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).

That’s it for the new patch notes on April 11 for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on all platforms.

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