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Steam announcementView the game on SifterSeptember 15, 2026

LotR: War in the North™ - Legacy Edition | Patch 1 + Steam Deck Verified

PATCH 1 IS NOW LIVE

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North™ - Legacy Edition Patch 1 resolves several critical bugs, including equipment and gear loss issues, a progression blocker in Fornost, and general stability improvements.

Stability & Crash Fixes:

  • Fixed a multiplayer progression blocker where a certain gate on Fornost would fail to release progression critical enemies when the party respawns.
  • Fixed issues with cinematics aborting and asset loading when characters are swapped at checkpoints in multiplayer.

Inventory & Performance Optimizations:

  • Optimized loading so that characters stats no longer unnecessarily refresh upon loading a save.
  • Added safety checks during loading to prevent equipment with temporarily mismatched stats from being accidentally unequipped or deleted.
  • Corrected item spawning logic to prevent items from accumulating in large piles at specific locations on each level.
  • Fixed several instances where the visual state of characters’ gear would be desynced for a Host and Client in Multiplayer games.

Steam Updates:

  • Now Steam Deck Verified
  • PC / Storefront Extras: Fixed a borderless window mode bug where pending resolution changes would fail to revert to the previous resolution when it expired.

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