Announced last month, the Hive Scum have torn their way out of Tertium’s criminal underbelly and onto the side of the Imperium… for now. These dual-wielding, toxin-huffing miscreants bring a fighting style that’s as dirty as the sumps they crawled out of.
For the first time in Darktide, players can fully dual-wield pistols and shivs, turning close-quarters combat into a whirlwind of steel and firing bursts. Their customizable Stimms let players brew their own dangerous chemical cocktails, while toxin-coated saws, shivs, crowbars, and improvised explosives ensure no fight stays clean for long.
With a talent tree built for chaos, players can tailor their Scum into a darting glass-jawed killer, an explosives-heavy gun rat, or a relentless hybrid glass cannon. They’re not just deadly, they’re dripping in the raw, lawless underhive aesthetic! Full-body tattoos, gritty hairstyles and the first ever face paints! With new premium cosmetics to explore, players can sharpen their identity even more, giving your Hive Scum the swagger, scars and style of a true underhive operator.
The Hive Scum Class DLC is available now on all platforms for $11.99 / €11.99. Read more about the Hive Scum’s design, inspiration and full kit breakdown in the Dev Blog.
Darktide recently celebrated its 3 year anniversary, and today’s update packs in a new live event, a new mission, and plenty of Aquila to earn.
