Darktide – Warhammer Darktide to Get New Update
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide developer Fatshark has announced the first major update for 2024, titled Path of Redemption. The update will bring new features to the game, including a revamped Penance system.
As a general overview, Penances in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide are in-game achievements that players can earn. Gamers attain these points through challenges, higher difficulties, and using various abilities.
Players can gain Penance points towards a new progression track, featuring over 40 tiers of unlockable rewards. There are 200 new Penances and more than 100 new rewards. These include insignias, portrait frames, emotes, and outfits from the Moebian 6th.
Darktide – Warhammer Darktide to Get New Update
In a new dev blog, Björn, the team lead for the update, and Victor, the design director, explain the studio’s decision. The Penance system, they say, will give players more agency.
“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:
Darktide Update Content
A new free way to collect rewards: penance points will now count towards a progression track composed of 40+ tiers, allowing players to unlock earnable rewards.
A new home for penances in the Mourningstar: Hestia will be in charge of keeping a record of the rejects’ penances and will join the rest of the Mourningstar crew in voice-overs during missions.
200+ new penances: a slew of new penances will be added to the game for players to complete. These will be divided into new categories.
100+ new earnable rewards: these will include new insignias, portrait frames, emotes, poses, weapon trinkets, and cosmetics such as the loyalist Moebian 6th outfits.
New reward type – Titles: allowing players to brag about their most impressive achievements.
Improved penance UI and menu: allowing players to better track penances and progress toward rewards.
