What comes in the Cosmic Terrors pack for Cthulhu Wars?
Cosmic Terrors is a $29.99 Cthulhu Wars expansion with three miniatures: the Great Race of Yith, the Dhole, and Quachil Uttaus. All three are classified in-game as Terrors, a neutral unit type, not Great Old Ones and not faction units. The pack requires the Cthulhu Wars base game and is built from cardboard, cardstock, and plastic components.
That's the short version. If you already own Cthulhu Wars (O4 Edition) and you're trying to figure out whether this is the right next box to add, the rest of this guide walks through exactly what's inside, how the Terror unit type sits apart from factions and Great Old Ones, and who gets the most value out of it.
What entity class is each miniature in Cosmic Terrors?
Get this wrong and it shows. Cthulhu Wars sorts its miniatures into distinct categories, and mixing them up leads to confusion at the table. The Cosmic Terrors product listing describes the pack plainly as "New unit types for CW, the terrors." Not a faction. Not a Great Old One pack. A third category, built around exactly these three entities:
- The Great Race of Yith: Terror unit type
- The Dhole: Terror unit type
- Quachil Uttaus: Terror unit type
That last one trips people up the most. Quachil Uttaus sounds like it belongs with the colossal figures in a Great Old One Pack, and a lot of secondhand summaries online get this wrong. It doesn't. Quachil Uttaus is a Terror, packaged in Cosmic Terrors and also sold on its own as a standalone blister for $8.99, for collectors who just want the one figure without buying the full three-piece set.
The Petersen Games listing catalogs the pack under SKU CW-U5, filed alongside the rest of the Cthulhu Wars line rather than under any single faction's product family. Small detail, but it backs up the same point: this is its own unit type, not a faction expansion wearing a different label.
Do you need the Cthulhu Wars base game to use Cosmic Terrors?
Yes, and there's no way around it. Cosmic Terrors is built as an expansion pack that adds new Terror units to an existing game; it has no board, no gates, and no Doom track of its own. If you don't already own the base game, start there before adding this pack to your cart.
This is the same model that runs across the whole Cthulhu Wars ecosystem. Faction expansions, Great Old One Packs, and unit-type packs like Cosmic Terrors all assume the O4 Edition core box is already on your shelf. Pair this expansion with the base game you own and the factions you already play, so it slots in the way it's designed to.
How does the Terror unit type differ from factions and Great Old Ones in Cthulhu Wars?
Faction expansions, such as the Tcho-Tchos or the Sleeper, are built around a single playable side with its own spellbook and unit stack. Great Old One Packs add colossal figures that plug into any faction's game. Cosmic Terrors is neither. It isn't named after a faction, and the product itself labels the contents "the terrors," a standalone category built to sit apart from both.
What that means in practice: these three figures aren't a faction you draft into the game and they aren't part of a Great Old One roster. They're their own unit type, sold as a set of three, meant to be dropped into a Cthulhu Wars session you're already running.
On the shelf, the physical build matches that positioning too. The pack is made from cardboard, cardstock, and plastic, the same material mix Petersen Games uses across the rest of the Cthulhu Wars line, so the three Terror figures sit comfortably next to your existing faction armies and Great Old One sculpts without looking like a mismatched add-on.
Who are the Great Race of Yith, the Dhole, and Quachil Uttaus in the wider mythos?
One detail worth knowing before you assume Petersen Games invented these creatures: it didn't, and it doesn't claim to. All three are public-domain figures from the shared Cthulhu Mythos tradition that H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries built together. Petersen Games owns its own miniature sculpts, cards, and game rules for these entities, not the underlying creatures themselves.
The Great Race of Yith originates in Lovecraft's own fiction, a species known for swapping minds across time and space. Quachil Uttaus traces back to Clark Ashton Smith, one of Lovecraft's closest correspondents and a major contributor to the wider Cthulhu Mythos canon. The Dhole shares that same Smith-era lineage. None of it is exclusive to Petersen Games; the mythos has been public domain shared fiction for close to a century, which is exactly why so many creators (Petersen included) keep finding new angles on it.
Who should add the Cosmic Terrors pack to their collection next?
If you already own the base game and one or two faction expansions, Cosmic Terrors is a low-cost way to widen the table without committing to a whole new faction's rules. At $29.99, it's one of the more accessible expansions in the lineup, and the three-figure set gives you real variety for the price.
Lore-focused collectors get an extra reason to buy. The Great Race of Yith and Quachil Uttaus are two of the more distinctive names in the wider Mythos, and having dedicated miniatures for both is a real display upgrade next to a shelf full of faction armies. Newer players who haven't settled on a favorite faction yet might get more immediate value from a Great Old One Pack or a second faction box first, then circle back to Cosmic Terrors once the core roster feels familiar.
Think about it this way: a faction expansion changes who you play as. A Great Old One Pack changes what colossal figures can join any faction's side. Cosmic Terrors adds a third kind of piece to the table entirely, separate from both of those. If your group already has strong opinions about which faction is strongest, or which Great Old One is worth recruiting, this pack gives everyone something genuinely new to argue about.
Budget matters here too. At $29.99 for three miniatures, Cosmic Terrors runs cheaper per figure than most Great Old One Packs, and the $8.99 standalone Quachil Uttaus blister is one of the more affordable single-miniature options anywhere in the Cthulhu Wars catalog. For a collector working through a full Cthulhu Wars display piece by piece, that makes Cosmic Terrors an easy pack to justify even outside a strict buying order.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Quachil Uttaus a Great Old One in Cthulhu Wars?
No. Quachil Uttaus is classified as a Terror, a unit type separate from Great Old Ones. It comes in the Cosmic Terrors pack alongside the Great Race of Yith and the Dhole, and is also sold on its own as a standalone blister.
Do I need the Cthulhu Wars base game to use Cosmic Terrors?
Yes. Cosmic Terrors is an expansion and requires the Cthulhu Wars base game (O4 Edition). It adds Terror units to a game you're already running rather than working as a standalone product.
How much does the Cosmic Terrors pack cost?
It's listed at $29.99 on the Petersen Games store. Verify the current price on the product page before ordering, since it can change.
What's included in the Cosmic Terrors box?
Three miniatures, each classified as a Terror: the Great Race of Yith, the Dhole, and Quachil Uttaus. The pack is built from cardboard, cardstock, and plastic components.
Can I buy Quachil Uttaus separately from the full pack?
Yes. Quachil Uttaus is also sold as a standalone blister for $8.99, for collectors who want the single figure without the other two miniatures in the set.
Ready to see it next to the rest of the lineup? Check the Cosmic Terrors product page for current stock and price, or browse the full Cthulhu Wars collection to see how it fits alongside the faction expansions and Great Old One Packs already on your shelf.
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