At a glance
- Type
- Legendary Lord
- Battlefield role
- Dragon Ogre Shaggoth and monstrous melee attacker
- Content pack
- Chaos Warriors Race Pack
- Faction
- Heralds of the Tempest
Availability
Content pack: Chaos Warriors Race Pack. Immortal Empires ownership
- Chaos Warriors Race Pack unlocks Kholek Suneater in Immortal Empires. Own the pack on the same storefront as your campaign game.
Heralds of the Tempest in Immortal Empires
Kholek is a Warriors of Chaos Legendary Lord imported through the Chaos Warriors Race Pack. In Immortal Empires he commands the Heralds of the Tempest as his own faction, with Dark Fortresses, warband development and vassals forming the campaign around him.
Empowered by Worship makes vassalisation part of Kholek’s personal growth: maintaining more vassal factions strengthens the lord himself. His fortress buildings also support Dragon Ogre recruitment. These give conquest a different emphasis from Archaon’s collection of rival champions.
Build a force around the monster
Chaos Warriors give Kholek an infantry line to fight beside. Dragon Ogres and Dragon Ogre Shaggoths extend the army’s monstrous presence, while faster troops can reach targets beyond the infantry fight.
Keep experienced regiments alive while expanding the warband. A replacement recruit has its own path through upgrades, so protect the army that is already developing around Kholek.
Choose where the hammer lands
Kholek is a huge melee combatant. Commit him to a fight the rest of the army can support, and watch enemy missiles and weapons suited to large targets. His size makes an exposed advance easy for the enemy to concentrate on.
A Chaos Sorcerer can provide a separate spellcasting role while Kholek fights. Check the available hero types and Dark Authority before deciding which character belongs in the army.
The Shaggoth in the Race Pack
Kholek comes with Archaon and Sigvald in the Chaos Warriors Race Pack. The 2022 Chaos account treated him and Archaon as the undivided lords already in the game, before the four Champions each took a single god. His own strength is tied to vassals, and his army is the one built around Dragon Ogres.
He is the monster, not the spellcaster and not the duellist. Archaon can subjugate him after Update 9.0. That adds Kholek to the Everchosen's faction. It does not rewrite the Heralds of the Tempest into a god-marked champion.
Unlock, campaigns and start position
Kholek needs the Chaos Warriors Race Pack, the Warriors of Chaos DLC first sold for the original Total War: Warhammer. You can buy it without owning that first game; keep it on the same storefront as Warhammer III and he appears in Immortal Empires. He is not on the Realm of Chaos selection screen. Pick Warriors of Chaos, then Heralds of the Tempest.
CA's 2022 Immortal Empires list starts the Heralds of the Tempest at The Challenge Stone, north of the Mountains of Mourn. Grimgor's 'Ardboyz start close by at Sabre Mountain, and Tamurkhan's Maggot Host on the Plains of Zanbaijin is another early rival. The campaign selector shows the position for a new game.
Kholek has no mount options: he is a Dragon Ogre Shaggoth and fights as one. The faction hook is Empowered by Worship, which makes Kholek himself stronger as he keeps more vassal factions.
First turns and early targets
Grimgor is the neighbour to settle first. Kholek's starting army can meet the 'Ardboyz before a Waaagh! builds up, and a beaten Greenskin faction is better as a vassal feeding Kholek's growth than as a rival raiding your settlements. Tamurkhan is the next threat; take his main settlement before his chieftains gather.
Sack settlements before you decide whether to keep them. Dark Fortresses are worth holding yourself, because Kholek's fortress buildings support Dragon Ogre recruitment. Lesser settlements you do not want to garrison can strengthen a vassal instead of stretching your own armies.
Army tips for the Heralds
Chaos Warriors, and Chosen later, hold the line so Kholek can choose his fight. Dragon Ogres, and later Dragon Ogre Shaggoths, give Kholek monstrous company. Marauder Horsemen or Chaos Knights deal with missiles and artillery that would otherwise focus on the biggest target on the field.
A Chaos Sorcerer of Nurgle brings healing magic that helps keep a huge lord in the fight, and an Exalted Hero adds a second melee threat. Each hero also contributes Dark Authority, so match its god to the troops it marches with.
Questions
How do you unlock Kholek Suneater in Total War: Warhammer III?
Own the Chaos Warriors Race Pack on the same storefront as Warhammer III. It adds Kholek, Archaon and Sigvald to Immortal Empires. Be'lakor is the Warriors of Chaos lord included with the base game.
Can you play Kholek in the Realm of Chaos campaign?
No. Kholek leads the Heralds of the Tempest in Immortal Empires only.
Where does Kholek start in Immortal Empires?
CA's 2022 list starts him at The Challenge Stone, north of the Mountains of Mourn, with Grimgor's 'Ardboyz nearby at Sabre Mountain.
How does Kholek get stronger?
Through vassals. Empowered by Worship strengthens Kholek as the Heralds of the Tempest keep more vassal factions, so defeated rivals are often worth more as vassals than as razed ruins.
Sources
- Immortal Empires starting positions — totalwar.com
- Immortal Empires dedicated factions — totalwar.com
- A New Player Survival Guide & FAQ — community.creative-assembly.com
- Update 9.0 release notes — community.creative-assembly.com
- Chaos Warriors Race Pack — store.steampowered.com
- SEGA Immortal Empires ownership guide — support.sega.com