For questions about Xenos (non-humans) in the W40k universe. Only use for questions regarding Xenos, a question merely mentioning non-humans should not use this tag. Always use in conjunction with the [warhammer-40k] tag and any other relevant tags.

Xenos is the name given to non-humans by humans. There are different different races, which all fall under Xenos. A (non-complete) list:

  1. Eldar:
    • Craftworld Eldar (Aeldari): Eldar travelling through space on gigantic artifical worlds, psionically very potent and led by Farseers that can see possible futures.
    • Dark Eldar (Drukhari): Sadistic and hedonistic Eldars, living in the Webway and still indoulging in the pleasures that led to the Fall of the Eldar.
    • Exodites: "Primitive" Eldars, that left Eldar society way before the Fall of the Eldar and went back to a more natural and basic way of life.
  2. Necrons: Technologically very advanced robots that have slept for 60 million years and are starting to wake up.
  3. T'au: A small faction of technological advanced Xenos with blue skin, located in the Ultima Segmentum.
  4. Orks: Greenskins. Very strong, resilient Xenos with mostly primitive tech. They love to fight.
  5. Tyranids: Swarm based Xenos that seem more like insects than humanoid. They are purely biological, i.e. do not have tech like the other factions. They come from another galaxy, source unknown. Appearing above a planet and eating everything, only to continue to the next planet. They travel in gigantic hive fleets.

Beside those major factions, there are a lot of minor Xenos factions.