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The Cheapest Warhammer 40k Army to Start

Every 40k army ranked by what its cheapest start actually costs right now — the lowest live price for each army's cheapest box, across every shop we track. Not RRP, not last year's guess.

Today the cheapest way into Warhammer 40,000 is Leagues of Votann: Combat Patrol: Leagues of Votann at £77.89 for 19 models.

#	Army	Cheapest start	Price today	£ / model
1	Leagues of Votann	Combat Patrol: Leagues of Votann	£77.89	£4.10
2	Necrons	Combat Patrol: Necrons	£82.19	£4.33
3	Grey Knights	Combat Patrol: Grey Knights	£83.99	£4.94
4	Adepta Sororitas	Armageddon Battalion: Adepta Sororitas	£84.00	£3.50
5	Adeptus Mechanicus	Combat Patrol: Adeptus Mechanicus	£84.00	£4.42
6	Aeldari	Combat Patrol: Aeldari	£84.00	£4.00
7	Astra Militarum	Combat Patrol: Astra Militarum	£84.00	£3.36
8	Black Templars	Combat Patrol: Black Templars	£84.00	£4.42
9	Blood Angels	Combat Patrol: Blood Angels	£84.00	£4.94
10	Chaos Space Marines	Combat Patrol: Chaos Space Marines	£84.00	£3.23
11	Dark Angels	Combat Patrol: Dark Angels	£84.00	£4.42
12	Death Guard	Combat Patrol: Death Guard	£84.00	£6.46
13	Drukhari	Combat Patrol: Drukhari	£84.00	£6.46
14	Emperor's Children	Combat Patrol: Emperor's Children	£84.00	£4.94
15	Orks	Getting Started with Orks: Warhammer 40,000 - 11th Edition - English	£84.00	£2.55
16	Space Wolves	Combat Patrol: Space Wolves	£84.00	£4.00
17	T'au Empire	Combat Patrol: T'au Empire	£84.00	£2.90
18	Thousand Sons	Combat Patrol: Thousand Sons	£84.00	£5.60
19	Tyranids	Combat Patrol: Tyranid Assault Brood	£84.00	£4.67
20	Ultramarines	Getting Started with Space Marines: Warhammer 40,000 - 11th Edition - English	£84.00	£6.46
21	World Eaters	Combat Patrol: World Eaters	£84.00	£3.82
22	Adeptus Custodes	Combat Patrol: Adeptus Custodes	£85.95	£6.14
23	Deathwatch	Armageddon Battalion: Deathwatch	£88.99	£8.09
24	Genestealer Cults	Combat Patrol: Genestealer Cults	£89.00	£4.94
25	Imperial Agents	Combat Patrol: Imperial Agents	£89.00	£3.18

Not ranked — no shop we track currently prices a box for: Chaos Daemons, Chaos Knights, Imperial Fists, Imperial Knights, Iron Hands, Raven Guard, Salamanders, Space Marines, White Scars. They are listed so the ranking's coverage is honest, not because they are unstartable.

How this ranking works

"Start" here means the army's cheapest currently-priced box — usually its Combat Patrol. We compare the live price at every shop we track and rank on the lowest. We deliberately don't estimate what a full 2,000-point army costs: points values are Games Workshop's numbers and change on their schedule, so any such figure rots. A box price is ours to check, and we check it.

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Prices were last checked 17 Aug and can change — the retailer's own page always has the final say. Affiliate links — how we make money.