Warhammer Vermintide 2 Game Guide (2024)

Deratisation level: Grandmaster! Warhammer Vermintide 2 game guide is the complete compendium of knowledge about this unique cooperative game. You will learn here how to fight, vanquish all bosses and also where to find all grimoire and toms.

Last update: 01 August 2018

The following Warhammer: Vermintide 2 game guide contains information and tips to help you during the game. Our advice explain every aspect of the production in detail - you'll learn how to fight effectively, where to find tomes and grimoires, or how to get new equipment, and the description of each map will help you get through the most important moments of each mission. In addition, the guide describes in detail all the playable heroes - you'll learn the pros and cons and the available character classes. Finally, the FAQ section will answer all the questions that may arise during the game.

Basics

The first chapter of the guide will introduce you to the gameplay, and the descriptions of all basic mechanics will enable you to quickly get into the game. You will get some good starting advice, learn how to start a mission, how to fight, and how to craft items.

1. Starting tips - some practical advice that will make the game easier.
2. Starting a mission - how to begin a mission and what difficulty level to choose.
3. Interface - learn what all those HUD icons mean.
4. Combat - fighting efficiently, dealing with armored opponents, and healing. What is a character power?
5. List of enemies - how to fight with elite and special enemies?
6. List of bosses - where can you find bosses and how to fight with them?
7. Crafting - all you need to know about forging and creating new items.
8. Okri's Challenges - completing quests and earning chests.

Characters

The next chapter is focused on the description of playable heroes. What's the specialty of each class, what are its pros and cons? The answers to those, and any other questions you may have can be found on the following pages.

1. Markus Kruber
2. Bardin Goreksson
3. Kerillian
4. Victor Saltzpyre
5. Sienna Fuegonasus

Tomes and Grimoires

Tomes and grimoires are items that can be found in every mission. Carrying them in your equipment comes with penalties. However, players can also get rewards in a form of additional XP or a better box received at the end of that mission. The pages listed below contain detailed descriptions that will help you find the tomes and the grimoires (the list is also divided into acts).

1. Location of the tomes - Act I
2. Location of the tomes - Act II
3. Location of the tomes - Act III
4. Location of the grimoires - Act I
5. Location of the grimoires - Act II
6. Location of the grimoires - Act III

FAQ

The FAQ will explain all the doubts that may arise when playing the game. Wondering whether you can play Warhammer: Vermintide 2 solo, how to level up your characters fast or get new equipment? The following pages will answer those (and other) questions.

1. How to recruit allies?
2. How to gain experience quickly?
3. Can Warhammer: Vermintide 2 be played solo?
4. How to save and rescue your allies?
5. What's the use of tome and grimoires?
6. How to get new gear?

Appendix

The last chapter of the guide focuses on the technical aspects of the game. Here you'll learn the hardware requirements of the game, making sure your PC can handle it. Additionally, you'll find the game's controls schematics.

1. Controls
2. Hardware requirements

About Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a continuation of Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide, released in 2015. The game does not deviate from the premise used in the prequel - together with either friends, random players or bots we are thrown into the middle of the war between the Empire, the rat-like Skaven and the forces of Chaos. Each mission involves five heroes, and the game is based on battles against a huge number of opponents, and completing simple tasks. The game also includes basic character progression mechanics, implemented as discovering new skills and acquiring better equipment.

Radoslaw "Wacha" Wasik ("https://www.gamepressure.com/")

Starting Tips

Some practical tips will help you familiarize yourself with the game. Following our advice will increase your chance of successfully completing a mission. The full list of hints and advice can be found on the "Starting tips" page of your guide.

1. Don't forget about blocking - blocking enables you to nullify incoming enemy damage. However, you can't do it constantly - your character has a certain value of Stamina (when you block you will see shield icons on the screen). Blocking enemy attacks will cost you stamina - if it drops to zero, you will take normal damage. The more powerful the enemy is, the more stamina shields will consume their attack. You should also pay attention to how efficient a weapon's block range is - it's displayed next to the Stamina meter of a given weapon. This value determines when your blocks are the most efficient. Attacks dealt outside a block range will be blocked but they will consume more shield icons (two times more).
2. Make your healing count - you can restore your health with either healing draughts or medical supplies. You won't find many of them on the map (especially on higher difficulty levels), so use them only when you have to, e.g. when your character has around 10-15% health left and there's trouble ahead.
3. Use strong attacks - strong attacks are your only way to kill armored enemies. Hitting them with normal attacks won't even make a dent in them, and the only thing you'll see will be the red shield icon. heavy attacks offer different ways of damaging enemies. Depending on a weapon you can attack an entire group of enemies or you can use a strike that will penetrate armor. Use both light and heavy attacks to eliminate your opponents.
4. Help your allies - this is meant to be a co-op game. You'll need to cooperate with your team and help each other out. Protect the other members of your team, heal them, help them if they get swarmed by enemies.

How to begin a mission?

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 doesn't have a classic menu showing you all the options. Instead, you will find yourself in a fortress, where you can use objects to activate various options, such as the forge, where you can open the crafting menu. To begin a mission you must go to the map hanging in the central part of the fortress. Activating the map will allow you to start a quick game or create your own waiting room, where you can invite your friends, or play with bots. For more information, please refer to the "Starting a Mission" page of this guide.

How to acquire chests?

The chests play a very important role in the game - inside you will find random gear, which will allow you to increase the Power level of your hero (influencing the damage you deal). Higher quality of a chest means that you'll get better equipment as a reward. The chests are acquired by completing quests and challenges (see the "Okri's Challenges" page in our guide) and by leveling heroes.

You can open the chests at the center of the fortress (or in the "Spoils of War" menu), but remember that the type of weapons you gain depends on the character you are currently using. For example, if you open a chest as a Markus Kruber, you will get gear for this character (you can get items for all three classes available to a given character).

Essential controls in Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Below, we've listed the keys most often used during the dynamic game that is Vermintide 2. A full list of controls can be found on the "Controls" page of our guide.

Will my PC run Warhammer: Vermintide 2?

To really enjoy Warhammer: Vermintide 2, you will need to meet at least the minimum requirements - if you do, you can run the game with low graphics settings. Meeting the recommended requirements will enable you to admire the game in highest quality.

Minimum hardware requirements of Warhammer: Vermintide 2

1. CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 (2.8 GHz) / AMD FX-4350 (4.2 GHz)
2. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5870
3. RAM:6 GB RAM
4. HDD space: 45 GB
5. OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / 64-bit Windows 8 / 64-bit Windows 10

Recommended hardware requirements of Warhammer: Vermintide 2

1. CPU: Intel Core i7- 3770 (3.5 GHz) / AMD FX-8350 (4 GHz)
2. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1060 / ATI Radeon R9 series
3. RAM:8 GB RAM
4. HDD space: 45 GB
5. OS: 64-bit Windows 10

What is a Red Shell?

Red Shell is an analytical tool - the creators of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 used it to track the impact of marketing campaigns. Players have expressed many concerns and suspicions about this tracking, so Red Shell has been removed in one of the game updates and is no longer used.