Since the first blades of grass were crushed underfoot by brave generals marching defiantly onto the battlefield, we have been moved by the passion and determination of our players. We have always tried to do right for you guys and deliver the most authentic, brutal, and fun historical melee combat game available.

Following Tiger Knight’s launch we have worked tirelessly (sometimes by neglecting sleep entirely!) to realize our vision. We’ll be the first to admit that we didn’t always get things right, and we are eternally grateful to our community for calling us out when it was needed.

However, in recent times it has become impossible for our team to provide timely and quality updates to both versions of the game. We have felt your frustration, and it is with immense regret that we take the difficult step of announcing the closure of Tiger Knight on Steam. To our passionate players, we share your heartbreak. This is not a message we ever wanted to deliver.

The recharge option will no longer be available from 18:00(GMT+8); 10:00(UTC+0); 2:00(PST) December 21, 2017, and the servers will be closed on January 10, 2018. We will remain forever thankful for your support and commitment to Tiger Knight, and we look forward to crossing swords a few more times before the end.

To ensure the quality and stability of the servers and to fix the recharge issue, we will shut them down for maintenance on Please get offline in time!

Servers will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours, with the exact times as follows:

AS Server:

2017/11/22 21:00-23:00 (GMT+8)

EU Server:

2017/11/22 13:00-15:00 (UTC)

NA Server:

2017/11/22 05:00-07:00 (PDT)


Thank you for supporting us!

To ensure the quality and stability of the servers, we will shut them down for maintenance on Please get offline in time!

Servers will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours, with the exact times as follows:

EU Server:

2017/11/14 08:00-11:00(BST)

NA Server:

2017/11/14 00:00-03:00(PDT)


Thank you for supporting us!

In order to update Tiger Knight to version 0.1.93, we will be bringing our servers down for maintenance on 31st October 2017.
Servers will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours, with the exact times as follows:
2017/10/31 15:00-18:00（GMT+8）
2017/10/31 00:00 - 03:00（PDT）
2017/10/31 08:00-11:00（BST）
After the update, client version will be updated from Please enter the game after updating the client.
If it fails to update normally please close Steam and login again.

First Recharge Reward:
From November 1st to November 30th, recharge any amount to receive: Intermediate Weapon – Gilding Infanta Backsword; Solider Seal – B x2; Thunder Sliver Chest x1. The gift will be sent to the mailbox.

Halloween theme activities
Newly Added Halloween theme task：Happy Halloween, trick or treat.

We have become aware of a serious UDP connection issue impacting the performance of all Servers. In order to ensure the best possible experience for our players, we will be removing the ping display temporarily while we perform a hotfix.

We apologize for this unexpected inconvenience, and we will work to restore access to the function as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

The tiger knight team

Dear EU & NA players,

We have become aware of a serious issue impacting the performance of the NA&EU Servers. In order to ensure the best possible experience for our players, we will be taking the server offline temporarily to complete emergency maintenance.

We apologize for this unexpected inconvenience, and we will work to restore access to the servers as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

The exact times as follows:
EU Server: 2017/9/26 16:00-16:30(BST)
NA Server: 2017/9/26 08:00-08:30(PDT)

The tiger knight team

In order to update Tiger Knight to version 0.1.92, we will be bringing our servers down for maintenance on 26th September 2017.
Servers will be unavailable for approximately 5 hours, with the exact times as follows:
Asia server：2017/9/26 15:00-20:00（GMT+8）
NA server：2017/9/26 00:00 - 05:00（PDT）
EU server：2017/9/26 08:00-13:00（BST）
After the update, client version will be updated from please enter the game after updating the client.
If it fails to update normally please close Steam and login again.

Please note that videos saved before this update will not be playable on the updated client. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

New fashion: Jiangdong Golden Ghost Mask
The Jiangdong Golden Ghost Mask is made from bronze, but gilded and engraved with golden flame-shaped patterns. Looking like an evil spirit with a horrible face, it elicits feelings of terror and discomfort. During battle, the mask not only serves to protect the wearer’s face, but also strikes fear into the hearts of enemies.

New supply chest: Dragon Gold Chest, 20% discount, daily purchase limited to 10.
New Map: Long Xi (Xi Liang)
Longxi province is located in Liangzhou, upstream on the Wei River and part of the border area of the Han Dynasty. As an important Silk Road hub, a battlefront against the West Qiang, and a barrier for defending the Guanzhong area - Longxi province has always been an area of great military significance. However as the Han Dynasty became weaker, Qiang chaos spread all over the Liangzhou area. Blood flowed throughout the land and the population dropped quickly. So it was that the once prosperous Longxi province became buried under smoke and weeds.

New Map: Roman Barracks
The Roman Barracks, also known as Castra, is a military position established by the ancient Roman people in order to garrison soldiers while also storing equipment and other supplies. There are strong defensive fortifications outside the barracks, with soldiers’ quarters, warehouses, hospitals and other facilities located inside. Many well-known towns and cities across Europe and the Mediterranean coast developed from the basis of Roman barracks at that time.

New Special Troops - Xi Liang Brave Soldiers (available for purchase through "Lobby" - "Upgrade" - "Special")
Xi Liang is located on the Han border. Thanks to the frequent fighting and wars that have erupted in this region, the people there are brave and skilled in combat. Xi Liang Brave Soldiers are the best among the Xi Liang soldiers. They are well-equipped, well trained, serving as the general’s guard during peacetime and the vanguard when in battle. They were one of the most elite troops during the end of the Han Dynasty.
New Female Adjutant - Da Qiao
Born in Wan County, Lujiang province, Da Qiao was prominent in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She was Qiao Gong’s daughter, and sister of Xiao Qiao, famous for her beauty. During the fourth year of Jian’an, Wan County was attacked and claimed by Sun Ce. Da Qiao was taken and married to Sun Ce, but her deeds beyond this point are unknown.
New Items Added to Supply Chests:
Basic: Bronze Short Sword; LiangZhou Light Shield
Intermediate: Suns’ Sword; XiYu Wide Bow
Advanced: Thunder Axe; Carved Long Jin Shu
Helmet: Red Sima Guan
Arrow: Red Armor Piercing Arrow
Fashion: Gaul Helmet; Brown Silk Cloak with Flame-Shaped Pattern; Bear Cloak
Props: PVE Seal
Exclusive VIP Lobby
VIP accounts logging into the game will automatically switch to an exclusive VIP lobby.

Mid-Autumn Festival Themed Activities
Newly added Mid-Autumn Festival themed activities: Mid-Autumn Moon, United by Moonlight.
National Day Themed Activities
New added National Day themed activities: Diplomatic envoys from a thousand nations coming to thank the emperor, celebrate the motherland, and defend the country. Achieve the glory of freedom and victory!
First Recharge Reward:
From October 1st to October 31st , recharge any amount to receive: Intermediate Helmet – Vanguard Helmet; Solider Seal – B x2; Thunder Sliver Chest x1. The gift will be sent to the mailbox.
Accumulated Spend Activities：
Activity time: 00:00 October 1st – 23:59 October 7th
During the event, once a player’s total spend reaches a certain amount they will be richly rewarded.
Time-limited profit activities: The profit gained from battle will be increased by 50%
Activity time:
Monday to Friday: 19:00 – 22:00
Saturday to Sunday: 19:00 – 23:00

Changes to PVE Mode
1) We will be adding a new item – the PVE Seal. Players can obtain this through supply chests or at random after completing a PVE game.

2) Luoyang Palace Seal
After using the Luoyang Palace Seal, a Luoyang Palace room will be created. Here, profit will be increased by 100%, damage will be increased by 50%, and there will be one more lucky draw for ranks above D. Friends can be invited, and no limitation on unit types exist.

3) Hulao Pass Seal
After using the Hulao Pass Seal, a Hulao Pass room will be created. Here, profit will be increased by 100%, damage will be increased by 50%, and there will be one more lucky draw for ranks above D. Friends can be invited, and no limitation on unit types exist.

4) The overall gains from PVE mode will be reduced by 30%

Resource Point
The solider supply point in the base camp will be replaced by a resource point.
Neutral resource points can be occupied,
Resource points have the following functions:
1) In the resource point area, players and their troops can automatically restore HP.
2) It will automatically supplement the loss of soldiers, with the supplementary cap being the max number that player can carry.
3) After an ally dies, the supplementary cap will be increased.

Battlefield
1) Remove Siege Mode from command mode.

2) Time – limited battlefield – Siege Mode has been changed to: 6V6, available time: 19：00-22：00

3) The occupation of strongholds in Command Mode (Conquest/Siege) has been changed to regional occupation.

4) The initial ammunition for Catapults in Command Mode (Conquest/Siege) has been reduced, while the amount of ammunition gained from actions on battlefield has been increased.

5) When using catapult, bird’s eye view can be canceled by clicking right mouse button.

6) In Command Mode (Conquest/Siege) players can distinguish between attacking side or defensive side when selecting troops.

7) Improved the performance of stronghold regional occupation.

Generals
1) Add crawling while character is in a downed state, thus allowing the player to move to a safe place.

2) If character has not been executed or rescued while in a downed state, he can rise again with 10% HP after 30 seconds.

3) The hot key for suicide has been changed to F.

4) The performance of low level weapons has been optimized. For single attacks: Speed is increased and damage is reduced. For combo attacks: Damage is increased while speed is reduced. Turn speed is also increased.

5) When using low level weapons, they will not have an extra probability of missing.

6) Character’s movement and acceleration is adjusted, making it more flexible.

7) Forward movement speed will be decreased by 15% when players raise their hands, while backward movement will be increased by 10%.

8) Executions will be stopped when the horse takes damage.

9) After failing to use horse flute successfully, there will be a 30 second cooldown.

10) Improve the ‘hitting’ performance on the battlefield.

11) Decrease time for staggering; falling to the ground; and rolling.

12) When a character’s body has been blocked by scenery or an object, a contour will show instead to allow for easy identification.

Adjutants
Some adjutants can provide a rescue on the battlefield. Adjutants with this skill will revive a downed general who is within range.

1) Bo Cai: Line formation has been changed to Battlefield Rescue. And his Square formation has been changed into Triple Line formation.

2) Cao Chun: Crash skill has been changed into Battlefield Rescue.

3) Chen Dao: Faithful Guard skill has been changed into Battlefield Rescue.

4) Huang Zhong: Iron Will skill has been changed into Battlefield Rescue.

5) Huang Gai: Triple Line formation has been changed into Battlefield
Rescue.

Soldiers
1) Long-range soldiers will avoid their own troops when attacking.

2) Reduced the damage caused by Pike Wall and Brutal Swing against generals.

3) Temporarily removed the ground circle performance of charging throw skill and charge skill.

4) When soldiers have not been detected, the number of current soldiers cannot be viewed.

5) Soldiers’ action will be smoother when performing Pike-Shield Array skill and Pike Wall skill.

6) Optimized the performance of cavalry’s turn movement.

7) Special troops can increase the copper income by 5% for all allied players.

8) Add Morale Outburst skill for special troops.

9) Additional bonus of special troops has been increased by 10%.

10) The stamina cost of Fearless Vanguards has been adjusted: reduce stamina consumption of Pike-Shield Array skill from 50 to 35, reduce stamina consumption of Crossbow Shield Array skill from 50 to 45.

11) Add Pike Wall skill for Zhongyuan Militia.

12) Add Charge skill for Xuzhou Militia.

13) Add Brutal Swing skill for Jiangdong Militia.

14) Duration of Danyang Green Turbans’ Brutal Swing skill has been increased from 16 seconds to 20 seconds.

15) Duration of Wu Fearless Squad’s Brutal Swing skill has been increased from 18 seconds to 23 seconds.

16) Soldier weight increased by 20% when releasing Pike-Shield Array skill.

17) Increased free attack range of Bow cavalry; Crossbow cavalry; and infantry with two-handed weapons.

18) The cooldown of Pike-Shield Array skill has been increased by 20%, and duration has been increased by 20% - 30%.

19) Add Catapult Attack skill for Garrison Spears; Jingzhou Civil Corps; and Wu Craft Battalion.

20) Jingzhou Heavy Infantry: Melee attack damage reduced by 10%.

21) Shu Royal Crossbow Cavalry: Ammunition reduced by 10%.

22) Xuzhou Heavy Infantry: Probability of attack increased by 20%.

23) Shu Armored Crossbowmen: Protection capability and output capability increased by 5%.

24) Shu Royal Vanguard: Protection capability and output capability increased by 5%.

25) Wu Fearless Squad: Remote defense capability increased by 15%, Parry attack capability increased by 20%.

26) Wu Advanced Archer: Longbow Volley distance reduced by 10%.

27) Shu Crossbow Infantry: Range increased by 12%.

28) The charge skill will not allow soldiers to break through defensive skills like Shield Wall skill or Pike-Shield Array.

29) The longest duration of Arrow defense shields and Cheval-de-frise is adjusted to 10 minutes.

1) Fashions produce extra profit.
Fashions for character: Prestige increased by 5%.
Steed accessory: Exploit increased by 5%.

2) When logging in to the game, resources are adjusted to load step by step, and the lobby will be shown before loading is complete.

3) Added quality options for main lobby. Players can choose different quality levels according to their computer configuration.

4) Added battlefield border options which can be modified in the settings.

5) Network acceleration became a default setting; you can switch in the settings.

6) Cancel the NVidia effect enhanced settings.

7) Multiple time-limited items of the same type can now be merged, taking the total time of all items.

8) After receiving the BUFF from a medical point, the HP recovery limitation has been adjusted to 30HP/s.

9) Added two attack directions for Iron Shovel.

10) Bots have been adjusted to be able to use skills and formations.

11) Improved fabric effect of Dragon banner crossbow.

12) Opened the ranking list in the game.

13) The first time a player enters a custom room, the list will automatically refresh.

14) Custom room passwords are replaced with *.

15) Optimized the experience after the tutorial guide.

16) Added kicking function for the owner of PVE seal room.

17) Can now distinguish between a Play VS .AI victory and PVP victory on the ranking list.

18) Add new conditions of post-war settlement.
Unable to Revive: The player in the defeated side has the highest score.
Iron Wall: The most effective blocking of soldiers.
Almighty Troop: The most excellent troops on the list, performing well above normal.


1) Fixed a bug where soldiers with short weapons were occasionally unable to attack the enemy.

2) Fixed an occasional lobby crash.

3) Fixed career data anomalies appearing to a small number of players.

4) Fixed Miracle medal’s bug appearing to a small number of players.

5) Fixed charge occasionally stopping in the Duel Mode.

6) Fixed light effect bug with supply chests.

7) Fixed the incomplete career performance bug when switching interface.

8) Fixed abnormal horse speed in Archery training settlement.

9) Fixed bug that caused numbers of MVPs in ranking list does not match with career.

10) Fixed bug that caused duel mode damage data in ranking list to differ with career data.

11) Fixed the incorrect data when viewing other player’s career.

12) Fixed the bug that caused low level soldiers to appear in high level battlefield.

13) Fixed occasional bug resulting in players being unable to attack the enemy.

14) Fixed occasional crash and connection loss.

15) Fixed incorrect falling after character has been rescued or executed on an uneven surface.

16) Fixed incorrect use of Parrying Weapon.

17) Fixed the incorrect effect of archery training upgrade.

18) Fixed a bug after set “B” as hot key.

Greetings Tiger Knights!
In this Developers ’Note we are excited to share some more details about a brand new game mode we have been working on - Territorial Warfare!

Territorial Warfare Strategy Map




While the core gameplay will be familiar to existing Tiger Knight players, Territorial Warfare is a large addition that mixes things up in a meaningful and exciting way. We cannot explain all of the new functions here, so look out for future updates revealing more about this fun new mode.

Simply put, Territorial Warfare is a sandbox PvP mode with a focus on broader strategic conquest. Players will be able to move freely through the dynamic world, fighting in the name of their chosen force!

Territorial Warfare mode will encourage players to not only overpower their enemies, but to outsmart them too – a game of thrones, if you will! In the initial version, we will focus on battle mechanics and the implementation of various forces. Power can be increased through basic missions such as: logging, quarrying, farming, raiding, trading, and escorting. For example, the range and quality of arms available to a player will depend on a city’s barracks level, so collecting the materials required to upgrade the barracks will be key to success. A title system will be in place for players who can perform certain deeds, and we hope to add more interesting systems of this type as the mode progresses.

Small-Sized Village




In order to take part in Territorial Warfare mode, players will need to ally themselves with one of eight powerful forces from The Three Kingdoms period. These forces are as follows:


1：Yuan Shao of HeBei: a powerful force with the ability to dominate, many of his family members have worked within the ranks of the royal administration.

2: Gong SunZan of Liao Dong: a separatist in You Zhou for a long time, guarding the north and providing resistance against the Wu Heng and other nomads.

3: Sun Ce of Jiang Dong: descendant of loyal Han Dynasty government officials and a powerful lord in Jiang Dong, owning rich land with the Yangtze River as protection.

4: Liu Biao of Jing Zhou: related to an Emperor of the Han Dynasty, his territory of rich resources once belonged to the Chu in olden times.

5: Liu Bei of Xu Zhou: Xu Zhou was an important place of great military significance, so the only way to seek hegemony is to steadily grow, and stick to the ideal of reviving the royal house of the Han Dynasty.

6: Ma Teng of Xi Liang: the powerful cavalry of Xi Liang is famous all over China.

Ma Teng Forces Region

7: Liu Zhang of Yi Zhou: related to an Emperor of the Han Dynasty, with vast pools of talented people and easily defensible areas such as Xi Chuan.

8: Cao Cao of Central Plain: a powerful lord of chaos, owning places of great military significance such as Yan Zhou and Qing Zhou, and followed by many talented generals.

Cao Cao Forces Region


Regardless of whether you are part of a Legion, or purely a solo player, you can join a force and begin helping them achieve their goals of empire dominance. From our side, we will do our best to provide balance and ensure a healthy and competitive atmosphere.

After joining up with a force, choosing a capital city will be next on the agenda. Particularly for Legions, gaining control of a capital city is an important step. How you take control of a capital city and what characteristics different cities possess will be the focus of our next Dev Note. As always, we look forward to receiving your feedback and suggestions!

To ensure the quality and stability of the servers, we will shut them down for maintenance on September 8th . Please get offline in time!

Servers will be unavailable for approximately2hours , with the exact times as follows:

Asia Server: 2017/9/8 15:00-17:00(GMT+8)
EU Server: 2017/9/8 08:00-10:00(BST)
NA Server: 2017/9/8 00:00-02:00(PDT)

Thank you for supporting us!

Before getting started, we owe you all an apology. As mentioned in the forums, we have recently launched a non-Steam version of Tiger Knight in China. This launch required more attention than we first realized, and resulted in less updates on Steam during this period. However, we’re pleased to say that big updates for the Steam version are incoming – with many new features and gameplay changes that we hope you will enjoy. Today we want to talk about some of these in more detail.

We will be switching up the gameplay mechanic used for players in a downed state. Rather than becoming immobile, players will now be able to crawl along the ground. This will open up the possibility of escaping a dangerous area or reaching cover. Players who survive for 30 seconds in this state will be able to rise up once again and rejoin the battle, but with just a sliver of health remaining.

As a result of this new mechanic, players will need to rely more on their teammates or soldiers to protect them while they attempt to reach cover, and this gives rise to new and interesting gameplay.

Overzealous generals can often find themselves in sticky situations on the battlefield, losing health and far from their teammates. We plan to increase the effectiveness of some adjutants by allowing them to revive a downed general who is within range. These adjutants include fan favorites Bo Cai and Huang Gai, and we hope that players will now be more inclined to pay attention to their location while also protecting them on the battlefield in order to benefit from their usefulness at a critical point in the fight.

Following the increased soldier damage in a previous update, many players have pointed out the terrifying ability of units such as the Zhongyuan Heavy Pikeman and Wu infantry. With this in mind, we will be reducing the damage caused by Pike Wall and Brutal Swing against generals. We will also be adjusting other aspects to ensure the balance of these units, increasing the duration of Brutal Swing as well as the weight of Spearmen to help them better withstand cavalry charges. We will also be strengthening shielded soldiers and light cavalry as we look to improve balance in all areas of the battlefield.

The changes made to PvE Epic War mode will be some of the biggest to appear in this update. To begin with, overall gains from PvE mode will be reduced. While this may cause some concern among players, we have also been reducing the requirements for troop line unlocks and so we hope the impact will not be severe. Instead, we will be adding a new item – the PvE Seal – which players can obtain through supply chests or at random after completing a PvE game. The PvE Seal will allow players to create a special room where higher rewards are offered, friends can be invited, and no limitation on unit types exist.

In the next updated version of Tiger Knight, some changes to combat will be introduced. Our goal was to improve the overall striking/hitting sensation, taking into account characters raising their hand, pulling back, and then accelerating forwards to land the attack. This process is difficult to universally fine tune and adjust, and everyone will have their own preference as to how it should work. Some players enjoy an arcade feel, while others crave realism in their combat. We will focus more on this area in the future.

When compared with other games of this style, combo attacks have been almost a unique feature of Tiger Knight. We want to improve on the balance of these attacks, and so we will be reducing the speed while increasing the damage output. This change will prevent players from receiving constant damage from fast combos, and increase the chances of a successful block.

We have also given attention to the rhythm of combat. Forward movement speed will be decreased by 15% when players raise their hands, while backward movement will be increased by 10%. The goal is to avoid unnecessary weapon collision, while also giving novice players a chance against skilled opponents with high speed weapons. Players should now pay closer attention to movement and weapon attack timing. However, the most skillful players will also be able to use this timing to their advantage, possibly making them even more powerful!

Everything mentioned here is just a part of our future vision for the battlefield of Tiger Knight. We want to create a fun, balanced and, most of all, exciting combat experience for all of our players. As ever, we’re eager to receive your feedback and comments regarding anything discussed above.