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LnS Hydras, Hydras, Hydras!!! (Griselfang and Snarlclaw UPDATE) (6.0.5 Update)
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LnS Hydras, Hydras, Hydras!!! (Griselfang and Snarlclaw UPDATE) (6.0.5 Update)

Description
This is my first ever uploaded mod and I think it's of decent quality.

This mod adds 6 new hydras into the game for the Dark Elves, and gives some nice new abilities for the Chill of Sontar ROR.

Spellthirster Hydra
Weaker in many aspects but comes with a more powerful breath attack and spell. Available from the Ghrond Landmark.

Veteran Hydra
Upgraded war hydra with the serpentine tail passive (deals additional damage in combat). Available from the Clar Karond Landmark.

Royal War Hydra
Very strong hydra that is tankier and has an acid breath attack. Available from the Black Tower of Naggaroth in Naggarond.

Sa'ashen the Supreme (not lore)
ROR Spellthirster Hydra for Morathi. Very fast and good melee attack. Comes with multiple bound spells.

Baelon, the Black Dread (not lore)
ROR Royal War Hydra for Malekith. Stupidly OP hydra with 2 different unique attacks and an AOE heal. Baelon is also
huge and has wallbreaker.

Chill of Sontar
Gave it the Glacial Blast and Ice Shard from Kislev. Also gave it the Chilling aura and buffed stats to really give it the feeling of a frost based hydra.

All of the hydras come with custom abilities and updated unit cards even for the base game hydra so that they all look different.

(UPDATE) (6.0.5.) (2025-03-01)
Basic Table Updates.

UPDATED FOR Patch 5.2.2 (05-09-2024)
Nerfed The Chill of Sontars Ice Spike as it was one-shotting LL's. Now it is more in line with other single target missile spells.
Updated Some Tables that required a new structure

UPDATED FOR Patch 4.2

(UPDATE) (April 16, 2023) Backend Model Changes
Updated all the models to WS Models. This means that the Hydras will now be able to have blood splatter on them.
Notes:
Sorry for not updating this mod for a while. I stopped playing Warhammer for a fair bit but now I've gotten the motivation and enjoyment to come back. I plan on adding another Hydra but still have to make it, so it might not come for a while, but I will try to be more diligent about updating this mod in the future. Thank you for all the downloads everyone.
IF ANYONE HAS A COOL IDEA FOR ANOTHER HYDRA PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ID LOVE TO TRY MY HAND AT MAKING ONE OF YOUR REQUESTS

(UPDATE) Grisefang and Snarlclaw
ROR War Hydras for Malus Darkblade. Base game hydra with 2 Hydras in one unit so same base stats but double the health pool. Available from the Clar Karond Landmark.

Extras
If enough people like the mod and ask for it I'd be more than happy to re-balance the units. I wanted to make them somewhat (key word somewhat) balanced but also feel really satisfying.

If anyone does download this and likes the mod and wants to support me please leave me a comment as I would really appreciate it.

Known Issues
LOD problems on the front/neck section
Problem with WH3, if enough people ask I will make all the LODS the same, I believe this should fix the issue but it might cause worse performance for some people.

Bugs/Incompatibilities/Grammar Errors
I don't really know if there are any, this is a simple unit mod with custom textures and kitbashed models. If you find a bug, let me know and I'll try my best to fix it.
I run atleast 200+ mods myself (some are merged to get that count) and this should not be incompatible with them, but once again if anyone find an issue I'll do my best to fix it.
If there is anything that grammatically doesn't make any sense please tell me and I will fix it.

Thanks/Credits
Insane thanks to Cryswar's wh2 mod guide on workshop. These still helped me an insane amount. Thanks to all the modding guides found on Asset Editor and the Modding Discord and anyone who answered my questions on various Discord Servers so that this could be finished.

I HOPE SOMEONE IS ABLE TO ENJOY AND USE THIS MOD. I plan on playing Warhammer 3 for a long time so this mod will be continuously updated for the foreseeable future.

SUBMODS
If you want to, please make submods for this, anyone who wants to can do whatever they want with this mod. If you want to you can credit this mod but it's not that necessary.

Future Plans
I'm thinking about making a unique Hydra for Rakarth but don't know what to do for him yet.
I will definitely do a dragon mod that adds custom dragons for all Elven factions but I have no idea when I will.

Patches
Updated and tested for Patch 6.0.5
Updated and tested for Patch 5.2.2
Updated and tested for Patch 4.2
Updated and tested for Patch 3.0
Updated and tested for Patch 2.2.0.
- No changes made
- If any problem occurs for people let me know and I'll try to figure out whats wrong
80 Comments
JayL Feb 27 @ 2:43am 
First of all - thanks for the mod.

Can anyone confirm it is working for WH3 Version 6.0.5 +
The Dark Ranger Feb 12 @ 8:06pm 
Edit: Turns out that friend was messing with me, he had 9(?) hydra in that army but that's still a ludicrous number of the things.

Could you create a swamp hydra variant in lustria in that swampy ruin south of the city with the gems? It's on the west coast. Half the region is swamp and coastal jungle, you could add a landmark that gives a swamp hydra with woodsman and aquatic attributes along with poison attacks and instead of fire breath it has the black dragon poison breath.
The Dark Ranger Feb 7 @ 7:58am 
Could we get more screenshots showing which is which and the unit card pictures and stats?
Secondly Raakarth needs a minimum of 2 unique hydras for him. I remember reading about when he led an invasion of Ulthuan he had a record breaking 20 something hydras in his army including a few that were smaller and thinner (thus weaker) but were extremely magic resistant, fireballs and more just getting tanked easily.
Warpig934 Feb 7 @ 5:50am 
Hey man, is there going to be a update anytime soon? maybe some new goodies?
LORDnSAVIOUR  [author] Sep 20, 2024 @ 8:31pm 
glad you like it so far
have fun and have a great day
Mortaro Sep 20, 2024 @ 4:42am 
Already added it to my modlist and started a dark elf campaign, enjoying it so far.
Thanks and I hope you have a great day too.
LORDnSAVIOUR  [author] Sep 20, 2024 @ 4:06am 
I guess so but dont worry too much, its literally one of the most common issues that comes up with this game.
Hope you enjoy and have a great day
Mortaro Sep 19, 2024 @ 9:28pm 
I just tried unsubbing and resubbing and it worked, thanks.
I have to add though, that I only recently came back to the game and decided to mod it so I guess I got really unlucky on my timing for it to have bugged in that manner.
LORDnSAVIOUR  [author] Sep 19, 2024 @ 4:18pm 
@Mortaro
Just checked and its working fine for me
These are the tables that were not working with the last update and I have updated them already.
Could you try resubscribing to my mod and letting it redownload from scratch and then let me know if that works for you
Hope this helps and hope to get it working for you soon
Mortaro Sep 19, 2024 @ 4:52am 
I have tried running the mod, by itself, no other mods enabled, on the latest hotfix 5.2.4, and it doesn't even let me start the game, instead getting this error:
The following mods cause a crash to the Database: lns_def_hydras.pack

The first invalid database record is
wh3_default_land_monsters_heavylns_def_royal_hydra in table
cdir_military_generator_unit_qualities_tables
and pack file lns_def_hydras.pack

i really like the mod so I hope this helps.