[Sword Paper Three Kingdoms – May 14, 2026 Update]

• Small towns will now automatically expand into medium-sized towns after being occupied for 4 turns

• Medium-sized towns will now automatically expand into large towns after being occupied for 5 turns

• When a city changes ownership, existing buildings within the city will now remain intact

• Players now start the game with 1 “Reckless Charge Card” and 1 “Duel Card”

• Default map victory conditions have been adjusted to 100,000 Troops and 150,000 Silver (Room hosts can still customize these settings)

Initial Troop Adjustments

• Cao Cao Faction: Starts with 40,000 troops

• Liu Bei Faction: Starts with 38,000 troops

• Sun Quan Faction: Starts with 36,000 troops

• Zhang Jiao Faction: Starts with 42,000 troops

General Balance Adjustments

• Guan Yu — Intelligence: 37 → 30

• Zhao Yun — Strength: 48 → 45

• Zhao Yun — Leadership: 25 → 32

• Zhao Yun — Intelligence: 38 → 28

• Zhou Yu — Leadership: 48 → 44

• Huang Gai — Strength: 44 → 47

• Guan Hai — Strength: 42 → 44

• Cheng Yuanzhi — Strength: 35 → 38

• Wen Chou — Strength: 47 → 48

• Wen Chou — Intelligence: 14 → 12

• Zhang Zhao — Intelligence: 42 → 45

• Zhang Zhao — HP: 120 → 128

• Medical Hall supplement prices reduced from 3000 to 800

• Early-game city toll fees have been significantly increased

• Population values of certain cities have been reduced

• Fixed an issue where inactive faction Lords acting as generals could incorrectly enter a critically wounded state