Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 Update 1.004 Patch Notes (1.004.000)

Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 update 1.004 (1.004.000) is available to download on PS5, Xbox and PC(Steam). According to the official Space Marine 2 1.004 patch notes, the latest update adds new Operation on Kadaku, Lethal difficulty, solo photo mode, melee and PvP adjustments. Apart from this, WH40K Space Marine 2 version 1.004 also includes a variety of general fixes and improvements.

Previously, a major Space Marine 2 update 1.003.001 added quality of life changes and fixes. 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 patch 1.004 will solve a few of these problems. Check out more details below.

Space Marine 2 Update 1.004 patch notes – October 17, 2024

New Features

New Operation – Termination

• Set on planet Kadaku with new deadly foes.
• Artillery can be used for enemy annihilation.

Added Lethal Difficulty for Operations

• Ammo Crates: Limited refills per player.
• Majoris Enemies: Can become enraged, more deadly, harder to kill.
• Armour Restores: Only from finishers if near battle-brothers.
• Rewards: New cosmetics for completing challenges.

Photo Mode in Operations (Solo Only)

• Characters now follow the camera with their eyes.

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Gameplay and Balancing Tweaks

Melee Archetypes

• Fencing Weapons: Perfect parry window matches balanced weapons’ duration, starting from the first frame of the animation.

Melee Perks

• Chainsword, Power Fist, Combat Knife: Charged attacks receive significant damage boosts.

Basic Auspex Scan

• Boss Damage: Reduced by 30%.

Melta Charge

• Boss Damage: Reduced by 70%.

Enemy Spawn Director PvE

• Idle Spawns Tweaked.
• Wave Variety: Increased variation between waves.
• Extremis Enemies: Can spawn with additional enemies.

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Difficulty Adjustments

Ruthless Difficulty

• Ammo Crates: Limited refills per player.
• Armour: Reduced by 20%.

Substantial Difficulty

• Armour: Reduced by 10%.

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PvP Adjustments

• Increased delay between announcer messages.
• Shortened starting animation for the Vanguard’s Grapnel Launcher.
• Power Fist Damage: Fixed excessive damage for short charged attacks.

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AI Improvements

Enemy Dodges

• Replaced full invulnerability with heavy melee damage resistance.

Rubric Marine (Boltgun)

• Slightly reduced disengage teleport max distance.

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Customisation Options

Chaos Colours and Decals

• Tertiary Colours: Added Sotek Green, Night Lords Blue, Death Guard Green, Khorne Red.
• Decal Colours: Added Sotek Green, Khorne Red.
• New Colours: Liberator Gold added to primary and secondary palettes.
• Lore-Accurate Colours: Improved accuracy for Mechanicus Standard Grey, Ushabti Bone, Phoenician Purple, The Fang, Iron Hands Steel, Retributor Armour.
• Chaos Decals: Added for the right shoulder.

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Level Adjustments

Vox Liberatis – Daemonhost

• Disabled respawn until the last altar in the final arena.

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General Fixes

• Fixed Assault perk “Ascension” killing its owner.
• Fixed Sniper perk “Targeted Shot” not working in some cases.
• Fixed unintended animation cancel with Bulwark block.
• Fixed Tactical team perk “Close Targeting” and “Radiating Impact” not triggering properly.
• Fixed Sniper perk “Guardian Protocol” cooldown issue.
• Fixed sound loss after switching speaker configuration.
• Several Trial and save loss issues fixed.
• Updated Thunder Hammer perk “Patience Rewarded” description to include “When your Health is below 30%”.
• Minor UI and animation improvements.
• Localisation fixes.

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Tech Fixes

• Crash and general stability improvements.
• Fixed several connectivity issues causing disconnects.
• Slightly improved performance.
• Fixed issues with controllers not working with Steam Input enabled.

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Render Improvements

• General improvements and fixes to rendering.

Download free Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 update 1.004 on PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC.