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Warhammer Battleforces 2026: 13 Christmas boxes for 40k and Age of Sigmar, with Nagash and the Nightbringer
Games Workshop reveals seven Battleforces for Warhammer 40,000 and six for Age of Sigmar. Pre-orders soon; GW has not yet announced prices or a date.
As every year, Games Workshop is bringing large Battleforce boxes with lots of models for one faction for Christmas. Games Workshop has shown seven boxes for Warhammer 40,000 (19 October) and six for Age of Sigmar (26 October). They are due for pre-order soon. Games Workshop plans to give the date and prices in upcoming Sunday Previews; so far, not stated by the manufacturer.
Warhammer 40,000
| Box | Faction | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Indomitus Task Force | Space Marines | Captain in Terminator Armour, Chaplain, Redemptor Dreadnought, 5 Terminators, 5 Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs, 10 Intercessors |
| Helhunt Lance | Chaos Knights | Knight Ruinator (also as Abominant, Rampager or Desecrator), 4 War Dog Stalkers (also as Brigands or Karnivores) |
| Armoured Blitzmob | Orks | Warboss in Mega Armour, Battlewagon (also as Gunwagon), Deff Dread, 3 Meganobz, 10 Boyz |
| Champions of Fenris | Space Wolves | Logan Grimnar, Arjac Rockfist, 15 Wolf Guard Terminators |
| Angelus Assault Force | Blood Angels | Commander Dante, Chaplain with Jump Pack, Death Company Brutalis Dreadnought, 3 Sanguinary Guard, 5 Death Company Marines with Jump Packs |
| Cult of Destruction | Chaos Space Marines | Warpsmith, Defiler, Venomcrawler, 2 Obliterators, 5 Havocs, 3 Mutilators |
| Disciples of the Nekrosor | Necrons | C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer, Nekrosor Ammentar, 3 Ophydian Destroyers, Canoptek Doomstalker, 10 Necron Warriors, 3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms |
Age of Sigmar
| Box | Faction | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Annihilation Host | Stormcast Eternals | Lord-Commander Bastian Carthalos, Lord-Relictor, Lord-Celestant, 3 Praetors, 6 Annihilators, 3 Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers |
| Knights of Hammerhal | Cities of Sigmar | Tahlia Vedra, Freeguild Cavalier-Marshal, 10 Freeguild Cavaliers |
| Plaguesworn Host | Maggotkin of Nurgle | Harbinger of Decay, Lord of Blights, 3 Sloven Knights, 5 Putrid Blightkings, 10 Rotswords, 14 Pox-Wretches, 6 Mire Kelpies |
| Grunta Stampede | Orruk Warclans | 2 large mounted models (Tuskboss on Maw-Grunta, Maw-Grunta Gouger or Maw-Grunta with Hakkin’ Krew), 6 Gore-Gruntas |
| Court of the Undying King | Nighthaunt | Nagash, 2 Dreadblade Harrows, 10 each of Dreadscythe Harridans, Bladegheist Revenants and Grimghast Reapers |
| Legion of Damnation | Slaves to Darkness | Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount, 5 Chaos Chosen, 3 Varanguard, 5 Chaos Knights, 10 Chaos Warriors |
Update 2 November 2026: two Battle Groups for the Horus Heresy
On 2 November, Games Workshop also showed two large boxes for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. Again, there are no prices or pre-order date, only that they save money compared with buying the contents individually and will be available to pre-order soon.
| Box | Contents |
|---|---|
| Legiones Astartes: Vanguard Assault Battle Group | 20 Mark VI Tactical Legionaries, 10 Mark VI Assault Legionaries, Legion Praetor with Power Sword, Contemptor Dreadnought, Deimos Pattern Rhino, Deimos Pattern Predator |
| Legiones Astartes: Heavy Assault Battle Group | 20 Mark III Tactical Legionaries, 10 Mark III Breacher Legionaries, 5 Mark III Command Squad Legionaries, 6 Cataphractii Terminators with Volkite Chargers and Power Mauls, Land Raider (Explorator or Carrier) |
We will add prices and pre-order dates here as soon as Games Workshop announces them.