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Balancing Patch (December 2020)

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With the coldest of seasons beginning to descend upon Northgard, has Winter festival sprung to life once again! But the bitter cold winds, snow and perilous winters are not all that await us, as a number of huge changes to the plethora of clans vying for conquest have also arrived with Balance Update #5!

Check out what's new below!




[h3]Shieldbearers[/h3]
Defense 8 ⇒ 7


[h3]Eldhrumnir[/h3]
Your units regenerate health during a feast .
Regen Health 0.05 ⇒ 0.03


[h3]Scabbard of Gram[/h3]
Your Warchief wields the sword Gram. Enemies hit by Gram are frozen, along with the area around them. Gives +15% ⇒ +10% attack , +15% ⇒ +10% defense to Shield Maiden.


[h3]Chilling Aura[/h3]
Enemies hit by Gram are frozen for 3 ⇒ 2 seconds, along with the area around them. They are slowed and their attack speed is reduced.



[h3]Call to arms[/h3]
Every six months, homeland sends you up to 2 ⇒ 3 Militia to help you defend your territory. You can have a maximum of 2 ⇒ 3 Militia in your territory.


[h3]Call to arms II[/h3]
You can keep up to 4 ⇒ 6 Militia in your territory.


[h3]Call to arms III[/h3]
You can keep up to 6 ⇒ 9 Militia in your territory.








[h3]Trackers[/h3]
Health 50 ⇒ 55
Recruit cost 30 ⇒ 25


[h3]Mythical Lure[/h3]
A lure that attracts mythical beasts. They periodically come in groups hungry for some food . Each wave cleared increases population growth by 2 ⇒ 5%, up to 20%. Destroyed if an enemy colonizes the zone.

NEW You can assign up to two villagers on Mythical Lures to become hunters.


[h3]Poaching[/h3]
Allows you to sell Hunting trophies in the Marketplace at the price of 2 ⇒ 1.5 Hunting trophies for 1 Kröwn .


[h3]Feral instinct[/h3]
Trackers that participated in a mythical animal kill permanently gain + 1 ⇒ 2% attack power (max + 50%). Lost on death.


[h3]Hindering Arrows[/h3]
Your Trackers fire hindering arrows, slowing targets hit.

Attack speed slow 20 ⇒ 30%
Move speed slow 40 ⇒ 50%





[h3]Starting Advantages[/h3]
Your units are tougher, larger and eat more than the other clans, and have a 15 ⇒ 10% attack power and defense bonus .

Specialized civilian units have a 40 ⇒ 30% production bonus, except Loremasters.





[h3]Under pressure[/h3]
You gain + 0.5 Happiness and 1 ⇒ 0.5 Food for each military unit in a non allied zone next to or within an enemy territory.


[h3]Poison[/h3]
Decreases target’s attack speed and move speed by 35% ⇒ 25% for 2 seconds.





[h3]Kindred Spirit[/h3]
Having Kaija, the Armored Bear or Shield Maiden in an area increases local production by [b]15% ⇒ 10%.





Stone cost to build an Altar of Kings is reduced to 5. It gives + 2 ⇒ 3 Happiness and produces Fame .





[h3]Mercenaries[/h3]
Recruit Cost 50 ⇒ 45 (which brings the total raid cost down to 200 ⇒ 180).





[h3]Dragonmen[/h3]
Attack Power 13 ⇒ 12
Health 75 ⇒ 70

[h3]SwirlAttack[/h3]
Dragonmen sometimes execute a mighty swirling strike that damages all surrounding enemies.

Cooldown 0.5 ⇒ 0.8
Secondary target damage coeff 0.8 ⇒ 0.6






Usual Christmas theme decorations on Permafrost map.






  • Building’s window has been reorganized

  • A new toxicity report system has been implemented

  • A progression circle has been added above the calendar to show feast duration (disabled by default)

  • A progression circle has been added above the calendar to show duration before obtaining a new villager (disabled by default)

  • New pop-up added about community conduct (for the first multiplayer connection only).

  • A confirmation button has been added for building upgrades

  • Hovering over teammate's military path icons shows levels and how much experience they have

  • Link to patch note in the main menu has been actualized

  • An anti-aliasing option has been added to Northgard







  • You can’t buy Dragonmen anymore if you don’t have enough Dragon Essence.

  • Drakkar should no longer cross the entire map.

  • Minor bug fix on fight trails and FXs.


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This update will download automatically from Steam. If you have any problems with regards to this update, leave a comment below or contact us at [email protected] where our Support Team will do everything they can to assist.

Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback and suggestions over the last few months and of course, a massive thanks to our beta testers!

We hope you all enjoy this update and have a great holiday season!

- Shiro Games