Northgard News

Ohoï vikings!

There are a lot of things happening in terms of discussions and informations at the moment. For that reason, we would like to keep you updated on all of that in one swift read

[h2]DLC Closed Beta[/h2][hr][/hr]
Regarding the Closed Beta inscription that was launched last week, with almost a thousand answers, we had to select only a few, but be sure you'll have other occasions to get in a Closed Beta!

If you have been selected, you should have received a mail from us by the time you read this news!



[h2]Servers and bugfixes[/h2][hr][/hr]
Following the issues with Russian servers, a solution have been found and should be applied with a patch coming tomorrow, more details soon
We have also received numerous report regarding crashes/freezes coming in around 802. Thanks to all of your reports, we have a lead on the issue and should be able to fix it in tomorrow's patch as well!



[h2]Trade and Prestige[/h2][hr][/hr]

If you follow the public beta, you might know it hasn't been updated for a while.
That time was reserved for refining the content for a release soon enough!
When? Well..We already talked about an update tomorrow right? 👀

Be sure to keep an eye out for Trade and Prestige!




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Now is the time to gear up in anticipation of Trade and Prestige...
Northgard is now on sale at 75% off! Alongside the base game, the DLCs are also up to 50% off their original price.

[h3]Base game[/h3]
Get it at 75% off

 [h3]Additional contents[/h3]

 DLCs up to 50% off

Be sure to enjoy the sale this week-end! The Community Update is not that far... 👀

-Northgard Team

v.3.5.48.40204

[h2]Addition[/h2][hr][/hr]
Bifröst - When playing solo, after surviving each wave you’ll now be able to pick 2 bonuses among 6. (Instead of 1 among 3 previously)

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

• Servers - Added tools to investigate the servers issues
  
• Bifrost - Fixed Gullveig tile colonizable with Wolf or Kraken abilities
  
• Bifrost - Fixed some crashes
  
• Bifrost - Fixed Muspelheim tower text
  
• Bifrost - Fixed Operatives Dwarves unable to use portal in Niflheim
  
• Stoat - Fixed crash in conquest Gold Rush when selecting a Duchy with a mine and a gold deposit in the tile
  
• Hound - Fixed bonuses text not displayed in conquest and Bifrost
  
• Conquest - Fixed bonus not unlocked when loading a save or playing in coop (won't work on bonus gathered from the update)
  
• Cross of Vidar - Fixed crash when loading a checkpoint in mission 6
  
• Neutral - Fixed Ljosalf spawning in other game mods than Bifrost

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

• Bifrost - Owl branch not granting the effect in ally territory

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Hey vikings!

It's been a while since we've called you in for a close beta. For the next clan, we want you to help us with what's to come! As with the Owl Clan, you will need to fill out a form and join us on Discord, here is all you need to know

[h2]Participating in the beta test[/h2][hr][/hr]
Unlike the current beta for the Trade and Prestige Community Update, this one will be closed to some players. You'll have access to an early version of the next clan to give us early feedback, just like the public beta branch!

[h3]A few questions you might have:[/h3]

What will be my goal?
A beta tester provides feedback and reports bugs from the current beta build, enabling our team of developers to make necessary adjustments and fix reported issues effectively.

When do you plan on starting the beta?
We plan to start the Beta in the following weeks to give you time for feedback during the rest of the month!

How can I sign up for the closed beta?
Click on the button below and fill the registration form. This will allow us to select participants and notify you if you are chosen

Fill the form

How can I expect to be contacted?
We'll be sure to contact you via mail next week if you are selected!

Thanks to everyone who has signed up, we look forward to telling you more about the new clan. In the meantime, let's get back to the upcoming Trade and Prestige patch. 👀

-Northgard team

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v3.5.45.40127-public-beta

Ohoï vikings!
It's time for the second week of the public beta. This time, we have updated the trade victory to answer your feedback and added something a lot of you have been waiting for a while...The balancing of multiple clans.

[h2]Trade victory / Miklagard Faction[/h2][hr][/hr]

We’re happy with the overall direction of the trade-victory rework, but thanks to your feedback we now see it still need some serious adjustments. The victory has been rebalanced to be slower to achieve, and a bit easier to contest. (We’ll keep adjusting the values following new feedback)

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• Miklagard initial Kröwns pool is composed of [color]500 > 1000 Kröwns[/color]
• To reach Trade Victory you need to reach [color]40% > 50% of the Pool[/color]

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You’ve also pointed out the rewards for 15% and 25% prestige were either too strong, or not as interesting as they might have been and so they’ve been reworked to hopefully be more balanced and more interesting to most clans and most plays.

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• 15% Step : Now gives less resources, no longer gives Stone and Iron, but gives 50 Lore and 15 Fame
• 25% Step : No longer send Military Units, but +5 Stone and +5 Iron every 6 Months

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[h2]Clans[/h2][hr][/hr]

[h3]Hounds[/h3]

As you’ve been many to point out and despite previous nerfs, Hounds Clan is still much stronger than other clans, at least in early game. So that’s what we want to target with this new balancing patch, make the clan units weaker in early game to slow down its clearing and scaling capacity, without touching too much at its power later in the game. (But making it arrive at this peak a bit later, as a consequence)

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• All military units base HP : [color]65 > 60[/color]
  
• Foxskin
  • Initial Move Speed is [color]reduced slightly[/color]
    
  • Shredding Claws Ability
    
    • Max Speed Reduction [color]-15% > -10%[/color]
      
    • Max Dmg Increase [color]+15% > +10%[/color]
• Bearskin
  • Initial Defense [color]11 > 8[/color]
    
  • Def gain for each level [color]+15% > +25%[/color]
    
    • At level 5 : 17.5 > 16 Def
      
    • At level 7 : 21 > 20 Def
  • Blade Breaker Ability
    
    • Atk Power Reduction [color]-25% > -20%[/color]
  • Death Deceiver Ability
    
    • Make units invulnerable for [color]2 sec > 1.5 sec[/color]
• Boarskin
  • Initial HP [color]75 > 60[/color]
  • HP gain for each level [color]+15% > +25%[/color]
    • At level 5 : 120 = 120
      
    • At level 7 : 140 > 150

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[h3]Owl[/h3]

Owl is a bit overtuned as well, especially some knowledge, in particular Parasitic Vegetables, so we’re making it a lot less of a powerhouse. In the meantime, Owl, despite some natural advantages for scouting, is almost never used for this in multiplayer settings. To reinforce this we’re adding a scouting bonus with its Fame 200, equivalent to what other clans can achieve by upgrading their scout camp.

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• Parasitic Vegetables
  • Reduce only Food Consumption in the zone
    
  • Reveal resources every [color]1 > 3 Months[/color]
    
  • [color]Amount of resources received is capped at a Maximum of 80 Food, 50 Kröwns, and 50 Wood (= 25 Lore)[/color]
• Fame 200
  • Increase scouting speed of Norns by [color]+15%[/color]
    
  • [color]Increased Lore gain from Shared Knowledge is removed[/color]
• Fame 500
  • [color]Branches effects boosted by relation is removed[/color]

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[h3]Boar[/h3]

Boar seems to be lacking behind in the current meta, and specific clan features like menders play a very little role in the clan gameplay in multiplayer, so we’re giving them a big boost to hopefully turn this around.

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• Mender
  • Prod [color]+1 > +1.5 Lore[/color]
• Herbalism
  • Prod in zone per Mender [color]+5% > +7.5%[/color]
    
  • Mender Heal Speed [color]+20% > +40%[/color]

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[h3]Squirrel[/h3]

Since previous nerf to Squirrel meal effect for allies, Squirrel is now less played than other support clans, especially in multiplayer setting. So we’re following your suggestions to make it scale with time to become more impacting later in the game.

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• Effects of Meal for allies scale from [color]50% to 100%[/color] with the relationship between the Squirrel and ally clan

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[h3]Snake[/h3]

Snake Scorched Earth was previously changed to be possible to trigger on the clan’s own territory, this was a mistake, we are reverting it to how it previously worked, possible only in neutral or enemy territory.

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• [color]Scorched Earth ability can no longer target ally zones.[/color]

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[h3]Stag[/h3]

Following previous changes to the Stag clan and to the knowledge Glory of the clan especially, it needs to be readjusted to account for the new retroactive nature of its effects.

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• Glory of the clan increase all Fame gains by [color]+30% > +15%[/color]

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[h3]Others[/h3]

Minor adjustments following balance feedback

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• Ox - Torfin Provocation ability cooldown is increased to [color]3 months > 6 months[/color]
  
• Lynx - Oskoreia ability cooldown is increased to [color]5 months > 8 months[/color]

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[h2]Conquest[/h2][hr][/hr]

Since the previous AI rework, some Conquest Battles, especially 1v3 / 2v6 have become much more difficult / frustrating, than they were originally intended to be, so we’re readjusting the numbers of AI opponents as an adjustment, and to avoid some of them feeling tedious to complete in certain settings.

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• 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]Bifröst[/h2][hr][/hr]

As noted by many solo players, the Bifröst is a mode that is challenging to complete without teammates. This change is a first step in making the challenge more interesting for you.

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• When playing solo, after surviving each wave you’ll now be able to pick 2 bonuses among 6. (Instead of 1 among 3 previously)

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