Warhammer SurvivorsGuide & arsenal

Warhammer Survivors pickups

Pickups can boost a run, control a crowd or create a hazard that also hits you. Compare Melta-Bomb, Hellfire Ammo and Age of Sigmar spells by their immediate effect rather than a guessed drop rate.

A tank and rifle-carrying figures face a dense mass of creatures, with blue pickups across the battlefield.
A tank and rifle-carrying figures face a dense mass of creatures, with blue pickups across the battlefield.

Purple Sun is dangerous ground

Purple Sun of Shyish creates damaging zones that can hit the player as well as enemies. It eventually leaves the screen. Stay aware of its position instead of treating it as a protective field. Do not build a route around a supposed method to keep it indefinitely.

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Melta-Bomb

Delayed explosion

A thermal grenade with a short delay before exploding; lure enemies into its blast radius.

Blast Template

Screen-wide blast

Triggers a screen-wide explosion, destroying enemies except those resistant to instant-kill effects.

Hellfire Ammo

Ranged damage and poison

Temporarily increases all ranged-attack damage and applies Poisoned.

Purple Sun of Shyish

Can damage the player

Creates damaging zones that can hit both enemies and the player; it eventually leaves the screen.

Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws

Movement-led bites

Tethers to the player, bites nearby enemies along movement directions, deals damage and applies Burning.

Suffocating Gravetide

Stun, then fleeing

Stuns enemies it strikes, then makes them flee temporarily.

Frenzon

Attack frequency

Grants Berserk, increasing weapon attack frequency.

Delayed blasts and instant-kill exceptions

Melta-Bomb explodes after a short delay: draw enemies into its blast rather than walking away before targets arrive. Blast Template causes a screen-wide explosion, but enemies resistant to instant-kill effects survive. A visually huge blast does not mean that every enemy is removed.

Spells that follow your movement

Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws tethers to the player, bites enemies along movement directions and applies Burning. Suffocating Gravetide stuns enemies it strikes and makes them flee temporarily. Their control and directional behavior matter when you choose a route through a crowd.

Ranged attacks and poison

Hellfire Ammo temporarily improves ranged-attack damage and applies Poisoned. Match the pickup to a run using ranged attacks; Poisoned also slows affected enemies. Frag Grenade is both a battlefield pickup and the Legend of Catachan’s base weapon.

Frenzon

Frenzon grants Berserk and increases weapon attack frequency. It is a temporary combat pickup, separate from the Gold and paint-pot progression you carry between runs. Durations and drop probabilities should come from the active game version, not from another survivors game.