Warhammer Survivors Weapons & Evolutions Revealed So Far

Updated October 22, 2026 · Pre-release page: based on official announcements up to Oct 21, 2026; the game releases Nov 10, 2026

Confirmed weapon evolutions

Only evolutions the developer has named in its own posts. Dates are when each was revealed.

• Boltgun → Heavy Bolter

  Brother Luca's starting weapon · revealed Nov 19, 2025

  "Unleashes a stream of unrelenting firepower" against the toughest Tyranid swarms and larger bioforms.

• Whirlwind Axes → Whirling blades of arcing lightning

  Neave Blacktalon's starting weapon · revealed Nov 19, 2025

  The axes evolve into lightning blades that zap Skaven around her. The evolved name was not given.

• Fyreslayer Axe → Zangrom-Thaz

  Gotrek's legendary axe · revealed Nov 19, 2025 and Feb 25, 2026

  Swings around you constantly, standing still or not, and speeds up when you charge into enemies.

• Power Fists → Marneus Calgar joins you

  Imperium weapon · revealed Apr 9, 2026

  Evolving it brings Calgar to your side with the Gauntlets of Ultramar, firing bolter rounds with every attack.

• Whirlwind Battery → Orbital Bombardment

  Seen in the announce trailer · revealed Apr 9, 2026

  Brings down barrages of voidship fire from above.

• Heavy Bolter Fidelis → Purgator Mirabilis

  Morvenn Vahl's starting weapon · revealed Oct 6, 2026

  Adds the Paragon Missile Launcher's salvo of explosions on top of Fidelis' arc of bolter shells. Fidelis can also trigger a miracle that raises its rate of fire.

• Rope and Grapnel → Ghost of Rhea

  Lyssa Revenya's starting weapon · revealed Oct 6, 2026

  A screaming banshee flies across the battlefield and explodes into a cloud of damaging ghostly fog.

Not confirmed: evolution recipes, the power-up list, and evolved forms of the Lasgun, Chainsword, Grandblade and Nuln Oil. Some third-party wikis list items like "Liquid Green Stuff" as evolution components; we could not find them in any official post, so we leave them out until launch.

Other weapons shown so far

• Chainsword (Astartes Chainsword)

  Malum Caedo starts with it

  Horizontal serrated swings that hit several enemies at once.

• Lasgun

  Trooper Kozlowski starts with it

  Upgrading it calls in extra Cadian Shock Troopers to fight beside him.

• Grandblade

  Sharynn Azurwrath starts with it

  When levelled up, unleashes a huge circular swing.

• Frag Grenades

  The Legend of Catachan starts with only these

  His other weapons, such as a modified Ripper Pistol, are unlocked later.

• Brazier Staff

  Ulgromthier starts with it

  Fires arcing magma projectiles.

• Uskavar the Sunderer

  Bastian Carthalos

  Close-range strikes in set patterns.

• Nebulous Sea Fog

  Lorai, Child of the Abyss

  Pulls enemies in and damages them, which pairs with Bastian's close-range zones.

• Fyrestorm Greataxe

  Fyreslayers weapon

  Swings around you in an arc that gets faster and stronger and changes direction as you move; it stops after dealing a set amount of damage, and does less damage if you stand still.

• Gauntlets of Ultramar

  Marneus Calgar only

  A keyword-locked weapon: other champions get it through Calgar as a follower.

• Nuln Oil

  Cross-universe (both settings)

  Douses enemies in black wash; survivors are slowed and become vulnerable to fire, so it pairs with Burning weapons.

• D6 Dice

  Cross-universe (both settings)

  Revealed April 9, 2026; usable by Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar champions.

Which champion starts with what: Warhammer Survivors characters.

Keywords and squads

Every champion and weapon, and some items, carry keywords. Some weapons are locked to one champion, such as Calgar's Gauntlets of Ultramar or Gotrek's Zangrom-Thaz. If you pick up a weapon your champion can't use, a follower who can joins you and fires it. Followers can't take damage or collect items, and several can join at once. The developer's example combos: Lorai's Sea Fog pulling enemies into Bastian's Uskavar strikes, and the Castellan, who gets stronger per follower, with Kozlowski's Lasgun troopers.

Pick-up items

Pick-ups are found around light sources on the map, and most differ between the two universes:

• Melta-bomb (40K): Delayed thermal blast; lure enemies into its radius.
• Blast Template (40K): Destroys all enemies on screen, though some resist insta-kill effects.
• Hellfire Ammo (40K): Temporarily raises all ranged damage and poisons enemies.
• Purple Sun of Shyish (Age of Sigmar): Damaging zones that can hit you too.
• Ravenak's Gnashing Jaws (Age of Sigmar): A tethered pet that bites nearby enemies and sets them Burning.
• Suffocating Gravetide (Age of Sigmar): Stuns enemies, then makes them flee for a moment.

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