What kind of game is Total War: Warhammer III?
A fantasy strategy game that combines turn-based empire management with real-time army battles. You manage settlements, diplomacy and recruitment on the campaign map, then command soldiers, monsters, heroes and magic in battle.
What is Immortal Empires?
Immortal Empires is the sandbox campaign combining the world and factions of the Total War: Warhammer trilogy. You choose a playable Legendary Lord and pursue a campaign across that shared map.
Do I need all three games to play Immortal Empires?
No. Warhammer III includes Immortal Empires and its own base-game lords. Warhammer I and II owners can also enter Immortal Empires with the content they own, and any Lords of the End Times pack provides another entry route. Your owned games and packs determine which lords you can select. Keep content on the same platform.
Can I encounter a faction whose DLC I do not own?
Yes. Ownership controls your playable choices; the shared campaign world can still contain AI factions and units from content you do not own.
How is The Realm of Chaos different?
The Realm of Chaos is a story-focused campaign built around Ursun and the Chaos realms. Immortal Empires is the wider sandbox. Their objectives and campaign maps differ, so choose the mode before applying an opening plan.
Where should a new player begin?
Play the Prologue for the campaign and battle tutorial. For a first sandbox faction, decide whether you prefer Kislev's hybrid troops, Cathay's supported infantry and artillery, or one of the daemonic styles. Zhao Ming offers a Cathayan starting point with a dragon lord and a combined-arms roster.
Is a race the same thing as a faction?
A race is the broader army and rules family, such as Kislev. A faction is the particular playable power, such as The Ice Court led by Tzarina Katarin. Different factions can share a race while having different leaders and campaign identities.
What is the difference between a lord and a hero?
A lord commands an army. A hero can join an army or perform campaign actions according to the hero type. Legendary Lords are named campaign choices; Legendary Heroes such as Ulrika join a faction instead of starting a campaign as its leader.
Who is Daniel?
Daniel is a community nickname for the customisable Daemon Prince who leads the Legion of Chaos. The character can be named by the player. He is separate from ordinary Chaos lords promoted into Daemon Princes.
How do I get Ulrika Magdova?
Follow her faction-specific mission chain for Kislev, The Empire or the Masters of Innovation, and choose to recruit her in the final dilemma. Neferata unlocks her through technology instead. Open the Ulrika gameplay page for the distinction between these routes.
Does Boris Ursus still need the old unlock battle in Immortal Empires?
No. Patch 6.1 removed that selection requirement for Warhammer III owners. The Boris quest story and his availability as an Immortal Empires campaign choice are separate matters.
Are the race guides every playable option in Immortal Empires?
Immortal Empires includes races and lords from across the trilogy, including content first released for Warhammer I and II. The linked guides currently focus on Kislev, Grand Cathay and the core daemonic campaigns. Use the campaign selector to see your playable collection and the content requirement for each locked lord.
Do I need Warhammer I or II to use one of their DLC packs in Immortal Empires?
You can purchase a DLC from either earlier game for use in Immortal Empires without owning its original base game. The pack unlocks its associated content. An earlier base game remains a separate way to unlock the races and lords included in that game.
Does Free-LC mean every player gets every free character?
Free-LC is generally tied to access to its associated race. Bretonnia is available free to all players entering Immortal Empires. A free character can still have a recruitment mission or another condition within the campaign; Ulrika follows different routes for different factions.
Can I combine ownership from different storefronts?
Keep the games and DLC on the same platform. A purchase on one game client does not combine with purchases on another to unlock a shared playable collection. Check the platform before buying content.
Does owning a race unlock every unit released for it?
A playable lord gives you access to that lord’s core race roster and the content included in the purchase. Other paid unit additions can require their own packs. Recruitment buildings, capacity and faction progression then determine what you can recruit during the campaign.
Does Immortal Empires include races from WH1 and WH2?
Yes. The Empire, Dwarfs, Greenskins, Vampire Counts, High Elves, Dark Elves, Lizardmen and Skaven have older base-game ownership routes. Earlier-game DLC adds further playable choices such as Wood Elves, Beastmen, Tomb Kings and Vampire Coast. The shared map also includes AI factions from content you do not own.
Can I use WH1 or WH2 DLC without buying its original base game?
Yes. Once you have an Immortal Empires entry route, an older DLC can unlock its associated content in III without its original base game. Curse of the Vampire Coast is one example: you can use its campaigns in Immortal Empires without owning Warhammer II.
Does owning one lord unlock every paid unit and lord from that race?
No. A game or pack unlocks its associated content and eligible Free-LC. Other paid leaders, hero types and roster additions retain their own pack requirements. Check the actual product attached to a locked recruitment entry.
Is Bretonnia free, and how does other Free-LC work?
Bretonnia is free with Immortal Empires access. Other Free-LC generally follows ownership of its race through a qualifying game or DLC. Imrik is a High Elf Legendary Lord, for example, and can become available through a High Elf ownership route.
Do Steam and Epic purchases combine?
No. Keep the games and DLC you want to use together on the same storefront. Launch Warhammer III from the account that owns that content.
Does the WH1 or WH2 entry route include The Realm of Chaos?
It includes Immortal Empires and The Lost God Prologue. The Warhammer III Upgrade Pack adds III base-game content, including The Realm of Chaos and its base Legendary Lords. Use the III application to launch Immortal Empires.
Can friends play an Immortal Empires campaign with different DLC collections?
Yes. Players can join a campaign with different collections. Each player’s selectable races and lords follow that player’s own ownership.
Are these seven races every playable option?
The factions index is a selection centred on Kislev, Grand Cathay and the core daemonic campaigns. Immortal Empires includes further races, lords and content packs. Check a lord's content requirements in the campaign selector before choosing a new campaign.
Does Kairos require Shadows of Change?
No. Kairos Fateweaver and the core Tzeentch roster come with Total War: Warhammer III. The Changeling and Blue Scribes require The Changeling – Shadows of Change or the original Shadows of Change pack.
Is Aekold Helbrass part of the paid Shadows of Change content?
Aekold is free Legendary Hero content introduced with Update 4.0. Eligible race access and his campaign recruitment mission chain determine whether and when he can join your faction.
Do I need Tides of Torment to play the Masque of Slaanesh?
The Masque is free content added with Update 7.0 and tied to Slaanesh ownership. Warhammer III or Dechala — Tides of Torment provides a Slaanesh ownership route on the same storefront. Dechala herself and the new units and heroes in her pack require that paid DLC.
Is Be'lakor the customisable Daemon Prince?
They are separate Legendary Lords. Be'lakor leads the Shadow Legion under Warriors of Chaos; the customisable Prince leads the Legion of Chaos under Daemons of Chaos. Both are included with the WH3 base game for Immortal Empires.
Are these all the playable races?
Immortal Empires includes more races and Legendary Lords than the selected guides here. The factions index covers Kislev, Grand Cathay, the core daemonic campaigns and Ogre Kingdoms. Owned games and content packs determine which leaders you can select.
Does the factions index cover every playable race?
Immortal Empires includes races and lords across the trilogy and its content packs. The factions index connects the race guides available here, including the Chaos Dwarfs. A lord's owned content determines whether you can select that faction.
Which pack unlocks the Warriors of Chaos lords?
The Chaos Warriors Race Pack unlocks Archaon the Everchosen, Kholek Suneater and Sigvald the Magnificent in Immortal Empires. Champions of Chaos unlocks Azazel, Festus the Leechlord, Valkia the Bloody and Vilitch the Curseling. Warhammer III includes Be’lakor as another entry point to the race. Keep the packs on the same storefront as your campaign game.
Which content unlocks the Vampire Counts in Immortal Empires?
WH1 unlocks Mannfred von Carstein and Heinrich Kemmler. The Grim and the Grave unlocks Helman Ghorst. Vlad and Isabella are associated Free-LC; Neferata is Free-LC for Vampire Counts access, also unlocked by owning Nagash. Walach Harkon and Dieter Helsnicht belong to Nagash’s paid Lords of the End Times content.
Are these race guides every playable option?
Immortal Empires includes more races and lords than this selection. Each lord page gives its content requirements; the campaign selector shows the choices available through the games and packs on your storefront.
Which Greenskin content unlocks each lord in Immortal Empires?
Total War: Warhammer unlocks Grimgor and Azhag. The King and the Warlord unlocks Skarsnik; The Warden & The Paunch unlocks Grom; Gorbad – Omens of Destruction unlocks Gorbad and includes Snagla as a Legendary Hero. Wurrzag is free content listed under several ownership routes in the SEGA guide.
Can Skarsnik recruit Orcs outside Karak Eight Peaks?
Since update 6.0, holding Karak Eight Peaks unlocks Orc recruitment buildings across his settlements. Losing the hold removes those buildings again.
Do I need Warhammer I or II to play Bretonnia in Immortal Empires?
No. Bretonnia and its four Legendary Lords are free for players with Immortal Empires access, including entry through Warhammer III or a Lords of the End Times pack. Louen, Alberic and the Fay Enchantress originated in the Bretonnia Free-LC; Repanse was added as Warhammer II Free-LC.
Does the factions index cover every Immortal Empires race?
The index covers Kislev, Grand Cathay, the core daemonic campaigns and Norsca. Immortal Empires includes further races, lords and content packs. A lord’s campaign-selector requirements identify the content needed to play that campaign.
Which packs unlock Norsca’s Legendary Lords?
Norsca unlocks Wulfrik the Wanderer and Throgg. Sayl – Tides of Torment unlocks Sayl the Faithless and includes Legendary Hero Beorg Bearstruck. These packs provide different leaders within the Norscan race; keep the content on the same storefront as your campaign access.
Are these races every playable option?
The factions index covers Kislev, Grand Cathay, the core daemonic campaigns and Lizardmen. Immortal Empires includes further races, lords and content packs. Check a lord's content requirements in the campaign selector before choosing a new campaign.
Which packs unlock the Skaven Legendary Lords in Immortal Empires?
Warhammer II unlocks Queek Headtaker and Lord Skrolk. The Prophet & The Warlock adds Ikit Claw, The Shadow & The Blade adds Deathmaster Snikch, and The Twisted & The Twilight adds Throt. Thanquol comes from his Lords of the End Times pack. Tretch Craventail is associated Skaven Free-LC.
Are Clanrats and Stormvermin part of Thanquol’s new DLC roster?
Ordinary Clanrats and Stormvermin are core Skaven troops. Thanquol’s pack includes access to a core Skaven roster as well as its new content. The Deathvermin are a separate Stormvermin Regiment of Renown included in Thanquol’s content.
How does recruitment work in Immortal Empires?
Campaign recruitment comes from a settlement military building, a horde, ship or race pool, or an allied outpost. A custom battle assembles a force for one fight and does not use that campaign queue. Regiments of Renown use their own panel. Update 9.0 caps how many of them one army can carry.
When do I recruit a lord instead of a hero?
Recruit a lord to lead another army. Recruit a hero to embed in an army you already have, or to act on the campaign map, within that hero type's capacity. A Legendary Lord starts a faction. A Legendary Hero joins later and still uses a hero slot.
What is a lore of magic?
A lore is the named spell list on a caster, such as Metal, Ice, Heavens or Tzeentch. Spells spend the army's shared Winds of Magic reserve. Overcast spends more of that reserve for a stronger cast and can miscast. Dwarf rune magic does not spend that reserve.
What should I spend the treasury on first?
Pay the upkeep of the armies you have, replace losses in the army that will fight next, then build. Growth opens higher building tiers. Read corruption and control on the province panel before you queue a landmark in a settlement you just took. Kislev uses Devotion in place of Control.
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