Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0 (Sep 24, 2026)

Lore of Nurgle

Lore of magic · 6 spells · Total War: Warhammer III, patch 9.0

Lore attribute

Children of Nurgle

Lore attribute (passive)

  • Triggers when casting spell
  • Replenishes hit points of combatants

Kindly Grandfather Nurgle watches over His beloved offspring, nurturing their diseases to ensure they flourish and prosper.

Spells

As the in-game tooltip reads; overcast values in blue. Damage is base + armour-piercing per hit.

Curse of the Leper

Augment

Winds of Magic
7(10)
Cooldown
43 s
Cast range
200 m
Duration
30 s
Wind-up
3 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • +30 Armour
  • +14 Melee Damage Reflection
  • Reflects melee damage dealt to unit back at the attacker

As the caster speaks, his followers are blessed with resilience, whilst his enemies watch in horror as their limbs wither and drop off.

Fleshy Abundance

Regeneration

Winds of Magic
16(28)
Cooldown
54 s
Cast range
200 m
Duration
18 s
Wind-up
5 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • Greatly replenishes hit points of combatants

The most repulsive growth spurt imaginable occurs – the wobbling mounds of fat sealing wounds as soon as they are formed.

Miasma of Pestilence

Hex

Winds of Magic
4(8)
Cooldown
28 s
Cast range
200 m
Duration
21 s
Wind-up
1 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • -40% Charge Bonus
  • -24 Melee Attack

The most putrescent vapour fills the air, loosening lunches and bowels, and causing violent, crippling vomiting seizures in nearby foes.

Blight Boil

Explosion · magical

Winds of Magic
13(18)
Cooldown
49 s
Cast range
200 m
Duration
1 s
Wind-up
5 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • 48 damage per second (16 armour-piercing) for 1 s, radius 20 mOvercast: 72 damage per second (24 armour-piercing) for 1 s, radius 20 m
  • Huge explosion area

This filthy, pulsating blister rapidly grows before suddenly bursting, showering the enemy with its disgusting fluid and all the maladies contained within.

Rancid Visitations

Direct Damage

Winds of Magic
15(22)
Cooldown
43 s
Cast range
100 m
Duration
10 s(20 s)
Wind-up
3 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • Strong vs characters
  • Causes damage to combatants

The enemy is gifted the Plague Lord's nightmarish necrosis, causing their skin to blacken and their internal organs to mulch.

Stream of Corruption

Breath · magical

Winds of Magic
5(8)
Cooldown
29 s
Cast range
100 m
Duration
3 s
Wind-up
1 s
Overcast miscast
50%
  • 24 damage per second (24 armour-piercing) for 3 s, radius 6 mOvercast: 36 damage per second (36 armour-piercing) for 3 s, radius 6 m
  • Long, thin, expanding, tear-shaped attack

A poisonous spurt of diseased gas and bile spews forth from the spellcaster's diseased lungs, drenching the enemy in vile, choking pus.

Who casts Lore of Nurgle

Source: special_ability_groups (wh3_main_lore_nurgle), unit_abilities, unit_special_abilities, projectiles, projectile_bombardments and battle_vortexs, patch 9.0, via the WH3-Dump export. Fireball and Flame Storm are checked against the Total War Warhammer wiki in our tests.