The Mortal Realms are littered with vaults full of stuff Sigmar could not smash, sanctify, or safely bin.
These are the Stormvaults, magical catacombs built to hide relics, weapons and even people too dangerous to leave lying around. Initially, they stayed hidden thanks to the Penumbral Engines, which clouded mortal minds and veiled the doors. However, the Realms shook, the Engines glitched, and the locks started popping. Now warlords, ghosts, and orruks keep raiding them for whatever shiny horror is inside. And conveniently for us, Games Workshop is briefly reissuing the entire Stormvault terrain line so you can stage your own catastrophic break‑ins.
What Stormvaults Are, and Why Sigmar Hid Them
Stormvaults are Sigmar’s dump for the unkillable. When the God‑King and friends could not destroy something, they buried it. These vaults stretch across the Realms, linked by a network of magical catacombs from a lost golden age. Therefore, they are both prisons and treasure hoards, depending on which side of the door you stand.
The Necroquake Kicked the Doors Open
Then Nagash detonated the Necroquake. The cosmos lurched, magic bucked, and the Engines misfired. Suddenly, entrances stood exposed and the vaults started coughing up nightmares. Moreover, Teclis was furious when he found out how Sigmar had repurposed his tech. Understandably so, because the fallout has been catastrophic.
Build Your Own Stormvault Battlefield
You can recreate all this sealed or looted mayhem on your table. Six classic, modular Stormvault kits are back on a Made to Order window: the Shattered Temple, Sigmarite Dais, Hallowed Stormthrone, Enduring Stormvault, Penumbral Stormvault, and the Penumbral Engine itself. These pieces are perfect for narrative scenarios about prying open sealed chambers or defending sacred locks against greedy warbands. Additionally, they look incredible alongside Cities of Sigmar, Stormcast, or Nighthaunt armies that canonically fought around these sites. These will only be available on the GW website
The Clock Is Ticking
These kits vanish again at 8am BST on Monday 28th July. So if you want a table that screams Age of Sigmar’s best exploratory horror, you need to move fast. After that, the Engines will “mystify” everything again, and your wallet will be stuck trawling auction sites.
Summary
Stormvaults are Sigmar’s secret prisons, hidden by Penumbral Engines he hacked from Teclis’ Enlightenment tech. The Necroquake broke the locks, and since then the Realms have been looting and dying in equal measure. Gordrakk grabbed a godbeast skull, Olynder freed Katakros, and Skaven tremors keep revealing more sealed horrors. Now you can stage those stories on the tabletop, because Games Workshop is briefly bringing back six Stormvault terrain kits. They are modular, thematic, and perfect for narrative play. However, they are only up until 8am BST, Monday 28th July.
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