Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)
Chaos Warriors of Nurgle unit card

Chaos Warriors of Nurgle

Melee infantry· Axe Infantry· Tier 2· 100 models at Ultra size

Comes with Champions of Chaos(Warhammer III)

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Chaos Warriors of Nurgle are Warriors of Chaos and Nurgle melee infantry: 9,800 HP across 100 models, armour 100, melee attack 31, melee defence 49, weapon strength 36. It costs 800 in the campaign (Nurgle factions pay 1,700) and 800 in multiplayer. They come with Champions of Chaos. Unit key wh3_dlc20_chs_inf_chaos_warriors_mnur. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

98 per model

9,800

top 26% of class

Armour

shield blocks 55% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)

100

top 19% of class

Leadership

75

top 46% of class

Speed

28

bottom 7% of class

Melee attack

31

bottom 36% of class

Melee defence

49

top 16% of class

Weapon strength

26 base + 10 armour-piercing

36

top 49% of class

Charge bonus

20

top 44% of class

Attributes

  • Hide (forest)

    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

  • Mark of Nurgle

    A unit with the Mark of Nurgle has: Poison Contact Effect Increased Hit Points Increased Melee Defence Reduced Melee Attack

Upgrades

Can become

  • Chaos Warriors of Nurgle (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors of NurgleNurgle

    150 gold

    COMPUTED Chaos Warriors of Nurgle (Great Weapons): recruiting it costs 875; this unit + the upgrade 950 (+75) · upkeep +18 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 108 → 69.9 s

  • Chosen of Nurgle (Great Weapons), Chosen of NurgleNurgle

    600 gold · needs rank 7 · loses 7 ranks

    COMPUTED Chosen of Nurgle (Great Weapons): recruiting it costs 1,450; this unit + the upgrade 1,400 (−50) · upkeep +163 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 108 → 150.5 s · its technology: 700 research points to reach it (cheapest route)

    COMPUTED Chosen of Nurgle: recruiting it costs 1,350; this unit + the upgrade 1,400 (+50) · upkeep +138 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 108 → 376.3 s · its technology: 700 research points to reach it (cheapest route)

    Technology: Rite of Ascension

  • Chaos Knights of Nurgle (Lances), Chaos Knights of NurgleNurgle

    600 gold · needs rank 6 · loses 6 ranks

    COMPUTED Chaos Knights of Nurgle (Lances): recruiting it costs 1,600; this unit + the upgrade 1,400 (−200) · upkeep +200 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 108 → 82.3 s · its technology: 1,100 research points to reach it (cheapest route)

    COMPUTED Chaos Knights of Nurgle: recruiting it costs 1,500; this unit + the upgrade 1,400 (−100) · upkeep +175 a turn · lasts against Chaos Warriors 108 → 144.1 s · its technology: 1,100 research points to reach it (cheapest route)

    Technology: Profane Weaponry

Upgraded from: Marauders of Nurgle (Great Weapons), Marauders of Nurgle, Chaos Warriors of Nurgle (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors (Great Weapons), Chaos Warriors, Chaos Warriors (Halberds)

Campaign only, from the game's tables (unit_upgrade_to_unit_groups, unit_purchasable_effects), patch 9.0.4. Costs are before skills and technologies that make upgrades cheaper. “Lasts”: the whole unit's hit points (a magic barrier included, taken first) ÷ one unit of Chaos Warriors' melee damage per second against it (combat calculator formulas, base cards). Every mark and promotion compared: best Mark of Chaos.

Counters

Vulnerable to

Computed from base unit-card values (no skills, items or abilities), one rule per line; examples are units with the most of that trait. How counters are worked out · Try it in the combat calculator

Gold for gold

COMPUTEDAt equal gold it beats 80.8% of the game's 194 infantry units in melee. Per 1,000 gold: 113.4 damage per second against Chaos Warriors; it lasts 135 s against one unit of them.

Beats, at a similar price: Skin Wolves (14.46× faster), Warp-Grinders (12.05× faster), Eshin Triads (4.63× faster)

Loses to, at a similar price: Greatswords (1.80× slower), Foot Squires (1.27× slower), Infernal Guard (1.24× slower)

Equal gold, every model fighting at its weapon's attack interval, combat calculator formulas; no charge, mass, splash, leadership or abilities. “Similar price”: within 30% of its 800 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.

Who can field it

  • Nurgle · Poxmakers of Nurgle
  • Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse

Custom Battle lists factions under each race; every faction of a race fields that race's units (units_custom_battle_permissions rows of any of its factions). The name after the race is the faction the army builder uses.

The game also has 1 summoned or scripted copy of this unit that no building or mercenary pool recruits (wh3_dlc29_chs_inf_chaos_warriors_mnur_summoned_small).

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0.4 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 099796e8). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.