Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Dev Tracker

Heroes,
Today we are excited to announce that the new advanced career for Bardin Goreksson, The Outcast Engineer, is available on Steam and Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders on PC! Similar to the previously released Grail Knight, the Outcast Engineer is available with or without the Cosmetic Upgrade.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443780/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16466/

Together with the release of the new career we are also releasing updat... Read more

Something’s going on with Bardin. He’s not saying what. In fact, he’s not saying anything at all, which is unusual. Looks like we’ll have to turn to Lohner to find out what’s going on.

I bet you’ve all noticed that our stout, comradely dwarf – while stout as ever – ain’t exactly been as comradely of late. Locked himself up in his room. All kinds of weird banging and the like coming from within. Also been a bit, well, short with everyone, hasn’t he? And Olesya says he’s even stopped eating her candles. Not exactly the Bardin Gorreksson we’ve come to know and love. Well, I’ve done a bit of asking around, and I think I know why.

I don’t have to remind any of you that our recent trip to Castle Drachenfels, while a roaring success – and thanks for that – stirred the pot, shall we say? Old memories dredged up, and all that. Never mind how I know, I just know, all right? Let’s just say that Cousin Okri told me.

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2897465890404556761]here[/url].

Heroes!
Greetings from Stockholm, winter is coming as the days get shorter and the weather shifts. Most Sharks are still working from home with the comfort of their pets, partners and PCs/laptops.

Hopefully you all got your hands on the Anniversary Hat last week and enjoyed a merry jaunt around the streets of Helmgart in search of a good brew! Geheimnisnacht will be coming to an end this coming weekend so it’s the last chance to catch the city under the influence of Mannslieb and Morrslieb at their fattest.

Community Challenge: 555,555,555
It was a stunning, messy display! But you actually did it. The tally at the time the counter was switched off was a glorious 596,242,712, earning everyone two weekends of Triple XP!

We discussed this internally and have decided we’ll attach these two bonus weekends into a 10 day Triple XP Event bonanza, starting right now!

Winds of Magic: Season 4
Season 3 is drawing to a close, and with... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2930115719580442829]here[/url].

Heroes!
Geheimnisnacht is the most ill-omened night of the year and with both Mannslieb and Morrslieb full in the sky only the strong and brave dare venture into the dark. During Geheimnisnacht it's said that the veil between the living and the dead is thinner, and it is the perfect time to visit the Gardens of Morr to pay homage to the ancestors.

From now until November 7th, your time in-game will be a little more sullen. Taal's Horn Keep will be all the Morr creepy, and adventure mode maps have been re-lit to mark the occasion.

See you in the lobbies!

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2927863284403971862]here[/url].

Heroes, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free-to-play between October 26 - November 1 on Steam during the week-long Free Weekend. Grab a friend, or two, or three, and jump into Vermintide 2 to clear out some Skaven, Norsca, and Beastmen. Praise Sigmar!

*DLCs are not included in the Free Weekend.

Together with the weeklong Free Weekend, we are also extending the 5-Year Anniversary events on all platforms to run until November 1st.


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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2937995750532944417]here[/url].

Live Broadcast: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2937995750520948758]here[/url].

Join us over on Twitch at 14:00 UTC (15 BST/16 CEST/07 PT/09 CT) as we celebrate the 5-Year anniversary of 'Vermintide', speak with Martin and Marten about this journey and maybe we'll get loose lipped, who knows. Tim and Tom return to play with YOU, so we hope to see you there!

twitch.tv/fatsharkgames

Heroes,
Welcome to the 5-Year Anniversary of Vermintide. 5 years ago we were nervously staring at the button to get the first game in this amazing series live. The moments directly after pressing the button were filled with joy, pride, nervousness, excitement and with a slight aftertaste of panic. What if you did not like our little rat-smashing simulator? We were in for a surprise, you loved it! Together we ventured through Stormdorf, slayed rats in Karak Azgaraz, and fell through the floor in Drachenfels.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 was our next adventure, and we would be lying if we said that we were not equally nervous about releasing Vermintide 2 as back when we first released Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide. The development team back then was smaller, but all emotions were there once more.

The years have flown by. We are humbled, grateful, overjoyed and thankful to each and everyone of our players. Thank you for everything, and here’s to the coming ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2937995750513965956]here[/url].

Heroes!
Welcome to Patch 3.3. Whilst not gargantuan in size or number of fixes, it is a precursor to some fun stuff coming very soon! No more waffle, on to the notes.

Patch 3.3

• Added quick salvage button to gamepad UI.
  
• Fixed 2 of the most common crashes.
  
• Bots should now replenish ammo from Ammo Boxes with much more consistency.
  
• Healing Potions should no longer be wasted if you're hit right at the moment the potion is consumed.
  
• Bots now heal when they have Natural Bond if they are safe and wounded.
  
• Patrols will now aggro in Lamp Oil Fire.
  
• Blightstormers should be less prone to casting without Line of Sight. This wont stop them from casting and teleporting away, giving the appearance of a LOSless cast.
  
• Fort Bongobadgers - moved two respawns slightly to fix issue where they connected to the wrong path.
  
• Fort Brunchymunc...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2899713886474621433]here[/url].

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2888452349167871485]here[/url].

Hotfix 3.2.0.1

• Quick Salvage buttons pulls from other characters inventories as well.
  
• Changing weapon illusion no longer requires unequipping it from all of the careers.
  
• Fixed the missing localization for tooltips.

Heroes,
Welcome to Patch 3.2 on PC, bringing you fixes & tweaks and… *Drumroll*, Quality of Life updates! These QoL updates are specially focused on end-of-round, Spoils of War and Crafting. We truly hope you will enjoy these updates, and as always, you can find the full list of all updates and patch notes below.

For Sigmar!

Quality of Life End of Round

• Added ability to speed up rewards popup by pressing [space]/[esc] on KB/M or on Xbox Pad or [circle] on PS4 Pad while the popup is present.
  
• Sped up results screen summery and chest upgrade animations by 3x while holding space or "confirm" on controllers.

Spoils of War

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Hello!
My name is Morris, and I am the Lead Animator on Vermintide 2. I have been at Fatshark for a little over half a year now, with the first thing I worked on being the Drachenfels Lord.

When I am not working, I like to read (my latest read was Exhalation by Ted Chiang), participate in GameJams, drink copious amounts of tea, meditate and play any co-op game I can trick my friends into playing with me. Today, however, I hope to share some insight into the animation workflows at Fatshark and how we made some of the Grail Knight features.

Where we started out. In my previous experience as an animator, I have mainly worked on games with ranged modern weapons, and the melee-weapon range in Vermintide 2 was new to me. When we first started discussing the new career and the weapons it would have, our Lead Gameplay Designer Kasper told me that he is playing around with the idea of giving the Grail Knight a Hand-and-a-Half Sword. At this point, I did not know what a ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/2859177682389797133]here[/url].

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/552500/announcements/detail/4597565969084122082]here[/url].