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Disciples of the Maw is a playable Ogre Kingdoms faction introduced in Total War: Warhammer III with Ogre Kingdoms (DLC). It is led by Skrag the Slaughterer.

How they play[]

General[]

  • Big Names: Complete challenges to unlock four titles that offer bonuses for Ogre characters.
  • Bounties: Complete quests offered by various factions to earn gold, items and reputation.
  • Hunger: Maintain Meat to fill the Hunger levels of an Ogre army that grants bonuses such as army abilities, upkeep reduction, replenishment etc.
  • Ogre Camps: Create unique Ogre settlements and grow them using Meat.
  • Offer to the Great Maw: Offer Meat to the Great Maw in exchange for Army bonuses.

Faction Specific[]

  • Path of the Butcher: Offer more Meat to the Great Maw through the Offer to the Great Maw mechanic and earn bonuses for Skrag and his faction.

Legendary Lord[]

Name Lord Effects Starting Army - Immortal Empires Starting Army - The Realm of Chaos
Gore-Harvester: "It's all 'ere, in ma pot. Just scamper over and jump in!"
  • Offer to the Great Maw cost: -50%
  • Attribute: Devastating Flanker for Gorgers units (Lord's army)
  • Upkeep: -20% for Sabretusk Pack, Blood Vultures, Yhetees, Thundertusk, Stonehorn and Gorgers units (Lord's army)
  • Ability: "Gorger Onslaught"

Starting territory[]

The Realm of Chaos[]

Gristle Valley, Southern Grey Mountains (map)

Immortal Empires[]

Karak Angazhar, Eastern Border Princes (map)

Darkness & Disharmony[]

Tai Tzu, Warpstone Desert

Faction Effects[]

  • Gains powerful rewards based on number of active Offerings to the Maw
  • Meat gained from battles: +10% (all armies)
  • Campaign movement range: +10% (all armies)
  • Lord & Hero recruit rank: +2 for Slaughtermasters & Butchers

Victory objectives[]

The Realm of Chaos[]

Complete the survival battle for each Chaos Realm and then win the final battle

Immortal Empires[]

Short Campaign Victory[]

Long Campaign Victory[]

  • Achieve the Short Victory conditions.
  • Occupy, loot, raze or sack 60 different settlement(s).
  • Construct 2 of each of the following buildings: Great Maw Site
  • Maintain 60 units in total.
  • Reward: Global recruitment capacity: +2 (factionwide)

Diplomacy[]

Diplomatic traits[]

The Realm of Chaos[]

Immortal Empires[]

  • Aggressive
  • Camp-builder

Starting agreements[]

The Realm of Chaos[]

Immortal Empires[]

Strategy[]

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Disciples of the Maw is sandwiched between factions that may declare war on him and factions that are supposed to be allies, but may declare war on him. Luckily, the said factions are often occupied with fighting against each other, granting you various choices of enemies to go for. Notably, these factions are often "allies" in the region, fighting against one of them will certainly cause negative impact in diplomacy towards the other one: Pirates of Sartosa, Clan Skyrre and Warherd of the Shadowgave are often allies (emphasizing on often, as they may declare war on each others), Clan Angrund and local Empire factions are often allies really early (Note that Clan Angrund is somewhat allied with Border Princes and they will certainly be angry if you fight against them due to being starting enemies).

Other than that, Disciples of the Maw's campaign is pretty interesting as you have multiple ways to expand and various quantities of enemies to fight against. Invade the Empire? The Southlands? The Eastern Dwarves/Greenskins/Skavens then return to the Ogres homeland to confederate Greasus? Or even go to Ulthuan? It's pretty much all possible and doable, even within 40-50 turns.

As this faction, you should actively make contributes towards the Great Maw to grand amazing buffs from the mechanic itself and Disciples of the Maw's unique mechanic: Path of the Butcher. The more meat you spend on offering, the more meat you gain from battles. It pays off greatly, especially with Skrag since he can get a stupid amount of movement bonuses in the early game, along with access to the Underway to catch the pesky nearby factions that also have access to it, assuming if you have to declare war against them.

Note that the Nemesis Crown is prone to spawn around these areas, especially Empire faction lands and having an enemy Lord equipped with it isn't really favorable, especially if it's something like Vlad.