What year is Warhammer 40K at?

Setting. Most Warhammer 40,000 fiction is set around the turn of the 42nd millennium (about 39,000 years in the future).

What year is 40K in now?

As far as Guilliman could determine, the “current” year for the Imperium is either late M41 (the “current” time for previous editions) or early M42. Then, with the century of the Indominus Crusade over at the start of Dark Imperium, it is mostly agreed on that the new story arc/setting is set in M42.

Is Warhammer 40K set in our universe?

The simplest answer is that Warhammer 40,000 (40K from here on out) is science fiction, and that's also correct in many ways. Like most other science fiction worlds, it does take place in the future – the very far future, actually.

What is Year 0 in Warhammer 40K?

Year. This is the year within the millennium, running from 001-000 (there is no year 0, and new millennia actually start with the year 001). For general dates, often only the year and millennium are included, such as 999.

What year is Warhammer?

The 8th Edition Empire Army Book describes the Warhammer World to currently be in the year 2522 (Empire calendar), whilst the current Lizardmen Army Book puts the collapse of the warpgates at −5700 on the same calendar, thus the fictional history spans at least 8200 years.

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What ages is Warhammer 40k for?

Good for Kids 12 and up.

What time period is Total War: Warhammer set?

The game begins in the year 190 CE, and charts the events and conflicts that began with the collapse of the Han Dynasty and led to the formation of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

Are the old ones extinct in 40k?

The Old Ones were ultimately devastated by the aftershocks of what their psychically-active creations did to the Warp, and are now believed to have either gone extinct or fled the galaxy, though the Aeldari later built an interstellar empire by extending what remained of the Old Ones' Webway into a Warp tunnel network ...

How old is humanity in 40k?

Anatomically modern-appearing Humans originated on the world of Terra about 250,000 standard years ago, reaching full behavioural modernity only around 90,000 standard years before the 41st Millennium. Humans have a highly developed brain, capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem-solving.

Is Warhammer 40k ending?

Warhammer 40,000 is closing out the Horus Heresy story after 17 years, kind of. Sixty-ish books, one huge betrayal. Warhammer 40,000 maker Games Workshop has revealed the name and cover art for the final book in one of its longest running fiction series detailing an important and devastating civil war.

How far into the future is 40K?

Most Warhammer 40,000 fiction is set around the turn of the 42nd millennium (about 39,000 years in the future).

Is Warhammer 40K Religious?

The Imperial Cult, also called the Cult Imperialis in High Gothic, is the official and only state religion of the Imperium of Man. It is devoted to the worship of the Emperor of Mankind as the ascended divinity and saviour of Humanity.

Is Earth in Warhammer?

Holy Terra, the name for Earth, as the capital of the Imperium of Man, in the table top strategy and RPG game Warhammer 40,000.

Does Earth still exist in 40K?

Nothing actually happened to Old Earth, Terra or The Throneworld as it's known in the 41st Millennium; the third planet of Sol System is still orbiting it's star.

Who is the oldest chaos god?

The oldest and first of the chaos god is Khorne, this is said repeatedly in the Liber Chaotica which is our best in universe canon understanding of how the forces of chaos function.

Who is the oldest being in 40K?

We do know that Asurmen was the first and has been around since the fall of the Eldar and because they are essentially Immortal, that makes them eons older than anything from the Imperium.

Who is the youngest god in 40K?

Slaanesh is the youngest of the four major Chaos Gods, having come to full sentience within the Immaterium only during the 30th Millennium.

Who was alive 40000 years ago?

The best-known Neanderthals lived between about 130,000 and 40,000 years ago, after which all physical evidence of them vanishes. Female Homo neanderthalensis skull discovered at Tabun Cave at Mount Carmel in Israel.

How many humans are alive in 40K?

Some sources I've seen say that the Imperium of Man has a population of 4-8 Quadrillion humans. other sources say that the Imperium of Man has a population of 15 Quadrillion and some even say that the imperium of Man has a population of hundreds of quadrillion or even 1.5 quintillion.

Does America exist in 40K?

Yes, Merica is the North American continental hive sprawl and Franc is the old republic of France (before this was subsumed into the continental kingdom of Europa). Merica still existed by time of the Great Crusade.

What is the most broken unit in 40K?

The Drukhari Succubus is known as one of the most broken units in the game, even after being nerfed. An 80 point character, the Succubus is very easy to kill, but if she gets into melee with you she's going to do some serious damage.

Is 40K older than fantasy?

But: AoS succeeded the older fantasy game Warhammer Fantasy Battles, which was created before Warhammer 40K, and its in-lore history is in many ways tied to that game, so you could also argue that AoS is the older game, at least when it comes to its lore.

Why isn't it called Total Warhammer?

Are Warhammer and Warhammer 40k connected?

As they explain it, the worlds of Warhammer Fantasy and 40,000 are separate universes, linked by the Warp. The Elves of WHF and the Eldar of 40k are similar, but they are not the same race.

When did Warhammer end?

A period of time starting in 2519 and ending in 2528. This period marked a huge upheaval across the Warhammer World with every major civilization destroyed in a great Chaos Incursion led by Archaon. Ultimately the Warhammer World has ended and the vast majority of its population is dead.