The Warhammer 40k Armageddon campaign is live. Play the Siege of Death Mire, win 1 of 40 free armies, and help decide the fate of a hive city.
Games Workshop just announced the big summer event, and once the campaign kicks off on 22 June, the games you play actually help decide the fate of a hive city. So yeah, this is one campaign where you get a real say.
It’s also GW’s not-so-subtle nudge to get the new edition box built, painted, and on the table fast, with a free army (GW says there will be 40 1k point armies given away) on the line for everyone who takes part, plus there will be a prize draw for forty 1,000-point armies of brand new Space Marines or Orks miniatures.
The Siege of Death Mire Puts the Campaign in Players’ Hands
Updated on July 8th, 2026, by Rob Baer with the latest on the campaign
- The Siege of Death Mire: a Global Battle running from 22 June to 13 July, where the results players submit online decide the fate of key locations inside the hive.
- Pre-order gateway: the invite ships inside the Armageddon box, which hits pre-order this Saturday alongside 61 new minis, rules, and card decks.
- Free army draw: Submitting your battle results enters you in a draw for one of 40 1,000-point Space Marines or Orks armies.
- A familiar GW play: the last Global Battle (Battle for Oghram, June 2023) was won by Tyranids and rolled straight into GW’s Summer Preview, so whoever wins Hive Death Mire may shape what gets revealed next.
- Detachment unlock: the winning faction walks away with a brand-new detachment when the campaign closes on July 13.
- Week 1 Results: Space Marine Victory and New Miniature Reveal
- Week 2 Results: Space Marine Victory and another New Miniature Reveal
The story is pretty much exactly what you’d expect out of Armageddon. Ghazghkull Thraka’s Waaagh! is grinding against a vengeful army of Space Marines for control of Hive Death Mire. The city sits right at the edge of the equatorial jungle and square between two waves of Ork landings. Both sides want it badly, which is exactly why GW is letting players fight over it.
Plus, this time around, the results carry real weight. Games sent in online decide the fate of three vital locations within the city, with a fourth hanging in the balance on top. So all the Orks and Marines that win on kitchen tables and at game stores help steer where the campaign ends up overall.
So far, for weeks one and two, it’s been all Space Marines and Imperial victories. Can the Orks rally, get new model reveals, and tie things up before the end?
How the Armageddon Box Gets You In
The invite is literally physical, and it’s tucked into the Warhammer 40k Armageddon box. Pre-order the set this Saturday, and when it arrives, you’ll find your way into the Siege of Death Mire alongside 61 brand-new miniatures, the new edition rules, and the card decks.
The campaign window is tight. It opens on 22 June and closes on 13 July, so you’ve got a few weeks to get the box built, painted, and on the table playing real games of 11th Edition. You’ll also need a free Warhammer account to submit your results, but that’s the only real hoop (well, other than painting and playing games, of course).
Win One of 40 Free Armies for Showing Up
Beyond steering the story, every set of results you send in enters you into a free drawing to win one of 40 armies. And honestly, that sounds like a lot, but spread across the entire world, it’s not a ton. Still, GW is giving away a 1,000-point force of brand-new Space Marines or Orks miniatures, free, to forty people who took part.
In a hobby that already asks for plenty of spending, a shot at a full starter-sized army just for logging games you were going to play anyway is worth it all day!
How to Sign Up and Submit Your Results
Overall, the entry process is two steps once you’ve logged in. Submit one result per week through your My Warhammer account, and dedicate the win to either Orks or Space Marines. That’s really all there is to it.
The campaign runs for three weeks total, with a different key location up for grabs each week. It kicks off with the Tempestor Victorum line breaches around the outskirts of the hive, then rotates to two more locations over the next two weeks. GW announces the winner of each location as the week closes, with a new model reveal each time a side takes the slot.
Wazdakka vs Yarrick Splits The Hive Death Mire Battles
This is the warzone that’s worth watching because Wazdakka Gutsmek has rolled his Speedwaaagh up against it while Commissar Yarrick runs the defense from the inside.
If the Orks have more wins, another piece of Armageddon falls, and the path to global Ork control on the planet gets shorter. If the Marines hold, the hive becomes the Imperium’s staging post for the next push back, and Operation Imperator gets a real victory it can lean on.
Either way, this all becomes official 40k canon when the campaign closes on July 13.
The Gallows Spaceport Is the Warhammer In-Store Side Quest
The Gallows Spaceport is a fourth contested battle zone that only counts if you play through your local Warhammer store. It also runs the full three weeks rather than rotating weekly with the main hive locations, and both factions need it to bring reinforcements in.
So if your local Warhammer store is running Armageddon events, that’s the spot to try to claim. It’s also the only piece of the campaign that doesn’t go through the online portal, so the in-store result feeds back into the global tally separately from all the game store, and kitchen-table submissions.
We’ve Seen This Playbook Before, and Last Time, the Tyranids Won
The last time GW pulled this exact move was in June 2023 with the Leviathan launch. They tied the new edition box to a Global Battle (the Battle for Oghram), let players’ submitted results decide who held the world, and dropped a massive summer preview right after it wrapped to set up the rest of the edition.
The Tyranids ate Oghram, and the Marines lost (can you believe it!). Then the canon even went on with what the tabletops decided.
If you ask us, that’s the reason the Siege of Death Mire is worth playing. GW only re-runs a launch playbook when it worked the first time, and Oghram didn’t just close out a campaign; it teed up the next round of 10th Edition reveals. So don’t be shocked if a big 11th Edition preview lands the weekend after 13 July, with the winning faction in Hive Death Mire getting first look.
Final Thoughts on the Warhammer 40k Armageddon Box Campaign
With Leviathan and Armageddon now both running campaigns to start an edition, it looks like this is GW’s new go-to move, and honestly, it’s a fun way to get people painting and building right out of the gate.
Oghram fell to the Tyranids in 2023, and the big summer preview reveals dropped right after. So whoever holds Hive Death Mire on 13 July probably gets first dibs on whatever GW shows off next.
Will the Siege of Death Mire decide Hive Death Mire’s fate the way Oghram decided a planet’s? GW’s banking on yes.
Is it a smart way to get 11th Edition onto tables the weekend it launches? Also yes.
So lock in the box this Saturday, and log those games between 22 June and 13 July to help shape the next big Warhammer 40k reveal and story arc.
Click Here to Submit Your Results
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Will you be pre-ordering the Warhammer 40k Armageddon box to join the Siege of Death Mire Global Battle?
