Northgard Relics - the Open BETA begins!

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 Woodcutter’s Lodge to be created and costs 80 Wood and 20 Kröwns.
The building can be upgraded with 100 Wood, 50 Kröwns 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 won’t 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 isn’t any adversity in the Forge’s tile, you can cancel the creation of an item, and you’ll be refunded its original cost.

You’ll have the possibility to improve the Smith’s 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 it’s built, it will appear in the list of available buildings. Forging a Relic costs 10 Iron, 50 Wood and 100 Kröwns.

The Common Relics

Here is their list, the requirements needed to build them and their effect:

Relic	Name	Clan	Effect
	Eldhrumnir	All	+50% Feast bonus. Feast price halved Units are healed during feasts The healing effect is based on the number of wounded clan member
	Mjölnir	All	Summon Odin’s Wrath with thunder strikes Damages units and building in the targeted tile Cost: 150 Food 150 Krowns Has a 12 month Cooldown
	Svalinn	All	+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
	Jörmunr	All	Lore production bonus depending on the player’s number of tiles Can colonize tiles with Lore
	Bragaful	All	Produces Kröwns depending on your Commercial Influence Adds a new available Trade Route

The Clan related Relics

Relic	Name	Clan	Effect
	Gefjun's Jar	Goat	Spend food to summon villagers and sheep Cost is based on your current population
	Horn of Managarm	Wolf	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
	Hlidskjalf	Stag	Your warchief gains the ability Annexation: whenever your Warchief uncolonizes a tile, you will colonize it for free
	Naglfar	Raven	You can send Mercenary Giants raids Merc Giants have AoE attacks, hurting and fearing enemies Cooldown: 6 Months Cost: 200 Krowns
	Scabbard of Gram	Bear	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
	Mask of Gullinbursti	Boar	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
	Gungnir	Snake	If you have unlocked a military path, you can unlock a new military path Your military experience is common for both paths
	Skull of Hrungnir	Dragon	You can summon an undead Jotnar Costs 200 food Cooldown: 6 Months

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

• The Goat’s feasts have been improved
• The Goat’s 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!