Northgard News

Hey everyone!

We are very happy to finally present to you the sixth major free update to Northgard, Kröwns and Daggers, available now!

The Kröwns and Daggers update brings a host of new features, gameplay additions and even a new neutral faction to Northgard.

With an increased focus on diplomacy, and a complete overhaul of how you develop and maintain relations with your fellow factions, Kröwns and Daggers is easily one of our most ambitious content updates yet!

Read on to find out more about what to expect...

• Town twinning boosts your population growth, but it also increases the population growth of your Rival.
  
• Eavesdropping gains you more Lore based on how much Knowledge your Rival has discovered that you have not.
  
• Target a Clan with less Fame than you with Bullying and you will gain more Defense against them, but if they come out on top, they get significantly more Fame in return.
  
• Manhunt places a target on your Rival’s back by hitting them with an Attack malus outside their territory. In exchange, they get a bonus as long as they stay within their territory.
  

• Player names are now displayed in the chat, but they are colorless until scouted (and so are the borders).
  
• When a player pauses the game, the player name is displayed to all players.
  
• When a player ends the pause, the name of that player is also displayed.
  

• Stats for Squirrel Meals have been added.
  
• In Food stats, the Feasts are now indicated.
  
• In Forge stats, the Unit forged is now indicated.
  

• Coinage no longer unlocks trade routes.
  
• Trade routes are available since the beginning of the game.
  
• Trade routes without Coinage are less effective than before
  
• Knowledges replacing Coinage in the Lore Tree also benefit from the trade route bonus "Your trade routes produce +100% Kröwns".
  

• The first Carved Stone is free. Your next carved stone is free.

• Reveals all neutral factions. Reveals the position of all neutral factions (without removing the fog of war).
  

Lore cost:

• Lore cost for knowledges has been readjusted.
  

• New unit: Emissary.
  
• New building: Lodge of Emissaries.
  
• New building: Offering Well.
  

• The Dwarven Prospectors.
  
• The Myrkálfar's Levy.
  
• Ceremonial Bonfire.
  

• Neutral factions attack behavior reviewed to fairer.
  
• Jötnar now charges enemy units when attacked on their own territory.
  
• All factions except Jötnar now accept Wood via trade routes.
  
• Every clan of the Dragon in a game now has the same Dragon Essence gauge bonuses.
  
• Rumor mongering was reworked to match with the new neutral factions’ behaviors.
  
• The detailed flux of your resources (the tooltip over a resource stock) now displays the flux as a decimal value. Meaning you can know precisely how much Stone / Iron you’re extracting and trading.
  
• Scouting speed is reduced by 20% in enemy territory.
  
• With the shortcut E you could lose the selection of Kaija by selecting/deselecting her army. This feature was removed.
  
• Eradicating a neutral faction no longer gives military XP (eliminating a member of the neutral faction will still provide military XP).
  
• Eliminating a player no longer gives you military XP.
  
• Several SFX have been added.
  

• Wounded debuff on Units is now correctly removed when healed.
  
• Wounded debuff only applies once under 80% of health.
  
• Oskoreia is no longer canceled when Mieliki is attacked.
  
• Achievement “Let me borrow this” is correctly unlocked.
  
• Happiness detail now shows the entire list of entries impacting happiness and not just the X first elements.
  
• Multiple bugs about achievements/expeditions not triggering upon completion.
  
• Fixed value display for Knowledge “value of great deeds”.
  
• Fixed Snake’s relic Stealth ability.
  
• Fixed Trading Caravan. Relations with neutral factions improved 20% faster as intended. (Instead of 10 before correction).
  
• Fixed victory condition cut-off in story mode.
  
• Fixed trade with the clan of the Boar. As the Boar, you can no longer trade with another clan.
  
• AI of the clan of the squirrel can no longer share a meal with an ally before obtaining “A Helping Hand” ( Fame 200).
  
• Icon displayed after a loot no longer cancels a mouse click.
  
• The link to the "How to mod" button has been fixed.
  
• Fixed the Bodyguard from “Tactician” Military Path sometimes no longer following his warchief.
  
• Fixed cursor issue. You could sometimes no longer target an enemy unit with your military units.
  
• Fixed console spam causing lags in modded games.
  
• Fixed achievements in the expedition menu. Some of them were unlocked in the game but not on steam. It was the game that considered them unlocked too early.
  
• In the lobby, the dropdown list no longer closes automatically when you’re selecting a clan and another player choses at the same time. The dropdown list still closes if you’re selecting a color or team at the same time as another player.
  
• Myrkalfar no longer stall and teleport when they attack on server.
  
• Fixed army selection with ‘E’ and a giant Boar.
  

Originally posted by author

Happy Tuesday Vikings!

Today, we’re releasing a yet another MASSIVE balance patch that brings a plethora of changes to Northgard and each of the clans that inhabit these mysterious lands.

With this update, we've made a number of changes and additions, heavily balancing the clans based on your wonderful feedback over the last few months and fixed a multitude of issues that have been reported in the time since our last major update!

You can find the whole list of what’s been addressed below!

• Fish fillets :
  
  • +1 month cost: 200 vegetables 200 fishes
    
  • Mining / Forging Bonus 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% => 50% / 75% / 100% / 125%

• 1 clan : population x 2 food
  
• 2 clans : population x4 => x 6 food
  
• 3 clans : population x 6 food
  
• 4 clans : population x 8 food
  

Fame 200 - A Helping Hand

Fame 500 - Plot of the Thrones

Increased amount of Fame earned from extra population based on your most populous opponent.

Fame 1500 (3rd level) - Most Beautiful Banquet

• Unlock a specific new recipe at the Stove
  
• 1.000 Meat, 1.000 Fish, 1.000 Vegetables, 1.000 Mushrooms
  
• It takes 3 months to prepare
  
• While preparing this recipe, all other recipes are not available
  
• Every clan is notified and invited at the great Banquet
  
• When the preparation is complete, the game is won
  

Allowing or not Fame Victory have no more relations with Special Squirrel Win Condition.

Fame 500 - Oskoreia

• Cast time : 0 => 1.5 sec
  
• Oskoreia spirits disappear 10% faster
  

• 30% => 20% damage on the second arrow.
  

We’ve heard that Fame 200 Craftsmen became less impactful. We buffed it.

Fame 200 - Craftsmen

200 Food 100 krowns

Food

• -15% attack speed
  
• -15% move speed
  
• effect lasts 2s
  → 5s cooldown

Fame 200

Gain +150 Food +150 Wood +150 Krowns +75 Lore +10 Stones

Mercenaries from Homeland ( Fame 200)

+3 Villagers, +3 pop max, +1 happiness

Sea Supremacy ( Fame 500)

RavenPort can hire mercenaries for krowns

• More Mercenaries : Add 2 mercenaries to the raid.
  
• Better Preparation: Reduce the time it takes to recruit by 1 month
  

• You can upgrade your mercenaries at the Forge
  
• Up to 3 times for 2 more mercenaries per Raid and a maximum of 8 mercenaries per Raid
  
• Better Preparation: Reduces the time it takes for Mercenaries to approach the coast 1 month
  
• Fire Javelins: The mercenaries fleet throws fire javelins that damage and burn the zone’s buildings.
  

Fame 500

Civils +20% defense per building in the zone

150 Fame

• Food
  
• Lore
  
• Stone / Iron
  
• Wolf / Draugr Camps
  
• Special / Fame
  

Originally posted by author

As always, thank you all so much for your support and feedback these last few months.
Keep the feedback and suggestions coming, stay awesome and we’ll see you all out there in Northgard!

- Shiro Games

Dipped in Norse mythology, the real-time strategy game Northgard has expanded once again as Ratatoskr, Clan of the Squirrel has now joined the lands.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/northgard-expands-again-with-the-new-squirrel-clan-get-ready-to-cook

• The clan hoards greedily in anticipation of winter 2 months before it begins and can count on a +30% increase in production during this period. However, they have a harder time during winter itself as they consume more Food and Wood (+15%).
  
  
• The Squirrel clan gathers ingredients in its territory, depending on the zones’ types.
  
  
• The Stove replaces the Brewery, where Cooks can prepare meals, providing massive bonuses.
  
  
• The clan can achieve the unique Ratatoskr Victory: reach Fame 1500

• You receive a set of random ingredients by boat and you increase your ingredient storage by 200.
  
  
• You can prepare Meals for your allies, for an additional Food cost.
  
  
• You unlock Gift Routes at the Trading Post.

• You gain Fame based on your extra population compared to your most populous opponent.
  
  
• Arrival of new villagers increases by 5% every 100 Fame.

• Meat: Meat is a good source of protein and iron, harvested from big mammals such as deer and wild boars.
  
  
• Fish: Fish is a source of protein and phoshorus harvested from both freshwater and saltwater specimens.
  
  
• Vegetables: "Vegetable" is an umbrella word which covers pretty much every edible vegetal organism, including roots.
  
  
• Mushrooms: Mushrooms refer to any type of fungus that was found to be edible through painful-to-lethal trial and error.
  

• Food, Wood, Lore, Krowns production bonus
  

• Forge speed bonus
  
• Mining speed bonus
  

• Winter resistance bonus
  
• Scouting speed bonus
  

• Health regeneration
  
• Scouting speed bonus
  

• Defense unit bonus
  
• Projectil resistance bonus
  

• Attack power bonus
  
• Military XP bonus
  

• Units in Eldritch zones benefit from periodical production bonuses.
  
  
• Enemy units in an Eldritch zone have a chance to fight against their own kin for 5s.
  

• +1 Food / Wood production bonus for each 100 Food / Wood in stock (max +10). Not affected by winter malus.
  
  
• Your Silos do not require building slots.
  

• Meal bonus level: +1
  
  
• Meal Food cost: -20%

• Your next warchief recruitment is free. (no Krowns, no Iron)
  
  
• Reviving warchief cooldown: -50%.
  

• Every Krowns incomes gets +10%.
  
  
• Meals gain additional effects : +2 Happiness +4 Krowns.
  

• No other clan can befriend any neutral faction which has become your ally. This faction gains +20% Defense against all your enemies.
  
  
• It also becomes more aggressive towards them (this also affects Jötnar).
  
  
• Your units gain “Cloak” within these factions' territories.
  

• Ingredients production +20%
  
  
• You can benefit from multiple meals at the same time.
  

• Stoves can hold one more Cook.
  

• +1 level for Meals
  

• Win with the Clan of the Squirrel
  

• Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Squirrel
  

• Build the Relic of the Clan of the Squirrel
  

• Finish a Conquest with the Clan of the Squirrel
  

• Win a game having shared all your meals with all teammates.
  

• Control a territory of at least 10 Eldritch zones.
  

• Gift 1,000 resources in one game
  

• Cooldown time for each ability is now displayed
  
  
• Jörmunr relic no longer displays your teammate’s lore
  
  
• Military XP is no longer displayed when hovering enemy military icon
  
  
• “Losing control” is replaced by “taking control” when you are taking an enemy tile
  
  
• Units are automatically selected when you recruit a warchief (Instead of warrior camp)
  
  
• You can no longer build an altar, then give it to your ally and build another
  
  
• Boar colonization cost for tiles containing foes now depends on the number and type of foes on the tile.
  
  
• Conquest battle “befriend jötnar” can no longer be played with the clan of the snake (Black market tech prevents this battle from beign feasible)
  
  
• Oskoreïa can now be used even if Mielikki is fighting
  
  
• Relations with neutral factions now scale with the amount of resources you trade with them.
  
  
• Befriended neutral factions now give 50 Fame even if they were befriended by another player.
  

• Fixed several text issues with chinese localisation
  
  
• Fixed several display issues
  
  
• Double shot from the Clan of the Lynx can no longer target sheep
  
  
• Fixed year counter in conquest. Some of them were broken in several battles
  
  
• It’s now possible to build a mythical lure on a thor wrath
  
  
• End-game stats will no longer be displayed in story mode
  
  
• Bartering in story mode is fixed.
  
  
• VFX from the relic of the clan of the horse is fixed. It gets removed with warchief death.
  
  
• Trades routes without merchants no longer produce happiness and lore
  
  
• Fixed several issues with the giant Boar from the relic of the clan of the Boar
  
  
• You could no longer use your relic if you built one and took the same relic you built from an enemy.
  
  
• Conquest Myrkalfar’s Uprising: you were sometimes not spawning in Ragnarök biome
  
  
• In Inner sea conquest battle AI units were sometimes able to walk through the inner sea
  

Originally posted by author

Hello Vikings!

Today, we’re releasing a huge (possibly even our biggest yet) balance patch that will bring widespread changes to Northgard and all of the formidable clans that inhabit it!

We’ve made a number of massive changes across the board, introducing new ways to approach the game and manage your people as you strive for conquest and you can see the whole list of what’s new below!

• Militia is now controllable by player
  
• Militia still cannot leave the player’s territory
  
• Militia cannot be assigned to any other role
  
• The Militia respawn frequency has been increased
  
• The maximum of Militia is back to 2 / 4 / 6
  

• -50% WatchTowers upkeep
  

• Warrior recruitment cost: 20 krowns => 30 krowns
• Each new military unit increases the next cost by +5 => +6 krowns .
  
• The Watch Tower building cost : 60 => 50 woods , upgrade remains unchanged.
  

• -5% attack power and defense penalty for each zone away from your territory beyond the first.
  
• Malus is lowered by 2 for each year passed since the beginning of the game.
  

• +50 => +30% attack power versus Mythical Creatures.
  
• Dragonkin are Mythical creatures.
  

• Defense 4 => 3

• Players will now have the possibility to trade with two Jotunn Factions: the Skrymir and the Fjolsvin.
  
• Each of those factions can be befriended and grant the players a giant hero : Lög & Jafnadr.
  
• The Skrymir and the Fjolsvin are rivals: each player can only trade with one of the two factions, and befriending one will lock the possibility to trade with the other.
  
• When befriending a faction, you don’t colonize their zone anymore.
  
• You can still trade with the befriended faction.
  

• Mielikki costs 80 => 150 krowns

• Both lynx Move speed -15%

• Arrows don't cost wood anymore.
  
• Trackers now defend themselves in close combat as previously intended.
  
• Trackers in close combat no longer profit from special arrows advantages.
  
• Trackers 11 => 10 attack

• Sacred Ram, Sacred Wolves and Sacred Bears stats have changed.
  
• Spectral animals now have the same stats than sacred animals.
  
• Sacred Ram:
  
  • PV 37.5 / att 5 / def 5 / militaryXp 5 / HuntTrophy 5 / Meat 30
• Sacred Wolf:
  
  • PV 50 / att 11 / def 2.5 / militaryXp 15 / HuntTrophy 15 / Meat 15
• Sacred Bear:
  
  • PV 62.5 / att 10 / def 13 / militaryXp 50 / HuntTrophy 50 / Meat 80
• Waves increment is changed. Waves come every 2 => 3 months.
  
• Sacred wolves and sacred bears don't have special attacks anymore.
  

• Placing Gleipnir’s traps in a zone in combat is no longer possible.
  
• Traps must have been set before the fight starts, they can then be activated.
  
• You can now put 1 trap each year.
  

• First Bonus:
  
  • Townhall zone starts with deers. Hunters +10% production.
• Second bonus:
  
  • Archery Range give +3 max military pop (instead of +2) and Trackers are 10 krowns cheaper.
    
• Third bonus:
  
  • No change : Oskoreia calls the 2 last waves (not only the last one).

• Unlock SacredLure ability for Mielikki. Once placed, it periodically attracts Mythical beasts to the zone, more and more as time passes.
  
• Cost feast reduction by 5% (up to 50) for each animal killed.
  

• Mielikki won’t die anymore by casting Oskeria.
  
• While casting Oskeria, wave max isn’t reset.
  
• Spectral animals last longer.
  

• They are now 3 different Hunting Paths.
  
• The Hunt Trophy “Path Completed” can be chosen multiple times while one path is complete.
  
• Special arrows effects can stack.
  
• Trophy costs unlock have changed.
  

• Brundr & Kaelinn scout and use camouflage.
  

• Decolonization Speed +10% if Mielikki is in the zone. Same for Brundr and Kaelinn.
  

• +50% damage on Watchtowers.
  
• Target unit has 30% chance to burn.
  

• Brundr & Kaelinn slowly regenerate when they are together in ally territory.
  
• Brundr +30% att if it is with Kaelinn.
  

• Get trophies on all Mystical creatures.
  
• +20% Attack power on Mystical Creatures
  

• Military Units don't suffer supply malus nor winter attack power penalty
  

• Brundr & Kaelinn produce food in territory.
  
• Kaelinn gets +40% defense if it is with Brundr
  

• Mielikki produce +3 lore outside combat in your territory
  

• Trackers fire 2 arrows with 30% damage for the second
  

• Trackers +5% att speed, +5% range, +5% move speed.
  
• Can be bought many times.
  

• Your Warchief can put two Standard Lures in a zone to attract Savage Deer that gives +10% food
• You can assign 2 Hunters to a Standard Lure.
  
• Hunter’s tool is free and 50% forging time.
  

• Your first Tracker is always free.
  
• Upgrade cost for Archery Range -50%.
  

• +15% merchants' production.
  
• Hunting trophies can be sold on the Market for krowns
• Allows trading routes.
  

• Lynx Max health increased by 35%.
  
• Dodge 30% of the attacks.
  

• +1 Mythical Lure
  
• +20% attack on spirits.
  

• Wave 1:
  
  • 1 Spectral Ram for 5 Trophies.

• Wave 3:
  
  • +1 Spectral Wolf for 20 Trophies.

• Wave 6:
  
  • +1 Spectral Bear for 75 Trophies.
    

• 10 ⇒ 15% attack power and defense bonus .
  
• Specialized civilian units have a 30 ⇒ 40% production bonus, except Loremasters.
  
• +10 ⇒ +15% Food consumption
  

• +10% ⇒ 5% attack power and defense for each discovered Artifact.
  

• A bit lowered.
  

• Added +1 base Wyrd production.
  

• Fresh Fish now replace Colonisation.
  
• “Knowledge from Beyond” gives +2 lore per merchant in the Trading Post while trading a neutral faction.
  

• Dragonkin recruit cost 50 ⇒ 40 krowns .
  
• Dragonkin Incremental cost +10 ⇒ 15 krowns .
  
• Dragonkin are considered as mythical creatures. They trigger Monster Slayer ability.
  
• Their spinning attack triggers more frequently.
  

• Under Pressure 0.5 ⇒ 1 Food production
  
• Skirmisher recruitment cost: 15 krowns => 20 krowns

• The player is allowed to colonize zones containing only neutral wolves or bears, at the exception of wolf caverns. Colonization cost +20% in this situation.
  
• Wolves and bears in colonized tiles become non aggressive for Boar clan and allies. They cannot be controlled. They defend the zone if it is attacked.
  

• Adds: the player can colonize Wolf Caverns if it contains only neutral wolves. This closes the Cavern as usual.
  

• While Menders are not healing, they produce 1 lore and enough food to feed themselves.
  

• Kindred Spirit bonus 10% ⇒ 15%.
  

• 10 ⇒ 20 Krowns .
  

Fame 200

• You can trade with Homeland even if “Coinage” isn’t unlocked.
  

• Commercial Influence +20% => +10%

• Swap position between Hero emblem and Food preservation.
  
• The Value of Great Deeds: Skalds produce +1 ⇒ +1.5 krowns , +1.5 ⇒ +2 if upgraded.
  

• Gefjun's Jar becomes a generic relic. No more additional Sheepfold. No more sheep can come with new villagers.
  
• Eldhrumnir becomes the Goat specific relic. It now allows building an additional Sheepfold.
  

• Tower and military units gets +20% => +15% defense when feasting
  

• Enemy warriors loot 10 ⇒ 15 krowns .
  

• Trading bonus with the Berserker in the Trading Post zone : +125% ⇒ +100%

• Already GREAT.
  

• Brewer, Skalds and Norns produce +25% resources.
  
• Upgraded Brewery, Hall of Skalds and Horgr gets +50% => +20% production bonus for Happiness , Fame & Wyrd.
  
• Brewery, Hall of Skalds and Horgr building cost is now 60 woods and 10 krowns . The yearly upkeep cost has been decreased by 30%.
  

• With 1 merchant, you can trade 2 Food , 2 Wood , 0.1 Stone , 0.1 Iron for 1 krowns .
  
• With 2 merchants, you can trade 4 Food , 4 Wood , 0.2 Stone , 0.2 Iron for 2 krowns .
  
• With 3 merchants, you can trade 6 Food , 6 Wood , 0.3 Stone , 0.3 Iron for 3 krowns .
  

• Brewery, Hall of Skalds, Horgr: 60s => 40s.
  
• Forge, Völund's Forge => 40s.
  

Originally posted by author

Thank you all for your support and all of the incredible feedback you’ve provided in the last few months that has contributed towards this update. Keep the feedback and suggestions coming, and we’ll see you in Northgard!

- Shiro Games