Artwork officiel de Dawn of War IV, moitié basse de l’illustration : mêlée au sol entre Orks et Space Marines, tirs et fumée sur une dominante orange. ⛔ Aucune marque dans le cadre.

Guides for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV

Dawn of War IV Guides

Every fact on this site names the official source that stated it and the date it was last checked. When something is not confirmed, we say so instead of guessing.

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Playable factions: 22
Units documented: 28
Official announcements: 80
Pages with written coverage

Second treatment of the same first screen — ⛔ one of the two will go

An independent guide site — built on official announcements only

Facts. Sources. Dates.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV ships on 3 December 2026. Until then, everything you read here rests on what KING Art and Deep Silver have actually announced — nothing is inferred from the tabletop game, and nothing is guessed.

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Days to the official release

Counted on 4 September 2026

Counting down to 3 December 2026 — the date the publisher confirmed. The date has moved once before; if it moves again, this counter and its source line change on the next build, because both are read from the store’s own listing rather than typed here.

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New to the game? Start with the 4 factions below, pick the one that fits you, then read how we check our facts.

The 4 playable factions

All faction pages →

Confirmed by the publisher. Each one plays differently — start with the one that fits how you want to fight.

Adeptus Mechanicus
The published Adeptus Mechanicus identity, technology-focused doctrine and documented counterplay in Dawn of War IV.
Faction guide →
Necrons
What the publisher has confirmed about the Necrons, their territory-based systems and the limits of pre-release strategy advice.
Faction guide →
Orks
What Deep Silver has published about the Orks, their pressure-focused doctrine, and the limits of what is known before release.
Faction guide →
Space Marines
The publisher’s confirmed Space Marines identity, elite-force doctrine and pre-release counterplay guidance.
Faction guide →

Playable sub-faction — ⛔ not a fifth army

Dark Angels

The Dark Angels’ confirmed status as a playable sub-faction, their published campaign context and the limits of the available doctrine.

Everything on this site

9 sections. Every page below carries its sources and the date it was last checked.

Factions5
Every playable faction in Dawn of War IV, with what the publisher has actually stated about it and the date each claim was checked. Nothing here is inferred from the tabletop game.
5 written · 5 listed
Commanders6
The named commanders the publisher has announced, their faction and what has been shown of them. Pages stay short until the game ships and claims become verifiable.
6 written · 6 listed
Units22
Units the publisher has named for Dawn of War IV. Units that appear only in the tabletop game are deliberately absent: naming them here would be a claim nobody made.
22 written · 22 listed
Structures9
Buildings and installations named by the publisher, what they do, and where that was stated.
9 written · 9 listed
Mechanics21
The systems that make each faction play differently, as described by the studio. Balance figures are not published yet and are not guessed here.
21 written · 21 listed
Game modes7
Announced ways to play Dawn of War IV, single-player and multiplayer, with the announcement each description comes from.
7 written · 7 listed
Matchups10
How each pair of factions is designed to play against the other, built from the publisher’s own how-to-play material. Stated as reasoned opinion, with its condition, until the game ships.
10 written · 10 listed
News0
What the studio and the publisher have actually announced, in order, each entry carrying the date it was published and a link to the original.
0 written · 0 listed
Guides0
How-to material built the same way as the rest of the site: from what the studio and the publisher have actually stated, with the date each claim was last checked. Nothing here is written before the facts it needs exist.
0 written · 0 listed

Not on this site yet

Unit statistics, build orders and balance advice. None of that has been published anywhere — the game is not out, and no playable build has produced numbers anyone can check. Those pages get written when the facts exist, not before.

Why 53 units have no page

Roughly 75 distinct units are visible in the trailers released so far. The publisher has named 22 of them, and those 22 have pages. The other 53 have never been named in any official announcement — a name nobody stated would be a guess, so they wait.

Latest official news

All 28 announcements →

The 4 most recent announcements from the studio and the publisher. Each links to the original.

Latest announcement12 Aug 2026 · Release info

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – Release Date Update

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The announcement timeline

Tracked since 19 Aug 2025

All 28 official announcements since the reveal — most recent first. Scroll sideways.

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Every fact names the source that stated it.
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Every page shows the date it was last checked.
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When something is not confirmed, we say so.

Dawn of War IV Guides

The 4 playable factions

Adeptus Mechanicus

Necrons

Orks

Space Marines

Dark Angels

Everything on this site

Factions5

Commanders6

Units22

Structures9

Mechanics21

Game modes7

Matchups10

News0

Guides0