The Iron Oath News

• Added an option to disable the main menu panning/parallax effect
  
• The Harrowing Experience dungeon modifier now only makes you lose 35 Morale instead of 50
  

• Fixed an issue with save file names sometimes changing when overwriting another save
  
• The Heal Dampening Dungeon Modifier now correctly only reduces healing by 30% and not 70%
  
• Fixed a rare crash after an event where you fight the Black Skull outside a city
  
• Fixed an issue where some quest turn in locations would direct you to Dragate incorrectly
  
• Fixed an issue where choosing to spare Daemond would still trigger combat
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred if a character died from a Hoarwulf's Frost Call ability
  
• Fixed some icons for a few Legendary items
  
• Fixed one Legendary item to more accurately reflect its description
  
• VSync option should now save and work properly
  

If you're looking for something to scratch the Baldur's Gate 3 itch, new turn-based tactical RPG The Iron Oath might be just what you're after. Having just launched following an extensive early access period since April 2022, this new Steam strategy game from Curious Panda and Humble Games brings party-based combat in the vein of games such as BG3, Darkest Dungeon, and XCOM 2 across the lands of a Game of Thrones style fantasy kingdom.

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• Main Campaign: The conclusion to the main campaign brings a series of new quests with new unique mechanics. We expect the average playtime for the campaign to now be between 25-30hours.
  
• Legendary Gear: The hunt for legendary gear begins! Maps with the locations of legendaries can be obtained in high level dungeons, so keep an eye out for Knowledge events while exploring! There are currently 10 items to collect that have their own unique bonuses, with more on the way!
  
• New Quests: New unique quests, repeatable quests, and Legendary quests! In total, we estimate the game now has at least 40 hours of unique content.
  
• New Region: When you're far enough into the game, the region of Dragate will unlock, allowing you to scratch the surface of its mysteries by delving into a new combat environment.
  
• Steam Achievements: Test your prowess by unlocking over 30 new Steam achievements as you play through the game.
  

• Main Campaign: The conclusion to the main campaign brings a series of new quests with new unique mechanics. We expect the average playtime for the campaign to now be between 25-30hours.
  
• Legendary Gear: The hunt for legendary gear begins! Maps with the locations of legendaries can be obtained in high level dungeons, so keep an eye out for Knowledge events while exploring! There are currently 10 items to collect that have their own unique bonuses, with more on the way!
  
• New Quests: New unique quests, repeatable quests, and Legendary quests! In total, we estimate the game now has at least 40 hours of unique content.
  
• New Region: When you're far enough into the game, the region of Dragate will unlock, allowing you to scratch the surface of its mysteries by delving into a new combat environment.
  
• Steam Achievements: Test your prowess by unlocking over 30 new Steam achievements as you play through the game.
  

• Added the rest of the Main Campaign, featuring 8 new missions (10-15~ hours worth) and a handful of dynamic events
  
• Added 10 unique legendary items that can be obtained, with most of the quests coming from 'Knowledge' events found in high level dungeons. The majority of these are 'Relics' that occupy the 4th currently-unused gear slot, but there are some armors and shields too (weapons are coming down the line!)
  
• Added 10 various new quests, with more coming throughout November!
  
• The region of Dragate can now be accessed (when you're far enough into the game or a high enough level)
  
• Added an "end-game" Ruins dungeon in Dragate (we'll be expanding on this feature in the future!)
  
• Added over 30 Steam Achievements to unlock
  
• Added multi-floor dungeons
  
• Small spoiler: A few missions now utilize larger parties, and two parties at once!
• You can now fight with ally NPCs in dungeons (utilized in a few quests)
  
• Added Journals to collect from all regions (which are visible in the Codex)
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Merchant Availability: Allows you to purchase provisions for Overworld Encounters (but has fewer slots compared to dungeons)
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Focus Training: Any time you miss a Basic Attack, that character gains +20 Accuracy, resetting after they land one
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Guard Training: Increase the Defense and Evasion bonus while Guarding by 5 (25 -> 30)
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Athletics Training: Gain +25 Evasion when facing an Attack of Opportunity
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Teamwork: Every adjacent ally to an enemy increases the chance to hit with a basic attack by 5% (for when you just can't flank them!)
  
• (New Company Upgrade) Readiness: Your party has +2 Speed for the opening round of combat
  

• You can now choose to start a new campaign with randomized characters when skipping the tutorial or prologue
  
• Made adjustments to all the boss fights for the 'Path of Vengeance' missions (made slightly more difficult) and increased the quality of loot given from them.
  
• Changed the mechanics for ambushes: the ambushed side now takes 15% more damage and has -5 Speed in the opening round of combat. When ambushed, you are still able to deploy your characters, though you begin surrounded with less space to work with. We made these changes because the old method was far too spikey in terms of difficulty, and could result in having one or more characters downed in the opening round without having a chance to do anything about it
  
• The chance to ambush enemies (on scouted tiles) is now 10%, while the chance to be ambushed (on unscouted combat tiles) is 20%. Both can be improved with Company Upgrades
  
• The 'Heal Dampening' Dungeon Modifier now reduces the potency of healing spells by 30% (down from 50%)
  
• You can now use abilities that have 0 charges for a cost of 50% of max Health (to be used as a last ditch effort to take down the enemy!)
  
• The number of Incense Points available for camping in Medium dungeons has been reduced to 10
  
• You can now camp in Short dungeons (incense points are halved)
  
• Adjusted the 'Extended Camp' company upgrade to grant +4 Incense points when camping on a Fortified dungeon event (Short dungeons get +2), as well as removing the Time cost for using provisions while on the tile
  
• Reduced the number of Horse Training upgrades to 2 (+25/50% travel speed)
  
• Refunded Provisions now defaults to selling for 75% of the cost. The 'Reimbursement' upgrade now refunds 100% of the cost
  
• Ambush Tactics increases the chance of ambushing the enemy on a scouted tile from 10% to 20/30%
  
• Ambush Avoidance reduces the chance to be ambushed on unscouted tiles from 20% to 10%. The second upgrade reduces the bonus damage taken when ambushed to 10% (from 15%)
  
• Moved the Training Dummies upgrade (+20/35/50% XP) into a new 'Training' category in the Company Upgrades screen, and changed the renown level requirements to 0/5/10
  
• The first 15 Renown Levels now give 2 Renown points to upgrade your company (subsequent levels give 1)
  
• Added more information to the tooltips of enemy Immunities, resists, and vulnerabilities on their codex page
  
• You can now bring up the character sheet in the contract negotiation screen
  
• You can now right click an enemy sprite to view their codex entry
  
• Increased the average level of recruits available at inns to better match your progress (it's based on your Renown level)
  

• Fixed a bug where the majority of Dungeon Modifiers applied via time were not ever seen (it would usually just apply the same one multiple times)
  
• Fixed a bug where some Dungeon Modifiers were active in overworld encounters
  
• Fixed a visual bug where dungeon information was incorrectly being displayed in the party select screen during overworld encounters
  
• Fixed a bug where bosses weren't dropping normal gear if they didn't drop Named gear (making it harder to gear up in low level dungeons)
  
• Fixed some injuries that referenced old stats (Dexterity, Strength, etc)
  
• Optimized some lights and ice shattering effects (particularly from the Dire Hoarwulf) to be a little less CPU intensive
  
• Fixed an issue where loading a save while on a dialogue event in a dungeon could lead to a softlock at the start of the next combat encounter
  
• Fixed an issue where provisions weren't being properly refunded in most situations
  
• Fixed a bug where the 'Repair Gear' effect from a Rune event wasn't working
  
• Fixed one of the Field Medic bonuses which incorrectly said they could use provisions without ending their turn. Updated it to display their actual bonus which is automatically stabilizing injuries during exploration
  

• Fixed a bug where skeletons were being immediately destroyed and were unable to revive
  
• Fixed an issue where whenever a temporary ally died, your party members would lose Morale as if they were part of your company
  
• Fixed a bug where the 'Allegro' upgrade for the Balladeer's Renewing Melody ability was also applying the 'Regrowth' upgrade
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to still debuff the Spectral Reaper when he casted Void Shroud
  
• Fixed an issue where some enemies (like the Blighted Hulk) could charge into characters and get stuck occupying the same cell
  
• Fixed a bug where a character that was Rooted while in Bleedout could not be revived by picking them up
  
• Adjacent enemies that are Sleeping, Frozen, or Stunned will no longer prevent units from performing ranged attacks on others
  
• Fixed an issue where the combat HUD wouldn't show up if the first character in combat failed their Morale check
  
• Fixed an issue where you could get a Stunned icon to persist after combat if you had the Battle Frenzy upgrade with the Pugilist's Battle Instinct ability
  
• You can now mouse over temporary allies to view their name and Health bar
  
• Fixed an issue where the Balladeer's Lullaby sometimes wasn't working depending on which target you selected
  
• Fixed a bug where the Balladeer's Basic Attack wasn't doing anything to destructible objects
  

• While you can play an existing save, it is highly recommended to start a new campaign for the best overall experience (and to reduce the potential for bugs)
  
• Due to changes, we've reset all Company Upgrades and you will need to reapply them if loading an existing save
  

• Icebinder Class: The Icebinder class specializes in crowd control, with a wide range of abilities that allow him to summon ice pillars, freeze enemies, and support his allies through various means.
  
• Gear Enchantments: Over 80 enchantments that can be looted in dungeons and applied to equipment, granting stats and unique effects.
  
• Scourge Crisis: A special crisis event that occurs in the wake of the dragon's attack, including new quests, events and consequences for the player as they try to save a city from destruction.
  

• Leveling and attributes overhaul: A complete rework of character attributes and a new way to level up, which lets players more freely customize their characters any way they want
  
• Full ability upgrade trees: Introduced over 250 new upgrades to round out the rest of the ability upgrade trees for each class
  
• Combat rebalance: We increased party size to 5(from 4) and rebalanced abilities, enemies, status effects, and gear
  
• New enemies: Introduced over 30 new enemy variants into the game
  
• Enemy traits: Added over 50 traits that are applied to enemy Elites and Bosses, adding to combat variety
  
• UI Overhaul: We redesigned nearly every UI screen in the game to be more aesthetically pleasing and user friendly
  
• Codex: We added a Codex screen which lists details on all the enemies you've encountered. You can view an enemy's codex page during combat by right clicking them or their portrait
  

• Balladeer Class: The Balladeer fills the role of a pure support class. With many tunes strummed from their trusty lute, they have the ability to heal, cleanse, buff their allies, and debuff enemies.
  
• Dungeon Exploration Overhaul: A rework to how dungeon exploration is handled, giving more opportunities for risk vs reward. Dungeon Modifiers and Camping Incense were also rebalanced.
  
• New Dungeon Events and Event Types: We added many new dungeon events to interact with, resulting in a variety of outcomes that are both beneficial and harmful
  

• Named gear: Tougher bosses have a higher chance to drop Named gear. Named gear has increased stats and comes pre-loaded with randomized enchantments
  
• New quests and overworld events: Added 6 brand new quests and a handful of new overworld events