Warhammer Survivors Stages: Hobby Table Map and Paint Pot Unlocks

Quick answer: the full game is announced with more than 15 stages across two campaigns, but as of the demo (October 2026) only a few environments are confirmed by name: the plains of Aqshy, Space Hulk corridors, and the Hobby Table, a workbench map covered in paint pots and measuring tape. Paint pots double as a progression system. The Steam page says they unlock new character forms and secrets, and IGN's hands-on preview gives the actual rule: certain color combinations unlock characters. No exact recipe has been published, so any combo list dated before launch on November 10 is unverified.

• The 15-plus figure is an announced total, not a playable list. The per-universe split is unconfirmed.
• As of the demo (October 2026), each universe offers at least one playable stage, and a run lasts 5 to over 20 minutes.
• The Hobby Table mixes enemy types from across the game instead of staying faction-pure, per media hands-on coverage.
• The only confirmed paint pot rule: mix the right colors, unlock a character. Exact mixes are unannounced.

How Many Stages Are Confirmed

Keep the announced total apart from the playable-as-tested list. IGN's release-date coverage puts the full game at over 40 characters, over 75 weapons, and more than 15 stages, launching November 10, 2026. Those are official figures quoted through the press, not a roster you can browse. Nobody has published a 15-row stage list.

Official source: Warhammer Survivors on Steam

What demo testing actually confirms is smaller and more useful:

If you are still choosing a side, our 40K versus Age of Sigmar comparison explains how the campaigns stay separate, and the demo download guide has the Steam and Xbox links.

The Demo Maps: Aqshy Plains and Space Hulk Corridors

The named environments split along universe lines. The Age of Sigmar side plays on the plains of Aqshy, an open field map. The Warhammer 40,000 side is associated with Space Hulk corridors, tight enclosed fighting inside derelict ship spaces, plus a Tyranid-consumed battlefield with pink alien terrain.

PC Gamer's demo coverage, after 10 hours with the demo, describes the first 40K map as a battlefield swallowed by Tyranids: aggressively pink ground, horrible pustules, spreading alien topography. Corridor walls and terrain growths cut off the escape routes that plains kiting takes for granted.

The Age of Sigmar map belongs to the rats. Skaven packs infest the Aqshy plains, glowing warpstone green, and their signature trick is the Vermintide: on top of normal horde pressure, lines of rats swarm horizontally across the screen at intervals. That formation forces you to stop circling and start weaving through a moving wall, the closest the demo gets to a true bullet-hell pattern outside boss fights. Neave Blacktalon's Tempest Axes cleave those lines well; her evolution line is covered in our Neave Blacktalon guide.

No outlet has published a clean mapping of demo runs to stage names, so treat the table below as reported knowledge, not a datamined list. The Ork row is the softest: Orks appear in official screenshots, but no preview names their map.

What the Hobby Table Stage Is

The Hobby Table is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of a 41st-millennium battlefield or a Mortal Realm plain, you fight on a real hobby workbench: cutting mats, paint pots, measuring tape, pliers, and a coffee mug the size of a hab-block.

Official source: Warhammer Survivors - Auroch Digital

PC Gamer describes it as a map that is just your tabletop, full of paints and measuring tape, where all the game's monstrosities gather together to take you out. That last clause matters: the Hobby Table mixes enemy pools instead of staying faction-pure, which would make it the first mixed-faction arena.

Two things to keep straight. First, neither outlet states whether the Hobby Table is playable inside the current demo or arrives with the full game at launch on November 10. Second, a mixed pool means single-faction answers stop working, so flexible area damage should beat narrow counters; that is reasoned inference, not a tested fact. The oil-and-fire pairing is fully broken down in our Nuln Oil guide.

Paint Pots: Unlock Rules and What Is Still Secret

Paint pots are stage furniture turned into a system. On the Hobby Table they sit on the desk as scenery, but combining them feeds an unlock track that hands out characters. The Steam page states that paint pots unlock new character forms and secrets. IGN's hands-on preview states the operating rule: certain color combinations unlock characters. That is the entire confirmed ruleset, and it is worth stating plainly because speculation fills the gap everywhere else:

Until recipes are published, treat every pot as worth grabbing and every combination as worth trying once, then stop short of grinding. Note which mixes you have attempted so you do not repeat dead ends.

Paint pots are a second door into the roster, not a replacement for rescues. Question-mark map events still unlock the core cast as playable and let you recruit them mid-run by picking their signature weapon, as with Trooper Bartosz Kozlowski and the Lasgun. Full rescue rules are on our ally squad system page.

Objectives and Rhythm Inside Every Stage

Stages carry the unlock economy, not just the arena. Question-mark objectives scattered across each map grow the roster: Kozlowski is freed from a ring of enemies, while The Legend of Catachan waits about two minutes northeast inside a circle of Warriors whose Synapse Emitters strengthen everything nearby.

Elites drive the gear side. Green-highlighted enemies drop chests on an RNG roll, and a lucky chest can push upgrades into up to five weapons or passives at once, which is also the road toward evolutions. The beginner guide turns that into a first-five-minutes plan. End-of-run pressure comes from Extremis bosses, with the Norn Emissary named as the hardest content in the game, briefly flipping the bullet heaven back into bullet hell. For loadouts, see the weapons list.

What We Still Do Not Know

The per-universe stage split beyond the overall 15-plus figure is unannounced. The Hobby Table's demo-versus-launch availability is unconfirmed. Every paint pot recipe is unannounced. Boss-to-stage mapping, achievement lists, and whether demo unlocks transfer to the November 10 build are all unconfirmed. This page tracks confirmed knowledge as of the demo (October 2026).

FAQ

How many stages does Warhammer Survivors have?

More than 15 stages are announced for the full game across both campaigns, but no itemized list exists. As of the demo (October 2026), reviewers confirm at least one playable stage per universe plus the announced Hobby Table stage.

What is the Hobby Table stage?

A stage set on a real hobby workbench, with paint pots, measuring tape, cutting mats, and tools, where enemies from across the game gather in one arena. Confirmed by IGN and PC Gamer coverage. Whether it is playable in the current demo or arrives with the full game is unconfirmed.

How do paint pots unlock characters?

By color combination: certain combinations of colors unlock characters, and pots also unlock new character forms and secrets. The specific recipes are unpublished, so pre-launch combo lists are unverified. Grab every pot and test mixes freely, but do not grind from a fan recipe until an official source confirms it.

Are stages shared between the 40K and Age of Sigmar campaigns?

No. Each campaign has its own stages, unlocks, and achievements. The Hobby Table mixes enemy types from across the game, but whether it is selectable from both campaign menus is unconfirmed.

Does demo stage and paint pot progress carry into the full game?

Unconfirmed as of the demo (October 2026). Assume a fresh start at launch on November 10 until an official announcement says otherwise.

Related Guides

• 40K versus Age of Sigmar comparison - how the two campaigns keep stages, characters, and unlocks separate.
• Characters roster - every officially named hero, including rescue unlocks.
• Nuln Oil guide - the tabletop paint turned flammable weapon, and its fire pairing.
• Ally squad system - rescue and recruitment rules behind question-mark objectives.
• Weapon evolution guide - the three confirmed evolution recipes and elite chests.