Warhammer 40,000: Darktide “The Signal” Content Drop Now Available

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 15, 2022

News: If you have been having fun playing the new Warhammer 40,000 game since launch, you now have even more content to play.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has released its first content drop since the release of the game back on November 30th. This new content is titled, “The Signal”, and includes the brand new mission Comms-Plex 154/2f, which takes place in the Throneside District. The goal in the mission is to get to the HL-19-24 Archivum and re-establish communications in order to send a status report-out system.

The highlights for this new content include the following:

New Mission: Comms-Plex 154/2f

New Weapon: Indignatus Mk IVe Crusher, a two-handed Power Maul for Zealots.

New Weapon: Achlys Mk I Power Maul, a one-handed Power Maul for Orgryns.

Crafting System: Adding the ability to refine weapons & curios.

New Conditions: Hunting Grounds where Rejects will have to fend off increased numbers of Pox Hounds.

Support: To help support the launch of Comms Plex, they will enable several conditions during this mission over the next few days.

Private Sessions

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is available on PC through Steam, the Windows Store, and PC Game Pass. During the first week of release, the community was quite busy:

Rejects spent an average of 15,3 hours exploring the Hive City

Characters created: 1,366,460

Heretics eliminated: 3,812,354,211

Rejects missing in action: 6,880,142

Grenades thrown: 52,840,157

Total time players held captive: 210,962 hours

Total number of rescues: 25,651,977

Have you had a chance to play Warhammer 40,000: Darktide yet? If not, do you plan on playing it over the holidays?