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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. This is the weakest-sourced tier in our Drukhari set: the Faction Pack version 1.2 does not reprint this detachment and does not name it anywhere in its Rules Updates, so the rule, stratagems and enhancements below come from community rules mirrors rather than a current official document. Detachment Point costs and enhancement points are not in the Faction Pack; they were read from the official Munitorum Field Manual on 27 August 2026 and are reprinted here as a planning aid. Points move with every update, so confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
At the start of the battle you gain 2 Pain tokens for each of the following combinations your army contains, and they do not need to be in the same Attached unit: one or more ARCHON models and one or more KABALITE WARRIORS units; one or more SUCCUBUS models and one or more WYCHES units; one or more HAEMONCULUS models and one or more WRACKS units. A designer's note confirms they are cumulative, so an army containing all three starts the battle on 6 Pain tokens.
2CP. Just after an enemy unit selects its targets, each attack allocated to a model in your targeted Haemonculus Covens unit has its Damage characteristic reduced by 1.
1CP. The same timing for a Drukhari unit that is not a Haemonculus Covens unit, but the effect is -1 to Hit instead. The two stratagems deliberately cover opposite halves of your army.
1CP. Up to two Drukhari Battleline units, or one other Drukhari unit, add 1 to Hit rolls against Below Half-strength targets, and add 1 to Wound rolls as well if you spend a Pain token.
1CP. Up to two Wracks units, or one other Drukhari unit, gain Lethal Hits on their melee weapons for the phase.
1CP. Up to two Wyches units, or one other Drukhari unit, skip the Advance roll and add a flat 6 inches to Move instead, which does not stack with the Reavers' Matchless Swiftness ability.
2CP. Up to two Kabalite Warriors units, or one other Drukhari unit excluding Scourges and Aircraft, make a 6 inch Normal move. They cannot be in Engagement Range and cannot charge that turn.
ARCHON model only. At the start of your Command phase, either spend 1 Pain token to gain 1CP or roll a D6 and gain 1CP on a 4+.
DRUKHARI model only. The bearer's unit is always Empowered, so its Pain abilities run for free all game. On the right unit this is the strongest enhancement in the faction.
SUCCUBUS model only. Improve the Attacks and Armour Penetration of the bearer's melee weapons by 1, or by 2 for the phase if you spend a Pain token when the unit is selected to fight.
HAEMONCULUS model only. Once per battle in your Shooting phase, every enemy unit within 12 inches takes a battle-shock test, at -1 if you spend a Pain token, and each Psyker unit that fails suffers 3 mortal wounds.
One third of the rule: an Archon plus a Kabalite Warriors unit is 2 Pain tokens before the first turn. Also the only Labyrinthine Cunning bearer.
See the box: price and offersThe other half of that first pairing, and the unit Raid and Fade names for its two-unit mode.
See the box: price and offersSecond pairing, with Wyches, and the only legal Eye of Spite bearer.
See the box: price and offersCompletes the Succubus pairing and is the unit Eager for the Kill names.
See the box: price and offersThird pairing, with Wracks, and the only legal Crucible of Malediction bearer.
See the box: price and offersCompletes the Haemonculus pairing, is the unit Dark Harvest names, and is a Haemonculus Covens unit for Insensible to Pain.
See the box: price and offersAlliance of Agony hands you a pile of Pain tokens and no durability. Two Pain Engines that shrug off heavy weapons give the token economy something to protect, and Realspace Raiders carries no tag to clash with.
The detachment already asks you to bring an Archon and Kabalite Warriors, so Contracted Harvest upgrades a unit you were taking anyway.
How to play Realspace Raiders in 11th edition: the 2-DP detachment that pays you up to six Pain tokens before the first turn for bringing all three pillars.
BySprue Sentry
ReviewedAug 27, 2026
SourceFaction Pack: Drukhari v1.2 (official GW PDF, legal from 26 August 2026)
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Realspace Raiders is the Drukhari mixed core: a 2-Detachment-Point package that rewards you for bringing a Kabal, a Wych Cult and a Haemonculus Coven to the same battle, and pays that reward before a single dice is rolled. It reflects Warhammer 40,000 11th edition.
It carries no Unique Tag, which makes it one of only two 2-DP cores you can pair with any 1-DP detachment you like.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules, and this is the weakest-sourced tier in our Drukhari set. The Drukhari Faction Pack version 1.2 does not reprint this detachment and does not name it anywhere in its Rules Updates, so the rule, six stratagems and four enhancements below come from community rules mirrors rather than a current official document. Its DP cost, force disposition and enhancement points are first-party, read from the official Munitorum Field Manual on 27 August 2026, and the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word.
At the start of the battle, you gain 2 Pain tokens for each of the following combinations your army contains, and they do not need to be in the same Attached unit:
A designer's note confirms these are cumulative, so an army containing all three combinations starts the battle on 6 Pain tokens.
Understand what that is worth before dismissing it as a small bonus. Under Power from Pain your normal income is 1 token per Command phase plus whatever you kill and frighten, so six tokens is roughly the whole first half of a game handed to you up front, at a moment when you have nothing else. It means you can Empower your alpha strike, Empower the counter-punch, and still have tokens for the stratagems and enhancements that spend them.
The cost is a list-building tax. Each combination asks for a specific character and a specific Battleline unit, so collecting all six means six units chosen for you. That is fine if you already own a broad collection and painful if you do not.
Six, and they are deliberately split so that each half of your army has its own defensive answer.
Notice the pattern: four stratagems have a two-unit mode gated on a specific Battleline unit and a one-unit fallback for anything else. A list that actually brings Kabalites, Wyches and Wracks gets double value out of three of them, which is the same tax the detachment rule charges, paid again.
Four, and one of them is arguably the strongest enhancement in the faction.
Three of the four spend Pain tokens, which is the detachment being honest about what it is: a token engine with things to spend tokens on.
The detachment rule writes your shopping list for you.
That symmetry is the detachment's real design: every pairing gives you tokens, a stratagem that doubles up, and a character who can carry an enhancement. A Raider or two on top is how any of it reaches the objectives.
Realspace Raiders carries no Unique Tag, so all three 1-DP detachments are legal alongside it at 2,000 points. Choose by what your token pile cannot buy:
That last point is worth dwelling on: because the rule forces a broad list, every 1-DP detachment has real targets in your army, which no other Drukhari core can promise.
Take it when you own a broad Drukhari collection and want to field all of it, or when you like starting a game with resources rather than earning them. It is also the detachment that most closely matches what the faction's lore actually describes, which counts for something.
Be clear-eyed about the sourcing. This is one of two pages in our Drukhari set where the Faction Pack does not name the detachment at all, so everything except the DP cost, force disposition and enhancement points comes from community mirrors. Confirm the wording in the app before a tournament.
And be clear-eyed about the design. The rule is entirely front-loaded: after the start of the battle it does nothing at all for the rest of the game. Six tokens is a strong opening and no ongoing engine, so a long grinding game slowly erases your advantage. It also charges a real list-building tax for the full six.
Sample gameplan: build for all three pairings, so you start on 6 Pain tokens. Give Dark Vitality to whichever unit has a Pain ability you want running every phase, since it removes the token cost permanently. Spend your opening pile Empowering the units doing the turn-one and turn-two work, and use Labyrinthine Cunning to convert leftover tokens into command points once income catches up. Hold Fighting Shadows and Insensible to Pain for your opponent's turn, and remember which one covers which half of your army.
2 DP, leaving 1 DP spare at a 2,000-point game. The Faction Pack does not name this detachment at all, but the official Munitorum Field Manual lists it at 2 DP with a Priority Assets force disposition and no Unique Tag, and Wahapedia independently agrees on the DP cost. The Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
2 for each of three combinations your army contains: an Archon model with a Kabalite Warriors unit, a Succubus model with a Wyches unit, and a Haemonculus model with a Wracks unit. They do not need to be in the same Attached unit, and a designer's note confirms they are cumulative, so an army with all three starts the battle on 6 Pain tokens.
No. The rule pays 2 tokens per combination, so a mono-Kabal list collects 2 rather than 6, and four of the six stratagems have a two-unit mode gated on a specific Battleline unit you would not own. A single-pillar collection is better served by that pillar's own detachment, or by Skysplinter Assault if you have transports.
Yes. It carries no Unique Tag, so Exhibition of Slaughter, Kabalite Agonysts and Tools of Torment are all legal alongside it. Because the detachment rule already forces you to bring an Archon with Kabalites, a Succubus with Wyches and a Haemonculus with Wracks, every one of the three has real targets in your list.
Less well than most of our Drukhari set, and we would rather say so. Faction Pack v1.2 does not reprint Realspace Raiders and does not mention it in its Rules Updates, so the detachment rule, stratagems and enhancement effects come from community rules mirrors. The DP cost, force disposition and enhancement point values are first-party from the Munitorum Field Manual.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.