Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – Path of Redemption Update Announced

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Developer Fatshark has unveiled its first major update for co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide for 2024. Slated for release this month, the update, titled Path of Redemption, will bring with it a host of new features, including a revamp to the game’s Penance system.

For context, Penances in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide essentially act as in-game achievements that players can earn by taking on different challenges, playing on higher difficulties, and using various abilities. Some of these Penances were grouped up to then reward players with a new cosmetic item.

The new update will now allow players to earn Penance points, which count towards a new progression track featuring more than 40 tiers of unlockable rewards. There will also be more than 200 new Penances, and over 100 new rewards as part of the update, including new insignias, protrait frames, emotes, and outfits based on the loyalist Moebian 6th.

Team lead for the update, Björn, and design director on the game, Victor, have explained the studio’s decision in a new dev blog. According to the duo, the new Penance system was designed to give players more agency in how they earn rewards.

“There was one main driver behind reimagining the whole penance system: giving players more agency in Darktide,” wrote the duo in the dev blog. “We wanted to add fun and meaningful ways for players to earn more cosmetics, and give them new ways to challenge themselves. This update adds new and diversified goals to achieve, with a slew of rewards matching their investment in the game – whether they just started playing or are a returning player.”

Here are some of the changes coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide as part of the Path of Redemption update: