Media

Official Darktide website's media collection found here.

A collection of out-of-game and in-game media fleshing out the world of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

Vox Transmissions[]

The official Fatshark Youtube channel posts various audio messages, typically used for promotional purposed to drum up interest prior to an update. These diegetic pieces of media are typically labeled as a Vox message. They aren't too significant to grander narrative or world building, but they do provide additional flavor to certain updates and characters.

Trailers[]

Official Teaser Trailer by Puppetworks - July 23, 2020
Official Gameplay Trailer by Ritualen - Dec 10, 2020
Writer (Dan Abnett) Reveal promotional video - June 3, 2021
Release Date Announcement video - March 21, 2022
Rejects Will Rise Trailer by Ritualen - June 1, 2022
World Intro Trailer by Puppetworks - Nov 10, 2022

The Carnival Cinematic Trailer - Nov 15, 2023
- The Orthus Offensive | Trailer - Dec 13, 2023
Secrets of the Machine God | Narrative Trailer - June 24, 2024
Unrelenting Hordes | Special Event Trailer - Sep 27, 2024
The Grandfather's Gifts | Special Event Trailer - Nov 8, 2024
Grim Protocols | Narrative Trailer - Nov 19, 2024

Short Stories[]

Classes[]

SHORT STORY: THE VETERAN (John French)
SHORT STORY: THE ZEALOT (Jude Reid)
SHORT STORY: THE PSYKER (Victoria Hayward)
SHORT STORY: THE OGRYN (Sarah Cawkwell)

Traitor Curse[]

Zola's Journal Entries

Path of Redemption[]

Hestia Prine's Journal Entry:

Short Story: Into the Shadows (Dan Abnett)

Secrets of the Machine God[]

Game Development Blogs[]

Non-Fatshark Publications[]

White Dwarf - Issue 482[]

Released November 2022. White Dwarf Issue 482 has a custom conversion and painting guide for creating Darktide inspired miniatures on pages 16 through 25.

pages 16 & 17
DARKTIDE (pg. 16)
This year has seen the long-awaited release of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, a first-person shooter action game by Fatshark - the studio that brought us the incredible Vermintide series of video games. In many ways, Darktide is the spiritual sequel to Vermintide. This time, the action is set on a hive world of the far future, the enemy is a horde of Chaos-worshipping cultists and everyone has guns. Lots of guns!
You play the role of a former penal trooper inducted into the ranks of the Inquisition by the mysterious Inquisitor Lord Grendyll. Given this new lease on life (a dubious salvation at best!), you and your ragtag team must investigate the depths of Tertium Hive, discover the enemy's plans and eliminate - with extreme prejudice - any foes who get in your way. As you might expect, the game is tense, terrifying, grim, dark, utterly immersive and so action-packed you won't know what to hit next with your chainsword.
INQUISITORIAL INTERVENTION
To celebrate the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, we thought it would be cool to recreate some of the character classes from the game in miniature form. Opposite, you willl find some exciting background about Tertium Hive, the setting for the game, while over the page you will find information about the four character classes: the Veteran, Zealot, Ogryn and Psyker. This is accomplished by inspirational conversation based on the character in fame, all lovingly built and painted by members of the Warhammer Studio (Anders, the Game Director at Fatshark, even contributed a couple of his own creations - Ed). Lastly, you'll find a painting guide showing you how to paint your characters just like the ones featured in the Darktide trailer. So what are you waiting for? Select a character, play the fame, smash some heretics, then convert a model of your chosen character to use on the tabletop. Sounds like a proper hobby mash-up to us!
INTO TERTIUM HIVE (pg. 17)
The hive world of Atoma Prime was colonised by humans many millennia ago. Thought cut off from the rest of Mankind for thousands of years, the planet eventually came back into the fold during the Great Crusade and has been a part of the Imperium ever since.
The ruling hive city on Atoma Prime is Tertium Hive, a vast sprawling conurbation the size of a major country that rises like a colossus into the polluted clouds. Rampant Industrial growth over thousands of years has seen many smaller hives amalgamated and subsumed by Tertium, which is now home to billions upon billions of people.
The principle industry within and around the hive is the mining and refining of Moebian iron, a much-desired material in the creation of spaceship armour and tank hulls across the sector. This makes Tertium a vital asset to the Imperium and Imperial war efforts. It is little wonder that the forces of the Dark Gods seek to corrupt and overthrow Atoma and take it valuable resources for their own.

WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE – THE MINIATURES GAME[]

main article: Dartktide - The Miniatures Game

Darktide: The Miniatures Game was released by Games workshop on May 4, 2024 and isn't connected with Fatshark Studios. It is gateway, spin-off game to Kill Team and plays similarly to the Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress board game. The box comes with a variety of non-exclusive models, some are from the Blackstone Fortress and other existing model kits.

Darktide: The Card Game[]

Gamesworkshop announced a Darktide-themed cardgame to be released in the summer of 2024, produced and designed by Cubicle 7. This product isn't created or produced by Fatshark Studios.

Darktide Hot Sauce[]

During Darktide's launch, Lou's Hot Sauce ran a limited-time sauce range and Giveaway of 4 Darktide Class-themed sauce flavours.

Veteran - Cayenne Pepper
Zealot - Smokey Chipotle
Psyker - Scorpion Pepper
Ogryn - Ghost Pepper