13 Dec 2022Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Kingdom Crier #18: The Adventure Update!

Welcome to Kingdom Crier #18 - you are now free to play...

The Adventure Update!

This update marks the halfway point of Early Access for Noble Fates - so we took the time to give it some extra love and attention!

Adventures!

The other Rulers in your world leverage their new Magical Messenger Hawks to ask you to undertake Adventures for them.

These Adventures take you to distant lands in the world of Noberia.

Embark on the journey yourself or dispatch a Party to handle them for you.

Adventures affect your Relationships, yield Loot, and even Start and End Wars!

Build an Epic Castle out of Stone Blocks!

Builders have invented Stone Cutting Tables that Crafters can work at to produce Stone Blocks.

Leverage these Blocks to build Epic Castles with a complete new tier of structures including Floors, Walls, Doors, Roofs, and Stairs.

Use the new Add-ons to add decorative Spires, Supports, Arches, and even a Portcullis!

The improvements to Stone workmanship made it so the existing Stone props are now cheaper to produce - providing a smoother transition into the mid-game.

The Shield has been Discovered!

Mortals have learned to fashion Shields out of Wood, Hide, Leather, Copper, and Iron!

Shields are a new Secondary piece of Gear that are great at countering incoming Ranged Attacks...

Introduce the ability to block against Melee attacks from Animals and Monsters...

And even work alright against Mortals in the hands of a skilled defender!

Tactical Improvements

Your Mortals have learned to harness the power of the Catapult - use them on Adventures or to add that finishing touch to your Castle's defenses.

The Cheval has been improved to grant a 50% move speed reduction for any character that comes into contact with one.

Finally, you can leverage the power of the Grappling Hook when controlling your ruler to get to those hard to reach places!

Surprise: Crime!

We now track and surface the Crime that a Mortal has committed. Raiders, Bandits, Kidnappers, Rebels, and other Criminals can now be held accountable even if they try to flee!

Punishment (Killing, Imprisonment, Indentured Servitude) of Criminals is judged less harshly by Good and Neutral Mortals.

Other Changes

A great many other fixes of all shapes and sizes have made it into this release.

Expect a better ramp through the mid-game, better trading options, better room detection, improved user experience, and more balance out of the Kingdoms around you.

Sale

To celebrate the launch, Noble Fates is on sale for 30% off!

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Patch Notes

Noble Fates 0.27.0.0.25 Released!
The Adventure Update!

Messengers Each Kingdom is granted a Magical Messenger Hawk by the God of Diplomacy These Messengers carry Petitions and Items between the Kingdoms

Messenger Perches Build Messenger Perches to receive Messengers Number of petitions is limited by your Kingdom Size and number of Perches

Petitions The new Petitions tab shows the Petitions you have received Interact with and resolve them as you see fit Archive them when done with one Petitions have rewards and consequences in the form of Esteem, Loot, and even War or Peace Petition Types Adventure Demand Gift

Adventures Introducing support for traveling to other maps on Adventures Embark on an Adventure lead by your Ruler or Dispatch a party of Nobles Each member of an Adventuring party requires 1 Travel Meal to participate The gods have decreed that things don't decay while you're away, don't ask us how - we just work here Difficulty relative to your Kingdom's strength - offering relevant challenges Treasure Chests - crack any treasure chests you find for some extra loot Adventure Types Rebel Scum - Evict a party of rebels Kidnapped Nobles - Rescue a group of Nobles Defend Village - Defend a village from Monster or Rabid animal attacks Assassinate Nobles - Track down and Assassinate criminals

Fine Stone Structures Builders and Crafters have teamed up to invent Stone Blocks Stone Cutting Table Requires Building Level 10 Stone Blocks Require Crafting Level 8 Made from 2 Stone Use these Stone Blocks to build Fine Stone Structures Complete Building Set including Walls, Doors, Floors, Roofs, Doors, and Columns Introducing Decorative Add-ons - Arches, Supports, Spires, and Metal to make your castle your own Cost roughly the same amount of raw stone as the original Stone Structures

Shields Shields are a new secondary piece of gear They offer modest Armor boosts at the cost of a small hit to Movement Speed and Attack Rate Shields allow the wielder to block incoming Arrows, Monster, and Animal attacks Shields are less effective against a Melee Mortal than Parrying is Hold Right click to defend with a Shield when Controlling your Ruler

Tactical Props Added Tactical Building Category Chevals Require Building Level 3 Chevals now dish out a 50% movement speed debuff to those nearby, use them wisely Catapults Require Building Level 10 Build these to put the finishing touches on defenses or to make quick work of a settlement

Crime Track the Crime that a Mortal has committed Add Crime to the character sheet (next to rename button) Criminals can be Captured or Killed with diminished moral consequences Attacking a Criminal is no longer considered an Ambush Crime persists even after the Mortal has stopped (abandoned, retreated, etc.) Crime is retired when a Mortal leaves the area freely Crime is retired when the Mortal is promoted to Noble or higher Crime is retired when a Mortal is freed

Stone Structures Cost and strength reduced to reflect the introduction of Fine Stone Around 1/2 as expensive as before Around 1/3 as strong as before

Travel Meals Can now be crafted at the Stove Require Cooking Level 3 Consumed when dispatching a party on an adventure

Biomes Added basic support for Biomes New Adventure Only Biomes Arid Mountainous Plan to expand this to Kingdom Maps in the future

Portraits Number of Portraits is now a setting (under Graphics) Add Select All button Add Withdraw/Return/Retreat button Add support for multiple Rows of characters Grey out Portrait when Mortal is away

Guarding Added support for Settlements to choose tactical points to defend themselves

Settlements Added support for Stairs Added support for using different building Sets Introduced support for pre-fabricated rooms, buildings, and settlements for other Kingdoms These are mixed with procedural plans to increase variety These can be authored in Development mode for release as a mod

Kingdoms Map No longer displays out of date information Renamed to World Removed automatic cycling of new information Add clickable log of new information to upper right Made Mortals clickable to show information and interactions Show relevant parties

Meals Increased Nutrition cost to resolve calculation issue Meals are now a Nutrition loss in exchange for the benefits they provide

Diplomacy Kingdoms now take their strength into account when deciding whether to attack the player Increase likelihood of peace offers

Grappling Hooks Now usable when Controlling your Ruler No longer fail to attach

Fog of War Support for hiding the inside of Hostile Structures

Projectiles Added support for fleeing Major (Catapult, and Breacher) projectiles

Visitors Renamed Visitors tab to Mortals

Morality Iteration on Reactions

Cornucopia Ruler must be home to use this

Wedding Arches Ruler, Eligible, and Suitor must be home to use this

Prisoners Add support for parties having prisoners

Structures Rebalanced Structure Unlocks to reflect addition of Fine Stone Increase the number of structures that can be rotated

Home Area Home areas now contract when structures and zones are removed Added support for other factions recognizing and protecting their home

Population Better world population control

Pathing Improve pathing

Room Detection Fixed a variety of Room Detection Bugs

Armor Debuffs now multiplicative instead of additive Fixed Armor calculation

Breacher Improve behavior Fix Melee Attack trail Improve ranged attack

Terrain Improve flattening and unflattening when props are placed

Terrain Gatherables Improve collision Improve reachability

Bandits Improved AI

Trading Fixed bug that reduced stacks visitors had for trade Increase the quantity and quality of items for trade

Third Person Improve Vertical Aim range Prevent Stamina Regen when Blocking or Parrying Improve targeting of a Player when they're unreachable

Locks Adding and Removing Locks is now part of the Building Job

Wine Report when there are insufficient ingredients

Crated Props Selecting a Prop Crate now highlights Uncrate position Selecting Uncrate target now selects the Crate

Places Reworked Place Names

Selection Improve selection cycling to limit false positives

Unreachable Resources Report when a Command is blocked by Unreachable Resources

Fleeing Retain Aggro when Enemies Retreat Continue pursuit when target reacts to hit

Roofs Allow mortals to jump off of roofs Allow mortals to climb onto roofs using hooks

Repairing Props Consume resources when repairing

Building Improve corner placement when placing blueprints Allow latching of columns to bottom of stairs, floors, and walls

Idling Fix case where mortals are stuck looking for resources

Instincts Recheck for food when it's gone when we get there

Training Dummy Move to Defense category

Wolf Taming No longer requires Boar Taming

Wooden Hammer Fixed bug causing this to be a Bronze Weapon

Human Hide/Leather Normalize importance

Abilities Hide Active Combat Abilities when training and out of battle

Canopy Retain canopy setting when cycling layers

Guided Experience Require player to be home

Shadows Improve quality

Main Menu Adventure Update News

Loading Screen New Key Art

Saves

These changes necessitated changes to the save game format, so this update retires 0.26 saves.

There's a retired_0_26 set of Steam Betas so that you can continue your 0.26 saves there or go back and visit them whenever you want.

Mods

We've launched a Mod Compatibility initiative with this update. Use the new Compatibility Tags on the Workshop to find and Subscribe to Mods that work with your game version.

Experimental Branch

We're going to keep the Experimental Steam Branch open and push future patches there first to raise the quality bar as we enter the second half of Early Access.

If you have the stomach for brief bouts of instability and want to help us out - switch to (or stay in) the Experimental Beta on Steam and participate in discussions here or on discord. Expect issues - but know that we appreciate you helping us out!