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Steam News25 February 20264mo ago

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition v2.61 Patch Notes!

Greetings Sire! Thank you for the continued community support and passion for Crusader, its been great seeing what exciting creations the Community have come up with since the release of the Castle and CPU Lord Editor.

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Full Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition update

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What changed

7 fixes0 additions1 change0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Maps
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
changedCHANGESUpdated the CustomMedia readme file
fixedBUG FIXESFixed a bug where a wall segment of a CPU Lord would be considered fully repaired, despite having a height of 0, effectively creating an opening in the castle
fixedBUG FIXESFixed a bug where Custom Trail games wouldn’t use the selected player colour
fixedBUG FIXESFixed a bug in the map editor where it would constantly play a message telling you to site your granary
fixedBUG FIXESFixed a bug in the map editor, where the alignment of the Horse Archers visual placement and actual placement did not line up
fixedBUG FIXESVisual bug: Shrine health bar was too high, this is now fixed

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition changes

changedUpdated the CustomMedia readme file
fixedFixed a bug where a wall segment of a CPU Lord would be considered fully repaired, despite having a height of 0, effectively creating an opening in the castle
fixedFixed a bug where Custom Trail games wouldn’t use the selected player colour
fixedFixed a bug in the map editor where it would constantly play a message telling you to site your granary
fixedFixed a bug in the map editor, where the alignment of the Horse Archers visual placement and actual placement did not line up

Greetings Sire!

Thank you for the continued community support and passion for Crusader, its been great seeing what exciting creations the Community have come up with since the release of the Castle and CPU Lord Editor.

Today we're releasing the latest patch for Crusader DE, bringing a few fixes to your castle-building and besieging experience, as well as a hotly requested addition to the Custom Lord parameters. Happy sieging!

Steam post image Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition v2.61 Patch Notes:

ADDITIONS

  • “Max Siege Size” and “Siege Wave Size Multiplier” are now editable parameters in the Editor for Custom CPU Lords

CHANGES

  • Updated the CustomMedia readme file

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed a bug where a wall segment of a CPU Lord would be considered fully repaired, despite having a height of 0, effectively creating an opening in the castle

  • Fixed a bug where Custom Trail games wouldn’t use the selected player colour

  • Fixed a bug in the map editor where it would constantly play a message telling you to site your granary

  • Fixed a bug in the map editor, where the alignment of the Horse Archers visual placement and actual placement did not line up

  • Visual bugShrine health bar was too high, this is now fixed

Localisation Fixes:

  • In English Localisation, fixed a typo in the Kahinah’s text when defeating a player, and typo in the custommedia read me file

Please note that you will only see Multiplayer lobbies of other players on the exact same version of the game as you. People make sure you're on the latest version if you'd like to play Multiplayer.

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As always, thank you for playing Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition!

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Steam News / 25 February 2026

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