What changed in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 in 2026

Fixed an issue with the Handmaiden’s “High Robes of Isha” skin where it would break some first person animations, particularly with the Dual Swords.

Fixed Kerillian’s third person bow animations flipping the bow around.

Added five new weapon illusions for Saltzpyre’s Brace of Pistols, Kruber’s Longbow, Bardin’s Irondrake Pistols, Kerillian’s Dual Swords, and Sienna’s One-Handed Sword.

Enabled Double XP for the duration of the event.

New Portrait Frame, ‘Master of the Undead’, obtained as part of the event.

Enabled the Geheimnisnacht Event until November 1.

Opened up the Event Shop in Lohner’s Emporium for the duration of the event.

Fixed being unable to destroy heroic deeds.

Fixed Modded Realm having consistent backend errors.

Fixed a bug that allowed Necromancer to sacrifice the same skeleton multiple times with latency.

Fixed a crash when the Necromancer sacrificed a skeleton that had already died.

Troll Chief now uses ‘Lord’ damage reduction instead of ‘Boss’. Max health lowered to compensate.

The Feast of Grimnir event runs from August 25 to September 6, featuring a mission in Karak Dal.

Select the Weekly Event game mode to launch the Feast of Grimnir mission and progress in Event Quests.

Fixed a bug where runed illusions for Kerillian’s Longbow had lower glow intensity than intended.

Fixed a crash that occurred when closing the Weekly expedition view while refreshing.

Fixed a crash when receiving a reward from the backend while running an older game version.

Troll Chief health increased by approximately 15% in Cataclysm 3.

Fixed several unlocalized strings in the equipment customization view.

Fixed a crash when firewall software blocks connecting to Twitch servers.

Fixed a crash when interacting with a Keep painting during seasonal changes.

More fixes on the Skittergate invincibility issue.

Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders offers previous event rewards for shillings during the event.

Removed a false Weapon Special action text on the Moonfire Bow’s weapon card.

Huntsman’s Longbow no longer automatically zooms. Players can now press the Weapon Special button for extra zoom.

Fixed a crash when an Illusionist monster creates illusions and there is no one to see them.

Fixed a bug where Sienna’s Mace L1/L2 burn VFX didn’t use the proper color when playing Necromancer.

Fixed a crash when sending a 500 character essay in a language other than English.

Reverted unintended changes to Axe & Falchion H1/H2 and Sienna Dagger H2.

Reverted an unintended nerf to Hagbane Charged Shot direct hit stagger.

Sienna Mace H2/H3: Fix Drop-off curve hitting minimum damage on target 3 onward instead of target 4.

Fixed a minor spelling mistake in the 'Aim for the what?!' Okri’s Challenge.

Fixed so that Monster Crit Damage on Crowbill H1/H2 was aligned to the lower of the two values from pre-patch instead of the higher.

Fixed a crash that happened when hot-joining an ending adventure game and victory poses hadn't fully synchronized.

Fixed a bug with the Axe & Shield H3 not being able to proc 'On Charged Hit' Talents.

Fixed a crash when trying to join a friend in the main menu instead of the keep.

Fixed a bug where Sienna’s Mace L1/L2 weren’t able to trigger the Soul Harvest talent.

Increased the damage of Warpick Heavy attacks on critical hits against Super Armoured enemies.

Fixed a crash on Steam authentication failure and implemented a feature to retry upon failure.

Increased Push Attack damage to the first target.

Fixed a crash when a Warrior Priest of Sigmar gets punched 10 times by a Chaos Warrior.

Reverted unintended ammo buff to Griffonfoot.

Fixed a stuck spot in Skittergate, added failsafes for invincibility during the actual Skittergate section.

Fixed a bug that caused War Pick heavies to deal lower damage to Armoured enemies on critical hits.

Increased minimum targets before minimum damage on Push attack by 1.

Fixed a bug causing the 1H Axe & Elven Axe not being able to proc 'On Charged Attack Hit' talents.

Earn a new portrait frame by participating in the Skulls event.

Celebrate Warhammer Skulls with the Skulls event where players can pick up skulls for powerful boons.

Community goal to kill 300,000,000 enemies to unlock a new set of Crimson Illusions for various weapons.

Increased Damage to Armored targets and Monsters.

Reduced wait time before first reload, increased Damage to Berzerker and Monsters.

Heavy 2 reverted to multi-target attack and reduced charge time.

Increased Damage to Armored targets and Monsters, and Max Carry Ammo.

Now applies poison to Armored targets in AoE.

Increased Base Damage and burn ticks, slight reduction to Monster damage.

Increased Block Radius and Effective Dodges.

Increased Cleave and Damage to Armored targets, reduced Movement Speed slowdown.

Reduced Chain time between attacks and increased Dodge Range.

Increased Cleave and Damage to Armored and Super Armor targets, reduced movement speed slowdown during attacks.

Reduced time between attacks and changed Heavy 2 to a multi-target attack.

Increased Damage to Armored targets and reduced attack slowdown.

Reduced wait time before Auto Zoom occurs.

Reduced slowdown on Light attacks, increased Dodge Range, and new attack chaining options.

Improved bullet spread and increased Base Damage.

Increased Cleave and Max Ammo.

New Heavy 3 attack added, increased Stagger Duration, and various damage adjustments.

Join the Heroes in a pub crawl through Helmgart with double XP available.

Enabled the ‘A Quiet Drink’ event level, accessible through the Weekly Event game mode.

Fixed a gift illusion for Sienna’s Scythe being locked behind the wrong edition.

Fixed an occasional crash when hitting things with a flail.

Added new anniversary event rewards including a brand-new portrait frame.

Fixed an issue where the blood tornadoes in Chaos Wastes were playing regular Blightstorm vortex sounds.

Opened up the Event section in Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders for the duration of the Anniversary Event.