04 Apr 2022Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Crier #6: The Bandit Update and Steam Workshop Now Available!

The Bandit Update is here!

The Noble Fates Steam Workshop is now available!!

To celebrate, Noble Fates is on sale for 20% off for the next 2 weeks!

The Bandit Update!

Noble Fates Feature Update #2 has Released!

Some of the more nefarious Mortals have discovered that they can make a living in Noberia by robbing and stealing!

Keep them away from any loose belongings laying around. Give your visitors a safe place to sleep for the night so they aren't robbed blind.

Deal with the Bandits or they'll slap together a sketchy structure or eight on the edge of your lands to house all of their sweet loot.

Profit from their exploits or send them packing, it's your call!

Quests!

Mortals accosted by Bandits can now ask for help through the new Quest system! See that little exclamation point above their heads? You know what to do. Decide if they're worthy of your time and choose how you want to handle their request.

Do you pay the Bandits to get the victim's stuff back, offer them something they deem of equal value in trade, or beat it out of them?!

Maybe you decide not to return that nice Crossbow of Ranging now that it's in your hands. The choice is yours, the consequences are part of the fun!

Ramshackle Props!

We couldn't give the Bandits new Props to build with without making them available for your sweet setups.

The starter building tier is now Ramshackle. They offer fast and cheap shelter, but aren't worth much and might just fall down at the slightest glance from an enemy.

Steam Workshop!

We're excited to launch the Noble Fates Steam Workshop with this update. Browse and Subscribe to the mods you're interested in right inside of Steam!

Manage them in-game through the new Mod Management interface. Modders - Upload or Update your mods with ease using the in-game tools.

Surprise! Crossbows!

Enjoy a new type of Secondary Ranged Weapon!

Projectiles travel faster and straighter, but it takes longer to prepare that next shot!

Steam Cloud Saves!

We hit the big flashing red button to enable Steam Cloud Saves with this update!

Your Kingdoms will be there and waiting for you at whatever PC you play at next.

Full Patch Notes

Noble Fates 0.25.0.15 (The Bandit Update!)

Expand NPC Factions Add support for planning buildings and settlements Add support for planning stockpiles Add support for NPC owned loose items Hide blueprints for NPC Factions Hide stockpiles for NPC factions Improve belonging abandonment when leaving the map

Bandits Parties can become Bandits Add Bandit Disguises Add support for taxing Bandits Add support for evicting Bandits Add support for buying out Bandits Prevent Bandits from buying food Prevent Bandits from renting rooms Prevent Bandits from helping with kingdom tasks

Crossbows A new type of Ranged Secondary Weapon Higher velocity projectiles than Short Bows Slower firing rate than Short Bows

Add Scheme System Allows NPC groups to organize into activities Add Build Scheme Add Rob Scheme Add Steal Scheme Add Forage Scheme Add Fight Schemes

Quests Add Quest system (called missions in code) Add support for Quest markers Add support for Quest conversations Add Recover Belongings Quest

Ramshackle Structural Props New tier of Structural Props Switch Guided Experience to Ramshackle Props Weaker than Wood tier Built faster than Wood tier Require less resources than Wood tier

Mods Add Mod Management Menu Add support for Steam Workshop Add support for ordering mods in-game

Save Games Track which Mods are used within a given save game Warn when loading with a different set of Mods loaded Enable Steam Cloud Saves

Justifications Expand justified killings to include Bandit Fight Schemes Expand justified imprisonment to include Bandits

Tools Improve building tool sorting Expand/contract tools list based on resolution and UI Scale

Perception Limit perception of Bandits Limit perception of retreating Attackers

Animal List Only show details for animals that a Kingdom Members has seen

Wood Structural Props Move research back a few levels

Stolen Goods Launder when possessor leaves the map Abandon when original owners leaves the map Automatically returned to owner if faction comes into possession

Items Add support for items being stolen Add support for items being referenced by quests

Trading Screen Reflect quest status of Items Reflect stolen status of items

Item Tooltips Add stolen info Add quest info

UX Escape will no longer exit the game from the Main Menu Escape will now close the Load Game list from the Main Menu

Memory Reduce memory usage by up to 1GB

Save Compatibility

The Bandits were just too powerful to be boxed in by existing save limitations, so this update retires 0.24 saves.

We have spun up a retired_0_24 set of Steam Betas so that you can continue your 0.24 saves there or go back and visit them whenever you want.

Experimental Beta

With the release of the update, we're retiring the Experimental Beta for now.

Your Experimental saves carry over now that this update has been released.

What's new in Main?

We've been all in on this update and the Steam features, but there have been a few important fixes worth calling out:

We doubled the frequency of moments! We added Stone Stairs! We fixed a bug that prevented Wanderers from joining NPC Kingdoms! We added support for innate character abilities (used in Kobold and Goblin mods)! We fixed the Stone texture on stone props!