The ULTIMATE Guide to Warhammer 40K Lore

[@gydrah4244]

As a 40K thousand fan this "accurate" summary both make me laugh and and foam at that mouth wit rage.

[@bryanhansen7611]

Just like the setting itself. LOL

[@Dave0G]

Makes you wonder what McFarlane toys have been pacing in with their doll-scale figures...

[@michaelsilver253]

40k thousand? As in 40,000,000? Damn that's a lot of space marines and shit

[@xxsw4yxx]

For the WARRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

[@TheSteven00]

As someone who doesn't know anything about the setting, this all sounds pretty legit. How inaccurate is the info here? On a scale of 1-10, Is it just a kinda cheeky explanation(10), or is it all BS(1)?

[@RyanTheMan000]

This lore is 100% accurate Do not look into it This is all true Do not look it up You are fine

[@bobsterclause342]

NNNNNO THIS IS HERESY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Kennyselman]

lmao said Karne the Betrayer. Lmao

[@Le_Codex]

This video is absolutely correct. This is a lie.

[@manolobrinks]

​@@Kennyselman a fellow brickhead hello

[@sneedmando186]

I loved when Henry Cavill said *”It’s Exterminatus’in time”* and sealed the Eye of Terror 🤩

[@MisterZimbabwe]

The look on the Emperors face when he did that and said "What the hell we could have milked a whole season long story arc outta that!" was priceless.

[@ramonpena872]

*The real Emperor, watching from somewhere in the warp* "How does he have so much forbidden knowledge"

[@benhaver9737]

What makes this video such a good shitpost is that he’s not just getting everything wrong. He’s mixing in things that are actually true, and half truths, AND things that were formerly canon but have since been retconned. And he shifts between them without missing a beat.

[@butcanyoudothis3320]

This is gonna give a lot of 40k fans a stroke and I love it

[@TwoSevenX]

Given how often James Workshop rewrites canon, no comment.

[@papamedamachu8390]

I'm having a fucking stroke

[@justinkroboth360]

Oh yeah, it is absolutely beautiful. My soul died a little bit with each "40k thousand", but I laughed every goddamn time. 😅

[@georgeorwell8501]

This video is 100 times as accurate as the last warhammer 40K four thousand video by the Templin Institute

[@willieswolley7311]

Weird part is he honestly might have some valid points.

[@walterkruse348]

Me, two minutes into the video, realizing I am, unironically, without a shred of sarcasm, never going to get sick of Burger saying "Warhammer 40k-thousand". Update: Made it to the end. Still not sick of it!

[@justinkroboth360]

I laughed at every instance, but it hurt my soul at the same time. 😅

[@michellee1190]

^This. All of this.

[@Aravanus]

1:10:49 That fucking grin with "Share this to your relevant communities." He knows what he is doing, he wants the rage to flow.

[@Jinballify]

While absolutely custom-made to trigger 40k fans, Burger accidently did write a kickass science fiction canon all his own. Even if touched by the eldrich aura of Douglas Adams.

[@Cthuluke1]

I love how you can tell he does actually know what he's talking about but is purposefully fucking it up lmao

[@justinkroboth360]

Burger, my guy, as a 40K lore nerd I have to say - this is a thing of beauty and I love you to bits. The "40k thousand" addition may have permanently damaged parts of my brain, though. 😅 I'm only about 20 minutes in so far, but I think this might be my new favorite video from you.

[@ScoutXdude]

Seeing the man who got me obsessed with VTM is making a video on the thing I am also currently obsessed with gives incalculable levels of excitement.

[@Seetor]

oh no.

[@willieswolley7311]

He's really good 👍

[@sars910]

Oh sweet summer child

[@jacobmoorman6323]

Oh no no no...

[@evilsclone2499]

*moments before disaster*

[@npswm1314]

Loremaster here. Everything here is 100% accurate.

[@jc7997aj]

But not true 😉

[@nicholascarter9158]

It's somehow even funnier to realize that burger has no way of knowing the Imperial Knights are a real faction.

[@johnmaxwell9966]

I now want a series where he gets 10 minutes to read a wiki about some fictional IP and then makes a hour long video about after "doing additional research" like he did here. Also I love the fact that he got 99.9% of the orks stuff right

[@Munkee7777]

You did it Burger, you are the Warhammer 40k thousand

[@primenine9589]

Finally I will be able to talk with my friends that are fans of warhammer, never had the time to learn the lore. But you helped me so much. Can't wait to share what I learned with my friends

[@sars910]

At first I was kinda mad that you used Vulkan's picture for Horus H. Heresy (Vulkan is a very good boy) but you legitimately turned "Horus" into a much more interesting and nuanced character than Games Workshop ever could. Hats off to you.

[@freakyzoid3565]

Goddamnit this video is legitmately well made. Was legitimately about to come in with the citations cause I got so mad at the Necron part before realizing that all this was on purpose.

[@themonolougist]

I never saw a man lie for this long about 40k and I have been watching Majorkill for years Btw this new canon sounds exactly what GW could come up with a new retcon in a "merch booklet"

[@Razorfayne]

Genuinely one of the smartest Lore videos I've seen. Very well written to get everything just wrong enough, in just the right way, and still kinda keep it Warhammer adjacent.

[@LastHCompany]

I see that Burger has found the 8th Edition Rogue Trader lorebook. Not the most recent, but much of the lore still stands.

[@iamdom8167]

It took me shamefully long to figure out you were shitposting. It was "Empress Erda" that got me.

[@jondw]

I just love that Orks are just so... orky that even with your 100% definitely true video, basically no changes had to be made

[@ThisisnotTwitter]

He didn't cover their ultimate love of the in-universe sport of racist bloodball though, or their argumentative civil war over what colour of clothing the god of bloodball prefers. That was probably just to keep things PC though.

[@hernehaugen6878]

I fucking loved it when Horus beat Sanguinius and Sanguinius told him "You did it Horus. You're the Warhammer 40K-Thousand now".

[@Lantern_Light]

Only an hour? This is gonna be a light overview then.

[@Pink_Noodle]

The broad strokes are correct; and the average imperial citizen will only know those. On a meta level you did an excellent job.

[@SilentSakura-]

Why is this cooler than actual 40k lore like good fuckin job burger goddamn

[@rarr2130]

It's beautiful how it's all mixed with some real first edition lore

[@valritz1489]

This is an admirable commitment to the same sort of bit as Tim Russ' blockbuster summary of The Star War.

[@augustgurtisen]

I'd like to see a follow-up video about the gods of warhammer 40k thousand, especially going into detail about how sigmar ascended

[@matteodelgallo1983]

Sigma* you mean

[@elysebenge3740]

As someone who's Audible account is mostly 40K books, this was hilarious.

[@jc7997aj]

Same love using my credits to get a 40$ book for my 10$ monthly fee

[@jackstrayfeald1007]

Ahh, same

[@TheDarkChaplain]

Well, this should be fun. As a hardcore Warhammer lore guy who reads far too many of the novels every year, I'm kind of surprised by all the attention the franchise is getting lately, though. Edit: After featuring on the birthday stream with this comment, I have to add: I loved it and had a good laugh!

[@doktorfoxtrot659]

Honestly same here, the series anouncment caught me especially off guard

[@Seetor]

@@doktorfoxtrot659 oh

[@TwoSevenX]

GW does not need more money. GW needs ALL the money. All the money that has ever existed.

[@doktorfoxtrot659]

@@TwoSevenX true

[@ryanrobot7975]

Well they started making all these games that people actually want to play

[@Domel23]

The sheer amount of trolling, contained in this video... is just, like staring into the eye of an eldrirch internet God

[@bakomusha]

What's hilarious to me is that his take on The leagues is actually like accurate.

[@isaachess5910]

I like the idea that they're already a parody of the setting in his mind

[@bakomusha]

@@isaachess5910 How? They are a really cool way to take the concept od fantasy dwarves to space. They are brutal, but nothing about them is anywhere near as goofy, or edgy as most other factions.

[@tanks451]

@@bakomusha Because of all the races the Leagues of Votann are legitmently based and union pilled.

[@Warhamer116]

@@bakomusha They literally took 'space dwarves mining space rocks but fuck it we unionize, suck it' literally. Literally. It's fucking great.

[@robertgronewold3326]

I do admire the sheer level of confident inaccuracy in this video.

[@dylanjoyce8104]

The ways in which he is wrong makes me believe he knows everything about 40k. This video is like scoring an 80% on a test you got all of the answers wrong on

[@breakerofrocks]

This is genius. Absolute, untarnished, unadulterated genius. As a lore video creator, who, as far as I can tell anyway, cares about communicating in some detail the truth of a setting's lore, hearing all this from burgerkrieg can't get any more on-point, while at the same time being just so goddamned meta. And yes, the 'WH40K thousand' neologism is obviously what everyone should say from now on. I am amazed, good sir. Amazed!

[@EdBurke37]

Truly the greatest Warhammer 40k Thousand lore video on the Internet.

[@desalanblades]

I love the Idea of Vampire the Masquerade in these things called hive cities that is something I would love to play.

[@dylanjoyce8104]

I think burger was just gonna make stuff up without studdying but he couldn't not research. So he learned the whole setting so that he could get everything just slightly wrong

[@TheDrow79]

This is 100% lore accurate. It's incredible that you went so deep into the obscure lore.

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

As a 40k fan with a full Black Templar army of the Genestealer Cult variety, this is 100% accurate.

[@henriboteule]

I love how every fact presented in this breakdown ranges from factually correct to factually incorrect with ALL nuances of partial inuaccuracies in between. And in all that chaos, you have the Ork part of the video that is the only one that's 100% correct as far as I can tell. But since Ork lore is so bonkers to begin with, it blends in perfectly and there's no way to tell from a newcomer's perspective, making for the most beginner unfriendly warhammer 40k thousand lore video to date. Truly an achievement.

[@CountofVatesgrad]

I'm curious if you are familiar at all with the book "All Tomorrow's" I believe it's something right up your alley and would make a phenomenal video. Great vid as always👍

[@anthraxcrab2222]

Def up his alley

[@nickel-bolas951]

The Eldrazi Titan picture for the Chaos Gods was chef's kiss, I cackled like a loon

[@maciejas2471]

This feels like someone is explaining to his friends Warhammer 40k lore... through astrophtic message... at least 100 years ago XD

[@KoonsieN7]

My favorite thing about this is how much confidence he has saying all of this. I loved it lol

[@jezlawrence720]

Listening to this in the background. At about 8 minutes I suddenly realised I wasn't definitely listening hard enough because all the fantasy races did what now? The humans split into two on the way to where? Warhammer 40K thousand?! I realised I needed to actually pay attention cos I don't know what lore this *is* so far, but the familiarity-whiplash is *very* entertaining.

[@jezlawrence720]

Am 20 minutes in now, and *fully* on board.

[@gwrqet5352]

thanks for the 1hr&15mins of gaslighting. epic 1 burg

[@vodam6970]

pog, wh40k cant wait to hear the lore i already know again just because i just cant get enough of it (also by a man with a very calm and soothing voice)

[@Seetor]

oh boy.

[@somethinguncreative2634]

@@Seetor hey man, love your podcast

[@Seetor]

@@somethinguncreative2634 which one lmao

[@somethinguncreative2634]

@@Seetor Den Großdeutschen Podcast

[@Seetor]

@@somethinguncreative2634 nice

[@thenightingale5436]

I love warhammer 40k thousand lore.

[@somethinguncreative2634]

This video kind of reminds me of that one soviet author that wrote a lotr au fanfic with mordor as the good guys

[@devourlordasmodeus]

Turns out this whole video was just made so Burg warn us not to open his breathing time capsule and release what he buried

[@GustavTremendous]

Finally somebody did a truthful and unbiased lore video of Warhammer 40k,1000

[@oscarisevil1]

I hope your VTM and Shadowrun lore videos are as accurate as this. Good job.

[@sookendestroy1]

I didnt know germany had an alternate warhammer 40k lore, makes sense.

[@Javlin95]

Given that the only lore you got right is the dwarf one, we can confirm that this is, indeed, a drunk rambling of a Kin retelling whatever retcon'd mess they remember about the Imperium.

[@jorgecampos1382]

Krieg, please make another Shadowrun lore video! You're the only youtuber I can find that has any real lore vids on that setting. Literally anything, Amazonia, shapeshifters, or even Aztlan.

[@hyperspacejester7377]

*Shadowrun!* 👏👏 *Shadowrun!* 👏👏 *Shadowrun!* 👏👏

[@paoloorso668]

This is the 40k episode of “Cunk on Earth”, that we deserve.

[@Falafelsz]

I've heard some different lore for the other factions, but for The Kin it was pretty spot on, so kudos.

[@idontno6d105]

This actually had a really good explanation of how Tyrannid "tech" works

[@flamorf6837]

This is satire of the highest heresy thank you for your contribution

[@malvineous]

It's giving me anxiety that I don't know enough Leagues of Votann lore to tell how he messed it up, and his version sounds pretty plausible.

[@vesperschake6241]

As someone who knows just little bit about Warhammer 40K Thousand this video is definitely making me more confident about the accuracy of your other videos and topics that I am less versed in.

[@michellee1190]

Burger. You are very solidly becoming one of my favorite KZbinrs. This is legitimately great.

[@raphaelhemery152]

I legitimately love this version of the Tau, and wish they were an actual faction in an actual setting!

[@bobsterclause342]

I'm done. I reac hed the zerg. I just can't anymore. There heresy is just hillarious at this point.

[@CoolerGuy121]

I wish the title to this video was "100% accurate peer-reviewed Warhammer 40K thousand lore guaranteed." Lmfao

[@door5443]

this video went from pissing me off to make me laugh hardcore to making me invested in this actually really cool piece of science fiction

[@diredm3889]

My friend sent me One of this guys videos just a few days ago and now he is one of my fave youtubers of all time

[@forkittens]

im suprised that you didn't talk about the kriegers, and their job as nomatic chefs in the galaxy; going from planet to planet cooking burgers for the space knights. given that your YT channel is named after them.

[@jesusimpersonator1648]

My favorite part of wh40k was when Robo Guileman fell in love witb Yervin the super elf

[@hungryfrog3605]

I like how this kind of follows the lore whilst also proudly spitting in the face of it. I love it, especially when it urks me XD

[@AwesomeAutismHC]

Jokes aside, this is a good template for a separate sci-fi setting

[@itsashane1552]

Watching this is rending my mind asunder as a 40K enjoyer

[@tatsuvoid]

The Death Jester from a crossover with Marvel because he was a minion of the Joker. Perfect, just perfect.

[@BhopOwnz]

My favourite parts are when he walked into frame from offscreen, and started talking.

[@tanks451]

Hearing Burger say 'Kindred' and it not be a Vampire's video is a very strange experience.

[@flatheadgg2443]

Guy just rewrote the whole setting in an hour or so and did a better job than the entirety of GW and their army of soybots did over the past 20 years. Love it this is my official new headcanon.

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite Conan the barbarian assembly tutorial video on Terraria. *Elder Scrolls IV intro music*

[@Ms.Whiskertoria]

Lmao

[@im_2c]

This is now the connon lore for my games

[@spectorofcomm]

This game is the we truly deserve. I can feel the love and the fury of this lore

[@azogtheuglee4889]

Honestly better than most real 40K lore. The Tau especially

[@CityofWizards]

I knew nothing of 40k thousand until now, and now I feel experted

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

"Heretics are a footnote in history". That sounds like something an actual Heretic would say

[@stiken4421]

Horus Heresy is absolutely perfectly explained! Congratz!

[@benvance8726]

Im using this as a starfinder homebrew setting

[@apocrypta.]

i know nothing about 40k and will be taking this as absolute fact thank you for another burger lore classic

[@NinesEpsilon]

This makes me question the other lore videos, are there vampires in vtm??? Now I'm not sure

[@herbert-kenumera960]

When he emphasizes the word "Empire". Actual rage bait. Brilliant!

[@kmg9763]

Not to be confused with Warhammer 40k. Warhammer 40k Thousand is its own distinct thing.

[@user-Bartholome]

I love this very accurate video almost as much as I love playing with dolls.

[@jezlawrence720]

This Lore is 100% as accurate as all lore in the novels.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Yes finally the ultimate Warhammer 40k thousand lore video. Man you even got the more obscure tidbits in there

[@kredonystus7768]

The only mistake in this video is it's 40,000K thousand.

[@arthurcorbier3870]

this is going to be great

[@Kunori]

I'm glad you mentioned how important apes are to the development of humanity in this setting, people go 'why do they treat Robot Gorillaman like he's the main character of the setting these days" and they don't get it, the population of mars basically split into apes and artificial intelligences, he represents both, so who else would the emperor have sent the Belisarius Call to? That dual perspective gave him a key insight on both sides of war, the capabilities and limits of both technology and flesh and blood, and that's why his new Primer is what the space knights needed.

[@Tonyd5736]

Not just the specific lies you told but the way you told those lies that makes me wonder how much of the lore you actually know, well done

[@SmithMason5494]

I think this video was made by a wh40k fan giving Mr. God emperor Burgerkrieg just a list of things from wh40k and telling him to make it up as he goes, this is brilliant. I mean uh, this is 100% lore accurate don't question it.