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Patch Notes for 11/01/2024

Northgard v3.3.15.36065

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

Clan of the Owl

Units
  • Norns now consume Food like any other units.
  • Guardian of Realms summon cost has been increased.
    • Base cost: 500 > 600.
    • Cost increase for each zone of distance to the center of the map: 300 > 400.
    • Minimum cost is now only available on the center zone, and no longer on adjacent zones as well.


Fame
  • Fame 200 - Scouting enemy territories now requires an upgraded Town Hall


Knowledge
  • Fertile Soil - Resources obtained are not multiplied when there are multiple similar resources in the zone. (For example, a zone with Fish and Deers will count as 1 source of Food, and not 2)
    The Fertile land created by the branch is no longer counted as one of the natural resources in the zone.
  • Knowledges no longer give +20 Fame each, but a different value of Fame depending on their level.
    • Tier 1: +5 Fame
    • Tier 2: +15 Fame
    • Tier 3: +20 Fame
    • Tier 4: +25 Fame
    • Blessing: +35 Fame
UI
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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]
  • Fixed crash when searching a game with the lobby finder
  • Total win made more accurate, still locked at 1000 if success unlocked
  • Fixed UI telegraph for the guest during conquest mission “Shards of Misfortune”
  • Fixed Iron golem not spawning during conquest mission “Shards of Misfortune”
  • Fixed a crash in conquest mission “Shards of Misfortune”
  • Fixed Fog of war hiding partially scouted tile
  • Fixed a crash in conquest mission Cataclysm with Falconers
  • Fixed Vedfrolnir’s reward granted each time you load a save
  • Clan of the Raven : Fixed scout forge and Rangers lore not improving the lore production of scout
  • Clan of the Snake : Fixed Scorched Earth giving too much food from fish on coastal tile
  • Clan of the Owl : Fixed Healing herbs not healing Vedrfolnir in Owl territory
  • Clan of the Ox : Fixed Torfin having 100% projectile resistance
  • Cross of Vidar : Fixed notification spamming in mission 4
  • Kingdom : Fixed monk not producing lore when 3 of them were healing
  • Fixed some texts
  • Fixed some localization


[h3]Known Issues[/h3]
  • Some text localization might still be missing
  • Ranked GP difference - It is an issue with finding your GP, click on the gear beside it and it should work after that

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After an eventful 2023, it's time for everyone to get some holidays!
Thank you to the community for following us and always getting back to us when we need you.

We hope you enjoyed the last patches and updates, starting with the Spectator mode and ending with the Lore Victory rework. If you haven't joined the community, we always welcome you here on Steam, but also on Reddit and Discord.

We wish you a fantastic end of the year!

-Shiro Games

Patch Notes for 21/12/2023

Northgard v3.3.11.35900

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

Wisdom Victory

  • Minimum Lore amount required for Victory is now only available at the very center of the map, and no longer on adjacent zones as well.
  • Minimum Lore amount required for victory has been increased (600 > 800).
  • Lore amount increments for each zone of distance to the center of the map has been increased (600 > 800).
  • When the territory of a player is under attack (except Monument zone which stops progress entirely) the amount of Lore collected by their Monument is reduced by -50%.
  • Notification to all clans is now sent when the Monument construction begins, and not when it ends.
  • Monument construction time has been increased (1 month > 2 months).
  • For Kingdoms, only 1 subject can be assigned to the construction of the Monument.
Clan of the Owl
  • Owl Clan becomes available in Ranked Games today.
  • Verdandi prod boost no longer affects villagers.
  • Fertile Soil prod boost no longer affects villagers.
  • Protection Rune Carving has been reworked:

    • Now only give Defence based on the Lore buildings / Groves in the zone.
    • Can now be placed in the territory of another clan to benefit them.
    • Values have been rebalanced accordingly.
  • Guardian of Realms is available even when the Wisdom Victory is not (but it is just the unit and doesn’t give access to the Owl unique victory)
Stoat
  • Levies prod boost no longer affects villagers.
General
  • New texts and explanations tooltip have been added or adjusted for more clarity


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[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

  • Added message when premade can’t be joined
  • Added security for lobby finder issues (lag, crash, lobby empty)
  • Added security on win condition for Carved in stone conquest mission in coop
  • Boar - Fixed last conquest bonuses
  • Kraken - Fixed last conquest bonus not hurting myrkalfar
  • Dragon - Fixed converted thrall controlled by AI
  • Raven - Fixed homeland trade route giving ressources and kröwn
  • Fixed non balanced map for ranked
  • Fixed permafrost map for ranked
  • Fixed branch giving effect while Owl players wasn’t discovered
  • Fixed happiness flickering when mining gemstone during conquest mission Gems cutter
  • Fixed Lighthouse not being constructible in Rough sea conquest mission
  • Fixed Mimirsbrunn progression visible in the fog
  • Fixed arachnophobia setting
  • Fixed Taverner female model
  • Fixed flickering trade route UI
  • Fixed scout packed on same spot when spying a town hall
  • Fixed some localization
  • Fixed some text

[h3]Known issues[/h3]

  • Some localization are missing
  • Healing herbs doesn’t heal Vedrfolnir in Owl territory
If you have any issues that were not written here, please check if it was already mentioned on this link, if it is not on it, report it to us so that we can be made aware of it!

Beloved 9/10 Viking strategy game gets free update and new clan DLC

Viking strategy game Northgard adds another clan to its roster with the launch of a new DLC faction, the Clan of the Owl. The protectors of Yggdrasil are a lore-driven group, and their arrival is accompanied by a big free update for the Norse RTS game, and a deep discount courtesy of a Steam sale. That means there's plenty of reason to come back if you're a veteran player, and a great chance for any potential newcomers to find out why it holds a 'very positive' 9/10 Steam user rating from almost 45,000 reviews.


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Clan of the Owl : out now

Ohoï warchiefs!
Here comes the new update for Northgard!
In it, you will find a new clan but also a new lobby finder and lore victory rework.

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[h2] Clan of the Owl - Out now [/h2]

Vördr is now ready to wrap Northgard around their claws. Their Norns are now launched around the land to gather enough wisdom to satisfy Yggdrasil.

You can join the Cosmic Tree and learn everything about it below…



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[h2]Winter update, available to all [/h2]

[h3]New conquest - Kingdoms on the rise [/h3]

It’s time for the southern kingdoms to face new threats, as Kernev and Neustria gain 3 new specific conquests each!

Those conquests are also available for other clans.



[h3]Lore victory rework - The most WONDER-ful time [/h3]

As stated previously, the main grip with the wisdom victory is how passive it was. For that reason, we added WONDERS

Being the wiser is great, spilling it to the face of the world is better. You will now be able to claim the victory blessing earlier, but once it’s done, you’ll have to buiild a Wonder, a massive monument to assert your devotion to your gods.


You will have to protect your edifice while it gathers all the wisdom your clan is producing. When it's full, you win!

The closer to the center of the map your wonder is, the quicker you assert your dominance over Northgard.


While we talk about buildings made of wood, some new clans might prefer to pledge their allegiance to nature. If you are facing an Owl, watch out for their wonder, it seems quite aggressive.

Great Ymir! Vördr used the world tree to send an attack of titan™!

[h3]Lobby Finder - The Lobby Finder is coming to town [/h3]

After so much time with the lobby selection, now is the age of the lobby finder!
This system helps us ensure fairness in ranked games by assuring teaming is not possible for gamemode not requiring it.

Only the 3 main modes of Northgard are taken into account: 3V3, 1v1, FFA
You can still access all other modes with the custom lobby.



[h3]The Winter festival is here![/h3]

Winter event with its unique decorations and visuals is activated on the game with this update.



[h3]For the details..[/h3]

If you want even more details on the patch, you can find it all on the patchnote below

complete patchnotes

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[h3]Concerning the beta-test[/h3]

We want to thank all the people that joined our beta, we received a lot of feedback, some of them going further than what is now available in-game. Those requested additions have been noted and will be studied as possible additions for future update.
For a better vision on the matter, we are talking about multiqueue, adding modes, more info on the player count, etc…

In terms of bug report and feedback, the beta went well in our opinion. There are still changing points but the format in itself might be something that will be done again!

Thank you all for reading this news, don’t forget to check the Clan of the Owl if you have time, some info has been shared but there is a lot more as of now.

Enjoy this winter season and this new update! We'll come back to you this winter with what's coming for 2024...

If you want to talk about this new update, don't forget to join us and the rest of the community on our Discord server, Reddit page, and follow our news on Twitter and Facebook.
You can also keep updated directly by the devs during our streams on Twitch!

-Shiro Games


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