Here’s how to save money on everything Games Workshop, after their new price increases have taken effect on Warhammer and 40k products.
For the fourth year in a row, another wave of GW price increases are on the way for Warhammer and while not everything is going up the timing could not be worse.
GW March 7th Price Increase
Let’s get into the details as revealed by GW:
In most cases, this will be about 5%. So, as an example of what you can expect on most kits, a box of Space Marine Intercessors will go up just £1 from £35 to £36.*
A few things are going up about 10% (e.g. books, scenery, resin miniatures), and there are a couple of outliers (e.g. Blood Bowl teams and metal miniatures) which are going up around 20%.
The price change will come into effect on the 7th of March.
So items GW makes “in-house” are getting the lowest increase while the items they traditionally farmed out to China for cheap production (books and scenery) are getting hit the hardest.
The List of Over 3000 New GW Price Increases for Warhammer
A bit of good news too is that these countries (typically hammered on retail price conversions or arbitrage from GW) are not getting any increases:
- Australia dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- Japan yen
- China RMB
Here is the list of all 3145 price increases that went into effect on March 7th, 2022.
You can see the current price, new price, and percent increase in the last column.
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights and then how you can save money on Warhammer 40k now.
The first thing is it looks like GW is raising codex prices again. This sucks because you can no longer just get the online version, so you pretty much have no choice in this one.
They are also raising prices on a lot of troop choices. As you can see both the Boyz from the Combat Patrol and Fire Warriors are going up. However, $50 for Boyz without all the options is liable to upset some players we imagine…
AoS battletomes are also going up by 5 bucks, so it looks like 40k isn’t the only system hit by rules price increases.
They are also raising the prices on a lot of boxed sets, so don’t be surprised if $195 is the new price moving forward for the two army sets, and makes Eldritch Omens (now $210) sorta make more sense.
Two things here, pretty much the entire Orks line is increasing, but also the Combat Patrol price. So again, expect this $150 price moving forward.
The boxed games are not safe either as a lot of them are going up in price as well.
As we said, pretty much all the product lines down to LoTR are getting hit…
To round it up, overall there is some bad, and there is some good to this round of price increases. However, with the way consumer confidence is as of late with GW, the optics on this announcement are terrible.
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We had done this before, but now that not only the units inside have increased, but also the selection of Combat Patrol boxes themselves, we wanted to give you the real value and pricing now. This way you can save more money on Warhammer 40k when you start or supplement your army.
Updated Pricing for all Combat Patrols & Starter Boxes
Most of these are available from third-party retailers for less even so if you can’t find them at your local store, be sure to check those links and save some cash! Let’s get into the new boxes!
We’re starting with the Start Collecting box set value, which are being replaced by Vanguard and Combat Patrol boxes. So if you see one you want don’t wait too long as it may be discontinued.
All of these are great ways to save money on Warhammer 40k .
Start Collecting Tzeentch
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- Burning Chariot of Tzeentch $44
- 3x Flamers of Tzeentch $35
- 3x Screamers of Tzeentch $35
- Ten-man Pink Horrors $42
Total MSRP: $156
Savings Versus Box Price: $61
Start Collecting Daemons of Slaanesh
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Exalted Seeker Chariot –No longer on GW online store ($60)
- 5x Seekers of Slaanesh $29
- Ten-man Slaanesh Daemonette squad $38
Total MSRP: $127
Savings Versus Box Price: $32
Start Collecting Daemons of Khorne
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Herald on Bloodthrone Not on online GW store ($40-$50)
- 3x Bloodcrushers $55
- Ten-man Bloodletter squad $38
Total MSRP: $143
Savings Versus Box Price: $48
Start Collecting Chaos Space Marines (NEW)
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- Ten-man Chaos Space Marines Unit $60
- Master of Possessions $35?
- Obliterators $60?
- Greater Possessed $42
- Venomcrawler $60?
It’s difficult to tell all of the pricing on these units. We used our price point from the initial units spotted in our Shadowspear Box Set breakdown. However, this is the only other avenue outside of Shadowspear to get over half of these Chaos units inside still.
Total MSRP: $257
Savings Versus Box Price: $147
Start Collecting Militarum Tempestus
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- 1x ten-man scion squad (can be made into a command squad and a scion squad) $84
- Officio Prefectus Commissar $32
- Taurox Prime $55
Total MSRP: $171
Savings Versus Box Price: $61
Start Collecting Astra Militarum
Click Here To Get Yours For Less:| Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Officio Prefectus Commissar $32
- Leman Russ Battle Tank $60
- Cadian Heavy Weapon Team (one model) $13
- ten-man Cadian Shock Troops $50
Total MSRP: $155
Savings Versus Box Price: $45
Start Collecting Craftworlds
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- Farseer $32
- 5x Wraithguard (Can also be assembled into Wraithblades) $60
- Wraithlord $60
- War Walker $38
Total MSRP: $190
Savings Versus Box Price: $80
Start Collecting Thousand Sons
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- Ten-man Tzaangors $50 Chainsword upgrade x2 $12.50 ea.
- Ten-Man Rubric Marines $60
- Ahriman $40
Total MSRP: $175
Savings Versus Box Price: $65
Start Collecting Tyranids
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- eight-man Genestealer Squad $38
- Trygon $80
- Broodlord $42
Total MSRP: $160
Savings Versus Box Price: $50
Start Collecting Genestealer Cults
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- Achilles Ridgerunner $55
- Neophyte Hybrids $50
- Acolyte Hybrids $42
- Acolyte Iconward $32
Total MSRP: $179
Savings Versus Box Price: $69
Now let’s move on to the new Combat Patrols for Warhammer 40k!
Deathwatch Combat Patrol
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- 10 Intercessors: $60
- 3 Aggressors: $55
- Primaris Lieutenant with Power Sword: $35
- Primaris Apothecary: $38
- Deathwatch Upgrade Sprue $15 (at least one included)
Total MSRP: $203
Savings Versus Box Price: $53
Space Wolves Combat Patrol Pricing & Value
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- 10 Intercessors: $60
- 5 Reivers: $35 (Normally $60 for 10)
- Invictor Warsuit: $65
- Primaris Space Wolves Lieutenant: $35
- At least one Space Wolves Upgrade Sprue $15 (previous price when sold separately)
Total MSRP: $210
Savings Versus Box Price: $60
Blood Angels Combat Patrol Box
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- Space Marines Impulsor: $80
- Space Marines Primaris Aggressors: $55
- Combat Patrol (pun intended) of Intercessors: $35
- Combat Patrol (pun intended) of Infilitrators: $35
- Primaris Librarian: $38
- Two Blood Angels Upgrade Sprues: $30 ($15 previous price when sold separately)
Total MSRP: $273
Savings Versus Box Price: $123
Death Guard Combat Patrol
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- 30 Poxwalkers $105 ($35 for a box of ten this week)
- 7 Plague Marines $50
- Typhus $40
- Biologus Putrifier $32
Total MSRP: $227
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Savings Versus Box Price: $77
Dark Angels Combat Patrol:
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- 5 Intercessors $35 ($60 for 10)
- 3 Inceptors $55
- Primaris Chaplain $38
- Redemptor Dreadnought $70
- At least One Dark Angels Upgrade Sprue $15
Total: $213
Savings Versus Box Price: $63
Drukhari Combat Patrol
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- 10 Kabalite Warriors $38
- 1 Raider $55
- 1 Ravager $55
- 5 Incubi $60
- Archon $32
Total MSRP: $240
Savings Versus Box Price: $90
So, with the value and what’s in this, it’s hard to pass up. Overall, this is a pretty solid box and worth it for most new or seasoned DE players. This is definitely one of the most useful and desirable Combat Patrols they’ve come out with up to this point.
Adeptus Mechanicus Combat Patrol
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- Dunecrawler $80
- 10 Rangers $50
- 3 Breachers $58
- Tech-Priest Enginseer $35
Total MSRP: $223
Savings Versus Box Price: $73
Space Marines Combat Patrol
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- Impulsor $80
- Ten-man Infiltrator Squad $60 (Multi-part kit price)
- Eliminators $55 (Multi-part kit price)
- Phobos Lieutenant $35
- Suppressors $55? Does not have an individual kit yet…Following the price for Eliminators
Total MSRP: $285ish…
Savings Versus Box Price: $100 (same as old Start Collecting box) plus a discounted Impulsor
Necrons Combat Patrol
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- 10 Immortals or Deathmarks $84 ($42 ea)
- Night Scythe or Doom Scythe $65
- Tomb Blades $55
- Overlord $32
Total MSRP: $236
Savings Versus Box Price: $86
Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol
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- Canoness $38
- Battle Sisters Squad $60
- Repentia Squad $30 ($55 for 10)
- 1x Penitent Engine $35 ($60 for 2)
- 3x Arco Flagellants $17 ($55 for 10)
- Rhino $60
- Seraphim Squad $60
Total MSRP: $300
Savings Versus Box Price: $150
Orks Combat Patrol
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- 20 Ork Boyz $100 ($50 each)
- 3 Deffkoptas $60
- Deff Dread $60
- Warboss in Mega Armor $38
Total MSRP: $258
Savings Versus Box Price: $108
Black Templars 40k Combat Patrol Box
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- 5 man Primaris Combat Squad $35 ($60 for 10)
- 10 Man Crusader Squad $60
- Black Templars Marshal $35
- Impulsor Kit $80
- Upgrade Sprue kit x1 $35
Total MSRP: $245
Savings Versus Box Price: $95
Tau Combat Patrol:
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games |or eBay
Just to note, we’re going to assume the new Tau Combat Patrol is a $140 price point as everyone else has been the same price so far. Let’s check out the value
- Fire Warriors: $55
- Fireblade: $32
- Stealth Battlesuits: $35
- Ghostkeel Battlesuit: $85
- Ethereal: $33.50 (the Ethereal pictured is the one from the current Start Collecting box, so this is priced a little higher)
Total MSRP: $240.50
Savings Versus Box Price: $90.50
This doesn’t have the highest value we’ve seen, but pretty close to a lot of the boxes and still decent for the price. If you need the models inside then it does save you a decent amount of cash and will get you a lot of minis for fairly cheap.
Thousand Sons Combat Patrol:
The Thousand Sons one is pretty similar to the Hexfire box, so if you grabbed that one this might still have some value for you. It is a little strange just because it has so many Tzaangors and it’s basically the same as the Hexfire box but with 10 more Tzaangors added in.
Let’s check out what this will save you:
- 5x Scarab Occult Terminators $60
- Infernal Master $35 (Based on recent characters)
- 20X Tzaangors (with upgrade sprues) $130
Total MSRP: $225
Savings Versus Box Price: $75
Grey Knights Combat Patrol:
The Grey Knights one is pretty similar to the Hexfire box, so if you grabbed that one this might still have some value for you. Because who doesn’t need more minis and they switched out the Crowe for the Terminators. So some pretty decent stuff overall.
Let’s check out what this will save you:
- Terminator Squad: $54
- Dreadknight: $65
- 5x Strike Squad: $40 ($65 for 10)
- Librarian: $35
Total Value: $194
Savings Versus Box Price: $44
Unfortunately, the Grey Knights one has low value… However for a very low model count army, this isn’t a bad pick-up overall.
Adeptus Custodes Combat Patrol:
Following on from the events of Shadow Throne, the perfidious Genestealer Cultists and the Talons of the Emperor are mustering Combat Patrols to continue their respective missions across the Imperium. You’ll be able to prepare for these campaigns with Codex: Adeptus Custodes and Codex: Genestealer Cults, which are both packed full of thematic rules like devastating crossfire, and peerless battle stances.
If you’re in need of the Sisters models, this box is a good buy, but if not, it may be a pass. Let’s check out what this will save you:
- 10x Sisters of Silence: $110
- Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike: $60
- Vexilus Praetors: $60
Total MSRP: $230
Savings Versus Box Price: $80
Genestealer Cults Combat Patrol:
Following on from the events of Shadow Throne, the perfidious Genestealer Cultists and the Talons of the Emperor are mustering Combat Patrols to continue their respective missions across the Imperium. You’ll be able to prepare for these campaigns with Codex: Adeptus Custodes and Codex: Genestealer Cults, which are both packed full of thematic rules like devastating crossfire, and peerless battle stances.
Overall of all the Combat Patrol Boxes, the new Genestealer Cults is a pretty good value in terms of both pricing and selection of models.
Let’s check out what this will save you:
- 20x Neophyte Hybrids: $100
- Magus: $32
- Goliath Rockgrinder: $60
- Aberrants: $42
- Acolyte Hybrids: $42
Total Value: $276
Savings Versus Box Price: $126
Next, we’ll check out the most recent Battleforces. Just be warned, some of them may no longer be available, but if you can find them they have good value.
Overall for a new Warhammer army, you should be able to find most of these still…
Soulblight Gravelords: Revenant Legion
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Vengorian Lord: $60
- 5x Blood Knights: $65
- 20x Deathrattle Skeletons: $60
- 40x Deadwalker Zombies: $110
Total MSRP: $295
Savings Versus Box Price: $85
Hedonites of Slaanesh: Sybarite Blade-Carnival Battleforces Pricing & Value
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Shardspeaker: $33.50
- 3X Slaangor Fiendbloods: $55
- 10x Blissbarb archers: $55
- Slickblade Seekers: $70
- Mymirdesh Painbringers: $60
- Symbaresh Twinsouls: $60
Total MSRP: $333.5
Savings Versus Box Price: $123.5
Lumineth Realm-lords: Vanari Shining Host
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Vanari Auralan Wardens: $60
- Bladelords: $60
- Dawnriders $65
- Starshard Ballista $55
- Bannerblade $35
- Lord Regent $55
Total MSRP: $330
Savings Versus Box Price: $120
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortisan Tithe-Echelon
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Boneshaper: $32
- Soulreaper: $32
- Mortek Guard: $60
- Necropolis Stalkers: $55
- Gothizzar Harvester: $55
- Mortek Crawler: $85
Total MSRP: $319
Savings Versus Box Price: $109
Space Marines: Shieldbreaker Strike Force
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- 10 Intercessors: $60
- 10 Assualt Intercessors: $60
- 5 Heavy Intercessors: $65
- Bladeguard Veterans: $50
- Storm Speeder: $70
- Primaris Captain: $38
Total MSRP: $343
Savings Versus Box Price: $133
Death Guard: Plaguefester Warband
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Deathshroud Terminators: $60
- Plague Marines: $50
- Blight-haulers: $75
- Plagueburst Crawler: $70
- Plague Marine Champion: $32
- Icon Bearer: $32
Total MSRP: $319
Savings Versus Box Price: $109
Necrons: Worldscour Legion
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Psychomancer Cryptek: $35
- Necron Warriors: $50
- Lokhust Heavy Destroyer: $35
- 3 Ophydian Destroyers: $60
- 5 Flayed Ones: $55
- 2 Canoptek Doomstalkers: $90
Total MSRP: $325
Savings Versus Box Price: $115
Orks: Killdakka Warband
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- 5 Nobz: $35
- 20 Boyz: $100 (New ETB From the Combat Patrol)
- Gretchin: $18
- Deffkilla Wartrike: $50
- Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun: $38
- Dakkajet: $80
Total MSRP: $321
Savings Versus Box Price: $111
Adepta Sororitas: Purgatos Mission
Click Here To Get Yours For Less: | Amazon | Dicehead Games | Gold Goblin Games | or | eBay |
- Sister Dogmata: $35
- Celestian Sacresants: $60
- 10 Battle Sisters: $60
- Immolator: $80
- Exorcist: $85
Total MSRP: $320
Savings Versus Box Price: $110
Adeptus Mechanicus: Omnissiah’s Talon
- 5x Pteraxii: $60
- Ruststalkers: $49
- Serberys Raiders: $60
- Ironstrider: $60
- Skitarii Rangers: $50
- Tech-priest Manipulus: $38
Total MSRP: $317
Savings Versus Box Price: $107
So that’s pretty all the Start Collecting, Battleforce, and the Combat Patrol box value and pricing for your Warhammer army for the price increases
There are still some battle boxes out there as well, but they tend to go out of stock quickly and are more about “new” miniatures that value. However, be sure to look for those if they match up with your new faction for sure and will help you save more money on Warhammer 40k.
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