Welcome to another installment of Starting Hex, a series about Warhammer Underworlds. This article serves as a resource for anyone wondering, “What warbands are in Warhammer Underworlds?”

September 2025 update — This article has been updated to reflect the new edition of Warhammer Underworlds! It now also includes everything released after Embergard as well as serving as a historical record of releases from the previous edition of the game.

When I was first entering this game, it was in the first edition and it was weirdly hard to find out what warbands were out there. Back then, all warbands were legal and between that and the collector itch that is pretty common in this hobby, I wanted to know just how feasible it would be to try and Catch ‘Em All to have the full warband line.

I’m creating the resource I wish existed years ago in hopes that someone else could find it useful when they start to look into this game. The focus of this article will be for the current edition of the game, starting with Embergard’s release, but I’ll also include all the previous warbands to make this a definitive resource for the game’s history. You’ll be able to easily see every warband that is or was in the game here, as well as the various releases that included those warbands. If you are looking for the various releases that contain a warband you’re trying to hunt down, this is the place to check. Let me know if you find this helpful or if you feel anything else should be covered here by emailing contact@goonhammer.com.

This page will be kept up-to-date with warband releases to serve as an evergreen resource for anyone coming into the hobby in the future.

Product Types

Ever since moving to the new edition, there are four different ways that Games Workshop has released warbands so far.

The Core Box is really just the Embergard box. It’s meant to be the starting point for this edition of Warhammer Underworlds. As the entry point for the game, it contains everything needed to play: the game board, dice, tokens, four Rivals decks, and two warbands. Games Workshop hinted that this would be the only Core Box for this edition, so it should stick around for a while.

Expansion Boxes are new at the time of writing. Currently it’s just the Spitewood box, which contains a new game board, two Rivals decks, some tokens, and two warbands.

Grand Alliance Boxes are boxes of four warbands that were originally released in the previous edition of the game. These serve as a way to get models that haven’t been available for a while along with their updated rules. Each of these boxes belong to one of the Grand Alliance factions from Age of Sigmar. One group of four boxes (so 16 warbands) was released with Embergard. Once Spitewood releases, there will be another set of four released. These boxes contain no Rivals decks.

Individual releases are pretty straightforward – warbands are released as one warband and their rules in a box. These are all new releases that have been created since the release of the Embergard edition of Warhammer Underworlds – wholly new, never seen in the previous edition of the game.

All of these various releases will be detailed below with information for how the warband or deck was packaged along with the release date. The latest stuff will be listed at the top and you’ll be traveling back in time as you scroll down.

Spitewood Season Releases

Reavers of Ruin: Chaos Warbands

Warband: The Gnarlspirit Pack
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Reavers of Ruin)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Skittershank’s Clawpack
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Reavers of Ruin)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Thricefold Discord
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Reavers of Ruin)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Wurmspat
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Reavers of Ruin)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Morbid Minions: Death Warbands

Warband: The Exiled Dead
Faction: Death
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Morbid Minions)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Skinnerkin
Faction: Death
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Morbid Minions)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Sons of Velmorn
Faction: Death
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Morbid Minions)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Thorns of the Briar Queen
Faction: Death
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Morbid Minions)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Gitz and Goliaths: Destruction Warbands

Warband: Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Gitz and Goliaths)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Mollog’s Mob
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Gitz and Goliaths)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Rippa’s Snarlfangs
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Gitz and Goliaths)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Zarbag’s Gitz
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Gitz and Goliaths)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Seekers in Shadow: Order Warbands

Warband: Elathain’s Soulraid
Faction: Order
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Seekers in Shadow)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Shadeborne
Faction: Order
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Seekers in Shadow)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Starblood Stalkers
Faction: Order
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Seekers in Shadow)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Xandire’s Truthseekers
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Seekers in Shadow)
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Spitewood Expansion Box

Warband: Blood of the Bull
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Spitewood Expansion Box
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Kurnoth’s Heralds
Faction: Order
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Spitewood Expansion Box
Release date: October 18, 2025
Original Goonhammer review

 

Embergard Season Releases

The following are all the releases from what I consider the first wave of this edition. There’s the Embergard core box, four Grand Alliance boxes, and five individual warband releases.

Individual Releases

Warband: Kamandora’s Blades
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Individual release
Release date: August 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Knives of the Crone
Faction: Order
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Individual release
Release date: May 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Individual release
Release date: February 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Grandfather’s Gardeners
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Individual release
Release date: December 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Jaws of Itzl
Faction: Order
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Individual release
Release date: December 2025
Original Goonhammer review

Despoilers and Daemons: Chaos Warbands

Warband: Ephilim’s Pandaemonium
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Despoilers and Daemons)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Khagra’s Ravagers
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Despoilers and Daemons)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Gorechosen of Dromm
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Despoilers and Daemons)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Warband: The Dread Pageant
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Despoilers and Daemons)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Revenants of the Realms: Death Warbands

Warband: Kainan’s Reapers
Faction: Death
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Revenants of the Realm)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Grymwatch
Faction: Death
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Revenants of the Realm)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Crimson Court
Faction: Death
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Revenants of the Realm)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Warband: The Headsmen’s Curse
Faction: Death
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Revenants of the Realm)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review 

Brutes and Bandits: Destruction Warbands

Warband: Grinkrak’s Looncourt
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Brutes and Bandits)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Morgok’s Krushas
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Brutes and Bandits)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Da Kunnin’ Krew
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Brutes and Bandits)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Blackpowder’s Buccaneers
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Brutes and Bandits)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Heroes and Hunters: Order Warbands

Warband: Hexbane’s Hunters
Faction: Order
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Heroes and Hunters)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Warband: Myari’s Purifiers
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Heroes and Hunters)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Thundrik’s Profiteers
Faction: Order
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Heroes and Hunters)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Ylthari’s Guardians
Faction: Order
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Grand Alliance Box (Heroes and Hunters)
Release date: December 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Embergard Core Box

Warband: The Emberwatch
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Embergard Core Box
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Zikkit’s Tunnelpack
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Embergard Core Box
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Digital Rules Warbands

I’ll include a special mention of the warbands who had digital rules come out with the release of Embergard. These were simply fighter cards and warscrolls that were hosted on the Warhammer Community download page for people to use with their existing models – the models themselves were not re-released, so if you didn’t already have them they could be difficult to track down. Some of these have been repackaged into the Grand Alliance boxes and re-released later in the edition’s life.

Warband: Spiteclaw’s Swarm
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Strike
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Thricefold Discord
Faction: Chaos
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review; First Errata update review; Second Errata update review

Warband: Sepulchral Guard
Faction: Death
Archetype:
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Warband: Skinnerkin
Faction: Death
Archetype:
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Thorns of the Briar Queen
Faction: Death
Archetype:
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Zondara’s Gravebreakers
Faction: Death
Archetype:
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Daggok’s Stab-ladz
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Mollog’s Mob
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Zarbag’s Gitz
Faction: Destruction
Archetype: Take and Hold
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review; First Errata update review; Second Errata update review

Warband: Brethren of the Bolt
Faction: Order
Archetype: Mastery
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review; Errata update review

Warband: Cyreni’s Razors
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: The Farstriders
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

Warband: Ironsoul’s Condemnors
Faction: Order
Archetype: Flex
Release type: Free digital rules; no model release
Release date: November 2024
Original Goonhammer review

First Edition Releases

This is a much less detailed list that will simply show the warbands from the first edition of the game (many of whom have made the jump to the new edition).

Similar to above, there were a few different types of releases that should look familiar if you read through how Embergard has been packaged and released. It was a somewhat reliable cadence of a core box followed by two staggered individual warband releases for each season, with two seasons per year.

Core Boxes were the big release each season. They contained two warbands, two rivals decks, and two double sided boards.

Individual warband releases are exactly what it says on the tin. You get a small box with the sprues for your warband plus their warband’s cards.

Two-player starter sets were released every other year…ish. They were essentially slimmed down versions of a core box and contain two warbands, boards, and tokens/dice. They didn’t have any name on the box other than “Two-Player Starter Set” so it’s kind of tricky to identify them. I’m including the year they were released and whether or not it was a release in partnership with Barnes & Noble because yes, that was a thing they did.

Rivals of the Mirrored City was a surprise one-off release. It contained four fairly old, hard to find warbands with updated rules.

If you track any of these products down, know that they are not compatible with the current edition of the game.

Wintermaw

Wintermaw was the last core box released and that season had no individual releases, so these two warbands are the only ones from this season. It was released in April 2024.

Brethren of the Bolt: Wintermaw core box
The Skinnerkin: Wintermaw core box

Deathgorge

The Deathgorge core box was released in November 2023. This was also the time when I first heard about the game and started my deep dive into obsession.

Zondara’s Gravebreakers: Deathgorge individual release
Daggok’s Stab-Ladz: Deathgorge individual release
Cyreni’s Razors: Deathgorge core box
Thricefold Discord: Deathgorge core box

2023 Two-Player Starter Set (Barnes & Noble Edition)

This last version of the Two-Player Starter Set was sold at Barnes & Noble stores for the low price of $35 USD which is a crazy value for a good board game, let alone one with Games Workshop miniatures.

Ironsoul’s Condemnors: 2023 Two-Player Starter Set (Barnes & Noble edition)
Sepulchral Guard: 2023 Two-Player Starter Set (Barnes & Noble edition)

Rivals of the Mirrored City

This was a one-off boxed set that re-released four out-of-print, older warbands that came out in March 2024. These warbands had refreshed rules for the time.

Mollog’s Mob: Rivals of the Mirrored City boxed set
Thorns of the Briar Queen: Rivals of the Mirrored City boxed set
Zarbag’s Gitz: Rivals of the Mirrored City boxed set
Spiteclaw’s Swarm: Rivals of the Mirrored City boxed set

Wyrdhollow

Wyrdhollow’s core box was released in May 2023, with the two individual warband releases following a few months after.

Skabbik’s Plaguepack: Wyrdhollow individual release
Headsmen’s Curse: Wyrdhollow individual release
Domitan’s Stormcoven: Wyrdhollow core box
Ephilim’s Pandaemonium: Wyrdhollow core box

2023 Two-Player Starter Set

As with the 2023 Two-Player Starter Set (Barnes & Noble edition), this contained updated warbands from the past.

The Farstriders: 2023 Two-Player Starter Set
Sepulchral Guard: 2023 Two-Player Starter Set

Gnarlwood

The core box for Gnarlwood went on sale in October 2022. Grinkrak and Gryselle became available afterwards.

Grinkrak’s Looncourt: Gnarlwood individual release
Gryselle’s Arenai: Gnarlwood individual release
Gnarlspirit Pack: Gnarlwood core box
Sons of Velmorn: Gnarlwood core box

Nethermaze

Nethermaze was made available in April of 2022.

Gorechosen of Dromm: Nethermaze individual release
Hexbane’s Hunters: Nethermaze individual release
Shadeborn: Nethermaze core box
Skittershank’s Clawpack: Nethermaze core box

Harrowdeep

Harrowdeep’s boxed set was released in October 2021.

Blackpowder’s Buccaneers: Harrowdeep individual release
The Exiled Dead: Harrowdeep individual release
Xandire’s Truthseekers: Harrowdeep core box
Da Kunnin’ Krew: Harrowdeep core box

Direchasm

Dates from here and earlier are a little more iffy — Warhammer Community doesn’t have preorder announcements for the releases, and many of the release windows were delayed due to the pandemic. Just know that Shadespire, Nightvault, Beastgrave, and Direchasm came out in the 2017-2021 window.

Khagra’s Ravagers: Direchasm individual release
The Starblood Stalkers: Direchasm individual release
The Crimson Court: Direchasm individual release
Hedkrakka’s Madmob: Direchasm individual release
Kainan’s Reapers: Direchasm individual release
Elathain’s Soulraid: Direchasm individual release
Myari’s Purifiers: Direchasm core box
Dread Pageant: Direchasm core box

2021 Two-Player Starter Set

Drepur’s Wraithcreepers: 2021 Two-Player Starter Set
Storm of Celestus: 2021 Two-Player Starter Set

Beastgrave

Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers: Beastgrave individual release
Morgok’s Krushas: Beastgrave individual release
Morgwaeth’s Blade-coven: Beastgrave individual release
Rippa’s Snarlfangs: Beastgrave individual release
The Grymwatch: Beastgrave individual release
The Wurmspat: Beastgrave individual release
Grashrak’s Despoilers: Beastgrave core box
Skaeth’s Wild Hunt: Beastgrave core box

Dreadfane

Ironsoul’s Condemnors: Dreadfane Two-Player Starter Set
Lady Harrow’s Mournflight: Dreadfane Two-Player Starter Set

Nightvault

Eyes of the Nine: Nightvault individual release
Godsworn Hunt: Nightvault individual release
Mollog’s Mob: Nightvault individual release
Thundrik Profiteers: Nightvault individual release
Ylthari’s Guardians: Nightvault individual release
Zarbag’s Gitz: Nightvault individual release
Thorns of the Briar Queen: Nightvault core box
Stormsire’s Cursebreakers: Nightvault core box

Shadespire

The Chosen Axes: Shadespire individual release
The Farstriders: Shadespire individual release
Ironskull’s Boyz: Shadespire individual release
Magore’s Fiends: Shadespire individual release
Spiteclaw’s Swarm: Shadespire individual release
Sepulchral Guard: Shadespire individual release
Steelheart’s Champions: Shadespire core box
Garrek’s Reavers: Shadespire core box

There you have it, all 67 (!) warbands that have ever been released in Warhammer Underworlds as well as where to find them. For anyone looking for the older stuff, don’t forget to dig around on eBay, Facebook marketplace, or the dusty corners of local game stores.

I’d like to close by thanking my phenomenal wife for supporting me in this hobby and for being such a great person in general. Love you, babe.

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