The next expansion for Warhammer 40,000 is nearly here, as the Iron Warriors begin their grand campaign to seize control of the Cadian Gate and begin their galaxy-spanning siege of the Imperium. See what’s coming up for pre-order next week.
Eye of Terror: Reign of Iron
While the bulk of the Imperium is distracted elsewhere, the Iron Warriors launch their bid to control the region of space known as the Cadian Gate, where a few Imperial holdouts still resist despite the loss of Cadia. Holding this ravaged region is instrumental to their Primarch Perturabo’s wider plan for the Imperium, and the biggest obstacle in his way is the forge world of Agripinaa.
This new set of expansion books for Warhammer 40,000 chronicles the latest wars in a new warzone – the Cadian Gate – with loads of in-depth background lore and new rules for fighting battles on these hellish landscapes. In addition to new Detachments for the Chaos Space Marines, Space Marines, Imperial Knights, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Chaos Knights, you also get a book of rules for fighting massive Apocalypse battles in which enormous armies duke it out with the biggest and deadliest weapons in their arsenals.
If you are one of the Daemon Primarch’s true chosen, you can pick up a Collector’s Edition of the set. This version features alternate art covers with silver foil details, silver page edges, and a matching ribbon bookmark.
Both of these releases are available while stocks last.
Kravek Morne
As the leader of the primary Iron Warriors warhost bearing down on Agripinaa, Kravek Morne is a powerful warlord and expert battlefield commander with a taste for brutal head-on assaults. Famous for leading the charge in his Land Raider and for his Terminator bodyguard, he makes the perfect Warlord for Chaos Space Marine armies swearing allegiance to the Iron Warriors.
Defiler
Of all the Daemon Engines that clank from the Soul Forges, the Defiler is one of the most terrifying. This thrashing amalgamation of flesh and steel can tear apart battle tanks with its immense claws while hurling devastating barrages at distant foes, and can be used in Chaos Space Marines, Death Guard, World Eaters, Thousand Sons, and Emperor’s Children armies.
The Defiler has enough build options to impress even the most jaded Warpsmith. It has two torso pose options, three carapace options, two interchangeable chest plates, four regular Chaos Space Marine heads, one head each for the Iron Warriors, Word Bearers, World Eaters, Thousand Sons, Emperor's Children, and Death Guard, and two options each for the left and right shoulders. That means that no two of your devastating walkers need to look the same.
The Defiler can take on any enemy – choose from these weapon options:
Chest-mounted Hades battle cannon or ectoplasma destructor
Torso-mounted excruciator cannons or magma cutters
Right arm-mounted heavy reaper autocannon, Hades lascannon, heavy baleflamer, or electroscourge
Left arm-mounted heavy reaper autocannon, Hades lascannon, heavy missile launcher, or electroscourge
Mutilators
Chaos Space Marines who become obsessed with killing and maiming in close combat run the risk of finding themselves turning into Mutilators, whose warp-mutated forms shift and swirl to produce all manner of deadly weapons for slicing and dicing. This kit builds three Mutilators with fully interchangeable weapons, so you can easily customise your brutal melee infantry before you send them off to smash through enemy lines.
Iron Warriors Upgrades
Turn your Chaos Legionaries and Havocs into certified Iron Warriors veterans with a new upgrade pack full of heads, shoulder pads, and accessories. You get two plumed helmets, nine variant helmets, four bare heads, a heavy melee weapon (which is a suitably large hammer), a power fist, and 19 shoulder pads – plenty to get sieging with.
Combat Patrol: Iron Warriors
Start a new Iron Warriors army or expand your existing force of Chaos Space Marines with the new Combat Patrol: Iron Warriors. This box contains a thematic selection of units, including a Warpsmith, five Havocs with heavy weapons, five Chaos Terminators, and 10 Legionaries. The kit also includes the Iron Warriors upgrade frame to give some of the miniatures even more Iron Warriors flavour.
This Combat Patrol will be available while stocks last.
Iron Warriors Dice
Perturabo doesn’t leave much to chance, but if he did, he’d probably roll for supremacy with a set of Iron Warriors dice. This pack of 16 dark silver dice have light grey pips, and each one features the Legion icon of the Iron Warriors on the six face.
These dice will be available while stocks last.
Thulia Ghuld
Lead the defence of forge world Agripinaa with the mighty Archmagos Thulia Ghuld, one of the most destructive and merciless Tech-Priests in the galaxy. Her fanatically loyal troops see her as the voice of the Omnissiah, and she’s no slouch in combat with her Jericho-class conversion resonator blasting enemies to bits using raw sonic energy. While she may not always see optic sensor to optic sensor with Belisarius Cawl, she is revered by the Skitarii who follow her into battle.
Hastarii
The heavily armoured Hastarii are optimised for fire support, carrying much heavier weapons into battle than their fellow Skitarii and laying down withering hails of fire wherever needed. This kit can be assembled as one of two different units – Hastarii Exterminators with close-range eradication casters, or Hastarii Fusiliers with pinpoint-accurate neutron fusils.
Knight Destrier
Sitting between an Armiger and a Questoris-pattern Knight in terms of height, Bellatus-class chassis like the Knights Destrier make up for their stature with blazing speed and a tendency towards decisive aggression. This new Knight fills the role of a close-range brawler and comes with a choice of four weapons, each of which can be mounted on either arm:
Chastiser gatling cannon
Frag bombard
Bellatus reaper chainsword
Thundershock spear
This gives you the options to specialise your Knight for ranged destruction, close combat, or a balanced mix of the two. There is a fully detailed interior with a pilot, two leg poses, and a choice of three different face plates to further customise your speedy walker.
Eye of Terror Battalion: Adeptus Mechanicus
Join the fight for the Cadian Gate with a heavy metal Battalion box packed with armoured assets for the Adeptus Mechanicus, perfect for augmenting an existing army full of infantry. This box contains an Onager Dunecrawler, a Skorpius Disintegrator that can instead be built as a Skorpius Dunerider, and an Ironstrider Ballistarius that can alternately be built as a Sydonian Dragoon. They make a great start to a force based around the new Eradication Cohort Detachment, which is included in the Eye of Terror: Reign of Iron expansion.
This product will be available while stocks last.
Eye of Terror Battalion: Imperial Knights
Show the power of the Knight worlds with one of the most devastating weapons to cross their threshold – the almighty thundercoil harpoon – in a new Battalion box packed with knightly glamour. The towering Dominus-pattern suit can be built as either the harpoon-wielding Knight Valiant or a more long-ranged Knight Castellan, while each of the two Armigers can be built as close-range Warglaives or long-range Helverins. The new Freeblade Company Detachment from Eye of Terror: Reign of Iron gives you a new way to play this battalion on the tabletop.
This product will be available while stocks last.
Eye of Terror Battalion: Sons of Dorn
Bring the might of the Space Marine motor pool to the front lines with the Sons of Dorn Battalion – a collection of quality Space Marine vehicles packed with upgrades and transfers for both the Imperial Fists and Black Templars. Both chapters hail from the same Primarch and so have plenty to prove, bringing a combined force of one Redemptor Dreadnought, one Ballistus Dreadnought, and two Repulsor Executioners. Looking for a way to create an aggressive defence to stop the Iron Warriors? Put these miniatures together in the new Ceramite Sentinels Detachment from Eye of Terror: Reign of Iron.
This product will be available while stocks last.
White Dwarf Issue 523
April’s issue of White Dwarf* swears fealty to both the gallant champions of the Imperial Knights and the terrifying blackguards of the Chaos Knights – with loads of lore and stunning galleries for these mighty war machines. A new Titanic Duel mini-game pits singular Knights against each other in a one-on-one throwdown in which you’ll blast bits off each other and wear your opponent down until their majestic machine is out of action.
The new Chaos Defiler also gets a spotlight, with a look over its incredible miniature and a chat to the (possibly crazed) minds that designed it. Over in the Mortal Realms, you can read all about the deadly trials of Draichi Ganeth – the mythic Tower of Blades – and then try them for yourself in a Daughters of Khaine-themed mini game, where your fighter takes on a Twisted Treelord, Pit Troggoth, and worse.
Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith
As a Reliquant at Arms tasked with delivering sacred relics safely to their resting places, Aestred Thurga can think of no worse failing than losing such an artefact to the hands of the enemy. When the unthinkable happens, and an ambush by Chaos cultists sees them take the Sword of Saarim, Aestred throws herself into a vicious battle against the Ruinous Powers to reclaim both the relic and her honour, as the cult overwhelms the planet from within.
Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith by Danie Ware will be available to pre-order in hardback, eBook, and MP3 audiobook editions.
Paragon of Faith and Other Stories
The Battle Sisters of the Adepta Sororitas are true exemplars of the Imperial Creed, purging the enemies of the God-Emperor with unshakeable faith and fury. This paperback anthology combines two novellas and five short stories – including Infernal Motives, featuring Sister Aveline from the novel Daemonbreaker by Jude Reid – and chronicles their epic deeds and valiant sacrifices.
Carnage Unending
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war – and the stories told about them. Carnage Unending is a new anthology of classic short stories from some of your favourite Black Library authors, chronicling just a few small fragments of the endless battles fought in the 41st Millennium with appearances from the Orks, Black Templars, Drukhari, Commissar Yarrick, and many more.
Carnage Unending will be available for pre-order in paperback and eBook editions.
Bloodstorm
Send a monster to kill a monster... Murderer, betrayer, warrior beyond compare. Yet by the cruel standards of the dark elves, Malus Darkblade still has a lot to prove. Possessed by the foul daemon Tz'arkan, Malus only has a year to find five magic artefacts or his soul will be forfeit. To retrieve the Idol of Kolkuth, he will have to call on all his cunning and wits to survive a magic labyrinth and defeat its fearsome guardian.
Bloodstorm by Dan Abnett and Mike Lee, the second book in the beloved Malus Darkblade series, returns in a new audiobook format.
This week on Warhammer+, we have a host of shows following from this weekend’s Golden Demon at Adepticon 2026. Every day from Monday to Friday, we’’ll have a new episode of Painting Desk Roadshow. Each episode will have interviews with painters at the event, and we’ll also have an exclusive chat with the Slayer Sword winner.**
Elsewhere on Warhammer+, Trazyn the Infinite continues his Tesseract Trials with a burning question – out of the exceedingly choppy Orks and World Eaters, who shoots the best?
Loremasters heads to the Mortal Realms to learn all there is to know about the vicious Helsmiths of Hashut, and how their recent surge spells doom for all who oppose their dominion. The Warhammer Vault opens its doors once again, with two more issues of White Dwarf magazine – 507 and 508 – joining the vast back catalogue you can read with a Warhammer+ subscription.
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Here at Warhammer Community, we’re not slowing down on our coverage of the groundbreaking new edition of Warhammer 40,000, with more information and another miniature reveal coming. We can’t forget about the fracas on Armageddon either, so if you’re wondering where exactly Commissar Yarrick has been lately, you’ll want to check back with us this week.
* This issue of White Dwarf is unfortunately delayed in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
** If you want to see all of the winners, make sure to check into Warhammer Community on Sunday evening US-time! We’ll have all of the incredible miniatures right here.
