• Fixed a crash that occurred on the Badge screen in the Multiplayer Lobby.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after heir selection if the spouse was selected as the heir and they were in a fugitive state.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by corrupted save files because of some unfinished raids.
  
• Fixed an issue where mercenary soldiers cost more than the shown amount.
  
• Added the quest givers name in Landlord Needs Manual Labor quest dialogues.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while the Lady's Knight Out quest was active and the quest giver left her settlement.
  
• Fixed an issue with newly added keyboard and controller keys not using the default keys.
  
• Reflective Friendly Fire damage has been added to Custom Siege servers. 10% to Friend and 30% to Self. Please note that, if you are playing as defenders you will be damaged if you hit your team's siege weaponry, castle gates and doors.
  
• Added the missing Loading Screen images for these maps: Ebereth Hillfort (Captain), Cliffs of Akkalat (Captain), Xauna - Winter (Skirmish), Castle of Fen Altai - Winter (Siege), Nord Town - Winter (TDM).

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed a multiplayer crash that occurred when a player joined a Captain game when the new round had already started.
  
• Fixed a multiplayer server crash that occurred when a player died.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the UI update was called before the UI was properly created.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the multiplayer server and clients to crash.
  
• Fixed the scene names on the loading screens.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading the launcher.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading the launcher. (Also in the main hotfix.)

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Xauna, Nord Town and Castle of fen Altai multiplayer scenes have been changed to their winter versions.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Art of the Trade” quest dialogue to override other quests’ dialogue.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused eliminated clans to retain settlement ownership.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the player’s family members stuck in the player’s settlements as prisoners.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused friendly NPCs to refuse to give a quest and treat the player like an enemy.
  
• Ensured only kingdoms are shown in the kingdom diplomacy screen.

15/12/20

• Improved the Athletics skill of Battanian Oathsworn unit.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Training Troops quest when upgrading troops during conversations.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to gain experience points from friendly fire.
  
• Fixed an issue with companions' beards not showing in the army menu.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the quest settlement in the Escort Merchant Caravan quest to not be counted if it was the quest giver's settlement.
  
• Fixed an issue with NPCs taking prisoners to their party, making them go over their party limit.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed parties within an army to recruit from nearby raided villages.
  
• Fixed some issues related to Medicine, Leadership, Crossbow and Two-Handed skills' campaign effects.
  
• Fixed an issue with the wrong disbanding party conversations coming up in encounters because of the wrong priorities.
  
• Fixed an issue that made Horse Archers use bows while in melee range.
  
• Couch lance damage is increased. It is now more reliant on weight, rather than horse speed.

04/12/20

• Added an option to change the order visual system between Radial and Bar.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking on a garrison or a caravan's portrait on the settlement overlay menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to town security calculations.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Menu to disappear, locking the player between siege and campaign modes after clicking the 'continue siege preparations' option.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented castle governors from gaining Steward XP.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Escort Merchant Caravan quest to fail when the player traded with the caravan they are escorting.
  
• Added missing Khuzait cavalry bonus information to relevant tooltips.
  
• Marauders no longer spawn with longbows.
  
• New Perks: Medicine skill Veterinarian and Fortitude Tonic perks primary effects are implemented.
  
• New Captain Mode Map: Ebereth Hillfort

27/11/20

• Changed the Veterans' Respect perk secondary effect to be able to upgrade bandit type troops.
  
• UI:
  
  • Fixed an issue with the order radial direction circle position.
    
  • Decreased space between order categories.
    
  • Removed the centre radial text and made the background of the centre less opaque.
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused the player to change equipment while changing selected formations with a gamepad.
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused the controller selection frame to be visible when the controller was not active.
    
  • Fixed an issue with the given order text not showing up in combat log for toggle orders.

25/11/20

• Fixed an issue that caused companions to not have any skills and weapons.
  
• Fixed an issue regarding the toggle order active text and icons.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented weapon changing, dismounting, etc. while giving orders.
  
• Fixed an issue with the selection circle not showing up for gamepads.
  
• Decreased opacity of order menu UI in general.
  
• Fixed an issue where northern lords would spawn without leg armour.

Combat Changes

• Fixed Bows staying at max accuracy longer than intended.
  
• Aiming durations are now slightly more affected by character skill.
  
• Adjusted Ranged AI to be more accurate.

Weapon and Equipment Changes

• Light Oval Shield (Oathsworn)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 160 to 140.
    
  • Weight decreased from 3.2 to 3.
• Lighter Oaken Kite Shield (Legionary)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 140 to 130.
    
  • Weight decreased from 3.5 to 3.
• Light Round Shield (Varyag)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 165 to 155.
• Light Tall Heater Shield (Sergeant)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 145 to 135.
• Highland Scout's Shield (Wildling)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 2.5.
• Northern Kite Shield (Recruit - Raider - Brigand)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 2.5.
• Northern Round Shield (Warrior - Brigand - Hunter)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.5 to 3.2.
• Desert Oval Shield (Skirmisher - Tribal Warrior)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 3.2.
• Arbalest (Sharpshooter)
  
  • Damage decreased from 100 to 95.

Troop Changes

• Fixed Battania Mounted Warrior Javelin perk overriding equipped shield.
  
• Aserai
  
  • Skirmisher
    
    • Speed increased from 81 to 82.
  • Tribal Warrior
    
    • Swapped Mace and Large Shield perks.
  • Beduin
    
    • Swapped Camel and Cavalry Sword perks.
• Battania
  
  • Wildling
    
    • Speed increased from 81 to 82.
  • Oathsworn
    
    • Swapped Heavy Mace and Axe perks.
  • Ranger
    
    • Changed the Throwing Axes perk to Mace perk.
• Empire
  
  • Recruit
    
    • Speed increased from 80 to 82.
  • Legionary
    
    • Swapped Mace and Heavy Axe perks.
  • Courser
    
    • Price decreased from 140 to 130.
• Khuzait
  
  • Spear Infantry
    
    • Swapped Pike and Long Sword perks.
      
    • Swapped Mace and Stronger Shield perks.
• Sturgia
  
  • Brigand
    
    • Speed increased from 79 to 82.
  • Varyag
    
    • Swapped Mace and Long Sword perks.
• Vlandia
  
  • Sergeant
    
    • Swapped Mace and Axe perks.

20/11/2020

• Changed the dead teammate indicator opacity and on-screen stay time.
  
• Order radial UI is now 30% smaller.
  
• Crush Through is only possible with Battanian Two-Handed Mace and Sturgian Two-Handed Hammer. Both weapons' swing speed and damage have been adjusted.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player's brother to not show up in the inventory screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused radial UI to not close properly with the ESC key and the right mouse button.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player's brother to not be able to lead a party and not to be assigned as governor through governor selection in town management.

Crashes

• Fixed a crash related to formation AI.
  
• Fixed a quest issue that caused the game to crash on loading.
  
• Fixed two crashes that occurred after the player cleared an alley.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when performing hostile actions against neutral villages while serving a kingdom as mercenary.
  
• Fixed a crash related to initial kingdom hero spawn points that occurred when loading the game.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pressing the exit to the main menu button while a conversation was active.
  
• Fixed a bug that crashed the game after gaining XP when the player was already at the maximum level.
  
• Fixed a crash which appeared after changing an option in the options menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that happened when the "Fight against the conspiracy" quest timed out.
  
• Fixed a crash that happened when Radagos was executed in the “Rescue Family” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when entering the same village over and over again.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after offering a truce during barter.

Performance

• Fixed a bug that caused performance drops on the world map after sounds were cut.

Save & Load

• Autosave interval duration was increased. It now autosaves after leaving settlement and ending encounters.
  
• A notification will be displayed after saving the game successfully.
  
• Daily gold changes occurred multiple times in different loaded games for some saved games. This was fixed. Now the daily gold change occurs only once in a day.

Localisation

• Text additions, spell checks and punctuation fixes.
  
• Chinese localisation fixes.

Art

• Navmesh IDs changed for better AI behaviours in front of castle gates.
  
• Visual improvements on Khuzait, Vlandian and Empire villages:
  
  • khuzait_village_f
    
  • Empire_village_o
    
  • vlandia_village_j
• Physics problems on some castle walls and rooves are solved in Tsagaan Castle.
  
• In order to have a better balance between ranged and melee troops, high ground areas and their connections between each other were reduced in number in Tsagaan Castle.
  
• Assigned alpha versions parallax to materials with parallax.
  
• Visual improvements on Battania Keep and gatehouse models.
  
• Improvements to the existing campaign maps icons.
  
• Added new cradle model.

UI
Changes

• Added autosave interval control to the Campaign Options panel.
  
• Added Married/Not Married filters to the encyclopedia hero list page.
  
• Added explanation tooltip to the tax value in Town Management.
  
• Now, the equip button in the inventory will replace the same type of weapon (if there is one equipped).
  
• Army overlay can now show more than 18 parties in the army.
  
• Barter offered item amount is now an editable text area.
  
• Players can now load save games with double click on the saved game tuple.

Fixes

• Fixed long party names overlapping weight values in the inventory screen.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused UI to disappear after inspecting a companion's troops while talking.
  
• Fixed minor visual issues in the tournament prize panel.
  
• Fixed a bug that showed swapped values for "Casualties Inflicted" for a diplomacy war item.
  
• Fixed a bug in the army nameplate that caused an issue icon to be visible even though the lord with the issue hasn't joined the army yet.

Battles and Sieges

• Added -20% damage and weapon speed/reload penalty for using weapons while mounted. This is lowered by the Riding skill and reaches zero penalty at 100. The effect only applies to troops and characters in singleplayer mode. Some mechanical weapons (such as crossbows) are exempt from the damage penalty.
  
• Heroes will no longer receive medicine skill experience for teamkills in battles.
  
• Some archery points in siege scenes were not being removed as expected when certain objects like walls and broken versions of walls were swapped around causing archer agents trying to go to undesirable positions. Fixed/added more functionality to add on deploy/remove on deploy properties.
  
• Moving in formation speed limits were not applied properly, they have been fixed and speeds were reduced overall, This is especially noticeable in shield wall, circle and square arrangements.
  
• When troops with ranged weapons were given the charge order they didn't approach the enemy if there was a friend in the way. This was fixed. Moving sideways to try to see enemies past friends was also added, making giving the charge order without telling troops to hold fire much more effective.
  
• Due to an error in updating the target agent after their target was killed and they moved back a few steps, ranged troops tended to face away from the enemy. This was fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused formations to fidget about when trying to hold a defensive position.
  
• Implemented a new system that calculates troop power based on context. Removed cavalry troop simulation bonuses for sieges.
  
• Light crossbows are reloadable on horseback now. Some of the heaviest crossbows are capable of penetrating shields.

Character Development System

• Added 10 more combat-related tactics perks to the game. This finalizes the current tactics skill tree.
  
• Added and balanced 32 medicine perk effects on the campaign side.
  
• Fixed the speed bonus for siege engine construction of the Sweatshop perk in the Steward skill. Instead of a flat bonus of 20, it is now 20%.
  
• Fixed a bug that causes troops to appear as very old or young.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused children to show up in the inventory screen as selectable.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to heal immediately just by waiting on the map.

Clan and Party

• Bandit parties which were close to a hideout were attacking other stronger parties because they assumed that parties inside the hideout would help them. However, that is not the case. They will no longer make this assumption.
  
• Fixed a bug that leaves the main hero's spouse in the main party in a fugitive state.
  
• Enabled AI marriages to occur over time.
  
• Gave most clans enough adult members to lead the minimum number of parties. Added children to some clans to ensure better long-term continuity. More changes will follow.

Armies

• Fix a bug that allowed lords in the player's army to recruit from raided villages.

Kingdoms and Diplomacy

• Fixed a bug that caused dead heroes to participate in kingdom decisions.
  
• Fixed a bug that led to mercenary clans defecting as vassals to other kingdoms during the main storyline.
  
• Fixed an issue that stopped kingdom decisions from properly resolving when the player joined the kingdom as a mercenary.

Economy and Trade

• Fixed a bug that prevents the effects of daily settlement projects.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused caravan speeds to drop to 1-2 speed because they were buying too many animals. Now, caravans do not buy more animals than their herd limit. If they have more animals than the limit, they sell excess animals when they enter a town.
  
• Fixed a problem with tanneries not making any profit and closing all over the world in the long term.
• All workshops are a bit more profitable now.

Crafting

• Missing/Invalid damage type strings were fixed.
  
• Fixed an issue with some crafted two-handed weapon blades not disappearing from the character’s back after drawing the weapon.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong tooltip and description to show at the smelting and refining screen.

Settlement Actions (Town, Village, Castle and Hideout)

• Players are no longer able to form caravans while in disguise.
  
• Players are no longer able to buy workshops while in disguise.
  
• Players can no longer heal by entering and leaving the training field.

Quests & Issues

• Quest battle AI aggressiveness improvements. (Quest NPCs will be more defensive in combat based on their skills.)
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some quest rewards to be floating-point numbers.
  
• Quest difficulties will now scale according to player progress even while the quest is ongoing.
  
• Crime rating will only be gained after the rejection of the counter-offer in the quest "Can't Sell Product at a Fair Price".
  
• Decreased relationship reward for the quest "Overpriced Raw Materials" from 10 to 5.
  
• Fixed an issue with the quest "Needs Grain Seeds" not giving relationship rewards or penalties.
  
• Fixed a bug that causes some conversations to not trigger in Manual Laborer Quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a companion to join the quest duel in the “Notable Wants Daughter Found” quest.
  
• Prosperity penalty and bonus for Army of Poachers quest are changed from +-100 to +-30.
  
• Fixed a bug that causes the “Escort Caravan” quest ambush party size to be 0 in some situations.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the tutorial village headmen disappear.

Conversations & Encounters

• Fixed a bug that causes ransom broker's initial dialogue to be empty.
  
• Fixed a bug that opened prisoner conversation missions in a hideout with the lord’s hall background scene.
  
• Villagers and guards should change their dialogues if the player is lord of their settlement or faction ruler. Fixed a bug that caused lords to comment on raids on their settlements as if the player had been responsible.

Other

• Basic units will no longer use polearm type of weapons as they were getting too good at stopping cavalry charges.
  
• Removed the out of place shield from Tacteos' back.
  
• Some Aserai notables and peasants were wearing out of place armour. This was fixed.
  
• Changed a few tournament loadout matchups for Battania and Aserai. Fights between all ranged units and ranged versus two-handers are less likely to happen.
  
• Changed armours and shields of Caravan Guards of Sturgia, Vlandia and Empire.
  
• Added player spouse death notification.
  
• Fixed a bug that causes some dancers and beggars to spawn very young.
  
• Added an option to enable/disable birth, ageing and death in the campaign. With this option enabled no new hero will be born and no one will die in the game.
  
• Item Modifiers Update:
  
  • While modifiers worked mostly as intended for armours, they did not work correctly for weapons(stats of weapons were not affected by them), that's fixed.
    
  • Not all items had the correct modifiers associated with them, that's fixed.
    
  • Modifiers now affect stack count correctly("large bag of..." works).
• Lame Horse feature was implemented:
  
  • When your horse "goes down" in a mission there is a chance that it will get the Lame modifier, which will affect the stats of it.
• Players can now forfeit board games on the enemy’s turn.
  
• Improved the replacement of invalid or deleted items with trash items. This may help some corrupted saves and should make it less likely for corruptions of this nature to occur.

Design & Balance
Combat

• Bows, Crossbows and all Throwing Weapons' readying/aiming duration and patterns are now related to weapon speed (aiming used to be standard for all ranged weapons).
  
  • The faster the weapon is, the faster it readies up, the smaller the initial crosshair, the faster it gets accurate and the longer it holds max accuracy.
    
  • Minor adjustments will be made after reviewing performance.
• New Perk for bows and crossbows:
  
  • Faster Release - Grants faster-travelling projectiles to increase the effective range of Bows and Crossbows. Does not increase the damage value.
• Crush Through is only possible with Battanian Two-Handed Mace and Sturgian Two-Handed Hammer. Both weapons' swing speed and damage have been adjusted.

Weapon and Equipment Changes

• New Weapon: Battanian Throwing Axe
  
  • Similar to other throwing axes
• New Weapon: Aserai Throwing Axe
  
  • Deals more damage, Stack count 2
• New Weapon: Battanian Bastard Sword
  
  • Can be used two-handed
• New Weapon: Vlandian Bastard Sword
  
  • Can be used two-handed
• New Weapon: Western Bastard Sword
  
  • Can be used two-handed
• New Weapon: Fast Hunting Bow
  
  • A very fast bow with low damage
• New Weapon: Light Javelin
  
  • A javelin with lower damage
• Slightly increased damage of all Lances.
  
• Javelin
  
  • Stack count increased from 3 to 4
    
  • Extra Javelin Stack size increased from 6 to 8
    
  • Damage is decreased from 46 to 34
• Jareed
  
  • Stack count increased from 2 to 3
    
  • Damage is decreased from 65 to 52
• Northern Fish Harpoon
  
  • Extra Harpoon Stack count increased from 7 to 8
    
  • Damage is decreased from 44 to 33
• Reinforced Northern Fish Harpoon
  
  • Stack count decreased from 4 to 3
    
  • Damage is decreased from 60 to 49
• Imperial Javelins
  
  • Stack count decreased from 4 to 3
    
  • Damage decreased from 56 to 45
• Short Bow
  
  • Accuracy decreased from 91 to 84
    
  • Damage decreased from 49 to 46
• Hunting Longbow
  
  • Accuracy increased from 90 to 96
    
  • Damage increased from 54 to 60
• Recurve Bow
  
  • Damage decreased from 56 to 50
• Superior Bow
  
  • Accuracy decreased from 90 to 72
    
  • Damage decreased from 56 to 32
• Fast Short Bow
  
  • Accuracy decreased from 89 to 82
    
  • Damage decreased from 47 to 34
• Strong Recurve Bow
  
  • Damage decreased from 62 to 61
• Yeow Long Bow
  
  • Accuracy Increased from 97 to 98
    
  • Damage increased from 70 to 73
• Arbalest
  
  • Damage increased from 95 to 100
• Vlandian Throwing Axe
  
  • Damage is decreased from 113 to 34
• Sturgia Throwing Axe
  
  • Damage is decreased from 90 to 34
• Khuzait Eastern Lance
  
  • Length is increased from 189 to 196
• Knight Heavy Horseman's Kite Shield
  
  • Hitpoints increased from 105 to 130
• Clan Warrior Targe
  
  • Armour is increased from 5 to 8.
    
  • Hitpoints increased from 100 to 130
• Northern Round Shield
  
  • Armour is increased from 5 to 10
    
  • Hitpoints increased from 105 to 135
    
  • Weight increased from 3.3 to 4.5
• Bastard Axe
  
  • Swing speed increased from 71 to 87
    
  • Damage increased from 65 to 95

Troop Changes

• All Shock Troops
  
  • Combat Movement Speed modifier is decreased from 1.0 to 0.9
• Aserai
  
  • Skirmisher
    
    • Spear perk is changed to Pike perk.
  • Tribal Warrior
    
    • Mace perk is changed to Long Sword perk.
      
    • Javelins perk is changed to Mace perk.
      
    • Spear perk is changed to Long Spear perk.
  • Guard
    
    • Javelin perk is changed to Light Javelin perk.
      
    • Mace perk is changed to Throwing Axe perk.
  • Archer
    
    • Sword perk is changed to Faster Bow perk.
      
    • Axe perk is changed to Better Fletching perk.
      
    • Spear perk is changed to Sword perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74
  • Veteran
    
    • Armour is decreased from 32 to 26.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 10 to 11
  • Beduin
    
    • Swapped Camel and Cavalry Sword perks.
• Battania
  
  • Clan Warrior
    
    • Throwing Spear perk is changed to Spear perk.
  • Wildling
    
    • Larger Shield perk grants Light Oval Shield instead of Heavy Oval Shield.
  • Savage
    
    • Javelin perk is changed to Light Javelin perk.
  • Oathsworn
    
    • Heavy Mace perk is changed to Bastard Sword perk.
      
    • Javelin perk is changed to Heavy Mace perk.
  • Ranger
    
    • Two-Handed Axe perk is changed to Faster Bow perk.
      
    • Two-Handed Sword perk is changed to Two-Handed Axe perk.
      
    • Spear perk is changed to Throwing Axes perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
  • Fian
    
    • Falx perk is changed to Better Fletching perk.
      
    • Faster Arrows perk is changed to Falx perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 9 to 11.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 74 to 73.
      
    • Armour is decreased from 29 to 24.
• Empire
  
  • Recruit
    
    • Extra Javelins perk is changed to Pilum perk.
      
    • Axe perk is changed to Extra Javelins perk.
  • Menavlion Infantry
    
    • Javelin Perk is changed to Light Javelin perk.
  • Legionary
    
    • Mace perk is changed to Bastard Sword perk.
      
    • Pilum perk is changed to Mace perk.
  • Archer Militia
    
    • Light Crossbow perk is changed to Stronger Bow perk
      
    • Strong Arrows perk is changed to Better Fletching perk
      
    • Mace perk is changed to Stronger Arrows perk
      
    • Spear perk is changed to Extra Arrows perk
      
    • Axe perk now replaces default Sword.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74
      
    • Cost is decreased from 120 to 110.
  • Palatine Guard
    
    • Menavlion perk now replaces the default Sword when picked.
      
    • Faster Bow perk is changed to Crossbow perk.
      
    • Extra Arrows perk is changed to Small Shield perk.
      
    • Strong Arrows perk is changed to Mace perk.
      
    • Mace replaces default Sword when picked.
      
    • Troop count is increased from 9 to 11.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
      
    • Armour is decreased from 32 to 26.
  • Courser
    
    • Throwing Spear perk stack count decreased from 2 to 1.
• Khuzait
  
  • Spear Infantry
    
    • Move Speed value is increased from 77 to 78.
      
    • Default Spear is changed to Long Spear
      
    • Long Spear perk is changed to Long Sword perk.
      
    • Stronger Shield perk is changed to Heavy Mace perk.
      
    • Long Sword perk is changed to Pike perk.
      
    • Heavy Mace perk is changed to Stronger Shield perk.
  • Steppe Bow
    
    • Short Sword perk is changed to Better Fletching perk.
      
    • Short Spear perk is changed to Short Sword perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
  • Khan’s Guard
    
    • Default sword Ild is changed to Heavy Ild
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 9 to 11.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 74 to 73.
  • Nomad
    
    • Move Speed value is increased from 76 to 79.
      
    • Armour is increased from 14 to 19.
      
    • Default Spear is changed to Long Spear
      
    • Long Spear perk is changed to Lance Perk
      
    • Cavalry Mace perk is changed to Improved Armor perk.
• Sturgia
  
  • Brigand
    
    • Short Spear perk is changed to Throwing Spear perk.
  • Berserker
    
    • Javelin perk is changed to Light Javelin perk.
  • Varyag
    
    • Mace perk is changed to Bastard Axe perk.
      
    • Throwing Axes perk is changed to Mace perk.
  • Hunter
    
    • Shield perk is changed to Faster Bow perk.
      
    • Fast Arrows perk is changed to Shield perk.
      
    • Shield perk now grants Northern Round Shield instead of Northern Cavalry Kite Shield.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
  • Raider
    
    • Fixed Raider troops spawning with wrong barding.
      
    • Throwing Spear perk stack count decreased from 2 to 1.
• Vlandia
  
  • Voulgier
    
    • Javelin perk is changed to Light Javelin perk.
  • Sergeant
    
    • Mace perk is changed to Bastard Sword perk.
      
    • Franceskas perk is changed to Mace perk.
  • Arbelist
    
    • Faster Bolts perk is changed to Small Shield perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 14 to 15.
      
    • Speed is decreased from 75 to 74.
      
    • Cost is increased from 110 to 120.
  • Sharpshooter
    
    • Faster Sword perk is changed to Better Fletching perk.
      
    • Pike perk is changed to Strong Bolts perk.
      
    • Troop Count is increased from 9 to 10
      
    • Speed is decreased from 74 to 73

• Fixed Clan Warrior troops spawning with the wrong default sword.
  
• Fixed couch lance bouncing at lower speeds.

Other - Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where options in the Friends list would not change when our role within the group (leader to member or vice versa) changed.
  
• Fixed Oathsworn gloves visually glitching.
  
• Clans can now be created with 2 players.

Server & Network

• Random players can no longer join premade games after a player disconnects.

UI
Changes

• Swapped places of Play and Armory tabs to centre the Play tab.
  
• Reporting a player automatically mutes them for you after a report.

Fixes

• Minor visuals fixes in the lobby custom game tab.

UI
Changes

• Mission Order Radial:
  
  • The order UI has been changed and now has radial buttons. This is implemented mostly for gamepad usability since previously, that UI implementation was unusable with gamepads. Because of this, some orders had to be moved. F1 and F2 orders are unaffected but F3-F7 orders are now under a list, F3 (like F1 and F2). We're open to feedback about this change. So let us know what you think!
• UI now supports other language characters that are not included in the selected game language:
  
  • Previously characters in other languages would show up as block characters. e.g if your game language was English and someone typed in Japanese in the MP chat, the English player would see those characters as block characters. Now they show up as the correct characters.

Performance

• Optimisation made for agent spawning, improving the initialisation of battles and reinforcement phases.
  
• Optimisations made on inverse kinematics by reducing unnecessary usage in the animation system, slightly improving the overall performance.

Combat

• Fixed a scenario for crush through where the attacker could deal full damage to the opponent.
  
• Troop movement speeds when moving in arrangement had been reduced noticeably in the previous update, according to feedback and testing, this reduction has been made less severe for line arrangement.

AI

• Improved aiming and decision-making process of Archer AI.
  
• Improved AI behaviour while charging when they have throwing weapons equipped.

• Fixes for crashes when using road_instance script for river sculpting.
  
• Check for errors functionality in editor also checks the physics objects of the mesh bended entities.
  
• A new functionality added to the editor for re-baking the selected GI probes.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues.401168/

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking on a militia or caravan's portrait in the settlement overlay menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while unlocking perks.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the main hero spoke with a disbanding party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while executing prisoners.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred in conversation with Radagos while “Rescue Your Family” quest was active.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when dead notables still had caravans.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when changing the culture of a character during character creation.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred by crafting pieces that were missing from game files.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to the “Beast Whisperer” perk when the game tried to give a mount to a party.
  
• Fixed a rendering crash that occurred when you entered a hideout.
  
• Fixed two crashes that occurred after the player cleared an alley.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a companion was solving the "Help With Outlaws" issue.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a crash after a player got a fief by bartering.

Performance

• Did a refactor to make the ItemRoster system faster and more stable.
  
• Reduced spikes during tableau generation for characters in UI.
  
• Performance improvements for crafting dagger pieces.
  
• Performance improvements for Vlandia village houses.
  
• Performance improvements for Khuzait houses.

Localisation

• Minor text updates.
  
• Turkish localization updates.

Art

• 14 new villages were added.
  
• 26 new battle terrains were added.
  
• Added new Sturgia Light Armour.
  
• Added new Highland Scale Over Mail Armour.
  
• Added some variety to existing shoulder armour pieces.
  
• Added new flax plantation and vineyard models for the campaign map.
  
• Various weapon improvements and fixed some bugs on weapons.
  
• Fixed direction issues on some seax knives.
  
• Fixed Bearded Axe’s handle issue.
  
• Training Ground (Tutorial Scene): Fixed a tree coming out of a house.
  
• Missing texture issue fixed for the dungeon in Revyl.
  
• Northern Light Harness skinning problems fixed.
  
• Various village improvements, fixed some bugs in villages.
  
• Visual improvements for Battania arena models.
  
• Fixed incorrect snow rendering on the outer mesh of the world map.

Animations

• Fixed a bug that caused the player's companions to play villager animations.

Campaign Map

• Changed village lore to match new locations and changed the production of some villages.
  
• Fixed a bug that spawned the main hero in an unplayable area after heir selection.
  
• Fixed a minor campaign camera issue in which the camera got stuck on high terrain when moving to a location automatically.

UI

• Changes
  
  • Settlement Nameplate Events
    
    • Whenever a player gets in the viewing range of a settlement, they can see if there is a tournament or an issue available in that settlement without visiting it.
  • Menu Shortcuts
    
    • Now players can use shortcuts to take actions in the panel they're currently in. For example, Change tabs with Q-E(LB-RB), Take/Dismiss all with Z-C(LT-RT), Recruit all with Z(LT) etc.
  • The game menu on the campaign map is now hideable. It will auto-open if there are any changes in the game menu.
    
  • Removed "need to be in the same party" requirement for the character developer. You’ll now be able to grant perks to clan members without moving them to your party.
    
  • Added a new option in “Gameplay Options” to control which order type to use (Radial or Bar).
    
  • Saved game categories will now be sorted by their most recent save time. The most recently saved category will be on top.
    
  • Personal kill feed skull will now show up white (instead of red) if the hit agent is unconscious.
    
  • Added "Time of Day" selection to Custom Battle screen.
    
  • Added equipment icons to custom battle heroes so players can examine them before the battle.
    
  • Scoreboard after the battle (rewards section) now also lists lords that have fallen in the battle.
    
  • Added variation to troops' types and faces in map conversation. No more same-face looters.
    
  • Center time image (on map bar) has been turned into a button that resets the camera to a default position on click.
    
  • Added colour to equipment in character portraits in the settlement overlay and used the correct equipment. These overlays will now vary more and be more colourful.
    
  • Hovering over a hero's health on the party screen now gives detailed info about their health.
    
  • Players can now “Copy and Paste” their weapon designs in Crafting with CTRL+C and CTRL+V.
    
  • Added detail to the load game caution popup to convey which modules are new, which modules are missing and which modules' versions are different.
    
  • Added error popup to the “Save/Load” screen that displays if the load action is unsuccessful.
    
  • Changed "Talk" and "Quick Talk" to "Visit" and "Talk" in the character popup.
    
  • Quick talk button is now disabled during the tutorial stage.
• Fixes
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused lords in map conversations to smirk easily and in illogical situations (wounded).
    
  • Fixed a bug in tournaments that caused killfeed to show wrong colours for player's and their team's kills.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused duplicate heroes to show up in the clan encyclopedia page.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused a crash on barter Auto-Offer.
    
  • Fixed a bug that displayed wrong values for the "Casualties Inflicted" column in Kingdom Diplomacy tab.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused the close popup button to not be clickable in Inventory item preview.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused banners of enemies in the clan encyclopedia page to show up incorrectly.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused texts in the escape menu not to be localized after language changes.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused modifiers for items to be removed on party screen resets.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused prisoner heroes to not be transferable.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused wrong wounded troop values to be shown in settlement tooltips.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused "gold change" text to disappear after a dialogue in the party screen.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused the settlement overlay banner to not change on settlement owner change while the player is in town.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused conversation partners to show up in the wrong equipment in quick talk.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused localization of the tutorial panels and training field objectives to not change after a language change.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused localization of the settlement nameplate names to not change after a language change.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused beards of some 21-year-old heroes to disappear from their portraits.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect weapon tier values to be shown for multiple piece weapons.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused bandit cultures to be shown on the hero list page filters.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused wrong disabled reason text to be shown in the crafting screen.
    
  • Made further changes on the head armours that some troops are using for readability and coherence purposes.
    
  • The Highland Plaid Dress is now The Highland Peasant Dress. The Highland Peasant Dress is now The Highland Plaid Dress.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused the display of the deserting troops count to be wrong.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused encyclopedia text to be wrong for dead female empire characters.
    
  • Fixed showing wrong companion names for clan roles in dialogues with our companions.

Battles and Sieges

• Photo Mode Implementation
  
  • Photo mode functionality and interface was added to the singleplayer.
• Improved accuracy with ranged weapons while mounted.
  
• Target locking is implemented. Players can now lock their camera to an enemy with the middle mouse key by default.
  
• Base bow values have been changed to tune both the AI behaviour and the player experience.
  
• Fixed weapon skill-related damage being reported as perk related damage in combat.
  
• Mounted units can now get a morale penalty due to casualties within their own formation.
  
• Fixed a bug which prevented reloading of crossbows while mounted. This could have happened when the player was holding the movement buttons (while attempting a reload) or when the horse was standing still.
  
• A two-way dependency caused the position calculation to constantly change, causing formation AI defending a position to endlessly fidget about. This has been fixed.

Character Development System

• Added weapon knockdown mechanics. "Show of Strength" perk from the two-handed tree and "Hard Knock" perk from the polearm tree should now work properly.
  
• Added two-handed arrow deflection mechanics. "Arrow Deflection" perk from the two-handed tree should now let heroes deflect arrows and bolts while blocking with a two-handed sword.
  
• Added 9 combat-related roguery perks.
  
• Added 1 combat-related stewardship perks.
  
• Added 5 combat-related medicine perks.
  
• Added 6 different perk effects related to prisoner recruitment update which are now available to all NPC lords alongside the player.
  
• Added missing Veterinarian primary effect
  
  • 30% chance per day to recover a lame horse.
• Changed Fortitude Tonic primary effect
  
  • Increase the hitpoints of other heroes in your party by 10.
• Updated Veterans' Respect perk secondary effect
  
  • You are able to convert bandits into regular troops.
• Hostile actions against caravans and villagers (Force them to give supplies, taking them prisoner, attacking them) now give Roguery experience.
  
• Recruiting bandits now gives Roguery experience.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to lose most of his/her weight after the first day of the game.
  
• Fixed various community reported perk problems.

Clan and Party

• A new feature named "Emissary System" has been added to the game. With this feature, when a companion or family member is left in a town or a castle, the main hero will gain relation with the nobles and notables in that town or castle with a success chance. This chance increases with the "Charm" skill. Additionally, when the companion or the family member gains relation, he/she will also gain some experience according to the importance of the hero whose relation was improved with (importance level: kingdom leader > clan leader > notable).
  
• The prisoner recruitment process has been changed completely.
  
  • Each troop has required "conformity" value to be generated by the party, to be recruited. This value is based on troop tier, so that higher tier troops will be harder to recruit. Owner party will generate conformity per hour for a random troop. Higher Leadership level will generate more conformity.
    
  • Recruiting bandits carries a culture penalty.
    
  • NPC lords can now recruit prisoners.
• Marrying off clan members is now possible.
  
• From now on, family members can be used for issues' alternative solutions.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused companions to teleport when they were left in a settlement.
  
• Changed the “Price of Loyalty” perk effect to be seen when the perk belongs to the Quartermaster of the party as well.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused heroes to heal immediately.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented children of Calradia from spawning when they became 18 years old.
  
• Fixed a bug that didn't allow the player to pick his/her child as their heir and also didn't allow children to have a party after becoming 18 years old.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the player’s family members stuck in the player’s settlements as prisoners.
  
• Fixed the “party speed not getting updated” bug after leaving an army.

Kingdoms and Diplomacy

• Rebellion feature added.
  
  • Loyalty and security is affected by many things. A town being recently captured, starvation, mismatch of ruling clans culture and settlements culture, raided villages, governor skill perks, a strong garrison, kingdom policies etc.
    
  • If Loyalty of a town drops below 25, Town starts to generate more militia. This militia represents armed and angry people of the settlement, thus as loyalty drops further less of them will join the defence in case of a siege.
    
  • Once the growing militia feels stronger than the garrison, and if loyalty is below 15, rebellion occurs.
    
  • The new rebellion clan will try to defend themselves while trying to establish their legitimacy. In 30 days time, they will form a legitimate clan and can start initiating diplomacy to join existing kingdoms.
    
  • Rebellion clans are always on bad terms with their oppressor's.
    
  • If the settlement owner's culture and settlement's culture are the same, the rebellion clan will have a bad relation with all the factions that share that culture.
    
  • If the settlement owner’s culture and settlement’s culture are different, the rebellion clan will have a bad relation with all the factions that share the owner’s culture but will have a good relation with all the factions that share the settlement’s culture.
• Done a major work on keeping all kingdoms on the campaign map for a longer time. Now kingdoms make more comebacks even though they lost several towns. The map is now also more balanced during the late game and usually, all kingdoms have several towns.
  
• There was money inflation in the game, the money of all kingdoms was always increasing. This has been fixed.
  
• Players were making a profit when they declared war and made peace afterwards. This has been fixed. Kingdoms now usually want money for making peace with a weak player/player kingdom. Additionally, if the player breaks truce now his clan's aggressiveness increases and it will be a bit harder / more expensive to make new peace. The player now also loses relation with the rival king if he breaks the truce.
  
• Ensured all clans have at least one fief and that medium-tier clans have enough income.
  
• Ensured that each clan has two more adults than the number of parties for their tier (nP + 2).
  
• Players will get relation and renown bonuses after donating enemy prisoners to settlements.
  
• Ensured minor faction nobles have weapon skills.
  
• Ensured only kingdoms are shown in the kingdom diplomacy screen.
  
• Fixed a bug that led to AI clans to propose decisions even if they didn’t have enough influence.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented minor faction heroes and notables from having traits and skills.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some prisoners to not be released after peace declarations.
  
• Familial relations of the clan Fen Caernacht have been fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused eliminated clans to retain settlement ownership.

Economy and Trade

• Reduced the weight of Long padded robe, Layered Robe and Highland Cloth.
  
• Fixed the bug caused by the perk effect on barter.

Crafting

• Added console commands to unlock all crafting pieces and add crafting materials.
  
• Fixed the issue of crafted items appearing as a tournament prize.

Settlement Actions (Town, Village, Castle and Hideout)

• The number of notables was constantly decreasing. This has been fixed. The number of notables in towns and villages is now also related to the prosperity value of town and hearth value of village.
  
• Fixed the wrong display of gold earned in arena practise fights.
  
• Fixed the cinematic camera being spawned inside the player character during hideout cinematic transition.
  
• Fixed a bug that let towns have tournaments during a siege.
  
• Fixed the penalty miscalculation of the mounted training course.
  
• Barbers are now visible while pressing the "ALT" key in towns.
  
• Fixed a few issues related to getting renown and relation after helping villages in raid map events.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused NPC's to walk fast in civilian scenes.

Quests & Issues

• Main storyline quest "Destroy Raiders" has been implemented.
  
• Two new conspiracy quests named "Disrupt Supply Lines" and "Conspiracy Base of Operations" added to the game.
  
• Added a new quest - Village needs tools.
  
• Fixed a bug that failed the "Escort Caravan Quest" when the main hero helped the caravan.
  
• Headman Needs Grain
  
  • Quest reward removed.
    
  • Amount of requested goods increased.
    
  • Increased relation bonus/reward given upon completion.
• "Borrowed Troops" are removed from the player's party if "Train Troops for X" quest fails with a timeout. When "Train Troops for X" is resolved, all "Borrowed Troops" turn into regular troops.
  
• "Needs to Deliver Herd" issue duration is increased to 30 days.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to get 20 success relation reward in the quest "Needs grain seeds".
  
• “Escort merchant caravan” quest did not fail when their gold or goods were taken. This has been fixed.
  
• "Merchant Needs Help with Bandits" quest is changed to work with all kinds of bandits.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Escort Caravan” quest to spawn a party with 0 troops.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a temporary menu background to appear while waiting for the “Rival gang” quest.
  
• Players can no longer sell “Company of trouble” quest troops to family members.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Draught animal” quest to be incompletable.
  
• Fixed a bug related to the “Captured by Bounty Hunters” quest companion solution skill requirements.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused trained troops in the quest to stay in our party even if we send them to the quest giver.
  
• Fixed failing of “Escort Merchant Caravan” quest when the player traded with the caravan he was escorting..
  
• Did a refactor related to issue effects (will not affect gameplay).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some quests to give relation with the quest giver twice.
  
• Fixed the bug that caused lame horses to block the “Lord Needs Horses” quest from completion.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Art of the Trade” quest dialogue to override other quests’ dialogue.

Conversations & Encounters

• Board games: you can now forfeit on enemies’ turn.
  
• Fixed a bug that set the main hero's relation to 100 with Tevea village's headman.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Ransom broker's initial dialogue to disappear.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some dialogues to be overridden by “Art of the Trade” quest dialogue.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused friendly NPCs to refuse to give a quest and treat the player like an enemy.

Other

• Mercenary Guards are now classified as ranged units.
  
• “Custom Battle Heroes” is further refined for different weaponry and play styles.
  
• Harami units now require regular horses instead of war horses to upgrade.
  
• Our brother and sister no longer have purebloods. They now use regular horses.
  
• Fixed a template error causing some Sturgian lords to fight barefooted.
  
• The Imperial Crown no longer hides hair parts when worn.
  
• Changed Vlandian Footman's stats to improve his athleticism.
  
• Fixed a template error that caused steppe bandits to spawn with longbows.
  
• Improved the camera angle of the encyclopedia troop icons.

Art

• Baravenos Encirclement
  
  • Readjusted spawns for the last flags.
    
  • Added some better cover for the attacker trebuchet.
• Echerion
  
  • Many physics improvements (some ramps and planks would stop cavalry dead in their tracks). 
    
  • Improved terrain for low graphic settings.
    
  • Adjusted the physics of some of the screens so that you can shoot through some parts.
    
  • Moved some of the wall paintings to enable better callouts for alleyways.
• Xauna
  
  • Physics improvements to ramps.
•  Tsagaan Castle
  
  • Positions, where players got stuck, are eliminated. Some of the high grounds are now also unreachable in order to have a balance between ranged and non-ranged troops.

Server & Network

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a player was reported in the lobby.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred on the badge screen.
  
• Fixed a crash that happened between round transitions.
  
• Fixed a crash that happened when the battle was over.
  
• An unhandled exception in a column arrangement due to a case that happened when taking control of a friendly agent after dying was fixed.

UI

• Changes
  
  • Online status of clan members can now be seen in the lobby roster.
    
  • Added explanatory hints to recent game icons.
• Fixes
  
  • Various minor tweaks and fixes.
    
  • Visual bug in the multiplayer armour screen has been fixed.
    
  • “Suggest to party” UI did not change when the player became the party leader. This has now been fixed.

Crashes

• Fixed a crash which occurred when the game was closing.
  
• Fixed a crash which occurred after clicking the “Apply options” button.
  
• Fixed a crash which occurred during replay, equipment was calling an AI update code which led to a crash.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when quickly clearing the mounts of dead riders.

Art

• Fixing a bug in the texture streaming system that should reduce texture popping.
  
• Improved flora fade in-out at far distances.

UI

• Improved compression quality of the UI assets.
  
• Moved "ui_debug_mode" to user_config so that players can now use the hot reload function of the Gauntlet XMLs.
  
• Toggle UI command can also be given with CTRL + ALT + F10 shortcut (cheats need to be enabled).
  
• Added "DependentVersion" value to DependedModules in SubModules. If the DependentVersion is not the same as the currently installed version, a warning will be shown in the launcher before starting the game.
  
• Merlon text will not be shown anymore when looking at it.
  
• Added a warning message for out-of-date graphics drivers.
  
• The initial loading screen is now black instead of white.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to be stuck in loading.

Performance

• The loading time of scenes and battles has been improved.
  
• Both GPU and CPU memory usage has been reduced.
  
• Improved terrain rendering performance.
  
• Fixed various CPU memory leaks.
  
• Optimizations have been made for scripted objects in missions.

Combat

• Shield mechanic changes
  
  • Increased the block cone for opposite direction blocks (weapon blocks to the opposite direction of an attack, will make more sense in regards to the weapon position and be ever so slightly easier).
    
  • Made it slightly easier to hit around shields when they are in the wrong direction AND the user is rotated away. (Before you would be stopped by thin air too often, trying to hit around shields).
    
  • For more details check this forum post.
• Agents with ranged weapons normally approach the enemy until they see them when they are given the charging order. When they weren't shooting due to a friend blocking their way, they didn't approach and stood in place despite being told to charge, now they do and also do minor sideway movements to increase the chance of seeing past their friends.
  
• Agent speed limits were decreased drastically while moving in formation, this proved a bit too much and was increased in some arrangement types closer to their previous value.
  
• The AI targeting system ignored a value while evaluating the player's point. This has been fixed.
  
• Combat animations are now disallowed while dismounting in order to prevent various animation problems.
  
• Players are now allowed to press the Crouch/Dismount key at high speeds to automatically dismount from their mounts by slowing down first.
  
• Decreased the time for cavalry AI to increase its distance between the enemy in order to charge back again, to a certain value.
  
• Fixed a bug in passive attacks such as couched lance and braced spear in which the opposite direction or the weapon was able to give damage to the enemy.

Other

• Console command line execution output will no longer be limited by an internal limit.

• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Modding Kit now has a "Beta" version which can be enabled in the same way you enable "Beta" for our base game. IMPORTANT: The base game version must match with the modding kit version in order to work properly. For example, if you have your base game on the latest Beta, then you must also switch the modding kit to the latest beta. You can enable beta by right-clicking on Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Modding Kit in your Steam library -> Properties -> BETAS -> Select the beta from the dropdown menu.
  
• Added 3 skeletons (human, horse, camel) which you can find in the "ROOT/modding_resources/skeletons" folder.
  
• Textures are now correctly shown when a new module is used with the base game.
  
• Debug modes like “show albedo/normals” etc. have been enabled.
  
• "Terrain layers faulty render when entered as mission" has been fixed.
  
• GI probe editing UX has been improved.
  
• Fixed a visual bug which caused path barriers to be non-transparent.
  
• Fixed auto-reload of module related XML files.

Known Issues:
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues.401168/

Greetings warriors of Calradia!

It's about time for another development update, don't you think? In this video, we take a look at some upcoming changes to the game, including two new mission types.

We hope you enjoy the video and we look forward to reading your comments about the updates! And as always, a text version can be found below for those that prefer to read.


Greetings warriors of Calradia!

After a short hiatus, we’re back again with another development update! In this video, we’ll be taking a look at some of the updates that will be making their way to the live and beta versions of the game in the near future, as well as, a couple of new missions that are still in the works!

We hope you enjoy the video.

First up is the ability to grant and relinquish fiefs.

When playing as a faction leader, you will be given the option to grant fiefs to your vassals, allowing you to diversify the ownership of fiefs across your kingdom, or bolster relations with a clan that might not be too fond of your rule.

Similarly, when playing as a vassal, you will have the option to relinquish control of a fief back to the kingdom, allowing a new round of voting to start on which clan should receive the fief.

These changes will give you much greater control over your lands, allowing you to plan ahead without any unexpected acquisitions complicating matters.

Next, we have some new icons on settlement nameplates to indicate if there’s any issues or tournaments happening within a settlement, without needing to enter.

A new campaign setting has been added that allows you to disable the birth and death systems. Please note that you will need to start a new game to enable this option, and it can’t be changed afterwards, but the option is now there for those of you that are looking for a bit of a less dynamic and more familiar playthrough.

A few important changes have been made to the campaign simulation that we wanted to highlight, some of which are already on beta and others that are coming in the next updates.

First, AI characters are now able to get married. And second, being somewhat connected is the addition of many new AI clan members. These changes aim to ensure that most, if not all, clans have enough clan members to lead parties, as well as, to increase the overall population and longevity of clans through children.

Additionally, more efforts have been made to address snowballing, with upcoming changes that enable factions to make comebacks, even after losing a few settlements. This is achieved through a more even distribution of wealth within each kingdom through a shared treasury, allowing clans to stick in the fight for much longer!

Finally, an inflation-related issue that allowed kingdoms to keep generating wealth has been resolved to make for a more healthy and stable economy.

A new mechanic is on the way that grants companions and clan members that are outside of a party with a passive effect that improves player relations with non-hostile clans and notables. When left in a friendly or neutral settlement, the companion or clan member will no longer roam the map, and instead will act in a new emissary type role, using their charm skill to increase relations while earning XP.

A new rebellion feature is incoming with the next beta patch that enables unhappy citizens to rise up and seize control of settlements.

The loyalty and security of a settlement is affected by a number of things, such as if there is a culture mismatch between the settlement owner and its inhabitants, whether the town was recently captured, the strength of the garrison, kingdom policies, governor skills, and so on...

As the loyalty of a settlement decreases, more and more citizens will take up arms in the form of militia. Once the militia feels that they are stronger than the garrison, and providing loyalty is low enough, a rebellion will occur.

A new clan will then take control of the settlement and attempt to establish themselves and legitimise their rule. If they manage to hold on to the settlement for a period of time, eventually they will be recognised by other clans and will be able to initiate diplomacy with kingdoms.

Finally, we have the first of two missions that are a work in progress and subject to change, but that we wanted to share with you anyway.

Prison breaks allow you to break into enemy settlements and spring clan members, vassals, and friendly or neutral lords free from prison! If successful in breaking into a settlement, you will need to fight your way back out with prisoner in tow.

Naturally, breaking someone free comes at great risk to both you and the prisoner, especially when playing with death enabled!

And last, but by no means least, we have keep battles!

Keep battles present players with a different challenge from the standard field battles that make up the majority of Bannerlord’s engagements, with the fight taking place at extreme close-quarters in an enclosed space.

When assaulting a castle, you may find that the defenders decide to pull back their remaining forces to the castle keep to make a final stand. And it’s here where you will need to finish off the last of the defenders for the siege to be successful.

And that’s it for Development Update #6. We hope you enjoyed the video and we are looking forward to hearing your feedback about the changes in the comment section below.

Thanks for watching!

• Fixed a crash that occurred when the main hero rescued Tacteos in the tutorial.
  
• Fixed an issue with companions' beards not showing in the army menu.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused lame horses to prevent the Lord Needs Horses quest from completing.
  
• Fixed incorrect income calculations on the clan screen.
  
• Fixed an issue with some male Vlandian lords that were dressed in female outfits.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Improved the Athletics skill of Battanian Oathsworn unit.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Training Troops quest when upgrading troops during conversations.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the main hero rescued Tacteos in the tutorial. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to gain experience points from friendly fire.
  
• Fixed an issue with companions' beards not showing in the army menu.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the quest settlement in the Escort Merchant Caravan quest to not be counted if it was the quest giver's settlement.
  
• Fixed an issue with NPCs taking prisoners to their party, making them go over their party limit.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed parties within an army to recruit from nearby raided villages.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused lame horses to prevent the Lord Needs Horses quest from completing. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed some issues related to Medicine, Leadership, Crossbow and Two-Handed skills' campaign effects.
  
• Fixed incorrect income calculations on the clan screen. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue with the wrong disbanding party conversations coming up in encounters because of the wrong priorities.
  
• Fixed an issue with some male Vlandian lords that were dressed in female outfits. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that made Horse Archers use bows while in melee range.
  
• Couch lance damage is increased. It is now more reliant on weight, rather than horse speed.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed a crash that occurred on game close.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the spouse of the main hero from being a governor in some loaded campaigns.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Escort Merchant Caravan quest not being marked as failed when the gold or goods were taken.
  
• Fixed an issue that showed the wrong companion names for clan roles in dialogues with our companions.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused companions to teleport when they were going to travel to a settlement.
  
• Player crafted items are no longer being given as tournament prizes.
  
• Vlandian Footman's athleticism skill has improved.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Added an option to change the order visual system between Radial and Bar.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred on game close. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking on a garrison or a caravan's portrait on the settlement overlay menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to town security calculations.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused companions to teleport when they were going to travel to a settlement. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue with the Escort Merchant Caravan quest not being marked as failed when the gold or goods were taken. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Menu to disappear, locking the player between siege and campaign modes after clicking the 'continue siege preparations' option.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented castle governors from gaining Steward XP.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Escort Merchant Caravan quest to fail when the player traded with the caravan they are escorting.
  
• Player crafted items are no longer be given as tournament prizes. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Vlandian Footman's athleticism skill has improved. (Also in main hotfix.)
  
• Added missing Khuzait cavalry bonus information to relevant tooltips.
  
• Marauders no longer spawn with longbows.
  
• New Perks: Medicine skill Veterinarian and Fortitude Tonic perks primary effects are implemented.
  
• New Captain Mode Map: Ebereth Hillfort

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed an issue that caused the escort caravan quest to fail when the main hero helps the quest caravan in question.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pressing quick talk with a notable in a settlement.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed an issue that caused the escort caravan quest to fail when the main hero helps the quest caravan in question. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pressing quick talk with a notable in a settlement. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Changed the Veterans' Respect perk secondary effect to be able to upgrade bandit type troops.
  
• UI:
  
  • Fixed an issue with the order radial direction circle position.
    
  • Decreased space between order categories.
    
  • Removed the centre radial text and made the background of the centre less opaque.
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused the player to change equipment while changing selected formations with a gamepad.
    
  • Fixed an issue that caused the controller selection frame to be visible when the controller was not active.
    
  • Fixed an issue with the given order text not showing up in combat log for toggle orders.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

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• Fixed an issue with mounted crossbows being unable to reload while standing still.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred on the multiplayer siege map: Baravenos Encirclement.
  
• Fixed an issue with dead teammate indicator opacity and them not going away.
  
• Fixed the issue of having 100 relations with the village notable in Tevea at the start of the game.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when taking a quest from a noble.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the 'Draught Animal' quest from being completed.
  
• Fixed the issue of Jawwal Clan skin colour not being according to the initial design.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when accepting 'Kidnapped Daughter' quest from Tyl of Kvol.
  
• Fixed the issue with the 'Art of the Trade' quest overriding other open quest dialogues.
  
• Added missing modding tools fixes that were not included in the previous patch.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to the Beast Whisperer perk in Scouting skill.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the player to invite their siblings to their party even though they had not come of age yet.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from choosing their children as their heir.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed cities to host tournaments during sieges.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented caravans from carrying sheep, cows and hogs in some towns.
  
• Players and their parties are now counted as 50% weaker to besiegers. They will give up much less with this change.
  
• Fixed the issue with the wrong primary production text being shown on village tooltips. Now, the most produced item in that village is the primary production.
  
• Slaughtering sheep, cows, and hogs now also gives hide.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused settlement claimant decisions to be cancelled and re-proposed indefinitely.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/

• Fixed an issue with mounted crossbows being unable to reload while standing still. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that caused companions to not have any skills and weapons.
  
• Fixed an issue regarding the toggle order active text and icons.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented weapon changing, dismounting, etc. while giving orders.
  
• Fixed an issue with the selection circle not showing up for gamepads.
  
• Decreased opacity of order menu UI in general.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when taking a quest from a noble. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that caused settlement claimant decisions to be cancelled and re-proposed indefinitely. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred on the multiplayer siege map: Baravenos Encirclement. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue where northern lords would spawn without leg armour.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to the Beast Whisperer perk in Scouting skill. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the player to invite their siblings to their party even though they had not come of age yet. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from choosing their children as their heir. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed cities to host tournaments during sieges. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented caravans from carrying sheep, cows and hogs in some towns. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Players and their parties are now counted as 50% weaker to besiegers. They will give up much less with this change. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed the issue with the wrong primary production text being shown on village tooltips. Now, the most produced item in that village is the primary production. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)
  
• Slaughtering sheep, cows, hogs now also gives hide. (Also in 1.5.4 hotfix.)

Combat Changes

• Fixed Bows staying at max accuracy longer than intended.
  
• Aiming durations are now slightly more affected by character skill.
  
• Adjusted Ranged AI to be more accurate.

Weapon and Equipment Changes

• Light Oval Shield (Oathsworn)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 160 to 140.
    
  • Weight decreased from 3.2 to 3.
• Lighter Oaken Kite Shield (Legionary)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 140 to 130.
    
  • Weight decreased from 3.5 to 3.
• Light Round Shield (Varyag)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 165 to 155.
• Light Tall Heater Shield (Sergeant)
  
  • Hitpoints decreased from 145 to 135.
• Highland Scout's Shield (Wildling)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 2.5.
• Northern Kite Shield (Recruit - Raider - Brigand)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 2.5.
• Northern Round Shield (Warrior - Brigand - Hunter)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.5 to 3.2.
• Desert Oval Shield (Skirmisher - Tribal Warrior)
  
  • Weight decreased from 4.7 to 3.2.
• Arbalest (Sharpshooter)
  
  • Damage decreased from 100 to 95.

Troop Changes

• Fixed Battania Mounted Warrior Javelin perk overriding equipped shield.
  
• Aserai
  
  • Skirmisher
    
    • Speed increased from 81 to 82.
  • Tribal Warrior
    
    • Swapped Mace and Large Shield perks.
  • Beduin
    
    • Swapped Camel and Cavalry Sword perks.
• Battania
  
  • Wildling
    
    • Speed increased from 81 to 82.
  • Oathsworn
    
    • Swapped Heavy Mace and Axe perks.
  • Ranger
    
    • Changed the Throwing Axes perk to Mace perk.
• Empire
  
  • Recruit
    
    • Speed increased from 80 to 82.
  • Legionary
    
    • Swapped Mace and Heavy Axe perks.
  • Courser
    
    • Price decreased from 140 to 130.
• Khuzait
  
  • Spear Infantry
    
    • Swapped Pike and Long Sword perks.
      
    • Swapped Mace and Stronger Shield perks.
• Sturgia
  
  • Brigand
    
    • Speed increased from 79 to 82.
  • Varyag
    
    • Swapped Mace and Long Sword perks.
• Vlandia
  
  • Sergeant
    
    • Swapped Mace and Axe perks.

Known Issues
https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues-updated.401168/