# Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Patch Notes 10.0 - Anniversary Update - Product: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2) - Vendor: Saber Interactive - Date: 2025-09-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2183900/view/500582894620639303 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2/releases/2025-09-04-patch-notes-10.0-anniversary-update What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Add new Operation Vortex featuring investigation of the Astropathic Relay on Avarax - **added** — Add Mutalith Vortex Beast as a new boss enemy in Operation Vortex - **added** — Add Chaos Spawn variations as new Majoris enemies in Operations featuring the Thousand Sons - **added** — Add Power Axe weapon for Vanguard, Assault and Bulwark classes in PvE and PvP - **added** — Add Pyreblaster and Pyrecannon flamer weapons for Tactical and Heavy classes in PvE with burning effect that inflicts damage over time and slows Minoris enemies - **added** — Add new PvE mode Stratagems with weekly and daily Battlefield Conditions that grant Accolades currency - **added** — Add 6 Heroic Weapons and 6 Heroic Armour Pieces unlockable with Accolades - **added** — Add new PvP mode Helbrute Onslaught where teams control strategic areas and a Helbrute unit - **added** — Add new PvP map Bridge - **added** — Add 6 Chaos Relic Armour Sets for PvP unlockable through Eternal War mode kills - **added** — Add new Ordeals for PvP - **added** — Add finisher animations for Power Axe, all melee weapons against Chaos Spawn, and Biovore - **added** — Add Champion Armour Pieces for customization across all classes with cross-class mixing capability - **added** — Add Black Templars Champion Pack to Season Pass content - **added** — Add Imperial Fists Cosmetic Pack to Season Pass content - **changed** — Rename Data Refinement shop to Refinement & Redemption shop and add redemption of old Community Giveaways and Accolades items - **changed** — Increase Bolt Pistol headshot damage coefficient from 1.15 to 1.25 - **changed** — Increase Master-Crafted Bolt Pistol spread reduction from 15% to 30% and recoil reduction from 20% to 40% - **changed** — Increase Salvation of Bakka Artificer Bolt Pistol spread reduction from 30% to 45% and recoil reduction from 40% to 60% - **changed** — Increase Gathalamor Crusade Relic Bolt Pistol spread reduction from 55% to 70% and recoil reduction from 60% to 80% - **changed** — Increase Auto Bolt Rifle base damage by 25% and add damage falloff of 25% after 20 meters ##### **Greetings Space Marines,** Here's you can find the changelog for the 10.0 Update of Space Marine 2. Hope you'll enjoy the changes, let us know your thoughts. ** ** ##### **NEW FEATURES ** ##### **NEW OPERATION: VORTEX** > _In Vortex, you'll return to the Astropathic Relay on Avarax, which has once again fallen silent. Your task is to investigate and cleanse the Relay of lingering heretical presence, and confront a mighty enemy lurking in its deepest levels._ > ##### **NEW ENEMIES** - **Mutalith Vortex Beast** > _Mutalith Vortex Beast is a new boss in Operation Vortex. It is a towering, warp-twisted monstrosity that drags reality into spiraling chaos. It rends and crashes with its claws and unleashes storms of sorcerous energy upon the Astartes._ > - **Chaos Spawn variations** > _Chaos Spawns are new Majoris enemies that can appear in all Operations featuring the Thousand Sons._ _Chaos Spawns are dark abominations, powerful melee units infused with forbidden sorcery. They are fearsome opponents, especially when encountered in greater numbers. Their varied mutated limbs grant them a highly diverse and lethal moveset. However, it is an Astartes’ duty to study them and purge the heresy._ > [table equalcells="1" colwidth=","] ##### **NEW WEAPONS** - **Power Axe (for PvE and PvP)** > _The Power Axe is a swift, aggressive power weapon capable of delivering relentless, infinitely chaining attacks. Wielded by the **Vanguard, Assault and Bulwark** classes, it allows a Space Marine to unleash a hail of blows upon their foes._ _This is a fierce yet tactical weapon. Successfully executed perfect parry puts the Marine in a Power Stance, creating a moment of tactical choice: step back and release a devastating Power Wave or press forward to continue the fearsome combo._ > - **Pyreblaster and Pyrecannon (for PvE)** > _In this update, we are introducing a new weapon: the Pyreblaster & Pyrecannon, for the **Tactical and Heavy** classes._ _The flamer weapons now apply a burning effect on enemies, which inflicts significant damage over time (which scales based on difficulty). In addition to that, flames also slow down Minoris enemies._ _An effective strategy would be to try to set as many enemies on fire and keep them burning._ > ##### **NEW PVE MODE "STRATAGEMS"** _Battlefield Conditions change weekly and daily, completing a Stratagem grants a new currency called “Accolades”. _ **Reworked Data Refinement Shop on Battle Barge:** _The “Data Refinement” shop has been renamed and now offers a variety of additional items. Now, it will also redeem old Community Giveaways and Accolades items._ _You can spend Accolades in the "Refinement & Redemption" shop to unlock unique items._ - Added 6 Heroic Weapons to unlock with Accolades - Added 6 Heroic Armour Pieces [table equalcells="1" colwidth=","] ##### **NEW PVP MODE: HELBRUTE ONSLAUGHT** > _Two teams of Chaos Marines will fight to control strategic areas, but also to take control of the Helbrute. The first team to take control of an objective gets to control the Helbrute, until the opposite team takes it down. One player gets to control the Helbrute at a time, and this player will be picked randomly among players who participated in securing the control point. For the team that failed to secure the first control point to have the Helbrute on their side, they will need to slay their opponents’ Helbrute and secure a new designated control point._ _Controlling the Helbrute grants the team a strong advantage, but killing it rewards significant amounts of points to your team. One last thing, the Helbrute uses a Helbrute Thunder Hammer in melee, and a Plasma Cannon in range, and it can unleash a battle cry with its special skill to regenerate its HP._ > ##### **NEW PVP MAP: BRIDGE ** ​ ##### **ADDED 6 CHAOS RELIC ARMOUR SETS FOR PVP** _​These Armour Sets are now available to unlock by playing and scoring kills in Eternal War mode. For each skin, you will _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2183900/view/500582894620639303]_