Hey guys! We've been working hard in the past few months to improve the game offer you some exciting new content! Here is Northgard: Relics, the next major update for our game!

This BETA's primary goal is for us to determine if the Relics change the game in a positive way and work as well as they should. The Beta will run for 2 weeks (until March 14th). We'd really appreciate it if you'd share your feedback with us on our official Discord (in the open-beta channel): https://discordapp.com/invite/northgard

How can I join the Open BETA?

It's very simple:

• Fill in this form: https://goo.gl/forms/t7KWaQZkuVxaYdPu1
• Get your Open BETA code at the end of the form
• Right-click on Northgard and go to Properties
• Jump into the BETA Tab
• Enter the code
• In the drop down menu, select Open Beta Relic
• Quit and restart Steam
• Northgard should require an update!

Congrats! You're in! You can find the full patch notes below!
The creation and usage of tools has been completely changed in this patch.

The forge

The Forge has gained a lot of importance in Northgard. The building requires a Woodcutters Lodge to be created and costs 80 Wood and 20 Krwns. The building can be upgraded with 100 Wood, 50 Krwns and 5 Stones.
You can assign 2 smiths to a non-upgraded Forge and 3 to an upgraded Forge. Add Smiths to craft items quicker. You can build more than one Forge, but you wont be able to use both buildings to craft the same item.

The tools

In the forge, you now have the possibility of 3 different actions:

• Upgrading civilian tools
• Upgrading military tools
• Forge a Relic

You can queue multiple items in the Forge. When the first item is finished, the Smiths will start forging the next one. If there isnt any adversity in the Forges tile, you can cancel the creation of an item, and youll be refunded its original cost. Youll have the possibility to improve the Smiths tools, granting them a 15% increase in Forge speed!
The knowledge of building Relics has just been rediscovered. Every clan can choose between 6 common Relics and each clan has one specific relic. Each clan can only have one relic at a time and only can use the relic it creates. To build a Relic, go to the Relic tab in the Forge menu and select the type of relic you want to build. Once its built, it will appear in the list of available buildings. Forging a Relic costs 10 Iron, 50 Wood and 100 Krwns.

The Common Relics

Here is their list, the requirements needed to build them and their effect: [table] [tr] [th]Relic[/th] [th]Name[/th] [th]Clan[/th] [th]Effect[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Eldhrumnir[/td] [td]All[/td] [td]

• +50% Feast bonus.
• Feast price halved
• Units are healed during feasts
• The healing effect is based on the number of wounded clan member

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Mjlnir[/td] [td]All[/td] [td]

• Summon Odins Wrath with thunder strikes
• Damages units and building in the targeted tile
• Cost: 150 Food 150 Krowns
• Has a 12 month Cooldown

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Svalinn[/td] [td]All[/td] [td]

• +50% Defense for all units and Towers in the tile where the relic is built
• Protects the tile against negative events (such as Draugar invasion, mercenary raids, etc)
• The relic can be moved

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Jrmunr[/td] [td]All[/td] [td]

• Lore production bonus depending on the players number of tiles
• Can colonize tiles with Lore

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Bragaful[/td] [td]All[/td] [td]

• Produces Krwns depending on your Commercial Influence
• Adds a new available Trade Route

[/td] [/tr] [/table]

The Clan related Relics

[table] [tr] [th]Relic[/th] [th]Name[/th] [th]Clan[/th] [th]Effect[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Gefjun's Jar[/td] [td]Goat[/td] [td]

• Spend food to summon villagers and sheep
• Cost is based on your current population

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Horn of Managarm[/td] [td]Wolf[/td] [td]

• Summon up to 3 white wolves from the relic tile
• Cooldown 2 months, 1 month if built on a Wolves Cave
• White Wolves have the same behavior as Skirmishers
• Cost: 100 Food per wolf

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Hlidskjalf[/td] [td]Stag[/td] [td]

• Your warchief gains the ability Annexation:
• whenever your Warchief uncolonizes a tile, you will colonize it for free

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Naglfar[/td] [td]Raven[/td] [td]

• You can send Mercenary Giants raids
• Merc Giants have AoE attacks, hurting and fearing enemies
• Cooldown: 6 Months
• Cost: 200 Krowns

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Scabbard of Gram[/td] [td]Bear[/td] [td]

• Your Warchief gets Gram, the legendary sword and gains +15% Att and Def
• Gram freezes enemies when hit. When frozen, nearby enemies get -20% att speed and -20% move speed

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Mask of Gullinbursti[/td] [td]Boar[/td] [td]

• When built, a giant boar spawns in every forest on the map
• Reveals every Forest tiles on the map
• Giant Boars in ally territories are peaceful and defend you and your allies
• When owning the Relic, Giant Boars can be sacrificed for 500 food

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Gungnir[/td] [td]Snake[/td] [td]

• If you have unlocked a military path, you can unlock a new military path
• Your military experience is common for both paths

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]
[/td] [td]Skull of Hrungnir[/td] [td]Dragon[/td] [td]

• You can summon an undead Jotnar
• Costs 200 food
• Cooldown: 6 Months

[/td] [/tr][/table]

• In the Magma Lake victory tile, forging Odins Sword no longer requires building a forge. The tile has an Anvil of the Gods where youll be able to assign Smiths. You have to build the 3 parts of Odins Swords to win as usual.

• The Goats feasts have been improved
• The Goats Fame 200: the tools for Farmers, Hunters and Fishermen are free and can be crafted 50% faster
• It is no longer possible to launch a construction in a conflicted/decolonizing tile.
• Small iron deposits now frequently spawn in Town Hall surrounding areas.
• We reduced the income generated by trading iron
• Please note that the Story Mode and Ranked Games will not be playable on the Open BETA
• We forced english for this Open BETA, when switching back to regular northgard, you may need to switch back from English

Once again, the Beta will run for 2 weeks (until March 14th). We'd really appreciate it if you'd share your feedback with us on our discord channel: https://discordapp.com/invite/northgard We hope you enjoy what we've been working on!