Festus the Leechlord rides again on a massive slug, leading Maggotkin of Nurgle’s armies with plague-filled magic and grotesque new Age of Sigmar rules.
Nurgle’s faithful are oozing their way back into Warhammer Age of Sigmar with a disgustingly delightful batch of new models, rules, and a Path to Glory supplement that’ll make any rot-loving general grin through their plague mask.
From Festus the Leechlord’s grotesque lab on a slug (a Temu Toad Dragon, if you ask us) to entire armies designed around spreading corruption across Ghyran, the Grandfather’s garden has never looked greener or slimier.
Festus the Leechlord Returns on a Massive Slug
Festus is back, and he’s had quite the glow-up, if your definition of glowing includes open sores and bubbling pus. Once a humble healer, Festus got a little too curious about disease and wound up under Nurgle’s very generous (and infectious) mentorship.
After 7,777 years of study, he’s ascended to daemonhood and now rides the great beast Gathoblyt, a gargantuan slug that carries his workshop straight into battle.
Armed with unholy knowledge and a disturbing amount of leech-related paraphernalia, Festus specializes in weaponizing sickness. His latest creation, the leech-water plague, turns Ghyran’s waterways into toxic soup faster than you can say “hand sanitizer.”
Meet the New Rot-Brained Recruits: Nurgle’s Foul Finest
Grandfather Nurgle doesn’t play favorites; he spoils all his children equally. The new battletome brings several delightful horrors to the tabletop, each dripping with its own flavor of corruption.
Sloven Knights
Imagine once proud knights who’ve traded chivalry for cholesterol. These miserable cavaliers ride rotting steeds wrapped in decaying finery, spreading a lethargic aura that turns enemy warriors into sluggish punching bags.
Once their foes can barely lift a sword, the Sloven Knights flatten them with flails and hammers. Lazy never looked so lethal.
Putrid Blightkings
If anyone deserves “employee of the millennium” in Nurgle’s ranks, it’s these guys. Covered in layers of muscle, fat, and pure devotion, the Blightkings stride through battle laughing off attacks that would fell lesser mortals.
Their corrupted weapons rot both armor and flesh, and even reality itself seems to wilt around them as spells and prayers die in the miasma they carry.
Rotswords
Think of them as the caffeinated cousins of the Blightkings. Their feverish energy and twitchy movements turn every combat into a blur of rusted blades and manic laughter. They’re still technically human, barely, and their cracked armor hides bodies in the throes of an eternal fever. One day, they hope to bloat up enough to join their idolized Blightking brethren. Lofty goals.
Pestigors
Nurgle’s Beastmen aren’t content with just smashing things; they want to spread a bit of gangrene while they’re at it. With swollen bellies and weeping sores, the Pestigors tramp across the Mortal Realms like a mobile biohazard. Their pilgrimages bring ruin to any land they touch, which, for them, is pretty much the point.
Battletome Maggotkin of Nurgle: Everything You Need to Spread the Love
The new Battletome: Maggotkin of Nurgle is packed tighter than a pus boil. It contains updated lore, rules for new units, and even ways to tie in the Warhammer Quest: Darkwater heroes like Gelgus Pust and his diseased entourage. Players can now take part in narrative campaigns set in Ghyran with the new Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds supplement.
The book comes in two flavors: a standard edition and a Gamer’s Edition that’s smaller, easier to carry, and comes with a full set of warscroll cards. It’s basically the “travel-sized” version of the apocalypse.
New Detachments and Armies of Renown
Two Armies of Renown headline the battletome. One ditches disease spreading entirely, instead embracing the Cycle of Corruption, a seven-step ritual path that would make any plague cult proud. The other, led by Horticulous Slimux, introduces the Gardeners of Nurgle, a group so obsessed with landscaping that they make poison ivy look tame.
There’s also a new Spearhead: Bubonic Cell, featuring a Rotbringer Sorcerer, Rotmire Creed, Nurglings, and a Beast of Nurgle all scheming to turn untouched territories into fresh compost.
Regiment of Renown: The Pustules
This new Regiment of Renown features ten Plaguebearers and a Spoilpox Scrivener who’s apparently so loud and officious that his nagging can literally summon a Feculent Gnarlmaw from the ground.
You can add this delightfully oozing squad to other Chaos forces, including the Helsmiths of Hashut. The Scrivener also gets a solo release for anyone who wants their army to sound like a demonic HR department.
Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds Corrupting Ghyran One Tree at a Time
Ghyran’s not having a good time. The Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds expansion brings narrative players straight into the war for Thyria, one of the Jade Kingdoms under siege by Maggotkin corruption. The book introduces new battlepacks, 12 battleplans, and custom hero paths that let you grow your own diseased commander from lowly rot spreader to full-blown harbinger of decay.
Heroes can follow the Path of the Thyrian Druids or Sacrifice Masters, while regular troops might choose between Weald born and Foresters paths. You even get new spells and prayer lores, heroic traits, and artefacts to flavor your army with that signature Nurgle funk.
Final Thoughts on the New Maggotkin of Nurgle Minis For AoS
Between the new models, updated battletome, and Path to Glory rules, the Maggotkin of Nurgle are shambling back into the spotlight with a vengeance and an odor strong enough to clear a room.
So, whether you’re a collector looking for some truly grotesque centerpieces or a gamer eager to spread decay across the table, this new wave of Maggotkin content gives you every excuse to let the rot flow freely.
Just remember to wash your hands afterward. Probably twice.
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