May 4, 2022

Northgard - Paul

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Hey Vikings!

Sword & Solace, addresses numerous aspects of the game, with a particular focus on UI, Multiplayer experience, Military aspects of the game, and clan balancing.

We would like to kick off this patch note by saying a big thank you on behalf of all the Northgard team to those of you that took the time to take part in our very first Open Beta!

Here is a quick introduction as to why we have made some of the changes.

UI

Northgard menus had some inconsistencies regarding the way information and choices were presented depending on the game modes.

This prevented certain things such as, but not limited to: playing in Extreme difficulty on a classic map, playing in co-op with an AI clan in single player mode and being able to search the existing lobbies whilst being in one.

The aim of this version of the UI is to unify the different options and elements of the different game modes, thus adding new game options and providing the player with complementary information about those options.

Multiplayer

Here are the first steps towards, what we hope, will be a fairer system that will distribute players more evenly.

We are now using the full scale of our GP system, which means that you will be able to go from 0 GP to 1000+ GP, and no longer get stuck in your progression after hitting 400GP.

As we have previously stated, this is the first iteration of our new multiplayer & GP system. Improving it further will take time, experimentation, and cooperation.

Military

Previously, strategic choices offered by the military path weren’t all as viable from a competitive point of view.

Thanks to player feedback, we decided to shuffle things around and give you the possibility to choose a Military Path, much earlier on in a game, that best suits you, or your clan's playstyle.

We know that forging a weapon is a big investment, so we decided to reduce the cost allowing players to forge more than one weapon.

We changed the weapons forge effects for almost all the units and they will all gain an ability now (warriors are no longer the only cool kids on the block!).

Read on to find out more…

Global

More contextual information about the different game options and their impact on the games.

Profile

Player rank is now displayed on the main menu, and both profile and multiplayer rank can be accessed from this new entry display.

Single Player

New Custom Mode - allow for more customization options, such as setting each AI difficulty level, and coop with and/or against AI clans.

Multiplayer

It is now possible to check the list of existing lobbies after creating/joining one.

You can now filter games based on all the settings of a multiplayer game.

Clan Selection

Animated backgrounds for each one of the different clans!

More information about the unique aspects and overview of each clan.

Conquest

Completed Conquest clan icon now also indicates the highest level of difficulty at which the Conquest has been completed.

Other minor adjustments

A new tier has been added between Gold and Rimsteel: Gemstone.

We have reworked how GP is calculated at the end of the game.

All players will start this new season at 300 GP.

In the first 10 games, you will win or lose more GPs, this means that you should reach a rank closer to your skill level faster.

At the end of future seasons, GP will be recalculated based on the player rank in the previous season.

New tier ranges

Tier

From

Wood

0 GP

199 GP

Stone

200 GP

399 GP

Iron

400 GP

599 GP

Gold

600 GP

799 GP

Gemstone

800 GP

999 GP

Rimsteel

1000 GP

You will only be able to enter in a lobby if you are in the same GP range as the host. GP range is currently set to 150 GP difference.

Family share accounts are no longer able to play ranked games.

As we have previously stated, this is the first iteration of our new multiplayer & GP system. Improving it further will take time, experimentation, and cooperation.

Leadership Path

Bodyguard: 50 Military XP

Your Warchief can recruit a Bodyguard.

This unit will taunt nearby enemies in order to protect your Warchief.

Your warchief produces Military XP for each military unit in the same zone (10 max)

The cooldown to recruit a Bodyguard has been reduced to 3 months.

Armed Wing of the Clan: 500 Military XP

Your warchief benefits from all weapons forged.

First Line of Defense: 1500 Military XP

Your chief gives a 10%

defense bonus for all your units in the zone.

Rally: 3000 Military XP

Your Warchief can use the Rally ability: Your military units gain 30% attack speed and movement speed bonus for 5 sec.

Guardian Path

Oversight:50 Military XP

Access to a new building: Watch Tower.

Watch Tower: Scouts nearby zones and produces Military XP. Their upkeep is less expensive than Defense Towers.

Call To Arms: 500 Military XP

Call to Arms is a passive ability placed on your Town Hall. Every six months, the homeland sends you Militias in order to help you defend your territory.

The militia is a defensive military unit that cannot leave allied territory.

You can have a maximum of 4 Militia in your territory.

Suppressing Fire: 1500 Military XP

You gain a free Watch Tower upgrade each year.

Human units within a zone that contains an allied Watch Tower or Defense Tower gain +10%

defense.

Each Watch Tower adds +1 to your maximum warband (+2 if upgraded).

Hold The Line: 3000 Military XP

You can place spike walls in a zone that will deal damage when an enemy tries to engage.

Legions Path

Military Base: 50 Military XP

Your Warchief can recruit a Bodyguard.

When there is more than 1 military building in a zone, they produce Military XP.

Reduce the cost of military buildings by 20%.

War Effort: 500 Military XP

Reduce the base cost of military units by 25% (does not affect the cost per Warband).

Veteran: 1500 Military XP

Bonuses from upgraded military buildings are 50% more powerful.

Call of Valhalla: 3000 Military XP

While in the Battleground zone your units have 30%

attack power and attack speed bonus.

Battleground zone: In a zone where 10 clan units die, the zone becomes a battleground. You have 10% bonus Military XP.

General Changes

Weapon cost

50

Krowns & 10 -> 5

Iron, takes 6 -> 3 months to forge.

Weapons

We removed all the stats from the forge, now if you want to improve it you have to upgrade camps (except Mercenary).

Warrior

Charge -> Increases run speed when the engaged target is close enough and applies Breached Armor (10% less defense) on the first hit.

Shield Bearer

Shield Wall -> When entering a zone with enemies, this unit will have 40% bonus

defense during 5 seconds.

Tracker

Feral Instinct -> When Trackers kill an enemy, they have a 20% chance (50% against animals) to summon their spirit animal.

Axe Thrower

Double Attack -> The second attack of this unit is quicker.

Skirmisher, Dragonkin, Valkyrie, Shamans, and Mercenary are unchanged.

With the removal of stats from the weapon improvements, some units were at a disadvantage, such as the Trackers and Axe Throwers (due to their range) so we adjusted them accordingly.

Axe Thrower

Their range has been greatly increased.

Tracker

Their range has been greatly increased and their

attack by 15%

Bodyguard

Increase their

health by 10%

Shield Bearer

Increase their

defense by 1 and their projectile resistance by 10%

Unit recruitment cost

The cost of recruiting units has changed.

Rather than each unit recruitment costing +6 more

Krowns for each military unit you already own, the cost increases by +6 for each military unit of the same type, and only by +3 for each military units of a different types. Allowing for a more diverse warband at a reduced cost.

Horse was too spawn dependent and only had one playstyle, going for Excavation -> QoL then full mid tree. We tried to change this by giving the clan more flexibility, allowing for other playstyles.

Starting Bonuses

Villagers build and repair 30% faster -> Eitria & Brok can build, repair, mine, and forge 20% faster.

Eitra has an additional +30% bonus for builds and repairs.

Brok has an additional +30% bonus for forges.

Fame 200: Craftsmen

Upgraded tools get an additional +10% production bonus

When in the same zone, Warchiefs mine and forge 50% faster.

Selling

Stone or

Iron earns +20%

Krowns. Neutral factions will accept

Stone and

Iron.

Allies and neutral factions receive double resources.

Fame 500: Earth Legacy

You discover 2

Stone and 2

Iron deposits in your territory.

You can build a second Relic -> Zones with or adjacent to an active relic gain +15% production.

Lore Tree

Metalcraft has been removed.

Quality of Life replaces Erudition.

Völund Fire (New) replaces Mining Efficiency:

Each Warchief mining

Stone or

Iron earns +4

Lore -> Warchiefs produce 5

Lore for each ore extracted.

Ancestral Influence:

Relics don't use a building slot. Zones with or adjacent to an active relic gain +5% production. -> Relics don't use a building slot. You can build a second relic (max 1 relic per zone).

Forging a relic takes 50% less time.

We felt Stag was a bit underwhelming so we tried to redefine its personality and give it some cool tools to play with, mostly based around Fame and expansion.

Fame 200: Supplies

Each year a boat brings you +50

Food,

Wood and

Krowns, +25

Lore and +5

Stone. -> Each 200

Fame a boat brings you +50

Food,

Wood and

Krowns, +25

Lore and +5

Stone.

Fame 500: Dedication -> Annexation

Upgraded buildings gain an additional 10% production bonus.

All productions get +1% per 100

Fame. -> For each 200

Fame, the Colonization price is decreased by 5% and unit production is increased by 3%.

Fame 1000: Valorous Leader (New)

Your warchief gains the Valorous Leader ability. His base

defense also increases by 100% and his

health by 60%.

Lore Tree

Food Preservation

For each Silo, gain +3

Food and +0.5

Happiness, +5

Food and +1

Happiness if upgraded.

Young and Proud

Increases your military units'

attack power by 3% for every positive

Happiness you have. -> Increases your military units'

attack power by 2% per zone you control (30% max).

Glory of the Clan

Increases

Fame gains by 20% -> 30%

Increases gains from Trade Routes and Great Trade Routes by 20% -> 10% each 200

Fame.

Relic: Hlidskjalf

Gives your Warchief the Annexation ability. Whenever your Warchief decolonizes a zone, you colonize it for free. -> You can train Einherjar by assigning them to Hlidskjalf.

Einherjars are proud warriors that want to partake and die in the most glorious battles possible.

Their base attack power increases with Fame and they benefit from all Warrior upgrades.

They cost more Krowns and consume 50% more Food.

Draconic Frenzy

Bodyguard is no longer counted in the effect.

Dragonkin

Dragonkin recruitment price increases by 15 > 10

Kröwns for each Dragonkin you already own.

With the Military Path reworked, we wanted to adjust the hunting path to give the clan of the lynx a bit more versatility.

Sharp Eyes and The Great Hunt swapped positions.

Nature Freedom has been removed.

Experienced Hunters: replaces Nature Freedom

Military units that participated in killing a foe permanently gain +5%

attack power (max +25%). Lost upon death.

Ferocious Charge

Forged melee units can use Charge ability and gain 30% damage on a charge attack.

Weapons are 100% faster to forge and cost 50% less.

Shield Mastery

ShieldBearers' weapon is free.

Increases the resistance of all military units by 5%

Banquet of Valhöll

The special victory of the clan of the squirrel has been decorrelated from the fame. Now it must have at least 8 active Cooks to prepare the meal, even during the preparation.

Preparation time has been increased to 6 months.

Overwork

Overworking gives a 30 -> 40% bonus to your unit's production at the cost of their

health.

Shamanic Care

When healed by Eir, your units consume 50% less

Food. -> While being healed your units consume -30% less

Food.

Purification Pyres

When the clan units kill foes or die, all your Shaman Camps pyres ignite.

While active you produce +1 > +0.5

Lore and new villagers arrive faster.

Stats at the end of the game display more information.

Improved KeyBindings. Complex key combinations can be used, like Ctrl-Alt-Shift-3. Extra mouse buttons can also be bound.

Building a Training Camp is no longer required to build other camps.

You can now recruit your Warchief in other military Camps except for clans: Snake, Dragon, Horse, Ox, Rat, and Lynx.

The supply malus has been reworked.

Continuing conquests is now done via the load game section .

Bear spawn correctly prioritizes spawns with fish nearby.

Lorestones spawning in the second circle from a Townhall should be less frequent.

If a Townhall is destroyed by the burning effect, the player will be defeated.

Clan of the Dragon scouts will no longer trigger attack notifications while going through a neutral faction.

Player units will no longer make side steps when trying to attack another unit.

The second Stag bonus from Conquest has been fixed, Villagers are now correctly affected by silos.

Rally point behavior has been fixed.

You can now transfer zone with a tower on it.

Rat can no longer use houses.

Cooldown of Ancient Spirit ability is now correctly triggered.

Killing Wolf's unit with Mjolnir should not trigger Spoil of War.

Dwarven Operatives are now affected by Breaded Fish Filets.

Fixed

Fame 500 Kraken: Spectral Warrior can't spawn in allied territory.

Current game saves aren't compatible.

Epic Games Store and GOG can be disconnected from game servers.

Jan 26, 2022

Dodsvagr - The Clan of the Rat

Northgard - Paul

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Hey everyone!

We are proud to present to you our eighth clan, the clan of the Rat, which brings some exciting new mechanics and units to Northgard.

Read on to find out more about what makes the clan of Dodsvagr so unique.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1876990/Northgard__Dodsvagr_Clan_of_the_Rat/

Welcoming wounded and outcast villagers who have been forced out of their original clans without hesitation or prejudice, it is understandable why the many followers of the Rat dedicate their life, and sometimes their death, to the clan.

The clan doesn’t have time for feasts, or even sleeping in houses, only hard work is worth celebrating, but if you have enough energy to celebrate, then you could, and should have worked harder….

The clan will work and fight tirelessly to get what they want, and to survive.

Powerful shaman and merciless warrior, Eir leads the clan of the rat with an iron fist. She taught her clan the ways of the shaman, so they could survive even the most severe injuries, and ensure their enemies do not.

Some say that her mastery of dark practices goes as far as being able to bring back dead beasts from the depths of Helheim...

The shaman, trained by Eir, are powerful units that will fight fearlessly during the heat of battle, and take care of the injured in its aftermath. They can also lend a helping hand to their allies by healing them as well.

The clan starts with more villagers but they arrive wounded. Wounded units are exempt from Happiness requirements.
The clan doesn't have access to Houses, but all non-mystical buildings provide housing. Once max population is reached, extra villagers stack in a Population Reserve.
The Shaman Camp replaces the Healer Hut and trains Shamans able to fight and heal multiple units and allies even outside your territory.
When the clan’s units kill foes or die, the corpses are cremated at the Shaman Camp, producing Lore and attracting new villagers faster.
Overwork replaces the Feast and boosts all productions at the expense of your worker's Health.

Fame 200

Your units consume -50% less

Food while being healed by Eir.

Fame 500

The max Population Reserve increases by +4 villagers.
The maximum duration of Purification Pyre is extended to 6 months.

Enrollment

Wounded units cost -50%

Kröwns to train as military units.

Overcrowding

You can place up to two buildings of the same type in a zone, except Defense Towers.

Invasion

When killing neutral faction units, you gain some of their favorite tradable resources. Neutral faction buildings can house additional population.

Pain Suppressant

Wounded units move and attack 30% faster.

Blood Ties

Eir can sacrifice part of her

Health to heal all your units in the zone over the next 5 seconds.

You can summon Garm’s Incarnation at a Shaman Camp.

1st Battle

When killed, your units inflict Sickness on their attacker.

6th Battle

Wounded units do not suffer production malus when Overworking.

11th Battle

When the Purification Pyre is ignited, all your units heal.

The Rat King

Win with the Clan of the Rat

Rat Master

Achieve 50 Victories with the Clan of the Rat

Just Want to Watch the World Burn

Build the Relic of the Clan of the Rat

Rat Conqueror

Finish a Conquest with the Clan of the Rat

Can I go home now?

Overwork the same worker 5 times.

Lord of Cinder

Keep the Purification Pyre burning for 12 months without interruption.

It’s Free Real Estate

House 10 Villagers or more in neutral faction houses in a single game.

Megastore

Have 10 Merchants working in the same zone.

Fields are no longer snapped to a specific placement on a tile and can be placed like other buildings.

The event now lasts 1 month and consumes the clans

Food progressively.

Relation gain with neutral factions via trade-routes has been reviewed.

Each neutral faction now has a favorite resource which, if traded with, improves the relation with this faction (indicated on the trade-route UI with a star).

Dwarves now accept

Food trade-routes.

Kobolds - Befriend status:

The Kobolds will now accept to sell their additional territories for Kröwns to the clans they befriended.

Sheepfold

Cost 60 ⇒ 80 Wood

Relic

Your clan gets a 20% increase to production through feasts, -50 ⇒ -40% Feast cost.
You can build an additional Sheepfold.
Your units regenerate Health during a Feast.

Fame 500

Your Defense Towers and your units gain 15% resistance in your territory when feasting.
Your units regenerate Health during a Feast.

Trackers

Health = 55 ⇒ 50

Caring-Siblings

Buff to heal speed when Brundr and Kaelinn are together.

Venison & Ratatouille

Effect: Produce 3/5/7/9 ⇒ 4/6/8/10 to Food, Wood, Kröwns, Lore.
Cost: 100 Meat, 100 Mushrooms | 200 Vegetable(Duration) | 300 ⇒ 200 Meat (Power)

Fish Soup

Effect:
- New villagers will arrive at the Town Hall 10%/20%/30%/40% ⇒ 30%/60%/100%/130% faster.
- Units in your territory or neutral zones will slowly regenerate their Health over time.
- Produce 4/7/10/13 Lore.
Cost: 200 ⇒ 100 Fish, 200 ⇒ 100 Vegetables | 200 Mushrooms(Duration) | 200 Fish (Power)

Meat Stew

Cost: 200 ⇒ 100 Meat, 100 Vegetables 100 Mushrooms | 300 Vegetables(Duration) | 300 ⇒ 200 Fish(Power)

Stolen-Lore UI has been reviewed.

Medicine

The behavior and wording has been reworked to include all healing-units and not just Healers.

Carpentry

Reduces your buildings' upgrade costs by 20%.
Reduces upkeep from upgraded buildings by 20%.

UI Town Hall

Addition of a tooltip displaying the current pop-growth bonus on the gauge of arrival of the next villager.

Refund on upgraded Altar has been fixed.
An “adjacent” zone means that it is connected (not separated by a cliff etc) so Ancestral Influence and Offering Well have been adjusted.
Kaija’s passive ability is fixed.
In singleplayer, you can now have multiple Jotnar factions.
Fixed issue during Jotunheim campaign mission: attacking enemy prevented you from trading with the other factions - it now works as intended.
Fixed issue in Map Editor when adding neutral factions.
Fixed achievement Dances with Wolves.
Fixed issue where burning building from Raven Raids can’t be repaired.
Permafrost is now available.
Stones from Ragnarok are correctly displayed on the minimap.
Sometimes units could walk under the lake, it has been fixed as well as High Tides not giving fish.
Both Lynx don’t cross zones after using Sharp Eyes.
Breaded Fish Fillets affect Dwarven Operative.
Freeze when clearing Naströnd zone has been fixed.
Bug on chapter 9 of the Campaign preventing units from attacking has been fixed.
Conquest bonus reducing Relic cooldown by 50% now also works for Yggdrasil Root.
Achievement requiring you to mine 150 Stone in a single game now triggers correctly.
Problem with placing Fields on some zones has been fixed.
Rock Golems from eruption event are correctly displayed on the minimap.
Boar can no longer colonize neutral faction zones like zones with wolves.
Achievement for 500 victories no longer triggers at the same time as the one for 250 victories.
Free upgrade for unupgradable units can no longer appear as Conquest bonus.
Erudition knowledge now correctly allows a free Lorestone construction.
Bifrost bridge no longer blocks unit selection underneath it.
Multiple UI fixes.
A couple of optimizations have been made.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1876990/Northgard__Dodsvagr_Clan_of_the_Rat/

Oct 28, 2021

Night of the living Draugar

Northgard - Paul

Welcome to our spooky special event where you will be able to make battle in the terrifying new Draugrheim biome.

In this temporary game mode, you will have to conquer your fears in the land of the living dead and face terrible new (eight-legged) creatures roaming the land of Northgard.

Vikings, it is time to take back what is yours in the Night of the Living Draugar.

However, if you feel like some of those new creatures have more legs than you can tolerate, you can activate an arachnophobia mode in the options menu.

Finish a game of Northgard in the new Draugrheim game mode (if you dare) and earn a new Town Hall skin. You can claim it in Expeditions.

Clans Starting Bonuses:

New: Trade routes with the homeland are available and earn more

Krowns. Gain +10%

Krowns from merchents and sailors -> +15%

Krowns production.

New: Earn

Fame by scouting Neutral Factions and enemy Town Halls.

New: Great Trades Routes -10% discount.

New: You can spend

Krowns to accelerate the arrival of new villagers in your Town Hall.

Mercenaries from Homeland - Fame 200

You can send Mercenary raids from your Harbors to raid beaches but not on tiles with a Town Hall. Mercenary raids can be upgraded in the Forge.

Trade routes with the homeland is available and earn more

Krowns.

New: You can assign 3 more Sailors on a Harbour with a Lighthouse

Sea Supremacy - Fame 500

You can send Mercenary raids on zones with a Town Hall.

You can assign 3 more Sailors on a Harbor with a Lighthouse.

New: Mercenary Raids will use Fire Javelins, damaging buildings upon raiding.

Negotiators

Replaces Ship Building -> Mining Efficiency.

Gain +2

Krowns production and +30% forging speed.

Exotic Goods

Harbor, Trading Post and Marketplace produce 1

Happiness (2 if upgraded).

Others changes:

Raid upgrades take 3 -> 6 months to forge (with 1 smith).

New: You no longer need to activate the faster recruitment of Mercenaries Raids and it no longer changes the raids' cost.

Howl of the Sea Master - Fame 500

Chance to transform an enemy military unit into a spectral warrior has been reduced.

Endless Tide

Reduces the cost of military units by 20% => 15%

Knowledge From Beyond

Reveals the position of all neutral factions.

Trade routes with neutral factions give +2

Lore per merchant and +20%

Krowns and relationship.

Supplies - Fame 200

Supplies now arrive as soon as

Fame 200 is reached instead of at the new year. Resources are then received every 12 months from the first reception.

Each year a boat brings you +50

Food,

Wood and

Krowns, +25

Lore and +5

Stone for each completed year, and again at the start of every subsequent year.

Known issue: The description of Supplies appears in English. Translations for all languages will arrive as soon as possible.

Spoils of War

Gain some

Krowns for each enemy unit killed.

Eradicate a faction, neutral or clan, earns 50 Military XP.

Mask of Gullinbursti

Produces +10 => +6

Food.

You can pay 150

Lore to summon one GiantBoar. It is controllable as long as it is not in combat.

Guerilla Tactics

Permanently increases your military units' attack power by +1% for any unit slain or lost in enemy territory (30% max).

Enemies clans relations are also affected when you are fighting a neutral faction.

All sailors produce +100%

Fame.

The tech Knowledge from Beyond borrowed from the Clan of the Kraken with stolen lore and Mimirsbrunn no longer produced +100%

Kröwns with trade routes.

Fixed difficulty noted as “extreme” in saves and as “hard” in the information window.
Fixed fame notifications not displayed for client.
The AI will now avoid moving its spectral warriors into ally territory.
Fixed merchants constantly stopping work when assigned after thralls to a trading post.
Fixed the display of ore production by slaves.
The free lore stone obtained with the knowledge "erudition" will still be free even after cancelling it's construction.
Texts have been revised to be gender neutral.
Torfin's throne produces +2 Lore which was not displayed. It is now.
Option “map special” from Ragnarok has been removed. This was irrelevant as the special map could be replaced by a volcano.
When Kobolds spread to a tile with an object (i.e. ruins), the name display of that building/object will no longer turn into "Kobold Hamlet".
Fixed wrong icon of the relic “Edda of Vor” displayed in the player list.
Fixed description text of Mask of Gullinbursti relic. It cost 150 Lore to summon the Giant Boar (not 200).
Fixed villagers carrying hammers in longships in story mode.
Fixed "High tide" which sometimes did not generate fish on lakes.
Fixed broken food graphic displayed in end-game.
THE WISE ONE from the clan of the Lynx, and Torfin’s Throne no longer produce Lore in the conquest mission “Imported Knowledge”.
Fixed buildings that were burning after a raven raid. They stop burning after being repaired.
Fixed warchief portrait hiding text in fame notification.
Fixed Torfin’s shadow not attacking Wyverns and defense towers.
Fixed several issues with neutral factions. When dwarves or myrkalfar attack an enemy clan, they continue to advance from tile to tile until they eliminate the clan or are killed. Previously, they could stagnate on a tile and cause colonisation issues, this is no longer the case.
You can no longer see enemy unit status (starving, freezing…) after using Warcry.
The relic Gefjun’s jar now summons new villagers on the town Hall as intended.
In the conquest mission greed’s price, the knowledge “Wool trade” no longer produces Krowns.
Clicking on the notification of a built relic no longer leads to the player who built it if you have not scouted him.
In the gem cutter conquest mission, trading gems now affect relations.
Building an offering well near an eradicated neutral faction is no longer possible.
The unit type icons in the healer hut are updated when healed units change jobs.

Oct 6, 2021

Northgard: Kröwns & Daggers

Northgard - Big Bad [Wolf]

Hey everyone!

We are very happy to finally present to you the sixth major free update to Northgard, Kröwns and Daggers, available now!

The Kröwns and Daggers update brings a host of new features, gameplay additions and even a new neutral faction to Northgard.

With an increased focus on diplomacy, and a complete overhaul of how you develop and maintain relations with your fellow factions, Kröwns and Daggers is easily one of our most ambitious content updates yet!

Read on to find out more about what to expect...

The relation system with neutral factions has been reworked. Each faction now presents 4 relation statuses offering new rewards and risks depending on how you treat the faction.

All new interactions with Neutral factions and Clans are reunited in a new Diplomacy screen.

A new building is available to improve your relations with the neutral factions: the Offering Well.

The Dwarves are joining the Northgard party!

Dwarves, well known for their mining prowess, will obviously have access to and supplies of many treasures and precious resources but come too close, and you might regret it...

On the other hand, they might lend you a helping hand if you manage to gain their trust.

Interactions with rival clans are evolving:

While scouting, the borders of territories under the Fog of War are now colorless.

By sending your scouts to spy on an enemy's Town Hall, you may access new information like their Lore-tree or resource stocks.

In addition, notifications regarding the other clans now feature the portrait of their Warchiefs.

Based on the information you’ve gathered, you can now declare an enemy clan as your Rival, for a gain, but at a cost:

Town twinning boosts your population growth, but it also increases the population growth of your Rival.
Eavesdropping gains you more Lore based on how much Knowledge your Rival has discovered that you have not.
Target a Clan with less Fame than you with Bullying and you will gain more Defense against them, but if they come out on top, they get significantly more Fame in return.
Manhunt places a target on your Rival’s back by hitting them with an Attack malus outside their territory. In exchange, they get a bonus as long as they stay within their territory.

To establish this Rivalry, a new building is available: the Emissary Lodge and corresponding unit, the Emissary.

New competitive events for you to take part in against the other clans for a reward.

Kill 3 enemy Dwarves Champion in a single game.

Win a game with every started neutral faction alive and not befriended by anyone.

Eliminate 3 different neutral factions in a single game.

Befriend 3 different neutral factions in a single game.

Eliminate 5 neutral factions after they were befriended by another clan.

Send a scout to spy on 3 different clan's Townhall in a single game.

Maintain for 2 years "Eavesdropping" Rivalry with a clan doing the same with you.

Eliminate a clan targeted by your "Bullying" Rivalry.

Be the target of 3 Manhunt Rivalry at the same time.

Win a competitive event in which all clans have participated.

Player names are now displayed in the chat, but they are colorless until scouted (and so are the borders).
When a player pauses the game, the player name is displayed to all players.
When a player ends the pause, the name of that player is also displayed.

Stats for Squirrel Meals have been added.
In Food stats, the Feasts are now indicated.
In Forge stats, the Unit forged is now indicated.

Coinage (and similar Knowledges that unlock trade routes):

Coinage no longer unlocks trade routes.
Trade routes are available since the beginning of the game.
Trade routes without Coinage are less effective than before
Knowledges replacing Coinage in the Lore Tree also benefit from the trade route bonus "Your trade routes produce +100% Kröwns".

Erudition:

The first Carved Stone is free. Your next carved stone is free.

Knowledge from Beyond:

Reveals all neutral factions. Reveals the position of all neutral factions (without removing the fog of war).

Lore cost:

Lore cost for knowledges has been readjusted.

New unit: Emissary.
New building: Lodge of Emissaries.
New building: Offering Well.

The Dwarven Prospectors.
The Myrkálfar's Levy.
Ceremonial Bonfire.

Neutral factions attack behavior reviewed to fairer.
Jötnar now charges enemy units when attacked on their own territory.
All factions except Jötnar now accept Wood via trade routes.
Every clan of the Dragon in a game now has the same Dragon Essence gauge bonuses.
Rumor mongering was reworked to match with the new neutral factions’ behaviors.
The detailed flux of your resources (the tooltip over a resource stock) now displays the flux as a decimal value. Meaning you can know precisely how much Stone / Iron you’re extracting and trading.
Scouting speed is reduced by 20% in enemy territory.
With the shortcut E you could lose the selection of Kaija by selecting/deselecting her army. This feature was removed.
Eradicating a neutral faction no longer gives military XP (eliminating a member of the neutral faction will still provide military XP).
Eliminating a player no longer gives you military XP.
Several SFX have been added.

Wounded debuff on Units is now correctly removed when healed.
Wounded debuff only applies once under 80% of health.
Oskoreia is no longer canceled when Mieliki is attacked.
Achievement “Let me borrow this” is correctly unlocked.
Happiness detail now shows the entire list of entries impacting happiness and not just the X first elements.
Multiple bugs about achievements/expeditions not triggering upon completion.
Fixed value display for Knowledge “value of great deeds”.
Fixed Snake’s relic Stealth ability.
Fixed Trading Caravan. Relations with neutral factions improved 20% faster as intended. (Instead of 10 before correction).
Fixed victory condition cut-off in story mode.
Fixed trade with the clan of the Boar. As the Boar, you can no longer trade with another clan.
AI of the clan of the squirrel can no longer share a meal with an ally before obtaining “A Helping Hand” ( Fame 200).
Icon displayed after a loot no longer cancels a mouse click.
The link to the "How to mod" button has been fixed.
Fixed the Bodyguard from “Tactician” Military Path sometimes no longer following his warchief.
Fixed cursor issue. You could sometimes no longer target an enemy unit with your military units.
Fixed console spam causing lags in modded games.
Fixed achievements in the expedition menu. Some of them were unlocked in the game but not on steam. It was the game that considered them unlocked too early.
In the lobby, the dropdown list no longer closes automatically when you’re selecting a clan and another player choses at the same time. The dropdown list still closes if you’re selecting a color or team at the same time as another player.
Myrkalfar no longer stall and teleport when they attack on server.
Fixed army selection with ‘E’ and a giant Boar.

All the new Kröwns and Daggers features are not scriptable for mods at this time. This will be possible very soon.

A few sentences in the Rivalry window will only appear in english. They will soon be available in all of the supported languages.