Announcing Grim Protocols - Releasing 3 December

[FatsharkStrawHat]

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Grim Protocols | Narrative Trailer

Hey Everyone,

We’ve been cooking for you. We’re ready to announce our next major update, Grim Protocols. It will be released on 3 December on all platforms.

This update will include:

• New Game Mode - Havoc: Think you’ve mastered the threat over Tertium? Think again. Havoc is a new end-game experience that will test the resolve of the most seasoned operative. Be ready to face daunting challenges and earn new cosmetic rewards. We’ve posted an initial dev blog about this, and we’re working on finishing the Q&A post to follow.
• New Mission - Dark Communion: Return to the Carnival and explore its darkest corners. Steel yourself as you face hordes of cultists who will stop at nothing to achieve their Dark Communion. We are working on a dev blog for this.
• Three New Weapon Families: Tear through waves of enemies by wielding the destructive might of the Two-Handed Force and Power Swords, and the Ogryn Heavy Stubber. We are working on a dev blog for this…but here is a sneak peek:

Two-Handed Power Sword (2 Marks) - Zealot: A massive, high-damage melee weapon with wide, sweeping attacks.

• Munitorum Mk X Relic Blade
• Munitorum Mk II Relic Blade

Two-Handed Power Sword - Unique Features:

Heat Activation Mechanic: Generates a heat gauge, building over time. Reaching the limit locks activation briefly (overheat mechanic).

Special Attack: Sprinting Heavy stab attack for unique engagement tactics.

Two-Handed Force Sword (2 Marks) - Psyker: A finesse-oriented weapon combining melee and psychic powers.

• Covenant Mk VI Blaze Force Greatsword
• Covenant Mk VIII Blaze Force Greatsword

Two-Handed Force Sword - Unique Features:

Force Cleave: Special attack releases a psychic cleave with scaling based on charge power (three stages).

Smooth Flow: Psyker’s psi-assisted techniques make the weapon feel lighter and more agile.

Heavy Stubber (3 Marks) - Ogryn: A heavy, precision-support firearm for Ogryns, blending suppressive fire with marksman capabilities that will keep the darkness at bay.

• Krourk Mk IIa Heavy Stubber
• Gorgonum Mk IIIa Heavy Stubber
• Achlys Mk II Heavy Stubber

Heavy Stubber - Unique Features:

Primary Fire: Heavy, slow automatic fire for suppressive roles.

Alt Fire: A more precise, single-shot mode for longer-range accuracy.

Flashlight: Included to assist in low-light environments.

• Anniversary Special Event: To celebrate the second anniversary of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the game will host an event that will reward players with a unique weapon trinket.
• And more: Including the expansion of the Penance progression track with new challenges and rewards, as well as quality of life improvements such as an extension of the Party Finder feature and idle animations to Stances.

We look forward to sharing more about this update with players in the coming few weeks. We’re finishing up dev blogs on the new weapons, the new mission Dark Communion, and more. Stay tuned!

– The Darktide Team

[dragomusic]

@FatsharkStrawHat

Heat Activation Mechanic: Generates a heat gauge, building over time. Reaching the limit locks activation briefly (overheat mechanic).

Special Attack: Sprinting Heavy stab attack for unique engagement tactics.

Please tell me this means the normal Power Sword on vet will get an overhaul to function in a similar way

[psyk]

WOOO LETS GOO, i’m so happy for the new weapons

[supra898]

@FatsharkStrawHat

Force Cleave: Special attack releases a psychic cleave with scaling based on charge power (three stages).

Welcome back Moonlight Greatsword

[EggFever]

@FatsharkStrawHat

To celebrate the second anniversary of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the game will host an event that will reward players with a unique weapon trinket.

you spoil us

[Combine]

This but for every melee weapon that has the stupid “i gotta stop what i’m doing now and turn on my flashlight so i can kill harder” mechanic.

Genuinely ruins the flow of combat

[LukeGlitch]

Broken Audio in game will be fixed this update right? Its a rhetoric question

[Primaul]

yay 2 more stubbers to try out, or is Krourk getting some love?

[Fotok]

@FatsharkStrawHat

Heavy Stubber (3 Marks) - Ogryn: A heavy, precision-support firearm for Ogryns, blending suppressive fire with marksman capabilities that will keep the darkness at bay.

• Krourk Mk IIa Heavy Stubber
• Gorgonum Mk IIIa Heavy Stubber
• Achlys Mk II Heavy Stubber

Heavy Stubber - Unique Features:

Primary Fire: Heavy, slow automatic fire for suppressive roles.

Alt Fire: A more precise, single-shot mode for longer-range accuracy.

Flashlight: Included to assist in low-light environments.

heavy stubber rework ? or NEW NEW marks ?

btw the flashlight on these NEW stubber are not the only change about light for ogryn ?
because the base light of all character need a up for blackout mission, not has much as the lasgun flashlight but closer ,because this light make the ambiance really good, and we wouldn’t need to use flamethrower just for karking light x)

anyways thx for the new and hype for the update

[BlackMagicUser]

very cool, thank you fatsharkstrawhat.

[FreezeZ]

Wait. So new power sword is only for zealot? Nowthing for vet?

[TempestWolf]

the ones in game are TWIN-LINKED heavy stubbers… these are just heavy stubbers

EDIT: also took me a bit to get it XD

[jackjackson]

Finally 2h weapons for psykers… The zealot one is a great surprise.

Giant kek about Vet getting nothing this time

[murphIV]

pictures of the heavy stubber would be appreciated - so what we have are twin-linked and this must be a single, no bracing, just auto or semi with a torch - sounds interesting as long as they start shooting as fast or faster than the achly’s twin linked

like new maps, the carnival area does look amazing

2 handed power sword for zealot sounds super interesting - especially the activate it til it overheats mechanic

2 handed force swords sound cool

[Shacobi]

About time, I hope this doesnt require me to do a 50 hour shopping list to get like the moebian 6th set from the penance update

btw more blood and gore in this update pls

[Badwin]

This cosmetic set comes with poop in your pants so you walk like that guy.

[Badwin]

But on a more serious note, this all sounds great! Hyped for new weapons! Hyped for Havoc! And looking forward to the new mission and penances!

[FatsharkStrawHat]

This will be coming in the dev blog on the new weapons! It’s 9 pages long LOL. It talks about the design process, animations, visual effects, sounds, etc. It will also have some images of the weapons.

[Khorne_Dawg]

@FatsharkStrawHat

New Mission - Dark Communion: Return to the Carnival and explore its darkest corners. Steel yourself as you face hordes of cultists who will stop at nothing to achieve their Dark Communion. We are working on a dev blog for this.

Is this going to be Darktide’s analogue to Convocation of Decay?

@FatsharkStrawHat

Three New Weapon Families: Tear through waves of enemies by wielding the destructive might of the Two-Handed Force and Power Swords, and the Ogryn Heavy Stubber. We are working on a dev blog for this…but here is a sneak peek:

@FatsharkStrawHat

New Game Mode - Havoc: Think you’ve mastered the threat over Tertium? Think again. Havoc is a new end-game experience that will test the resolve of the most seasoned operative. Be ready to face daunting challenges and earn new cosmetic rewards. We’ve posted an initial dev blog about this, and we’re working on finishing the Q&A post to follow.

Will the all-black Moebian 6th reskins (or the “53rd”) seen in the Narrative Trailer be earned through Havoc progression? I really wanna wear 'em!!!

@Shacobi

[jackjackson]

When cheeky fish, WHEN?