Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Hive Scum Class

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Hive Scum Class adds the Hive Scum, a playable class drawn from Tertium’s criminal cartels. These dangerous fixers fight with makeshift weapons, toxins and explosives, and can specialize in aggressive melee, ranged firepower or a mix of both.

Toxins and dual weapons

Customize a signature Stimm by choosing a chemical mix that balances different bonuses. Coat your saws with toxins and use lingering Chem Bombs to set enemies up for a kill. The class also introduces dual-wielding: use twin pistols to overwhelm enemies with gunfire, or dual shivs in close combat.

Hive Scum weapons include crude shivs, brutal crowbars, saws, dual autopistols and stub pistols. The class can spray enemies from a distance, break their ranks and move away before they can retaliate.

Talents and abilities

The Hive Scum talent tree supports several approaches: a hyper-aggressive hybrid fighter, a ranged specialist using explosives and toxins, or a fragile bruiser who darts in and out of combat. You can also shape a build between these styles. Abilities let you tear through enemies, blind them with Blind Grenades or take down elites and monsters with a missile launcher.

Appearance and voices

Customize your Hive Scum with full-body tattoos, gritty hairstyles and face paints. Choose from six voice sets across three personalities.