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Sons of the Plague God
Death Guard
“Nothing Can Stop the Plague”
Betrayed at Istvaan III and gifted with the Grandfather's blessing, the Death Guard no longer fear pain, wound or plague — they embrace it as gift and armour alike. Their bodies are bloated with contagion, their armour rusted and weeping, yet still they march, tireless and immune to the terrors that would break lesser men. Led by the immortal Mortarion, they besiege whole worlds for centuries, seeding rot into soil and soul until nothing remains but a garden of decay. To fight the Death Guard is to fight despair itself: no wound troubles them for long, and no retreat is ever truly an escape.
Army Rule
Cloying Blight
Each time a friendly DEATH GUARD unit is selected to shoot or fight, until the end of the phase, subtract 1 from the Toughness characteristic of enemy units within Engagement Range of that unit, and enemy units cannot fire Overwatch against them.
Disgustingly Resilient
Most DEATH GUARD models have the FEEL NO PAIN 5+ ability, representing their unnatural resistance to damage and disease.
3 available
Detachments & Enhancements
Contagion Engines
Warped and Rusted Animus
For all their slow degeneration, many of the Death Guard's war machines are augmented with a fevered and inexorable urgency that brings their corrupted weapons to bear upon the foe all too quickly. - Friendly FOETID BLOAT-DRONE/FOETID BLOAT-DRONE WITH HEAVY BLIGHT LAUNCHER/HELBRUTE/MYPHITIC BLIGHT-HAULER units have CONTAGION ENGINE. - Friendly CONTAGION ENGINE units' ranged attacks have [ASSAULT]. This detachment has the ENGINES tag and cannot be taken with another ENGINES detachment.
Parasitic Woe-reaper
15 ptsThe diseased suffering inflicted by this war machine establishes an empyric barb in its victims through which it feasts, its bloated form pulsing with new growth after every attack. CONTAGION ENGINE unit only. When this unit has fought, one model in this unit heals D3 wounds.
Lancet of the Worldsore
15 ptsProximity to this infected mass destabilises reality, with even fortress walls bubbling and rupturing in its presence until a bubo-riddled sore forms, which it pierces like a monstrous, rusted lancet. Friendly HELBRUTE/MYPHITIC BLIGHT-HAULER unit only. This unit has MOBILE.
Flyblown Host
Verminous Haze
A cloud of winged insects descends over Mortarion's pathogenic sons, obscuring their malodorous ranks and shielding them from the eyes and augurs of the enemy. Beneath thrumming storms of fat-bodied flies, Plague Marines stride towards their wavering foes until they are close enough to unleash punishing volleys of killing fire. In the Declare Battle Formations step, you can select up to two friendly PLAGUE MARINES units. Those units have Infiltrators. This detachment has the FLYBLOWN tag and cannot be taken with another FLYBLOWN detachment.
Insectile Murmuration
15 ptsThe buzzing swarms respond to the will of Nurgle's disciples, sweeping down upon their chosen target, their crawling, biting and droning enfeebling the horrified foe. PLAGUE MARINES unit only. When this unit's attacks target a unit within Contagion Range of a friendly unit, those attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Plagueveil
15 ptsNurgle's blessings manifest as a buzzing clot of darkness that falls over these diseased pilgrims, enveloping them like an enshrouding fog. PLAGUE MARINES unit only. This unit has -3" detection range.
Paragons of Putrescence
Hypervirulent Strains
The rancid champions of the Death Guard are blessed with the most virulent contagions of Nurgle, supernatural strains that radiate towards unwilling hosts in floods of foulness. Friendly DEATH GUARD CHARACTER units have +3" to their Contagion Range (to a maximum of 12").
Rejuvenating Swarm
20 ptsWith a hacking prayer to Nurgle, this warrior can call upon a swarm of plague mites. Buzzing clumps of diseased flies and writhing waves of squirming things settle upon the bloated forms of the Death Guard and vomit streams of rejuvenating contagion into festering wounds. DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only (excluding TERMINATOR models). Attacks that target this unit with a S greater than this unit's T have -1 to wound rolls.
Host of the Hybridised Pox
40 ptsOne plague is never enough for this champion, and their repulsive form is a vessel for a mutated and semisentient disease capable of manifesting in varied contagious forms. DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, select one of the Plagues listed in Nurgle's Gift (see Codex: Death Guard ). Enemy units within Contagion Range of this unit also have the effect of that Plague in addition to your army's chosen Plague until the end of the battle.
9 stratagems
Stratagems
Fresh Vectors
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Contagion Engines
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly CONTAGION ENGINE unit is selected to attack. TARGET: That CONTAGION ENGINE unit. EFFECT: Your unit's attacks can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Bloodrust Deluge
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Contagion Engines
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly CONTAGION ENGINE unit is selected to shoot. TARGET: That CONTAGION ENGINE unit. EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit. That enemy unit is Afflicted until your unit has attacked.
Soulrot Flux
1 CPDetachment · Movement phase · Contagion Engines
WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, when an enemy unit is selected to make a fall-back move, if that enemy unit is engaged with a friendly CONTAGION ENGINE unit. TARGET: That CONTAGION ENGINE unit. EFFECT: When an enemy unit engaged with your unit is selected to make a fall-back move, roll one D6: - On a 1, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound. - On a 2-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. - On a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds.
Nauseating Paroxysms
1 CPDetachment · Fight phase · Flyblown Host
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase TARGET: One friendly engaged PLAGUE MARINES unit. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit engaged with your unit. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
Droning Horror
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Flyblown Host
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly PLAGUE MARINES unit is selected to shoot. TARGET: That PLAGUE MARINES unit. EFFECT: Your unit's ranged attacks: - Can re-roll hit rolls of 1. - That target a unit within half range, can re-roll wound rolls of 1.
Eye of the Swarm
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Flyblown Host
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly PLAGUE MARINES unit is selected to shoot. TARGET: That PLAGUE MARINES unit. EFFECT: Your unit's ranged attacks have [CLOSE-QUARTERS].
Territorial Infection
1 CPDetachment · Command phase · Paragons of Putrescence
WHEN: Start of the Command phase. TARGET: One friendly DEATH GUARD CHARACTER unit. EFFECT: Your unit has +1 OC until the end of the turn.
Aggravus Spasms
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Paragons of Putrescence
WHEN: Start of your Shooting Phase. TARGET: One friendly DEATH GUARD CHARACTER unit. EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within Contagion Range of your unit. That enemy unit has +6" detection range.
Simultaneous Contamination
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Paragons of Putrescence
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly DEATH GUARD CHARACTER unit starts an action. TARGET: That DEATH GUARD CHARACTER unit. EFFECT: That action does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
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Rules digest
How This Force Plays
Our own plain-speech digest of how this force's rules hang together — army rule, detachment choice, command-point economy and roster shape. Written by us, not reproduced from the pack; the official PDF is the only authority on exact wording.
Read the official pack PDFHow the army rule shapes play
Every list in this force answers to Cloying Blight, so plan your turns around it rather than treating it as a bonus. A second layer — Disgustingly Resilient — lets you tilt the same roster toward a different way of fighting before the first dice are rolled. Exact wording lives in the official pack PDF; the summary here is ours.
Choosing a detachment
You commit to one of 3 detachments (Contagion Engines, Flyblown Host, Paragons of Putrescence), and that choice locks in both your detachment rule and the 6 enhancements available to your characters. Pick the detachment that matches the units you already own, then buy enhancements last.
Command points and stratagems
There are 9 stratagems on offer, costing between 1 and 1 CP. In a normal game you will bank enough for two or three interventions a turn at most, so decide before deployment which one or two plays you are saving command points for.
Building to a points limit
The roster runs to 32 datasheets. The cheapest entry comes in at 50 points and the most expensive at 375, so a single flagship choice can eat a fifth of a 2,000-point army. Use the list builder to keep the Rule of Three, character limits and your points ceiling honest as you add units.
Official faction pack v1.2
What Changed & Rulings
Our own plain-speech summary of what the current pack alters for this force — no rules text reproduced. The exact wording is authoritative only in the Games Workshop PDF. Legal for matched play from 26th August 2026.
Read the official pack PDFArmy Rules
Nurgle's Gift, Contagion Range Section
This pack bolts an extra clause onto Nurgle's Gift, Contagion Range Section — the rule does everything it did before, plus more. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Mortarion’S Hammer Detachment
Stinking Mire Stratagem, Target and Effect Sections
Stinking Mire Stratagem, Target and Effect Sections has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Tallyband Summoners Detachment
Beckoning Blight Enhancement
Beckoning Blight has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Virulent Vectorium Detachment
Worldblight Detachment Rule
Worldblight has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Datasheets
Keywords section
This pack bolts an extra clause onto Keywords section — the rule does everything it did before, plus more. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Mortarion, Diseased Influence Ability
Mortarion, Diseased Influence Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Mortarion, Inflamed Reprisal Ability
Mortarion, Inflamed Reprisal Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Typhus, Eater Plague Ability
Typhus, Eater Plague Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Ruling on Plagueburst Crawler’s Spore-laced Shock Waves
Ruled no in the official pack.
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