In Twilight Imperium, each player controls a faction with unique strengths and weaknesses, and their own motivations for pursuing the galactic throne. There are 30 total playable factions.
Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition[]
Base Game[]
The base game includes 17 such factions for players to choose from.
Prophecy of Kings Expansion[]
Prophecy of Kings introduced 7 new playable factions.
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The Argent Flight | 
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The Empyrean | 
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The Mahact Gene-Sorcerers | 
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The Naaz-Rokha Alliance | 
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The Nomad | 
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The Titans of Ul | 
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The Vuil'Raith Cabal | 
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Codex I - IV[]
The third volume of the official Twilight Imperium Codex released 1 new faction.
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The Council Keleres |
Thunder's Edge Expansion[]
Thunder's Edge introduced 5 new playable factions.
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The Crimson Rebellion | |
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The Deepwrought Scholarate | |
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The Firmament / The Obsidian | |
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Last Bastion | |
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The Ral Nel Consortium |
Twilight's Fall Variant[]
Thunder's Edge also included the Twilight's Fall variant of play.
This "Franken-draft" style of play has bare-bones factions (styled after Mahact Kings) for players to draft a series of abilities and unit upgrades onto. These factions can only be selected for this game variant, so aren't included in the lists below.
| The Ruby Monarch | |
| Radiant Aur | |
| Avarice Rex | |
| Il Sai Lakoe, Herald of Thorns | |
| The Saint of Swords | |
| Il Na Viroset | |
| El Nen Janovet | |
| A Sickening Lurch |
Faction Attributes[]
Gameplay[]
- Faction Abilities
- Faction Promissory Notes
- Faction Technologies'
- Faction Specific Components
- Faction Specific Units
- Flagships
- Mechs
- Leaders
- Breakthroughs
- Faction Starting Fleets
- Faction Starting Technology
- Faction Home Systems
- List of Factions by Play Complexity
Lore[]
- Faction Government and Leadership
- Faction Disposition
- List of Factions by Home System Population
- List of Factions by Tendencies
Faction Data Table[]
HmPl = Home Planet | Res = Resources | Inf = Influences | Com = Commodities | GF = Ground Forces | Cap = Number of ships with capacity
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Breakthrough
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The Arborec | Nestphar | 3 | 2 | 3 | Magen Defense Grid | 
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1 | 4 |
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Infantry | Bioplasmosis |
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The Barony of Letnev | Arc Prime | 4 | 0 | 2 | Antimass Deflectors | 
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2 | 3 |
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| Wren Terra | 2 | 1 | Plasma Scoring |
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Non-Euclidean Shielding |
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The Clan of Saar | Lisis II | 1 | 0 | 3 | Antimass Deflectors |
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3 | 4 |
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Space Docks | Chaos Mapping |
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The Embers of Muaat | Muaat | 4 | 1 | 4 | Plasma Scoring |
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1 | 4 |
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War Suns | Magmus Reactor |
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The Emirates of Hacan | Hercant | 1 | 1 | 6 | Antimass Deflectors |
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2 | 4 |
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| Arretze | 2 | 0 | Sarween Tools |
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Quantum Datahub Node |
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| Kamdorn | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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The Federation of Sol | Jord | 4 | 2 | 4 | Neural Motivator |
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2 | 5* |
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Infantry
Carriers |
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The Ghosts of Creuss | Creuss | 4 | 2 | 4 | Gravity Drive |
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1 | 4 |
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| Dimensional Splicer |
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The L1Z1X Mindnet | [0.0.0] | 5 | 0 | 2 | Neural Motivator |
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2 | 5 |
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Dreadnoughts | Inheritance Systems |
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The Mentak Coalition | Moll Primus | 4 | 1 | 2 | Plasma Scoring |
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1 | 4 |
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- | Salvage Operations |
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The Naalu Collective | Druaa | 3 | 1 | 3 | Neural Motivator |
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1 | 4 |
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Fighters | Neuroglaive |
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| Maaluuk | 0 | 2 | Sarween Tools |
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The Nekro Virus | Mordai II | 4 | 0 | 3 | Dacxive Animators |
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2 | 2 | - | - | - | Valefar Assimilator X | - |
| Valefar Assimilator X | - | Valefar Assimilator Y | - | |||||||||||
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Sardakk N'orr | Tren'Lak | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 5 |
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Dreadnoughts | Valkyrie Particle Weave |
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The Universities of Jol-Nar | Jol | 1 | 2 | 4 | Neural Motivator |
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3 | 2 |
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| Nar | 2 | 3 | Sarween Tools |
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Spacial Conduit Cylinder |
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The Winnu | Winnu | 3 | 4 | 3 | Any 1 technology that has no prerequisites | - | 1 | 2 |
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The Xxcha Kingdom | Archon Ren | 2 | 3 | 4 | Graviton Laser System |
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1 | 4 |
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| Archon Tau | 1 | 1 | Instinct Training |
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The Yin Brotherhood | Darien | 4 | 4 | 2 | Sarween Tools |
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2 | 4 |
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The Yssaril Tribes | Retillion | 2 | 3 | 3 | Neural Motivator |
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2 | 5 |
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| Shalloq | 1 | 2 | Mageon Implants |
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The Argent Flight | Valk | 2 | 0 | 3 | Two of: | 3 | 5 |
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Destroyers | Aerie Hololattice |
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| Avar | 1 | 1 | Plasma Scoring |
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| Ylir | 0 | 2 | Neural Motivator |
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The Empyrean | The Dark | 3 | 4 | 4 | Dark Energy Tap |
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2 | 4 |
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- | Aetherstream |
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| Nebula | - | - | Voidwatch |
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The Mahact Gene Sorcerers | Ixth | 3 | 5 | 3 | Bio Stims |
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2 | 3 |
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Infantry | Genetic Recombination |
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The Naaz-Rokha Alliance | Naazir | 2 | 1 | 3 | Psychoarchaeology |
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2 | 4 |
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- | Supercharge |
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| Rokha | 1 | 2 | AI Development Algorithm |
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Pre-Fab Arcologies |
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The Nomad | Arcturus | 4 | 4 | 4 | Sling Relay |
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2* | 4 |
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Flagship | Temporal Command Suite |
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The Titans of Ul | Elysium | 4 | 1 | 2 | Antimass Deflectors |
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3 | 3 |
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Cruisers | - | - |
| Scanlink Drone Network |
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The Vuil'Raith Cabal | Acheron | 4 | 0 | 2 | Self Assembly Routines |
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2 | 3 |
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Space Dock | Vortex |
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The Council Keleres | - | - | - | 2 | Any 2 non-faction technologies owned by other players | - | 2 | 2 |
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- | I.I.H.Q. Modernization  or Executive Order 
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The Crimson Rebellion | Ahk Creuxx | 4 | 2 | 2 | Choose one blue or red technology that has no pre-requisites. | - | 1 | 4 |
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Destroyer | Subatomic Splicer |
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The Deepwrought Scholarate | Ikatena | 4 | 4 | 3 | During setup, research technology twice | - | 2 | 3 |
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The Firmament | Cronos | 2 | 1 | 3 | Choose one green or yellow technology that has no pre-requisites. | - | 1 | 3 |
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| Tallin | 1 | 2 | Neural Parasite |
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| Cronos Hollow | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
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| Tallin Hollow | 3 | 0 | Neural Parasite |
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Last Bastion | Ordinian | 0* | 0 | 1 | Choose 1 blue or yellow technology with no prerequisites | - | 2 | 3 |
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Space Dock | Proxima Targeting VI |
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The Ral Nel Consortium | Mez Lo Orz Pei Zsha | 2 | 1 | 4 | Choose 1 red or green technology with no prerequisites | - | 2 | 4 |
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Destroyer | Nanomachines |
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Faction Image Table[]
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