We’re currently investigating an issue where operative hair colours are not displaying as expected. We’ll share updates in the comments below and link them here as they become available. UPDATE 16/04 [image] KNOWN ISSUE: Incorrect Operative Hair Colour Bugs …

Issue Type (Required): Visual Issue Description (Required): I noticed my character had black hair instead of red when I logged in after the Beyond the Hive update. Tried to fix it at the barber shop, but it’s not selecting or applying the red colour. Same goes for the white hair colour. Steps to R…

Issue Type (Required): Visual Issue Description (Required): Certain hair colours, like the first two for psyker and the Bardin slayer based ogryn are bugged and appear as a muted black instead of their intended visual. Steps to Reproduce (Required): Have any of the mentioned colour equipped or tr…

Issue Type (Required): Character Customisation Issue Description (Required): Hair colors broken after update Colors that were given for owning Warhammer Vermintide 2 is pure black now Steps to Reproduce (Required): Go to customization on any character Select hair colors that were given for ownin…

and helmet mohawk is broken too [image]

@FatsharkJulia could you perhaps let us know (after checking with the team) if it’s something that you can easily fix (and thus we should wait on you) - or the change was permanent and we are better to not waste any time waiting and just choose some other hair color manually? Wouldn’t want to start …

Issue Type (Required): Other Issue Description (Required): My Veteran originally had white hair color but after today’s update, I noticed the hair is black. So visited Krall to have it back to white but the first 4 hair colors are all black. I guess someone messed up the enumerator. White hair opti…

funny how your dude kept his white eyebrows.

Issue Type (Required): Character Customisation Issue Description (Required): This beatiful man was proper ginger before the patch, now he is not. I noticed other colours are also incorrectly reflected on the character. [PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional): Yes, but I haven’t tried disabling them Repr…

Same issue with my Zealot he use the white color for both hair and beard and he has black hair and brown beard now. [darktide haircolor]

another one of these strange bugs. my karen had suddenly black hair, but i could change it back to the white sister bob.

KNOWN ISSUE: Incorrect Operative Hair Colour

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Bugs

FatsharkJulia April 16, 2026, 12:45pm 22

Fixed in 1.11.4. Shout if you notice any problems!

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KNOWN ISSUE: Incorrect Operative Hair Colour

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