Total War: Warhammer followers

Followers can be added to any of the characters in the campaign, providing various bonuses. They have a random chance of occurring and remain permanently in the hero's inventory unless removed after a lost battle.

For followers from Total War: Warhammer II, look here: Total War: Warhammer II followers.

List of followers

Followers are generally only available to specific factions, with a number of them available to all factions.

Generally available

Name	Effect
Hedge Wizard	Winds of Magic power reserve: +8 (Lord's army)
Bailiff	Public order: +1% (local province)
Boatman	Income from trade: +6%
Bodyguard	Enemy Hero action success chance: -10%
Bounty Hunter	Armour-piercing damage: +15
Fisherman	Income from trade: +5%
Grave Robber	Leadership against Vampire Counts: +3 (Lord's army)
Initiate	Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +3 (local province)
Kislevite Kossar	Campaign movement range: +7%
Mercenary	Army replenishment speed: +5% (Lord's army)
Militiaman	Infantry recruit experience: +1 (Lord's army)
Pit Fighter	Melee attack: +7
Outlaw	Income from raiding: +12% (Hero's army)
Outrider	Chance of spotting nearby foreign armies: +25%
Protagonist	Melee defence: +6
Rogue	Assassinate: Additional +8% chance of killing target
Servant	Enemy Hero action success chance: -10%
Smuggler	Income from trade: +6%
Soldier	Unit melee attack: +4 (Lord's army)
Thug	Assassinate: Additional +10% chance of killing target
Tollkeeper	Income from taxes: +12% (local province)
Tomb Robber	Leadership against Vampire Counts: +3 (Lord's army)
Vagabond	Campaign movement range: +7%
Valet	Character's aura leadership effect: +3%
Zealot	Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +3 (local province)
Student	Research rate: +10% (factionwide)
Fieldwarden (available to players controlling The Moot)	Ambush spotting chance: +10% (Lord's army)

Warriors of Chaos

Name	Effect	Description
Barbarian	Income from post-battle loot: +6%
Beast Tamer	War beast recruit experience: +1 (Lord's army)
Collector	Income from sacking settlements: +6%
Cultist	Chaos corruption: +1 (local province)
Darksoul	Horde growth: +2% (commanded horde)
Demagogue	Income from Horde buildings: +4% (commanded horde)
Huscarl	Campaign movement range: +5%
Kurgan Chieftain	Income from sacking settlements: +10%
Magister	Building costs: -8% (commanded horde)
Mutant	Enemy leadership: -4% (local region)
Oar Slave	Melee damage during sea battles: +8% (Lord's army)
Possessed	Research rate: +10% (factionwide)
Slave Master	Recruitment costs: -2% (Lord's army)
Zealot (Chaos)	Chaos corruption: +1 (local province)	"I am my master's tool - my God's vessel. Use me!"

Dwarfs

Name	Effect	Description
Archivist	Research rate: +10% (factionwide)
Brewmaster	Income from Breweries and Gem Cutters: +6% (local region)
Candle Maker	Chance of spotting nearby foreign armies: +8%
Choir Master	Public order: +1% (local province) Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +2 (local province)
Cooper	Income from Breweries and Gem Cutters: +6% (local region)
Daughter of Valaya	Income from all buildings: +7% (local province)
Dwarf Bride	Income from all buildings: +9% (local province)
Dwarfen Tattooist	Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +3 (local province)
Goldsmith	Income from Iron Mines, Gold Mines and Stone Quarries: +8% (local region)
Grudgekeeper	Leadership against Greenskins: +4 (Lord's army)
Guildmaster	Income from trade: +5%
Jewelsmith	Income from Breweries and Gem Cutters: +6% (local region)
Miner	Income from Iron Mines, Gold Mines and Stone Quarries: +15% (local region)
Powdermaker	Artillery recruitment costs: -7% (local region)
Prospector	Income from sacking settlements: +9%
Reckoner	Character's aura leadership effect: +4%
Runebearer	Campaign movement range: +10%
Runesmith Apprentice	Hero recruitment cost: -10% (Runesmith)
Sapper	Enemy siege holdout time: -1
Shieldbreaker	Leadership during underground siege battles: +4 (Lord's army) Leadership during Underway intercept battles: +4 (Lord's army)
Shipwright	Naval recruitment costs: -6% (local sea region)
Slayer Ward	Slayer upkeep costs: -8% (Lord's army)
Stonemason	Income from Iron Mines, Gold Mines and Stone Quarries: +8% (local region)	It was the stonemasons who discovered runic number-magic, allowing them to craft perfectly square stones. Manling scholars call such art "calculus".
Teller of Tales	Public order: +1% (local province) Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +2 (local province)
Treasure Hunter	Income from post-battle loot: +7%
Troll Slayer	Bonus vs. large: +14

Empire

Name	Effect
Agitator	Public order: +1% (local province)
Apprentice Wizard	Winds of Magic power reserve: +20 (Lord's army)
Barber-Surgeon	Army replenishment speed: +10% (Lord's army)
Bone Picker	Melee damage: +3%
Burgher	Public order: +1% (local province)
Camp Follower	Wound recovery time: -1
Charcoal Burner	Public order: +1% (local province)
Coachman	Income from trade: +6%
Entertainer	Public order: +2% (local province)
Estalian Diestro	Melee attack: +5
Ferryman	Campaign movement range: +5%
Hunter	Ambush chance: +10% (Lord's army)
Jailer	Public order: +1% (local province)
Light College Acolyte	Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +3 (local province)
Marine	Attrition at sea: -15% (Lord's army)
Messenger	Campaign movement range: +6%
Noble	Public order: +1% (local province)
Peasant	Income from all buildings: +1% (local province)
Rat Catcher	Attrition: -10% (Lord's army)
Road Warden	Ambush spotting chance: +15% (Lord's army) Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +2 (local province)
Scribe	Campaign movement range: +8%
Seaman	Attrition at sea: -15% (Lord's army)
Thief	Income from raiding: +15% (Hero's army)
Tradesman	Income from trade: +8%
Watchman	Enemy Hero action success chance: -4%
Woodsman	Income from all buildings: +10% (local province)

Greenskins

Name	Effect	Description
Backstabba	Post-battle chance of stealing a magic item: +8%	Don't like some git? Then send in a backstabba, they're like nasty skulkers, but even meaner.
Bat-Winged Loony	Income from raiding: +7% (Lord's army)	"I'm gonna fly! Do da loop-de-loop! Watch me goooo!"
Boggart	Goblin upkeep costs: -4% (Lord's army)
Bully	Income from sacking settlements: +6%
Dog Boy Scout	Campaign line of sight: +10%	Mounted on a giant shaggy wolf, this Goblin is a grizzled veteran, having run away from countless enemies in his time.
Dung Shovela	Income from all buildings: +4% (local province)
Gobbo Ranta	Untainted: +3 (local province)	Greenskins don't have clergy in the normal sense, but some gobbos like to "preach" the will of da godz.
Idol Carva	Obedience: +1 (local province) Untainted: +2 (local province)	Those idols of Gork 'n' Mork that appear around Greenskin camps? Someone 'as to carve 'em!
Pit Boss	Casualities captured post-battle: +15%	Orcs like a good scrap in the local fighting put. The put boss sets up the fights and "keeps it all within da rulez"
Savage Orc Prodda	Savage Orc recruitment costs: -15% (local region)
Serial Loota	Income from looting settlements: +5%	All gobbos are sneak-thieves, but this one has elevated stripping the dead of their valuables into an art form.
Shaman's Lackey	Hero recruitment cost: -8% for Shamans (local province)	Orc Shamans rarely mix with others, unless when dancin' around the campfire. A lackey is there to fetch and carry for the Shaman and keep his interactions with the boyz to a minimum.
'Shroom Gathera	Leadership: +4 for Night Goblins units (Lord's army) Untainted: +2 (local province)
Snotling Scavengers	Income from sacking settlements: +10%	Last in the queue behind the Orcs and Goblins when it comes to lootin', Snotlings will steal whatever they get their grubby little hands upon, ensuring nothing of value remains.
Spider-God Priest	Reduction in Vampiric and Chaos corruption: +2 (local province) Spider rider leadership: +3 (Lord's army)
Squig Mascot	Leadership: +4 for Goblin and Night Goblin units (Lord's army)	A spheroid body with beady eyes and gaping, many-toothed maw, this Squig has doubtful merits as a pet but works wonders intimidating gobbos into obedience (or just eating them).
Swindla	Income from post-battle loot: +7%	"See dis? I'm gonna nick it, cos I'm a bit weeeey!"
Troll Herder	Troll recruitment costs: -15% (local region)

Vampire Counts

Name	Effect	Description
Black Cat	Public order: +1% (local province)
Carrion (follower)	Campaign line of sight: +7%
Corpse Thief	Post-battle chance of stealing a magic item: +8%
Crone	Hero recruitment cost: -12% (Banshee)
Dreg	Income from post-battle loot: +10%
Flesh Golem	Campaign movement range: +4%
Grave Digger	Costs of raising the dead: -7%	"Pass me ma spade, I'm lookin' for gallows bait!"
Manservant	Campaign movement range: +5%
Mortal Informer	Magic item drop chance: +4%
Restless Spirit	Public order: +1 (local province)
Possessed Mirror	Chance of spotting nearby foreign armies: +12%
Treasurer	Income from Vampire Crypts and Vampire Keeps: +8% (local region)
Warlock	Magic item drop chance: +4%
Warpstone Hunter	Income from all buildings: +4% (local region)

Bretonnia

Name	Effect	Description
Court Jester	Untainted: +3 (local province)	The fool dressed in motley - a symbol of Bretonnia as much as the Grail.
Squire	Leadership: +4

Norsca

Needs expansion

Name	Effect	Description
Norse Berserker	Unit melee damage: +10% (Lord's army) Captives captured after battle: +12%	"A grim, northern land, full of Ice Trolls, Chaos Spawn, and a breed of tough fighters."
Baersonlings Berserker
Berserker	Weapon strength: +8%	"A wild and unruly beast of a man, good in a fight and... well, that's about it."
Baersonlings Werekin
Graeling Werekin	Melee attack: +4 for all Skin Wolf, Norscan Ice Wolves, and Norscan Warhound units (Lord's army) Speed: +5% for all Skin Wolf, Wolves, and Werehound units (Lord's army)	"From one of the seven dominant tribes of Norsca, this abject fiend attracts better-than-average Skin Wolves to the pack... and the hunt that surely follows."
Kurgan Slave Merchant	Income from post-battle loot +10% Income from sacking settlements +10%
Mammoth Tamer	Enemy leadership -1 (local region) Unit experience +1 for Mammoth unit recruits (lord's army) Recruitment cost -10% for Mammoth units (lord's army)	"It is no easy task to secure the cooperation of such a large, hairy, foul-smelling beast; the same can be said of the mammoths this man tames."
Mountain Scout	Campaign movement range +5%
Cathay Slave Dancers	Public Order +1 (local province) Recruitment cost -5% (lord's army)	"Conditions are going to be pretty harsh, and the pay will vary depending on performance, but you do get to look at them... Fight well, kill plenty, and you might get to touch..."
Varg's Beast Trainer	Recruitment cost -4% for all Norscan Giant, Frost-Wyrm and Mammoth units (lord's army)
Dragonbone Raiders	Income from sacking settlements +5% Income from raiding +5% (lord's army)	"These battle-hardened, merciless warriors are experts in sacking, looting, and the carnage that ensues. Plunder and killings are their reason to be."
Skaeling Trader	Income from all buildings: +7% (local region)	"The Claws of Skael have another line besides brutal murder; as it turns out, some of their number have a nose for business...'"
Slave Worker
Seer
Marauder Champion
Marauder Brute	Unit experience: +1 for all Marauder unit recruits (Lord's army)	"Spectacularly brutal and lacking even the faintest glimmer of mercy, this one is well on the road to be noticed by the ever-fickle Chaos Gods."
Kurgan Chieftain	Income from sacking settlements: +10%	"The Kurgan are a tribe that could end all others - such are their numbers. Best keep this Chieftain as an ally."
Varag's Beast Trainer	Recruitment cost: -4% for all Norscan Giant, Frost-Wyrm, and Mammoth units (Lord's army)	"When Varag Skulltaker fell in battle he left behind some really useful retainers..."
Barbarian	Income from post battle loot: +6%	"Some Marauders walk openly within the lands of other races, not seen as a threat but a northern foreigner - a barbarian. But they are wrong, he is a threat."
Zealot (Chaos)	Chaos corruption: +1	"I am my master's tool - my God's vessel. Use me!"

Wood Elves

Name	Effect	Description
Dryad Spy	Enemy Hero action success chance: -10%
Elder Scout	Campaign movement range: +5%
Eternal Guard Commander	Leadership: +6 for Eternal Guard units Enemy Hero action success chance: -2%
Forest Spirit	Magic resistance: +5% Enemy leadership: -5
Hawk Companion	Range: +8% Reinforcement range: +20%	A trusty hawk is its handler's eyes in the sky, scouting for danger.
Hunting Hound	Chance of intercepting an army using the Underway, beast-paths or Worldroots: +20%	A loyal hound, tried, tested and as much a killer as any bow-armed Elf.
Royal Standard Bearer	Campaign movement range: +2% Character's aura leadership effect: +4
Vaul's Anvil Smith	Armour: +14 Weapon strength: +14%	An outbreak of fire in the forest is generally a bad thing, but not when this one is forging the finest weapons, however.
Wardancer Drummer	Melee attack: +4 for Wardancer units Public order: +2	Sometimes even the forest's chosen warriors wish their approach to be signalled; it's psychology in action.
Young Stag	Leadership: +3 (own army)	Forest dwellers beware, lest you are watched, followed and taken, never to be seen again.

Beastmen

Name	Effect	Description
Barbarian	Income from post-battle loot: +6%	"Some Marauders walk openly within the lands of other races, not seen as a threat but a northern foreigner - a barbarian. But they are wrong, he is a threat."
Bray Shaman's Familiar	Winds of Magic power reserve: +8
Chieftain's Pet	Enemy Hero action success chance: -3%
Cultist	Chaos corruption: +1 (local province)	"The servants of Chaos are more than the barbarous Northmen - throughout the mortal realms secret cults worship the true Gods, and so our plans advance."
Doe	Horde growth: +2
Flayer	Post battle chance of stealing a magic item: 12%	"This Gor is skilled with flint knife able to seperate skin from flesh, whether the subject is dead or still breathing."
Flying Spy	Campaign line of sight: 8%
Herdstone Keeper	Chaos corruption: 1	"Some Gors are tasked to look after the herdstones, their reward oft-being sacrifice at the stone they kept in life"
Huscarl	Campaign movement range: +5%
Magister	Horde building construction cost: -8% (Lord's army)	"The Magister - or whatever name a cult leader abides by - is a powerful, covert agent of Chaos, tending to flocks of the corrupted within the mortal lands."
Mannish Thrall	Leadership: 4 when fighting against Men	"Some Beastmen are mongrels with minor mutations. Though they live their lives amongst men their true loyalty is to the herd."
Pox Carrier	Enables poison attacks
Spawn Wrangler	Recruitment cost: -8% for Chaos Spawn units
Ungor Whelp	Bestial rage: 1

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