Warhammer Total War: Gotrek’s ALIVE! Gotrek and Felix Announced
Gotrek and Felix are coming to Total War: Warhammer 2 – these two legendary lords work a little differently from most. Here’s what you need to know.
That’s right friends, perhaps the most legendary adventurers in the world-that-was have returned once more to do battle and seek glorious death across the battlefields of Total War: Warhammer 2. This announcement comes alongside details of the Empire Undivided update, which adds a swath of new content alongside The Hunter & The Beast. But for now we’re taking a look at how Gotrek will kill everything–we’ve already seen how he will slaughter the various foes of the Age of Sigmar, here’s how he’ll help you crush your foes in the Old World.
via Creative Assembly
Gotrek and Felix are legendary adventurers and mercenaries, known throughout the Warhammer world by those that sing their praises and curse their names. Veterans of countless minor scrapes and grand battles, both are formidable warriors in their own right and would make a welcome addition to any army, if a commander is able to keep their attention for long enough…
If you have the Gotrek & Felix DLC, you’ll spot a new interactive marker on the campaign map. Click it, recruit them, and let the adventures begin!
Gotrek and Felix are wandering adventurers and mercenaries. They can be very powerful allies, but they can’t exactly be relied upon to stick around forever. After all, Gotrek has a deathwish to fulfil, so you can’t always be sure where their quests will take them.
To represent their iconic style in game, they function a little differently to other characters:
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- Gotrek and Felix are initially recruited from their quest marker as a pair. Gotrek effectively functions as a Lord, and Felix is a Hero that accompanies him. This means they can function as an army just by themselves, and you can send them off around the world on adventures of their own, or supply them with troops and have them function in the same way as your other armies. Although with a rather powerful pair of characters leading it!
- They might be swords for hire, but they have a certain moral code and will only enter the employ of Empire, Bretonnia and Dwarf factions. If you so much as look like a rat from a distance, don’t ask.
- Gotrek and Felix will only stay with your faction for too long, around 20 turns or so, before Gotrek gets itchy feet and his deathwish commands him to seek adventure elsewhere.
Fear not though, because their wanderings will inevitably lead them back to you at some point, and you’ll find they have likely increased in prowess in the meantime.
Just be wary of any enemies they may have made while they’ve been away…
Now this DLC is an interesting one–because while it is downloadable content, you have to resort to physical media to get it–from now through October 17th, Gotrek and Felix are available exclusively through the print version of September’s White Dwarf Magazine. Included with the physical magazine is a special card with the instructions on how to get it.
After October 17th, the content will be offered to people via Total War Access for free; as Creative Assembly puts it:
“We get to add even more free content to our games, and our marketing pay for it. We think that’s a pretty good arrangement.”
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You can sign up for Total War Access right here.
What do you think of this bold new DLC strategy? How will Gotrek and Felix fair in the digital world? Let us know in the comments!
