Don’t miss these spicy rumors about new Chaos Space Marines 9th edition rules updates, including 2 new legion codex books!
We’ve been hearing tons of rumors about both World Eater and Emperor’s Children getting 40k dedicated codex books for a long time now.
Now there are rumors of two new Chaos Space Marine legion codex books that may be on the way for 9th Edition, World Eaters and Emperor’s Children.
RUMORS: New 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Books
First and foremost, way back during the Psychic Awakening, we had already heard a ton of rumors about Fulgrim and a potential EC update. Unfortunately, it may look like that rumor might have been confused with the AoS Hedonites of Slaanesh update.
However, with all the recent Horus Heresy Rumors popping up about new rules and Plastic models, a rumor about Plastic cross-system Daemon Primarchs has also surfaced. This raises the question again, Are Emperors Childrew on the way? It certainly looks that way (eventually).
As for World Eaters, they are the fourth main single-god devoted legion, following after Thousand Sons for Tzeentch, Death Guard for Nurgle, Emperors Children for Slaanesh, and World Eaters for Khorne.
Most recently Chapter Master Valrak, posted a video talking about some rumblings he has heard about a new World Eaters update coming sometime during 9th edition.
Monkey Down With the Sickness
Apparently a source told him that World Eaters are coming in 9th, and supposedly before Emperor’s Children. As by far one of the most popular legions, it makes perfect sense that World Eaters get their own codex. Unlike undivided legions like Word Bearers or Black legion, the God-devoted ones have much more unique models and lore, making them better candidates for dedicated books, and new models.
Do These Seem Likely?
Chapter Master Valrak seems very convinced, plus his source has not been wrong before, even claiming a Black Templar release late last year, that was recently previewed by GW.
The Plastic cross-play Daemon Primarchs rumors also make both codex releases seem very likely. Thousand Sons and Death Guard both released with their Daemon Primarchs, could EC and WE do the same? And while this last point is certainly a stretch, wanting to release new books with large models might help explain the CSM Codex update delay.
Here are our speculations on the topic:
- GW wants to get specialized legions released first
- GW wants to release codexes with a big exciting model to drive sales (just like Be’lakor with his Disciples in Charadon Book 2)
- A potential Lorgar Undivided release could go with a base CSM codex
If these are true, there would end up being 5 CSM codex books. Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, Nurgle, and Undivided, each with their own Daemon Primarch to field in 40k! This is however pure speculation so take it with a healthy serving of salt. The only sourced rumors are for an EC and WE codex release eventually, with Valrak only speculating a “late 9th release” and no source.
The two Codex books seem all too likely eventually, but Primarchs and timelines are completely up in the air due to GW just starting to get back into the swing of things.
Games Workshop Codex Roadmap
Also of note, the recent WHC Codex Roadmap post mentioned this about Chaos:
Eagle-eyed heretics** may note the lack of codexes for the Traitor Legions. Do not despair, as 2022 will be a bumper year for warp-based shenanigans.
This is a huge boon for chaos, as generic CSM has seemed to be on the backburner for the 9th edition. Assuming at least some of the rumors are true there’s huge potential for new additions and updates as the change to Primaris for loyalists seemed to have left Chaos in the dust.
World Eaters Codex Coming Next for Chaos
Two different industry insiders have indicated to us that World Eaters are “slated” to be released before a full CSM codex.
World Eaters are one of the four main single-god devoted legions; Thousand Sons for Tzeentch, Death Guard for Nurgle, Emperor’s Children for Slaanesh, and World Eaters for Khorne. We assume why Games Workshop would release World Eaters before the whole CSM book is probably because people who play any of the devoted legions will also buy the CSM codex as well as any potential new models too.
Meaning they can keep the releases flowing to the same customer base. Plus it’s easier to release more models this way, with a big-sized mini (such as a Daemon Primarch or new vehicle kit) to build hype and new limited edition Army boxes.
Chapter Master Valrak, even posted a video talking about some rumblings he has heard about a new World Eaters update coming sometime during 9th edition. Apparently, a source told him that World Eaters are coming in 9th, and supposedly before Emperor’s Children.
As by far one of the most popular legions, it makes perfect sense that World Eaters get their own codex. Unlike undivided legions like Word Bearers or Black legion, the God-devoted ones have much more unique models and lore, making them better candidates for dedicated books, and new models.
This also makes sense with the new rumors we’ve heard, meaning Emperor’s Children would come after World Eaters and Chaos Space Marines proper later on in the 9th Edition release cycle. Or, they could easily have gotten the idea messed up, maybe it’s CSM, then World Eaters, then Emperor’s children.
RUMORS: App Update Points to New Chaos Codex Soon
GW has recently put Heldrake updates in the 4ok app, which may mean a number of things including a new codex book soon!
These rumors come from Faeit, and they basically point to two different versions of the Heldrake in the app. So the real question is, why publish and program it if a book isn’t coming soon?
It could very well be that they just gave the programmer the new stats and they just put it in without knowing when it should go live, or even toggled the wrong one “live” and didn’t remove the “old” nomenclature from the title.
So again, why put it into the app if a book isn’t coming soon. While this isn’t the biggest thing ever, this along with the previous rumors really seem to point to a new book sooner than later! There are more hints however, just check out these Rumor Engines!
New GW Rumor Engine: It’s 40k Chaos Finally
This claw is actually super easy to predict. Unless GW is pulling a fast one, these clearly belong to a new 40k Chaos model. From that Iconic trim to fingers that look very similar to Venomcrawler legs, with a Helbrute style armor plate, it doesn’t seem likely to be anything else but a new Chaos Space Marine model.
It’s not clear what exactly the new bit is… It could be a Warcry model, or a new Daemon Engine, or maybe even part of a new technologically enhanced marine! Anything and everything is possible, which is exciting because CSM still needs to receive some love in the 9th edition!
New Chaos Hammer Time: GW Rumor Engine
At first glance, this seems to resemble a Sigmar/Stormcast hammer. However, the comet doesn’t look quite right and there’s definitely some chaos trim in there… Maybe this is a form of mockery?
This could be a 40k Chaos bit, as there are tons of rumors for the next year, and the tendrils on the backside of the hammer seem to point in that direction. The similarities to the twin-tailed comet however make an AoS release still a possibility as well.
A good contender for 40k is the Chosen CSM. They got these kits a while ago in the Dark Vengence box, but haven’t ever gotten any love after, meaning they never even got official access to their whole weapon kit selection. Once again, rumors call for some a chosen kit, but that requires a double dosage of salt.
Either way, the Chosen are sweet models and could really use an update. This hammer might point to them finally getting their own box release with their full range of weapons available to them.
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