Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)

Skaven · Immortal Empires

Clan Scruten

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Comes with Lords of the End Times - Skaven(Warhammer III)

Clan Scruten is a playable Skaven faction in Total War: Warhammer III, led by Thanquol. In Immortal Empires it starts in Karag Dromar with 1 region. It comes with Lords of the End Times - Skaven. Faction key wh3_dlc29_skv_clan_scruten. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

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

Start and neighbours

Starts at Karag Dromar (Black Water)

  1. 1.Creeping Death — Forest of Gloom · near (2.2%) · minor faction
  2. 2.Black Venom — Steingart · near (3.8%) · minor faction
  3. 3.Barak Varr — Barak Varr · medium (4.0%) · minor faction
  4. 4.Disciples of the Maw — Karak Angazhar · medium (4.0%)
  5. 5.Karaz-a-Karak — Karaz-a-Karak · medium (4.4%)

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

6 suitable · 2 unpleasant · 4 uninhabitable

Every climate below · what each level does

Victory at a glance

Short victory: 4 objectives · long victory: 4

  • Destroy the following faction(s): Karak Kadrin
  • Obtain 7,500 Warpstone and spend it on improving your Underlings in Clan Scruten Secrets
  • Control 5 Under-Cities in foreign regions.

All objectives and rewards below

Leader's quests

The quest battles

Key units and where they are recruited

COMPUTED — per role, the Skaven 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

Thanquol

Thanquol

Clan Scruten

East of the Empire, in the darkened sheen of Black Water Lake, Thanquol sees the reflection of the greatest of all Grey Seers: himself.

Arguably the Greatest Grey Seer
  • Has access to Masterplans, using Underlings to lead clandestine operations in the Under-Empire to conquer regions, steal resources and summon Verminlords
  • Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +10 (all armies)
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Thanquol descr

Faction effects

  • Siege towers: +2 per siege item constructed (all armies)
  • Food generated: -1 (all armies)
  • Food consumption: -1 (factionwide)

Victory conditions

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

Short Campaign Victory

  1. Destroy the following faction(s): Karak Kadrin
  2. Obtain 7,500 Warpstone and spend it on improving your Underlings in Clan Scruten Secrets
  3. Control 5 Under-Cities in foreign regions.
  4. Win the following battle: Death From Within

REWARDS

Busy Rats
  • +5% chance per turn to expand the Under-Empire in any region
Summoner of the Verminking
  • Experience gain: +50% for Underlings
  • Construction cost: -10% for Under-Empire buildings
  • Warpstone from Masterplans: +20%

Long Campaign Victory

  1. Achieve the Short Victory conditions.
  2. Control 13 Under-Cities in foreign regions.
  3. Construct landmark: The Morskittar Engine
  4. Win the following battle: Final Battle: The Long-Denied Triumph

REWARDS

Conscription
  • Global recruitment duration: -1 turn for all units (all armies)
  • Global recruitment capacity: +2
Improvised Bounty
  • Food generated: 5 per turn
Entreat the Horned Rat
  • Unlocks Great-Smart Masterplan "Entreat the Horned Rat" which can devastate entire provinces by pulling meteors from the destroyed moon!

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

Climate

Suitable

  • Desert
  • Jungle
  • Mountain
  • Savannah
  • Temperate
  • Wasteland

Unpleasant

  • Chaotic Wasteland
  • Frozen

Uninhabitable

  • Temperate Island
  • Magical Forest
  • Ocean
  • Undead Wasteland

How settling Clan Scruten 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.