{"id":1615287,"date":"2026-06-24T05:21:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7owN2E7FxePVTVcUXmiuRW"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:21:03","slug":"games-workshop-never-detailed-how-the-skitariis-most-iconic-weapon-reloads-so-fatshark-helped-model-it-after-a-gaming-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/games-workshop-never-detailed-how-the-skitariis-most-iconic-weapon-reloads-so-fatshark-helped-model-it-after-a-gaming-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Workshop never detailed how the Skitarii&#8217;s most iconic weapon reloads, so Fatshark helped model it after a gaming classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>What weapon comes to mind when you think of a Skitarii in Warhammer 40k? A Shock Maul? An Arc Rifle? Or even the cool Transonic Blades that the Sicarian Ruststalkers use? For me, and a lot of others, it&#8217;s their iconic longarm, the Galvanic Rifle. Visually, it resembles a flintlock with a glowing blue cylinder mounted on its undercarriage, a cool combination of old and new. But it&#8217;s never been entirely clear how it reloads\u2014does it take a clip? Or is it a revolver rifle?<\/p>\n<p>Well, when creating the Skitarii class for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/warhammer-40-000-darktide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warhammer 40k: Darktide<\/a>, it&#8217;s a problem the developer Fatshark had to tackle:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took us a while to figure out how they actually work and Games Workshop didn&#8217;t know either,&#8221; says lead designer, Victor Magnuson, during the preview session I attended. &#8220;They&#8217;ve never looked at them in this type of detail before either, so it&#8217;s something we worked together with them to figure out, how this would actually work in this type of fidelity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-amazon-prime-day-pc-gaming-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We&#8217;re curating all the best Prime Day PC gaming deals here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what weapon was chosen to help model the Galvanic Rifle? It allowed us, says Magnuson, &#8220;to pay homage to a gaming classic, the M1 Garand, which is a weapon I really love using in other games&#8221;. If you don&#8217;t remember the M1 Garand, you probably haven&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lezq2l-Z_wc\" target=\"_blank\">played much Call of Duty<\/a> or many WW2 shooters. Part of what makes this rifle so iconic gaming wise is its *feel*, especially the signature &#8220;ping&#8221; when you run dry and have to slot in bullets to reload. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/ayNQAisH.html\" id=\"ayNQAisH\" title=\"Darktide - Galvanic Rifle\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We came up with this idea where there&#8217;s a clip of actual bullets that you put in,&#8221; explains Magnuson. &#8220;And then the coil thing on the bottom is where the galvanic charge comes from. This is the type of weapon we&#8217;ve really wanted to do in Darktide for a long time. I&#8217;m so happy with how it&#8217;s ended up, it&#8217;s super satisfying to use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As someone who&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/blending-my-way-through-hive-tertiums-tunnels-as-a-towering-murderbot-might-make-the-skitarii-my-favorite-darktide-class-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\">playing the Skitarii class this last week<\/a> and has almost exclusively used the Galvanic Rifle as my ranged weapon, I&#8217;ve got to agree\u2014it feels really good. Fatshark also did a wonderful job with the Transonic Blades, usually reserved for Sicarian Ruststalkers, but here it was allowed to create a sword and dagger combo for the Skitarii, too.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to play Darktide&#8217;s new Skitarii class, it&#8217;s out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4355570\/Warhammer_40000_Darktide__Skitarii_Class\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3d701926-72d7-424c-826c-aa959fa51bfb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best Warhammer games\" data-dimension48=\"Best Warhammer games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1064px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:75.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZXZ88ANaBGAsP7Fre6j5BN\" name=\"space marine 2 techpriest\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/games-workshop-never-detailed-how-the-skitariis-most-iconic-weapon-reloads-so-fatshark-helped-model-it-after-a-gaming-classic.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1064\" height=\"798\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-warhammer-games-every-warhammer-game-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3d701926-72d7-424c-826c-aa959fa51bfb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best Warhammer games\" data-dimension48=\"Best Warhammer games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best Warhammer games<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Fantasy epics<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-warhammer-40k-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Warhammer 40K games<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> The complete ranking<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/warhammer-TTRPGs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Warhammer TTRPGs<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Across all three settings<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-40k-books-novels\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Warhammer 40K books<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Grimdark novels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/games-workshop-never-detailed-how-the-skitariis-most-iconic-weapon-reloads-so-fatshark-helped-model-it-after-a-gaming-classic\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What weapon comes to mind when you think of a Skitarii in Warhammer 40k? A Shock Maul? An Arc Rifle? Or even the cool Transonic Blades that the Sicarian Ruststalkers use? For me, and a lot of others, it&#8217;s their iconic longarm, the Galvanic Rifle. Visually, it resembles a flintlock with a glowing blue cylinder mounted on its undercarriage, a cool combination of old and new. But it&#8217;s never been entirely clear how it reloads\u2014does it take a clip? Or is it a revolver rifle? Well, when creating the Skitarii class for Warhammer 40k: Darktide, it&#8217;s a problem the developer Fatshark had to tackle: &#8220;It took us a while to figure out how they actually work and Games Workshop didn&#8217;t know either,&#8221; says lead designer,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/games-workshop-never-detailed-how-the-skitariis-most-iconic-weapon-reloads-so-fatshark-helped-model-it-after-a-gaming-classic\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1615288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1615287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Games Workshop never detailed how the Skitarii&#039;s most iconic weapon reloads, so Fatshark helped model it after a gaming classic | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What weapon comes to mind when you think of a Skitarii in Warhammer 40k? 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