Fortunes of War


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Synopsis
Having uncovered the three runes in the illusions of the Ubersreik invasion, the Heroes are sent back to the central plaza in the illusion of Ubersreik during the Skaven invasion of the original Vermintide. They are to carve the hidden Runes into the base of the statue of Sigmar, then buy Olesya time to undo the magical bindings hiding the dwarfen treasure. However, a Rotblood shaman has been interfering with the illusions (perhaps explaining the presence of Rotbloods in Ubersreik), and following the heroes' progress, meaning they have also obtained the runes. This means the heroes naturally have to deal with continuous waves of Pactsworn whilst Olesya works her magic, to obtain the treasure before the Rotblood shaman can.

Mission
As a hidden mission, this is the only mission not launched from the regular menu. Instead, it becomes available to launch from the Dwarfen Lodestone located in front of Olesya in Taal's Horn Keep once all three runes from the previous Back to Ubersreik maps have been acquired. The mission itself is a remake of the Last Stand map "Town Meeting" from the original Vermintide, and is probably the hardest available in Vermintide 2 to date. Players face off against 8 increasingly difficult waves of Pactsworn, including vast numbers of specials not seen in such number on any other mission. After each wave, a ball of lightning will appear in the air around the statue, drawing a rune on the ground below. The mission is complete once these runes form a complete circuit around the statue. The number and type of special and elite spawns is fixed for each wave, but the location is not. There are 3 boss waves. The bosses are a Chaos Spawn, a Stormfiend, and for the final wave a Rat Ogre and Bile Troll simultaneously, followed by elites and specials, then followed by a final Rat Ogre. Each boss will be accompanied by a number of specials, and waves of trash hordes. Prepare for large numbers of "grabbers", particularly Packmasters. The statue will open either 5 minutes after the final Rat Ogre is killed, or when all enemies are cleared, whichever comes first. Grab the Izrakrak from inside the statue, then run through the market and out of a hole in the wall to the Bridge of Shadows.

Wave Breakdown
Spawn numbers and locations are fixed. Numbers will only be given for specials and elites. Most Skavenslave / Clanrat / Fanatic / Marauder waves will be in the region of 20-30. Each sub-wave will progress to the next generally after either less than a set number of enemies remain, or after a set amount of time passes, whichever occurs first. Players killed will respawn at the end of each full wave.

Note that these numbers vary between difficulties.

Wave 1

 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Fanatics, Mauler x6, Ratling Gunner x3
 * Skavenslaves, Packmaster x2
 * Stormvermin x10, Rat Ogre

Wave 2

 * Fanatics, Marauders
 * Marauders, Chaos Warrior x6, Poison Wind Globadier x5
 * Fanatics, Marauders
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Fanatics, Marauders, Packmaster x5, Chaos Spawn

Wave 3

 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Gutter Runner x10
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats
 * Stormvermin x12
 * Fanatics, Marauders, Blightstormer x4
 * Marauders, Savage x10

Wave 4

 * Fanatics, Marauders
 * Chaos Warriors x10, Lifeleech x6
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Ratling Gunner x6
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Stormvermin x12, Packmaster x2

Wave 5

 * Fanatics, Marauders, Warpfire Thrower x6, Plague Monk x16
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Poison Wind Globadier x4, Stormfiend
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Packmaster x8
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Stormvermin x8

Wave 6

 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Plague Monks x18
 * Stormvermin x26, Poison Wind Globadier x4
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Gutter Runner x4
 * Fanatics, Marauders, Ratling Gunner x8
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats

Wave 7

 * Skavenslaves, Stormvermin x4, Packmaster x2, Lifeleech x2
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Blightstormer x2
 * Plague Monk x16
 * Clanrats, Stormvermin x12, Poison Wind Globadier x6
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Chaos Warrior x20, Blightstormer x7

Wave 8

 * Marauders, Chaos Warrior x4, Bile Troll, Rat Ogre
 * Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Gutter Runner x3
 * Marauders, Skavenslaves, Clanrats, Savage x12, Packmaster x3
 * Marauders, Chaos Warrior x2, Poison Wind Globadier x4
 * Stormvermin x20, Ratling Gunner x3, Packmaster x2, Rat Ogre
 * Skavenslaves, Plague Monk x10, Gutter Runner x2, Ratling Gunner x1, Poison Wind Globadier x1
 * Marauders, Stormvermin x16, Chaos Warrior x5, Warpfire Thrower x4, Lifeleech x3, Blightstormer x2
 * Marauders, Skavenslaves, Clanrats
 * Skavenslaves, Chaos Warrior x10

Post-Mission
After completing Fortunes of War, Olesya will say the following: