March 18th, 2026 Hot Patch

Creatures

• Fixed spiders becoming invisible in tactical battles once they cast a spell

Language

NOTE: The following issue is not encountered by all new players, but we have seen it in certain language settings for a small subset of players with Early Access Files

• Added a script to fix bad xml data that caused some users playing in a different language to freeze when starting a new game

  • To use the script, locate the Tools folder in your installed files on steam and select the convert_xml_to_utf8 script

    • Have python installed

    • Open a command line and change the directory to the location of the script

    • Type one of the following commands:

      • py convert_xml_to_utf8.py --data

      • py convert_xml_to_utf8.py --user

      • py convert_xml_to_utf8.py --path "C:\some\full\path"

    • Add --dry-run to preview changes without modifying files, and --verbose for detailed output per file. For example:
      python convert_xml_to_utf8.py --user --dry-run --verbose

UI

• Fixed missing Hiergamenon images and removed marriage candidates from the Monsters section

March 17th, 2026 Change Log

AI Improvements

• Fixed a crash when all AI quest choices have zero chance weight

• Spellcasting

  • AI tactical spellcasting now properly validates spell targets

  • Made AI more likely to use summon spells

• AI Champions now gather escort units when leaving cities

• Units failing to join armies now return to the city instead of being stranded

• AI auto-resolve now performs better against monster and minor-faction defenders

• AI research gains now scale by difficulty

• AI sovereigns now found their kingdom faster instead of wandering aimlessly

• Added a fix for AI getting stuck on a quest location that was claimed by someone else

Campaign Fixes

• Made enemies ignore unrecruited NPC champions to prevent softlocks

• Made sure some Campaign companions do not permanently die causing softlocks

• Prelude

  • Added new voice to “Prelude” Campaign

  • Fixed issue where you cannot complete the campaign due AI player city

  • Fixed quest objectives not disappearing

• Fallen Enchantress

  • Fixed instance of crashing common in Chapter 9

  • Fixed game lock when winning certain battles in Chapter 5

  • Fixed issue where quest tooltip blocks clicking button to progress

  • Fixed issue where Sovereigns are seen standing in water in the corner of the map.

  • Fixed tooltip data on the Crystal Shield

  • Ensured Meergana interaction adds pupils

  • Ensured you must visit all 3 villages in Chapter 9 to continue

• Legendary Heroes:

  • Fixed looping dialog path in Slavers quest

  • Fixed Abeix Rewards not being recieved if you have no city

  • Fixed auto-resolve exploit to kill Abeix easier

  • Ensured game defeat screens and healing between battles at the Forge of the Overlord sequence

Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple crashes related to interactions with Cartographer’s Table

• Fixed Crash when running with certain types of mods

• Added lots of small changes to prevent crashes

Gameplay

• Added New Necromancy Spell Tree and Abilities

• Fixed WASD camera movement to feel consistent in closer distances

• Fixed issue where population is set to 0 after turn 2

• Fixed issue where ship’s move slowly at certain camera distances

• Dynasty adjustments:

  • Dynasty birth pacing adjusted to support larger families with softer fertility dropoff

  • Fixed certain Marriage Candidate blood traits

• Ability changes:

  • Iron Guard now grants Pierce Defense per level instead of flat HP

  • Adjusted Abilities Costs:

    • Hopelessness - increased from 1 to 2

    • Horrific Wail - increased from 1 to 2

• Updated crafting recipes:

  • Aspect of Fire

    • Removed 4 Refined Crystals requirement

    • Added 1 Clouded Ruby requirement

  • Aspect of Lightning

    • Removed 4 Refined Crystals requirement

    • Added 1 Clouded Topaz requirement

• Content:

  • Added starter/lair content for Prowlers and Herglings, plus new Hergling monster unit data

  • Treasures, Locations and Lairs are now better sources of ingredients and give more loot

• Misc:

  • Capital cities now spawn 2 extra City Defender guardian units

  • Fixed Armor Prereq bugs regards to using

  • Fixed issue where Trinkets become invisible

  • Ensured the quest that takes you “Dungeon of Intrigue” gives you gold.

  • Fixed Troll Charm accessory popup

Mods

• Fixed multiple bugs when uploading things to the steam workshop - most notably tags updating

• Made sure that mod-dependent factions show up - ie when Sovereign Create Humans

• Improved Mountain Generation Visual in the Cartographer’s table

Text and UI

• Updated Localization files in all languages

• Adjusted certain Governor unit display names from Role-based to Proper Surnames

• Ruah backstory reformatted

• Siege Weapons are renamed to Military Tactics

• Resolved multiple typos in quests, abilities, and research

• Fixed multiple icon issues

• Added in all the required resource to be displayed in the Unit Design window

• Fixed multiple instances where you get a black screen on load

Sound

• Ensured all campaign/tutorial units use the same sounds as main game counterparts

• Mounted units now play appropriate mount sound effects

Tutorial Fixes

• Tutorial 1

  • Removed bad hardcoded sovereign name

  • Fixed loophole where you can kill your sovereign on a waypoint by avoiding dialog

• Tutorial 2

  • Fixed Sentence Typos

  • Added Final Objective Popup

• Tutorial 3

  • Fixed Unit Training Popup so it fits cleanly

  • Fixed waypoint camera cue