Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

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Violet Void Crusade Mastery, just one +6 mission, one +5 difficulty
By grimstalker and 2 collaborators
This is a guide for completing a full Violet Void Crusade, with all missions, to meet one of the season challenges.

The path through the missions is optimized so that there is just one +6 difficulty map and one +5 difficulty one.
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Versioning
The game developers have stated that void crusades won't be changed or added, so I'm not expecting any major issues with the paths getting outdated.

The last round of updates to my void crusade guides was done with the game at patch version 2.3.4, during the Season of Warp Surge.

This guide was last updated in April 2021. I added a bit more general Void Crusade information, and added the Relic farming part.

What changed:

  • I changed my steam name, to bring it in line with reddit, the game and discord.
  • The season objective with all Info Fragments got changed to 75 minutes (was 60 in the Season of Inferno)
  • A Versioning/Update history section was added
  • An Info section was added
  • All guides got (roughly) the same format
  • Amber got an Info Fragment path, and a discussion of its merits
  • Viridian got a Relic farming route
  • I added screenshots and extra info for the unlocks, and I crossed out a reference to the data slate. It doesn't seem to be dropping anymore, but I won't edit the image of the path
General Void Crusade information
  • Bonus, Secret and Covert missions add a higher bonus to loot than regular missions
  • Starting with the Season of Warp Surge, item levels will go up to 100. You need to do missions of at least +7 difficulty to get level 100 items, if you are 100. I have yet to find out - all other things being equal - whether an extra Tarot card, or extra difficulty would lead to more level 100 items
  • I'm pretty certain the Servoskull can not spawn right next to the starting node on the VC map, but it can spawn one node away. Apart from that, it seems random. And you can get unlucky, and it will shop in a high difficulty mission, in a room full of Elites
  • In almost all cases, the Servoskull is exactly in the direction you were facing/moving when you got the notification
Info Fragments
  • You will NOT get the info Fragment if you pick it up, and then concede the mission
  • The mission timer starts when the missions starts (not when you launch it)
  • The mission timer stops when you fulfill the mission objective (not when you leave the mission)
    What that means for you: Do mission objectives first, until you get the 'Quit' popup. Then go hunt for cogitators and Info Fragments
Hardcore
  • If you die AFTER the mission objective has been fulfilled, the crusade continues
  • Abandoning a mission ends the hardcore crusade
  • Failing a mission (that includes hot pursuit and vip/guard rescue) ends the hardcore crusade Rescue missions get very dicey around +6, depending a little on Tarot Cards and enemy type
Keys
  • Two keys are granted for finishing the Supreme Mission
  • A key is granted after completing five missions of any kind
  • A key is granted after completing at least two Bonus missions
  • A key is granted after completing all Covert and Hidden missions
  • A key is granted after defeating the Wandering Servoskull
Misc
  • Dataslate Decryption Terminals don't have a map icon. Use Vrakos' guides if you get stuck
  • Cogitators for secret missions don't have a map icon. However, they are always in a 'secret' room you have to teleport to
  • 'Survivors' are in a group of guards, and one of them has a label of 'Survivor' when you hover over him
  • Hot Pursuit: Keep your mouse over the fugitive, and hold down the magic new button you have (usually '5')
Difficulty Increase
  • I always make my paths with the difficulties peaking in the middle, and then working down from there. It has been pointed out to me that that's not fully optimal, because some missions give bonuses for subsequent missions after completion, like '10% extra damage vs. Rebels'.
    My take on that is: If you are really, really struggling to finish the missions, the bonuses might actually help you a bit.
    At the same time, if you are really, really struggling with some normal missions on Void Crusades, my advice would be to hop onto Discord and to ask for help.
    And, my focus when doing Void Crusades is gaining loot from the Supreme Mission. The quantity of Relics goes up with difficulty, and we will also get more level 90+ items. So I'm bumping up the difficulty there, and by the time we are at the Supreme Mission, we will have also collected all the bonuses.
  • As of this patch, the highest possible difficulty you can run a mission at is +29, and it's on the Crimson Void Crusade
  • For regular (and Supreme) missions, the difficulty gets set when the mission is made accessible
  • For Secret and Covert missions, the difficulty gets set, then the difficulty modifier is added for subsequent unlocks



Mastery Path
map shamelessly stolen from reddit user chuwilliamson. It had some inaccuracies, though. I added the odd line to clarify.

Mission 9 unlocks secret mission 18
Finishing mission 12 and a 'defend the Stormwatcher' mission with cogitator in 13 together unlock 14

Mission number. Difficulty level of the mission. Difficulty increase.
  • 1: 0
  • 2: 0
  • 3: 0
  • 4: 0
  • 5: 0 There used to be a dataslate on this mission. It was removed.
  • 6: 0 +1 Info Fragment here
  • 7:+1 This has a cogitator that unlocks mission 11. Screenshot at the very end of this section
  • 8:+1 +1
  • 9:+2
  • 10:0+1 Info Fragment here. Unlocks 12 via a cogitator. Screenshot at the very end of this section. Make sure to use all the cogitators in the mission, there are three altogether.
  • 11:+1+2 Info Fragment here. This has a 'defend the Stormwatcher' mission that creates the cogitator for Covert mission 16 unlock.
  • 12:+2+1
  • 13:0 +2 Finishing 12 and a 'defend the Stormwatcher' mission with cogitator in 13 unlock 14
    all unlocking done. Screenshot of the Stormwatcher mission at the very bottom of this section Any order from here. I prefer hardest to easiest
  • 14:+6
  • 15:+5
  • 16:+3
  • 17:+3
  • 18:+2
  • 19:+2
  • 20: 0 Info Fragment here
  • 21: 0
  • 22: 0 Info Fragment here
  • 23: 0
  • 24: 0
  • 25:+2 Final Mission. The final boss is quite a chonkster, about half a million HP.
Mission 7
Mission 10
Mission 13
21 Comments
Schalimah  [author] 14 Jul, 2023 @ 4:54am 
@ObiWancanblowme That mission has a lot going on.
Info fragment, storm watcher defense and then cogitator.
Are you sure you did everything and did not confuse anything?
It always works just fine for me.
ObiWancanblowme 14 Jul, 2023 @ 3:59am 
I did mission 11 and completed the cogitator but it did not unlock mission 16. Weird
Insane 16 Apr, 2023 @ 12:10am 
Just used this for my void crusade and got all the loot!! thanks!
grimstalker  [author] 10 Aug, 2022 @ 6:36am 
@MorticianIcenheart - 10 alone unlocks 12. I just tested it. However, I think you have to do ALL the things in the mission. There is a cogitator in the first room to the left that activates some turrets, and there is another one in the final room that lets you into a tiny extra room. I'm adding this to the guide.
Mitrell 6 Aug, 2022 @ 3:03pm 
I just play those i know is the same everytime. The loot is sort of the same anyway, so might aswell just stick to one and learn it in the head.
grimstalker  [author] 6 Aug, 2022 @ 12:06pm 
2nd part: Looks like that is indeed the case, see my comment below, where the same thing happened to me as well.
grimstalker  [author] 6 Aug, 2022 @ 12:04pm 
it is somewhat possible (I never datamined the exact unlocks) that one of the 9 missions before mission 10 in my guide is the first part of the unlock, and the cogitator is the 2nd. Is there any chance you were skipping missions before?
Apart from that, all my paths have been done as full mastery at least twice by me personally, and do work.
Mitrell 6 Aug, 2022 @ 10:41am 
I have tryed this guide 4 times now, and number 12 mission dosnt unlock using the cogitator. Have never completet it because i never get mission 12 unlocked. And yes i did take the cogitator.
Virkful 20 Apr, 2022 @ 10:45pm 
Ok, its either 1 unlocks 18, or 1+9 unlocks 18
Virkful 20 Apr, 2022 @ 10:21pm 
my mission 9 didn't unlock 18... wonder if there are other tricks...