At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Palanquin-mounted melee support lord
- Race
- Nurgle
- Faction
- Tallymen of Pestilence
Availability
- Free Legendary Lord released with patch 5.0 alongside Thrones of Decay. SEGA’s Epidemius promotion uses a CA Account linked to your playing platform to unlock him in Total War: Warhammer III; no Thrones of Decay purchase is needed.
- Epidemius is playable in Immortal Empires.
The Tallymen of Pestilence
Select Nurgle and the Tallymen of Pestilence. Epidemius starts in the Forest of Decay in Immortal Empires. He is Nurgle's disease counter, carried into battle on a palanquin by Nurglings.
Plan for a spreading front of infection as well as a defensible territory. A plague that reaches another suitable target can advance the faction's central mechanic, while your field army secures the territory needed to keep campaigning.
Keep the Tally of Pestilence active
The campaign tally tracks non-Nurgle armies and settlements currently carrying Epidemius' plagues. More infected targets unlock greater rewards; the tally can fall as infections expire. Maintain the spread rather than treating an earlier peak as a permanent gain.
Use the plague panel alongside the map when choosing your next action. Nearby targets, disease duration and your army's condition all matter. An exposed army is a poor trade for an infection you cannot follow up.
Support the daemonic line
Epidemius strengthens troops around the fight and can summon Exalted Plaguebearers through the Tallyman's Blades. His battlefield support suits a Nurgle force that keeps its infantry and characters close enough to help each other.
Ordinary Plaguebearers can occupy the enemy while a reserve or summoned unit reaches a useful position. Keep an approach open for supporting troops and avoid placing every unit where it blocks another from engaging.
A free tally, not a second plague-father
Epidemius is the free Nurgle lord from patch 5.0. The CA Account promotion unlocks him without a Thrones of Decay purchase. He starts in the Forest of Decay. The Tally of Pestilence rises when plagues spread to factions that are not Nurgle’s. Ku'gath brews combinations. Tamurkhan hires chieftains. Epidemius keeps the count.
He fights from a Nurgling palanquin and blesses a plagued enemy rather than replacing the line. The lore page has the Proctor of Pestilence account. Spreading one more infection is the campaign. It is not a guarantee about the next victim in the older telling.
Sources
- CA Account Promotion: Epidemius — SEGA — support.sega.com
- Patch 5.0: Introducing the Free Content — Creative Assembly — community.creative-assembly.com
- Update 9.0 release notes — Creative Assembly — community.creative-assembly.com