Northgard News

Ahoy Vikings!

Nominations for the 2024 Steam Awards are open, and we would love it if you would vote for Northgard in the ‘Labor of Love’ category!

This year was packed with updates like the previous one for the last 7 years, making additions to the game to answer the demands of the community. Of course, the game still has some road to do, and we'll be sure to take the time to address the remaining demands from the community! Now before we tackle this in 2025, we also wants to celebrate what has been done during this year. Permit us to invite you on this journey!

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[hr][/hr][h3]Rval and Allies[/h3]


A community-driven update packed with changes players have been asking for! Multiplayer gets a smoother experience with new features like the ready button and clan lore tree previews. Plus, fresh visual updates, improved camera angles, and a new bug reporting system to help us help you.[hr][/hr]

[hr][/hr][h3]Claws & Jaws[/h3]


A wild addition to Northgard's challenges with new wildlife roaming the lands! Foxes and boars join the fray, offering fresh tactical battles with their unique traits. This update also brings three new conquest missions for every clan and improves the AI to provide a better challenge for all players.[hr][/hr]


[hr][/hr][h3]Trade and Prestige [/h3]


The newest update yet, adding some balancing for clans that were asked the most by the community, but most espacially a rework of the Trade victory! You can now trade with the wealthy faction of Miklagard and gain enough influence to win the trade war against other viking clans![hr][/hr]

[hr][/hr][h3]The Major Update of the year - Bifröst[/h3]


A new mode to answer the demand of players who were expecting a 4 players mode, and a new way to play the game! Bifrost offer a challenging and replayable experience that makes you merge multiple clans and enjoy a journey across the realms![hr][/hr]

That’s all for us today. We hope you’ll vote for us this year and that you’ll keep enjoying the game!
In the meantime, the game and its DLC are joining the Autumn Sale and are up to 90% off —perfect timing to claim the throne of Northgard!

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Ohoï Viking!

Northgard and its expansions are part of the Autumn Sale 2024!
For the occasion, the base game is 90% off its original price!

[hr][/hr][h2]Get the base game at 90% off its original price![/h2]
And lead your clan to victory

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[hr][/hr][h2]Share the Starter pack with your friends![/h2]
Including three additional clans with diverse gamestyle

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[hr][/hr][h2]Complete your collection with the Viking Age Edition[/h2]
Cross of Vidar | Clan of the Hounds not included

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v3.6.6.40399

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Text - Fixed lore speaking of Miklagard trade available in Conquest, Bifrost and story mod (the new victory is not available on this mod for now)
  
• Rat - Fixed milice not sent with Guardian military path
  
• Squirrel - Fixed Gift route relation gain
  
• Owl - Fixed Hypnotic Spores not unlocking the Miklagard trade route when placed outside the Owl territory
  
• Boar - Fixed UI displayed in the trading post once Bartering unlocked
  
• Boar - Fixed Dwarf event not working with Bartering
  
• Lore - Fixed Harpoons and Winter Festival being both stealable with Stolen lore (Only winter Festival can be choose now)
  
• Notification - Fixed Miklagard notification for player on server games
  
• Cross of Vidar - Fixed renfort not sent in mission 7 if Eir was chosen
  
• Conquest - Fixed first Raven mission not allowing trade victory
  
• UI - Fixed statue great trade route displayed
  
• Bifrost - Fixed trade route being stopped for Ljosalf once 100 relations reached
  
• Bifrost - Fixed realm rules not well displayed
  
• Bifrost - Fixed old save Squirrel with the old shared start with
  
• Bifrost - Fixed GoG and EGS solo game not starting

[h2]Known Issues[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Bifrost - Thrall can’t be assigned on tile with full livability (assigned them before works)
  
• Owl - Players can see lore selected in their lore tree in Owl Shared Knowledge
  
• Unit - Scout can’t earn relation

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Ohoï Vikings!

After weeks gathering your feedback, it is now time to unveil the Trade and Prestige update! We are also waiting for you to comment on the new Miklagard faction which joined the ever-growing Northgard universe!

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[h2]Trading with Miklagard[/h2][hr][/hr]
A new faction has reached Northgard, through a famous merchant from Miklagard!

Miklagard is a faction outside of the game. To get a Diplomatic Victory, you'll need to send them krowns and get their favours! But be warned, the diplomatic war extend to other clans, and you'll have to spend a lot of your income to reach victory!

To gain influence with Miklagard, you can trade through trading posts and docks with relevant knowledge. Trading will grant strong bonuses but will require active engagement on your end. Miklagard wealth is desired by many, and you'll have to fight for their favours.
Gather the most influence, crush your rivals diplomatically and claim victory!

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[h2]New Balancing[/h2][hr][/hr]

This balancing aims at addressing community concerns on those specific clans as well as others. If you would like to read more about it, please check the complete patch notes by using the link below!

Full patch notes

While reviewing your most recent feedback, we noticed a strong demand for deeper rework of the current meta. We plan to get a closer look at the topic during our Annual Survey to fully appreciate how important it is for the community.
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We hope you'll enjoy this community update!
Rest assured that we'll pay close attention to your comments. A first update should arrive early next week to address any potential new issue! Besides, you won't have to wait long for more info on the next update... ⚔️

- Northgard Team

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v3.6.3.40295

[h2]New Trade Victory![/h2]

You can win by gathering 50% of Influence toward Miklagard, the foreign Faction. There are many way to do that

• Trading with them using trading post and docks
  
• Eliminating Neutral Factions to absorb a part of their influence
  
• Defating opposing Clans and taking their influence
  
• Using your diverse knowledges and start-with to improve your relation toward them

[h2]Bifröst[/h2][hr][/hr]
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• Solo - after surviving each wave you’ll now be able to pick 2 bonuses among 6. (Instead of 1 among 3 previously)
  
• New Squirrel Shared Start-With - The clan gains the ingredients of the ally zones containing a Stove.

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[h2]Balancing[/h2][hr][/hr]
[h3]Relic[/h3]
[expand][h3]Jörmunr[/h3]

• Jörmunr gains of Lore have been reworked so the first zones of the territory now give more Lore and it is more interesting to forge early.

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[h3]Clans[/h3]
[expand][h3]Owl[/h3]

• Parasitic Vegetables
  • Reduce only Food Consumption in the zone
    
  • Reveal resources every 1 > 3 Months
    
  • Amount of resources received is capped at a Maximum of 80 Food and 50 Kröwns
• Fame 200
  • Increase scouting speed of Norns by +100%.
    
  • Increased Lore gain from Shared Knowledge is removed
• Fame 500
  • Branches effects boosted by relation is removed

[h3]Hounds[/h3]

• All military units base HP : 65 > 60
  
• Foxskin
  • Initial MoveSpeed is reduced slightly
    
  • Shredding Claws Ability
    
  • Max Speed Reduction -15% > -10%
    
  • Max Dmg Increase +15% > +10%
• Bearskin
  • Initial Defense 11 > 8
    
  • Def gain for each level +15% > +25%
    
  • At level 5 : 17.5 > 16 Def
    
  • At level 7 : 21 > 20 Def
    
  • Blade Breaker Ability
    
  • Atk Power Reduction -25% > -20%
    
  • Death Deceiver Ability
    
  • Make units invulnerable for 2 sec > 1.5 sec
• Boarskin
  • Initial HP 75 > 60
    
  • HP gain for each level +15% > +25%
    
    • At level 5 : 120 = 120
      
    • At level 7 : 140 > 150
  
  [h3]Stag[/h3]
  
  • Glory of the Clan
    • Gains from Great Trade-routes have been adjusted to suit the new Trade Victory.
      
    • Increase all Fame gains by +30% > +15%.
  
  [h3]Raven[/h3]
  
  • Exotic Goods and Negociators have been adjusted to suit the new Trade Victory.
  
  [h3]Bear[/h3]
  
  • Winter Festival now replaces Mining Efficiency.
  
  [h3]Boar[/h3]
  
  • Menders
    
    • Prod +1 > +1.5 Lore.
  • Herbalism
    
    • Prod in zone per Mender +5% > +7.5%.
      
    • Mender Heal Speed +20% > +40%.
  
  [h3]Snake[/h3]
  
  • The clan can no longer use Scorched Earth on its own zones.
  
  [h3]Ox[/h3]
  
  • Torfin Provocation ability cooldown is increased to 3 months > 6 months.
  
  [h3]Lynx[/h3]
  
  • Oskoreia ability cooldown is increased to 5 months > 8 months.
  
  [h3]Squirrel[/h3]
  
  • Effects of Meals for allies scale from 50% to 100% with the relationship between the Squirrel and ally clan.
  
  [h3]Kingdoms (Lions + Stoat)[/h3]
  
  • Kingdom weapon forges effects have been divided by 2, and their occurance chance increased from 10% to 20%. (so it should be roughly the same as before overall)
  
  [h3]Lion[/h3]
  
  • Marchfield increases weapon forges chance to proc by +50% > +25%.

[h3]Others[/h3]

• AI - Rework of some system management of AI. Might result in slight AI behavior changes.
  More rework and tweaking are in the work.
  
• Conquest - Battles 1v3 and 2v6 have been rebalanced to be 1v2 and 2v4 instead, to adjust the difficulty following changes on the AI.

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[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Servers - Players from Russia can now connect by using the “Russia” in the Network section of the options

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Fixed freeze issue due to Operatives Dwarves
  
• Bifrost - Fixed Owl branch not granting the effect in ally territory
  
• Bifrost - Fixed text issue for Vanaheim and Niflheim rules
  
• Bifrost - Fixed Owl nano branch not able to use the portals
  
• Cross of Vidar - Fixed crash when loading a checkpoint for mission 6

[h2]Known Issues[/h2][hr][/hr]

• Bifrost - Not available for solo player on GoG and EGS
  
• Notification - Trade victory progression of other players are not notified (when playing on server)
  
• Some localization are missing

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