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Hey everybody!

It's time to reveal the latest clan to grace the lands of Northgard... Please welcome the Clan of the Ox!

Led by Torfin, an ancient leader who returned to help his progeny, it is known for its tremendous might and unrelenting devotion to its ancestors. While they may not be the fastest starters, once they've gained some momentum, they can crush anyone and anything in their way.

• Your Warchief is the powerful Torfin.
  
• He can find Ancestral Equipment from Ancient Battlegrounds and equip them to become even stronger.
  
• Your units are tougher, larger and eat 10% more than the other clans.
  
• They have a +15% attack power and defence bonus.
  
• Specialized civilian units have a +40% base production bonus, except loremasters.
  
• Buildings can hold only one unit, and houses hold less people.

An imposing and unpredictable figure, with unmatched strength and an arsenal of Ancestral Equipment that served only to enhance his already devastating array of attacks, Torfin was considered by those who had not had the misfortune of crossing his path in battle to be an embodiment of tall tales and hearsay.

Now, having led the Ox Clan to becoming one of the most feared and respected in all of Northgard, there are few who question his legitimacy as he lies dormant, awaiting the day that his people call upon him and his immense power once more.









Even in death, Torfin continues watching you upon his Throne from his stone statue. It shows everyone the past, the future and the glory of your Clan, represented by the Clan of the Ox’s most amazing and powerful Warchief in its history.

Torfin isn’t recruited like a usual Warchief. Like a god avatar, you can summon him from his own Throne. His cost is as huge as his might (15 and 250 ).









With centuries of battles behind him, Torfin is able to recall where he can obtain and equip the very same Ancestral Equipment that brought him and the Clan of the Ox so many battlefield victories in aeons past in order to considerably increase all of his abilities and heighten his already devastating array of attacks.




After being summoned, Torfin remembers ancient gigantic battles and where to find some useful equipment. Depending on your military experience, those ancient battlegrounds can appear everywhere in Northgard. Torfin can excavate buried Ancestral Equipment from there, and equip them.









There are 6 unique items of Ancestral Equipment dedicated to Torfin, who is able to wear only 1 equipment of each type, so you have to choose your equipment wisely before charging your enemies. You can change Torfin’s equipment at any time whilst in your territory if not battling.


Tyr's Ancestral Equipment



Heimdall's Ancestral Equipment








It is a terrific helm. It is said that Torfin stole it from the gods themselves with only his pure strength. Forging it back grants Torfin with the ability to “Ram” buildings. Target a building and Torfin will ram to it and destroy it in one headbut. A few buildings are immune to this attack : non-clan buildings, carved stone and Townhall.

• In improved zones, specialized units get a +15% production bonus and buildings don’t have an upkeep cost.
  
• Can be stolen by the Snake Lore “Stolen Lore”.

• Idle military units in your territory gain Military Experience.
  
• 50% of Training Camp upgrade cost.

• Weapons are +50% faster to forge and cost -50% less.
  
• Warriors gain +100% damage after charging (10s cooldown).

• Torfin gains +5% and for each discovered Ancestral Equipment.
  
• Whenever a unit dies in the same zone as Torfin, his regenerates by 10% of the dead unit's max health.

• Gaining military experience gives and .

By challenging the Ox Conquest, the Clan of the Ox gets specific Conquest-only bonuses:






11th Battle bonus







Ox clan has its own conquest map. If you manage to win Conquest mode with the Clan of the Ox, you will unlock the special Ox Townhall.


Conquest Map




Special Townhall

















Unstoppable Force

• Win with the Clan of the Ox.

Ox Master

• Achieve 50 victories with the Clan of the Ox.

Ox Conqueror

• Finish a Conquest with the Clan of the Ox.

I need more RAM!

• Build the Aegir relic.

Destruction Derby

• Destroy 4 different buildings in a single game.

This isn't even my final form!

• Find all 6 Ancestral Equipments in a single game.

Who needs houses?

• Win a game without reaching max population

• "During the Kraken event, your clan is feasting." is unlocked at Fame 200 instead of Fame 500.
  
  
• Howl from the Sea Master: the chance to become a spectral warrior is now at 20% instead of 10%.
  
  
• No more cooldown for Warchiefs at the beginning of the game, except for Kaija.
  
  
• New Sheep Master achievement can now be achieved
  
  
• Stolen lore can steal all allowed lores, not only those from Clans that you own.
  
  
• Svalinn's relic protects now your clan from "High Tide" and "Spectral Warriors" Kraken abilities.

• Svarn's requests for help during the Chapter 6 of the Story Mode now work as intended.
  
  
• You can now build only one Altar of Kings at a time as intended.
  
  
• Text chat no longer disappear when typing message with numpad.
  
  
• Fixed display of resources obtained from imports.
  
  
• It is no longer possible to use infinite amount of workers on Hörgr.
  
  
• Clicking on Kraken’s spectral attack notification now redirects the camera to the attacked tile.
  
  
• All giant's have an AoE attack that deal damage on every non-allied units.
  
  
• “Near The Sea Spirit” correctly allows Trading Route when stolen by Snake.
  
  
• In chapter 9 of the Campaign, Hrímgandr isn’t blocked anymore by watchtowers.

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Thank you so much for your support in 2019 and fear not, many great things are coming to Northgard in 2020 ;-)

Again, happy Winter Festival to you all

Hey guys! The Winter Festival is here and it comes with A TON of cool changes! The game’s balance has been completely redone, and we truly hope you’ll have even more fun playing Northgard :-)

• Permafrost is the default biome during the winter festival.
  
• Villagers can build snowmen
  
• Giant Trees have winter decoration.
  
• Axe Throwers throw snowballs
  
• Some Deer have red nose.
  
• Bears on Permafrost are white

1. Lore Related Changes

A LOT of different Lores have been modified to make the game more enjoyable and intuitive to play:

• Trading lore doesn’t exist anymore.
  
• Shipbuilding now allows the Lighthouse.
  
• Coinage now allows the trading routes.

• Mining Efficiency is now at Tier I in Wealth Tree, replacing Trading
  
• New Mining Efficiency: +50% speed mining. No more additional ore.
  
• Eradication becomes a generic Lore, no longer a Stag specific lore. It is a Tier II in Growth Tree, replacing Mining Efficiency.
  
• New Eradication: Silo bonus +10%. -50% upgrade costs. No more happiness bonuses.
  
• Recruitment is now triggered when sacrificing a Dragon unit or slaughtering a sheep or a giant boars
  
• Medecine : +50% healing speed (no more Healers can bring food when they do not heal).
  
• Military Strategy get a max set at 25%

This patch will introduce two new Lores that fill holes in some of the clans potential. These will grant us more flexibility when balancing the game or designing new clans:

• Tier IV in Growth branch ⇒ Shiny Happy People: -20% required happiness based on your population
  
• Tier IV in Wealth branch ⇒ Trading Caravan: Trading Route gets +20%. Affinity with neutral factions grows quicker

2. General Relic Related Changes

• Mjolnir: does less damage during a shorter time.
  
• Skull of Hrungnir: gets a 1 year cooldown and you can summon more than 1 zombie giant.

3. Miscellaneous Changes

Coming with the rework of the Lore tree, the following changes will help balance things up:

• Healers can bring food when they do not heal. No need for Medicine lore anymore.
  
• The Townhall provides +1 krowns.
  
• Basic Mining speed has been slowed down.
  
• Skirmishers are no more accessible to all clans. They are exclusive to the Snake clan.
  
• New tool for Scouts: +15% scouting speed, run between territories
  
• Forge building cost is reduced: 60 wood, 15 krowns, 30 sec build time
  
• Spectral warriors and Myrkalfars can be found in any Biome, not only Ragnarok.
  
• New Altar of Kings: +3 Food / Wood / Krowns / Lore, +1 happiness, 50 fame
  
• Supply lines penalty decreasing with time -5% per year
  
• There can be more than one Bear in a zone, depending on difficulty and Townhall distance
  
• We added a cooldown for the first recruitment of the Warchiefs (This includes Kaija, but not Signy).
  
• Projectile Resistance is now an ability.
  
• When playing in multiplayer with or against AIs, it is now possible to have an infinite pause.
  
• You can keep exploring a Ruin or Shipwreck an ally started to explore without starting over.

4. Neutral Faction Changes

A few things have changed regarding the Neutral Factions behavior to give them a fair impact on the game:

• Trading with neutral factions improves trading over time.
  
• Trading with them prevent them from attacking you (works with Kobolds and Myrkalfar).
  
• If you have a positive relationship with a neutral faction, they won’t attack your territories.
  
• Blain gets the thunder attack, like the Raven's Giant Mercenaries.

III. Clan Balancing

• Fresh Fish replaces Hearthstone
  
• Foresight replaces Recruitment
  
• Near the sea Spirit:
  +1 Krown and +1 Wyrd for 4 building on coastal zone.
  Now replaces Shipbuilding
  
• Knowledge from Beyond now allows the trading routes.
  
• Fame 500 - Howl from the Sea Master:
  During the Kraken event, your clan is feasting.

• Quality of Life replaces Negotiate
  
• Warcry cooldown is now shared between both warchiefs.
  
• Metalcraft:
  Now replaces Mining efficiency
  Warchiefs mining and forge speed is increased by +60%
  
• Excavation: Every Warchief Mining stone or iron produces +4 lore

• Draconic Frenzy:
  +100% att if a military unit fights with no other allied military unit in the zone.
  
• Dragonkin:
  20% projectile resistance is now displayed
  Attack power 12 => 13
  Move speed +10%
  
• Blood, Sweat & Tears replaces Medicine
  
• Capture: Chance to capture is doubled if warchief is in zone
  
• Skull of Hrungnir:
  You can now summon more than one Undead Giant.
  We added a 1 year cooldown after each Undead Giant recruitment
  
• Slave Trade replaces Erudition

• Skirmishers are now exclusive to Snake clan.
  
• New Signy:
  She has new stats and she grows quicker
  Age 16: Signy gain ranged attack
  Age 17: Signy can go through neutral foes zones like skirmishers
  Age 18: Signy gain Scorched Earth
  
• Scorched Earth:
  Like mercenaries, Signy pillage resources in enemy territory depending of the zone production
  
• Under Pressure:
  +20% att and supply penalty reduced for Skirmishers. +10% to other military unit attack.
  +0.5 happiness and +1 Food for each military unit in a non allied zone next to or in an enemy territory
  
• Guerilla Tactics:
  Military units gain +1% Attack Power per unit lost or killed in an enemy territory (max 30%)
  
• New Black Market:
  +10% merchant production & allows Trading Route
  +50% income from Trading routes with enemy clan
  This clan gains no resources from you and diplomacy is decreased
  
• Rapacious Exploitation
  Now replaces Negotiate
  Bonus of special tiles (such as Thor’s Wrath or the Geyser) is doubled
  Rapacious Exploitation no longer allows scouting neutral ruins
  
• Gungir: The Clan of the Snake's Relic:
  Unlock the Stealth Ability to all military units
  Stealthy units won’t get attacked by Watch Tower for 5 seconds when entering a tile.

• Legacy:
  Now replaces Hearthstone
  Altar of Kings production and happiness +50%
  
• Herbalism:
  Active menders gives +5% production and +10% Lore production in Mender's hut Zone.
  +20% Healing speed.
  
• Simple Living replaces Sharp Axes
  
• Lay of The Land replaces Mining Efficiency
  
• New Bartering:
  Allows Trading Routes.
  You can trade every resource to neutral factions.
  Trade routes with neutral factions +1 happiness per trading route
  
• Osmosis replaces Negotiate
  
• Mask of Gullinbursti, the Clan of the Boar's Relic:
  +5 Food production. Summon a non controllable giant boar from all forests.
  Boars into allied territory are pacified.
  You can sacrifice boar from your territory for food (500).
  It regenerates its health quickly.

• Shield Maiden and Kaija get projectile resistance like Shieldbearers.
  
• Kaija costs 40 Food and 40 krowns
  
• Hibernation: Units regenerate during winter in allied territory
  
• Winter Festival:
  50% penalty winter prod
  +3 Happiness in winter
  +50% on Trading Routes in Winter

• New Negotiator: +2 krowns, +20% commercial influence
  
• Exotic Goods replaces Erudition
  
• New weapon in the Forge for Raven Mercenaries: they get 20% projectile resistance.
  
• Mercenaries Raid: Longer time before appearing in enemy territory.

• Starting Bonus: Starts with 40 lore
  
• Fame 200: Also gives 75 lore
  
• Fame 500: All productions gets +1% per 100 Fame
  
• Lore Hero Emblem:
  Altar of kings cost no stone
  Gives +2 happiness and earns fame
  Hero Emblem replaces Recruitment
  
• Food Preservation:
  +3 food for each Silo (+5 if upgraded)
  +1 happiness per silo.
  Now replaces Hearthstone
  
• Glory of the Clan:
  +20% fame on fame gains.
  +20% on Trading Route and Great Trading Route
  
• The Value of Great Deeds:
  Skalds produce 1 krown (+1.5 if upgraded).
  Skalds tools are free and -50% forge time
  Now replaces Mining Efficiency

• Starting Bonus: Can build only one SheepFold
  
• Shepherd:
  2 free sheep.
  Can build a second Sheepfold.
  +10% sheepfold production
  
• Industrious replaces Recruitment
  
• Amenities replaces Eradication

• Conqueror:
  +75% attack power versus Tower
  +75% decolonization speed
  
• Spoils of War: Villager, Warrior, Skirmisher, Draugr, Warchief give 5 krowns less.
  
• Horn of Managarm: It is possible to summon a white wolf individually.

This update will download automatically from Steam. If you have any problems/queries with regard to the update, leave a comment below or contact us at support@shirogames.com where our Support Team will be ready to assist.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback and suggestions over the last few months and of course, a big thank you to the beta testers!

We hope you all enjoy this update and have a great holiday season!

- Shiro Games

The Shiro Games Publisher Midweek Sale has begun, and with it we've discounted our entire catalogue of games at up to 75% off!

Check out the deals available below:

Evoland - 50% off
Evoland 2 - 50% off
Evoland Legendary Edition - 75% off
Northgard - 60% off
Northgard - Sváfnir, Clan of the Snake - 50% off
Northgard - Nidhogg, Clan of the Dragon - 50% off
Northgard - Svardilfari, Clan of the Horse - 50% off
Northgard - Lyngbakr, Clan of the Kraken - 50% off

Take advantage of these awesome discounts while you can, as the sale only lasts until Friday!

- The Shiro Games Team

Hey everyone!

We're really proud to finally present you the third major free update, and the biggest one yet: Northgard Conquest.

Northgard Conquest is a standalone game-mode that can be played solo or co-op, with a succession of various challenges offering a gaming expansion of +100 hours. The difficulty of the co-op mode will be based on strong collaboration between players.

Forget the lore, choose your clan and let's fight!






Northgard Conquest offers you the possibility to choose your own experience when facing the harsh challenges of Northgard Conquest.






If you want to challenge yourself and personalise your Clan with unique bonuses whilst counting on your own skills and decisions, then choose the Northgard Conquest solo-mode, defeat the other clans and claim the Throne.

Believe in your strengths, establish the best strategy, exploit resources in an optimal way and build the most formidable clans to endure Northgard’s relentless hostility!





Another addition is the ability to share your adventure and overcome the harsh obstacles with the power of collaboration in the new Northgard Conquest co-op mode.

Northgard Conquest encourages teams to experiment and discover every combo available in this game-mode! But beware, Northgard Conquest is a cunning opponent! Having two in a team means double power, double bonuses and of course, double the problems! But nothing is impossible for fearless vikings.

Plan a global strategy, divide the tasks, collaborate, and master the continent together!







Northgard Conquest introduces a brand new way to present and organize all the different challenges Northgard Conquest offers: The Conquest Map.



The Conquest Map is formed by several challenges, 3 of which are specific to each Clan (and adapted to their specialties) which remain constant. The other challenges are pulled from a random pool of challenges, which means that if you restart a Conquest with the same Clan, you will get a different map with different challenges!

As soon as you succeed in one of the 3 specific challenges, several different paths are unlocked and the choice of which path you take is up to you.










Conquest challenges are completely independent between themselves and will challenge you with various specific victory conditions and rules for each challenges. Here’s some examples:


Victory condition:

- Kill 3 Wyverns.

Special rules:

- Lots of Wyverns are spotted, it's time for a hunt!
- Town Halls are already protected by updgraded Watch Towers.





Victory condition:

- Find the legendary World Tree Yggdrasil, and be the first to conquer it.

Special rules:

- Yggdrasil is larger and cost twice the price to colonize.
- There is more Fishes, Fertile Lands and Deer in the map.





Victory condition:

- Gain enough territories and raise your Fame to obtain the title of King.

Special rules:

- Many Kobolds camp everywhere. Kobolds are more aggressive, respawn and expand quicker.
- For each decolonized Kobolds territory, earn 10 Fame .








As you progress through your Conquest, you'll get to choose specific favors to power up your clan and help you win the next challenge (applicable only to the Conquest game mode).



You can obtain these synergizing favors at the start of a Conquest!



And if you succeed in beating the entire Conquest of a Clan, you'll get a marvelous Town Hall skin related to it! You'll be able to use these skins in all modes:





















As the biggest major update yet, Northgard Conquest also includes a variety of specific elements as special units, buildings, resources, events or maps. During challenges, you’ll need to exploit them as best you can to succeed!




Valdemar was a Legendary King who died bringing battle to Helheim. He now wanders Northgard’s land to avoid death and reach Valhalla. He is usually surrounded by a group of Dark Vaettir who will not let you reach their King.




Unholy Ice Spirits that should not live on this side of Bifrost.




A Frightening Beast, unnaturally turned into something even more terrifying.







Valued resources coveted by overseas merchants.







Ancient and mystic gates that bring Death from another time in Northgard every Winter…




An ancient legacy for famous Kings. Assign Heralds to Pillars of Glory to earn Fame for your Clan.









Boats coming from Homeland will frequently bring you new Villagers to reinforce your Clan.






A mercenary ship could been spotted near your coasts. You must prepare!






Some of your units will be infected by a strange disease...






Death is coming...






Some strange gates are glowing, prepare to fend off the invaders!







Northgard Conquest introduces new specific map configurations that you'll be able to explore during challenges, like The Inner Sea.



This brand new map configuration will host challenges that encourage you to establish the best strategy and exploit all the available resources to succeed and conquer.








In addition to the basic difficulty modes (Easy / Normal / Hard), Northgard Conquest has introduced most challenging difficulty yet: Extreme Mode.

This difficulty will do everything in its power to stop you from reaching the Throne and will make Northgard an incredibly hostile continent, more so than it ever was.

But if this difficulty isn't challenging enough for you... maybe we create an even more difficult one that will make Northgard a true nightmare for you!






The arrival of Northgard Conquest marks the beginning of a new Multiplayer Season: Conquer the region and ascend to the top of the leaderboard by taking the Throne on your own!

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Bear.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Boar.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Dragon.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Goat.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Horse.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Kraken.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Raven.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Snake.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Stag.

• Complete a Conquest with the Clan of the Wolf.

• Complete a Conquest on Hard Mode.

• Complete a Conquest on Extreme Mode.

• Complete at least 6 Conquests with different Clans.

• Complete a Conquest by winning all challenges.

• Win each of the 30 different challenges at least once.

• New in-game display system which allows you to easily see other players characteristics.
  
  
  
  
• Blizzard, Rats Infestation, Earthquake, Draugr Invasion and Frozen Sea are now announced 3 months in advance instead of 6.
  
• Changes in the ELO calculation to greatly discourage wintrading.
  
• Wisdom Victory: No need for active units anymore.
  
• Great Trade Routes will now be momentarily paused while the lighthouse is burning.
  
• All events get their own icons in the calendar.
  
• Kobolds power decreased a bit.

• Fixed settings defaulting to french after each update.
  
• Fixed an unlimited resource with multiple Trade Routes to exploit.
  
• Fixed the Hightide FX not visible for the clients in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed the unlocked tech count required for the blessings in campaign mode. The counter started at -1.
  
• Typos and small stability fixes.
  
• Fixed the Stone and Iron exchange rate with the Raven's homeland trade.
  
• Fixed the display of a player's rank history in the leaderboard.
  
• Fixed an old error in the ELO calculation. Two players of equivalent ranks should win/lose an equivalent number of points. Defeat should not have the player lose four times what the winner earned.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed militia to leave territory.
  
• Scabbard of Gram lag improvements.
  
• Fixed an issue that didn't allow kraken fishermen to fish on coasts.
  
• Near the Sea Spirit: Totems were counted as buildings, while they were not supposed to.
  
• There were some broken achievements, they're now fixed.

We hope that you'll enjoy this update, as much as we enjoyed creating it!

We really proud of it as this update represented a huge challenge for us, so we hope that we succeeded in making Northgard Conquest a game-mode an amazing experience!




https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/Northgard/

Save the date, as the eagerly anticipated Conquest update is making its way to Northgard on October 22nd!

Including the new standalone mode "Conquest", which brings 100+ hours of content, brand new adaptive challenges, formidable new foes and the opportunity to master the continent with a friend in the brand new co-op mode, alongside a host of other additions, this is one of the biggest Northgard updates yet!

Hey everyone!

We were at Gamescom last week (in the business area), and we had a lot of exciting news that we shared with journalists that we want to share with you today!




First of all, this was the first time that we've had a booth of this kind of quality, and we were so proud of it! This is why we would like to thank you guys for making Northgard a successful game and for participating in the growth of Shiro Games

It's so satisfying for us to see that our work is paying off, and it's at this kind of event that we see the evolution of our beloved indie studio.

This is only the start of the Shiro Games adventure, and your support drives us onward. So that's why during the last few months, we prepared a lot of new exciting content that we hope you will enjoy as much as we enjoyed creating them.

Let's start with the news!





We know that you were waiting for the next huge update of Northgard, and it's coming!

We're proud to present you the 3rd major free update, and the biggest one: Northgard Conquest.

Forget the lore, choose your clan, and let's fight!


Northgard Conquest is a standalone game mode that can be played solo or co-op, with a succession of various missions offering a gaming expansion of +100 hours. The difficulty of the co-op mode will be based on strong collaboration between players

The missions are completely independent between themselves and will challenge you with specific victory conditions and rules for each mission.


Challenges examples

• Valdemar the Cursed:
  
  • Defeat a powerful boss in an undead infested land.
  
  
• Winter Has Come:
  
  • Permafrost map with blizzards every winter.
  
  
• The Uprising:
  
  • Ragnarök map with numerous and very aggressive Myrkalfars.

These missions are completely adapted to the strengths of the clans, which means that you'll get adapted missions depending on if you start the Wolf's campaign and then the Stag's one.

As you progress through your conquest you'll get to choose specific rewards to power up your clan and help you win the next mission (only work in Conquest mode). If you succeed to beat the entire campaign of a clan, you'll get a marvelous Townhall skin you'll be able to use in the online mode.




Northgard Conquest is planned for Fall 2019, you'll get more information about it very soon!






We're glad to announce you that our beloved Northgard will be available on consoles (Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One) from the 26th of September on digital edition (you can already pre-order it on the Nintendo Eshop), and then on physical edition!

Additionally, you'll be able to get a physical Signature Edition of Northgard, which includes:

• The region free copy of Northgard
  
• An art Book
  
• The soundtrack
  
• An art Card
  
• A certificate
  
• Two Metal Pins

Click here to get more information about it!


The consoles version of Northgard includes a brand new control system that allows you to do all the in-game actions in an ergonomic and instinctive way: The Dynamic Control Wheel.



Consoles version content

• Solo mode
  
• Campaign
  
• Coop and competitive online mode
  
• 6 clans
  
• Ragnarök and Relics updates

Finally, we're proud to announce the boardgame version of our beloved game: Northgard Uncharted Lands!

This boardgame is the faithful adaption of Northgard, and as the video game, you'll find similar game systems on the boardgame version.



Caracteristics:

• Play time: 25mn / Player
  
  
• Actions system:
  
  • Move,
    
  • Attack,
    
  • Recruit,
    
  • Build,
    
  • Move,
    
  • Explore...
  
  
  
  
• Harvest system:
  
  • Gain Food,
    
  • Wood,
    
  • Lore,
    
  • Fame,
    
  • Trade resources...
  
  
• Seasons system (Summer / Winter)
  
  
• Deckbuilding system (add a new card to your deck)
  
  
• Tile laying system
  
  
• 5 clans available with specific starting powers:
  
  • Wolf,
    
  • Bear,
    
  • Stag,
    
  • Goat,
    
  • Raven
  
  
  
  
  
  Components:
  
  
• Viking models and unique Warchiefs models
  
  
• Modular board tiles
  
  
• Over 100 cards with unique effects
  
  
• Special Viking and Warchief dice
  
  
• Resource tokens and building tokens
  
  
• Creature Models:
  
  • Wolf,
    
  • Bear,
    
  • Valkyrie
    
  • Draugr
  
  
• 5 Clan boards

The Kickstarter campaign will start Fall 2019, We'll have more to come soon!


And that's all!

We hope that you enjoyed reading this and are excited as we are!

This is only a preview of this news, you'll be able to find all the details soon.

This is important to us to thank you again. Without you, Shiro Games is nothing! Be sure that we're working on so many huge and different projects that we can't wait to share with you!

Stay tuned for more information, and have a good time on Northgard!

The Clan of the Kraken knows first hand how dangerous the sea can be.

They worship the gigantic Creature, fearing it's brutal might, honoring it's instinctual knowledge, and using its powers when he deigns bestow them.

• No commercial Victory. No port. No Lighthouse. Can build Fishery on lake tiles and beaches to assign fishermen.
  
  
• +50% colonising and building cost on non coastal zone. -30% on non coastal zone.
  
  
• Can build Hörgr to assign Norns. Only female vikings can become Norns. Replaces Tavern.
  
  
• Norns produce and Wyrd (new resource).
  
  
• may activate special abilities.

• The Clan of the Kraken starts with 400 .
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fame Bonuses
  
  When you gain more , the clan of the Kraken will get the following exclusive rewards:
  
  
  • Thane : Future Sight - 200
    
    • You are warned of events long before they happen.
      
    • You gain 400
    
    
  • Jarl : Howl from the Sea Master - 500
    
    • Whenever you kill military units on enemy or neutral zones, they have 10% chance to become Spectral Warriors under your control (max 5). Spectral warriors bring to the zone controller.
  
  
  
  
  
  The clan of the Kraken introduces its exclusive units:
  
  
  • The Norns try to elucidate the will of the Kraken, bringing foresight and good fortune to the clan. They produce and .
    
    
  • Wielding divine power, the Valkyries are the most powerful members of the Kraken's army. Your clan can only control one at a time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Fishery is an exclusive generating building for the Clan of the Kraken. This building can be built on shores and beaches. You can assign 2 Villagers to this building to transform them into Fishermen (3 Villagers if upgraded).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Hörgr is the second exclusive building for the Clan of the Kraken. You can assign only female villagers to this building, transforming them into Norns. You can assign 2 of them to this building (3 if upgraded).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  is a Kraken Clan's exclusive resource. It can be spent to activate special abilities. The Clan of the Kraken starts the game with 400 and a passive production of +1 .
  
  
  
  
  Shallow Waters - Costs 100
  
  
  
  • Improves a coastal zone to accept one additional building.
    
  • It can be cumulative with usual zone improvement.
  
  
  High Tide - Costs 300
  
  
  
  • You can only cast HighTide on a non-coastal zone adjacent to non-coastal zones or zones affected by HighTide.
    
  • This cancels the Kraken's building and attack penalties.
    
  • You can colonize this zone at the normal cost.
  
  
  
  Road to Valhalla - Costs 600
  
  
  
  • Consecrate one of your Norns.
    
  • She becomes a Valkyrie and joins your army.
    
  • You can control only one Valkyrie at a time.
  
  The Valkyrie is one of the exclusive units of the Clan of the Kraken.
  
  
  
  
  
  Ancient Spirits - Costs 1 000
  
  
  
  • Summons 5 hostile Spectral Warriors to target enemy's coastal zone.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Clan of the Kraken has 5 exclusive lore:
  
  
  Near the Sea Spirit - Replaces Trading
  
  
  
  • Generates +1 every 3 buildings on coastal zones.
    
  • Enables Trade Routes with Trading Posts.
  
  
  
  Endless Tide - Replaces Weaponsmith
  
  
  
  • Reduces the cost of military units by 20%.
    
  • Each military camp gives +1 .
    
  • Gives +20% to military units.
  
  
  
  Knowledge from Beyond - Replaces Shipbuilding
  
  
  
  • Reveals all neutral factions.
    
  • Trade routes with neutral factions earn you 20% more .
    
  • All Trade Routes give you +3 .
  
  
  
  Fresh Fish
  
  
  
  • Fishermen produce 20% more .
    
  • Their tool improvements are free and their forging time is reduced by 2.
  
  
  
  Foresight
  
  
  
  • Norns generate 20% more and 50% more .
  
  
  
  
  
  The Kraken clan has its own Relic, the Edda of Vör. Given by Vör, wise and curious, so that no one can hide anything from her.
  
  
  • This Relic allows your Norns to earn .
    
  • When the Relic is built, it gives 1 000 .
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • The Valkyrie’s weapon gives +10% .
    
  • After forging the Valkyrie’s weapon, they gain the Purify ability and can sacrifice themselves to instantly colonize a neutral zone or an enemy zone being uncolonized
    
  • Cooldown: One year
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Kraken itself roams around Northgard and punishes those who do not fear it. The Kraken attack lasts for 3 month, sinking boats and damaging ports.
  
  No one can survive the attack of the Kraken.
  
  
  • This event is not linked to the presence of the Clan of the Kraken.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Statistics
  We've added various statistics to the end game screen (via a new View Statistic button).
  
  They will show:
  
  • Production
    
  • Usage and changes over time for many resources
    
  • Population
    
  • Military units
    
  • ... and more!
  
  
  
  Clan of the Snake
  • Stolen Lore can steal "Knowledge from Beyond".
  
  
  
  Achievements
  • Day of the Tentacle
    
    • Win with the Clan of the Kraken [not in Story Mode].
    
    
  • Kraken Master
    
    • Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Kraken [not in Story Mode].
    
    
  • Victorious Squid
    
    • Witness a boat sunk by the mighty Kraken.
    
    
  • Fresh Sea Air
    
    • Win a game without colonizing any non coastal zone.
    
    
  • Pride of the Kraken
    
    • Build the Edda of Vor [not in Story Mode].
  
  
  
  Balancing & Bug Fixes
  • The Warrior bonus versus Shieldbearer decreased from 15% to 10%.
    
    
  • The “Deer Hunter” achievement is fixed.
    
    
  • [Bear] Hibernation: Doesn’t heal sick people anymore.
    
    
  • The Giant Boar has a trigger warning when uncolonizing.
    
    
  • The production of the Sailors has been decreased by 20%.
    
    
  • Now all maps will always have at least one neutral faction.
    
    
  • The Fallen Sailor event now can appear in every game, not only in Ragnarök.
  
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/XDvErtua6v8
  
  
  
  
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088640/Northgard__Lyngbakr_Clan_of_the_Kraken/
  
  
  
  
  We hope that you enjoy playing the Clan of the Kraken!
  
  We still have a lot of awesome content coming in the near future and we can't wait to share more with you.
  
  Release the Kraken!
  
  
  
  
  

Hey Guys!

We just thought we’d provide you with a little insight into what we’re currently working on here at Shiro Games!



The team is currently hard at work on the next clan to join the battle, The Clan of the Kraken! This clan will arrive in a couple of weeks. The Clan of the Kraken know first hand how dangerous the sea can be. They worship the gigantic behemoth, fearing it's brutal might, honoring it's instinctual knowledge, and using its powers when he deigns bestow them.



Ho! And for this update, we intend to release something that has been asked for a very, very long time ;-)

The team is also working on a huge new game update that will bring many new and exciting ways to play the game including multiple co-op options. We'll have much more to share on this update very soon!

Finally, we are also working away on the console version of Northgard that will be in stores late September. We can’t wait for you to be able to try it out!



As for what's going on with the rest of the studio, well it’s been a crazy couple of months for sure. Our office was destroyed in a Fire/resulting water damage. We have now settled in to new temporary accommodation and we’re back up and running!





The Darksburg team are hard at work on the game and are really excited with how its all taking shape! We've posted the introductions to the survivors on Steam and Twitter so you can get to know them! You can stay up to date with the development of Darksburg on Twitter @Darksburg or by wishlisting the game on steam here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/939100/Darksburg/

We just released a new trailer showcasing the PVP side of the game! Check it out on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/oheCJX5rQpA

Again, we cannot wait to show you everything we have prepared for the next few months!

Cheers,

The Shiro Games Team