Total War Warhammer 3 Update 5.2.3 Patch Notes

Total War Warhammer 3 update 5.2.3 is available to download on PC players. According to the official Warhammer 3 patch notes, the latest update addresses crashes, enhances AI behavior in battles, and fixes various UI issues. Apart from this TWW3 update 5.2.3 also resolves visual bugs across campaign and multiplayer modes.

Total War Warhammer 3 Patch 5.2.3 Notes – September 10, 2024

General

• Tweaked porthole lighting in both campaign and battle to remove slight red hue caused by sunlight.

Performance

• Crash Fix: Resolved a rare crash caused by a previously resolved dilemma reappearing in the event feed.
• Settlement Limit Fix: Fixed crash when creating over 254 settlements as Nakai.
• Disband Unit Fix: Resolved crash when disbanding a unit from a Waaagh army.

Campaign

General/Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where characters moved large distances after razing settlements. Armies now follow correct movement rules after razing.
• Resolved issue with Slaanesh’s ‘Pleasure Hunt’ applying multiple times.
• Fixed Star-Metal Talons upgrade for Ikit Claw to prevent vanguard deployment overlap.
• Addressed issue where effects providing immunity to attrition also applied to desertion.
• Corrected double movement bonus from Elector Count of Hochland.

Abilities/Skills/Traits

• Cathay Caravans: Hero units now have appropriate spells or abilities when joining.
• Fixed trait issue when upgrading a Chaos Sorcerer (Death) to Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer.
• Corrected misapplied Nurgle effects to Slaanesh Chaos Sorcerer.

Ancillaries

• The Experimental Explosive item from Cathay caravans is now transferable to other characters.

Tech Tree

• Resolved issue where researching ‘Grand Throne Chamber’ incorrectly unlocked Dwarf Lord Mikael Leadstrong.

Recruitment

• Tomb Kings: Province control no longer affects recruitment costs, as Tomb Kings do not have them.
• Fixed character recruitment from buildings overriding normal recruitment. Now, only the highest lord rank option is displayed.

Missions/Victory Conditions

• Resolved issue where missions doubled settlement counts when reloading saves.

Campaign UI/UX

• Fixed negative value display for Harmony effects when adding Yin.
• Added help page buttons for Nurgle Plagues and Tamurkhan’s Chieftains panels.
• Fixed issue where undoing skill points for heroes was not possible.
• Fortress of Dawn: Fixed Spices UI panel displaying incorrect landmarks.
• Corrected help page text to reflect that Chaos factions don’t automatically declare war.
• Resolved scroll issue in Allied Recruitment panel, improving unit selection flow.
• Pinned recruitable unit cards now correctly pin/unpin.
• Fixed text bleeding issues in the Item Gained event popup.
• Athel Loren: Landmark icons and tooltips now display correctly.
• Fixed incorrect navigation from Pieces of Eight mission scrolls to Missions panel.

Campaign Environment

• Fixed visual consistency by resolving a clipping issue with a horse in Tor Saroir region.

Battle

General/Gameplay

• Resolved issue where High Elf towers and walls would disappear after being destroyed in siege battles.
• Fixed reinforcement display mismatch in the Battle for Armour of Glimril Scales quest battle.
• Altar of Spawns settlement now uses the correct Norsca minor settlement battle map.

Battle AI

• AI General unit less likely to solo harass or outflank.
• AI-controlled Lord now less likely to withdraw when ambushed, depending on win probability.
• Improved AI pathfinding on river maps.
• Fixed AI routing issues and delayed reinforcement joining.
• AI now synchronizes river assault groups for better coordination.

Units General/Animations

• Fixed various animation and model issues, including:
  • Razorgor distance from chariot during attack animations.
  • Missing weapon on Daemon Prince of Khorne during flying attacks.
  • Helmet disappearing for Reiksguard and Empire Knights at different LODs.
  • High Elf Princess’s armor distortion and High Queen Khalida’s visual issues at LOD3 and LOD4.

Environment

• Resolved several visual issues on multiple battle maps, including floating objects, misplaced assets, and lighting problems.
• Fixed camera collision issues in multiplayer maps.

Battle UI/UX

• Corrected unit card for ‘The Big One’ in Thorek Ironbrow’s quest battle.
• Resolved issue where Unit Info UI element didn’t appear during replays if disabled in previous battles.

Multiplayer

• Fixed battle difficulty bug in multiplayer campaigns where difficulty changed by one tier at the start.
• Prevented orders being issued to military forces while selecting a new general for an orphaned army.

Previously, Warhammer 3 update 2.1 added brand-new Immortal Empires game mode, Blood for the Blood God, and more. Unfortunetly, since the last patch, players are experiencing problems with the game. Today’s Total War Warhammer 3 patch 5.2.3 will fix a few of these issues.

Download free Total War Warhammer 3 update 5.2.3 on PC.