New 40k Death Guard Combat Patrol: Review Breakdown

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Here’s the new Death Guard Warhammer 40k Combat Patrol contents list, release date, rules, value, and pricing in our updated savings breakdown!

Updated on June 8th, 2025, by Rob Baer, with the now-out-of-print combat patrol box set from 2021.

The new Warhammer 40k Death Guard Combat Patrol is here, and the value is worth taking a look at. Packed with must-have units for building or expanding your Death Guard army, this box has players talking about its contents, release date, and just how much you’re saving compared to buying everything separately.

Ready to see if this is the best bang for your buck? We have our take on this box, with a breakdown of what’s inside and how it stacks up against the competition.

Contents List, Release Date, Pricing & Value

The new 2025 Death Guard Combat Patrol has a release date of April 26, 2025, and an increased retail price of $170 (up from $168), similar to the prices of previous releases (see below for local currency conversions).

If you’re looking for a review of the older out-of-print box from 2021 and its values, we have that for you below.

Here is the Warhammer 40k Death Guard Combat Patrol contents list of all the shiny, er, grungy new minatures waiting inside.

• 1x Lord of Virulence
• 1x Tallyman 
• 3x Deathshroud Terminators
• 7x Plague Marines
• 1x Rhino

Death Guard 40k Combat Patrol Review

This is the ultimate combat force, loaded with 13 miniatures ready to storm the battlefield and obliterate anything in their path. If your enemies thought they could hold the line, they’re in for a rude awakening.

It’s like assembling an all-star team right out of the gate, plus you can even play this box as is in smaller games of Warhammer 40k, aptly called “Combat Patrol.”

Death Guard Combat Patrol List Price: $170 CAD$200 £100 €130 

Combat Patrol Warhammer 40k Comparisons

Check out how the new combat patrol stacks up against other bundle box releases, including the new Adepta Sororitas Combat Patrol box from 2024.

Combat Patrol Pricing By Country

Is it Worth It?

Of the newer CPs we’ve seen, this is actually on the higher end of value (well over 50%). Plus, you get a pretty interesting and elite force. If you grab the army box as well, you actually grab a really solid starting force and almost have a full army! 

Plus, while some of the newer 10th Edition Combat Patrols have been underwhelming (compared to 9th edition boxes), this one has more value than the previous few we’ve seen.

How Many Points Is This?

So, you’re wondering how many points the Death Guard Combat Patrol box racks up, eh? Well, in Warhammer 40k 10th edition, this box hits with about 440 points (at least in our rough estimates; it could change once the codex comes out). But, as you know, the tides of the Grimdark universe are ever-shifting, and with the latest points updates, that number could quickly fluctuate.

Where To Buy Your Box

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Worldwide: Amazon | eBay| or | Games Workshop’s Store | UK: Element Games (UK) | Merlin’s Minis | Wayland Games | Canada: Tista Minis | Abyss Game Store | Kingdom Titans |

What to Buy Next?

Well, you have a good mix of troops with this box, but it doesn’t force you into any one style of play. However, if you can manage to grab the army box as well, you will really have a great start and almost a full army.

But either way, you’ll need some tanks to blast the enemy from afar, and the Death Guard have so many cool wild units, you might as well grab them too!

So, while this box is a great starting point, it is only 450ish points, meaning you’ll still have the vast majority of your army to collect. So, don’t forget the rule of cool, and if you can find the Poxwrought Vector Battleforce, that would be worth it as well!

The meta will always change, but cool models will always be cool. 

OOP 2021 Version:

The Out of Print (OOP) 2021 Death Guard Combat Patrol box was Nurgle’s little gift to new players and Poxwalker fanatics alike. Released on January 16th, 2021, this set was packed to the brim with 39 models. 

Which sounds great… until you realize 30 of them are the same shambling meatbags. If you’re the kind of player who wakes up thinking “I wish I had three full squads of plague-ridden cannon fodder,” then this was your moment to shine.

The box included Typhus (your funky hive-boss), a Biologus Putrifier, and a modest 7 Plague Marines—decent value if you’re starting from scratch, but a bit of a facepalm if you already owned Typhus and a truckload of zombies.

At a $168 price tag and an MSRP value of $251, it gave you about $83 in savings—assuming you actually needed that many Poxwalkers. If not, well… hope you like painting boils.

Final Thoughts on the Death Guard Combat Patrol

From plague-ridden heavy hitters to a transport that’s basically a rolling tank full of doom, this box doesn’t mess around. It’s got value, it’s got attitude, and it’s got enough Nurgle stink to keep your opponents six feet away. Social distancing, Warhammer-style.

We’ve crunched the numbers, compared the boxes, and talked our way through the savings so you don’t have to.

Bottom line? If you’re eyeing a Death Guard army, this is one heck of a power-up. 

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What do you think of the new  Death Guard Combat Patrol, pricing, value, rules, contents list, and release date?

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