Warhammer Survivors Is Out: How to Survive the Gloomspite Gitz and the Troggoth King

Warhammer Survivors launched on 10 November and is available on Xbox Game Pass. To mark the release, developer Auroch Digital has published a primer on one of the game's enemy factions, the Gloomspite Gitz, a rabble of cave-dwelling grots who worship the Bad Moon. Each enemy type has its own attacks and movement patterns, so here's what to look out for. For platforms, the price and whether it has co-op, see our Warhammer Survivors FAQ.

The swarm

Moonclan Stabbas are the foot soldiers. They aren't the scariest threat on their own, but they arrive in huge numbers and bring worse company with them.

The Squigalanche

• Squig Hoppers bounce across the battlefield unpredictably. A nearby Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig boosts their damage, and it moves erratically too.
• Boinggrot Bounders are veteran Squig riders with lances, and they charge straight at you with precision.
• Mangler Squigs always come in pairs, chained together. Both the teeth and the chain can hurt you. When one dies, the survivor becomes frenzied and even deadlier.

Rockgut Troggoths

Rockgut Troggoths are slow, but they're tough and they regenerate, which makes them hard to bring down. Auroch Digital's advice is to get Maleneth's Poisoned Daggers and whittle them down from a distance.

Trugg the Troggoth King

Trugg is an Extremis-level boss. He opens by swinging his Ironshell Club, which creates wide, telegraphed impact zones and sends you flying if you're hit. The keystone on his back also fires barrages of elemental projectiles that can inflict burning, poison or bleeding.

Not every Survivor or weapon can take him down. The developers don't say what his weakness is: you have to discover it, or die trying.