Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Gets Free Update Alongside Skitarii Class, Adds a New Enemy

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has today received a huge free update alongside the Skitarii class DLC. While fans will be most excited about the arrival of the $11.99 Adeputus Mechanicus unit to the first-person action game, the free update makes a number of important changes to go alongside it. The headline here is the addition of new enemies, the Scab and Dreg Vanguards. These are human melee bruisers who use breakable shields. The Scab variant has a harder more durable shield that will last longer, but comes in more scarce numbers, while their Dreg are more numerous but only equipped with scrappy handmade shields that are more prone to breaking. There's also a new event, starting today, in which players can join missions with the ‘Relics in Ruins’ modifier to recover relics from the cultists. Once back in the Mourning Star, visit Sire Melk to deliver your recovered relics, and choose which faction to give them to (each gives the player a different buff). Rewards include Ordo Dockets, Plasteel, Diamantine, and a brand new Portrait Frame. As for balance changes, with the release of the Vanguards, developer Fatshark has ‍reduced the amount of Bulwarks throughout the missions. Patch not

Jun 23, 2026 → Jun 23, 2026