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Traitor Households of the Dark Mechanicum
Chaos Knights
“Loyalty Is a Lie the Weak Tell Themselves”
Long before the Horus Heresy, whole Knight households turned their allegiance from Terra to the Ruinous Powers, their sacred oaths of fealty rewritten in blood and betrayal. Within each Chaos Knight's reactor housing writhes a bound daemon, whispering promises of power into the mind of the noble pilot fused to the throne mechanicum, corrupting flesh and machine spirit alike into something monstrous. Emblazoned with heretical sigils and the sundered heraldry of fallen houses, these war engines stalk the battlefields of the 41st millennium as engines of pure annihilation, answering only to Chaos and their own baroque hungers. Where a loyalist Knight fights to protect, a Chaos Knight exists only to despoil, and the ground itself seems to scream beneath its iron tread.
Army Rule
Pact of Corruption
Each CHAOS KNIGHTS unit has a Daemon Bound within it. At the start of the battle, roll on the Daemonic Ferocity table for each unit to determine which malevolent bonus its bound daemon grants, such as re-rolling Hit rolls of 1 or gaining the FEEL NO PAIN 6+ ability.
Daemonforged Weapons
Melee weapons wielded by CHAOS KNIGHTS models have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability, representing the corrupted machine spirit's hunger for slaughter.
4 available
Detachments & Enhancements
Bastions of Tyranny
Annihilate the Unworthy
The withering arsenal of cursed weaponry available to a Knight Tyrant is turned with the cruellest focus upon those its scion despises for their weakness of spirit. Friendly KNIGHT TYRANT units' attacks that target a battle-shocked unit have +1 to the hit roll.
Pterrorshade Rookery
20 ptsThe gothic and mutated extrusions of this Knight Tyrant are the roost of a parasitic flock of pterrorshades. From their Throne, the Fallen Noble within has brokered a fragmented understanding of the maddening chorus they emit, enough to know when their unnatural senses have spotted fresh prey to be annihilated. KNIGHT TYRANT model only. When this unit is selected to shoot, select one enemy unit within 24" of this unit. That enemy unit has +6" detection range until this unit has shot.
Hate-filled Dominion
20 ptsThis arrogant despot has yoked their weapon spirits to their will with a dominion forged of pure hate. Every maximised salvo is an expression of their malice and tyranny. KNIGHT TYRANT model only. This unit can re-roll rolls to determine the A of a weapon.
Hunting Warpack
Scenting Fear
The corrupted pilots of War Dog suits despise fear and cowardice in the foe almost as much as they revel in hunting such prey and betraying their hiding places. (Once per battle round, per army) In your Shooting phase, you can select one visible enemy unit within 12" of a friendly WAR DOG unit. That enemy unit has +6" detection range. This detachment has the WAR DOGS tag and cannot be taken with another WAR DOGS detachment.
Soul-spoor Auspicator
cost per official appThose Huntsmen darkly blessed with a daemonic device sensitive to a worthy prey's spirits are capable of killing shots at greater effective ranges. HUNTSMAN unit only. This unit's ranged attacks have +6" R.
Snarling Rivalry
cost per official appThe greatest Executioners are expert long-range killers. They viciously compete for tallies of slaughter and eagerly eviscerate dug-in foes to prove their skill. EXECUTIONER unit only. This unit's ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].
Iconoclast Fiefdom
Wretched Thralls
Devoted mortal thralls flock to fight in the titanic shadow of their mechanical idols with chanted prayers and brayed challenges. - You can include DAMNED units in your army (see Codex: Chaos Space Marines ). The combined points cost of such units cannot exceed 500 points. - Friendly DAMNED units can re-roll leadership rolls.
Cruel Lashmaster (Aura)
25 ptsThis callous Fallen Noble drives teeming hordes of their twisted serfs at a desperate pace to overwhelm their prey with lesser targets. CHAOS KNIGHTS model only. While a friendly DAMNED unit is within 6" of this model, when that unit is selected to make a normal/advance/fall-back move that unit has +2" M until the end of the phase.
Iconoclast Idol (Aura)
20 ptsChanting mortal thralls have pledged their lives and souls to this Chaos Knight's defence, and throw themselves at any who dare threaten the object of their idolatry. CHAOS KNIGHTS model only. While a friendly DAMNED unit is within 6" of this model, when you target that unit with the Heroic Intervention stratagem, that use is -.
Helhunt Lance
Masters of the Pack
By bending their tyrannical will upon their War Dog underlings, the masters of the hunt goad them to provide a constant stream of sensor data. This influx of supplementary targeting, prey-seeking and omnisensory analysis enhances the scions' ability to hunt alongside their snarling ironclad hounds. If a Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army has an Aura ability that affects friendly War Dog units, while two or more friendly War Dog models are within range of that Titanic Chaos Knights unit's Aura ability, that Titanic Chaos Knights unit is affected by that Aura ability as well. Example: Two friendly War Dog models are within 9" of a Knight Desecrator when it is selected to shoot. As a result, the Knight Desecrator's Taskmaster ability also affects itself, even though it does not have the War Dog keyword, so each time that Knight Desecrator makes a ranged attack, Hit rolls of 1 are re-rolled.
Hunter's Helm
cost per official appThis infernal faceplate was forged by the cannibalistic Dark Magi of Ghanarkh. Affixed to a Chaos Knight, it infuses the steed with a carnivore's ferocious hunger. Chaos Knights model only. You can re-roll Advance and Charge rolls made for the bearer's unit.
Octagram of Conjuration
40 ptsThis Knight suit's cockpit incorporates a summoning octagram that drags warp gheists into reality and sends them screaming out to bedevil rune-marked prey. Knight Abominant model only. The bearer has the following ability: Octagram of Conjuration (Aura): While a friendly War Dog model is within 9" of this model, after that War Dog model has shot, you can select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test.
Throne Tyrannicus
25 ptsSo dominant is the psychoneural signature of this Throne Mechanicum that it dominates even other scions and their steeds as they rule over War Dogs. Titanic Chaos Knights model only. In your Command phase, select one other Chaos Knights Character model within 9" of the bearer. If the bearer has one or more Aura abilities that affect friendly War Dog units, until the start of your next Command phase, the selected Chaos Knights Character model is affected by those Aura abilities as well.
Aspect of the Beast
30 ptsSomething predatory and monstrous from the depths of the Warp has possessed this Knight suit. Its terrifying presence spreads like a pall. Chaos Knights model only. At the start of your Command phase, select one Dread ability to be active for the bearer until the start of your next Command phase, in addition to the Dread abilities active for your army.
15 stratagems
Stratagems
Rune-cursed Stronghold
1 CPDetachment · Any phase · Bastions of Tyranny
WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly KNIGHT TYRANT unit suffers a mortal wound. TARGET: That KNIGHT TYRANT unit. EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.
Pitiless Focus
1 CPDetachment · Movement phase · Bastions of Tyranny
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly KNIGHT TYRANT unit is selected to make a fall-back move. TARGET: That KNIGHT TYRANT unit. EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot.
Intimidating Reminder
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Bastions of Tyranny
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly KNIGHT TYRANT unit has shot. TARGET: That KNIGHT TYRANT unit. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by those attacks. That enemy unit is suppressed until the start of your next Command phase: - While a unit is suppressed, that unit's attacks have -1 to hit rolls.
Insensate Bloodthirst
1 CPDetachment · Fight phase · Hunting Warpack
WHEN: Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly WAR DOG unit. TARGET: That WAR DOG unit. EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+.
Leash of the Masters
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Hunting Warpack
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly WAR DOG unit has shot. TARGET: That WAR DOG unit. EFFECT: Those attacks do not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
Stalking Focus
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Hunting Warpack
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly WAR DOG unit within range of an objective. TARGET: That WAR DOG unit. EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit have -1 AP until that enemy unit has attacked.
Avenge the Masters!
1 CPDetachment · Any phase · Iconoclast Fiefdom
WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly CHAOS KNIGHTS unit is destroyed by an enemy unit. TARGET: That enemy unit. EFFECT: That enemy unit is marked until the end of the battle. - Friendly DAMNED units' attacks that target a marked unit have [LETHAL HITS].
Dark Sacrifice
1 CPDetachment · Command phase · Iconoclast Fiefdom
WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One friendly DAMNED unit (excluding ACCURSED CULTISTS units) within 9" of a friendly CHAOS KNIGHTS model. EFFECT: Select one CHAOS KNIGHTS model within 9" of your unit and roll D3+3: - Your DAMNED unit suffers that number of mortal wounds. - That CHAOS KNIGHTS model heals that number of wounds.
Coursing Thralls
1 CPDetachment · Shooting phase · Iconoclast Fiefdom
WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase. TARGET: One friendly DAMNED unit. EFFECT: Select one visible enemy unit within 12" of your unit. That enemy unit is hunted: - While a unit is hunted, that unit has +6" detection range.
Feral Arrogance
1 CPStrategic Ploy · Any phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Any phase, just after a mortal wound is allocated to a Chaos Knights unit from your army. TARGET: That Chaos Knights unit. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds.
Merciless Fusillade
1 CPBattle Tactic · Shooting phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase or the start of the Fight phase. TARGET: One Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army, and up to two friendly War Dog units, that have not been selected to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit that is an eligible target for each of those Chaos Knights units. Until the end of the phase, each time one of those Chaos Knights units is selected to shoot or fight, if that enemy unit is an eligible target, you can only select that enemy unit as the target for all of those attacks and those attacks have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.
Beasthide Manifestation
1 CPBattle Tactic · Shooting phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Flush the Quarry
1 CPBattle Tactic · Movement phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Start of your Movement phase. TARGET: One Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army and up to three friendly War Dog units within 6" of that Titanic Chaos Knights unit. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time one of those War Dog units makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, its models can move through models and terrain features. When doing so, they can move within Engagement Range of such models but cannot end that move within Engagement Range of them, and any Desperate Escape test is automatically passed.
Contemptuous Volleys
1 CPStrategic Ploy · Movement phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a Chaos Knights unit from your army Falls Back. TARGET: That Chaos Knights unit. EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Goaded Beast
1 CPStrategic Ploy · Shooting phase · Helhunt Lance
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that lost one or more wounds as a result of those attacks. EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6".
19 units
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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 Pact of Corruption, so plan your turns around it rather than treating it as a bonus. A second layer — Daemonforged Weapons — 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 4 detachments (Bastions of Tyranny, Hunting Warpack, Iconoclast Fiefdom, Helhunt Lance), and that choice locks in both your detachment rule and the 10 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 15 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 19 datasheets. The cheapest entry comes in at 130 points and the most expensive at 785, 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 PDFHoundpack Lance Detachment
Animalistic Rage Stratagem, When Section
Animalistic Rage's when section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Harrying Hounds Stratagem, Target Section
Numbers change only: Harrying Hounds's target section now reads 8" where it used to read 9".
Infernal Lance Detachment
Malefic Surge Detachment Rule
This pack amends Malefic Surge. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Hellforged Construction Stratagem, Effect Section
Hellforged Construction's effect section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Lords Of Dread Detachment
Claimed for the Dark Gods Stratagem, When Section
Claimed for the Dark Gods's when section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Mirror of Fates Enhancement
Mirror of Fates has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Traitoris Lance Detachment
Storm of Darkness Stratagem, When and Effect Sections
Storm of Darkness Stratagem, When 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.
Imperious Advance Stratagem, Effect Section
Imperious Advance's effect section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Datasheets
Knight Abominant
Knight Abominant is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
RANGE A BS S AP D
RANGE A BS S AP D is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Knight Desecrator
Knight Desecrator is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Desecrator Laser Destructor
Desecrator Laser Destructor is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
RANGE A BS S AP D
RANGE A BS S AP D is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
Knight Ruinator
Knight Ruinator is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
RANGE A BS S AP D
RANGE A BS S AP D is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
RANGE A BS S AP D
RANGE A BS S AP D is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.
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