Fatshark has today announced the launch of the latest Warhammer 40K: Darktide update, Path of Redemption. This free update introduces a new reward system and reinvents penances in the game. It also adds a new enemy and a condition alongside a new feature, the Personality Scourge.
What is Warhammer 40K: Darktide?
Warhammer 40K: Darktide is a co-op FPS game. Debuting in 2022, the game arrived in a disappointing state at launch, causing the Xbox Series X|S version to suffer a significant delay. However, since then Fatshark has worked hard to turn around the fortunes of the game, and Warhammer 40K: Darktide is now considered by many to be a fun multiplayer adrenaline rush.
For all it’s efforts, Warhammer 40K: Darktide still isn’t one of the best Warhammer 40K games. But it’s creeping closer. We’ll find out soon enough whether or not the latest Warhammer 40K: Darktide update is enough to boost the game.
Warhammer 40K: Darktide Path of Redemption Update
The Path of Redemption update introduces a new version of the penance system. But that’s not all. It also comes with additional supporting content.
Here is a list of what is coming to you today, verbatim from Fatshark:
- A new free way to collect rewards: penance points will now count towards a progression track composed of 40+ tiers, allowing players to unlock earnable rewards.
- A new home for penances in the Mourningstar: Hestia will be in charge of keeping a record of the rejects’ penances and will join the rest of the Mourningstar crew in voice-overs during missions.
- 200+ new penances: a slew of new penances will be added to the game for players to complete. These will be divided into new categories.
- 100+ new earnable rewards: these will include new insignias, portrait frames, emotes, poses, weapon trinkets, and cosmetics such as the loyalist Moebian 6th outfits.
- New reward type – titles: allowing players to brag about their most impressive achievements.
- Improved penance UI and menu: allowing players to better track penances and progress toward rewards.
- New puzzles, challenges, and collectibles: we are adding several puzzles across Tertium Hive for players to discover and solve.
- New enemy: the Dreg Tox Bomber will join the ranks of the heretics, hurling Blight Grenades filled with toxic fumes.
- New condition: Pox Gas will join the roster of conditions that can spread across Tertium. Recommendation: don’t breathe too deeply.
You can see much of the update’s additions demonstrated in the short trailer below. Be warned, it’s a pretty bloody sequence!
Warhammer 40K: Darktide Path of Redemption Update Adds the Personality Scourge
The Personality Scourge is another new feature. Players now have the option to change additional aspects of your operative. This includes their background, height, name, and voice, in exchange for ordo dockets.
Is the Path of Redemption update enough to bring you back into the war? Have you been enjoying the game all along? Let us know in the comments below!