Conquest:

Battles

• Death Match
• No Gods or Master
• Threats from the Underground

• Foxholes
• How to train your Wyvern
• The Great Hunt

• Glorious Lands
• Minopoly
• Rising from the Abyss

Bonuses

Spectator Mode:

A new spectator mode is available for multiplayer games!

Clan reworks and Balancing:

General changes

Relics

• Svalinn is removed.
• Bragaful is removed.

Viking Relics

• Unchanged

• Previous behavior is scrapped.

• Population Happiness requirement is reduced.
• Your workers have an increased production based on your Happiness level.

• Previous behavior is scrapped.

• Forge is 50% faster.
• Forged military units have a chance to summon a lightning bolt on their enemy when they land a strike.

Kingdom Relics

• Codex Aureus - unchanged
• Altar of Volvinius - unchanged

• Feasts cost -50% and use Wood instead of Food.
• During Feasts, the units in your territory inflict Burning Damages.

Rivalries

• Rivalries have globally been nerfed.

Events

• Sailors now get Fame for venturing on the sea when the Kraken is roaming.
• Ships will no longer be automatically destroyed during the event, the Kraken will only attack if too many ships are at sea during the event.

Victories

• If you stop all Great Trade-Routes, your Commercial Influence will slowly decrease over time.
• If several clans have Great Trade-Routes at the same time, the amount of Commercial Influence they’re getting out of it is reduced.

Knowledges

• Gives +10% Attack Power against Dragonkins > Draconic Units
• (Dragonkins, Draconic Nightmares, Draconic Jotnars, Surtr)
• Other effects are unchanged.

Buildings

Forge

• Forge upgrade cost: 10 > 5 Stones.

MarketPlace

• All prices have been reduced by 50%.

Ruins/ Shipwrecks

• Value of ruins and shipwrecks based on their distance to the player TownHall have been globally reduced.

Units

Bodyguard

• Bodyguard is now a controllable unit and can be recruited even if the warchief is not in the zone. (But can only be recruited if you have your warchief)
• If the warchief dies, the bodyguard dies as well.
• Cooldown before you can recruit the Bodyguard again: 3 > 6 months.

Clans:

Warchief

• Karà is the new warchief of the Kraken Clan.
• She is a Valkyrie, and as such, she also Heal near Hörgrs, and in zones under the effect of High-Tide with the knowledge of Valhalla's Reinforcement.
• Her stats have been rebalanced.

Start-with

• Wyrd is no longer a stacking resource but a flux and replaces Happiness completely.
• The clan is unaffected by Happiness maluses and bonuses.
• Wyrd abilities are removed (they are reworked into other elements).
• When you have a positive production of Wyrd, the Kraken will send you new Villagers.
• When you have a negative production of Wyrd you will instead receive Spectral Warriors under your control that can be sacrificed to apply High-Tide to the zone they are in.
• High-Tide can be applied to coastal zones.
• The maximum number of Spectral Warriors you can have under your control is increased by +1 for each Hörgr built, +2 if upgraded.
• Norns are renamed Seeresses.
• A Seeress can be evolved into a Valkyrie for 120 Kröwns, and inflict a constant cost of -3 Wyrd.
• Valkyries possess the ability to be sacrificed to colonize a zone from start (required to forge units previously).
• Other start-with are unchanged.

Fame 200

• You no longer receive a fixed amount of Wyrd.

• Spectral Warriors increase the production of the zone they’re in by +15%.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Fame 500

• Your maximum number of Spectral Warriors is increased by +4.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Relic

• Previous effect of the relic is scrapped.

• You can call on the Kraken and trigger a Kraken event.
• During a Kraken event, when a boat gets destroyed you get the resources it contained.

Knowledges

• Knowledge is removed.

• Previous effect is reworked.

• High-Tide zones generate +1 Kröwns, +1 Wyrd, and have +1 Building Slot.

• Replaces Blessing of Baldr
• You receive 3 Spectral Warriors.

Valkyries

• 17.5 > 14 Def

• Previous effect is now available from the start on Valkyries.

• If Wyrd production is positive: Enlightenment.
• The Valkyrie heals nearby military units outside of combat.
• If Wyrd production is negative: Corruption.
• The Valkyrie gains +25% Move speed and +10% Attack Power.

Warchief

• Surtr is the new warchief of the Dragon Clan.
• Surtr can be recruited for a cost in Draconic Essence instead of Iron.
• He is now considered a Draconic unit and benefits from bonuses that affect them.
• His stats have been rebalanced.
• He has a chance to enslave the enemies he slays.

Start-with

• There are no more limits on Thralls.
• Thralls do not need a Longship Dock to be purchased.
• Base price for Thralls has been adjusted.
• Thralls can be assigned to production buildings from the start and no longer require the knowledge of Hard Labor.
• Thralls can be assigned to the Forge.
• When assigned to buildings, Thralls no longer produce resources themselves but they instead boost the production of workers.
• Draconic Essence is consumed faster depending on the number of Thralls you have compared to your clan population.
• Other start-with are unchanged.

Fame 500

• The clan no longer gains bonuses for being behind on victories.

• Dragonkins can be sent to a Dragonkin Altar a second time to be turned into Draconic Nightmares.
• Other bonuses are unchanged.

Knowledges

• Knowledge is removed and is now a start-with of the clan.

• The part about capturing enemy units is now a start-with.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Now replaces Eradication.
• Increases the number of Thralls you can assign by 2 > 1.
• or 2 if the building is upgraded.

• Now replaces Medicine.

• Draconic Essence gauge decreases 30% slower.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Replaces Monster Slayer.
• Draconic units have +15% Attack Power.
• Instead of capturing enemy units as Thralls, if you have available Warband slots, they are instantly turned into Dragonkins and join your army.

Units

• New Forge for the Nightmares: Battlecry
• When the Nightmare takes a hit, it screams to intimidate nearby enemies and decrease their Attack Power by -30% for 3 seconds.
• Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Warchief

• Signy stats have been rebalanced.
• Her stats now only scale for the 3 first years but not after she’s 18.

Ages

• Signy has access to Scorched-Earth from the beginning but can only use it on neutral and ally zones.
• Scorched Earth gives +20% Attack Power to Snake units and steals natural resources from the zone. (not in ally zone)
• Cooldown: 4 months.

• Raised by Wolves is removed.
• When Scorched Earth is applied to a zone, all wild creatures flee to adjacent zones, revealing them in the process.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Signy no longer gets +50% bonus stats at age 17.
• You can have one more zone affected by Scorched-Earth simultaneously.
• Effects are unchanged.

• Scorched Earth can target enemy zones and gives +50% Attack Power to Snake units.

Start-with

• Swidden Field is removed.
• Instead Signy has access to Scorched Earth from the start.

Knowledges

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Snake military units gather the natural resources and heal while standing on a burning Scorched Earth zone.
• (the first 2 months of Scorched Earth)

• Now replaces Medicine.
• Effects unchanged.

• No longer degrades the relation of other clans when you have units Cloaked among neutral factions units.

• When you have Cloaked units among neutral factions, they steal the resources that enemy clans send via trade-route.
• (it does not affect the relation gain)
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Attacking buildings to steal resources no longer burns them.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Bonus is 100% more effective during the first 5 > 3 seconds of a fight.

Warchief

• Liv is the new warchief of the Raven Clan.
• She comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• Her stats have been rebalanced.
• She has a new active ability: Odin’s Eyes
• You can see through the fog of war for 1 month.
• Cooldown: 6 months.

Start-with

• Financial Optimisation is removed (Passive +15% bonus to Kröwns production)
• You can no longer spend Kröwns to attract new Villagers faster.
• Great Trade-Routes reduction (-10%) is removed.
• Trade-Routes with Homeland are no longer available from the start.
• New: You gain Lore when you scout new zones.
• Sailors assigned to Harbors can now either produce Kröwns or Scout coastal zones. (They produce more Kröwns than classic Sailors)
• Raids are now available from the start but can’t target enemy zones.
• You can no longer choose how many Mercenaries you send on raid, they automatically send as many Mercenaries as you have Sailors assigned to the Harbor.
• Cooldown is no longer on Harbors but on the zones targeted by the raids.
• Raids prices have been rebalanced.
• Raids forge are removed.
• You can control Mercenaries.
• They only stay 30 seconds on the zone targeted and can’t decolonize it.
• Each Mercenary steals some of the natural resources from the tile, but only when they leave the tile (IF they leave it alive).

Fame 200

• Raids can target enemy zones.
• Trade-Routes with Homeland are available at the Trading Posts and provide resources for a cost in Kröwns.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Fame 500: Wartime Economy

• Previous Fame 500 is scrapped.

• Upkeep costs of all buildings are reduced by -15% and by -50% for Military Buildings.
• Mercenaries can be recruited at Military Camps to bolster your Warband. They do not consume Food and Wood but require a constant payment in Kröwns to remain under your control.

Relic

• A Son of Hymir automatically joins all of your raids and gathers twice as many resources as a normal Mercenary.
• Raven Ships become unsinkable and are unaffected by Kraken and Frozen Sea events.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Coinage.
• Forging speed bonus is removed.

• MarketPlace prices are reduced by -25%.
• You send -25% less resources via Trade-Routes.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Now replaces Shipbuilding.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Sailors produce +20%.
• All Great Trade-Routes provide +2 Happiness.
• For each 200 Commercial Influence, your next Villagers arrive +15% faster. (Max: +75%)

• Now replaces Medicine.
• Effects unchanged.

• Now replaces Weaponsmith.
• Military Units gain +6 > +4% Attack Power and Defense, for each active Merchant or Sailor. (Max: +30% > +20%)

Warchief

• Halvard is the new warchief of the Goat Clan.
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• His stats have been rebalanced.
• He has a new passive ability: Shepherd.
• After participating in clearing a zone, wild Sheeps in the zone are captured by Halvard.

Start-with

• Military XP gains are no longer reduced for the clan.

Relic

• Additional Sheepfold is removed from Relic effects.

Knowledges

• Replaces Industrious as a stealable Knowledge.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Tools can be forged without Iron.

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Halvard can be assigned to buildings producing Food or Happiness to increase their production by +60%.

Warchief

• Svarn is the new warchief of the Boar Clan.
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• His stats have been rebalanced.

Fame 200

• Svarn heals wounded animals inside your territory and can Tame an animal to join him in battle.

Warchief

• Borgild is the new warchief of the Bear Clan.
• She comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Hearthstone.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Food production is no longer reduced during Winter.
• All other productions are increased by +15% during Winter.

Warchief

• Brand is the new warchief of the Stag Clan.
• He comes in with a brand (ahah) new skin to celebrate this.

Start-with

• The clan gains more Happiness and Fame from its territory. (+50%)

Fame 500

• Max gain of production and reduction of colonization costs 25% > 15%.

Relic

• Einherjars
• Max Atk +5 > +4.

Warchief

• Egil is the new warchief of the Wolf Clan.
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Coinage.
• Trade-Routes produce +150% Kröwns.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Warchief

• Horse Warchiefs stats have been rebalanced.
• Their mining speed has been increased.

Fame 500

• Production bonus on zones adjacent to a relic no longer stacks if there are 2 relics adjacent.

Knowledges

• Warchiefs produce 5 > 4 Lore for each ore extracted.

• Tool forge gives an additional +10% > +5% prod.

Knowledges

• Passive production of Military XP is removed.

• Upkeep costs of Military buildings are reduced by -30%.

Knowledges

• You can no longer sell Trophies.

• You can buy Trophies at the Marketplace.
• Marketplace prices are reduced by 30%.

Fame 200

• Effects of Meals are reduced by -50% for allies.
• Cost in Food for ally Meals have been reduced accordingly.

Shamans

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• After taking a hit, the Shaman next attack deals +60% Dmgs.

Start-with

• The clan no longer gains Lore when scouting new zones.
• Caches are no longer passively uncovered by Aviaries, but by active Falconers.
• Aviaries upgrade increased scouting speed by +50% > +20%. (But the bonus stacks for each upgrade)
• Caches content have been rebalanced.
• Tiles with multiple Ore deposits no longer count as multiple sources or Ore for generation of Loot Pouches.
• (So the max amount of Ore you can get in one clear is 6)

Knowledges

• Training Field
• If you have Griff you gain +3 > +1 Happiness.

Blood Eagle

• Blind effect lasts for 3 > 2 seconds.

Sentinel

• Wachkeeping ability gives +10% > +20% bonus production to the zone.

Unit

• Falconer's Forge increases Caches Spawn speed, and no longer scouting speed.

Start-with

• Recruitment cost in Faith: 100% > 150% of the cost in Kröwns.

Buildings

• Give a base bonus of 20% > 25%.

• No longer gives +20% Faith production

Units

• Second hit only passes on 100% > 30% of the Damages.
• Champions base Atk is increased from 7 to 8.

Monks

• No more than 3 Monks can heal at the same time - the others keep producing Faith/ crafting Relics.

Relic

• Revive all units with 10% Health > 50% Health.

Knowledges

• Smithy increases defense to military units by 15% > 10%.

Visual Changes:

• Warchiefs are now bigger in scale.
• Outlines of units now appear in the color of their clan.
• Except for Warchiefs and Heros who appear with a gold outline.
• Pause UI has been reworked.

Audio Changes:

• Addition of new sounds.

Ranking Changes

• GPs wins and losses in Free-for-all games are now calculated differently to take into account the end position of the player.
• Players' end position in Free-for-all games no longer take into account the progress on passive victories. If a player wins by any Victory other than Domination, all remaining players are all ranked at the same lowest remaining position.
• (For example if 4 players remain and one wins with a Wisdom Victory, all 3 remaining players will be ranked in 4th position.)

Bugfixes:

• Fix - Performance issues when using the Spike Barricade
• Fix - Recruiting military units is no longer blocked on attacked tiles
• Fix - Starving sometimes didn’t trigger
• Fix - Neutral factions no longer directly target the TH
• Fix - Decolonizing last Kobold tiles even while they’re attacking another territory now correctly eradicates the Faction
• Fix - Operatives Dwarves no longer appear as no-work if there are no activity they can be assigned to
• Fix - Healer Hut correctly displays the no-assigned icon when no units are assigned
• Fix - Spike Barricade repair message is correctly displayed
• Fix - Pseudo no longer resets when selecting some game options
• Fix - Colonizing and canceling repeatedly a zone for Lore no longer artificially increases Lore production in stat screen
• Fix - Blessing no longer overlap on top of lores unlocked in stat screen
• Fix - Texture correctly appears at the destruction of a building
• Fix - Crash when using Ram ability of Torfin has been corrected
• Fix - Ancestral Equipment no longer trigger a “build complete” notification when they spawn
• Fix - Giant Boar is no longer counted in Pop
• Fix - Lion TownHall can now be correctly spied on
• Fix - Kingdom Forts can no longer be used by Viking clans
• Fix - Squirrel meal window overlapping problem
• Fix - Hildegard model is correctly loaded
• Fix - Dragonkin female model sword fix
• Fix - SFX when joining a Lobby no longer plays twice
• Fix - Crash in P2P when Host leaves the game
• Fix - Freeze when launching a custom multiplayer game
• Fix - Report button in lobby
• Fix - Cross of vidar - Mission 2 fix secondary objective of Griff increment problem when colonizing a zone with a loot pouch.
• Optimisation - mission 10 Cross of Vidar
• Fix - Cross of vidar - Mission 10 save problem which loaded the wrong 3D model of Hildegard
• Fix - Rig’s Saga - Mission 6 zone colonization icon now correctly displays the resource used for colonization
• Fix - Settings no longer reset at the application of a new patch (starting at the next patch)
• Fix - Fix multiple descriptions on Neustria biome
• Fix - Texts sometime appeared twice
• Fix - Pseudo length is correctly capped in Diplomacy screen
• Fix Lion Smith being in no-work when a relic is under construction in the same zone
• Fix Fame 500 horse in custom map that didn’t created new deposits
• Fix Gayant Champion move speed to be the same as Jotunn Champion
• Added security for Conquest’s saves
• Fix - Multiple texts/localization issues
• Fix - Multiple UI fixes