Total War: Warhammer 3 details 2.0 patch changes ahead of DLC release Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Total War: Warhammer 3 details 2.0 patch changes ahead of DLC release Getting ready for Immortal Empires News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on Aug. 22, 2022 2 comments Total War: Warhammer 3 will tomorrow receive a public beta of Immortal Empires, the vast, trilogy-merging game mode. At the same time, it'll also receive a 2.0 update which brings sweeping changes to faction mechanics, the UI, individual units and many bug fixes. Creative Assembly have detailed some of those changes in a new video release today, which you'll find below. There will be a full set of patch notes for 2.0 along tomorrow, alongside all the new DLC, but for now here's the video: Watch on YouTube The video begins by detailing some major new features. The Warriors Of Chaos are receiving a campaign rework with four new legendary lords, including new God-given "chaos gifts" to boost your faction, a vassal-based settlement structure, the ability to hire mercenaries to join your warband, a warband upgrade tree, and more. There are also four new provinces on the Realm Of Chaos map. Some of these changes are presumably designed to coincide with the Chapions Of Chaos paid DLC which also releases tomorrow. There are also UI updates, some of which are purely cosmetic like more variety in the colour palette, and some which make it easier to access information about your faction's allies and vassals. The video also details some of the changes being made to support the Immortal Empires campaign. If you're not familiar, Mortal Empires was a mode for Warhammer 2 which allowed the races from that game to fight against those from Total War: Warhammer 1 on a much expanded map. Immortal Empires does the same but for the entire trilogy. To make that work, races from Warhammer 1 and 2 need to be amended in order to make them suitable for battling the races of Warhammer 3, including re-balanced reload times, changes to healing abilities, and changes to individual unit stats. Nic Reuben has already been playing the Immortal Empires beta and wrote earlier today that the mode was an impressive achievement: Impressive is the immense number of tiny tweaks for older factions, from balance and battle changes (Dragons are now beefier. Gor'rok's unique rite now grants Saurus Warriors a Tzeentchy barrier. Norsca can build walls now) to lore-friendly recruitment options (Aranessa Saltspite can recruit Ogre Maneaters, ditto Vampire Counts and Mournguls). Alongside this, a few factions have had soft reworks - notably Vampire Counts and Tomb Kings - shuffling around build orders and unit tiers to make their starts faster and more forgiving. But practically every faction has received tweaks or passes of some kind. Which is impressive work, even if I find the idea of playing Immortal Empires utterly overwhelming. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here