Games Workshop revealed the full contents of the Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon box set in a livestream unboxing this week, ending weeks of public teases and confirming the set will be a models-only package reserved for miniatures rather than terrain.
The Armageddon box is positioned as a launch product for the Warhammer 40K 11th Edition and delivers roughly 700 to 800 points of forces split between Orks and Space Marines — effectively a new Combat Patrol for both sides. On the Ork side the set includes several headline pieces: a brand-new Wartrakk vehicle alongside a revised Wartrakk, a towering grand leader, a secondary leader capable of providing powerful buffs, an Ork carrying a patchwork battle standard, an Ork medic, a psyker Ork wizard that had appeared in earlier teases and, at the center of the force, the Mek Dakkarig — described as essentially a giant walking turret.
Space Marine players get a mix of revised and new entries: a revised Gravis unit, a new Captain bearing a relic shield, an Ancient carrying an Armageddon banner, a Librarian and a banner bearer noted for a particularly detailed sculpt. The combination of units on both sides totals the Combat Patrol-sized force and maps cleanly onto the introductory skirmish-level games the publisher is using to launch the new edition.
The reveal followed an initial showing back at AdeptiCon and a string of teases that culminated in the livestream unboxing ahead of the 11th Edition launch. Games Workshop made clear the box is meant to kick off the new rules era: it is presented as a launch product for the new edition and contains only models, not the ruined-city terrain that many associate with the Armageddon setting.
That absence is the clearest point of friction in the package. Armageddon is a setting known for its scarred battlefields; the box’s lack of terrain will frustrate players who expected a full table-ready starter. At the same time, the set leans into the franchise’s narrative: the Ork force is described as swelling in the wake of Ghazghkull Thraka’s return to Armageddon, while the Space Marines are depicted as mounting Operation Imperator to turn the tide before Imperial resistance collapses. The story-shaping models — the Mek Dakkarig, the grand Ork leader and the Ancient with its Armageddon banner — are all built to sell that conflict visually at tabletop scale.
The mixture of brand-new sculpts and revised units points to a deliberate product strategy. New models such as the Ork Wartrakk and the Mek Dakkarig sit beside updates to the Space Marine Gravis and a revised Wartrakk, allowing collectors and players to both refresh long-standing units and add novel centerpiece models. With roughly 700 to 800 points in the box, buyers receive the equivalent of two Combat Patrols, one for each side, packaged together for immediate play under the new rules.
What happens next is straightforward: the Armageddon box will be part of the opening salvo for the Warhammer 40K 11th Edition, and it makes clear Games Workshop intends to drive the launch with model-heavy boxed sets rather than terrain-focused starter kits. For players and collectors that means a ready-made pair of forces and new narrative models out of the gate; for those who expected an Armageddon tabletop in a box, the set’s models-only focus is the answer to whether Games Workshop would include scenery — it will not.
