# Northgard: Definitive Edition Patch Notes for 18/12/2025

- Product: Northgard: Definitive Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/northgard-definitive-edition)
- Vendor: Shiro Games
- Date: 2025-12-18
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/466560/view/533244142396900329
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/northgard-definitive-edition/releases/2025-12-18-patch-notes-for-18-12-2025

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- **added** — You can now join a multiplayer lobby with mods without having it, and it will automatically subscribe to it
- **changed** — Increased the ranked matchmaking range
- **changed** — Reverted Krown rewards from Ruins and Shipwrecks from 75 to 100
- **changed** — Adjusted the resources granted by the third Frostbite reward: Wood/Food from 200 to 150, Krowns from 500 to 300, Iron from 10 to 5, Stone from 20 to 10
- **changed** — Reverted the Ruins and Shipwrecks Kröwn gain modifier for Horse from 25% to 50%
- **changed** — Reduced the Great Tower health from 250 to 200
- **added** — The Bodyguard can now be recruited at the Völund's Forge for Horse
- **added** — The Bodyguard can now be recruited at the Stove for Squirrel
- **changed** — The Giant Boar can now move into allied territory
- **fixed** — Fixed Stolen Lore being counted twice for blessing unlocks in Snake
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where infinite Fame could be gained on maps without events in Kraken
- **fixed** — Fixed allied Turtle Caravans being counted as raid rewards in Raven
- **fixed** — Fixed the first conquest bonus not properly adapting to the Miklagard relationship in Raven
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where some Lores could not be unlocked in the Lore Tree in Bifröst mode in Owl
- **fixed** — Fixed Hypnotic Spores not increasing relations in Owl
- **fixed** — Fixed the last Frostbite reward granting wood instead of lore in Owl
- **fixed** — Fixed Parasitic Vegetables not granting resources each tick in Owl
- **fixed** — Fixed Lores placed in allied or enemy territory not being counted in the Lore Tree display in Owl
- **fixed** — Fixed the Furnace Keeper not mining while Sindri was mining in Hippogriff

**v4.0.6**

##### New

- Mod - You can now join a multiplayer lobby with mods, without having it. It will automatically subscribe to it

##### Balancing

##### Generics

- Increased the ranked matchmaking range

- Reverted Krown rewards from Ruins and Shipwrecks **75 -> 100**

- Adjusted the resources granted by the third Frostbite reward:

- Wood/Food: 200 → 150

- Krowns: 500 → 300

- Iron: 10 → 5

- Stone: 20 → 10

##### Horse

- Reverted the Ruins and Shipwrecks Kröwn gain modifier **25% ->** **50%**

- Reduced the **Great Tower** health  **250 -> 200**

- The **Bodyguard** can now be recruited at the **Völund’s Forge**

##### Squirrel

- The **Bodyguard** can now be recruited at the **Stove**

##### Boar

- The Giant Boar can now move into allied territory

#####  Bug fix

- **Snake**

- Fixed _Stolen Lore_ being counted twice for blessing unlocks

- **Kraken**

- Fixed an issue where infinite Fame could be gained on maps without events

- **Raven**

- Fixed allied Turtle Caravans being counted as raid rewards

- Fixed the first conquest bonus not properly adapting to the Miklagard relationship

- **Owl**

- Fixed an issue where some Lores could not be unlocked in the Lore Tree in Bifröst mode

- Fixed _Hypnotic Spores_ not increasing relations

- Fixed the last Frostbite reward granting wood instead of lore

- Fixed _Parasitic Vegetables_ not granting resources each tick

- Fixed Lores placed in allied or enemy territory not being counted in the Lore Tree display

- **Hippogriff **

- Fixed the Furnace Keeper not mining while Sindri was mining

- **Bifröst**

- Fixed an issue with Niflheim portal tiles

- Fixed the Great Tower not upgrading special towers directly into Great Towers

- The Altar is no longer proposed to the Snake clan in solo games

- **Conquest**

- Fixed the Rimsteel event not triggering in the _Monuments of the Ancients_ mission.

- Fixed some maps restarting repeatedly during generation

- **Event**

- Fixed the Valhalla event launching on maps other than the Valhalla biome

- **Unit**

- Fixed an issue allowing units to bypass wall restrictions with the Wyvern tile

- **Save**

- Fixed some rewards being incorrectly granted after loading a save

- **Relic**

- Fixed Mjöllnir applying its armor-ignoring effect to the unit hit

- **Treasure**

- Fixed ornament filters not working

- Fixed Townhall and Units being visible in the main menu

- **Mod**

- Fixed saved maps with all clans in _Any_ not being reloadable

- When removing a Neutral Faction now reset the tile

- Fixed API addBonus from played

##### Known issue

- **FFA -** ranked game may not start

- **Owl -** Healing Herbs heal foes on neutral tile

- **Localization -** Missing some localization