Community Update 7 Out Now!

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The Beta has officially ended. Thank you for your invaluable support, Mercenaries!

Community Update #7 is now live!

Features & Changes

"The Lair"

• A whole new Point of Interest for criminal activities. In "The lair", you'll have the ability to:
• Sell stolen items
• Purchase weapons and armour
• Reduce your troop’s Suspicion.
• Accept contracts suited to criminal bands.
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Check out our post for more information

New Prisoner Class and Skill Tree

Prisoners are receiving a major update with several new and reworked systems:

• Prisoners now have needs of their own.
• Information about their needs is now clearer, helping you understand how to earn their trust.
• The detention system has been reworked to make the consequences of your decisions easier to understand.
• Prisoner escapes can now have several outcomes:
• They may ambush your troop with reinforcements.
• They may attack your camp after you rest.
• They may end up behind bars in prison.

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Prisoners now have their own dedicated Skill Tree.

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Check out our post for more information

Personal Quests 

Personal requests that your mercenaries may have under certain circumstances, offering a reward and entailing minor consequences in the event of failure.

UI Adjustments

• New character inspection panel with separate tabs for statistics, equipment, relationships, and special units like werewolves.
• New post-battle report panel.
• New panel for group bonuses and passives.
• New separate food counters for mercenaries, prisoners and excess at rest and travel.

Other

• Battle Improvements:
• End round button
• Improved IA calculation
• Movement speed
• Smoother Camera transition

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6 New Battle Maps.

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New bounty type: Capture and delivery to prison.

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New bug reporter in game to replace the upvote feature

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Bug Fixes

Major

• Fixed roamings pathfinding in Belerion (Guards, Pirates, Bosses...)
• Fixed enemies that sometimes doesn’t end turn in sieges battle in Skelmar
• Fixed crash when a crate in the water is taken in Belerion
• Fixed crash after using "One step beyond" with a dying unit
• Fixed return button in sing mode with a gamepad
• Fixed the units level up points in the Fief
• Fixed the crash for the quest “Rambling Animals” in Rigel
• Fixed the crash when werewolves use the rope on boat battles and land 
• Fixed the inquisition’s thaumaturge spawn
• Fixed arena softlocks by making champions escape with a werewolf
• Fixed Fief audiences tutorial that can’t be skipped with a gamepad
• Fixed dialogue choices tooltips hiding the dialogue box with a gamepad
• Fixed a softlock with the prison siege quest chain in Skelmar
• Fixed a crash when the player accept the quest in the inquisition camp at Drombach 
• Fixed the crash when the troop is aggressed after a rest and a unit wanted to leave the troop
• Fixed “The Plague-ridden Wife” quest softlock in Ludern
• Fixed the crash when a player interacts with the alchemy table in Rigel
• Fixed the possibility to trigger both Isandrin endings
• Fixed “Wandering Souls” contracts that can’t be completed in Rigel

Minor

• Fixed several issues with the pugilist “Focus” passive 
• Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering on killing blows
• Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering in defensive stance
• Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering after using “Animal Cooperation” 

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Fixed the reinforcement crossbow that can’t attack after deployment 

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Fixed wrong icons in Gosenberg for the university and the guard post

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Fixed wrong chains prop state in the Fief prison (with and without prisoners attached)

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Fixed the high probability to gain the “Heavy Sleeper” trait

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Fixed several typographical and localizations errors in texts 

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Fixed cooking unit orientation in camp

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Fixed “Sticky Oil” that didn’t guarantee Deflection at the battle beginning

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Fixed “Backup Shield” only activating once per battle 

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Fixed Gunbald and Heleth confessions

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Fixed several worldmap holes in mountains and flying props

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Fixed background music playing during bard minigames

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Fixed environment scene when interacting with merchants in Belerion

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Fixed Guardian’s Heather Shield upgrade

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Fixed the 500 krowns that wasn’t deducted after respecialization

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Fixed two guards having their legs through the ground in a quest dialogue in Isandrin

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Fixed Censer’s lanterns visual effect being at their foot

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Mercenaries,

The team would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who shared their feedback. This free Community Update was shaped by your input, helping us create a better experience for all.

We can’t wait to share more details about what’s coming next. Until then, enjoy the new content!