Codex: T'au Empire is a vital guide for collecting and playing games with the T'au Empire and its alien allies in Warhammer 40,000.

You'll find an absolute treasure trove of information to help you muster, paint, and command your armies – including rules for narrative Crusade campaigns, Combat Patrol skirmishes, and matched play games.

There's also a stunning spread of painted miniatures, evocative artwork, and immersive background material to inspire you for the Greater Good.

Inside this 136-page hardback book, you'll find:
– Background material detailing the T'au Empire, including its rigid caste system, varied sept worlds, and meteoric expansion, as well its long-time allies amongst the Kroot
– Inspiring artwork that sheds light on the sleek aesthetic, complex technology, and alien auxiliaries of the T'au Empire
– 38 datasheets detailing the profiles, wargear, and unique abilities of every T'au Empire unit, from Stealth Battlesuits to savage Krootox Rampagers
– Four themed Detachments, including the Kauyon and Mont'ka metastrategies, as well as dedicated Kroot Hunting Packs, each with their own set of special rules
– Crusade rules to launch a Sphere Expansion of your own, as you assimilate new systems through diplomacy and conquest
– Combat Patrol rules and a painting guide for playing fast-paced games with the Sudden Dawn Cadre
– An 'Eavy Metal showcase of superbly-painted Citadel miniatures to inspire you, featuring different T'au septs and Kroot kindreds

This book also contains a one-use code to unlock Codex: T'au Empire content in Warhammer 40,000: The App.

This multi-part plastic kit gives you everything you need in order to build one Tau Commander, in either an XV-85 Enforcer Armour Crisis Battlesuit or an XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit. There's an immense number of options available in the box - different heads, engines, leg and arm assemblies - and a ton of weapons! An airburst frag projector, a plasma rifle, a flamer, a fusion blaster, a cyclic ion blaster, a burst cannon (plus upgrade kit) and a missile pod. Included is a drone, which can be assembled as a gun, shield or marker drone.

Their XV-85 Enforcer Armour Crisis Battlesuits are armed with immensely destructive weapon arrays - flamers, ion blasters and frag projectors are amongst the optional loadouts, with electronic countermeasure suites and huge data-processing capabilities enhancing their battle prowess.

The XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit variant is covered in fins which streamline it, allowing super-fast movement across the theatre of battle, annihilating enemies with sharp shocks from its burst cannon. The on-board holophoton countermeasures and telemetry suites feed the Coldstar and its Commander pilot a massive variety of information that would overwhelm the untrained mind - instead, in this case, it allows the Coldstar Battlesuit to soar over its foes with a grace that enemy targeting systems simply cannot hope to catch.

Seventy-seven components are included, and one Citadel 60mm Round base.

This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multipart plastic kit builds Commander Farsight, leader to the breakaway Farsight Enclaves of the Tau Empire.

His custom XV-86 Supernova battlesuit features advanced technology that provides greater agility and mobility, allowing him to put his prodigious skills with the blade to good use. Farsight wields the mysterious Dawn Blade in one hand, with a plasma rifle and shield generator mounted to his other arm.

This legendary figure's wargear is loaded with details, from the ritual bonding knife strapped on his leg to the Farsight Enclaves icon worked into his shield's surface. His heroic pose atop a dramatic scenic base make Commander Farsight an eye-catching centrepiece for any collection or army.

This kit comprises 48 plastic components, and comes with a Citadel 60mm Round Base.

This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

As the undisputed master of Kauyon – the military strategy of the Fire Caste known as the Patient Hunter – O’Shaserra is a consummate general and will make the perfect Warlord for your T’au Empire army.

Shadowsun’s cutting-edge battlesuit is equipped with a flechette launcher, two high-energy fusion blasters (either of which can be replaced with a dispersed fusion blaster), a light missile pod and a pulse pistol. She is also accompanied by one MV37 Advanced Guardian Drone and one MV62 Command-link Drone.

This kit is supplied in 52 plastic components and contains 1x Citadel 50mm Round Base, 2x Citadel 32mm Round Bases and 2x Long Flying Stems.

This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multi-part plastic kit contains everything needed to build three XV8 Crisis Battlesuits, with six accompanying drones. There's an impressive level of customisation available, with ball fittings allowing unprecedented posability.

One miniature can be optionally assembled as a Shas'vre, with special head and chest plate, and there's a prodigious amount of advanced Tau weaponry in the box: four plasma rifles, three flamers, four fusion blasters, four burst cannons, three missile pods and three shield generators.

The accompanying drones have options for gun, shield or marker variants, and you can build a total of six drones, with up to three of any one type.

The kit also includes an assortment of battlesuit electronics systems.

One model in the kit can even be built as the new, experimental Iridium-class XV8-02 Crisis Battlesuit - distinguishable by its thicker armour and aggressive appearance. Huge variety!

152 components are included in total, with three Citadel 50mm Round bases and three Citadel small Flying bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multi-part plastic kit can be assembled as either a Fire Warriors Strike Team or Breacher Team. Everything you need to build ten Tau Empire Fire Warriors.

One model may be upgraded to a Shas'ui, and the kit includes two drones, a DS8 tactical support turret, a selection of different shoulder pads and back packs and a choice of weapons - pulse pistols, pulse carbines, EMP and photon grenades!

230 components in total, with ten Citadel 25mm Round bases, one Citadel 40mm Round base and two small flying bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multipart plastic kit contains 88 components and a Tau transfer sheet, and can be assembled as either a Hammerhead Gunship or a Sky Ray Gunship.

The Hammerhead Gunship kit is an impressive centrepiece to a collection of T'au Empire miniatures. Notable about the kit is the laterally extended nose, the tips of which can feature a pair of burst cannons or smart missiles systems.

Its sleek panels curve up towards a wider body that can support a fearsome turret-mounted gun – either a railgun or ion cannon – which can swivel in different directions. It features two vectored engines, which can also be tilted at various angles.

The kit also comes with a pair of optional weapon upgrades in the form of powerful seeker missiles.

This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multipart plastic kit builds 10 Kroot Carnivores, agile alien mercenaries employed by the Tau Empire.

Each of these stealthy hunters is armed with a bladed Kroot rifle, allowing them to harass enemies at range and wreak havoc in melee combat. You can equip one Carnivore with a heavy tanglebomb launcher, and build another as a veteran Long-quill to lead the unit, who can be armed with a double-barrelled Kroot carbine.

This kit offers plenty of cosmetic build options, including interchangeable heads, a variety of shoulder pad designs, and a choice of poses for each Carnivore. You'll also find loads of accessories – pistols, quill grenades, pouches, ammo, cuts of meat, and even a Kroot Hound pup – to customise your hunting packs and ensure no two Kroot look quite the same.

This kit comprises 106 plastic components and 10x Citadel 28.5mm Round Bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

This multipart plastic kit builds five Kroot Hounds, swift hunting beasts for the Kroot of the Tau Empire.

These ravenous creatures prowl or bound forward in a variety of poses, ready to snap at the enemy's flanks or savage a vulnerable foe. The Kroot regard their Hounds as partners, and adorn them with bracelets, quill-beads, and vambraces, offering plenty of details and textures to break up their tough hides and spiked quills.

This kit comprises 21 plastic components and 5x Citadel 28.5mm Round Bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

The XV104 Riptide takes the evolution of the Tau battlesuit to a whole new level.

First and foremost the model is huge, towering over the rest of the T'au – even other battlesuits and tanks. Sleek and elegant armour panels, along with bolts and grills, cover its body. Despite its enormous size, with ball and socket joints it remains a manoeuvrable model whose arms and legs can be posed in a variety of different ways. Either standing tall or even kneeling down, you can use it as a unique, dynamic centrepiece for your T'au army.

As well as three variant heads it comes with a range of weapons options including a heavy burst cannon, twin-linked smart missile systems, fusion blaster and Riptide shield generator. If that wasn't enough, the kit also comes with two Shielded Missile Drones.

This multi-part plastic kit contains 108 components and a T'au transfer sheet with which to make a XV104 Riptide Battlesuit and two Shielded Missile Drones.

This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly. Glue & paints sold separately.

The Twin Lance, a pair of legendary warriors, along with their custom gun drones, for your T'au Empire armies in games of Warhammer 40,000. 

The Exemplars are masters of the Mont'ka, using the thrusters of their custom battlesuits to leap into battle. Protected by their shields, they unleash torrents of fire from their fusion eliminator and ion scattercannon. Advanced shardstorm burst system missiles take care of enemy infantry that get too close, and MV15 gun drones add to the deadly salvos. They are ideal for adding aggressive close-range firepower to your force. The base toppers and guns are interchangeable across the drones, and the visors of the battlesuits can be assembled without glue, allowing them to be raised and lowered.

This kit is supplied with 1 T'au Empire Infantry Decals – Vior'la Sept Transfer Sheet, which contains 177 high-quality waterslide transfers to decorate your miniatures. These include a selection of Vior'la Sept markings for various battlesuits, and for other infantry in your collection, such as Pathfinder Teams, Strike Teams, and Breacher Teams.

This kit comprises 113 plastic components, 2 Citadel 60mm Round Bases, 2 Citadel 32mm Round Bases, and 4 Citadel Ball Socket Stems. These miniatures require assembly and are supplied unpainted