Age of Darkness: Final Stand News

Dear Protectors of the Light,

Here it is, our first Content Update of the Year! We’re launching full force into the year with the Siege Catapult, a brand new Player Unit. Now you will have an extra layer of defense to stop the Nightmares from taking over your Keep.

Alongside this, we're launching something we know our Community has been asking for for quite some time now, Priority Targeting, now you can assign your Units to attack the Closest, Strongest or Weakest Nightmares.

Don’t worry, we didn’t stop there, included in this Update is a new Mini-Map filtering feature. There are now options to toggle on or off any element of the Mini-Map and also enlarge it so you are able to expertly plan your expansion.

Since we have given you some amazing features to make the battle easier, of course we had to adjust a Hardship as well to keep you on your toes. The Dangerously Familiar Hardship now untethers the Elites from their Point of Interest so they are able to chase you indefinitely around the map, unless you kill them first!

For now, continue to fight off the Darkness and keep your eyes peeled for more information regarding our next Content Update!

As always please continue to report bugs to our Steam forums or in the bug reporting channel on our Discord, as we’re constantly monitoring those channels.

Check out the full patch notes below:

[h2]Release Notes[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• New Player Unit: Catapult.
  
• New Mini-Map Filtering feature.
  
• New Priority Targeting feature.
  
• Dangerously Familiar Hardship adjustment.
  
• Localisation for New Features.
  

[h3]Crashes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when swapping from Fullscreen to Windowed mode in certain Resolutions.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash during a Death Night when double clicking a Unit or Building to mass select them.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where Crushers were T-Posing during Death Nights.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Impalers spears would be stuck on screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where assigning multiple Treasuries to a Control Group does not show the visual highlight of surrounding Houses.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Archers animations would play incorrectly when using Shadow Move.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Hero would not respawn on a Load if the respawn timer was active when saving.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not build Impalers from the Siege Factory.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Upgrade button would remain visible after upgrading to the final Tier of any Building.
  
• Fixed an issue where after a Death Night the Mini-Map notifications would no longer appear.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Feedback screen UI would overlap if UI is set to 125%.
  
• Fixed an issue where the swarm icon on the Mini-Map would remain after a Death Night.
  
• Fixed an issue for the missing UI on the Training Hall Hoverbox.
  
• Various UI fixes to the Map.
  
• Fixed incorrect text on the Available Villagers, Wood Workshop, Refined Workshop and Siege factory Hoverbox’s.
  
• Various Localisation fixes for Treasury, Hints and Blessings.
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

A fix for these issues will come in the coming Patch Update.

• There is a known issue with the Stalemate timer not functioning as intended on the final Death Night. When the Stalemate ends, the Death Fog recedes but the game does not end, the player must find and kill the remaining enemies to end the game.
  
• If loading a save from V0.3.1 and building a Siege Catapult, their statistics will not reflect their correct values and will display as a negative.
  
• If loading a save from V0.3.1 will stop Units and Villagers animating until Units are commanded to move.
  
• If loading a save from V0.3.1 players must right click before selecting their Units.
  

Where possible please ensure all drivers are updated to ensure the best and smoothest performance.

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We greatly appreciate everyone who has taken the time to let us know about these bugs and crashes you’ve encountered. If you come across any bugs or crashes in the future, please report them to us either through the Steam forums, our Discord server in the ‘bug-reporting’ channel or using the in-game bug reporting tool.
Till next time Protectors of the Light…
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Have a question about the game? We have a handy FAQ we’ve posted on the Steam forums that you can view. If your question hasn’t been answered there, we’ll be doing our best to keep up with questions here, on the forums and our Discord server.
Speaking of which, you can also chat with our team and ask them questions on our official Discord server here!

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Dear Protectors of the Light,

We hope you like big rocks and big impacts, because the Siege Catapult is finally here! This formidable stone flinging machine is one of the most powerful units that will be available to you.
Let’s take a look at this monster, shall we?


The Catapult is a powerful siege unit, with an immensely long range, perfect for making widows of any potential Nightmare wives waiting for their husbands to return from war.

The most notable feature about this relentless rock thrower is that it can switch between siege mode and mobile mode. Mobile mode allows the Siege Catapult to move around freely, whereas Siege mode unleashes its full power, giving it a nice little boost to damage, accuracy, and attack range. While in Siege mode, the Catapult can’t move at all, making it extremely vulnerable to melee attacks.

Oh, and did we mention that it can only attack targets a certain distance away from itself? Keep these things away from direct combat!


As usual we’ll release the full patch notes alongside the update, but that’s it for the big-ticket items this time!. Keep your eyes on our social channels over the coming weeks and you might just get a peek at what we’re planning next…

Dear protectors of the light,

Good news: there’s a brand-new update coming in just two short days, on the 27th of January! Even better news: we’ve made tons of changes that will hopefully make your Nightmare obliteration that much more fun!

So without further ado, let’s talk about item number one on our list, target prioritisation.



You’ve all asked for it, (over and over again) and we shall provide! From the moment this update goes live, you’ll be able to tell your units to prioritise weaker, stronger, or closer enemies depending on what you want to accomplish.

Each unit can have its own priorities, so if you want your melee troops attacking the closest enemies while your ranged units lay down the finishing blow on those close to death, you can!


We’ve made some more small changes to the mini-map to hopefully make things a little clearer for all you map-watchers out there.

You’ll notice that when you first load up the update there will be five new buttons around your mini-map.

Here’s what they do:

• Spyglass - Enlarges the map for a closer look at that sweet, sweet cartography.
  
• Exclamation mark - Toggles all icons on/off.
  
• Coins - Toggles Point of Interest and Resource Vein icons on/off
  
• Helmet - Toggles player buildings and units on/off
  
• Skull - Toggles enemy units and crystals on/off
  

All of these new buttons will be visible on both the enlarged, and regular sized versions of the mini-map.


Naturally we couldn’t make it too easy for you to defend your land, because where's the fun in that, so we’ve made some Hardship changes to increase your suffering.

Dangerously Familiar will now no longer limit a range at which Elite Units can follow you. As they are now untethered from their Points of Interest, once they have been provoked, they will chase you indefinitely, so it’s kill or be killed before they wreak havoc and destroy your Keep!

We have a few more Hardships planned for updates soon that will ensure you’re carefully managing your Hero’s health bar and maximising your time in-game.


That’s all we’ve got for you today folks. Come back tomorrow for another blog detailing a new unit that’ll really roll your stones!

Dear Protectors of the Light,

We hope you all had a wonderful New Year and we have loved seeing you all continue to post on Discord during the Holidays. Now, with the New Year comes what you’ve all been waiting for…. New Updates!

We have an exciting upcoming Content Update releasing at the end of this month that will be launching a lot at you, however until then, we have a Patch Update to kick off the new year!

In our V0.3.1 Update, we’ve made a few Quality of Life improvements and fixed some bugs that had been hanging around for a while now!

Check out the full patch notes below:

[h2]Release Notes[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Stopping the construction menu from snapping back to the main Keep menu when an Upgrade completes.
  
• Hazy Skies has been reduced to 25% and now affects all Towers, Ballista Towers and Grand Bellow.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the Eyesight Skill does not affect Archers in Towers.
  
• Fixed an issue where difficulty icons could appear on the Impaler control menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Impaler is able to be built without the required research.
  
• Fixed an issue for the missing UI displayed on the Siege Factory information hoverbox.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Player is able to stack Treasuries.
  
• Fixed missing Localisation in multiple languages for the Trade Bazaar description in the Tutorial Menu.
  
• Fixed missing Localisation in multiple languages for Tax Earnings.
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• Game will crash when the player tries to build Walls while their Houses have a Debuff placed on them due to a Loan, a fix for this is already in testing for our next Patch.
  

Where possible please ensure all drivers are updated to ensure the best and smoothest performance.

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We greatly appreciate everyone who has taken the time to let us know about these bugs and crashes you’ve encountered. If you come across any bugs or crashes in the future, please report them to us either through the Steam forums, our Discord server in the ‘bug-reporting’ channel or using the in-game bug reporting tool.
Till next time Protectors of the Light…

AoD Social Links:

AoD Discord - Join our official Discord server AoD Website - Official Website & Blog Twitter - Follow us at AOD_FinalStand Facebook - Like Our Facebook Page Reddit - Join the r/Age of Darkness: Final Stand community
YouTube - Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel
Have a question about the game? We have a handy FAQ we’ve posted on the Steam forums that you can view. If your question hasn’t been answered there, we’ll be doing our best to keep up with questions here, on the forums and our Discord server.
Speaking of which, you can also chat with our team and ask them questions on our official Discord server here!

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Dear Protectors of the Light,

On behalf of the entire development team, we wanted to take the opportunity to thank our community for all your incredible support since the Early Access launch of Age of Darkness: Final Stand.

It’s been amazing to see all the engagement on both Steam and Discord, with the team actively looking at new and emerging strategies players make in their runs. Because of that we wanted to share some player stats from the last two months with you all.

This data represents a small subset of our community, only those who have opted in to share their gameplay data and analytics all in the name of faithfully defending their land against the Nightmares:



Since launch the team has been working tirelessly to make sure you have as stable of a gameplay experience as possible, having done nine patches, with two of those being major Content Updates. Reflecting back on this effort our team will be taking a well deserved holiday break, so for the next 3 weeks you won’t see any new patches or updates, along with us being a bit quieter on our socials.

However we love staying connected with our players so as always, please continue to post your thoughts and feedback on the latest update on Discord and Steam Forums! Although we may not respond as quickly, we will still be lurking in the background reading your posts and listening to your feedback, with a standby team in place, should we find everyone’s Keeps on fire.

However I’m sure you’re all excited for what the New Year will bring, as are we! We’re very eager for what’s to come! In January we will have a juicy new Patch Update to address Quality of Life improvements and Bug Fixes along with a new Content Update later in the month.. In the New Year we will add more Languages for Localisation to make the game even more accessible to all players.

The wheels are still turning in the background for our Campaign and Multiplayer, as we know how hungry you all are for these new gameplay modes! We’ll be teasing what we're working on throughout next year as we continue on our path out of Early Access.

Speaking of, here’s a little holiday present for you before we disappear.



We are immensely proud of the game we have created and how well it has been received, we hope you continue along with us on this journey and help us stop the Darkness from creeping in.

See you in the New Year Protectors of the Light…