Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 Update 1.003.001 Patch Notes

Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 update 1.003.001 is available to download on PS5, Xbox and PC(Steam). According to the official Space Marine 2 patch notes, the latest update introduces the Hub Sparring Arena for friendly PvP, ultrawide PC support, and new private modes. Apart from this, WH40K Space Marine 2 version 1.003.001 also includes adjustments to weapons, AI behavior, and campaign difficulty. Bots and enemy AI are improved, offering a more challenging yet balanced experience. Weapon changes enhance gameplay, and spawn systems have been refined in PvP for better matches.

Recently, the game was released with positive reviews. Unfortunately, since the Space Marine 2 day one patch, players are facing several problems including joining server issue. Today’s WH 40K Space Marine 2 version 1.004.000 will solve a few of these problems. Check out more details below.

Space Marine 2 1.003.001 patch notes – September 26, 2024

New Features

New Arena and Modes

• Hub Sparring Arena: A special arena on the Battlebarge for friendly PvP matches within squads, available in Operations & Eternal War Game mode.
• Ultrawide Support: Added ultrawide screen support for PC.
• Private Operation Mode: Now allows players to play Operations solo with bots or alongside one friend without random matchmaking.
• What’s New & Message of the Day: New in-game message displays added.
• Custom Color Presets: Option to reset custom color presets added.

Gameplay and Balancing Tweaks

Marking Tool Updates

• Improved responsiveness and mouse control of the Social Wheel.
• Disabled unnecessary objects from highlighting.
• Several minor bug fixes.

Weapon Adjustments

• Power Fist: Fully charged attack damage significantly increased.
• Heavy Plasma:
  • Base ammo increased by 5.
  • Blast damage radius increased.
  • Overheat per shot reduced (charged shots: 50 to 30, base shots: 20 to 15).
  • Base damage increased by 10%.
• Aux Grenade Launcher: Ammo can now only be refilled with Ammo Boxes, not from the infinite Ammo Cache.
• Med Stims: Now restore contested health in addition to healing.

Campaign Mode

Difficulty Adjustments

• Veteran Difficulty:
  • Enemy aggressiveness reduced for a smoother single-player experience.
  • Player health slightly reduced to balance AI aggressiveness and armor management updates.

Bot Improvements

• Lifted restrictions on bots to make them more effective.
• Bots now assist with focus-firing on Zoanthropes when attacked.
• Bots help with Gargoyle objectives and finish off enemies.
• Fixed bugs causing bots to get stuck or run out of ammo on certain weapons.

Operations Mode

AI Director and Spawn Tweaks

• Chaos Enemies:
  • Tzaangors with Shield: Max reduced from 10 to 4.
  • Cultists Snipers: Max reduced from 10 to 3.
  • Tzaangors: Max reduced from 30 to 20.
  • Rubric Marines with Boltguns: Max reduced from 8 to 5.
  • Rubric Marines with Warpflamers: Max reduced from 4 to 3.

Other Tweaks

• Perfect parry now restores armor for killing minor enemies.
• Fixed fencing weapon parry window to have 20 frames for parry and 10 frames of vulnerability.
• Assault Class: Base ground pound damage increased by 30%.
• Armor Boost Drops: Less frequent; cooldown raised from 30 to 60 seconds.

PVP Enhancements

• Improved player spawn system to reduce spawn killing.
• Reworked Vanguard’s Grapnel Launcher to stagger and slow enemies instead of fully stunning them.

AI Improvements

• Reduced ability for ranged enemies to stunlock players.
• Lower accuracy for ranged enemies attacking from off-screen or engaged in melee combat.
• Hormagaunts and Tzaangors: Melee attacks now deal a fixed amount of damage instead of removing one armor segment per hit.

Enemy Specific Changes

• Zoanthrope:
  • Psychic scream damage interval increased from 0.5s to 2s.
  • Psychic scream damage reduced from 11 to 8.
  • Effective range reduced from 50 to 40m; cast range reduced by 10m.
• Termagant:
  • Fleshborer spray attack damage reduced (1 to 0.5; 0.3 to 0.1).
• Tyranid Warrior with Devourer: Projectile damage reduced from 0.9 to 0.6.
• Rubric Marine with Warpflamer:
  • Icon of flame damage reduced from 9 to 6.
  • Flamer burst damage reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Health reduced by 10%.
• Rubric Marine with Boltgun:
  • Spray attack damage reduced from 1.5 to 1.
  • Precise shot damage reduced from 4 to 2.
  • Health reduced by 10%.
• Tzaangor With Shield: HP greatly reduced.
• Carnifex:
  • Rage phase updated to be faster and more aggressive.
  • Taunt frequency reduced.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where his cone of thorns attack wouldn’t fire projectiles
• Hive Tyrant:
• Health slightly increased.
• Resistance to explosives and melta weapons increased by 20%.

Customization

• Fixed icon colour for the Administratum Grey, Auric Armour Gold and Celestra Grey colours
• Fixed several issues with default colors being wrong on some chapters (i.e. Iron Warriors)
• Vanguard Relic Right Greave part now requires 29 victories instead of 36
• Added a Colour pattern called “Greaves Pattern” allowing the player to customize bottom and top half of the leg separately

Maps

• Fixed several issues that were preventing players from progressing within some levels
• Fixed a lot of minor collision issues
• Tweaked dust storm density and duration in Ballistic Engine operation
• Tweaked Heldrake fire timings on the bridge in Reliquary operation
• Trials can be now accessed via Hypnomat in Armoury
• General fixes
• Fixed a bug where changing loadout mid operation would restore your health
• Improved Jump Pack Ability responsiveness
• Fixed several issues in Trials
• Fixed a bug where in some rare cases controls would stop working after performing a finisher
• Fixed a bug where player does not receive armor data from Hellbrute spawned from chaos portal
• Fixed a bug that caused Vanguard’s “Adrenaline Rush” perk description to show 1% instead of actual 10%
• Fixed Announcer spam in Eternal War mode
• Fixed multiple ways of duplicating ammo in Operations mode
• Fixed a bug where Grapnel Launcher would get canceled if overlapped by small geometry
• Fixed a bug where Tactical perk EMPEROR’S VENGEANCE did not work with Plasma Incinerator.
• Fixed a bug where several weapons could restore more than actual contested health (i.e. Meltas, AoE weapons etc)
• Fixed several issues that were causing loss of saves
• Fixed an unidentified voice at the end of the story that was assigned to the wrong character.
• Lots of minor UI fixes and improvements
• Lots of minor animation fixes and improvements
• Localization fixes

Download free Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 update 1.003.001 on PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC.