Nordhold: Origins News

[h3]Hotfixes:[/h3]
- Performance optimization to reduce lags
- Fixed a problem that increased the Applied Damage at Magma Field (Banner from the Volcano Mortar) x10
To compensate for this loss of “exploit fun”, the Magma Field values were raised slightly:
- Increase in applied burn stacks from Magma field from Applied Burn: 6/8/10 to 8/10/13

[h3]Relic Replacement:[/h3]
- Removed Relic: Golden Treasure (Legendary)
- New Relic: Rikur’s Axe (Legendary)

[h3]Adjustments:[/h3]
- Enemy display now updates in real time (when clicking on an enemy, the panel at the top left)
- Automatic hiding of damage numbers and health bars above a certain zoom-out level

[h3]Improvements:[/h3]
- Problems in bug/feedback report fixed
- Possibility added to reduce the visual effects of the towers and the environment separately in the settings
- Prevents multiple sound overlay with many projectiles and thus optimizes the sound perception

Dear Community,

Thank you for your incredible patience and unwavering support! After a longer break, we're excited to deliver the next patch, tackling many bugs and adding great improvements. We hope this update resolves most of the remaining issues while we continue making excellent progress on the main game. Together, we look forward to the release of Nordhold in Q1 2025!

[h3]NEW:[/h3]

• Added the “Eye-Function” to hide choice events, allowing players to make more informed decisions
  
• Added 1x Banish for Banner Choices
  

[h3]Relic Replacement:[/h3]

• Removed Relic: Golden Incentive (Common)
  
• New Relic: Spearhead (Common)
  

[h3]Adjustments:[/h3]

1. Chests: Resource amounts now scale successively with waves
   
2. Restart Game: Added a warning that progress will be lost from Wave 3 onwards
   
3. Lightning Surge now triggers only within the Arc Tower's radius; probabilities increased:
   
   • Old: 0.9/1.2/2.1%
     
   • New: 1.2/1.6/2.8%
     

[h3]Improvements:[/h3]

• Optimized readability of large numbers for DOTs
  
• Fixed early decay of burn debuff
  
• Resolved issue where Raven Towers stopped shooting
  
• Minor UI improvements
  
• Resolved persistent error messages
  
• Fixed graphical issues for Mac users
  
• Deactivated camera panning with ALT to prevent Alt-Tab errors
  

Please continue to share your feedback via Discord or here. Your input is invaluable!

If you enjoy the game, don’t forget to add the full version to your wishlist:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028310

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Dear Community,

this time we have reworked the light scenery, made a few balancing changes and, above all, made some relevant bug fixes.

We hope you continue to have fun. In the background, we continue to work at full throttle to prepare the full game.

[h3]Adjustments[/h3]

1. Changing the whole lighting scenery
   
2. Weakness (debuff) changed:
   
   • Damage Increase Debuff: 20% -> 10%
     
   • Debuff Duration: 3sec -> 5sec
     
3. Timberwind Mark (Banner) changed and adjusted so that the first selection is equivalent to subsequent selections:
   
   • Old first selection: Wood Production: 1/1/2
/ Damage: 115/125/140%
     
   • Old further selections: Wood Production: +2/2/4 / Damage: +0/10/10%
     
   • NEW: Wood Production: +2/3/5 /
Damage: +12/16/28%
     
4. Legendary Magma Field (Banner) changed and adjusted so that the first selection is equivalent to subsequent selections:
   
   • Old first selection: Applied Burn: 6/8/10; Burn Stacks per Hex: 4/5/8; Field Duration: 2/2/2 sec
     
   • Old further selections: Applied Burn: +6/8/8; Burn Stacks per Hex: +4/5/5; Field Duration: +0/0/1 sec
     
   • NEW first selection: Applied Burn: 6/8/10; Burn Stacks per Hex: 4/5/6; Field Duration: 2/2/3 sec
     
   • NEW further selections: Applied Burn: +6/8/10; Burn Stacks per Hex: +4/5/6; Field Duration: +0/0/1 sec
     

[h3]Further Improvements:[/h3]

• Bug fixed that some towers could be unlocked multiple times with Honor
  
• Fixed a bug where Arcane Accumulation no longer worked when loading the game
  

Please continue to share your feedback via Discord or here. It helps us greatly.

Thanks for reading and if you like the game, remember to add the full version to your wishlist - it would help us very much:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028310

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Hotfixes:

• Fixed a bug with “Save & Exit” that could cause the savegame to be lost under certain circumstances
  
• Fixed a critical bug when opening chests (multiple selection was possible under certain conditions)
  

Further Improvements:

• Significant optimization of the savegame size and sync with the cloud
  
• Auto-level setting (for Towers) added to the savegame
  
• Problem with the old Hero being loaded when restarting fixed
  

Hotfix:

• Save game bugs solved and stability of the game increased
  

Adjustment:

• Logic of “Pact of Prosperity” (Relic, common), “Quarry Legacy” (Relic, rare) adapted so that their conditions apply across wave phases for Economy and Defense phase. -> No more distribution of 3 gold / 30 stone “for free”
  

Further Improvements:

• Added 2 new options under the “General” settings item:
  - Run in background
  - Play music in background
  
• Minor UI optimizations (Purchases in the market / calculation of tower price inflation)
  

Restored changes from 0.5.7.12:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3086510/view/4514387160627548368