On December 2nd, Fatshark will release an entirely new class into Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. The Hive Scum class will allow players to dual-wield various weapons as they utilize skills and moves that should be familiar to those that main rogues in any game.
Priced at $11.99, Hive Scum will let you either dual-wield pistols or shivs for ranged or close-ranged combat. Hive Scum will also have a customizable Stimm that will enhance their abilities. A toxin kit will let them drench their saw in toxic coatings. Chem Bombs will leave lingering areas of damage in an area.
Hive Scum is the second new class type that is being added to Darktide. The first was the Arbites class, which was released early in 2025.
Cranked for mayhem
The Hive Scum’s access to concoctions of a more dubious origin is shown in their signature customizable Stimm. Pick your own personal chemical mix, balancing bonuses to tear up enemies. Then break out your toxin kit: drench your saw in toxic coatings and control the streets with lingering Chem Bombs that set foes up for the kill.
Frenzied Gameplay & Dual-Wielding
These gunslingers and bladesmiths have a nifty trick up their sleeves. For the first time in Darktide, a class brings true dual wield expertise. Twin wield pistols to overwhelm enemies with firepower, and dual-wielding shivs to make you an efficient killer when the fighting gets close.
The Hive Scum is an expert in makeshift weaponry: from crude shivs, brutal crowbars to cruel saws for bone shreddingly close work. Spray and pray from afar with your dual autopistols and stub pistols; pour lead, break ranks, don’t stick around.
Claim Tertium on your terms
Unleash your playstyle with the Hive Scum talent tree: become a hyper aggressive hybrid fighter; specialize in ranged firepower with explosives and toxins; dart in and bail before the heretics fight back as a glass jawed bruiser - or carve your own path anywhere in between.
No matter your approach, you’ll have brutal abilities at your disposal: tear through enemies with your abilities, control the streets by disorienting your enemies with Blind Grenades, or drop elites and monsters in a single blast with a devastating missile launcher.
Make them cower
Tell your story through reimagined full body tattoos, gritty hairstyles, and the first-ever face paints. Choose from six distinct voice sets across three personalities so your Hive Scum doesn’t just look the part: they own it. Command respect and make the streets of Atoma remember your name.
Players can wishlist the Hive Scum Class today and will be able to purchase it on all platforms on December 2 for the price of $11.99 / €11.99.
The Hive Scum’s access to concoctions of a more dubious origin is shown in their signature customizable Stimm. Pick your own personal chemical mix, balancing bonuses to tear up enemies. Then break out your toxin kit: drench your saw in toxic coatings and control the streets with lingering Chem Bombs that set foes up for the kill.
Frenzied Gameplay & Dual-Wielding
These gunslingers and bladesmiths have a nifty trick up their sleeves. For the first time in Darktide, a class brings true dual wield expertise. Twin wield pistols to overwhelm enemies with firepower, and dual-wielding shivs to make you an efficient killer when the fighting gets close.
The Hive Scum is an expert in makeshift weaponry: from crude shivs, brutal crowbars to cruel saws for bone shreddingly close work. Spray and pray from afar with your dual autopistols and stub pistols; pour lead, break ranks, don’t stick around.
Claim Tertium on your terms
Unleash your playstyle with the Hive Scum talent tree: become a hyper aggressive hybrid fighter; specialize in ranged firepower with explosives and toxins; dart in and bail before the heretics fight back as a glass jawed bruiser - or carve your own path anywhere in between.
No matter your approach, you’ll have brutal abilities at your disposal: tear through enemies with your abilities, control the streets by disorienting your enemies with Blind Grenades, or drop elites and monsters in a single blast with a devastating missile launcher.
Make them cower
Tell your story through reimagined full body tattoos, gritty hairstyles, and the first-ever face paints. Choose from six distinct voice sets across three personalities so your Hive Scum doesn’t just look the part: they own it. Command respect and make the streets of Atoma remember your name.
Players can wishlist the Hive Scum Class today and will be able to purchase it on all platforms on December 2 for the price of $11.99 / €11.99.
