Guide content updated Nov 12, 2026 · Game version: Launch (Nov 10, 2026)

Warhammer Survivors Characters and Starting Weapons

43 playable characters are listed for Warhammer Survivors: 22 from Warhammer 40,000 and 21 from Age of Sigmar. Each one belongs to a single universe and starts every run with a signature weapon. This page lists them all, with the starting weapon, what that weapon evolves into and how to unlock each character.

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How characters unlock

There are a handful of ways to add characters to your roster. Here is how the 43 split:

• Available from the start: 2
• Bought with coins on the character select screen: 4
• Rescued on a stage: 12
• Unlocked with paint pots: 6
• Unlocked by evolving a weapon: 2
• Bought from a merchant: 3
• Other objectives (kill counts, status effects, relics and similar): 14

• Rescues. Some characters are trapped on a stage. Fight off the enemies that appear around them and they join you for the rest of that run, and stay unlocked afterwards.
• Paint pots. The game hides Citadel paint pots for you to find. There are 12 in total, and collecting certain sets unlocks characters such as Mephiston, Lieutenant Titus and Lyssa Revenya.
• Merchants. A few characters are bought from traders you meet on stages, either directly or by buying a Trade Agreement on every stage.
• Secrets. The game also has a secrets menu where you can enter codes. Some guides list codes that unlock characters directly; we do not list them here.

Characters who start with an evolved weapon

Three characters begin with a weapon that is normally an evolution. Two of them are unlocked by making that evolution yourself, which makes the evolution recipes worth learning even beyond the extra damage.

• Major Docheval starts with Long-Fusil (Fusil-Cannon + Amberbone, recipe unconfirmed). Unlock: Level up Juntar Bernskyn until they morph into Docheval.
• Lord-Commander Bastian Carthalos starts with Uskavar the Sunderer (Stormcharged Warhammer + Tactical Rock). Unlock: Evolve the Stormcharged Warhammer.
• Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar starts with Ghal Maraz (Uskavar the Sunderer + Null Pendant). Unlock: Evolve Uskavar the Sunderer.

Starting weapons and evolutions

Most characters start with a weapon that has an evolution recipe, so picking a character also tells you which passive to look out for first. For example, Malum Caedo's Chainsword evolves with the Tape Measure, and Neave Blacktalon's Tempest Axes evolve with the Sabaton. A few starting weapons, such as Daedalosus's Archeotech or Drekki Flynt's Artefacts of Power, have no evolution in our recipe list. You can look up any weapon in the evolution finder.

Name spellings

Some names are spelled differently in early announcements and guides. We use the spelling most sources agree on:

• Lyssa Revenya: one early announcement wrote Ravenya.
• Sharynn Azurwrath: one early announcement wrote Azurwath.
• Celestian Sacresant Aveline Aboyé: sometimes written without the accent, Aboye.
• Lord-Commander Bastian Carthalos: often shortened to Lord-Commander Carthalos.

Character names, starting weapons and unlock methods are cross-checked against official announcements and several launch-week guides, last checked on November 12, 2026. Unlock details can change with patches. Where guides disagree, we note it next to the character.