Rare Items

Unlike typical random item drops you might encounter, Total War: Warhammer III features a distinct mechanism for earning unique rare items for Lords and Heroes. Once a character has won at least five battles, every subsequent victory provides a 3% chance for one of these rare, unique items to drop. This only applies to human-controlled factions.

However, certain conditions will prevent these unique rare item drops:

Quest battles do not award rare items.
The Green Knight and Shadow Walker heroes are not eligible to receive any item drops through this method.
If a character is equipped with a Book of Khorne volume, any rare item drops they receive will only be additional volumes of the Book of Khorne. They will not get other unique rare items.

New (Patch 6.2)

Armour

Accursed Armour

This Character will be wounded instead of killed in battle

Attribute: Revealed

Armour: +200

Speed: -50%

Melee attack: -20

Melee defence: +20

Physical resistance: +10%

Available to all factions

Armour

Briarsheath

Physical resistance: +10%

Attribute: Snipe

Attribute: Stalk

Attribute: Woodsman

Attribute: Unspottable

Available to all factions

Enchanted Item

Burning Book of Khorne - Vol. 1 & 2 (Generic)

While this item is equipped there is a chance to find more volumes of the Burning Book of Khorne after battle

Diplomatic relations: -20 with all factions

Control: -5 (all provinces)

Attribute: Revealed

Wound recovery time: +5 turns

Khorne corruption: +20 (all provinces)

This item cannot be removed the same turn it is equipped

Available to all factions, excluding:

Enchanted Item

Burning Book of Khorne - Vol. 1 & 2 (Khorne)

While this item is equipped there is a chance to find more volumes of the Burning Book of Khorne after battle

Diplomatic relations: -50 with all factions

Attribute: Revealed

Khorne corruption: +20 (local province)

Attribute: Rampage

This item cannot be removed the same turn it is equipped

Available only to:

Arcane Item

Chalice of Malfleur

This Character will be wounded instead of killed in battle

Character experience gain: +30%

Miscast base chance: +100% for all enemy spellcasters (enemy armies in local region)

Battle healing cap: +500%

Miscast base chance: +100%

Available to all factions

Armour

Scintillating Shield

Miscast base chance: +20% for all enemy spellcasters (enemy armies in local province)

Barrier hit points: +1000

Attribute: Charge Reflection

Available to all factions

Weapon

The Fellblade

When given to a character, this item cannot be removed for +10 turns

Those wielding The Fellblade cannot recover health in campaign or battle

Attacks cause "Unravelling Existence" effect (draining hit points and instantly killing units below 20%% hit points)

Enables magical attacks

Weapon strength: +10%

Weapon strength: +25% when fighting against Vampire Counts

Armour-piercing weapon damage: +100

Available only to:

Weapon

Wyrmslayer Sword

Melee defence: -20

Armour-piercing weapon damage: +50

Removes all Bonus vs Infantry

Bonus vs Large: +60

Attribute: Charge Defence vs Large

Available to all factions

Other (Patch 5.3)

Enchanted Item

Aldred's Casket of Sorcery

The Winds of Magic in this province will be set to the lowest level upon turn start

Control: -2 (local province)

Character experience gain: +5%

Miscast base chance: +20% for all enemy spellcasters (enemy armies in local province)

Available to all factions

Weapon

Deathsinger

Sister Swords: +5% chance to gain a unique trait when both Doomsinger and Deathsinger are present in the same region

Passive ability: "Regeneration"

Passive ability: "Frenzy"

Passive ability: "Deathblow"

Available to all factions

Weapon

Doomsinger

Sister Swords: +5% chance to gain a unique trait when both Doomsinger and Deathsinger are present in the same region

Passive ability: "Regeneration"

Passive ability: "Frenzy"

Passive ability: "Deathblow"

Available to all factions

Armour

Helm of Draesca

Power of Draesca: +2% chance for this character to gain a powerful unique trait upon ending turn

Curse of Draesca: +1% chance for this character to die upon ending turn

Armour: +20

Wound recovery time: +10 turns

Attribute: Immune to Contact Effects

Attribute: Unbreakable

Attribute: Expert Charge Defence

This item cannot be removed the same turn it is equipped

Available to all factions

Enchanted Item

Idol of Zak-Aloooog

Campaign movement range: -20%

Enables magical attacks

Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +20 (own army)

Ability: "Wake Da Idol"

Available only to:

Enchanted Item

Maad's Map

Uncharted Passes: +20% chance to appear in a random nearby region upon ending turn

Campaign movement range: +50%

This item cannot be removed the same turn it is equipped

Available to all factions