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

Skulltaker

Lord· Lord· 1 model at Ultra size

Comes with Omens of Destruction – Khorne(Warhammer III)

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Skulltaker is a legendary lord of Khorne, leading Blooded Wanderers at the start of a campaign: 5,848 HP, armour 60, melee attack 70, melee defence 55, weapon strength 530. It costs 1,150 in the campaign and in multiplayer. It comes with Omens of Destruction – Khorne. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Avenge the Skull-Less. Unit key wh3_dlc26_kho_cha_skulltaker. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

5,848

top 32% of class

Armour

60

bottom 36% of class

Leadership

80

top 38% of class

Speed

48

bottom 35% of class

Melee attack

70

top 7% of class

Melee defence

55

top 17% of class

Weapon strength

220 base + 310 armour-piercing, +20 vs infantry

530

top 8% of class

Charge bonus

50

top 50% 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.

  • Daemonic

    Daemonic units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is low. Daemonic units also have: Physical Resistance Fear and Terror Immunity

  • 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.

  • Unyielding Assault

    This unit can never have its Melee Attack reduced during battle.

Abilities

  • Bloody OnslaughtHex · -30 Armour, -24 Melee Defenceactive
  • Locus of FuryAugment (Area) · +40% Charge Bonus, +25% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…active
  • Revel in SlaughterAugment (Area) · +8 Melee Attack, +8 Leadershippassive
  • Daemonic InstabilityDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
  • Banished!Direct Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive
  • HellbladeAugment · +20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage, +20% Base Weapon Damagepassive
  • WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive

Counters

Good against

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 Skulltaker in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Avenge the Skull-Less

  • Physical resistance: 10%
  • Melee attack: +2 (Lord's army)

Irony struck when the Skulltaker himself lost his own skull in the heat of battle.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Skulltaker skill tree

49 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 Skulltaker's skills

  1. Blood Throne
  2. Kuhl'tyran
  3. Blood God's Vigour
  4. Hates Slaanesh
  5. Khorne's Favour
  6. Thick Skin
  7. Brass Collar
  8. Army of Renown
  9. Mentor
  1. Bloody Onslaught
  2. Ceaseless Determination
  3. Unending Terror
  4. Legacy of Blood
  5. Champions of the Chosen
  6. Skullmaster
  1. Infernal Champion
  2. Maim!
  3. Kill!
  4. Destroy!
  5. Slaughter!
  6. Foe-Seeker
  7. Murder!
  8. Hunt!
  9. Cleave!
  10. Crush!
  11. Deadly Onslaught
  1. Dominating Presence
  2. Skulltakers
  3. Bloodsoaked Champions
  4. Ferocious Hunters
  5. Hellforged Engines
  6. Harbingers of Death
  7. Rally!
  8. Khorne's Chosen
  9. Rush to Slaughter
  10. Overwhelming Stampede
  11. Forged in Blood
  12. Fight or Die!
  1. Route Marcher
  2. Corruption
  3. Call to Bloodletting
  4. Premonition
  5. Blood Feast
  6. Unholy Resilience
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Sustained by Slaughter
  9. Despoilers
  10. Relentless Advance
  11. Renowned & Feared

Every version of Skulltaker

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

VersionHPModelsArmourLead.SpeedMAMDWSChargeCostUpkeepUnit key
KhorneLord5,84816080487055530501,150275wh3_dlc26_kho_cha_skulltaker
KhorneLord6,456112080707357580701,500375wh3_dlc26_kho_cha_skulltaker_juggernaut
KhorneLord6,956113080684525510501,650400wh3_dlc26_kho_cha_skulltaker_bloodthrone

Who can field it

  • Khorne · Exiles of Khorne

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.