Nordhold: Origins News

Hotfixes:

• Castle Upgrades: Economy Budget and Tax Burden sorted as before (First Tax Burden again)
  
• Fixed a bug where Endless Mode is also incorrectly offered when Wave 20 is lost
  
• Bug fixed where the information at the bottom of the screen that a tower construction can be canceled by right-clicking remains
  
• Bug solved where the spawned minions spawn with a time delay in case of lags
  

Further Improvements:

• Purchased relics in the market are now more clearly recognizable as purchased
  
• Save game stability increased
  
• Optimized position of the saving symbol when saving the game
  
• Performance optimizations
  

It's really incredible how many people have already celebrated successes in our new mini-endless mode. More than 1500 players have completed at least Wave 21 and it's worth highlighting: This mode is for the pros, the heavy hitters. Hats off!

Your feedback has helped us a lot in identifying further bugs and optimizations.

We hope this makes the game more fun (especially the better performance)!



[h3]NEW Content:[/h3]

[h3]Relic Replacement[/h3]

• Removed Relic: Golden Emblem (Rare)
  
• New Relic: Alternative Nutrition (Rare)
  

[h3]Buffs:[/h3]

• Tower (Upgrades): BarrierDamage Upgrade: +50% -> +100%
  
• Artifact of Determination (Relic): Fire Rate: +50% -> +60%
  

[h3]Further Improvements:[/h3]

• Optimized map construction design (less map RNG)
  
• The bonus on the gold income of trading ships (upgrade) through the Meta Perk in the Trading Post (Established Trade Relations) is now displayed directly updated
  
• Corrected calculation for demolish after receiving the Master Builder's Hammer
  
• Tower price inflation calculation with the oracle Path of Expansion corrected
  
• Performance optimizations
  
• Problem with Save & Exit, including a vulnerability for corrupted files and an exploit possibility, fixed
  
• Optimized a few UI elements
  
• Optimized Twin Feathers (Raven Tower Banner) text
  
• Achievement attainment corrected, even if you select Endless mode
  

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

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Hotfix:

• Fixed a bug where the Hero attribute that gives 35 gold gives 100 instead
  

Further Improvements:

• Devastation (Spell) now also kills immune enemies directly.
  
• Added some of our new current Top 10 Hero Names
  
• Fixed a bug where the reroll count of the oracle could be incorrect after loading
  
• Optimized error behavior when trying to start the game if Steam crashes in the background
  
• Tooltip optimizations
  

Wave 29 has been reinforced following WinWing's unbelievable triumph over what we thought was unbeatable. We didn’t believe anyone could make it through – until now! Prepare yourself for an even more intense battle in the next defense!

WinWing has been immortalized in our Hero Database, and now the top 10 players have a chance to stand beside him! Send us a screenshot of your rank on Discord, and we’ll ensure your legacy lives on in-game as a Hero name.

Hotfixes:

• Problem solved that chests/banner events contained mismatched banners (as a result, chests can only be opened in the economy phase)
  
• Wave 29 reinforced
  

Further Improvements:

• Boss relic chests now contain 2 relics instead of 1
  
• Oath of Bones (legendary Relic): Counter added
  
• Elite monsters no longer spawn regularly in boss waves (elite chance = 0%) - elite monsters can still be spawned in the boss wave voluntarily through hero selection / oracle selection (as additive increase in opportunities)
  
• Bugs in the visualization of the new elevation highlights solved
  

First and foremost, thank you for your patience and unwavering support.


As promised in our recent announcements, we're pleased to deliver the latest update to "Nordhold: Origins." This patch brings the much-anticipated Mini Endless Mode, a new rotation of relics, and several quality-of-life improvements inspired by your feedback.


We hope these enhancements make your experience even more enjoyable.

[h3]NEW Content:[/h3]

[h3]Introducing the Mini-Endless Mode[/h3]

From Wave 20 onward, experience our new "Mini-Endless Mode"! This ultra-difficult mode offers seasoned players a true challenge to test their builds and make the leaderboard fairer. Face nearly unbeatable hordes up to Wave 29 (hence "Mini-Endless") and aim for the top of the rankings. Get ready for an intense fight - it's going to be tough, so gear up!

[h3]New QoL Content:[/h3]

• Color highlighting when building towers, which directly shows you the range elevation per hex
  
• Clearer radius display to show the exact range of towers/spells

[h3]Relic Replacement[/h3]

• Removed Relics: Crown of Prudence (legendary), Valknut's Ascendant (legendary), Vision Chest (rare)
  
• New Relics: Oath of Bones (legendary), Artifact of Determination (legendary), Rake for Hire (rare), Master Builder's Hammer (rare), Seal of Constancy (common)
  

[h3]Buffs:[/h3]

• Trading Ships (Trading Post Upgrade), Lvl. 5: 23 -> 25 Gold per Wave
  
• Magma Field (Volcano Mortar Banner):
  
  
  
  • 1st Time: Stacks on Impact: 2/3/5 -> 6/8/10
    Stacks per Hex Field: 2/3/5 -> 4/5/8
    
  • Follow-Ups: Stacks on Impact: 2/3/5 -> 6/8/8
    Stacks per Hex Field: 2/3/5 -> 4/5/5
    
  • Optimized Burn Tool Tip
    

[h3]Nerfs:[/h3]

• Tower (Upgrades):
  
  
  
  • Crit Damage Upgrade: +50% -> +40%
    
  • An inflation level has been added to the tower upgrades (the tower upgrade prices double every 5 levels)
    
  • Maximum Tower Level currently: 20
  
  
• Runestone Tower:
  
  
  
  • Fire Rate: 8 -> 7
  
  
• Trinity (Banner), 1st Time: Beam Damage: 39/41/50% -> 39/41/47%
  
  
  • Trinity (Banner), Follow-Ups: Beam Damage: +7/10/17% -> +6/8/14%
    
  • Focus Rune (Banner): Increase per second: +13/18/31% -> +10/12/20%
  
  
• Grimlock the Bandit King (1st Boss): 11000 -> 10000 HP
  
• Arc Tower:
  
  
  
  • Chain Crits (Banner): Crit Chance: +0.24/0.32/0.56% -> +0.18/0.24/0.42%
    

[h3]Adjustments:[/h3]

• Adaptation of the scoring system to take kills into account in order to make the Endless Mode more competitive and accurate
  
• Rank milestones shifted:
  
  
  
  • Silver: 0-799 -> 0-999
    
  • Gold: 800-1499 -> 1000-1799
    
  • Platin: 1500-2099 -> 1800-2499
    
  • Obsidian: 2100-2599 -> 2500-3099
    
  • Valhalla: 2600+ -> 3100+
  
  
• Adjustment of the elite monster calculation
  Now there is only a maximum of 1 elite enemy per wave, but the enemy with the highest HP is now selected as the elite enemy.
  
  The elite chance previously calculated individually per monster is now replaced by a simpler calculation:
  
  
  
  • Waves 0-5: 0% Elite-Chance
    
  • Waves 6-10: 10% Elite-Chance
    
  • Waves 11-15: 15% Elite-Chance
    
  • Waves 16+: 20% Elite-Chance
    
  
  This also changes the calculation/influence of the following perks:
  
  
  
  • Hero Attribute (+20% Elite Enemy Chance) -> is now added to the above opportunity (more impact than before)
    
  • Oracle Effect (Elite Surge): is no longer quintupled, but increases the above-mentioned chances by an additional 50%.
    

[h3]Improvements:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where the life bar of an Orc Shaman killed during a teleport left an artifact behind
  
• Upgrade badge handling optimized
  
• Game performance optimized
  
• Fixed a bug where Bleed had too little Bleed duration in the beginning and too much in the late game
  
• Optimized leaderboard loading behavior
  
• Fixed some SFX bugs (e.g., the Upgrade Label SFX was sometimes played twice)
  
• Bug solved where the ingame feedback/bug report did not work in the end screen
  
• Optimized saving behavior including bug fixes (elite chest prediction, new tile generation, double unique banners)
  
• Intelligible labeling on the “Lucky Shot” banner (Arrow Tower) that “Rapid Archer” has no effect on this: The probability of the “Lucky Shot” extra shot therefore affects the entire shot sequence and not each individual shot from “Rapid Archer”.
  

Please remember to communicate any feedback/bugs via Discord or ideally this way: How to send Feedback/Bugs

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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