The next update for Warhammer 40: Darktide has been given a date and a name as it promises a new game mode, mission, and more weapons to swing around.
The “Grim Protocols” update brings a nifty new challenge for endgame players via the Havoc Game Mode, the Dark Communion Mission, two long-range weapons, and a new marksman-friendly heavy weapon when it drops on December 3. Fatshark showed more in a new trailer for the update.
The Havoc Game Mode was introduced a few weeks ago via the Darktide forums as a response to players wanting “more of a challenge from Darktide.” It’s only available to Trust Level 30 players, and will introduce up to 40 tiers of “Havoc Orders” with not only increasing difficulties and modifiers, but also more and more new enemy styles. This personalized, player-to-player “Havoc Order” tier system creates variable missions and mutators unique to everyone, and players can join each other to help progress through their respective Orders.
Dark Communion is the next new Mission, where players go to the Carnival to take down “hordes of cultists who will stop at nothing to achieve their Dark Communion.” As with other Darktide content, there’ll be a dev blog incoming for this new Mission as well.
Rejects! The free update - Grim Protocols - is coming to all platforms December 3. Let's have those loadouts of yours nice and shiny by then, yeah? pic.twitter.com/UDTxpmGlBg
— Warhammer 40K: Darktide (@Darktide40K) November 19, 2024
There’s also three new Weapon Families to be introduced, with two melee weapons and one slower suppressive heavy weapon. The Two-Handed Power Sword touts “wide, sweeping attacks,” while the Two-Handed Force Sword is described as a “finesse-oriented weapon combining melee and psychic powers” through Greatswords. The Heavy Stubber, on the other hand, touts “heavy, slow automatic fire for suppressive roles” for its primary fire and a “more precise, single-shot mode” for marksmanship.
An upcoming second anniversary event has been teased, as well as an expansion to the Penance system and quality of life improvements.
