GW Codes Decoder

How to read a Games Workshop set ID

Every Games Workshop product has an ID with an 11-digit code, for example gw-99120103142. The code is not random: every group of digits has its own meaning, so the ID alone tells a lot about the set.

• 1–2Language — the language of the set. 99 means universal, without a language.
• 3–4Set type — a box, blister, book, paint, merchandise and so on.
• 5–6Game — Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Old World and others.
• 7–8Faction — depends on the game from digits 5–6.
• 9–11Set number — the sequential number of the set inside its group.

Why it is not always simple

• The same faction number means different things in different games, so a faction can be read only together with the game.
• Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Age of Sigmar share the same game code (02). We tell them apart by the game assigned to the set and by its release date: sets released from 4 July 2015 belong to Age of Sigmar.
• Some rare codes are not fully confirmed yet. The lists below mark them as unverified.

Check a set

Enter a set ID, with or without the «gw-» prefix, to see its information.