OPEN BETA - patch notes for 30/01/2025

[quote]Hello everyone! We're now at the end of January and after some patching and experimentation earlier this month, it's time to move forward! Today we begin the first open beta for the incoming community update for Northgard, focus on answering many feedback shared those past years![/quote][hr][/hr]

Community Update beta part 1

v3.6.54.41027-public-beta Entering the year 2025 and the 8th year of development post-release of Northgard, we want to start by taking some time to address community requests. Those changes will be added to the open-beta progressively and evolve based on community feedback. We start with 2 main focuses this week : The PvP experience and Military balancing.

Quality of Life

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General

It is now possible to transform a specialized worker back into a villager by assigning it to build or repair a building.

Pvp

2v2 mode is available for Quick and Ranked games
New pick system for 3v3 and 2v2
- In Quick and Ranked team games, players will now have to select their clans one after another, in order to allow each team to see the strategy of their opponents, and react accordingly and suppress the problem of last-second picking.
New blind system for FFA and Duel
- Following the same idea, clans picked in Quick and Ranked games in Duel and FFA modes will not be displayed to opponent players in the lobby, to avoid the same problems

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Balancing

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Military Units and Camps

As many players have reported, Legion Military Path is currently not as interesting as the other two, and requires a complete rework. We want to take this opportunity to also shake-up a bit the overall military meta, to make diverse armies a viable option, as well as reinforcing the power triangle as it was originally intended. Warriors > Shield-Bearers > Axe-Throwers > Warriors As the two main points preventing multi-units armies to be viable currently are the investment represented in forging a unit, and upgrading camps associated with this unit, we are proposing those changes: [expand type=details]Military Camps [expand type=details expanded=true]

All Military Camps upgrade bonus are now a flat stat bonuses, rather than an gain in % (except for attack-speed)
Those bonuses now impact the stats of ALL military units of the clan, and not just the type associated with the camp.
- For example - Upgrading a Shield Camp increases the Defense of Warriors and Axe-Throwers, while upgrading and Axe Camp increases the Attack Power of Shield-Beares and Warriors as well

[/expand] Warriors Warriors currently feel like the default military unit, as they are useful in most if not all situations, and have advantages against both other units with their military forge. The charge allows them to reach the Axe-Throwers quickly, and the Armor-breaking impact also makes them a great counter to Shields. In the meantime, before they are forged, they do not have any natural advantage against Shields, and are in fact stronger against Axe-throwers, which is not supposed to be the case. So were introducing those changes: [expand type=details]

Warriors now have a native passive ability, allowing them to ignore 25% of the Defense of their target.
Warriors forge no longer gives them a charge ability.
Warriors forge armor-breaking ability now also reduces the target Projectile Resistance.

[/expand] Shield Bearers Shield-Bearers already DO have a natural advantage against Axe-Throwers, but their forge do not reinforce this superiority as much as it could. Thats why we want to transfer the charge ability from the Warriors to the Shields, as it makes more sense for us to have Shield-Bearers charge enemy Axe-throwers to limit how much distant attack theyre taking. This change also reinforces the overall utility of shields as tanks, as once forged, they will now naturally charge to be the first in contact with enemy units, making combos like Shields and Axe-throwers naturally more efficient while requiring way less micro. [expand type=details]

Shield-Bearers forge now unlock a charge ability (while also keeping the previous defensive effect)

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Military Path: Legion

To support all of those other changes, we wanted to rework the Legion Military Path to not be about supporting big armies, but about supporting multi-units armies instead. [expand type=details]Level 1 - Weapons rack

All military forges are free.
You generate Military XP based on your Max Warband (max: +10).

Level 2 - Tactical Formation

Military units recruitment costs only increase based on the number of units of the same type already recruited.

Level 3 - Polyvalent Training

Once a Military Camp is upgraded, the other camps in the zone are 50% cheaper to upgrade as well.

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Known Issues

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UI - Upgrading a warrior camp will not display the 5% earned on unit UI

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join the open beta and help us shape the Community Update!

To not affect the game, the following changes are available in the Public beta branch! You will be able to test them and send us feedback before it reach the actual game next week. How to join the public beta branch [expand type=showmore] If you want to test those features, [quote]

[/quote][/expand] How will the beta work? As always, we have opened some channels on Discord and Steam for you to share your feedback. Starting tomorrow, we will ask questions in those places to receive your constructive feedbacks on those points! An open feedback thread will also be created for us to receive your more generic feedback. Be sure to be constructive in those as well and to not start debates with other feedbacks. Steam discussion | Discord [/quote] https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/Northgard/ [hr][/hr]SOCIALS - DISCORD | REDDIT | X/TWITTER | FACEBOOK

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Northgard

Shiro Games Developer

Shiro Games Publisher

2018-03-07 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop Tags

GameBillet: 9.49 €

Game News Posts: 177

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (50109 reviews)

https://northgard.net/

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Northgard Linux [17.98 M]

Available DLCs:

Northgard - Sváfnir, Clan of the Snake
Northgard - Nidhogg, Clan of the Dragon
Northgard - Svardilfari, Clan of the Horse
Northgard - Lyngbakr, Clan of the Kraken
Northgard - Himminbrjotir, Clan of the Ox
Northgard - Brundr & Kaelinn, Clan of the Lynx
Northgard - Ratatoskr, Clan of the Squirrel Official
Northgard - Dodsvagr, Clan of the Rat
Northgard - Hræsvelg, Clan of the Eagle
Northgard - Cross of Vidar Expansion Pack
Northgard - Kernev, Clan of the Stoat
Northgard - Vordr, Clan of the Owl
Northgard - Garm, Clan of the Hounds
Northgard - Hafgufa, Clan of the Turtle

THE GAME

After years of tireless explorations, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard.

The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.
That is, if they can survive the dire wolves and undead warriors roaming the land, befriend or defeat the giants, and survive the harshest winters ever witnessed in the North.

Build your settlement on the newly discovered continent of Northgard
Assign your vikings to various jobs (Farmer, Warrior, Sailor, Loremaster...)
Manage your resources carefully and survive harsh winters and vicious foes
Expand and discover new territory with unique strategic opportunities
Achieve different victory conditions (Conquest, Fame, Lore, Trading...)
Play against your friends or against an AI with different difficulty levels and personalities
Enjoy dedicated servers and grind the ranks to reach the final Norse God rank!

THE CAMPAIGN MODE: RIG'S SAGA

The Viking High King is murdered and his REGAL HORN is stolen by a man named HAGEN. This event kickstarts a saga that will take RIG, his son and heir accompanied by his right-hand man BRAND through the new continent of NORTHGARD, where he will make new friends and foes and discover a much greater threat than HAGEN, and the reasons behind his father’s assassination.

In order to complete the 11 chapters campaign, the player will have to master the specificities of all 6 clans and tame the unforgiving wilderness of Northgard.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 64 bits
Processor: Intel 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo or equivalentMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
Storage: 1 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Minimum display resolution : 1366x768
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 64 bits
Processor: Intel i5 3.1 Ghz Quad coreMemory: 2 GB RAM
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