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Today we’re very excited to talk with you about what's coming next for Tribes of Midgard, and how you can be part of it with us!
The Journey So Far
It’s been six months since Tribes of Midgard made landfall in July of 2021, but as you all know, making landfall is only the beginning of a Viking’s journey! Launching with Season 1: Wolf Saga, you and your fellow Vikings showed Fenrir who the real big bad wolves were. We followed up with a Mid-Saga update in October that introduced a deadly new Fenrir variant to defeat, new challenges to chase, new rewards to unlock, and our first festive event, Valhalloween.
In December, we launched Season 2: Serpent Saga, introducing new features such as a whole new ocean biome, sailing, our Yulidays event, and the notorious Jörmungandr. Release after release, the world of Midgard is growing and we plan on continuing to do so for Seasons to come!
Roadmap Updates
After taking a hard look at our cadence of releases, we realized that Tribes of Midgard shines brighter with larger, more significant updates that offer players highly compelling reasons to return rather than a steady trickle of content. This is why we've decided to no longer release smaller Mid-Saga updates, and instead focus exclusively on making each new Season as impactful as possible.
Next Season will be by far our biggest update yet! There is much to come with Saga 3’s debut that we’ll talk about as soon as we can. But until then, here’s a sneak peek of one change we’re particularly excited about...
A New Survival Experience
We've seen hunger for a more relaxed gameplay pace. A mode where players can explore at their leisure, build freely, and soak in the world of Tribes of Midgard, all without the time pressure. The goal was for Survival Mode to fill that gap, but after reviewing our initial aspirations for the mode, as well as reading your feedback, it is clear the mode in its current state hasn't quite lived up to its potential yet.
This is why, even as our team is hard at work on all of the epic Norse goodness of Season 3, including new features, new content and a massive new Saga Boss, we’re very excited to announce that we’ll also be debuting an entirely reinvented Survival Mode!
Here’s what you can expect:
Make your own Village! Players will spawn in a World with no Village to defend from pesky Jötnar or Helthings and instead will grow by building their own crafting stations and settlements to establish their foothold.
Construction 2.0! We’re overhauling the Construction system to provide players with the tools to achieve that vision, with new pieces like roofs and stairs as well as the ability to rotate your Camera to help design your perfect home.
Create your own Destiny! Players will benefit from a brand new Blessing Tree to fully customize their progression and unlock skills that would otherwise be contained to specific Classes. The Level cap will also be increased from 10 to 50.
Take over Ragnarök! While Jötnar will no longer march towards your Village, they will be found throughout Midgard and can be defeated for rewards. The same goes for Saga Bosses. The hunters become the hunted!
The journey is just starting, and we want to make sure that this new Survival Mode meets your expectations. So, to get it just right, we will need your help!
Beta Testing
At Norsfell, we believe in building our games alongside our awesome community, and we see the chance to forge something special together.
We will be hosting a Private Beta session on the new Survival Mode in the coming months with members of our dedicated community program, the Midguardians. We'll be counting on your feedback to hone-in on the feel of this new experience, both in Multiplayer and Solo.
More information on the exact timing of these tests will be coming soon, but in the meantime, we recommend going tohttps://www.tribesofmidgard.com/midguardians/ if you’re interested in joining the program and want to help us test the mode before its official release. We can’t wait to hear what you think. 🙂
The Journey Ahead
We are beyond excited to dive into creating larger, more content-packed Seasonal updates moving forward. Season 3, with its many planned additions to Saga Mode as well as the brand new Survival Mode are testimony to that vision.
We will be keeping in close touch with you over the coming months about the development of Tribes of Midgard. Thank you, as always, for your continued support and feedback. We have the best community there is and can’t wait to give you a taste of what’s to come… careful though, it’s hot. 🔥
Be sure to join our Twitch stream tomorrow, Friday March 18th at 3:00pm EST to ask us anything!
Heads up that we'll be holding a live stream of Tribes of Midgard later this week, Friday March 18th at 3:00pm EST! We'll be going over our Dev Blog video announcement, and answering any of your questions about it.
Come hang out with us (Community Managers Sydnee and Jipay) to ask us anything about the game. You can find the stream right here on Steam, as well as on our Twitch channel.
We hope you're doing well! We're hard at work on new content for Tribes of Midgard, and will have more news to share here very soon. In the meantime, this is a heads up that we'll be holding a live stream of Tribes of Midgard later this week, Friday March 4th at 3:00pm EST!
Come hang out with us (Community Managers Sydnee and Jipay) to ask us anything, and to maaaaaybe get a surprise drop for an in game item. Still can't believe that moment from the last stream where we entirely thought Geirröðr was going to crush our tree.
You can find the stream right here on Steam, as well as on our Twitch channel.
In case you missed yesterday's stream, we'll be streaming Tribes of Midgard again today, Friday February 4th at 3pm EST to celebrate the Steam Games from Quebec Sale! You can get Tribes of Midgard for 33% off through February 3-7.
Come hang out with us (Community Managers Sydnee and Jipay) to ask any questions about Tribes of Midgard, and oh yeah, to give us some fun modifiers to the way we play! You can find the stream right here on Steam, as well as on our Twitch channel.
We'll be streaming Tribes of Midgard today, Thursday February 3rd, at 3pm EST to celebrate the kickoff of the Steam Games from Quebec Sale! You can get Tribes of Midgard for 33% off through February 3-7.
In case you didn't know... we're located in Quebec, Canada! We're so glad to take part in this event which features over 150 local games.
So come hang out with us (Community Managers Sydnee and JiPay) to ask any questions about Tribes of Midgard, and oh yeah, to give us some fun modifiers to the way we play! You can find the stream right here on Steam, as well as on our Twitch channel.
Please don't judge our ability to sail a boat. We are trying our best.
We have just pushed a hotfix to resolve the following issues:
Fixed an issue where the "Twin Knuckle" Starter Kit would not equip.
Fixed an issue causing some PC configurations to crash on launch.
Quick Reminders
We are currently working on getting the list of known issues up on Steam forums. For now, you can find that list here in our Discord.
We also pushed a bug fix update last week to correct issues reported by our community, you can find those notes here.
As always, if you're still experiencing any issues, please don't hesitate to let us know on Discord or through our Support site - we'll be happy to help!
Seil seil, The Norsfell team
now have a great day in Midgard and remember to pet baby jörmie ok
Edit: Maintenance has concluded! Get back out there and fight off those Jötnar!
With this post, maintenance has started on Tribes of Midgard! During the maintenance period, players will not be able to start a new world.
This update features a few bug fixes that we have seen and collected from the community since the release of the Serpent Saga!
General Fixes:
Fixed an issue in which some areas in the Land of Pools had a watery texture
Corrected the feminine VO for the “Midguardians Assemble!” Voice Line.
Fixed instances of the Selkie’s slow debuff not fading away after its duration
Fixed instances of the Fossegrim’s Soul-Eater debuff not fading away after its duration
Muspelheim Maul’s fire trail spell now uses the correct VFX as it’s fading
Fenrir will now spawn as expected when players try activating the two Saga Bosses at the same time
Prevented a crash that could occur when opening and closing the game quickly
PlayStation® Only – Fixed an issue that was causing the gray transition screen to remain visible and prevent input after leaving a Village station
PlayStation® 5 Only - Background rocks on the landing page now use the correct textures
As a reminder, if you’re still experiencing issues that are not listed in our Discord known bugs list, please be sure to reach out to our Support site as we’ll be glad to help you out there.
Tribes of Midgard will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow, January 27th, beginning at 9:00am EST to deploy a bug fix update! We expect the maintenance to last for approximately 3 hours, ending at approximately 12:00pm EST. During the maintenance period, players will not be able to start a new world.
Issues that will be addressed include:
Fixed instances of the Selkie’s slow debuff not fading away after its duration
Fixed instances of the Fossegrim’s Soul-Eater debuff not fading away after its duration
Fenrir will now spawn as expected when players try activating the two Saga Bosses at the same time
Stay tuned for the full notes tomorrow! We're keeping an eye on the reports that are coming in on our Support site, as well as our Discord report bugs channel. To see the current known issues and potential solutions, be sure to visit our "known bugs" channel in our Discord.
We hope you had restful Yulidays! We’re officially back in action, and are kicking off the year with this hotfix deployed today, January 20th. This hotfix is to prepare for an upcoming bug fix update.
This hotfix also corrects an issue that caused PlayStation Trophy progress to not be recorded properly for Soul Spending trophies! 🏆
Players will not experience downtime with this hotfix, but you will need to close the game in order to download the update and benefit from the change.
Bug Fixes Update: Coming soon!
We've been keeping aware of the bugs you're reporting since the release of the Serpent Saga, and will be resolving some of these issues in an upcoming bug fix update. More information regarding the dates and downtime for the bug fix update to come, we appreciate your patience!
There's much we have planned on the horizon and look forward to sharing that with you, but for now, we just wanted to check in and let you know that we're working on squashing issues. Similar to how a Jötunn would squash a tree.
Thanks for making 2021 so awesome, and we truly can’t wait to see what 2022 holds for our tribe.