The Jade Amulet

Lore & Background

In the Warhammer Fantasy world, jade is not a common material. It travels the long trade routes from the shadowed kingdoms to the east, passing through the hands of merchants in Altdorf, the counting-houses of Nuln, and the dusty caravans that thread between the mountains. A jade amulet in the possession of a Vermintide hero implies a story of barter, plunder, or a desperate deal struck in a back-alley apothecary in Middenheim. The stone is cool to the touch and, as the old traders say, it 'remembers the shape of the hand that first held it.'

The Skaven, for all their gnawing ingenuity, rarely work with precious stones. Their craft is iron, bone, and stolen magic. A jade amulet therefore stands out as something foreign to their underground workshops—perhaps a trophy taken from a surface-dweller, perhaps a component in a ritual the Ratling could not fully comprehend. In the hands of a hero, it becomes a talion: a small, personal ward against the endless tide of chittering claws. Fans of the Vermintide campaigns often note how relics like this one reward experimentation. The amulet does not shout; it simply makes a hero's existing abilities feel a fraction more potent, as though the jade is lending a quiet, ancient patience to every strike and every heal. It is the kind of trinket you slot in, forget about for a run, and then realise your damage numbers have crept upward without you changing a single skill.

In Their Own Story

The Ranger pulled the amulet from the dead merchant's neck, the jade still faintly warm as if the man had been clutching it seconds ago. Around them, the cellar stank of rat-gnaw and old blood. Somewhere above, the Skaven were still digging, their claws scraping through the flagstones like a slow, patient rain. She turned the stone over in her calloused fingers. The carvings were wrong—too fine, too deliberate for anything the Under-Empire would produce. Eastern script, maybe, or something older. The jade caught the torchlight and threw a thin green line across the wall, and for a heartbeat the shadows in the corner seemed to lean away from it. 'Not for the coin,' she muttered, tucking it into her belt. 'For the road ahead.'

Above, the scratching stopped. Then started again, closer.

Reader's Guide

The Jade Amulet is a relic, meaning it applies a passive modifier to your hero’s stats for the duration of a campaign run. Equip it in your trinket slot and it quietly boosts your damage output—nothing flashy, just a steady nudge that makes your sword bite a little deeper and your staff burn a little hotter. It’s especially effective on heroes who rely on sustained pressure: the Waystalker’s volley of arrows, the Ironbreaker’s axe-and-shield grind, or the Witch Hunter Captain’s relentless rapier thrusts. The bonus stacks with other passive effects, so if you’re running a build that already leans into raw power, this amulet will turn a good run into a slaughter. Don’t swap it mid-mission; the relic’s magic builds over time, rewarding the patient player who trusts its quiet hum through every ambush and horde.

Did You Know?

• In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, jade and other eastern materials are treated as rare trade goods, making a jade amulet a narrative oddity in the hands of a typical Old World hero.
• Relics in Vermintide 2 are not hero-specific; the same amulet can be equipped by any of the playable heroes, making it a flexible build component.
• The Skaven's in-game aesthetic is defined by iron, bone, and stolen reagents—precious stones like jade are conspicuously absent from their visual design, making the amulet a foreign object in their world.
• Vermintide 2's relic system was designed so that small passive bonuses stack meaningfully over a full campaign chapter, rewarding players who commit to a relic early rather than swapping it between waves.