• Descent into Darkness
  • S3: Resolved Darken Volk speaking from the darkness at the end of the scenario (#7758).

• Liberty
  • S4: Resolved nameless enemies gaining names at day-break (#7748).
    
  • S5: Make the loss of Hans a lose-condition (#7750).

• Updated translations: British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Portuguese (Brazil)

• Rebels:
  • Elvish Fighter - xp changed from 40 to 37, and new updated sprite and animations
    
  • Merman Hunter - xp changed from 35 to 33.
    
  • Elvish Scout - xp changed from 32 to 42.
    
  • Elvish Hero - xp changed from 90 to 80.
    
  • Elvish Captain - xp changed from 90 to 85.
    
  • Elvish Marksman - cost changed from 31 to 34.
    
  • Elvish Ranger - xp changed from 90 to 85.
    
  • Elvish Rider - ranged damage changed from 9 to 11, hp changed from 46 to 49, cost changed from 28 to 35, xp changed from 53 to 75.
    
  • Elvish Druid - cost changed from 27 to 25, xp changed from 80 to 85.
    
  • Elvish Sorceress - cost changed from 32 to 34, xp changed from 100 to 90.
    
  • Elder Wose - cost changed from 27 to 28, xp changed from 100 to 80.
    
  • Merman Netcaster - cost changed from 27 to 26, xp changed from 85 to 54.
    
  • Merman Spearman - cost changed from 27 to 22, xp changed from 85 to 54.
    
  • Champion - melee damage changed from 9 to 8. added 10 melee accuracy, hp changed from 70 to 72, cost changed from 48 to 61.
    
  • Elvish Marshal - hp changed from 62 to 68, cost changed from 54 to 67.
    
  • Elvish Sharpshooter - ranged damage changed from 10 to 12. cost changed from 51 to 62.
    
  • Elvish Avenger - ranged damage changed from 10 to 11, hp changed from 55 to 59, cost changed from 53 to 66.
    
  • Elvish Outrider - ranged damage changed from 8 to 11, melee damage changed from 7 to 8, hp changed from 57 to 60, cost changed from 43 to 58.
    
  • Elvish Shyde - hp changed from 46 to 51, melee damage changed from 6 to 7, ranged slow (entangle) damage changed from 6 to 8, ranged magical (thorns) damage changed from 8 to 14, cost changed from 52 to 69.
    
  • Elvish Enchantress - cost changed from 55 to 70, ranged slow damage changed from 5 to 7, ranged magical damage changed from 9 to 13.
    
  • Ancient Wose - cost changed from 48 to 50.
    
  • Merman Entangler - cost changed from 46 to 42.
    
  • Javelineer - cost changed from 48 to 55.
    
  • Elvish Sylph - hp changed from 60 to 68, ranged slow damage changed from 6 to 7, ranged magical damage changed from 10 to 16, cost changed from 67 to 148.

• Undead:
  • Skeleton - xp changed from 35 to 39.
    
  • Ghoul - xp changed from 35 to 30.
    
  • Blood Bat - cost changed from 22 to 23, xp changed from 70 to 37.
    
  • Revenant - cost changed from 31 to 28, xp changed from 85 to 78.
    
  • Dark Sorcerer - cost changed from 33 to 34, xp changed from 90 to 110.
    
  • Shadow - cost changed from 38 to 44, xp changed from 100 to 77.
    
  • Wraith - xp changed from 100 to 90.
    
  • Necrophage - melee damage changed from 7 to 9, cost changed from 27 to 23, xp changed from 120 to 61.
    
  • Bone Shooter - cost changed from 26 to 24, xp changed from 80 to 60.
    
  • Dread Bat - cost changed from 34 to 32.
    
  • Draug - cost changed from 47 to 70.
    
  • Lich - cost changed from 50 to 90.
    
  • Necromancer - ranged cold damage changed from 17 to 19, ranged arcane damage changed from 12 to 16, hp changed from 70 to 76, impact resistance changed from 0% to 10%, cost changed from 50 to 90.
    
  • Nightgaunt - cost changed from 52 to 71.
    
  • Specter - cost changed from 52 to 78.
    
  • Ghast - melee damage changed from 10 to 12, cost changed from 43 to 50.
    
  • Banebow - cost changed from 41 to 52.
    
  • Ancient lich cost changed from 100 to 214.

• Drakes:
  • Drake Fighter - xp changed from 42 to 41.
    
  • Drake Clasher - xp changed from 43 to 41.
    
  • Drake Glider - xp changed from 35 to 39.
    
  • Drake Warrior - xp changed from 70 to 81, cost changed from 32 to 31.
    
  • Drake Arbiter - hp changed from 62 to 63, xp changed from 105 to 81.
    
  • Drake Thrasher - xp changed from 95 to 77.
    
  • Drake Flare - xp changed from 80 to 86.
    
  • Fire Drake - xp changed from 80 to 84.
    
  • Sky Drake - xp changed from 80 to 76, cost changed from 28 to 32.
    
  • Saurian Ambusher - hp changed from 36 to 38, cost changed from 24 to 22.
    
  • Saurian Soothsayer - melee attack strikes changed from 2 to 3, cost changed from 25 to 28.
    
  • Saurian Spearthrower - melee damage changed from 6 to 5.
    
  • Drake Blademaster - cost changed from 47 to 62.
    
  • Drake Warden - cost changed from 46 to 62.
    
  • Drake Enforcer - cost changed from 44 to 58.
    
  • Drake Flameheart - cost changed from 51 to 66.
    
  • Inferno Drake - cost changed from 51 to 64.
    
  • Hurricane Drake - cost changed from 43 to 59.
    
  • Saurian Flanker - hp changed from 47 to 52, cost changed from 46 to 42.
    
  • Saurian Javelineer - ranged attack strikes changed from 5 to 4, cost changed from 52 to 42.
    
  • Armageddon Drake - cost changed from 85 to 118.

• Dunefolk:
  • Dune Burner - hp changed from 34 to 35, xp changed from 40 to 37.
    
  • Dune Herbalist - cost changed from 14 to 13, xp changed from 39 to 36.
    
  • Dune Rider - hp changed from 34 to 33, xp changed from 47 to 49.
    
  • Dune Rover - hp changed from 32 to 33, xp changed from 43 to 40.
    
  • Dune Soldier - cost changed from 18 to 17, xp changed from 43 to 39.
    
  • Dune Skirmisher - xp changed from 34 to 39.
    
  • Dune Explorer - xp changed from 80 to 73.
    
  • Dune Swordsman - cost changed from 30 to 28, xp changed from 75 to 68.
    
  • Dune Captain - cost changed from 30 to 29, xp changed from 75 to 74.
    
  • Dune Spearguard - cost changed from 30 to 29, xp changed from 75 to 74.
    
  • Dune Scorcher - ranged damage changed from 9 to 10, cost changed from 25 to 23, xp changed from 70 to 60.
    
  • Dune Raider - cost changed from 34 to 35, xp changed from 70 to 77.
    
  • Dune Swiftrider - xp changed from 65 to 62.
    
  • Dune Sunderer - xp changed from 76 to 85.
    
  • Dune Apothecary - cost changed from 27 to 23, xp changed from 65 to 50.
    
  • Dune Falconer - hp changed from 38 to 39, cost changed from 23 to 29, xp changed from 78 to 70.
    
  • Dune Strider - hp changed from 39 to 42, cost changed from 23 to 29, xp changed from 74 to 64.
    
  • Naga Ophidian - hp changed from 43 to 44, cost changed from 22 to 24, xp changed from 76 to 62.
    
  • Naga Ringcaster - hp changed from 40 to 41, cost changed from 22 to 24, ranged damage changed from 7 to 8, xp changed from 70 to 62.
    
  • Dune Blademaster - hp changed from 69 to 76.
    
  • Dune Spearmaster - hp changed from 67 to 68.
    
  • Dune Cataphract - mace melee attack damage changed from 14 to 15, lance damage changed from 13 to 14, cost changed from 62 to 69.
    
  • Dune Harrier - cost changed from 47 to 50.
    
  • Dune Sky Hunter - cost changed from 50 to 54.

• Knalgan Alliance:
  • Dwarvish Fighter - xp changed from 41 to 45.
    
  • Dwarvish Thunderer - xp changed from 40 to 35.
    
  • Dwarvish Guardsman - ranged damage increased from 5 to 6, xp changed from 47 to 40.
    
  • Footpad - xp changed from 36 to 35.
    
  • Thief - xp changed from 28 to 29.
    
  • Poacher - xp changed from 29 to 28.
    
  • Gryphon Rider - cost changed from 24 to 23, xp changed from 38 to 46.
    
  • Dwarvish Steelclad - xp changed from 74 to 88.
    
  • Dwarvish Thunderguard - cost changed from 27 to 24, xp changed from 95 to 65.
    
  • Dwarvish Stalwart - hp changed from 54 to 59, ranged damage changed from 8 to 9, xp changed from 85 to 78.
    
  • Outlaw - cost changed from 26 to 24, hp changed from 42 to 47, xp changed from 77 to 71.
    
  • Rogue - xp changed from 70 to 80, cost changed from 24 to 25.
    
  • Trapper - hp changed from 45 to 49, melee damage changed from 4 to 5, xp changed from 65 to 73.
    
  • Gryphon Master - cost changed from 38 to 40.
    
  • Dwarvish Lord - cost changed from 50 to 69.
    
  • Dwarvish Sentinel - cost changed from 44 to 63.
    
  • Dwarvish Dragonguard - cost changed from 46 to 61.
    
  • Fugitive - hp changed from 62 to 68, cost changed from 53 to 55.
    
  • Huntsman - cost changed from 50 to 43.
    
  • Ranger - cost changed from 52 to 43.
    
  • Assassin - cost changed from 44 to 46.

• Northerners:
  • Orcish Archer - xp changed from 30 to 32.
    
  • Naga Fighter - xp changed from 32 to 33.
    
  • Wolf Rider - xp changed from 30 to 34.
    
  • Orcish Warrior - cost changed from 26 to 23, xp changed from 60 to 67.
    
  • Goblin Pillager - cost changed from 28 to 31.
    
  • Troll - cost changed from 27 to 25, xp changed from 66 to 58.
    
  • Troll Rocklobber - ranged damage changed from 17 to 19, hp changed from 51 to 53.
    
  • Naga Warrior - cost changed from 24 to 22, xp changed from 66 to 56.
    
  • Orcish Crossbowman - melee damage changed from 4 to 6, ranged pierce damage changed from 8 to 9, hp changed from 43 to 46, cost changed from 21 to 22, xp changed from 80 to 43.
    
  • Orcish Slayer - cost changed from 26 to 21, xp changed from 64 to 62.
    
  • Orcish Warlord - cost changed from 48 to 52.
    
  • Direwolf Rider - cost changed from 44 to 52.
    
  • Troll Warrior - cost changed from 44 to 49.
    
  • Naga Myrmidon - cost changed from 48 to 47.
    
  • Orcish Nightblade - cost changed from 43 to 53.
    
  • Orcish Slurbow - cost changed from 43 to 37.

• Loyalists:
  • Cavalryman - blade resistance changed from 30% to 20%, xp changed from 40 to 44.
    
  • Bowman - xp changed from 39 to 35, melee damage changed from 4 to 5.
    
  • Horseman - cost changed from 23 to 24, xp changed from 44 to 54.
    
  • Merman Fighter - xp changed from 36 to 34.
    
  • Mage - xp changed from 54 to 48.
    
  • Javelineer - ranged damage increased from 11 to 13, cost changed from 25 to 24.
    
  • Pikeman - cost changed from 25 to 24, xp changed from 65 to 69.
    
  • Swordsman - xp changed from 60 to 80.
    
  • Knight - cost changed from 38 to 50, xp changed from 120 to 100.
    
  • Lancer - cost changed from 44 to 47.
    
  • Shock Trooper - cost changed from 35 to 28, xp changed from 110 to 65.
    
  • Red Mage - cost changed from 38 to 35, xp changed from 100 to 83.
    
  • White Mage - cost changed from 38 to 31, xp changed from 136 to 75.
    
  • Dragoon - cost changed from 28 to 29, xp changed from 95 to 80.
    
  • Longbowman - cost changed from 26 to 23, xp changed from 68 to 65.
    
  • Duelist - cost changed from 29 to 31, xp changed from 90 to 80.
    
  • Merman Warrior - cost changed from 26 to 24, xp changed from 80 to 60.
    
  • Lieutenant - cost changed from 34 to 31, xp changed from 80 to 85.
    
  • Halberdier - cost changed from 44 to 52.
    
  • Royal Guard - cost changed from 44 to 61.
    
  • Grand Knight - hp changed from 78 to 84, lance damage changed from 17 to 19, cost changed from 58 to 86.
    
  • Paladin - hp changed from 65 to 77, lance damage changed from 15 to 16, melee damage changed from 8 to 9, cost changed from 58 to 82.
    
  • Iron Mauler - cost changed from 50 to 49.
    
  • Arch Mage - cost changed from 59 to 63, xp changed from 220 to 150.
    
  • Mage of Light - cost changed from 60 to 59.
    
  • Cavalier - cost changed from 52 to 62.
    
  • Master Bowman - cost changed from 46 to 50.
    
  • Master at Arms - melee damage increased from 7 to 8, cost changed from 44 to 65.
    
  • Merman Hoplite - cost changed from 43 to 45.
    
  • Merman Triton - cost changed from 43 to 46.
    
  • General - hp changed from 50 to 55, cost changed from 54 to 66, xp changed from 180 to 105.
    
  • Great Mage - ranged damage changed from 16 to 17, cost changed from 72 to 110.
    
  • Grand Marshal - hp changed from 60 to 68 cost changed from 66 to 101.

• Prevent duplicate advancements from being added to unit type. (issue #7009)
  
• When `[unit]` recalls a unit, remove it from the recall list before firing `[event]name=unit_placed`. (issue #7769)

I'm proud to announce that a few days ago Wesnoth turned 20 years old! Starting with version 0.1 tagged on June 18th 2003, Wesnoth has grown with the help of hundreds of volunteers continually improving all aspects of the game from its music and art to its engine functionality, game features, and balance. And while admittedly Wesnoth is no longer at the peak of its popularity, there are still many developers, translators, add-on authors, moderators, and members of the community helping to keep Wesnoth going strong. It was due to all your help that 1.16 was able to be released with significant improvements over 1.14, and 1.18 is looking to be even better with a variety of new features and refinements over 1.16. Thank you everyone for all your work, and here's to another 20 years of Wesnoth!

For anyone who wants to check out older versions of Wesnoth, versions going back to 1.0 are available on our SourceForge repository at https://sourceforge.net/projects/wesnoth/files/ for Windows and macOS (32-bit however). For those interested in going even further back, you can check out https://irydacea.me/blog/category/wesnoth-evolution/ where back in 2010 Iris took a look through Wesnoth versions 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3.

• Heir to the Throne
  • S19c and S20b: Improve rewards by giving a Lieutenant instead of a Sergeant.

• Northern Rebirth
  • Large grammar correction to the English text. (PRs #7643, #7663, #7676, #7680, #7682, #7683)

• UtBS
  • Make the name of the dark assassin translatable again. (PR #7696)
    
  • Added po hints (translation hints).

• World Conquest
  • Fixed a bug that the epic trait raised XP requirements for advancements that cost less than 60 XP.

• Add some search terms to the match history dialog. (PR #7571)

• Added ruined walls terrain variations: Xur (damaged Xu); Xor (damaged Xos); and Exos (ruined Xos, is Flat/Cave alias). (PR #7629)

• Updated translations: British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Spanish
  
• Python files are now searched for translatable strings.
  
• Added the `wesnoth-tools` textdomain for WML-maintenance tools.

• Fix file dialogs (e.g. Save As dialog in the Map Editor) not listing /run/media/USER as a possible file location on modern Linux distributions.
  
• Update the preferences window’s Display resolution list if the game window is resized.
  
• Better error handling if the data directory is not found. (issue #6883)
  
• The Log File button is now available in the game version info dialog on non-Windows platforms.
  
• Rearranged some elements in Display preferences.

• Move multiplayer macros to proper folder. (PR #7647)
  
• Fixed updating POT files with version 0.68-1 of the po4a toolsuite. (issue #7149)
  
• On platforms where logging used to go to stdout/stderr by default, it’s now copied there even when logging to a file. (PR #7672)
  
• `GUI.pyw` now has the i18n mechanics to be translatable, but please wait until the English has been revised.
  
• Refactored hotkey handling, so it no longer has two different codepaths for WML menu items.
  
• The old `utils/change_textdomain` script has been removed. (PR #7688)
  
• wmlxgettext now supports extracting all textdomains at once. (PR #7624)
  
• Fixed a crash in the autocorrect handling on the Wesnoth console. (issue #7412)

• Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish

• Fixed main menu Language button and Version label not being refreshed after switching languages without relaunching the game (issue #7437).
  
• Fixed changing game resolution in Preferences not refreshing the user interface as expected (issue #7436).

• Add support for distinct sub-achievements.
  
• Add [filter_ability] usable instead of [abilities][tag name] to filter attributes including the type of ability used.

• The game no longer crashes when using "Back To Turn" after the game has ended in multiplayer #4236

• Updated translations: British English, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish

• The "Back To Turn" menu now replays the turn in singelplayer too. However, the Continue button can be used to resume the game from any given position.

• Added support for `[effect] apply_to=level` (PR #7512)
  
• Fixed a crash when encountering a scenario with missing sides (issues #7550,#7553,#7554)

• The replay viewer now also replays victory/defeat events properly #4667, #6180
  
• Fixes undo stack getting corrupted by reloading #7253
  
• Removed unused `--color` switch from wesnoth_addon_manager

• Updated translations: British English, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Turkish

• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports SSL/TLS connection (using the `--secure` flag)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports IPv6 connection (using the `--ipv6` flag)
  
• Added new command line flag `--terms` to wesnoth_addon_manager (retrieves and prints the add-ons server upload terms)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports the `--version` flag (reports the current Wesnoth version)
  
• Removed unused `--color` switch from wesnoth_addon_manager

• Under the Burning Suns
  • S05 Fixed the main cavern event not taking scouting into account. (issue #7394)

• Curl is now a required dependency

• Updated translations: British English, Czech, French, Italian, Spanish

• The match history button in the multiplayer lobby is now enabled. This allows viewing the game history of the player you have selected in the righthand sidebar.

• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports SSL/TLS connection (using the `--secure` flag)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports IPv6 connection (using the `--ipv6` flag)
  
• Added new command line flag `--terms` to wesnoth_addon_manager (retrieves and prints the add-ons server upload terms)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports the `--version` flag (reports the current Wesnoth version)
  
• Linux SCons and CMake scripts now support enabling `_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS`.

• Added automatic schema-validation of `_server.pbl` files when uploading an add-on. (PR #7239)

• Legend of Wesmere
  • Adjusted gold and carryover between S11, S14 and S17. (issue #7230)
    
  • S03: Fixed an event trigger when Urudin retreats. (PR #7221)
    
  • S16: Updated screen flash to use new macros.

• Secrets of the Ancients
  • S17: Use the new `screen_fade` visual effect.

• Son of the Black Eye
  • S14: Fixed Grüü’s dialogue not appearing during the intro. (issue #7280)

• The South Guard
  • S04: Updated safeguard against AI leader stupidity to match map changes.

• Under the Burning Suns
  • Quenoth Rework, including the major changes listed below. (PR #7349)
    
  • Redesign of the Quenoth Fighter line, with multiple attacks instead of the formation ability.
    
  • Redesign of the Quenoth Shaman line, with songs and the tailwind ability.
    
  • Redesign of the Tauroch Rider line, giving both Tauroch and Rider one attack each.
    
  • Hide XP bars for some enemies that are never expected to advance a level.

• World Conquest
  • Fix mechanic when a commander replaces a dead leader. (issue #7284)

• Scrolling the map north or south can move the text that overlays the map, so it doesn’t always obscure the southmost hexes of the map. (issue #6422)

• Allied units’ orbs no longer look like the player’s own units’ orbs. (issue #7108)
  • By default, they are now two-color during the ally’s turn.
    
  • Added an advanced setting to always show them as single-color (the ally color).

• Add waterfall animations to Isar’s Cross. (PR #7348)

• Added Art Placeholder overlay (terrain code `^Xxxx`), used for Isar’s Cross’ new waterfalls. (PR #7348)

• Updated translations: British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
  
• wmlxgettext always uses Unix-style file paths in .pot files, to reduce changes when working on different platforms. (issue #7380)

• Add Merman Brawler and Citizen to core.
  
• Add Dwarvish Miner to core.
  
• Add Sand Scamperer unit.
  
• Giant Ant now advances to Soldier Ant, requiring 26 XP.
  
• Soldier Ant now costs 16 gold, has 35 HP and needs 50 XP to advance.

• Added icons for invulnerable and unhealable states. (PR #7363)
  
• The help browser shows groups (`[race]help_taxonomy=`) in subfolders. For example Humans/Dunefolk and Elves/Quenoth. (PR #7228)

• New `attacks_used` key in `[attack]` causes the attack to deduct more than 1 from `attacks_left`. (PR #7351)
  
• Fixed `[foreach]` when nested loops used the same variable name for the inner and outer loop. (issue #6305)
  
• New `[trait]require_traits=` and `[trait]exclude_traits=` to control random trait generation. (PR #7109)

• Added basic achievements functionality.

• Fixed a regression in 1.17.x resulting in overlarge unit HP and XP bars in some cases. (issue #7171)
  
• Fixed the editor’s unit tool crashing when placing a unit. (issue #7296)
  
• Many command-line options that log to stdout/stderr now automatically imply `--no-log-to-file`. (issue #7310)
  
• General consolidation of code paths for logging between Windows and non-Windows platforms.
  
• Fixed crash and missing output in `--report`.
  
• Schema validation accepts variables in `[harm_unit]alignment`.
  
• Schema validation no longer accepts the unused `[unit]hp_bar_scaling` and `[unit]xp_bar_scaling`.
  
• Fix an issue with schema validator not reporting errors at top level.
  
• The `unit_tree` tool which generates https://units.wesnoth.org/ now ignores the `[advancefrom]` tag.
  
• Fix the search for the game data directory when doing a local Visual Studio build.
  
• Fixed warnings when compiling with Boost 1.81.

• Fixed: the unit tool crashes when placing a unit (issue #7296).

• Updated translations: Finnish, Spanish

• Make the log messages about "Skipping duplicate unit variation ID" say which `[unit_type]` is causing the error.

• Added support for allowing multiple people to upload updates to an add-on (PR#7268)

• Sceptre of Fire
  • S9: Update for terrain codes introduced in 1.17.9 (issue #7210)

• Heir to the Throne:
  • S03: Rewrite intro text, including a hint about training troops (PR #7214)
    
  • S05B: Delurin now has traits Loyal + resilient + intelligent

• Liberty:
  • The non-loyal character Delurin now has traits resilient + intelligent

• Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish

• Moved Kraken from campaigns to core, updated sprite
  
• Added some dragonfly units to "monsters"
  
• Dunefolk Rover portrait added
  
• Update sprites for Loyalist General, Spearman, Cavalryman, and Grand Knight
  
• Add more ant types
  
• Fix and adjust Falcon and Elder Falcon attacks

• Improved the layout of the orb colors dialog, and added tooltips.

• Fixed a crash when moving certain walking corpse variations north due to missing animations. (issue #7190)
  
• Fixed special notes being duplicated when storing units (issue #7153).
  
• wmllint now validates `rank=` values in `[campaign]` (issue #7224)
  
• Fixed a crash when checking if abilities are active during game initialisation after loading a saved game. (issues #5643, #7238)