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

Neferata

Lord· Wizard Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Skill tree →Duel it in the combat calculator →

Neferata is a legendary lord of Undead Legions and Vampire Counts, leading The Lahmian Sisterhood at the start of a campaign: 4,768 HP, armour 70, melee attack 70, melee defence 60, weapon strength 480. It costs 1,100 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait First, Not Finest. Unit key wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

4,768

bottom 39% of class

Armour

70

bottom 42% of class

Leadership

80

top 38% of class

Speed

50

bottom 36% of class

Melee attack

70

top 7% of class

Melee defence

60

top 9% of class

Weapon strength

290 base + 190 armour-piercing

480

top 26% of class

Charge bonus

35

bottom 27% 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

  • BastetHex · -60 Armour, -40 Melee Defenceactive
  • ShadowbloodMagic Missile · Added contact effect, Strong vs a single unitactive
  • Twilight's AllureHex (Area) · -15% Charge Speed, -15% Speed…passive
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
  • 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 Neferata in battle and your lord can earn the trait

First, Not Finest

  • Enemy Hero action success chance: -50% (characters in local region)
  • Ambush success chance: +10% (Lord's army)
  • Ambush defence chance: +30% (Lord's army)

The First of the Vampires saw her schemes unravel, heralding her undoing. Her conniving influence no longer finds purchase in the world.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Patch changes

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_hellsteed

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_coven_throne

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_hellsteed_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_dread_abyssal

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0.3wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon

  • Health7,744 → 8,244(+500)
  • Armour70 → 90(+20)
  • Speed95 → 90(-5)
  • Melee attack46 → 52(+6)
  • Melee defence46 → 54(+8)

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_coven_throne_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_barded_nightmare

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0.3wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon_mp

  • Health7,744 → 8,244(+500)
  • Armour70 → 90(+20)
  • Speed95 → 90(-5)
  • Melee attack46 → 52(+6)
  • Melee defence46 → 54(+8)

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon_mp

New unit in this patch.

Patch 9.0wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_barded_nightmare_mp

New unit in this patch.

Neferata skill tree

76 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 Neferata's skills

  1. Barded Nightmare
  2. Hellsteed
  3. Zombie Dragon
  4. Coven Throne
  5. Nagadron, the Adevore
  6. Blood Harvest
  7. Deathly Vigour
  8. Queen Bee
  9. Aura of Dark Majesty
  10. Dark Pact
  11. Grave Ward
  12. Army of Renown
  13. Mentor
  1. Court of the Veiled Queen
  2. Web of Intrigue
  3. Lethal Glamour
  4. Queen of Mysteries
  5. Twilight's Allure
  6. Twilight Ascendant
  1. The Hunger
  2. Devastating Charge
  3. Dark Knight
  4. Beguile
  5. Deadly Blade
  6. Quickblood
  7. Master Strike
  8. Curse of the Revenant
  9. Blade Master
  10. Fleet-Footed
  11. Transfix
  1. Invocation of Nehek
  2. The Curse of Undeath
  3. Spirit Leech
  4. The Withering
  5. Raise Dead
  6. Evasion
  7. Pit of Shades
  8. Wind of Death
  9. Earthing
  10. Magical Reserves
  11. Arcane Conduit
  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. No Magic but His
  7. Children of the Night
  8. The Elixir's Creator
  9. Darkling Skies
  10. Inexhorable
  11. Ancient Cunning
  12. Lightning Strike
  13. Immortal Horror
  14. The Fallen Follow Still
  15. Lightning Strike
  16. Soul Material
  17. Guile & Glamour
  18. No Will But His
  19. Necrarch
  20. Pinnacle of Servitude
  21. Eternal Warden
  22. Uncanny Prescience

Every version of Neferata

11 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 Lord4,76817080507060480351,100250wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata
Vampire CountsWizard Lord4,76817080507060480351,100250wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_mp
Undead LegionsWizard Lord5,280170801057060480501,550388wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_hellsteed
Undead LegionsWizard Lord7,22814080483032280301,800450wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_coven_throne
Vampire CountsWizard Lord5,280170801057060480501,550388wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_hellsteed_mp
Undead LegionsWizard Lord6,54419080906555560502,400537wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_dread_abyssal
Undead LegionsWizard Lord8,24419080905254540402,300537wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon
Vampire CountsWizard Lord7,22814080483032280301,800450wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_coven_throne_mp
Undead LegionsWizard Lord5,28019080787060480501,350325wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_barded_nightmare
Vampire CountsWizard Lord8,24419080905254540402,300537wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_zombie_dragon_mp
Vampire CountsWizard Lord5,28019080787060480501,350325wh3_dlc29_vmp_cha_neferata_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.