[previewyoutube=tdQuJnRrVww;full][/previewyoutube] [quote]Ohoi Vikings! We are very pleased to present you all with the latest major content update to grace the perilous shores of Northgard: The Trials of Odin! In what is surely one of the most biggest and most impactful free updates we've released to date, you'll be greeted with new conquests, new warchiefs, massive clan overhauls/reworks, tons of balancing and more... But don't take our word for it, read on to find out more about what's included in this massive new update for Northgard![/quote]

Conquest:

Battles

• Death Match
• No Gods or Master
• Threats from the Underground

• Foxholes
• How to train your Wyvern
• The Great Hunt

• Glorious Lands
• Minopoly
• Rising from the Abyss

Bonuses

Spectator Mode:

A new spectator mode is available for multiplayer games!

Clan reworks and Balancing:

General changes

Relics

• Svalinn is removed.
• Bragaful is removed.

Viking Relics

• Unchanged

• Previous behavior is scrapped.

• Population Happiness requirement is reduced.
• Your workers have an increased production based on your Happiness level.

• Previous behavior is scrapped.

• Forge is 50% faster.
• Forged military units have a chance to summon a lightning bolt on their enemy when they land a strike.

Kingdom Relics

• Codex Aureus - unchanged
• Altar of Volvinius - unchanged

• Feasts cost -50% and use Wood instead of Food.
• During Feasts, the units in your territory inflict Burning Damages.

Rivalries

• Rivalries have globally been nerfed.

Events

• Sailors now get Fame for venturing on the sea when the Kraken is roaming.
• Ships will no longer be automatically destroyed during the event, the Kraken will only attack if too many ships are at sea during the event.

Victories

• If you stop all Great Trade-Routes, your Commercial Influence will slowly decrease over time.
• If several clans have Great Trade-Routes at the same time, the amount of Commercial Influence theyre getting out of it is reduced.

Knowledges

• Gives +10% Attack Power against Dragonkins > Draconic Units
• (Dragonkins, Draconic Nightmares, Draconic Jotnars, Surtr)
• Other effects are unchanged.

Buildings

Forge

• Forge upgrade cost: 10 > 5 Stones.

MarketPlace

• All prices have been reduced by 50%.

Ruins/ Shipwrecks

• Value of ruins and shipwrecks based on their distance to the player TownHall have been globally reduced.

Units

Bodyguard

• Bodyguard is now a controllable unit and can be recruited even if the warchief is not in the zone. (But can only be recruited if you have your warchief)
• If the warchief dies, the bodyguard dies as well.
• Cooldown before you can recruit the Bodyguard again: 3 > 6 months.

Clans:

Warchief

• Kar is the new warchief of the Kraken Clan.
• She is a Valkyrie, and as such, she also Heal near Hrgrs, and in zones under the effect of High-Tide with the knowledge of Valhalla's Reinforcement.
• Her stats have been rebalanced.

Start-with

• Wyrd is no longer a stacking resource but a flux and replaces Happiness completely.
• The clan is unaffected by Happiness maluses and bonuses.
• Wyrd abilities are removed (they are reworked into other elements).
• When you have a positive production of Wyrd, the Kraken will send you new Villagers.
• When you have a negative production of Wyrd you will instead receive Spectral Warriors under your control that can be sacrificed to apply High-Tide to the zone they are in.
• High-Tide can be applied to coastal zones.
• The maximum number of Spectral Warriors you can have under your control is increased by +1 for each Hrgr built, +2 if upgraded.
• Norns are renamed Seeresses.
• A Seeress can be evolved into a Valkyrie for 120 Krwns, and inflict a constant cost of -3 Wyrd.
• Valkyries possess the ability to be sacrificed to colonize a zone from start (required to forge units previously).
• Other start-with are unchanged.

Fame 200

• You no longer receive a fixed amount of Wyrd.

• Spectral Warriors increase the production of the zone theyre in by +15%.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Fame 500

• Your maximum number of Spectral Warriors is increased by +4.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Relic

• Previous effect of the relic is scrapped.

• You can call on the Kraken and trigger a Kraken event.
• During a Kraken event, when a boat gets destroyed you get the resources it contained.

Knowledges

• Knowledge is removed.

• Previous effect is reworked.

• High-Tide zones generate +1 Krwns, +1 Wyrd, and have +1 Building Slot.

• Replaces Blessing of Baldr
• You receive 3 Spectral Warriors.

Valkyries

• 17.5 > 14 Def

• Previous effect is now available from the start on Valkyries.

• If Wyrd production is positive: Enlightenment.
• The Valkyrie heals nearby military units outside of combat.
• If Wyrd production is negative: Corruption.
• The Valkyrie gains +25% Move speed and +10% Attack Power.

Warchief

• Surtr is the new warchief of the Dragon Clan.
  
• Surtr can be recruited for a cost in Draconic Essence instead of Iron.
• He is now considered a Draconic unit and benefits from bonuses that affect them.
• His stats have been rebalanced.
• He has a chance to enslave the enemies he slays.

Start-with

• There are no more limits on Thralls.
• Thralls do not need a Longship Dock to be purchased.
• Base price for Thralls has been adjusted.
• Thralls can be assigned to production buildings from the start and no longer require the knowledge of Hard Labor.
• Thralls can be assigned to the Forge.
• When assigned to buildings, Thralls no longer produce resources themselves but they instead boost the production of workers.
• Draconic Essence is consumed faster depending on the number of Thralls you have compared to your clan population.
• Other start-with are unchanged.

Fame 500

• The clan no longer gains bonuses for being behind on victories.

• Dragonkins can be sent to a Dragonkin Altar a second time to be turned into Draconic Nightmares.
• Other bonuses are unchanged.

Knowledges

• Knowledge is removed and is now a start-with of the clan.

• The part about capturing enemy units is now a start-with.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Now replaces Eradication.
• Increases the number of Thralls you can assign by 2 > 1.
• or 2 if the building is upgraded.

• Now replaces Medicine.

• Draconic Essence gauge decreases 30% slower.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Replaces Monster Slayer.
• Draconic units have +15% Attack Power.
• Instead of capturing enemy units as Thralls, if you have available Warband slots, they are instantly turned into Dragonkins and join your army.

Units

• New Forge for the Nightmares: Battlecry
• When the Nightmare takes a hit, it screams to intimidate nearby enemies and decrease their Attack Power by -30% for 3 seconds.
• Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Warchief

• Signy stats have been rebalanced.
• Her stats now only scale for the 3 first years but not after shes 18.

Ages

• Signy has access to Scorched-Earth from the beginning but can only use it on neutral and ally zones.
• Scorched Earth gives +20% Attack Power to Snake units and steals natural resources from the zone. (not in ally zone)
• Cooldown: 4 months.

• Raised by Wolves is removed.
• When Scorched Earth is applied to a zone, all wild creatures flee to adjacent zones, revealing them in the process.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Signy no longer gets +50% bonus stats at age 17.
• You can have one more zone affected by Scorched-Earth simultaneously.
• Effects are unchanged.

• Scorched Earth can target enemy zones and gives +50% Attack Power to Snake units.

Start-with

• Swidden Field is removed.
• Instead Signy has access to Scorched Earth from the start.

Knowledges

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Snake military units gather the natural resources and heal while standing on a burning Scorched Earth zone.
• (the first 2 months of Scorched Earth)

• Now replaces Medicine.
• Effects unchanged.

• No longer degrades the relation of other clans when you have units Cloaked among neutral factions units.

• When you have Cloaked units among neutral factions, they steal the resources that enemy clans send via trade-route.
• (it does not affect the relation gain)
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Attacking buildings to steal resources no longer burns them.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Bonus is 100% more effective during the first 5 > 3 seconds of a fight.

Warchief

• Liv is the new warchief of the Raven Clan.
  
• She comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• Her stats have been rebalanced.
• She has a new active ability: Odins Eyes
• You can see through the fog of war for 1 month.
• Cooldown: 6 months.

Start-with

• Financial Optimisation is removed (Passive +15% bonus to Krwns production)
• You can no longer spend Krwns to attract new Villagers faster.
• Great Trade-Routes reduction (-10%) is removed.
• Trade-Routes with Homeland are no longer available from the start.
• New: You gain Lore when you scout new zones.
• Sailors assigned to Harbors can now either produce Krwns or Scout coastal zones. (They produce more Krwns than classic Sailors)
• Raids are now available from the start but cant target enemy zones.
• You can no longer choose how many Mercenaries you send on raid, they automatically send as many Mercenaries as you have Sailors assigned to the Harbor.
• Cooldown is no longer on Harbors but on the zones targeted by the raids.
• Raids prices have been rebalanced.
• Raids forge are removed.
• You can control Mercenaries.
• They only stay 30 seconds on the zone targeted and cant decolonize it.
• Each Mercenary steals some of the natural resources from the tile, but only when they leave the tile (IF they leave it alive).

Fame 200

• Raids can target enemy zones.
• Trade-Routes with Homeland are available at the Trading Posts and provide resources for a cost in Krwns.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Fame 500: Wartime Economy

• Previous Fame 500 is scrapped.

• Upkeep costs of all buildings are reduced by -15% and by -50% for Military Buildings.
• Mercenaries can be recruited at Military Camps to bolster your Warband. They do not consume Food and Wood but require a constant payment in Krwns to remain under your control.

Relic

• A Son of Hymir automatically joins all of your raids and gathers twice as many resources as a normal Mercenary.
• Raven Ships become unsinkable and are unaffected by Kraken and Frozen Sea events.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Coinage.
• Forging speed bonus is removed.

• MarketPlace prices are reduced by -25%.
• You send -25% less resources via Trade-Routes.
• Other effects are unchanged.

• Now replaces Shipbuilding.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Sailors produce +20%.
• All Great Trade-Routes provide +2 Happiness.
• For each 200 Commercial Influence, your next Villagers arrive +15% faster. (Max: +75%)

• Now replaces Medicine.
• Effects unchanged.

• Now replaces Weaponsmith.
• Military Units gain +6 > +4% Attack Power and Defense, for each active Merchant or Sailor. (Max: +30% > +20%)

Warchief

• Halvard is the new warchief of the Goat Clan.
  
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• His stats have been rebalanced.
• He has a new passive ability: Shepherd.
• After participating in clearing a zone, wild Sheeps in the zone are captured by Halvard.

Start-with

• Military XP gains are no longer reduced for the clan.

Relic

• Additional Sheepfold is removed from Relic effects.

Knowledges

• Replaces Industrious as a stealable Knowledge.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Tools can be forged without Iron.

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Halvard can be assigned to buildings producing Food or Happiness to increase their production by +60%.

Warchief

• Svarn is the new warchief of the Boar Clan.
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.
• His stats have been rebalanced.

Fame 200

• Svarn heals wounded animals inside your territory and can Tame an animal to join him in battle.

Warchief

• Borgild is the new warchief of the Bear Clan.
• She comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Hearthstone.
• Previous effect is scrapped.

• Food production is no longer reduced during Winter.
• All other productions are increased by +15% during Winter.

Warchief

• Brand is the new warchief of the Stag Clan.
  
• He comes in with a brand (ahah) new skin to celebrate this.

Start-with

• The clan gains more Happiness and Fame from its territory. (+50%)

Fame 500

• Max gain of production and reduction of colonization costs 25% > 15%.

Relic

• Einherjars
• Max Atk +5 > +4.

Warchief

• Egil is the new warchief of the Wolf Clan.
• He comes in with a brand new skin to celebrate this.

Knowledges

• Now replaces Coinage.
• Trade-Routes produce +150% Krwns.
• Other effects are unchanged.

Warchief

• Horse Warchiefs stats have been rebalanced.
• Their mining speed has been increased.

Fame 500

• Production bonus on zones adjacent to a relic no longer stacks if there are 2 relics adjacent.

Knowledges

• Warchiefs produce 5 > 4 Lore for each ore extracted.

• Tool forge gives an additional +10% > +5% prod.

Knowledges

• Passive production of Military XP is removed.

• Upkeep costs of Military buildings are reduced by -30%.

Knowledges

• You can no longer sell Trophies.

• You can buy Trophies at the Marketplace.
• Marketplace prices are reduced by 30%.

Fame 200

• Effects of Meals are reduced by -50% for allies.
• Cost in Food for ally Meals have been reduced accordingly.

Shamans

• Previous effect is scrapped.

• After taking a hit, the Shaman next attack deals +60% Dmgs.

Start-with

• The clan no longer gains Lore when scouting new zones.
• Caches are no longer passively uncovered by Aviaries, but by active Falconers.
• Aviaries upgrade increased scouting speed by +50% > +20%. (But the bonus stacks for each upgrade)
• Caches content have been rebalanced.
• Tiles with multiple Ore deposits no longer count as multiple sources or Ore for generation of Loot Pouches.
• (So the max amount of Ore you can get in one clear is 6)

Knowledges

• Training Field
• If you have Griff you gain +3 > +1 Happiness.

Blood Eagle

• Blind effect lasts for 3 > 2 seconds.

Sentinel

• Wachkeeping ability gives +10% > +20% bonus production to the zone.

Unit

• Falconer's Forge increases Caches Spawn speed, and no longer scouting speed.

Start-with

• Recruitment cost in Faith: 100% > 150% of the cost in Krwns.

Buildings

• Give a base bonus of 20% > 25%.

• No longer gives +20% Faith production

Units

• Second hit only passes on 100% > 30% of the Damages.
• Champions base Atk is increased from 7 to 8.

Monks

• No more than 3 Monks can heal at the same time - the others keep producing Faith/ crafting Relics.

Relic

• Revive all units with 10% Health > 50% Health.

Knowledges

• Smithy increases defense to military units by 15% > 10%.

Visual Changes:

• Warchiefs are now bigger in scale.
• Outlines of units now appear in the color of their clan.
• Except for Warchiefs and Heros who appear with a gold outline.
• Pause UI has been reworked.

Audio Changes:

• Addition of new sounds.

Ranking Changes

• GPs wins and losses in Free-for-all games are now calculated differently to take into account the end position of the player.
• Players' end position in Free-for-all games no longer take into account the progress on passive victories. If a player wins by any Victory other than Domination, all remaining players are all ranked at the same lowest remaining position.
• (For example if 4 players remain and one wins with a Wisdom Victory, all 3 remaining players will be ranked in 4th position.)

Bugfixes:

• Fix - Performance issues when using the Spike Barricade
• Fix - Recruiting military units is no longer blocked on attacked tiles
• Fix - Starving sometimes didnt trigger
• Fix - Neutral factions no longer directly target the TH
• Fix - Decolonizing last Kobold tiles even while theyre attacking another territory now correctly eradicates the Faction
• Fix - Operatives Dwarves no longer appear as no-work if there are no activity they can be assigned to
• Fix - Healer Hut correctly displays the no-assigned icon when no units are assigned
• Fix - Spike Barricade repair message is correctly displayed
• Fix - Pseudo no longer resets when selecting some game options
• Fix - Colonizing and canceling repeatedly a zone for Lore no longer artificially increases Lore production in stat screen
• Fix - Blessing no longer overlap on top of lores unlocked in stat screen
• Fix - Texture correctly appears at the destruction of a building
• Fix - Crash when using Ram ability of Torfin has been corrected
• Fix - Ancestral Equipment no longer trigger a build complete notification when they spawn
• Fix - Giant Boar is no longer counted in Pop
• Fix - Lion TownHall can now be correctly spied on
• Fix - Kingdom Forts can no longer be used by Viking clans
• Fix - Squirrel meal window overlapping problem
• Fix - Hildegard model is correctly loaded
• Fix - Dragonkin female model sword fix
• Fix - SFX when joining a Lobby no longer plays twice
• Fix - Crash in P2P when Host leaves the game
• Fix - Freeze when launching a custom multiplayer game
• Fix - Report button in lobby
• Fix - Cross of vidar - Mission 2 fix secondary objective of Griff increment problem when colonizing a zone with a loot pouch.
• Optimisation - mission 10 Cross of Vidar
• Fix - Cross of vidar - Mission 10 save problem which loaded the wrong 3D model of Hildegard
• Fix - Rigs Saga - Mission 6 zone colonization icon now correctly displays the resource used for colonization
• Fix - Settings no longer reset at the application of a new patch (starting at the next patch)
• Fix - Fix multiple descriptions on Neustria biome
• Fix - Texts sometime appeared twice
• Fix - Pseudo length is correctly capped in Diplomacy screen
• Fix Lion Smith being in no-work when a relic is under construction in the same zone
• Fix Fame 500 horse in custom map that didnt created new deposits
• Fix Gayant Champion move speed to be the same as Jotunn Champion
• Added security for Conquests saves
• Fix - Multiple texts/localization issues
• Fix - Multiple UI fixes