Games Workshop reveals Aeldari Corsairs, Kroot, Red Corsairs, Night Lords Combat Patrols

Games Workshop has revealed four new Combat Patrol boxes for Warhammer 40,000 covering Aeldari Corsairs, Kroot, Red Corsairs, and Night Lords. The announcement appears on the publisher’s official Warhammer Community pages and was picked up across hobby sites noting the quartet of faction-focused fast-play boxes.

Warhammer Community published the reveal on February 23, 2026 and described the post as an official product reveal and ordering guide, although the supplied excerpt ends mid-sentence with the fragment "The article is an official product reveal and ordering guide on t". The site’s captured page also shows related navigation and features including Fast Play: Combat Patrol, broader Warhammer 40,000 sections, and a community showcase headline reading "Aeldari Corsairs have kidnapped our community painters!".

Spikeybits framed the Combat Patrol slate as intentionally designed rather than a grab-bag, writing: "Four new 40k Combat Patrol boxes are on deck for Aeldari Corsairs, Kroot, Red Corsairs, and Night Lords, and each one actually has a clear game plan instead of being a random pile of sprues." Spikeybits then characterizes each box’s playstyle: "Corsairs lean into fast raids and build flexibility, Red Corsairs bring mid-board pressure, Kroot play the ambush skirmish game, and Night Lords want to get close and make it personal, plus the Kill Team crossover is the sneaky extra value."

Spikeybits placed the Combat Patrols in the wider 2026 product context, tying them to other reveals such as a new Imperial Knight called the Knight Destrier. In Spikeybits’ words, "The Imperial Knight Destrier is a new Bellatus-class speed demon, packing carapace rocket boosters, a rocket-assisted thundershock spear, and enough dakka options to make the survivors regret running." Spikeybits also linked a Maelstrom narrative release, saying "Maelstrom Lair of the Tyrant campaign book and box set releases for a pirate-themed 10th edition finale with Red Corsairs, new Aeldari minis, Yriel, and narrative rules" and that "Maelstrom Lair should connect to the wider 500 Hundred Worlds narrative" as part of "a three-book run, including the yet-to-be-fully-revealed Eye of Terror series, leading into the 11th edition."

Beastsofwar ran a concise confirmation of the drop, writing that "Games Workshop revealed four new Combat Patrols for you to snap up when diving into their grimdark Sci-Fi wargame, Warhammer 40,000." Neither the Warhammer Community excerpt nor the secondary reporting in the supplied material includes box contents, model counts, SKUs, prices, or precise pre-order and release windows; those specific product details remain absent from the published excerpts.

The immediate reporting places the four Combat Patrols firmly in Games Workshop’s 2026 slate, with Spikeybits’ playstyle readouts and Kill Team crossover noted as the clearest guidance on how each box is intended to play. Full product pages and complete ordering information are the next items to watch for from Warhammer Community to confirm model lists and retail particulars.