‘Rise of Valhalla’ - The Viking-inspired Patch Beta is live!
Updates Summary Norsemen Faction Play as the brand new Viking-inspired faction surviving in the snowy, bitter boreal wilderness.
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What changed
0 fixes3 additions11 changes0 removals
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addedUpdates SummaryNorsemen Faction Play as the brand new Viking-inspired faction surviving in the snowy, bitter boreal wilderness. Unique Resources: Mead and Cheese Unique Military Units: Berserker and Longship Unique Wonders: Great Long Hall, Basilica, Stave Church
changedUpdates SummaryNew Buildings Only one Provincial Building can be built per province Crop Breeders: Farm special crops nearby Luxury Importer: Importing Luxury will now require the Luxury Importer. (to prevent exploitation of Luxury Imports.) Card Shop: Buy buildings, province-specialty, and slot cards! Naval Control: Create sea trade blockade - collecting fee of other players' ports Deepsea Fishing Port: Fish for Deepsea Tuna populated around reefs all over the world's oceans.
changedUpdates SummaryFarming Productivity / Fertility Map revamp - Crop Breeders now replace the Province-based Resources that appear at the start of the game. - Farming Productivity affected by Crop Yield and Fertility Dependence - Balance fertility rate across different Biomes - Fertile Province: Find fertile map icons indicating high fertility provinces suitable for crop farming.
changedUpdates SummaryElectricity Revamp: Reworked Electricity UI / Distribution / Balance
addedUpdates SummaryMilitary Revamp: New Military Unit Slots. Increase your Military Slots by growing your population. Rebalanced Military Units - Power and Cost
changedUpdates SummaryGameplay Rebalance: Many aspects of the game (e.g. cost, consumption, population, upgrade system) have been adjusted to ensure challenging gameplay into the endgame
Kingdoms Reborn changes
addedNorsemen Faction Play as the brand new Viking-inspired faction surviving in the snowy, bitter boreal wilderness. Unique Resources: Mead and Cheese Unique Military Units: Berserker and Longship Unique Wonders: Great Long Hall, Basilica, Stave Church
changedNew Buildings Only one Provincial Building can be built per province Crop Breeders: Farm special crops nearby Luxury Importer: Importing Luxury will now require the Luxury Importer. (to prevent exploitation of Luxury Imports.) Card Shop: Buy buildings, province-specialty, and slot cards! Naval Control: Create sea trade blockade - collecting fee of other players' ports Deepsea Fishing Port: Fish for Deepsea Tuna populated around reefs all over the world's oceans.
changedFarming Productivity / Fertility Map revamp - Crop Breeders now replace the Province-based Resources that appear at the start of the game. - Farming Productivity affected by Crop Yield and Fertility Dependence - Balance fertility rate across different Biomes - Fertile Province: Find fertile map icons indicating high fertility provinces suitable for crop farming.
changedElectricity Revamp: Reworked Electricity UI / Distribution / Balance
addedMilitary Revamp: New Military Unit Slots. Increase your Military Slots by growing your population. Rebalanced Military Units - Power and Cost
Updates Summary
Norsemen Faction Play as the brand new Viking-inspired faction surviving in the snowy, bitter boreal wilderness. Unique Resources: Mead and Cheese Unique Military Units: Berserker and Longship Unique Wonders: Great Long Hall, Basilica, Stave Church
New Buildings Only one Provincial Building can be built per province Crop Breeders: Farm special crops nearby Luxury Importer: Importing Luxury will now require the Luxury Importer. (to prevent exploitation of Luxury Imports.)
Card Shop
Buy buildings, province-specialty, and slot cards!
Naval Control
Create sea trade blockade - collecting fee of other players' ports Deepsea Fishing Port: Fish for Deepsea Tuna populated around reefs all over the world's oceans.
Ships Sailing: Fishers, and Traders now sail with their ships.
Farming Productivity / Fertility Map revamp - Crop Breeders now replace the Province-based Resources that appear at the start of the game. - Farming Productivity affected by Crop Yield and Fertility Dependence - Balance fertility rate across different Biomes - Fertile Province: Find fertile map icons indicating high fertility provinces suitable for crop farming.
Electricity Revamp: Reworked Electricity UI / Distribution / Balance
Military Revamp: New Military Unit Slots. Increase your Military Slots by growing your population. Rebalanced Military Units - Power and Cost
Gameplay Rebalance: Many aspects of the game (e.g. cost, consumption, population, upgrade system) have been adjusted to ensure challenging gameplay into the endgame
Gameplay Optimization: Improved gameplay performance, including pathfinding and UI performance
Upgrade Points System: New resource designed to make building upgrade choices more interesting, and to help keep the gameplay engaging into the endgame.
Beta can be access from here:
Find "Kingdoms Reborn" in your steam library
Right-Click → "Properties" → Select "BETAS" Tab
Under the dropdown menu: “Select the beta you would like to opt into:”
Select “test - Viking Beta”
The full update should be out on December 15, 2022.
Thank you again for your patience and support! Kingdoms Reborn Team :)
