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Khorne · Immortal Empires

Blooded Wanderers

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Comes with Omens of Destruction – Khorne(Warhammer III)

Blooded Wanderers is a playable Khorne faction in Total War: Warhammer III, led by Skulltaker. In Immortal Empires it starts in Hualotal with 1 region. It comes with Omens of Destruction – Khorne. Faction key wh3_dlc26_kho_skulltaker. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Start here

Immortal Empires, patch 9.0.4: facts from the game's data, each linking to the full section.

Start and neighbours

Starts at Hualotal (The Gwangee Valley)

  1. 1.Blood Hall Coven — Wellsprings of Eternity · medium (4.3%) · minor faction
  2. 2.Tlaxtlan — Tlaxtlan · medium (4.7%) · minor faction
  3. 3.Wardens of the Living Pools — The Sacred Pools · medium (5.4%) · minor faction
  4. 4.The Accursed Troupe — The Blood Hall · medium (5.4%)
  5. 5.Sentinels of Xeti — Sentinels of Xeti · medium (5.5%) · minor faction

Nearest starting capitals, measured on the game's minimap as a share of its width: near ≤ 4%, medium ≤ 10%, far beyond. See it on the full map

Climate at a glance

5 suitable · 4 unpleasant · 3 uninhabitable · 1 climate differs from the race

Every climate below · what each level does

Victory at a glance

Short victory: 4 objectives · long victory: 4

  • Send 15000 Skulls to the Skull Throne
  • Empower 3 Skulls on the Cloak of Skulls to level 3.
  • Perform 8 Unholy Manifestations.

All objectives and rewards below

Leader's quests

The quest battles

Key units and where they are recruited

COMPUTED — per role, the Khorne unit that tops the role's cost list on best units by the numbers (base stats, multiplayer cost; the race's standard roster — units it has only with Unit caps off, the extended roster, are left out). Recruitment: the first building level that unlocks it (building_units_allowed).

Faction leader

Skulltaker

Skulltaker

Blooded Wanderers

Deep within the jungles of Lustria, the mighty Daemon Skulltaker stalks the land, reaping the skulls of natives and invaders with equal relish.

Slayer of Kings
  • Daemons Reforged: +10% chance for destroyed Bloodletters units to be restored after battle (all armies)
  • Has access to the Cloak of Skulls, allowing the Skulltaker to empower his faction by defeating powerful Lords
  • Hero capacity: +2 for Bloodreapers
  • Upkeep: -15% for Bloodletters of Khorne and Exalted Bloodletters of Khorne units (all armies)

Faction effects

  • Army ability: "Horn of Khorne" (all armies)
  • Control: +4

Victory conditions

Immortal Empires, from the campaign script (victory_objectives_config.lua) in the game's own words. All factions

Short Campaign Victory

  1. Send 15000 Skulls to the Skull Throne
  2. Empower 3 Skulls on the Cloak of Skulls to level 3.
  3. Perform 8 Unholy Manifestations.
  4. Kill 25 Lords in Battle.

REWARDS

Soul Extractor
  • Champion's Essence gained for defeating Lords: +30%

Follower or item: Skull Collector

Long Campaign Victory

  1. Achieve the Short Victory conditions.
  2. Send 55000 Skulls to the Skull Throne
  3. Kill 50 Lords in Battle.
  4. Empower 8 Skulls on the Cloak of Skulls to level 3.

REWARDS

Conscription
  • Global recruitment duration: -1 turn for all units (all armies)
  • Global recruitment capacity: +2

Skulls: +2,000

Plan a co-op campaign with Blooded Wanderers — partners by start distance, climate and victory conditions. Its start next to the race's other factions: best Khorne factions.

Climate

Suitable

  • Chaotic Wasteland
  • Frozen
  • Jungle(race: Unpleasant)
  • Mountain
  • Wasteland

Unpleasant

  • Desert
  • Temperate Island
  • Savannah
  • Temperate

Uninhabitable

  • Magical Forest
  • Ocean
  • Undead Wasteland

How settling Blooded Wanderers fares in each climate (campaign_group_racial_suitability_effects and its member criteria). What each level does, for every race.

Source: factions, start_pos_factions and start_pos_regions (campaigns wh3_main_combi and wh3_main_chaos), frontend_faction_leaders and faction_groups, patch 9.0.4.