Nordhold: Origins News

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.

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[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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[h2]🎉 Over 40,000 Players in "Nordhold: Origins" 🎉[/h2]

Dear Players,

We're excited to share that "Nordhold: Origins" has welcomed over 40,000 players into its world! In less than a month since our launch, your amazing support has placed us in the top 10% of all Steam games for average playtime. We couldn't have achieved this milestone without you.

[h3]Your Feedback Makes a Difference[/h3]

Thanks to your valuable feedback, we've released over 10 patches to enhance your gaming experience. Your suggestions help us fine-tune the game, and we're grateful for your active participation in our community.

[h3]Mini Endless Mode Coming Next Week[/h3]

We're pleased to announce that the Mini Endless Mode is in its final stages of development and will be released next week. Get ready to push your strategies to the limit as you face endless waves of challenges and aim for the top of the leaderboards.

[h3]Looking Ahead to the Main Game[/h3]
There's even more to look forward to in the full version of Nordhold, including:

• New Towers: Our 3 hidden towers and a whole new world of synergetic banner systems!
  
• Brand new mechanics: that refresh/expand the core loop of Nordhold and intensify new tactics and replayability
  
• Tactically highly relevant new buildings: One example of this is our future research system: Check our X-Post

[h3]Interested in the full version?[/h3] [h3]WISHLIST:[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028310

Your support means a lot to us!

[h3]Join the Conversation[/h3]

We appreciate your input. For further feedback beyond the in-game form, please connect with us on
Steam Discussions or Discord. Your insights help us make the game even better.

We sincerely thank you for being part of our journey. Your enthusiasm inspires us to keep improving and expanding the world of Nordhold. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!


Your Stunforge Team

Hotfix:
Fixed a bug for new players who get an internet issue displayed on the leaderboard

Further Improvements:
- Optimized some texts and translations
- Optimized leaderboard loading behavior
- Prevented overlapping of texts for hotkeys (towers, spells)
- The boss wave has been added to the event wheel

We are in the middle of preparing the mini-endless mode, which should be released within the next 2 weeks. We therefore apologise for the extra time between the last patch and this one. However, we have now solved some annoying bugs and implemented some important rebalancing.

Thanks for your feedback as always!




[h2]NEW Content:[/h2]
- Tower Upgrade Prices: Implementation of a new button to display all current upgrade costs of all towers
- 2 new focus settings (Immunity and Health reg.), which will only be relevant for the upcoming mini-endless mode

[h2]Buffs:[/h2]
- Volcano Mortar (Tower) Damage Increase 120 -> 150

[h2]Nerfs:[/h2]
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[h2]Adjustments:[/h2]
Trading Post Perks have been adjusted:

Established Trade Relations (Meta Perk)

• Before: Provided a fixed bonus of +2/+5 Gold to Trading Ships.
• Now: Grants +1/+2 Gold per level of Trading Ships. The Gold bonus now scales with the level of your ships.

Rebalancing of Trading Ships (Upgrade) in Combination with the Change of Established Trade Relations (Meta Perk) in the "Total Gold" Column:
Reason for Changes:

• To make progression through Trading Ship levels more meaningful by having bonuses that scale with your investment.

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]
- Zoom QoL: Zooming is now performed on the position of the mouse instead of centered
- Navigation through the leaderboard is more performant and the first 30.000 entries are now visible to everyone, the focus is initially set on your own rank
- Problem solved where sometimes the “Level Up” info did not disappear when the tower was demolished
- Problem solved where in rare cases an eternal loop of the chest selection at the end of the game appeared
- Bug fixed where you can get unique banners multiple times (Skyfall Arrows)
- Optimized the savegame behavior a bit
-Solved an performance issue which were able to freeze the game for 1-2 seconds at the start of the game
- Problem fixed where the milestone rewards (Hero Tower, Market, Oracle) after reaching waves 8/10/13 may disappear
- Problem where the spell hover (Lightning Strike) remains visible for too long in the banner selection has been fixed
- Optimized the "(Last Wave) Average DPS per Cost" calculation
- Optimized some texts and translations
- Fixed an optical anomaly that sometimes occurred with Arrow Towers when several Arrows were fired one after the other at the very same time (Lucky Shot, for example)
- Fixed a bug where the Volcano Mortar could not benefit from the Runestone Tower's Runic Fire aura.



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: WISHLIST NORDHOLD

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We would like to thank you all for your feedback! Your ideas and direct reports on bugs and the current state of the game are invaluable as we continue our journey toward the full release. All of it helps us immensely.

This patch is based almost entirely on your feedback. Thank you, community!




[h2]NEW Content:[/h2]
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[h2]Buffs:[/h2]
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[h2]Nerfs:[/h2]
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[h2]Adjustments:[/h2]
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[h2]Improvements:[/h2]
- Wrath Scattering (Raven Tower Banner) splitting issues fixed
- Brewery problem solved, where wheat shortage of the future wave already resulted in a non-execution of the brewery in the current wave
- Fixed a Bug where a chest grants infinite loot
- Fixed some savegame issues (workers/houses across different versions)
- Implementation of the possibility to display multiple hints when heroes have multiple tool-tip relevant infos
- Raven tower shoot VFX optimized (was difficult to recognize in rare cases before)
- Solved problems with opening chests and the market event at the same time in which you then buy relics that open chests
- Optimization of memory behavior
- Optimized button hover behavior


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: WISHLIST NORDHOLD

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