What changed in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 in 2023

Added native support for Dual Sense and Dual Shock 4 controllers.

Fixed an exploit where an Outcast Engineer with the 'Bombadier' talent gained 3 new grenades when leaving and rejoining a game.

Increased the cooldown of the career skill 'Fire Walk' to 50 seconds.

Starting from December 13 to January 7, log in daily to receive gifts, including Premium Cosmetics.

Investigating issues with Bot AI performance and planning improvements.

Reduced base Crank Gun starting fire rate by ~33% and fire rate gain per shot by ~33%.

Talent 'Hack and Slash' crit chance increased to +10%.

Fixed a bug where Warrior Priest's talent 'Blazing Bright' granted him Fury when he was knocked down.

Fixed a bug where Outcast Engineer's 'Superior Gaskets' talent did not provide power on clients.

New collection of cosmetics available for various careers.

Fixed crash when bots use true flight attacks like Waywatcher ability or Necromancer 'Lost Souls' which target enemies that get removed from the game.

Fixed a bug where Engineer's 'Bombardier' talent did not give Bardin three bombs on first spawn.

Fixed rare crash where Mercenary's talent 'Strike Together' could crash the game when the target ally was removed on the same frame as when buff was applied.

Talent 'Lost Souls' reduced overcharge needed to trigger to 12%, increased stagger, base damage, and damage vs armor and monsters.

Fixed Bestigors and Minotaurs ending their charge early if they have to run around an obstacle.

Fixed a bug where a Sienna premium cosmetic item was missing its store icon.

Fixed a bug where 'Lingering Flames' DoT stacked.

Increased base health to 125.

Reduced stamina cost for pushing to enhance one-handed weapon usage.

Adjustments to Army of the Dead and Lost Souls for better usability.

Cooldown and damage adjustments to reduce overperformance.

Nerfs to Grail Knight, Shade, and Bounty Hunter to balance boss encounters.

Nerfs to armor damage and overall damage to balance weapon effectiveness.

Adjustments to enhance uniqueness and balance among fire wizard careers.

Increased health and weapon adjustments to improve Engineer's viability.

Functionality changes to talents to improve gameplay experience.

Occasional crash.

The Necromancer bot will not use her ability unless down to 4 or fewer skeletons or overwhelmed by enemies.

As Necromancer, having both talents will now provide combined benefits instead of one overriding the other.

Rare network-related crash.

Sienna's fourth career, the Necromancer, will release on Steam, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 on October 19.

New talent tree with options for summoner, caster, and melee builds.

Sienna gains a two-handed weapon, the Scythe, enhancing her melee capabilities.

Players can issue commands to skeletons: attack, defend, and release.

Increases damage enemies suffer from Sienna's necromantic magics.

Sienna's new career allows her to summon skeletons and utilize death magic.

The Soulstealer Staff features spells like soul drain and haunting curse.

Talents like Vanhel’s Danse Macabre and Army of the Dead enhance skeleton abilities.

Sienna can summon 6 skeletons that engage enemies near her.

Talents like Reaping and The Curse of Undeath enhance melee combat effectiveness.

Talents such as Death Ascendent and Lost Souls focus on ranged power and health stealing.

The combat style of the Necromancer has undergone several iterations to balance functionality and appearance, ensuring a satisfying gameplay experience.

The new career for Sienna, the Necromancer, is set to be released, featuring unique gameplay mechanics and skeleton minions.

Extensive bug fixing was conducted to refine the behavior and combat interactions of Sienna's skeleton minions.

Sienna's skeletons function as a friendly faction with unique behavior and movement, designed to enhance gameplay without being obtrusive.

The Soulstealer Staff is exclusive to the Necromancer career.

Necromancer Sienna retains access to all her existing staves and melee weapons, except the Flamestorm Staff.

The Ensorcelled Reaper will also be available to Sienna's previous careers.

Introducing the Ensorcelled Reaper scythe and Soulstealer Staff for the Necromancer career.

Fixed a crash on Recruit or Veteran difficulty.

Fixed a crash when more than one person activates the elevator.

Recruit challenges now offer Keep paintings, while Cataclysm challenges offer Shillings.

Fixed a crash if a player dies in the challenge area.

The icon will flash in the taskbar if the game is not in focus when a level starts.

Now counts towards end of round statistics.

Fixed issue where markers weren't updating for clients in Tower of Treachery.

Bundle now correctly includes Sienna's Thyrus Gormann collection.

Talent now refreshes correctly without triggering on downed allies.

Subtitles were showing but no sound was played.

Three remastered levels to explore and new Okri’s Challenges with rewards.

Fixed crash when firing ability after nearby enemies die with ragdolls off.

Control first-person weapon visual effects on melee attacks with three levels.

Signups for the community-run Onslaught Series Tournament are now open, running from May 1 to May 19.

The tournament will take place on May 20-21 and May 27-28, streamed live on Fatshark's Twitch channel.

A mini-event during the tournament for the best group photo with prizes announced.

Details of the prize pool for different tiers of the tournament have been shared, including game codes and exclusive merchandise.

Details about the tournament structure, including map completion and scoring, have been outlined.

Fixed frame perfect crash while end event skulls target exploding barrels.

Fixed an issue where the Canon wouldn't animate correctly.

Fixed Huntsman activated ability sound playing twice when exiting stealth on receiving a ranged hit.

The second part of A Treacherous Adventure - Tower of Treachery - is coming to Steam on March 28th.

Added more fixes to fall damage to avoid player death when entering the Skittergate.

Added extra logging to help diagnose Lua deadlock crashes.

The challenge should now trigger more consistently.

The second part of A Treacherous Adventure - Tower of Treachery - is now available for free for all owners of Vermintide 2.

Fixed various additional localisation issues.

Fixed a jumping route which looked possible but wasn't in the room with the wards.

Fixed some lights, textures, and materials which could disappear when viewed from certain angles.

Fixed an area where players would try to path to players in a manner that didn't make sense.

Fixed some textures and materials which could display a lower quality variant (LOD).

Fixed a crash that could occur when scrolling with the mouse level filter in the lobby browser.

Fixed crash when joining an instance of The Enchanter's Lair after previously completing the gargoyle puzzle in a previous run of the map during the same game session.

Fixed a frame perfect crash that could occur when interacting with a door.

Fixed a pretty random crash caused by players jumping on Righteous Stand.

Resolved issues with a closed gate and a snow pile which had no collision.

Fixed a crash when hotjoining after players progress past the end area.

Added a menu where players can access old cinematics in the main menu.

Fixed various areas with some materials engaged in a z-fight.

Fixed a door that a hotjoining player could not pass through if they joined the match after the door was opened.

Fixed some spots with invisible walls which didn't make sense.

Reverted changes to the internal Lua garbage collection systems due to player reports of frequent freezes.

Fixed a couple of out of bounds spots where players could leave the play area.

Fixed some spots where players (and some where bots) could get stuck.

Players can now sort, filter on rarities, and search for keywords in the crafting menu.

Fixed a crash when hotjoining after players pulled the secret lever in the dining room.

Fixed some cases where Olesya's intro VO was not working sometimes.

Hot-joining players are no longer eligible for the challenge. Timer now starts when intro-cinematic ends.

Fixed a crash when hovering 'return to keep' button on score screen, using gamepad, while accepting an invite request.

Fixed an area where an invisible blocker would eat friendly ranged attacks.

New premium cosmetics Heroic Masquerade Collection added to the in-game store, featuring 10 new cosmetics.