintide 2.

Earn the Anniversary exclusive portrait frame by participating in the anniversary events.

The mission 'A Quiet Drink' makes a return for the anniversary celebration.

Celebrate the 2-Year Anniversary of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 with in-game events from March 5 to March 12.

Fixed a number of crashes on Xbox One and Playstation 4, improving connection stability.

Limited time Quest reward to mark the occasion of Vermintide 2's two year anniversary.

Players should experience better connection stability and reduced frequency of being dropped from matches.

Special adventure map available from March 5th to 12th to celebrate the two year anniversary.

Attack animations for Ungor and Gor have been adjusted for fairness.

Resolved an issue preventing players from joining or matchmaking into a Weave lobby queued for ranked play.

Resolved a crash that occurred when a client joined an ongoing game.

Beastmen can no longer spawn in Blood in the Darkness.

Resolved an issue where players could lock out teammates in the first event.

Resolved a crash that could occur during Lord fights.

Resolved issues with bots falling off broken ledges before the end event.

Enemies could not path to players through the door during the end event.

An exploit has been added that allows players to customise their Deed difficulties and map choices.

Skaven and Chaos now have a higher chance of appearing in missions compared to Beastmen.

Resolved a crash in the dialogue system when a client joins an ongoing game.

Beastmen can no longer spawn in Blood in the Darkness.

An exploit has been added that allows players to customize their Deed difficulties and map choices.

Skaven and Chaos now have a higher chance of appearing in missions compared to Beastmen.

Ungor and Gor attack damage triggers have been adjusted for fairness with their animations.

The Year of the Rat event 'Rat infestation' has concluded.

Fixed crashes for clients when joining a session in Weaves.

Addressed a crash that could occur when a player is healed while exiting the game.

Resolved additional issues in Skippergate.

Addressed the issue where the Quick Play bonus was not awarded when joining into a keep.

Difficulty has been increased for events in Old Haunts on Champion and above.

The second mission in the Curse of Drachenfels adventure is now available.

Resolved an issue where Kerillian's Spear and Shield illusion displayed a placeholder name.

Resolved a crash that occurred when interacting with chat/friend list buttons while purchasing.

Addressed problems with player respawns in Old Haunts.

Corrected the display of the quest timer in Okri's Challenges.

Resolved a crash that could happen when finishing the arena with a buff still applied from the mutator.

Bogenhafen cosmetic counts now tally appropriately for items purchased from the Emporium.

Hotfix to remove deprecated Dark Omens challenges from Okri's book.

Players can no longer switch maps while a vote is in progress.

Resolved issues with players getting stuck in certain locations.

Lohner has received a new shipment with more cosmetics available for purchase.

The upcoming map 'Blood in the Darkness' from Chapter 2 of the Curse of Drachenfels updates is currently undergoing testing.

A patch was released to fix crashes and leaderboard progression issues in the Weaves.

The Year of the Rat event went live, featuring pesky critters in the keep and a new limited availability portrait frame.

Chapter 2 will introduce new cosmetics, including hats, available for various amounts of Shillings.

Rewards include 2 paintings and a new Portrait Frame.

3 Event quests starting on February 6th.

Fixed a bunch of crashes caused by mod interactions with tooltips.

Fixed a crash for joining players triggered when a user in the joining session had throwing axes on the ground and switched ranged weapon.

Fixed a bunch of painting related crashes.

Fixed the weave 95 crash.

Fixed a crash in the benchmark tool.

Taal’s Horn Keep is overrun by rats! Victor will not be happy.

Fixed an issue where the painting reward for completing Old Haunts did not show up in the list of available paintings.

Fixes for disappearing classic Vermintide skins for players who own Vermintide 1 are being addressed.

Discussion on potential adjustments to the Unchained career to improve build viability.

Future tuning for Sienna's mace is planned to improve its effectiveness and usability.

A new mission titled 'Blood in the Darkness' will be released later in February as part of the Curse of Drachenfels update.

The talent combo of 'Lingering Flames and Famished Flames' + 'Kaboom!' has been nerfed for balance.

The Year of the Rat event will take place from February 5th to February 13th on PC.

Ongoing work to fix crashes on all platforms, with fixes to be released once tested.