Nordhold: Origins News

Version 0.5.6.1

Dear Community,

As some of you may have noticed, since our updates 0.5.5.1 and 0.5.5.2, branching paths in the game have been occurring more frequently and earlier than before. This introduced too much randomness to the map generation and inadvertently increased the difficulty for various playstyles due to premature branches. This was an unintended consequence of our efforts to further reduce the already low probability of a map evolving into a "spiral" scenario, which could prematurely end the game - an understandably frustrating outcome.

We've now implemented an alternative solution that allows continuing the game, even in the event of a potential spiral scenario. This adjustment ensures that map development proceeds more naturally.

Thank you for your feedback and continued support as we strive to enhance your gaming experience.




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[h2]Nerfs:[/h2]
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[h2]Adjustments:[/h2]
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[h2]Improvements:[/h2]
- Better wayfinding with fewer and less early branches
- Option to continue playing in the spiral scenario
- Issue fixed where the Raven Tower sometimes does not fire a 2nd shot (when Twin Feathers is active) if it had to abort a shot due to the premature death of its victim
- Some UI fixes (old Trading Post UI visible / incorrect worker cost query)
- Minor Tooltip Changes (Auto-Lvl-Up-Feature)

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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Nordhold: Origins – Biggest Patch Yet!

Thank you all for your incredible support – we’ve received a ton of top-notch feedback that helped us fix critical bugs, potential exploits, and important balancing issues.

We’ve also made changes to the Trading Post meta to better align with the core vision of the game. For those of you who had gotten used to the old system, we hope you’ll bear with us! :)




NEW Content:
- Tower focus: Elite/Boss - elite or bosses can now be focussed

[h2]Buffs:[/h2]
- Magic Contract (Relic) now triggers when leaving the market, no longer when entering (which leads to give you the Effect directly when you buy it)
- Ghost Worker (Relic) no longer increases the food costs of the next workers
- Price reduction of LVL3 Upgrades for resource production buildings:

• Vein Tracing: LVL3 60 Gold -> 55 Gold
  
• Granite Grip: LVL3 60 Gold -> 55 Gold
  
• Golden Fertility: LVL3 60 Gold -> 55 Gold
  
• Oak crusher: LVL3 60 Gold -> 55 Gold
  

- Outreach First (Banner):

• Base Range: 2.6 / 3 / 4.2 -> 2.9 / 3.6 / 5.2
  
• Base Fire Rate: -15 / 13 / 10% -> -10 / 7 / 2%
  
• Upgrade Range: 1.3 / 1.6 / 2.4 -> 2.1 / 2.8 / 4.9
  
• Upgrade Fire Rate: +1 / 2 / 5% -> +1 / 2 / 3%
  

- Early Game strengthening, as some of the Meta Perk resources have been reallocated to the Start resources (+ 30 Stone, 30 Wheat, 15 Gold, 10 Wood)
This enhances skill expression in the game while providing a more engaging experience for first-time players.

[h2]Nerfs:[/h2]
- Reduction of LIGHTNING STRIKE (Spell) damage from 1000 to 900
- Lightning Surge (Banner):

• Removal of the Extra Lightning Strike at Legendary level.
  
• Adjustment of the trigger probabilities:
  
• Common: 1 -> 0.9
  
• Rare: 1.5 -> 1.2
  
• Legendary: 1 -> 2.1
  

- Golden Incentive (Relic): Reduction in gold rewards per tower construction from 4 to 3. Reduction in resources recovered per tower demolition from 20% to 10%.
- Trading Post:

• Starting Price Control: Set starting trading price to 6/4 for wave 1.
  
• Inflation System: After trading, prices will be inflated for the next 3 waves, worsening the trade rates (+1 to buy prices, -1 to sell prices).
  

Probabilities changed from a 33% per buy/sell rate and addition of another level:

• Buy: 8 (15%), 7 (45%), 6 (25%), 5 (15%)
  
• Sell: 2 (15%), 3 (45%), 4 (25%), 5 (15%)
  

[h2]Adjustments:[/h2]
- Leaderboard score calculation: Wave progress is rewarded more. Economy therefore carries less weight. The rank thresholds have been adjusted accordingly.
- Leaderboard Opt-Out: Added a feature to no longer participate in the leaderboard if desired
- Minor UI and translation changes

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]
- Add a warning window when trying to build the brewery without the tavern
- Tower Demolish Hint: Display of specific return resources
- Volcano Mortar aiming optimized (can better predict the future now)
- Worker Hire Hint: Display of all next worker prices
- Fixed problems with the display and execution of tower upgrades
- Fixed a bug where you had a higher range when hovering over the range upgrade button
- Fixed a calculation bug from Spell Damage when several factors come together at the same time
- Mac optimisation: VFX for the Mac have been optimized (Arc Tower projectiles, Volcano Mortar projectiles, Arcane Explosion)
- UI optimization: Switching between towers is now a little faster (new tower window opens directly instead of closing the previous one first)

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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A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Community!

Today, we hit an incredible milestone of 10.000 players! This is a significant achievement for us as a small indie studio with our very first game, Nordhold: Origins.

Your enjoyment, feedback, and engagement within the community mean the world to us. We're grateful for all your fantastic ideas and suggestions!

P.S.: The in-game feedback form does not transmit your name, so we're unable to respond directly to feedback requests. However, you can always reach out to us directly via Steam Discussions or Discord.


Your Stunforge Team

Hey dear community,

Thank you very much for using our bug and feedback form. Thanks to this we were able to identify and fix some bugs.

Community, you are great!



[h2]Buffs:[/h2]
- Ancient Bargains: +5%

[h2]Nerfs:[/h2]
- Trading Ships: changed values of LVL1

[h2]Adjustments:[/h2]
- Chain Echo: changed values slightly
- Optimisation of the sound design with several simultaneous effects
- Optimisation in the sound volume of the intro splash screen

[h2]Improvements:[/h2]
- Fixed soft lock that can occur when an Orc General runs into the city gates
- Fixed some errors in the saving process
- Fixed issues with displaying leaderboard results
- Fixed sending problems with the feedback form
- Fixed a bug where the brewery worked without the tavern

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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