3 new Custodes 11th Edition detachments stack a 36-shot Telemon turn, Turn 1 Allarus charges, and a Sisters of Silence detection threat, all at 1 DP each.
Games Workshop just dropped the Custodes Faction Focus for 11th Edition, and the Ten Thousand are getting three brand-new detachments at the cheap-as-chips 1 Detachment Point each. A 2,000-point list can run all three of them at once, or pair any one with an existing 2 DP detachment from the 10th Edition Custodes book.
Each one picks a different niche on purpose. With Might of the Moritoi, Dreadnoughts become the anchor of the army thanks to a Move buff and a 36-shot Telemon stratagem, while Silent Hunters props up the Sisters of Silence in a way the army hasn’t seen since the Talons days. Tharanatoi Hammerblow rounds it out, and it lets your Allarus Terminators drop in on Turn 1 and start swinging.
So if you’ve been waiting for a reason to dust off a Telemon Heavy Dreadnought or finally paint that unit of Witchseekers, this whole reveal looks tailor-made for the Armageddon: Return of Yarrick push and the 11th Edition launch.
- Might of the Moritoi gives every Custodes Walker +2″ Movement plus +1 to advance and charge rolls: Dreadnoughts become a threat-range problem opponents have to solve at list-building, and the Telemon puts out serious shots at close range with the right stratagem.
- Silent Hunters lets Sisters of Silence perform actions while advancing and null Hidden units: The Skin-Crawling Disorientation rule means your objective-running Sisters also peel defensive buffs off whatever your Dreadnoughts need to shoot.
- Tharanatoi Hammerblow re-rolls charge rolls for Terminators that just Deep Struck: The Mnemo-Locked Shrine Cipher enhancement breaks the Turn 2 ingress restriction and lets a full Terminator unit drop in Turn 1.
- All three detachments cost 1 DP and carry ARMOURY or LIONS tags: You can run all three in a 2,000-point Strike Force, which is exactly the army shape GW is telegraphing.
- Crushing Impact is now a core stratagem available to any Monster or Vehicle: The recoil risk is real, but on a high-Toughness model like the Telemon, the math is in your favor.
Might of the Moritoi Turns Custodes Dreadnoughts Into a Battering Ram
Updated on May 15, 2026, by Rob Baer with the latest rules update.
The March of the Honored Dead rule gives every Custodes Walker +2″ Movement and +1 to advance and charge rolls with no conditions or triggers. On a Telemon that already moves 8″, that’s a big threat-range problem for your opponent.
The +1 to charge rolls stacks on top of that, so a standard charge off a Deep Strike, or a fast push across the board, becomes genuinely reliable instead of dice-dependent.
We already knew Tank Shock is back, now called Crushing Impact, and it’s a core stratagem for everyone this edition. So, any Monster or Vehicle can use it, not just Custodes.
The Auramite Sarcophagus enhancement makes it 1 CP cheaper on Custodes Walkers, but roll 1s on those dice, and your own unit eats mortal wounds. On a Telemon, the math is in your favor, but it’s not guaranteed.
The wild stratagem here is Prioritised Eradication for Telemon Heavy Dreadnoughts. So for 1 CP, your Telemon’s Arachnus Storm Cannons get [RAPID FIRE 6], and the Iliastus Accelerator Culverin gets [RAPID FIRE 2]. A base Telemon with twin Arachnus storm cannons normally fires 12 shots, but with Prioritised Eradication active inside Rapid Fire range, you’re suddenly looking at 36.
- March of the Honoured Dead (detachment rule): All Custodes Walker units get +2″ M and +1 to advance and charge rolls. Always active, no conditions.
- Auramite Sarcophagus (enhancement): Crushing Impact costs 1 less CP when targeting the bearer’s unit.
- Crushing Impact (1 CP, core stratagem): After a Monster or Vehicle ends a charge, roll D6s equal to the model’s Toughness against an engaged enemy unit. Each 1 hits your own unit with a mortal wound; each 5+ hits the enemy (max 6 mortal wounds per unit).
- Prioritised Eradication (1 CP): Telemon gains Rapid Fire 6 on Arachnus Storm Cannons and Rapid Fire 2 on Iliastus Accelerator Culverins for the phase.
This detachment has the ARMOURY tag, so it can’t pair with another ARMOURY detachment, but it fits in alongside either of the other two new ones. Put it all together, and Might of the Moritoi gives you Dreadnoughts that arrive on time, hit harder when they slam, and finish the job with a Telemon turn nobody on the receiving end is enjoying.
Silent Hunters Gives Sisters of Silence a Real Job Beyond Objective Sitting
If your Sisters of Silence have spent the last few editions sprinting to objectives and doing nothing else, Silent Hunters is the detachment that finally gives them a second job. The Skin-Crawling Disorientation rule lets Anathema Psykana units perform actions after advancing, so they can push up the board without sacrificing scoring opportunities, and each unit gets Ceaseless Vigilance: pick one visible enemy unit within 12″ and give it +3″ detection range.
The detection range part is the one that changes your shooting turns. Hidden is one of the nastiest defensive tools in 11th edition, and a Telemon with a pile of shots is useless if its target is safely tucked behind a ruin. Sisters nulling a Hidden unit on demand means your Dreadnoughts and tanks can shoot the things you need them to shoot, not whatever happens to be standing in the open.
The anti-psyker tools are still here, and they’re stronger. Psyk-Out Grenades now give Sisters the Explosives keyword, and when you trigger the Explosives stratagem against a Psyker unit, you can re-roll the mortal wound rolls. The Synchronized Inferno stratagem gives Witchseekers’ Torrent weapons Blast 1 for the phase, which is a real answer to the kind of large infantry blobs that would otherwise just soak the Sisters’ output and keep walking.
- Skin-Crawling Disorientation (detachment rule): Anathema Psykana units can perform actions after advancing. Each unit can null one visible enemy unit within 12″, giving it +3″ detection range.
- Psyk-Out Grenades (upgrade): Gives the unit Explosives. Re-roll mortal wound rolls when targeting a Psyker unit with the Explosives stratagem.
- Synchronised Inferno (1 CP): Witchseekers’ Torrent ranged attacks gain Blast 1 for the phase.
Tharanatoi Hammerblow Makes Turn 1 Deep Strikes Possible for Allarus Terminators
A charge re-roll after Deep Striking is useful, but Allarus Terminators dropping in Turn 1 is what’s going to make opponents nervous. Normally, ingress moves are locked until Turn 2, giving your opponent a full turn to screen their priority units. The Mnemo-Locked Shrine Cipher enhancement cuts that entirely: put it on a Shield Captain in Allarus Terminator armor, and the unit makes an ingress move in your first Movement phase, before your opponent has had a chance to set a proper screen.
With The Hammer Falls active, that Turn 1 charge even comes with a re-roll, which closes out the biggest risk in the plan. Normally, charges still need the dice to cooperate, but a re-roll on two dice is a meaningful bump on what’s otherwise a coin flip at best.
For the turns when the charge still fails, Hardened Resolve is there. For 1 CP, your Custodes Terminators gain +1 Toughness when an enemy unit targets them in the Shooting or Fight phase. On Allarus Terminators that are already a serious removal problem, that extra point of toughness can be the difference between surviving the counterpunch and watching your investment evaporate before it gets to swing.
- The Hammer Falls (detachment rule): Custodes Terminator units that made an ingress move this turn can re-roll charge rolls.
- Mnemo-Locked Shrine Cipher (enhancement): Bearer’s Terminator unit can make an ingress move in the first Movement phase, bypassing the Turn 2 restriction.
- Hardened Resolve (1 CP): Friendly Custodes Terminator unit gains +1 Toughness when targeted by an enemy unit, until the end of the phase.
This detachment has the LIONS tag, so it can’t pair with another LIONS detachment, but it runs freely alongside both of the other two.
Final Thoughts on New Adeptus Custodes Detachments in 11th Edition 40k
Three 1 DP detachments at once is the most generous opening hand the Ten Thousand have ever had in a faction focus reveal. So a 2,000-point Custodes list now gets 3 DP to spend, which means you can run all three of these together for a hyper-elite Terminator-Dreadnought-Sisters army, or pair any one of them with an existing 2 DP detachment from the codex to enhance whatever build you already like.
Following the Space Marines Armageddon detachments and the Astra Militarum Armageddon detachments from the past few weeks, the 11th Edition Faction Focus pattern is clear, where GW is handing each army a stack of cheap, specialized detachments that reward picking one of your codex’s archetypes instead of forcing a generalist list.
For Custodes, that means Dreadnoughts, Terminators, and Sisters all just got promoted from “interesting pick” to “load-bearing option.” Expect the next month of competitive Custodes lists to swing hard toward Telemons, Allarus blocks, and four-strong Witchseeker units, and look for GW to keep this 1 DP detachment cadence going through the rest of the 11th Edition Faction Focus series.
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