A Parting of the Waves is Live Now! Patch 5.4.0

 

A free update with a brand new map and a new enemy type!

Heroes!

The fourth and final part of the Karak Azgaraz saga - A Parting of the Waves - is out now on PC, free for all owners of Vermintide 2!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445960/Warhammer_Vermintide_2__Karak_Azgaraz/

Join our Heroes on their bonding exercise, as they try to work through their quarrels and chase the fleeing Skaven to a gloomy whaling village, ravaged by storm and something sinister…

In addition to the new map, this update sees the introduction of a brand new enemy: the Chaos Warrior with Shield! This new enemy will show up alongside in any mission with Rotblood's presence.

Developer Stream - April 12th!

We’ll also be hosting a developer stream on April 12, at 16:15 CEST! Join Community Manager Catfish, Art Director Joseph, and Design Director Joakim as they do a deep dive on the A Parting of the Waves update!

Without further ado…

Patch 5.4.0 Patch Notes

New Features

  • Added a brand new map: A Parting of the Waves

    • This map is considered the 4th and final entry in the Karak Azgaraz saga for Vermintide 2.

    • Includes its own set of Okri's Challenges and rewards! New paintings and portrait frames!

  • Added a new enemy type: Chaos Warrior with Shield. Sigmar preserve us...

Balance Changes

  • Outcast Engineer: Increased the Cooldown of the bomb generated by 'Ingenious Ordnance' to 180 seconds (up from 120 seconds).

  • Outcast Engineer: Decreased the starting bombs from the 'Bombardier' talent to 2.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with Outcast Engineer talent 'Linked Compression Chambers' not increasing fire rate properly.

  • Fixed an issue with Necromancer not being able to see her Chaos Wastes potions when checking her inventory.

  • Fixed some spots where bots would get stuck in Trail of Treachery and Tower of Treachery.

  • Fixed a tome not spawning in Khazhukan Kazakit-Ha!

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Eyes of the Crowfather' Okri's achievement being impossible to complete. Something something Tzeentch ravens.

  • Fixed the skulking sorcerer from that one Nurgle curse on Chaos Wastes breaking entirely when lifted by the Lifestaff.

  • Fixed a placeholder localization line on the 'Quit to Menu' button.

  • Fixed a host crash when a Kerillian bot spawns and is being attacked the same frame.

  • Fixed rare host caused by a bot Warrior Priest with 'The Comet's Gift' talent being replaced by a human player while they have their ability active on another player.

  • Fixed a rare crash while spectating.

  • Fixed rare crash when local game receives info about a projectile, but the projectile or hit unit was already removed locally.

  • Fixed a crash when someone hotjoins the same frame as a pinged unit is destroyed.

  • Fixed a very rare crash related to player despawns.

  • Fixed a bug in the launcher that sometimes caused the wrong GPU to be selected when multiple GPUs were available (mostly affecting laptops).