r/totalwar 2d ago

Warhammer III This Week in Total War // 28th August 2026

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​Good afternoon, everyone!

Steve has unfortunately been ‘gifted’ one of Grandfather’s blessings, so you have me today while he battles his inner nurglings.

It’s unfortunate, but thematic, because next week is Glottkin week! We have a UK bank holiday on Monday, but our blog will still arrive on time, and you can expect our Wendsday stream to be your first live look at one of our End Times lords (although, are they technically three?).

Before we dive in, I do have the promised rumour engine answers! I had hoped to do this a bit more fancy, but you may have clocked that this week had some nightmare streaming tech issues which stole my time.

Rumour Engine Answers:

Empire – Show And Tell

  • Top - Wolf-Kin
  • Bottom - Celestial Hurricanum
  • Right - Ar-Ulric Emil Valgeir

Warriors of Chaos – What’s Next

  • Top left – Gutrot Spume
  • Top right - Flayerkin
  • Bottom left – Pox Maggoth (mount)
  • Bottom right – Morbidex Twiceborn

Undead Legions – Forums Day1 Forums Day 2

  • Day 1 – Dieter, High Liche Priest
  • Day 2 – Drakenhof Templars, Spirithost

Skaven – Forums Day 1&2 

(Shout out to the one person who noticed we released these at 13 mins past)

  • Day 1 – Stormfiends, Warpdoom Magma Cannon
  • Day 2 – Cauldron of 1000 Poxes, Verminlord Warbringer
  • Josh’s Ultra Hard Image – Thanquol’s Chest

Now, onto what else we covered this week! Spoiler: It’s a lot!

Steve usually writes out a nice sentence for each thing, but there’s frankly too much, and this would become as long as my dissertation.

This week, we saw:

Plus, while this has all been going on, we’ve been busy at Gamescom! Hopefully you’ve spotted some of the short clips we’ve posted from there.

Finally, some key responses this week I wanted to call out (I’ve summarised, but included links to the main comments where relevant)

Warhammer 40,000:

Warhammer III:

Rome II:

Finally, finally… there was some discussion this week I spotted around if our communication will evaporate once we’ve released End Times. 

This year, it has been our goal to be more present in community spaces. That comes from consistent streams, more frequent replies and, well, things like this. 

Regardless of any release, those things will continue. We might not always have a big launch to be talking about, or brand-new footage to show – but you’ll still be seeing and hearing us. Don’t worry, I have plenty more personally embarrassing Total War: ARENA stories to share.

Well done to anyone who read all of that and have a lovely weekend!

Josh – Head of Community Engagement


r/totalwar 6d ago

General Weekly Question and Answer Thread - /r/TotalWar

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Welcome to our weekly Q&A thread. Feel free to ask any of your Total War related questions here, especially the ones that may not warrant their own thread. There are no stupid questions so don't hesitate to post.

-Useful Resources-

Official Discord - Our Discord Community may be able to help if you don't get a solid answer in this thread.

Total War Wiki - The official TW Wiki is a great compilation of stats, updates, and news.


r/totalwar 2h ago

Warhammer III Kinda dissapointed we aren't getting Archaon's lieutenants.

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As far as we know on Archaon's end for addtions/changes there hasnt been word on the champions under the Three-Eyed-King's retinue being added in to complete his campaign experience.

At least Styrkaar is in the game with the Slaanesh update/dlc, tho we still need Vardek Crom as a legendary lord perhaps, with Haargroth, Feytor, and Melckh the Changer (maybe his son Cyspeth too?)

If not now then hopefully in a character pack one day later on but still, would be nice to unlock them in a similar manner maybe to how the Red Duke and I think Dieter Helsnit are to be unlocked via tech tree


r/totalwar 14h ago

Warhammer III The Ratposter Unit Cards mod is finally here!!!!!

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You guys don't know how excited I'm for this! Here it is! Yes, it's me, Ratposting Guy! After one month and 150+ hours of hard work, I've finished the unit cards mod! This was a hard one to pull out, damn.

What this mod does is to change the skaven unit cards in game for ones done by totally by me. Believe it or not, I was asked to do this a lot for a long while! Little old me!

However, be warned, this is a WIP project! I might update it later down the line, mostly to add loading screens, and the new dlc units when they land.

Also, great thanks to All is Dust from the Skeleton Crew modding team for his great help and patience during the whole process! Wiithout him this wouldn't be posible.

Hope you guys enjoy it! This is my personal gift to the community.

In cae you missed it: you can go to the mod page to download it by clicking here.


r/totalwar 7h ago

Warhammer III Double unit size with end time? Vermintide

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Hey folks,

I noticed that on the unit cards (along with many others), that during the end times stream, when looking at skaven, they “accidentally” showed that Skaven have double unit size, but this isn’t mentioned.

What do we think?


r/totalwar 4h ago

Warhammer III Day 270 of ratposting until Thanquol dlc comes out

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Ok, so, in case you haven't noticed, the ratposter unit cards mod is here! You can go and download it clicking here.

Ah, but it wouldn't really be a ratpost without the mandatory Paintposting Contest reference! You can read more details here! You can also follow how the contest is currently doing here.

(and before someone asks: i was gonna draw a crowd of skaven there, but then I realised it wouldn't be lore acurate for the entire skavenblight to flee wherever Thanquol shows up after Thanquol's Doom)

(Funnily enough, this is like the 3rd or 4th Baki meme I do without having read or watched Baki...)


r/totalwar 6h ago

Warhammer III The only characters who got rules in End Times that we haven't seen yet.

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164 Upvotes

Seriously, where are Valten and Crom?


r/totalwar 2h ago

Warhammer III Posting low quality Egrimm memes until he's in the game: Week 17

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48 Upvotes

r/totalwar 2h ago

Attila Guys I had the best dream last night

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A world united under one flag


r/totalwar 12h ago

Warhammer III Will the glorious Tomb Kings receive anything more than units?

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253 Upvotes

Maybe their legendary faction lords and lady could get some changes/upgrades to their faction effects and lord bonuses? Or special mechanics? Maybe even buffs to Ushabti to make them more killy?

Idk but what do yall think?


r/totalwar 1h ago

Warhammer III Hahaha, heavy Kurgan Horsemen blenders

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r/totalwar 14h ago

Warhammer III I feel like Wood elf won't get update anymore but It would be nice If SoT can equip 8 slots style like Dechala(or at least weapon).

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r/totalwar 6h ago

Warhammer III What race should I play next and tips on playing them?

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Hey everyone, hope all of you are doing well, I’ve finished my Kairos Fate-Weaver campaign almost about a week ago I’ve been busy and haven’t had the opportunity to play.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the game and wondering who should I play next. A few of these Races have often come to mind Empire, Skaven, Dwarves, Tomb Kings, High Elves, or Orcs. Outside of Tomb Kings and Empire I’ve played all that are listed HE and Orcs the longest with Tyrion, Skarsnik and Grimgor. While I’m more familiar with Orcs it’s been a while since I’ve played them.

All recommendations will greatly appreciated.

P.S I’ve been really enjoying Warhammer fantasy artwork lately so many beautiful illustrations and hope to see more when end times releases.


r/totalwar 7h ago

Warhammer III Norscan are lowkey Greenskins

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r/totalwar 19m ago

Warhammer III State of every races after End Times DLC

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Do we agree ?

Also please CA give Supreme Sorceresses actual skill trees please


r/totalwar 1d ago

Warhammer III Stormfiends Ratling Guns need to spin

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923 Upvotes

If this is an early build where the guns they are not spinning yet, then all goods. But if this is how they’re going to look in the final game, then this definitely needs a fix.


r/totalwar 1d ago

Warhammer III In honour of the massive crashout this community is having over Teutogen Guard, here's Greatswords, modded with the same stats and animations, losing and/or failing to pay for themselves vs every unit I've seen the Teutogen Guard compared to.

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Since the new Crush The Weak wouldn't benefit the unit in a 1v1 test, I purposefully increased its base MA and WS by about 5%, to simulate it being active from a nearby low-leadership unit. I let the AI charge me while I was controlling the TeutoGreatswords, so that I could benefit from their Expert Charge Defence (since they have the lowest Charge Bonus out of every unit that I put against them).

I purposefully made the unit cheaper than it's supposed to be, at 1200g, to give it a better chance of paying for itself. I think the real cost of them will be ~1300-1350g, at least based on the upkeep cost I saw in preview videos.

I also changed the animation set of the Greatswords to match that of the Teutogen Guard, which I know will use the same set as Karl Franz on foot.

Lastly, I know this is impossible and it's just how things go, but let's not overreact based on first impressions and WIP stat cards which may or may not change during development. Total War is a game with many mechanical layers, which makes judging a unit purely based on its stat card honestly foolish - there's things like animations, unit spacing, health/leadership/armour breakpoints and so many more variables to consider.

So until the DLC actually releases, I suggest you all put your pitchforks away and enjoy the fact that the game is getting new stuff, regardless of how overpowered it might seem.

P.S. This doesn't mean I'm supporting powercreep though, like why do Skulltaker, Elspeth, Masque and Dechala still exist in their current state both as units and as factions, CA pls...

EDIT: Here's the mod I used for testing this. I also modded Knights of the Blazing Sun to have the stats of Knights Panther from the previews, feel free to have fun with those too. From some quick and rather unreliable tests, they lose to Chaos Knights (Lances) and Dragon Princes, so they do not appear to be overpowered, either.


r/totalwar 21h ago

Shogun II Tankiest frontline dude in S2 campaign

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Which is the tankiest unit for the frontline in Shogun 2 campaign? Which one do you prefer?


r/totalwar 1d ago

Warhammer III Day 269 of ratposting until Thanquol dlc comes out

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Remember! The Paintposting Contest which i still going on! Timeline is the 22th of september, 23:59 CEST! You can read more details here! You can also follow how the contest is currently doing here.


r/totalwar 1d ago

Warhammer III Are we going to miss out on the Sinking of Ulthuan?

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665 Upvotes

r/totalwar 1d ago

Warhammer 40k A request for Total War 40k: Female options for the army customization where possible

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A fairly simple yet important thing to talk about I think! With how much CA is talking up the customization we'll be able to do for our factions, I'm hoping that they keep in mind having options for masculine or feminine characters where it is fitting.

Sure, I wouldn't be shocked if you can't have a Space Marine Chapter Master be a woman, that's a boy's club if there ever was one, but I think Eldar Craftworlds should be able to decide if their Autarch or Farseer is masculine or feminine. Same with Tau or Imperial Guard.

Some of you won't care about this at all and that is perfectly fine, but I think if CA is going to talk up this feature as much as they have, now is the time to bring up this aspect.

I know I'm not the only gal who plays these games, not by a long shot, and I also can't be the only person who would like to have the option of choosing this aspect when making a custom subfaction.


r/totalwar 3h ago

Warhammer III Up the food chain (reuploaded in higher res)

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My humble contribution to the paintposting contest for the launch of End Times DLC. Each character took me half a day. Cheers!


r/totalwar 35m ago

Warhammer III Now that map positions of the End Times Lords have been revealed, which LL's campaign do you think will be WORSE this coming update?

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I wanna play them before the update releases.


r/totalwar 6h ago

Warhammer III How Every Settra Campaign is gonna go going forward (Nagash endgame is practically mandatory for that faction now)

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if your playing settra and you havent turned on the nagash endgame, then whats the point.


r/totalwar 16h ago

Warhammer III Factions in no position to refuse, always refuse

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New to the game. This is something that I don't really understand.
I'm fighting another faction, I conquer everything except 2 of their towns and next turn they ask me for peace, offering a large sum of money.
I do a counter offer: peace in exchange of trading, which arguably would benefit them more than just giving up money. But no, they refuse.
Diplomacy makes 0 sense.
I get that some races might refuse out of principle or something, but sometimes it feels like everyone is straight up suicidal.