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SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The detachment rule, stratagems and enhancements here are read from the printed pages of Faction Pack v1.2. World Eaters were part of the 26 August 2026 faction pack reissue, so this is Faction Pack version 1.2 and was one day old when this page was written. Its Detachment Point cost, force disposition, Unique Tag and enhancement points are not in the Faction Pack; they come from the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3, read on 27 August 2026. This detachment carries no Unique Tag. Only one World Eaters detachment does, Brazen Engines, and because no second detachment shares its tag nothing in this faction is blocked by tags at all, so Detachment Point arithmetic is the only thing that can stop a pairing. Enhancement points are dataslate-volatile and are reprinted here only as a planning aid; the Warhammer 40,000 app is the authority.
At the start of the Fight phase, if a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit is engaged, make a Blessings of Khorne roll and use the results to activate one Blessing of Khorne. Until the end of the phase that Blessing is active for friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD units IN ADDITION to any Blessings already active. This is the only way in the faction to get a third Blessing running, and it is why the detachment is stronger than its 1 DP cost suggests.
When a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit is selected to fight, its melee attacks have +1 Attack. Flat, cheap and always useful, which makes it the default use of a command point in this detachment.
When a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit is selected to fight, its attacks that target a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit have +1 to wound rolls. The detachment's answer to the big targets that Terminators otherwise struggle to hurt.
For 2 CP, when an enemy unit targets a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit, ranged attacks against your unit have -1 Damage until that enemy unit has attacked. Note the wording carefully: it lasts only until that one enemy unit has finished attacking, so it answers one shooting unit and not a whole phase.
TERMINATOR SQUAD unit only. That unit has +1 OC. Cheap, and it converts a unit you were already sending forward into a unit that can hold the objective it lands on, which is the point of a Take and Hold detachment.
TERMINATOR SQUAD unit only. That unit's melee attacks have +1 WS. Stacks with the extra Blessing the detachment rule turns on, so the same unit can be hitting better and carrying Warp Blades or Martial Excellence in the same phase.
The entire detachment keys off the TERMINATOR SQUAD keyword, so this is the unit you build the list around. Their Blood Fury ability was rewritten in this pack: ranged attacks at the closest eligible target re-roll hit rolls, and when the unit declares a charge it can re-roll that charge roll provided it ends engaged with the closest charge target. No box is linked because the catalog holds no exact Chaos Terminators entry.
Not a Terminator, but the reason a Butchers list can afford to be slow: he arrives on his own terms and demands an answer, which buys your Terminators the turn they need to walk up the table.
See the box: price and offersThe classic character escort. His Betrayer ability was rewritten in this pack and now costs you a bodyguard model on a failed leadership roll at the end of your Charge phase, which is a real cost to weigh rather than pure upside. No box is linked because the catalog holds no exact Kharn the Betrayer entry.
The strongest use of this detachment. Butchers of Khorne makes Terminators hit harder but does nothing about their eight inch move; Goretrack Onslaught puts them in a Land Raider and gives them +1 to charge rolls and [lance] on the turn they disembark. It solves the exact problem the other detachment leaves open.
Daemons arrive from reserve and screen while the Terminators walk. Blood Tithe points accumulate from either half of the army.
Two elite melee packages that both want to be shot at. Brazen Fury moves the possessed up when they take casualties while the Terminators absorb the rest.
Cheap cultist bodies hold the objectives your Terminators cannot reach in time, which is the standard fix for a slow elite core.
Two 1 DP detachments for 2 DP, leaving a point unspent at Strike Force. The daemon engines give your opponent a second thing to shoot that is not your Terminators.
Two 1 DP detachments for 2 DP. Note the overlap is smaller than it looks: Vessels of Wrath buffs WORLD EATERS CHARACTER models, not the Terminator squads themselves.
The 1 DP Terminator detachment, and the only way in the faction to get a third Blessing of Khorne running at once.
BySprue Sentry
ReviewedAug 28, 2026
SourceFaction Pack: World Eaters v1.2 (official GW PDF, legal for matched play 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.
Butchers of Khorne costs 1 DP and its force disposition is Take and Hold. It is printed in full on page 3 of Faction Pack v1.2, and pound for pound it is the best-value detachment the World Eaters have.
Adamantine Avalanche: at the start of the Fight phase, if a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit is engaged, make a Blessings of Khorne roll and use the results to activate one Blessing of Khorne. Until the end of the phase, that Blessing is active for friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD units in addition to any other Blessings currently active.
Read the last four words carefully. The army rule caps you at two Blessings per battle round. This detachment gives your Terminators a third, and it does so from the cheapest tier on the menu.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. Written against the official World Eaters Faction Pack version 1.2, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026, with Detachment Point costs, force dispositions, Unique Tags and enhancement points from the official Munitorum Field Manual version 1.3, read on 27 August 2026. Enhancement points are dataslate-volatile; the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word.
Every other World Eaters list is playing with two Blessings from the start of the battle round. This one gives its Terminator squads a third, chosen in the Fight phase, which means chosen after you know what you are fighting.
That second point is as valuable as the first. Your two army-wide Blessings are picked at the start of the battle round with incomplete information. The extra one is picked with the target in front of you, so you can take Decapitating Strikes against infantry, Warp Blades against something with a good save, or Martial Excellence into a horde, exactly when it applies.
The cost is that it is a fresh Blessings of Khorne roll, so it can fail to give you what you want, and it applies only to TERMINATOR SQUAD units and only until the end of the phase.
Focused Ferocity (1 CP) gives a TERMINATOR SQUAD unit +1 Attack on its melee attacks when selected to fight. Flat, cheap, always useful, and the default use of a command point here.
A Trophy for the Throne (1 CP) gives that unit +1 to wound rolls against MONSTER or VEHICLE targets. Terminators otherwise struggle against big targets, so this is the detachment's answer to them.
Wrath Beyond Reason (2 CP) gives ranged attacks targeting your TERMINATOR SQUAD unit -1 Damage, but read the duration: until that enemy unit has attacked. It answers one shooting unit, not a phase. Used on the right unit it can blank a heavy weapon squad; used loosely it is 2 CP for very little.
Both are TERMINATOR SQUAD unit only upgrades, and both are cheap.
Sanctified in Slaughter (15 pts) gives the unit +1 OC. In a Take and Hold detachment that is the point: it converts a unit you were already walking forward into one that can actually hold the objective it arrives on.
Gore-Stained Veterans (20 pts) gives the unit's melee attacks +1 WS. It stacks with whatever third Blessing the detachment rule turns on, so the same squad can be hitting better and carrying Warp Blades or Martial Excellence in the same phase.
Chaos Terminators are the entire detachment, since every rule here keys off the TERMINATOR SQUAD keyword. Their Blood Fury ability was rewritten in this pack: ranged attacks at the closest eligible target re-roll hit rolls, and when the unit declares a charge it can re-roll that charge roll provided it ends the move engaged with the closest charge target. We link no box because our catalog holds no exact Chaos Terminators entry.
Angron is not a Terminator, but he is why a slow Terminator list can afford to be slow: he demands an answer on his own terms and buys your Terminators the turn they need to walk.
Kharn the Betrayer is the classic escort, though his Betrayer ability was rewritten in this pack and now destroys one of your own bodyguard models on a failed leadership roll at the end of your Charge phase. That is a real cost to weigh rather than pure upside. We link no box because our catalog holds no exact entry.
The strongest pairing is Goretrack Onslaught for exactly 3 DP, which solves this detachment's one weakness and gets its own page.
Yes. The army rule caps you at two Blessings of Khorne per battle round for the whole army. Adamantine Avalanche makes a fresh Blessings of Khorne roll at the start of the Fight phase and activates one Blessing for your TERMINATOR SQUAD units in addition to any already active, until the end of that phase. It is the only effect in the faction that beats the two-Blessing cap.
At the start of the Fight phase, if a friendly TERMINATOR SQUAD unit is engaged. That timing is an advantage: your two army-wide Blessings are chosen at the start of the battle round without knowing what you will fight, while this one is chosen with the target already in front of you.
Only until the enemy unit you used it against has attacked. It is not a whole-phase effect. Used on a single heavy shooting unit it can blunt that unit's damage considerably, but spending 2 CP expecting it to cover your Terminators for the phase is a misread.
It is, and it is the main reason to recommend Butchers of Khorne to new World Eaters players. You get the faction's only third-Blessing effect plus three good stratagems for a single Detachment Point, which leaves 2 DP at Strike Force for whichever second detachment your collection suits. Goretrack Onslaught is the usual answer.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.