Hello Everyone,
We hope you enjoyed Warhammer Skulls 2025 as much as we did! We’re excited to finally reveal what we’ve been building behind the scenes.
The Arbites Class is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on June 23, 2025, across all platforms.
We will be releasing several blogs from now until release on June 23 with more information on Arbites: a first look at the talent tree, your cyber-mastiff, the new weapons, and more! To show you a bit how we crafted this first class for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
YOU ARE JUSTICE.
The Adeptus Arbites enforce the Lex Imperialis - the Imperial Law. Utterly unforgiving, they persecute heretics and traitors throughout the Emperor’s realm. As an Arbitrator, you are a warrior of the Emperor’s justice, prosecuting crimes against the Imperium with disciplined zeal.
With the Arbites Class, you’ll get to restore order on Tertium with your Cyber-Mastiff and a devastating array of new weaponry.
What does the Arbites Class bring to the battlefield?
- Command your Cyber-Mastiff: A relentless, cybernetically-engineered hound, that is never far from your side. Direct your vicious kill-dog to take down enemies, disable priority targets and provide critical support to your strike team. This is no pet - it’s a fearsome weapon.
- Your judgment. How will you enforce it? Craft your unique Arbitrator by mixing freely between 80+ talent nodes, or choose one of the three main paths found in the branching talent trees. A more separate dev blog will be coming out delving into more detail on the Arbites’ unique talent tree soon.
- Deploy the Nuncio Aquila: Arbitrators bring new technology in the form of the Nuncio Aquila, anti-grav vox platforms that spreads propaganda overwhelming their opponents with fear of the impending voice of the Lex.
- Exact punishment with extreme prejudice: Muscle forwards with reinforced Assault Shields and a choice of Dominator Maul or Arbites Shotpistol - Darktide’s first defense/range combo. For tougher targets, the Arbites Shotgun packs a unique punch with its Special Issue ammunition. A more in-depth detailed breakdown of the Arbites weapons will be coming out soon.
- Sanction wears many faces: Customise your Arbitrator, choose from six voices across three personalities, earnable cosmetics for your Cyber-Mastiff, character, and weapons.
Players will be able to purchase the Arbites Class on all platforms on June 23, 2025 for the price of $11.99 / €11.99.
Free Update coming June 23
Launching alongside the Arbites Class DLC on June 23, Darktide will receive a free update designed to offer a more structured narrative experience for new players as well as a rework on difficulty progression and selection
- Improved onboarding and narrative experience:
- A curated mission path will guide new players through Tertium, introducing key characters, locations, and threats across escalating difficulty tiers.
- Missions will feature increased story context, with debriefs showcasing the impact of strike teams across Tertium.
- Seasoned players will be offered the option to re-experience the improved story of Darktide from the start.
- Changes to difficulty progression and selection:
- Introducing a reworked difficulty progression system: players will now unlock higher difficulties by demonstrating skills, not just by leveling up. Progression will be tied to completing a number of missions at your current difficulty, rewarding mastery over time played.
- Mission board changes: all missions currently in rotation will now be available at every difficulty level. This update significantly broadens the mission selection for players at any tier, offering greater variety and more meaningful choice when deciding how (and where) to fight.
Thank you for reading our announcement on Arbites! We’ll be looking out for any questions over the weekend and we’ll do our best to answer them!
This is the will of the Lex.
We’ll see you on the Mourningstar.
Wishlist the Arbites Class today on Steam.
– The Darktide Team
