At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Nurgle spellcaster and close-range support lord
- Content pack
- Champions of Chaos
- Faction
- The Fecundites
Availability
Content pack: Champions of Chaos. Immortal Empires ownership
- Champions of Chaos unlocks Festus the Leechlord in Immortal Empires. Own the pack on the same storefront as your campaign game.
The Fecundites in Immortal Empires
Festus is a Warriors of Chaos Legendary Lord unlocked by Champions of Chaos. The Fecundites use Dark Fortresses and warband upgrades while developing an Undivided and Nurgle army.
He is also playable in The Realm of Chaos through the same pack, where the Champions pursue their own campaign objectives rather than the Ursun storyline.
Brew for the next campaign
Festus gathers ingredients and brews plagues. Consider the force you are about to face and the campaign you are about to undertake when choosing a concoction. His ingredient gathering and plague effects differ from those of his daemonic counterparts.
Ku’gath leads a Nurgle-race faction with its own campaign systems. Festus supplies a Nurgle theme through Warriors of Chaos recruitment and development, so use the Fecundites’ own panels when planning an army.
Keep support close to the fight
Festus supports a close infantry struggle with Nurgle magic and his restorative abilities. Keep him near the regiments that need that support, with friendly troops between him and enemies trying to isolate him.
Chaos Warriors provide a holding line while other units exploit the fight. Spread attention between the infantry, approaching threats and the timing of Festus’s abilities; moving every regiment into the same crowded melee makes that harder.
A mortal plague-doctor among Nurgle's lords
Festus is the Nurgle lord in Champions of Chaos. He brews plagues for the Fecundites by gathering ingredients, which the store page sets apart from the way daemonic plague-bearers work. On the battlefield his healing elixir and his pestilent aura are alternatives, not a stack.
Ku'gath is the base-game Great Unclean One. Tamurkhan and Epidemius are later Nurgle lords. The Glottkin, bought separately, turn settlements into Gardens of Corruption. Festus stays the mortal doctor inside a Warriors warband.
Questions
How do you unlock Festus in Total War: Warhammer III?
Buy Champions of Chaos and own it on the same storefront as Warhammer III. It adds Festus to Immortal Empires and The Realm of Chaos.
What does Festus get for a Short Victory?
An Exalted Great Unclean One. Since Patch 9.0.5 that Greater Daemon arrives at rank 20 with rare items and has the Warriors of Chaos skill line.
Can Archaon subjugate Festus?
Yes. Since Update 9.0 Archaon can add Festus to his faction after a defeat, and the Champion's faction is confederated into his.
Sources
- Patch 9.0.5 notes — store.steampowered.com
- Update 9.0 release notes — community.creative-assembly.com
- Champions of Chaos — store.steampowered.com
- SEGA Immortal Empires ownership guide — support.sega.com