Balance · 2
Skåne Crossbowman bonus damage vs Heavy was reduced from 10/12 to 9/11.
bonus damageKongens Dør Cathedral Gold income now caps at 20 Longhouses.
gold income
Controls · 1
While playing Vikings with a controller, shift-queuing attack move commands will no longer toggle Villager production.
controller input
UI · 1
The Longhouse Smithy and Pasture & Loom attachments now display research progress on the building decorator.
building decorator
Fix · 11
An issue was fixed where a duplicate Relic would be spawned if a Monk carrying a Relic was near a Sacred Grove when construction is completed.
relic spawn bugStability issues in some co-op Crucible missions that could lead to a crash were fixed.
stabilityAn issue was fixed where Jeanne d'Arc's Divine Arrow could skip its cooldown if a movement command was issued right away.
cooldownAn issue where rapidly queuing Longhouse attachments with a large group of unbuilt Longhouses could cause the attachment limit to be exceeded was fixed.
attachment count limitAn issue where Longhouse attachments were refunding their costs immediately if queued on an incomplete Longhouse structure was fixed.
attachment cost refundAn issue was fixed where the Longhouse Smithy and Pasture & Loom did not grant the upgrade if Hrafn's Raid Saga was completed with less than 45 seconds remaining.
upgrade grant bugAn issue where sometimes purchasing Longhouse attachments before construction is complete would increase the count by 2 instead of 1 was fixed.
attachment purchase countAn AI behavior regression was fixed which caused poor performance due to how AI players distributed Villagers and failed to build drop-off buildings.
ai behaviorThe Viking Living off the land ability can no longer be stopped and restarted to heal faster.
ability mechanicAn issue where multiple Longhouse attachments could be queued at once during construction was fixed.
attachment queueing limitAn issue which caused the Crucible Conqueror mode to be unavailable was fixed.
game mode availability
General · 1
The Scots Pikeman visuals in Age 2, 3, and 4 were updated by replacing the blue saltire on their chest with a gambeson and lions rampant.
general
Also in this patch5
The Crucible receives a major expansion including four new missions, deeper progression, and a two-player co-op option.
game mode expansionA new Observer HUD mod category is added for replays and live observers, supporting custom spectator interfaces.
hud elementTwo brand-new civilizations, the Vikings and the Scots, are added to the battlefield in the Raiders of the North expansion releasing on October 29.
civilizationTwelve new Vikings and Scots themed taunts are made available to everyone.
tauntA new setting was added to let players choose whether Attack-Move targets buildings.
setting