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The Legend of Catachan
The Legend of Catachan is a champion, not a stage. You rescue them on Imperial Bastion. They start with Frag Grenades. The character passive applies Battleshock to nearby enemies at critically low wounds and finds more explosives.
Grenades, the bandolier fight, and a hotfix
Frag Grenade plus Bandolier becomes the Ripper Pistol, and that result is a Gift: an extra gun rather than a replacement. atma.gg says Bandolier works from level 1. The Field Guide cites a player report that the bandolier must be maxed. I print both and do not pick a level. Until a second public table agrees with the max-level report, the recipe cell stays at level 1 plus.
Hotfix 2.1.6, announced 11 November 2026, fixed a rescue where this champion appeared with a Chainsword instead of the signature grenades. If a clip from launch day shows the sword, it is the bug, not a second kit.
They joined the October demo with Lyssa Revenya. Searches that add the word location are looking for a map pin. The pin is the rescue on Imperial Bastion, the opening 40K stage. Catachan Jungle Fighters is the faction label on the character row. A longer death-world essay was not backed by a source I re-opened for this page, so the lore stops at that label.
The demo-era tier board puts them in A, next to Lyssa. One source. Their explosives trait is why the grenade Gift matters more here than on a random rifle build.
| Field | Published detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Universe | Warhammer 40,000 | 3 sources |
| Faction | Catachan Jungle Fighters | 3 sources |
| Starting weapon | frag-grenade | 3 sources |
| Unlock type | Rescue | 3 sources |
| Unlock | Rescue in Imperial Bastion | 3 sources |
| Passive | Applies the Battleshocked status effect to nearby enemies at critically low Wounds. Finds more explosives. | 3 sources |
| How it is obtained | Rescue in Imperial Bastion | 3 sources |
Questions
Where is the Legend of Catachan?
It is a character rescued on Imperial Bastion, not a place name.
What weapon do they start with?
Frag Grenades, after the 2.1.6 fix. A launch bug showed a Chainsword.
Does Bandolier need to be maxed?
The evolution table says level 1 or higher. One guide cites a report that it must be maxed. Both stay.
Sources
- atma.gg characters — checked 2026-11-12
- TheGamer, character unlocks — checked 2026-11-12
- Field Guide weapon evolutions — checked 2026-11-12
- Steam news for the game — checked 2026-11-12
- atma.gg evolution databook — checked 2026-11-12