Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Drukhari

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“What was it like, back then? Just sheer joy, I’m told.

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30 November 2023
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“What was it like, back then? Just sheer joy, I’m told. Entire civilizations, rendered down for stimulants. Stars drained dry of their power, for a decade-long soiree. Oh, to have been alive and powerful in the last days of Empire - before She-Who-Thirsts…”
- Gyrthineus Roche, former Archon of The Last Blade.

The Drukhari are an ancient race that fell into degeneracy and depravity, with their remnants only surviving in immense Webway cities. Though they have suppressed the psychic power of their Aeldari kin, they have replaced it with preternatural agility and rapacious cruelty. Their lighting raids from the Webway carry off wealth and captives to dark Commorragh where they suffer intensely throughout their short lives…

Gameplay Mechanics

  • Power from Pain: As pain spreads across the battlefield, Drukhari are invigorated, thriving from the suffering. Their units gain additional bonuses depending on their experience level.
  • Corsair Outposts: The Drukhari rarely venture outside the webway, save to loot realspace resources. Their cities have a reduced growth rate, but it can be improved by controlling more outposts.
  • Raid from the Webway: The Drukhari strike swiftly from the webway, before vanishing with their plunder. Pay influence to create temporary portals and activate webway gates to move your raiding party across the map.
  • Raider Fortress: The Aeldari and Drukhari are forever battling over their access to the webway. Found cities on activated webway gates from which you can unleash your forces on Gladius Prime.
  • Soul Hunger: The souls harvested by the Drukhari are an invaluable resource used for their malevolent schemes. Destroying an enemy unit rewards you with influence that can be traded for economic boosts and combat effects.
  • Combat Drugs: The Drukhari’s foul Haemonculi render down some captives into powerful stimulants. Infantry units can pay with influence and hitpoints for temporary buffs that allow them to outperform their opponents.
  • Betrayal Culture: Drukhari are a vicious race, and only a huge display of riches will convince them to serve—as long as it also serves their interests. Drukhari cities have lower loyalty but gathering influence grants more loyalty.
  • Blade Artists: Blades have an omnipresent place in Drukhari culture, and each commorrite learns this from a young age. Drukhari units get bonus armour penetration in melee.
  • Raiders tactics: When attacking a new prey world, the Drukhari attack en masse from their specially designed vehicles to land troops as close as possible to the fighting. Drukhari transports are all assault transports and Drukhari infantry units can gain combat bonuses when disembarking.

Complete Units Roster

  • Archon
  • Cronos
  • Haemonculus
  • Hellions
  • Incubi
  • Kabalite Trueborn
  • Kabalite Warriors
  • Raider
  • Ravager
  • Razorwing Jetfighter
  • Reavers
  • Scourges
  • Succubus
  • Tantalus
  • Venom
  • Voidraven Bomber
  • Webway Portal
  • Wracks
  • Wyches

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Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

User reviews

Chafe
Recommended | 22 Jan 2024

It's a gladius dlc so you basically already know what you're gonna get, the pro's and cons of the race: Pros: + Incredible mobility + Reward an in and out play style + Can summon their own temporary webway gates + Many

Helpful: 42
Swaiper
Recommended | 30 Dec 2023

So my friend keeps asking me if this DLC is worth it, and we are both power gamers, his favorite faction is Necrons. It's not an easy faction like Necrons and it is not as build up and make the best units and win. I do

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Doc
Recommended | 04 Dec 2023

Bottom Line up Front An excellent, true-to-lore expansion which really makes an infantry-based game viable. Review I just completed a solo game against an Ultrahard AI on a large map, tracking through the story victory.

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sixeДефконninerer
Not recommended | 05 Dec 2023

Another faction to play around with is always good! However, as they stand, they struggle for practically the entire game. The rather concerning amount of bugs involving the equipment of their basic infantry unit

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Zythix
Not recommended | 29 Jun 2025

Overpaid because my favorite faction is Drukhari. Space Marines and Chaos Space marines can build towers at will. Drukhari take 100 turns just to stabilize. Very lazy cash grab DLC that didn't get the attention it

Helpful: 6
chuftka
Not recommended | 27 Oct 2025

Full disclosure, I play PvE only. PvP I have no idea how this faction is. Like the Adepta Sororitas DLC, I regret buying this. Faction feels unfinished and weak, revolves completely around one unit (Wyches) which is a

Helpful: 10