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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The detachment rule, stratagems and enhancements below are taken from the free Necrons Faction Pack and were re-verified on 27 August 2026 against v1.2 of that pack, the version made legal for matched play by the 26 August 2026 balance update. Detachment Point costs and enhancement points are not in that document; the values here were checked against Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) and match it, but they move with every points update, so treat them as a planning aid and confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
Ranged weapons on Cryptek models gain Assault. In addition, each time a Cryptek unit is selected to shoot, pick one of Anti-Infantry 3+, Anti-Mounted 4+, Assault, Heavy or Ignores Cover; its ranged weapons gain that ability until the end of the phase.
1CP. A Cryptek unit selects one additional detachment-rule ability this phase, so it fires with two.
1CP. A Necrons unit ignores modifiers to its Ballistic or Weapon Skill and to Hit rolls, and to Wound rolls too if it has the Cryptek keyword.
1CP. A friendly Necrons model (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) within 12" of a Cryptek in the target unit gains the Cryptek keyword for the phase.
1CP. A targeted Cryptek Infantry unit gains a 5+ invulnerable save if it has the Necron Warriors keyword, or 4+ if it has the Immortals keyword.
1CP. When a Cryptek model is destroyed, for the rest of the battle friendly Necrons models re-roll Hit rolls against the unit that killed it.
1CP. A Necrons unit within range of an objective marker activates Reanimation Protocols, reanimating 1 extra wound if it is a Cryptek unit.
Cryptek model only. Adds Anti-Monster 5+ and Anti-Vehicle 5+ to the abilities the detachment rule can pick, covering the detachment's thin anti-armour.
Each time the bearer's unit is targeted by a stratagem, roll a D6 with +1 if it is on an objective; on a 4+ you gain 1CP.
Cryptek model only. After the bearer shoots, pin one enemy unit hit (excluding Titanic): -2" Move and -2 to Charge rolls until your next turn.
Adds 6" to the Range of ranged weapons in the bearer's unit.
The premier damage block: a 4+ invulnerable from Microscarab Swarm and the best target for a stacked ability pick.
See the box: price and offersCheap Cryptek-led bodies that Advance and still shoot, with a 5+ invulnerable on demand.
See the box: price and offersCarries the Cryptek-only enhancements and puts the keyword into a battleline unit.
See the box: price and offersAnother Cryptek option; the Faction Pack made the Cryptek characters Support rather than Leader.
See the box: price and offersA Cryptek that adds a control element to the gunline.
See the box: price and offersAt 2 DP this leaves exactly 1 DP for a fast infantry support at 2,000 points.
Adds a deep-striking Tomb Blade wing to a static-leaning Cryptek gunline.
How to play Cryptek Conclave — the 2-DP Cryptek gunline that gives Cryptek units always-on Assault and a menu of weapon abilities each Shooting phase.
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.
Cryptek Conclave is a flexible Necrons Cryptek gunline detachment at 2 Detachment Points — a mobile, adaptable core that leaves 1 DP spare for a support at 2,000 points. It reflects Warhammer 40,000 11th edition (Necrons Faction Pack v1.2, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026), which prints its full rules.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The rules below are confirmed from the current Faction Pack. Its DP cost is not in that document, but the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) lists it at 2 DP, along with its enhancement points, and the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
Two parts. All ranged weapons on your Cryptek models gain Assault as a baseline, so Cryptek-led units can Advance and still shoot. And each Shooting phase, when a Cryptek unit is selected to shoot, you pick one ability — Anti-Infantry 3+, Anti-Mounted 4+, Assault, Heavy or Ignores Cover — that its ranged weapons gain until end of phase. That per-unit, per-turn flexibility lets one list answer hordes, skimmers, cover-campers or static gunlines as the game demands.
(Points live in the app; confirm there.)
Take it as a 2-DP core, when you want a mobile, flexible Cryptek-led gunline that can Advance and still shoot and swap weapon profiles per unit each turn. It's a durable, utility-first package — community reviews rate it mid-tier and light on raw killpower, so it rewards board control and objective holding over an alpha strike. At 2 DP it leaves 1 DP at 2,000 points for a support such as Hand of the Dynasty or Skyshroud Spearhead.
Sample gameplan: deploy Cryptek-led Immortals and Warriors, Advance up early (Assault means no lost shooting) to grab midfield objectives, and tailor abilities per unit — Ignores Cover into shielded infantry, Anti-Infantry 3+ into hordes. Spend Untapped Power to stack two abilities on your key block, use Synergistic Empowerment to fold in Tomb Blades, defend with Microscarab Swarm, and reanimate on objectives with Potentiality Syphon. Take Atomic Disintegrators on one Cryptek to cover anti-tank.
2 DP, so at a 2,000-point (3 DP) game it leaves 1 DP for a support detachment. DP costs aren't printed in the Faction Pack, but the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) lists it at 2 DP, and the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
Technosorcerous Augmentations: your Cryptek models' ranged weapons always have Assault, and each Shooting phase a Cryptek unit picks a weapon ability (Anti-Infantry 3+, Anti-Mounted 4+, Assault, Heavy or Ignores Cover) for that phase.
It originated in the 500 Worlds: Titus supplement and was made 11th-edition legal via the June 2026 Necrons Faction Pack. It's a 2-DP detachment that sits outside the core codex list rather than one of the original codex detachments.
Cryptek-led Immortals as the premier damage block and Necron Warriors as cheap Advance-and-shoot bodies, with a Cryptek (Technomancer, Plasmancer, etc.) in each to unlock the rule.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.