Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)
Mannfred von Carstein unit card

Mannfred von Carstein

Lord· Wizard Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →

Mannfred von Carstein is a legendary lord of Undead Legions and Vampire Counts, leading The Drakenhof Conclave at the start of a campaign: 4,208 HP, armour 90, melee attack 70, melee defence 50, weapon strength 480. It costs 1,200 in the campaign and 950 in multiplayer. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Moonslaker. Unit key wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

4,208

bottom 19% of class

Armour

90

top 38% of class

Leadership

80

top 38% of class

Speed

40

bottom 26% of class

Melee attack

70

top 7% of class

Melee defence

50

top 31% of class

Weapon strength

310 base + 170 armour-piercing

480

top 26% of class

Charge bonus

25

bottom 15% of class

Attributes

  • Causes Fear

    This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.

  • Encourage

    This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.

  • Hide (forest)

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

  • Undead

    Undead units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is broken. Undead units also have: Fear and Terror Immunity Undead units may also have their hit points restored by special characters such as the Vampire Counts Necromancer.

Abilities

  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
  • Arcane ConduitAugment of the Windspassive
  • The HungerRegeneration · Replenishes hit points of combatantspassive
  • CrumblingDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
  • DisintegratingDirect Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Lore of magic

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

Defeat trait

Beat Mannfred von Carstein in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Moonslaker

  • Attrition: -50% casualties suffered from Vampiric territory attrition (Lord's army)

He who quenches his thirst on the blood of the living will find cold steel his just reward.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Patch changes

Patch 9.0wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_0

  • Custom battle: now in the Undead Legions roster
  • Custom battle: no longer in the Vampire Counts roster

Patch 9.0wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_2

  • Custom battle: now in the Undead Legions roster
  • Custom battle: no longer in the Vampire Counts roster

Patch 9.0.3wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_3

  • Health7,744 → 8,244(+500)
  • Armour70 → 90(+20)
  • Speed95 → 90(-5)
  • Melee attack46 → 52(+6)
  • Melee defence46 → 50(+4)

Patch 9.0wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_3

  • Base weapon damage140 → 135(-5)
  • Armour-piercing damage380 → 405(+25)
  • Multiplayer unit cap— → 2
  • Custom battle: now in the Undead Legions roster
  • Custom battle: no longer in the Vampire Counts roster

Patch 9.0wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_4

  • Custom battle: now in the Undead Legions roster
  • Custom battle: no longer in the Vampire Counts roster

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_hellsteed_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_dread_abyssal

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0.3wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_zombie_dragon_mp

  • Health7,744 → 8,244(+500)
  • Armour70 → 90(+20)
  • Speed95 → 90(-5)
  • Melee attack46 → 52(+6)
  • Melee defence46 → 50(+4)

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_zombie_dragon_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_barded_nightmare_mp

New unit in this patch.

Mannfred von Carstein skill tree

75 skills, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover a skill for the rank it unlocks at and its effects at each level.

Plan Mannfred von Carstein's skills

  1. Barded Nightmare
  2. Hellsteed
  3. Zombie Dragon
  4. Ashigaroth, Gorger Upon the Meek
  5. Loremaster, Lore of Death
  6. Loremaster, Lore of Vampires
  7. Aura of Dark Majesty
  8. Dark Pact
  9. Grave Ward
  10. Army of Renown
  11. Mentor
  1. The Hunger
  2. Devastating Charge
  3. Dark Knight
  4. Beguile
  5. Quickblood
  6. Blood Lust
  7. Master Strike
  8. Curse of the Revenant
  9. Supernatural Horror
  10. Blade Shield
  11. Red Fury
  1. Invocation of Nehek
  2. The Curse of Undeath
  3. Vanhel's Danse Macabre
  4. Gaze of Nagash
  5. Raise Dead
  6. Evasion
  7. Curse of Years
  8. Wind of Death
  9. Earthing
  10. Magical Reserves
  11. Greater Arcane Conduit
  1. Spirit Leech
  2. Life-Leeching
  3. Aspect of the Dread Knight
  4. Soulblight
  5. Doom & Darkness
  6. The Fate of Bjuna
  7. The Purple Sun of Xereus
  1. Aura of Supremacy
  2. The Unliving Host
  3. Call of the Night
  4. Evil Souls
  5. Creatures of the Night
  6. Waking Dead
  7. Carriages of Death
  8. Magical Animus
  9. Legions of Dead
  10. Dread Knights
  11. Deadly Power
  12. Flying Horrors
  13. Undeath Resurgent
  1. The Restless Dead
  2. The Restless Dead
  3. Undying Horde
  4. Undying Horde
  5. Absolute
  6. Children of the Night
  7. No Magic but His
  8. Darkling Skies
  9. The Elixir's Creator
  10. Ancient Cunning
  11. Inexhorable
  12. Immortal Horror
  13. Lightning Strike
  14. Lightning Strike
  15. The Fallen Follow Still
  16. Guile & Glamour
  17. Soul Material
  18. Necrarch
  19. No Will But His
  20. Eternal Warden
  21. Pinnacle of Servitude
  22. Uncanny Prescience

Every version of Mannfred von Carstein

9 units share this name across races (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

VersionHPModelsArmourLead.SpeedMAMDWSChargeCostUpkeepUnit key
Undead LegionsWizard Lord4,20819080407050480251,200300wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_0
Undead LegionsWizard Lord4,860190801057050480501,550388wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_2
Undead LegionsWizard Lord8,24419080905250540402,150537wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_3
Undead LegionsWizard Lord4,860111080787050480501,300325wh_main_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_4
Vampire CountsWizard Lord4,20819080407050480251,200300wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_mp
Vampire CountsWizard Lord4,860190801057050480501,550388wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_hellsteed_mp
Undead LegionsWizard Lord7,01619080906050560502,250537wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_dread_abyssal
Vampire CountsWizard Lord8,24419080905250540402,150537wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_zombie_dragon_mp
Vampire CountsWizard Lord4,860111080787050480501,300325wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_mannfred_von_carstein_barded_nightmare_mp

Who can field it

  • Undead Legions · Host of Nagash
  • Vampire Counts · The Drakenhof Conclave

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.

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.