With the new edition hitting shelves soon, rumors are already flying about the 3 new armies planned for Age of Sigmar 3.0.
While these are rumors, the source has always been pretty spot on, hitting the last few perfectly. So take this with a little salt, but the possibility is there. We’ve seen GW pointing towards these more than once, so we hope they are right! Because the upcoming armies would be really cool.
These aren’t necessarily coming very soon and could take a while for them all this to eventually release. With reworks of current factions, new box sets, and everything else these could take over a year or so to all come to fruition. Either way, just remember these are at the end of the day rumors.
Let’s get into it.
Rumors: 3 New Armies Planned for Age of Sigmar 3.0
Dawnbringer Crusade, Umbraneth, and Oathbreakers are rumored to be the upcoming three armies. We’ve seen some terrain for the Dawnbringers, and from the looks of it, they will be a soft rework for the Cities of Sigmar, and let’s be honest, they need it.
We’ve heard rumors for a long time now about Umbraneth, so we’ve been hoping to see their release for a while now. Lastly, the Oathbreakers will basically be Chaos Dwarves, which we are super excited about! It feels like they are a fan-favorite army and it would great to see them hit the tables once again.
Now, let’s break these down a little more.
Dawnbringer Crusade
The Dawnbringer Crusades defend their nascent homes until the surrounding areas are stabilised. An aqualith – typically imported from Ghyran at great cost – sits at the town’s centre cleansing corruption with its purifying water over a greater area every day.
The new terrain was spotted on Warhammer Community and has really set up the new faction. With them even describing it as a new way for the Cities of Sigmar to bring land under the rule of Sigmar.
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So, this new force will most likely be focused more on crusading than anything else. They didn’t really say much about the army, but with them already setting up the background and the terrain, we could see them coming fairly soon. According to the rumor, they will be in early 2022.
Umbraneth
It all started when they did a preview of Shadow, Iron, and Broken Realms and revealed this shadowy artwork. It reminded us of Malerion taking a new form. Some of you may have heard of the name “Malerion” aka Malekith aka the Witch King before from the world that was… We’ve also seen a little short story of him talking to Morathi and the fact that he is finally manifesting himself into the mortal realms.
Well, he needs an army to lead, so we expect them to be kind of like dark elves in a sense. We haven’t seen any minis, but this looks like GW has been setting them up for a long time now. If you want to read more about the initial time we thought they were coming, check that out here.
According to this new rumor though, these will be near the end of 2022.
Oath Breakers
While it’s been a really long time since we’ve seen a full-scale release for them, we’ve seen minis released here and there for a long time now from Forge World- which have since disappeared.
Let’s be honest, this would just be a really cool rework of an army that never really got its day in the sun (well maybe they did about 10 years ago). With these being the last of the three mentioned, we’re not really sure when we would see them, but they are probably who we are most excited for!
They have some really cool old minis to style the new army on and with the sculpts GW has been putting out, they could look amazing! Unfortunately, according to the rumors, they won’t be hitting the game until 2023…
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
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