It's that time of the year again, and our good friends at Games Workshop are celebrating their Festival of Video Games with the annual Warhammer Skulls event. Loads of announcements, price reductions and game updates - go check it out!! #WarhammerSkulls

Festival hub article: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/05/23/skulls-2024-the-annual-celebration-of-awesome-warhammer-video-games-returns/

Festival Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/WarhammerSKULLS2024

The Warhammer Skulls Festival is over for another year and we want to thank all our Warhammer Underworlds: Online alumni as well as all our new Shadespire Edition players that joined us for the event!

Many online battles were completed over the week, with a slate of new players climbing the rankings to exalted status! As Skulls '23 has ended, so the exalted masters have been toppled from their lofty thrones, with the removal of any inactive players. Those players that have not logged into the game since the start of the Skulls event are classed as inactive and are removed from the ladder, and had their rank reduced to 5 as per the usual season reset rules.

This opens up possibilities for new and old players to rise the ranks and join the exalted leaderboard! Can you battle your way through the Mirrored City and join the chosen few?

If you jump into the 'Cosmetics' section of the Deck Builder, you'll see a shiny new Skulls 2023 card back! Once again thank you for taking part in this year's Skulls event - we hope to see you next year.



And finally! Due to popular demand we've implemented a new offline mode that is selectable at the start of the game for those who prefer, or need, to be off the grid for their gaming.

Please note that 'offline mode' only includes bot matches and single-player challenges, and some content unlocking rewards are not available. Also any progress made in 'offline mode' will NOT be sychronised with 'online mode'.

Make sure to update your game on Steam before jumping online. Note: You should see 1.8.8 in-game once you have the update.

And as always be sure to verify your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters

Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition invites all of you to play with any of the 14 warbands that were mostly available as DLC in the original game!

Steelheart’s Champions - Magore's Fiends - Garrek’s Reavers - The Sepulchral Guard – Spiteclaw’s Swarm – The Farstriders – The Chosen Axes – Ironskull’s Boyz – Thorns of the Briar Queen – Eyes of the Nine – Drepur’s Wraithcreepers – The Storm of Celestus – Stormsire’s Cursebreakers – Mollog’s Mob



Not only have we included the warbands and their respective card decks, we've also added all the cosmetic DLC items, such as extra skins, titles and portraits. There's plenty more cosmetic items for you all to unlock too, with each warband having its own leveling track for online and bot matches, and a further 42 unique Challenges to complete!

The price of the Warhammer Underworlds – Shadespire Edition will rise to $29.99 USD, but we’re keeping the price at $9.99 USD for the duration of this week's Skulls Festival, so grab it all while its hot!

May you win Glory in the halls of the Mirrored City!

The festival of Warhammer gaming returns once again! This awesome event includes a wide selection of discounted Warhammer video games and awesome, exclusive Skulls content. You can check out the entire sale here...


• Warhammer Underworlds: Online is being rebranded and will now be known as Warhammer Underworlds – Shadespire Edition!

• All warband and cosmetic DLC will now be included in the base game!

• Price of the Warhammer Underworlds – Shadespire Edition base game will rise to $29.99 USD, but we’re keeping the price at $9.99 USD for the duration of the Skulls Festival. This means you get the base game and all DLC content for just $9.99 USD!

• We’re also throwing in an exclusive Skulls Cardback to celebrate the festival! Just play one game of Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition, and once the event has finished you'll be awarded the card in the next update.

• To help beginners learn the game, we've modified the Activation and Round wheel so that it is clearer to understand turn order between Action Phases, Power Steps and End Phases.



Make sure to update your game on Steam before jumping online. Note: You should see 1.8.7 in-game once you have the update.

And as always be sure to verify your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters

Hi WU:O players! It's been a while since our last update - a very happy 2023 to you all. This small update fixes some small outstanding card bugs and also introduces the ability to now flip fighter cards at any time during the match, so you can preview a fighter's inspired stats. This has been a long-requested feature from players, so it's great we can finally introduce it.

- Added a card-flip button to fighter cards, to preview inspired and uninspired card states
- Fixed Indomitable and Daemonic Resilience from discarding after the first attack, but before any damage has been incurred
- Removed "On Charge" footer from Daemonic Maw
- Fixed issue where fighter dying from reduced max health would not clear correctly
- Fixed interaction between Expendable, resurrection, and damage ploys that prevented glory being scored
- Fixed Light Armour not providing extra dice to No Respite
- Fixed Calculated Risk not scoring when Kunnin' But Brutal is used

Note: You should see 1.8.6 in-game once you have the update.

We hope you enjoyed the Skulls 2022 festival! We've pushed out a small patch to address some bugs that recently appeared with the inclusion of the new Universal Cards.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where Branching Fate wasn’t scoring
  
• Irresistible Prize now triggers at the correct point
  
• Fixed “Surge Objective” text on some reaction cards

Note: You should see 1.8.5 in-game once you have the update.

As always be sure to verify the integrity of your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters!

The festival of Warhammer gaming returns once again! This awesome event includes a wide selection of discounted Warhammer video games and awesome, exclusive Skulls content. You can check out the entire sale here:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/skulls/

• 24 new Universal Cards added to the game, including Irresistible Prize, Well of Power, Spirit Sacrifice, Inspired Attack and more!
  
• 17 exclusive Skulls 2022 Skins for Steelheart's Champions, Chosen Axes, Storm of Celestus, Eyes of the Nine and more!
  
• Price discounts across most of the game's DLC, including a whopping 90% OFF the the base game!

We're dropping Universal Card Release 08 during Skulls 2022 and what a release it is! 7 new Objective Cards, 11 new Gambits, and 6 new Upgrades to help build the ultimate deck for online battle.



Full Universal Card Release 08 line-up:

Objectives: Brute Force, Didn’t Even Want it, Martyred, Scorched Earth, Tactical Supremacy 1-4, Versatile Fighter, Warning Shot

Gambits: Abasoth’s Withering, Arrow Snare, Emboldened, Galvanised, Inspired Attack, Irresistible Prize, Lethal Ward, Shadowed Step, Sphere of Chamon, Sphere of Ulgu, Spirit Sacrifice

Upgrades: Archer’s Focus, Blessing of Hydragos, Mirror of Spite, Nullstone Darts, Seeking Blade, Well of Power




As part of the Skulls 2022 Festival, we've created 17 exclusive skins that can only be redeemed during the event! To claim these cosmetic items in-game, enter the code skulls2022promo in the Redeem Code box at the main menu of the game.

The full list of skins are:

Steelheart's Champions: Blades of Dawn, Celestial Warbringers, Knights of the Aurora, Stormblood Guard

Spiteclaw’s Spawn: Clan Kreszzik

The Farstriders: Celestial Warbringers, Blades of Dawn

Thorns of the Briar Queen: Desicrated Blood

Eyes of the Nine: The Unhallowed

The Chosen Axes: Blackfyrd Lodge

Stormsire’s Cursebreakers: The Astral Templars, Blades of Dawn, Celestial Warbringers, Knights of the Aurora

Storm of Celestus: Blades of Dawn, Celestial Warbringers, Knights of the Aurora


If you're new to the game, now is the opportunity to jump in, create some decks and score some Glory!

The base game comes with two warbands, Steelheart's Champions and Magore's Fiends, two versatile warbands that can hold their own against most opponents. We encourage you to play through the tutorial, read through our Steam Guides, then jump online to rise through the ranks on the hunt for Exalted status.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022310/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421580/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_The_Chosen_Axes/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1471160/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Drepurs_Wraithcreepers/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1375190/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Eyes_of_the_Nine/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824460/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Mollogs_Mob/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1489230/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Sepulchral_Guard/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1489233/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Spiteclaws_Swarm/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1320851/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Stormsires_Cursebreakers/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1489232/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_The_Farstriders/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1320850/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Warband_Thorns_of_the_Briar_Queen/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1639841/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Cosmetics_Phase_One_Card_Backs/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626390/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Cosmetics_Relics_of_the_Founders/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574120/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Cosmetics_Riches_of_the_Mirrored_City/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1639840/Warhammer_Underworlds_Online__Cosmetics_The_Creeping_Storm/

Queue Notifications (BETA)
We’re trialing a new notification feature that alerts you of online matches if you're in a bot match, challenge match or building decks in the deck builder! We’ve added a handy pop-up where you’ll be notified when another player enters into matchmaking! In settings there's a “Queue Notifications (BETA)” setting already enabled. If you don't want to use this feature make sure you disable it.

Here’s how it will work:

• If you’re in a single player game then you’ll be given the option to join the queue, and you’ll only be removed from your current game if the match is found. You’ll then have the option to choose a deck before connecting. Unfortunately we won’t be able to save your single player game state.
  
• If you’re outside of a game, for instance building a deck, you’ll be told whenever a player enters matchmaking, and you’ll need to navigate to the “Play Online” button. This will allow you to save your deck before joining.
  
• Joining from the notification puts you in the “First Available” queue.

If you decide to trial this feature please let us know your thoughts so we can improve it!

Bug Fixes

• Using Flit over occupied cells no longer makes them unselectable
  
• Mollog's Mob selection issues fixed

Note: You should see 1.8.3 in-game once you have the update. Make sure to update your game on Steam before jumping online.

As always be sure to verify the integrity of your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters!

A Happy New Year to all our players! The latest update fixes a few pesky bugs that have been knocking around recently.

Bug Fixes

• Updated Ready for Action to act more like an activation
  
• Fixed Dancing with Death interaction with trapped
  
• Fixed interaction between My Turn and Mollog Inspiring
  
• Fix for inspiration and objectives not triggering
  
• Fixed knocking back through other fighters
  
• Fixed Total Offence interaction with Ready for Action

Make sure to update your game on Steam before jumping online. Note: You should see 1.8.2 in-game once you have the update.

As always be sure to verify the integrity of your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters.

Not wanting to be left out of the party, the Warden and his undead cronies are now playable in six new Challenges that test your skills and strategy! Beat the Challenges, win Glory, and unlock a raft of new portraits and even a brand new skin for the warband.



This update also includes a number of minor big fixes:

• Improved pathfinding for bots
  
• Fixed missing default Mollog Skin
  
• Fixed Blooming Spores not stacking with Great Strength
  
• Fixed Is it Asleep
  
• Replaced extra Terrifying Howl in second Garrek’s Reavers challenge
  
• Massive Overkill now measures wound characteristic correctly
  
• Fixed card UI getting stuck in some circumstances

Make sure to update your game on Steam before jumping online. Note: You should see 1.8.1 in-game once you have the update.

And as always be sure to verify the integrity of your files through Steam if you get any weird crashes, hangs or invisible fighters.

The Steel Sky team wish you all a happy holidays!