The Fall of Ubersreik

Lore & Background

The city of Ubersreik, a prosperous trade hub in the Empire, was already reeling from the chaos of the End Times when the Skaven emerged from below. Led by the cunning Grey Seer Rasknitt, Clan Fester launched a coordinated assault, flooding the streets with vermin and corrupting the city's defenses with warpstone-tipped claws and poisoned blades. The Ubersreik Five—a mismatched band of mercenaries, outcasts, and zealots—found themselves as the last line of defense against an overwhelming tide that seemed to pour from every shadow and grate.

As the campaign unfolds, the heroes learn that the Skaven are not merely raiding but systematically dismantling the city's will to fight: they poison the grain stores, choke the wells with filth, and shatter the magical wards that kept the worst of the warpstone at bay. Each mission peels back another layer of the conspiracy, revealing a methodical plan to cripple Ubersreik before the final push. The heroes' efforts, while heroic, are ultimately a holding action; the city's fall is inevitable, but their desperate resistance buys precious time for survivors to flee into the night.

In Their Own Story

The first scream came from the sewers, a wet, gurgling cry that echoed through the cobblestones and rattled the windows of the closed-up shops. Markus Kruber shouldered his halberd, squinting into the gloom of a fog that smelled of rot and burnt powder. 'Rats,' he muttered, but the word tasted wrong in his mouth. These weren't the skittering pests of a barn. These were something darker—things that walked on two legs and carried rusted blades slick with blood. The others gathered in the flickering lamplight: a dwarf with a grudge older than the Empire, an elf with a bow that sang death, a wizard with fire dancing in her eyes and cinders on her breath, and a witch hunter with a prayer on his lips and a pistol in his hand. They moved through the streets as the sky turned to ash, fighting not for glory or gold, but for the simple, fragile hope that dawn might still come to Ubersreik.

Reader's Guide

The campaign begins with **Smuggler's Run**, where the heroes must escort a wagon of supplies through the city's outskirts, fighting off initial Skaven patrols in a tense, running battle through alleys and under archways. This introduces basic combat and the vital rhythm of teamwork—one player watches the flanks while another reloads or heals. Next, **The Horn of Magnus** tasks the party with lighting a signal beacon atop the town hall to call for aid, but the Skaven swarm the building floor by floor, forcing a desperate defense from the rooftops as the horn's mournful note rings out over the burning city. **Supply and Demand** shifts to sabotage, as the heroes infiltrate a warehouse packed with Skaven warpstone reserves, setting off chain reactions of green fire to weaken their magical support. **Engines of War** escalates with the destruction of a Skaven Doomwheel in the industrial district—a clattering, sparking death machine that must be brought down before it grinds the city's defenders to paste. The climax, **The Fall of Ubersreik**, is a multi-stage finale: the heroes must defend the city's main gate against wave after wave of vermin, then retreat through streets choked with smoke and bodies as the Skaven overrun every barricade, ending with a last stand in the town square where the only choice is to cut a path out or die. The campaign diverges from Warhammer Fantasy lore by focusing on a small, personal struggle within the larger End Times narrative, emphasizing the heroes' desperate survival over world-altering events. Spoiler: Ubersreik falls despite their efforts, but the Five escape—bloodied, broken, but still fighting—to fight another day.

Did You Know?

• The Fall of Ubersreik campaign was the first content released for Warhammer: Vermintide, establishing the game's frantic, team-based combat and setting the tone for the entire series.
• The Skaven in this campaign are primarily from Clan Fester, a minor clan known for its heavy reliance on warpstone weapons and plague-ridden tactics—perfect for sowing chaos in a city's underbelly.
• The city of Ubersreik is a fictional location in the Warhammer Fantasy world, a minor trade hub rather than a major canon city like Altdorf or Middenheim, which makes its fall feel personal and grounded.
• The campaign's final mission, 'The Fall of Ubersreik,' was later re-released as a standalone map in Vermintide 2, allowing players to relive the desperate last stand with new weapons and abilities.