Happy Tuesday Vikings! Today, we’re releasing a yet another MASSIVE balance patch that brings a plethora of changes to Northgard and each of the clans that inhabit these mysterious lands. With this update, we've made a number of changes and additions, heavily balancing the clans based on your wonderful feedback over the last few months and fixed a multitude of issues that have been reported in the time since our last major update! You can find the whole list of what’s been addressed below!
Recipe
- Fish fillets :
- +1 month cost:
200 vegetables200 fishes - Mining / Forging Bonus
25% / 50% / 75% / 100%=> 50% / 75% / 100% / 125%
- +1 month cost:
Fishes were accumulating too much. We want you to use meals other than Venison & Ratatouille and Meat Stew.
Prices of meals in Food is increased depending on the number of clan you share the meal with:
- 1 clan : population x 2
food
- 2 clans : population
x4=> x 6 food
- 3 clans : population x 6 food
- 4 clans : population x 8 food
Clan's Description
Special Squirrel Win Condition → Special
Fame Victory for the clan of the Squirrel is removed and replaced with a new
Fame 1500.
Fame 200 - A Helping Hand
( +5
Fame per player affected by a meal)
Fame 500 - Plot of the Thrones
You gain
Fame based on your extra population compared to your most populous opponent. Arrival of new villagers increases by 5% every 100
Fame.
Increased amount of
Fame earned from extra population based on your most populous opponent.
Fame 1500 (3rd level) - Most Beautiful Banquet
- Unlock a specific new recipe at the Stove
- 1.000 Meat, 1.000 Fish, 1.000 Vegetables, 1.000 Mushrooms
- It takes 3 months to prepare
- While preparing this recipe, all other recipes are not available
- Every clan is notified and invited at the great Banquet
- When the preparation is complete, the game is won
Allowing or not
Fame Victory have no more relations with Special Squirrel Win Condition.
Rumor-mongering
No other clan can befriend any neutral faction which has become your ally. This faction gains +20%
defense against all your enemies. It also becomes more aggressive towards them (this also affects Jötnars).
If neutral factions are befriended and you have Rumor Mongering, they will attack as soon as possible.
Your units gain Cloaked within these factions' territories.
Economics
You gain +4
krowns during meals and all meals gain +2
Happiness (Only
Happiness bonus is shared with ally clans)
Relic Yggdrasil's Root
The chances of being disturbed are reduced.
In some cases we saw that the discord effect of Eldritch zones turning enemy units against one another was too efficient, so we reduced its defensive power slightly.
Fame 500 - Oskoreia
Oskoreia ability:
- Cast time :
0=> 1.5 sec - Oskoreia spirits disappear 10% faster
Relic : Gleipnir
The Trap no longer triggers the instant the player clicks on the skill.
It triggers in 2 steps : First, the trap appears on the area with no effect, then after 3s the trap inflicts damage.
It lets the enemy react and leave the zone to decrease the effects on its army.
Sharp Eyes
You can now use Lynx with Sharp Eyes like Scouts.
Hunting paths
Double arrows:
30%=> 20% damage on the second arrow.
Ox is a late game clan, but it was a bit off the curve compared to other clans: too weak in early game and too strong late game. We increased early game power and reduced late game power.
Torfin
Attack power 15 => 14
Torfin's Throne
Torfin's Throne now produces +2
Lore when Torfin is not summoned.
Military Training
Military units in territory produce military XP.
Upgrade cost for Training Camps -50% => -30%
Ferocious Charge
Warriors gain +50% => +30% damage on a charge attack.
The Clan of the Kraken was too map generation dependent and we wanted to give it more control.
Starting Bonuses
Fresh fish tech is removed and become a starting bonus
+20% fishermen production.
Valkyrie Units
Valkyries produce +1
Happiness.
Valkyries regenerate
Health near Horgr.
Knowledge From Beyond
Trade routes with neutral factions +20%
krowns and relationships.
Foresight replaces Medicine => Colonization
Valhalla’s reinforcement - replaces Legendary Hero
You will have 1 Valkyrie at your Town Hall and you can control +1 Valkyrie. Valkyries also regenerate
Health on High Tides tiles and outside combat. Passive regeneration increases by 100%.
Wyrd - High Tides
Now makes fish appear in lakes if there are none.
Army of the Dead (new conquest bonus)
No more
Happiness penalty when specter warriors are in your territory.
We’ve heard that
Fame 200 Craftsmen became less impactful. We buffed it.
Fame 200 - Craftsmen
Improved tools for civilians get an additional +5% => +10% production bonus.
Selling
Stone or
Iron earns +20%
krowns. Allies receive double resources.
The relic was weak, we improved it.
Skull of Hrungnir
Zombie Giant has its move speed increased.
Zombie Giant costs 200
Food 100
krowns => 200
Food
The Clan of the Snake is complicated to balance. We are reinforcing Skirmishers to encourage some early-game interactions.
Skirmishers
Dodge +10%
The way the dodge is effective has been overhauled.
Black Market
Trading with neutral factions no longer reduces relations with them.
Relic Gungnir
All military units Dodge + 10%
Unlocks the Stealth ability for all your military units.
Stealth : Can’t be targeted by Watch Towers for 5s until attacking it
Majority of complaints for this clan were about the weak Gullinbursti relic. “Pay food to get food”, we changed that and gave a bit of control over the Giant Boar.
Bartering
Trade routes with neutral Factions +20%
krowns and relations +1
happiness per trade route.
Osmosis replaces Trading Caravan Negotiation
Relic Mask of Gullinbursti
+10
Food (even if the Giant Boar is not summoned)
Reveals all forests.
Pay 200
Food
Lore to summon one non controllable Giant Boar.
Giant Boar is not controllable while in combat.
Relic was a bit too strong, so we’ve changed the way it works to avoid the perma freeze.
Relic Scabbard of Gram
Your Warchief wields the sword Gram. Enemies hit by Gram are frozen, along with the area around them. Gives +10%
attack +10%
defense to shield maiden.
Apply Chilling Aura : freeze enemies hit and adjacent and apply penalties:
- -15% attack speed
- -15% move speed
- effect lasts 2s → 5s cooldown
Kaija
When on a tile with lake fishes (neutral or ally territory), Kaija regenerates
Health and produces +2
Food.
Very strong in rush builds, good everywhere with a strong economy, the Clan of the Stag was more powerful than all the other clans in Northgard.
Value of the Great Deeds
Skalds produce 1.5
krown (+2 when upgraded)
Skalds tools are free and -50% forge time
Food Preservation
+3
Food for each Silo (+5 if upgraded)
+1 => +0.5
Happiness per silo (+1 if upgraded).
Fame 200
Gain +150
Food +150
Wood +150
Krowns +75
Lore +10
Stones
You gain +50
Food,
Wood and
Krowns, +25
Lore and +5
Stones for each completed year, and again at the start of every subsequent year.
The Clan of the Raven is very dependent on beach tiles and thus map generation. We tried to give the clan more control by reducing this dependence. We also redesigned Mercenaries to make them more central to the Clan identity and rebalance their impact, which was too strong against beginner players and too weak against experienced ones.
Negotiators (replace Shipbuilding instead of Mining Efficiency)
Unlock the lighthouse.
Gain +2
Kröwns production and 10% Commercial Influence.
Increases Sailors’ resource production by 20%.
Mercenaries from Homeland (
Fame 200)
You can hire Mercenaries from your Harbor and send them to raid coastal areas without a Town Hall on it. Allow to trade with your Homeland at better rates.
+3 Villagers, +3 pop max, +1
happiness
Upgrades for your raids are available at the forge.
Sea Supremacy (
Fame 500)
RavenPort can hire mercenaries for
krowns
You can send your Mercenaries to coastal zones with a Town Hall.
More upgrades for your raids are available at the forge. You can assign 3 more Sailors in your Harbor with a Lighthouse.
New upgrades availables in the Forge
Upgrades available in the Forge at
Fame 200 →
- More Mercenaries : Add 2 mercenaries to the raid.
- Better Preparation: Reduce the time it takes to recruit by 1 month
Upgrades available in the Forge at
Fame 500 →
- You can upgrade your mercenaries at the Forge
- Up to 3 times for 2 more mercenaries per Raid and a maximum of 8 mercenaries per Raid
- Better Preparation: Reduces the time it takes for Mercenaries to approach the coast 1 month
- Fire Javelins: The mercenaries fleet throws fire javelins that damage and burn the zone’s buildings.
Mercenary unit
Attack power : 10 => 8
Mercenary tool forge upgrade : +20% projectile defense +40%
Attack power.
Lots of changes to the Goat. We want to give him back his identity.
Clan description
Goat units get -20% military XP
Fame 500
You gain 1 free feast per year. Your Defense Towers gain 25% resistance when feasting.
Amenities
Costs 80% => 50% less to develop a zone.
Periodically, a sheepfold containing 2 sheeps makes a new sheep appear.
Industrious
Upgraded food-producing buildings and brewery have 4 slots instead of 3.
Barricades removed
Civils +20%
defense per building in the zone
Wool trade replaces Erudition
Sheep in Sheepfold earn +0.5
krowns
Sheep can be sacrificed for 40
krowns
Food Trade
Trading food earn +50%
krowns
+50% Relationship with Jotunn
Veiled Threats
Trade Routes +50% => +75% if you have a Berserker,
+100% for trade route in the same tile as Berserker
After Berserker died at least once, -50%
krowns costs and no
Iron to recruit him again.
Mining Efficiency
Miners extract ore from deposits 50 => 30% faster.
Wyvern projectiles
Wyvern projectiles’ impact is still reduced by projectile resistance and can be dodged.
Wyvern projectiles make splash damages that can’t be avoided or dodged
Every target damaged by splash damages becomes burnt and suffers burn damages over time.
Wounded units
A wounded unit suffers 20% production penalty
A unit is wounded only if it goes under 75% HP
A unit stays wounded until it reaches 100%
Health
Adding a white bar to the
Health bar to see when your units will be wounded.
Neutral Factions
The conditions and the turn over that allow Myrkalfar attacks are reworked to make them more regular and more fair.
Relationships increase time no longer scales with teamsize.
Myrkalfar and Kobold no longer spawn indefinitely
Jotunns
Eradicating the Jotunns faction give 150
Fame => 100
Fame
AI improved
Less Warchief and armies suicides
We’ve corrected a bug that makes Warchief abnormally recruited too soon
Port and Longship Dock - (Quality of Life)
When assigning a sailor, the raid starts directly (
Lore selected by default)
Monster Slayer (for every clan)
+10%
attack power vs Dragonkin, +30%
attack power vs other mystical creatures
+50% XP from mystical creatures
Expeditions
You can now claim rewards for completed achievements.
Scripting
Added the VMealSquirrel victory condition for scripting (to disable the squirrel victory)
Others changes
Townhall can now be hit by Mjöllnir and Fire javelins, and it can burn.
It’s now possible to copy / paste in text zones
Minimap
New buttons to filter icons
- Food
- Lore
- Stone / Iron
- Wolf / Draugr Camps
- Special / Fame
Build menu
Add a little icon to show which resources are mainly produced by each building.
Expeditions
The weekly completion reset time/day now remains visible once you completed all weeklies
Alternate team Spawn
Same teams are scattered across the map.
Free Teams
Can’t be combined with Balanced games, Alternate Team Spawn games and Ranked games. Players can freely build teams
New skins :
Signy Ceremonial
Signy Brutal
Valkyrie Ceremonial
Norn Brutal
Dragonkin Ceremonial (man)
Dragonkin Ceremonial (woman)
Dragonkin Brutal (woman)
Dragonkin Brutal (man)
Fixed several performance issues with Torfin’s ram ability. Please report any issues.
Fixed several UI issues
Silos now raise notifications when building is complete
Torfin’s Ancient Battleground can not longer spawn on poisonous swamp
Fixed special rule from “The Cursed” conquest mission
Fixed relic Gefjun’s bar : Required happiness for population wasn’t reduced
Fixed “negative” life bar for Vedrfolnirs in Story Mode
Remaining time before next ranked season is displayed
Fixed Bodyguard visualisation.
Fixed several crashing issues.
Fixed Eldthurs stuck in Story Mode
Fixed Horse fame 500 deposit which was giving 29 iron or stone instead of 30.
ESC key now works in the editor with an active brush
Mythical Lure no longer displays hunter icons in the tooltip.
Fixed the sword of Odin in conquest. Forge button was disappearing.
Fixed Sharp eye cursor issue
Fixed blocked Lynxes after Sharp eye being used.
Fixed no Sheepfold limit exploit
In the editor, changing tile elevation no longer regenerate map and no longer override changes on the terrain texture
You can no longer exceed Sheepfold limit by using the transfer zone feature. If you have already reached the limit, the sheepfold from the transferred zone will be destroyed.
Military XP gain for expedition quests are no longer multiplied by 10
Balanced map generation improved
As always, thank you all so much for your support and feedback these last few months. Keep the feedback and suggestions coming, stay awesome and we’ll see you all out there in Northgard! - Shiro Games