The Warhammer universe is presented to the players in the form of a gloomy future in which endless wars are waged, constant conflicts and in which a person has to fight both with an external threat and with an internal one. We are talking about aliens, traitors, renegades and even demons - all these creatures are not allies for humanity. The Warhammer universe is a world in which cold space frightens with its dangers, there is no end to war, and the chance of victory is nothing more than a ghostly hope.
About the races of "Warhammer"
The races that inhabit the galaxy of the fortieth millennium are striking in their diversity. It is about the races of Warhammer 40,000 that will be discussed in our today's article. All of them are part of the big world, and each of them is unique in its own way. However, not all are important links in the main plot and not all have reserves of game armies. Many "additional" peoples and species can be found only from brief descriptions in codes, rule books, and also from other literary sources. The presence of these races in the Wahammer universe helps create a more elaborate and diverse picture of the fictional world.
Below we will talk about the races of Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War and give not only their brief historical description, but also important recommendations for passing the game.
Imperial Guard
Despite the fact that space marines and representatives of the Inquisition have tremendous power, their numbers are not enough to protect the unlimited Imperium. Each world needs its own security forces of planetary defense, but very often this is not enough.
This situation laid the foundation for the existence of the Imperial Guard, the armored hammer of the Emperor himself. The organization has several billion people who are undergoing special training to counter any threats. Of course, one Guardsman cannot be set against an orc or tyranid, but the forces of the Guard are more equal in quantity than in quality. Guards companies can die during the battle, showing unlimited heroism and unlimited courage. Their main task is to restrain the onslaught of the enemy until a more powerful help arrives.
Space Marines
The second race Warhammer 40,000 from our list can be called the best warriors of the Imperium. In order to become ideal fighters, space marines were subjected to special genetic changes. The result was an increase in strength and endurance.
As part of the space landing, there are about a thousand orders - a kind of independent armies with their own space fleet. Each of them instantly responds to any danger threatening the Imperium, each has its own story, achievements and even such distinctive characteristics as heraldry and color scheme (similar elements can also be added to the game using mods for the Warhammer 40,000 races). Space Marines carefully support all their equipment, moreover, on many objects there are signs of complex handwritten text that tell of noble victories.
Inquisition
Despite the fact that the Empire of people is under constant external threat, represented by the most diverse opponents, the internal threat remains no less dangerous and terrible. In order to protect the Lords of Terra created the Holy Inquisition - an organization with unlimited resources of power, having control over the armies and bringing destruction to entire planets. In the case of the Inquisition, great opportunities do not reduce the share of responsibility. Just one mistake - and any star system or even the whole galactic sector will come to an end.
That is why the Inquisition takes every opportunity to solve important problems. Among the tools in the hands of the organization may be anyone and anything: the order of the Gray Knights, paratroopers, Sisters of the Battle, the Adeptus, or a simple planetary bomb drop, after which there will be nothing left but the ghost of a once-existing world.
Eldar
The once-great race of Warhammer 40,000 Soulstorm, which dominated the entire galaxy, is now forced to be content with a miserable existence, where its own sins led it. In appearance, the Eldar are similar to humans, they existed in the world long before the appearance of human ancestors. Their destruction was caused by their own irrepressible desires, which completely absorbed and eclipsed their minds.
Because of the Eldar, a terrible cataclysm arose, which brought almost complete destruction of their own civilization. Only small colonial settlements and wandering artificially created ship-worlds managed to survive. Another outcome of the cataclysm was the birth of one of the gods of Chaos, Slaanesh.
The Eldar manage to balance between the paths of survival and oblivion. They use all the remaining power in order to save their own bodies and souls from the claws of Slaanesh.
Dark Eldar
The vastness of the galaxy is filled with a wide variety of horrors that will make even those who are strong in spirit shudder. The Dark Eldars are one of the scariest opponents that the player will encounter during the passage of Warhammer 40,000. The race is the haven of all the fallen Eldar, who use other people's souls to receive vital energy. In order for the amount of energy collected to be greater, the Dark Ones subject their victims to horror and suffering.
Dark Eldar turned into the most sophisticated executioners: to be held captive means the worst that can be imagined. Despite the fact that their numbers are not so great, they attack with all the speed and unpredictability - so that the victim does not even have time to understand what is happening. Race Eldar and space pirates live only for torture and slaves, such is their essence.
Orcs
The most tireless warriors with an innate craving for things like violence, robbery, loud gunfights and fast riding. The activities of these green-skinned conquerors swept the entire galaxy, and no system could escape their interference in their existence. The battle for the representative of the Oroc race is as much a natural part of life as breathing is for humans. Despite the fact that all their weapons are fairly primitive and barely kept intact, during the battle it shows itself more than effectively.
According to the most arrogant strategists, the unification of the orcs of the race could lead them to complete and unconditional domination of the entire galaxy. Fortunately, this is unlikely to happen, since the orcs are known for their bad character, which often prevents them from finding reconciliation even among their own.
Tau
Amid the wars, deaths and destruction that engulfed the forty-first millennium, one can still find bright hope. In this case, we are talking about the young alien race Tau. Their civilization began its existence relatively recently - only a few thousand years ago. Compared with other races, Tau occupy a really tiny territory of the galaxy, but this is not an obstacle - they demonstrate their strength to everyone.
Their main doctrine, "Highest Good," talks about the universal galactic prosperity of all living things and peaceful union. Tau believe in collaboration between races, in their skills that can be used for the common good.
In pursuit of a prosperous future, the Tau resorted to using heavy combat suits and military equipment. Thanks to these proven methods, Tau has already managed to enlist the support of several races and increase the power of his own Empire.
Necrons (Necrons)
There is a race in the vastness of the galaxy Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm, about which little is now known. The only witnesses associate the prosperity of the Necrons with incomparable horror.
A long time ago, even before the first ancestors of mankind appeared, the Necrontyrs exchanged their physical form for metal, while losing their soul and entering the service of the Star Gods. All this marked the beginning of an endless war, the total genocide of living beings and entire planets. And only thanks to an unknown cataclysm, the Necrons and their immortal lords retreated from chaos and destruction. They filled the huge tombs, where, in the end, they fell into the stasis of deep sleep.
However, the threat did not end there, and now the Galaxy is again in danger. Necrons awakened from a dream, their desire to destroy everything around them is ready to fall upon the world with renewed vigor, their only goal is to bring absolute power to their gods.
Chaos
The next race is a kind of psychic energy that forms the basis of the warp space. Very often, the word "chaos" refers to everything connected with this energy: to its influence, to the Gods of Chaos and their followers, and, of course, to Warp. We can say that Chaos and Warp are for each other synonyms and inseparable entities of one whole: Chaos is the infinite spiritual and emotional energy that Warp is filled with.
This power is so great that sometimes it leads to physical and spiritual corruption. For the most gifted mortals, psykers, the energy of Chaos means great opportunities. With its help, they can calmly neglect the laws that make up the material universe. However, even psykers cannot protect themselves from the negative influence of the power of Chaos, which is why their souls and mind are gradually decomposed.
Tyranids
For quite some time, the idea that organized life exists somewhere outside the galactic limits seemed almost unrealistic to the imperial scientist. However, everything changed with the discovery of the Tyranid race - nightmarish creatures that are united by a single mind of the Hive. Their existence pursues one single goal - this is the absorption of biomass and further advancement.
From the moment of the first contact with the Tyranids, the Galaxy completely forgot about the rest. Each year, the threat of large-scale invasion of these terrible creatures increases, and now their fleets are in the sectors inhabited by intelligent races. Tyranids do not know what "enemies" are - they only recognize "food."
Tips and tricks for passing the game for a particular race
In all games of the Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm, DC, WA races have their strengths and weaknesses. The main thing is to be able to play them correctly.
For example, the Imperial Guard places greater emphasis on technology, good weapons and large numbers. Among their shortcomings can be identified weak leadership and variability, expressed in renegades of chaos.
Space Marines prefer to take the enemy with equipment and units. Based on diverse reviews of the Warhammer 40,000 races, the Space Marine suffers from strict adherence to the Codex.
Eldars are astonishing with their speed, units and technologies. Their weakness lies in protection and armor.
The race of orcs shows itself perfectly in hand-to-hand combat and in infantry, they are used to taking the enemy with their erratic and furious attacks. What they are weak in is in units and in the general state of armament - they have a rather primitive one.
The Taus show excellent firepower, but at the same time they are insanely weak in close combat. The same can be said of the Necrons, but their main strength is resuscitation protocols and immortality.
As for Chaos, this race prefers to throw its demons and heavy equipment at the enemy. Many players are unhappy with the main unit and the number of troops.
How to unlock all races in Warhammer
There are three different ways you can unlock all Warhammer races.
- To get started, download the DoW_SS_Unlocker program.
- Then we transfer the finished file to the root folder of the installed game.
- Run the Unlocker program.
- Now you need to enter a few keys that will help unlock the races of Warhammer 40,000 Soulstorm, DC and WA Dark. Each of these keys, as you might have guessed, refers to one specific game. We will indicate them below.
- Press the unlock button.
- Start to play.
The key is to open all races of Warhammer 40,000 Soulstorm: [enter the one that was used during installation].
Key to Warhammer: Dark Crusade: 97a3-10b4-a230-1a11-59f0.
Warhammer Key: Winter Assault: 3e87-d350-ca82-5e81-22e4.
- Download the registry file to the computer.
- Open the downloaded file using notepad.
- We indicate several corrections in all selected sections.
- Click "save."
- Exit the editor and open the remaining file. We enter information about the data in the registry.
And finally, the last method that will help to open all the races of Warhammer 40,000 Dark Crusade, SS and Winter Assault. To do this, we have to download a special unlocker. If it does not start, then you can try downloading the MicrosoftNetFramework 2 program. After that, we repeat the same steps from the first method.