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New Profession: The Huntsman

Wartales’ latest DLC will offer a story-driven experience in which you will get the opportunity to track down one of the most dangerous creatures of the world: The Beast.

In order to immerse your mercenaries into a proper hunt step by step in a new region, our team had to come up with a dedicated gameplay experience.

Additionally, and thanks to your extensive feedback received during our latest survey in early January, we identified that the new animal unit we introduced had a difficult time finding a good spot among your mercenaries.

This is where the new Huntsman profession comes in: there is an opportunity for us to strengthen an aspect of the Wartales experience. It makes sense for this DLC, and because the new profession will be available to all, it will offer new opportunities to those of you who want to rely on animals.


[h3]Where can we learn it?[/h3]
You can discover the Huntsman job by interacting with new elements in the worldmap that have a glowing red paw above them. These are traces left by animals. You can also learn it in The Beast Hunt DLC where the Master Trappers will teach you all about hunting The Beast.

[h3]How does it work?[/h3]
While wandering in the regions of Wartales, players will come across traces such as paw marks, animal remains, destroyed camps and many others…
Your band of mercenaries will then follow those clues, to ultimately lead to a fight against animals.
During those fights, your party will face dangerous and powerful versions of already existing animals from Wartales.

As usual, different proficiency levels are available for this new profession:
  • Novice: The troop earns more loot after a battle against a group of animals
  • Apprentice: Animals in the troop earn more experience
  • Journeyman: Reduces animals’ daily food consumption
  • Master: Has a chance to find loot when examining a trace

Huntsman earn XP by:
  • Capturing animals
  • Using the Hunting Gear
  • Examining traces

But the most interesting aspect for any dedicated Wartales player is that those events are a great opportunity to capture more dangerous animals than the ones you have crossed paths with so far. We named them “Fierce Animals” and we hope that they will offer more diversity in terms of group composition and tactics.

Fierce Animals will boast a better health pool, stronger attacking power as well as the ability to equip two different accessories.



The huntsman can also craft a new camp tool: the Hunting Gear
The blueprint can be purchased from the Trackers for 50 fangs (in any tracker’s camp in the world) and is a good way to generate fangs and food passively during sleep, if a Mercenary is assigned to the Hunting Gear.

New Camp Tool:

Wartales: The Beast Hunt - Reveal

[h3]Greetings Mercenaries,

We are delighted to reveal that our next DLC The Beast Hunt is set to release later this month.[/h3]



A monstrous force of nature haunts the deadly region of Brigga, leaving only ruin in its wake. Its presence twists the land, warping animals into ruthless ghost packs, drawn to anything that moves. For generations, the Trackers have fought to contain the curse. But this time… they need you.
Hunt the Beast through the mist-laden valleys of Brigga, unravel the truth behind its cursed existence and follow its trail into its den.











Fierce Animal units as well as the new Huntsman profession will be available to all Wartales players in a free update. We will showcase the new content in our next Steam blog post.

In the meantime, you can wishlist The Beast Hunt to let us know if you’re interested in the next DLC!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3559560/Wartales__The_Beast_Hunt/

Let us know what you think of the upcoming content by joining our Wartales community on Discord, Reddit, as well as following us on BlueSky, Twitter or Facebook to stay up to date with the latest news.

Shiro Games

Wartales Spring Sale

Mercenaries!
2025 is already upon us and the year ahead is already packed with content and improvements for the game.
We recently updated some of the core mechanics of the game with the Community Update#5 and we are continuing our efforts to improve the experience for all our dedicated Mercenaries.

At the occasion of the Steam Spring Sale, the base game as well as all our DLCs are discounted!
Whether you have never set foot on the fields of Tiltren or if you are an experienced veteran with mud-stained boots from your last excursion to the marshes of Harag: we have something for you.

[hr][/hr][h2]Enjoy the base game with 50% off [/h2]
Get your hands on one of the most critically acclaimed tactical RPGs in recent years

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527950/Wartales/[hr][/hr]

[hr][/hr][h2]15% off on the latest Wartales DLC to date[/h2]
Free and rebuild the newly added region of Ormance, culminating in an epic siege battle!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3335020/Wartales_The_Skelmar_Invasion/[hr][/hr]

[hr][/hr][h2]Undecided? The bundle featuring Wartales and many DLCs is available for even cheaper![/h2]
The very best of Wartales, and at an unmissable discount

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/43565/Wartales_The_Mercenaries_Edition/[hr][/hr]
See you soon for The Beast Hunt, Mercenaries!

-Shiro Games

Patch Notes v.1.0.40128

[h2]Base Game[/h2]
[h3]General[/h3]

  • Fixed encounter generation on Extreme Combat Difficulty and in Region Locked mode leading to overwhelming reinforcement waves
  • Fixed emplacements for repositioning companions at the start of a combat
  • Fixed zone skills preview (User Interface)
  • Fixed destiny choices not being applied upon starting a new game with a gamepad

[h3]Coop[/h3]

  • Fixed crashes due to converting a solo save from an ongoing encounter into a coop save
  • Fixed Some Gosenberg areas were unreachable due to the other coop player being incorrectly described as too far away

Medieval fantasy RPG Wartales makes enemies smarter and adds new maps

It's not been long since Shiro Games launched its most recent DLC for medieval fantasy RPG Wartales, but the indie studio has been hard at work since then on a wealth of additional improvements for the strategic mercenary sim based on community feedback. With more than a million sales of the base game and a Steam user score sitting at 90% positive, Shiro says it has "been extremely happy to read what you had to say about our latest DLC, The Skelmar Invasion, and Wartales in general." Its latest update steps the core experience yet again, and a Steam sale means you can grab it cheap if you're quick.


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