With Rogue Trader, one of the best games for Warhammer 40,000 has now received a major update on Steam. The community is celebrating and is already looking forward to the next run, even though the scope of the RPG is incredibly vast.
What does the new update bring? Patch 1.5 has a whole lot of new content for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. The developers promise updates for quality of life improvements, enhanced balance, new content, and hundreds of bug fixes for the Koronus Expansion.
The highlights of the update are as follows:
- 4 new NPC portraits: Malice, Commissar, Clementia Werserian, Abel
- 45 new Xeno and Astartes items
- Overhaul of the origins of Astra Militarum Commander, Ministorum Priest, Commissar, and Navy Officer
- 25 new talents and mechanical changes for rare and exotic weapons
- Overhaul of the content of Lex Imperialis
- Convictions for Familiars
- Review of the starting builds of companions
- Rebalancing of experience
- Rebalancing of abilities
- Rebalancing of colonization and updating of rewards
- Redistribution and changes of items, loot, and vendor tables
- Hundreds of bug fixes, including for issues with the epilogue and Yrliet
You can find the complete patch notes on the second page, unfortunately only available in English. Here is the trailer for update 1.5 of Rogue Trader:
“A Great Game”
How does the community react to the update? Under the trailer on YouTube and on Reddit, fans of the RPG are celebrating the comprehensive, free update.
- ravenc4621-u6m writes on YouTube: “Alright, it’s time for a new run.”
- Tordek_1989 praises the developer team of Owlcat on YouTube: “That’s why I know Dark Heresy will be a great game. The ongoing efforts to improve and refine the game after its release show love and dedication to what they do. Thank you for this continuous commitment and passion for Rogue Trader!”
- While many fans want to start a new run, myslead explains on Reddit: “I played and finished it earlier this year, it’s a great game, but I won’t start again.”
No wonder: According to howlongtobeat.com, it easily takes 100 to 150 hours for a run.
What do I need to know about Rogue Trader? The RPG from studio Owlcat Games, the creators of the Pathfinder games, was released on December 7, 2023, for PC on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. You assume the role of a rogue trader who is to expand the Imperium’s realm in the name of the Emperor and unlock new territories.
Thus, you belong to a handful of people allowed to do what would be heresy for everyone else in Warhammer 40,000. On Steam, the game currently has 86 percent positive reviews. It is especially praised for its narrative qualities, tricky decision-making options, and deep character development.
There are hardly any classic RPGs set in the universe of Warhammer 40,000 – but there is at least one that is really good. Rogue Trader is not only perhaps the best RPG for Warhammer 40,000 – it is also one of the best games to get into the world of Warhammer.
