In King Arthur: Knight’s Tale,

• The Sidhe (also known as the Fairy People or the Fair Folk) were once revered as Gods by the mortals. They have retreated to the Land of the Young, Tír na nÓg, a place between Britannia and the otherworld. As Arthur makes an appearance, they return to their sacred woods in Avalon, and settle in the eternal twilight of the magical wilderness of Deepwood, that acts as a gateway to other realms of existence.
  
• They are unpredictable, alien forces, even the most reasonable individuals of their kind will make deadly deals with unassuming wanderers. They wield powerful magic and they use it for negotiations and destruction.
  
• They have two different courts, the Seelie and the Unseelie. The Seelie Court represents spring and summer, daytime and brightness, their crystal towers reflect and magnify the sunlight. Don’t mistake this for benevolence – they gather power from heat and fire. This court is home to the Springborn and Summerborn who were once mortals. The Unseelie Court, however, is a sad, melancholic bunch, they weave their somber castles from mists and spiderweb, and they raise Autumnbreed and Winderbreed fighters.
  
• Yes, both Sidhe Courts have a long-standing tradition to raise disposable warbands using human children who were stolen from their cribs as infants. The Seelie Court takes these changelings into their forts of amber and thorns: time crawls sluggishly there, which grants the Sidhe years and years to shape these children both physically and mentally, until they become vicious creatures that will fight against their own kind blindly.
  
• The Sidhe are cunning and powerful enemies in Avalon, so always watch your step and words when encountering them. You will recognize their territories from the unique architecture and ornaments.
  

Of course, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale takes some artistic liberties and has a unique take on these Fairy People.

• The word ‘Sídhe’ originally meant fairy mounds, and ‘Aos Sí’ was the name of the people of these tumuli. ‘Sídhe’ as a loanword took on more meanings, for example, the legendary poet W. B. Yeats was among those who referred to the fairies as ‘Sídhe’, but it has been conjectured that 'sídh' is also synonymous with ‘immortal’.
  
• This is a whole rabbit hole of linguistics and folklore, so if you want to learn more about them, make sure to pick up some handbooks of Celtic myths and legends, or any collections of various Irish and Scottish fairy tales. Because of the nature of these stories you will find many variations and mutations on the same themes and names, which is also the case with the core Arthurian legend.
  

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Deep within Avalon

So, what are they exactly?

• Glowing magical rifts appear randomly on battlefields and grant huge boosts to all Sidhe units. These rifts function as barriers to the knights, they cannot step on the tiles where these magical fissures appear. However, Sídhe units are able to step inside the rifts, draining their energies and gaining buffs for themselves and allies within the mission. They can even chain together multiple enhancements by absorbing these powers.
  
• This has grave consequences for battlefield tactics: now the player needs to take rifts into account when moving around. Are the rifts blocking your optimal path to the enemy? Is there a Sídhe unit close to one of these energy sources? Do you block their path or do you prepare for their increased HP and damage?
  
• All Sídhe units will retain the acquired buffs until the end of the mission. But, if the enemy is defeated, all remaining rift energy can be interacted with and converted into a special resource that could empower player units in Camelot.
  
• Rifts might occur outside of battles as well, but according to Camelot's wise arcanists, these are rare occurrences. However, they might provide interesting benefits.
  

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Will King Arthur: Knight's Tale come to consoles?

• Yes, the game is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X, both versions are in development at the same time! We're currently trying to lock down a release date, but as soon as we have the exact information, you'll be the first to know!
  

What kind of updates can we expect for King Arthur: Knight's Tale in the future?

• Patches - Fixes and balancing adjustments. Free, of course. One of the most important patches coming in December is Patch 2.0 which will completely overhaul the game, including quality of life improvements and better balance based on community feedback.
  
• Seasons - Think of these as mini expansions - they are completely free. King Arthur: Knight's Tale is not a live service game as the base game is considered a complete product and is playable offline, but we believe that we can keep the game fresh by surprising players with new content based on a certain theme.
  
• Skirmish packs - These are smaller DLCs, they can be either free or paid. They offer some additional challenges in special map packs. Absolutely not necessary for enjoying the full main campaign, but they can provide a few extra hours of fun for those who just can't get enough.
  

Am I missing out on anything with Seasons? Can I access older ones?

• You will be able to play every Season, selectable from a menu. The current one is called The Chained God and focuses on the Fomorians. This content will not disappear when the next Season - Rising Eclipse - arrives in December with a Sídhe theme. As we introduce new Seasons, they will all be selectable and you can activate them at will. You don't have to download anything, these are free updates that come in the form of a patch. You will never miss out on anything as long as you keep your game updated.
  

When is the best time to play these Seasons?

• Seasons are primarily intended as endgame content for players who have completed the story and who are now looking for additional challenges, so you will need a save file with a completed campaign to enjoy them.
  

Beside these smaller free content updates, will King Arthur: Knight's Tale have a larger paid expansion?

• Yes. We are currently working on a really meaty expansion with a full campaign featuring the Ninth Legion of Rome. We don't have a release date just yet.
  

What else is there to know?

• Past, future and present are enshrouded in the ever-growing mists of Avalon. We're but a small beacon of light - still, come to us with questions and feedback at all times. We are listening and trying to work with your suggestions to improve the game. Join the discussions on our website, on the Steam forums, or in our official Discord server. Besides these, you can also tell us about any technical difficulties at support@neocoregames.com.
  
• And if you're still hungry for more things King Arthur: Knight's Tale before the new Season arrives, we humbly suggest our Supporter Pack DLC which includes a short story collection, a digital art book and a digital map. You should also follow our devblog updates and social media so you can stay up to date with anything that happens with the game.
  

Camelot salutes you!

Knights of Avalon,

Patch 2.0 & Season 2 are coming!

• The island of Avalon, the last bastion of both the Knights of the Round Table and the creatures of the ancient legends, is saturated by magic at its core. The massive gameplay and quality-of-life overhaul will but further enhance this, adding class balance changes (Marksman enthusiasts rejoice!), brand new skills, item updates, and more.
  
• Season 2 - Rising Eclipse will bring a brand new seasonal mission chain. Otherworldly earthquakes are threatening to tear apart the Island of Avalon at its foundations, and strange rifts are opening up in the kingdom, oozing energies that are dangerous and uncontrollable. It will be up to you to stop the Sídhe before they gather the energy leaking from these rifts! Doing so will prevent them from gaining unimaginable power, and reward you with precious seasonal goods in return.
  
• The update, just like the previous Season, will be free for all owners of the base game, and will be available December 2nd.
  

• Later on You will get to explore the fate of the (in)famous Ninth Legion of Rome and their ventures across the mystical island
  
• As for the console version of Knight's Tale, we will share more news separately in the coming weeks, but you'll be able to start journeying on PS5 and XSX|S as well very soon!
  

Until so, may the (old) Gods guide your blades!

Patch v1.3.0b

Fixed bugs

• Fixed a crash which affected some players when creating or joining a PvP Multiplayer match.
  

Knights,

Avalon awaits!

Knight!

• Short Story Collection: A 170-page, digital short story collection "Chronicles of Avalon" with 9 exciting short stories (including a prologue to the Storm and an epilogue that connects the stories with the game) by acclaimed Hungarian fantasy authors - Balázs Farkas, Gábor Izsóf, Viktor Juhász, Ágnes Körmendi, Csilla Kleinheincz, Áron Németh, Bogi Takács and László Tamásfi. Illustrated by Anikó Salamon and László Vida.
  
• Digital Art Book: A massive, 220-page Art Book - a PDF including concept art, cinematic stills, portraits, backgrounds and early sketches, as well as a short "Legacy" section, art from our older King Arthur games.
  
• Digital World Map: A detailed digital map of Avalon.
  

Knights,

New

• Skirmish Game Mode:
  
  
  
  • The Trials of Sir Tewelyn
    
  • The Painted Devils
    
  • Rogues and Renegades
  
  
• New difficulty level - Moderate
  
  
  
  • The Resting place heals 50% of your Heroes' HP and Armour
    
  • Enemies get a -15% damage output and -15% Vitality, HP and Armour compared to Hard difficulty
    
  • Developer comment: the new difficulty level was created for players who found no challenge on Normal difficulty but ran into hopeless situations many times in the campaign on Hard
  
  
• 3 new Achievements added - one for each of the new mini-scenarios
  

Misc

• From now on, dead Heroes cannot be selected when using a Shrine
  
• Changed the icon of Cover to an improved version
  
• The Outnumbered and Duel states received their respective UI icons
  
• Redesigned the description of all special enchants which require any in-mission action before they could be used
  
• There was no pop-up window greeting the player when they defeated Balor. There is one now
  
• Changed the icon of the Banshee's Scream skill
  
• The Windmaster's Hurricane skill will now spawn 3 tiles away from our Hero instead of 2
  
• Removed the 'adjacent' word from the description of the Lightning Strike skill
  
• All active skills coming from items were reviewed and some received new tags (AoE, Fire, Lightning etc)
  
• All skills and enchants were reviewed. Added missing skill tags to various active skills (especially the Support tag to support skills)
  
• From now on, equipped items will always be displayed on the right side of the screen
  
• If an item grants a skill for the Hero, the skill's description will be displayed in the item's tooltip as well
  
• The description of skills which could be used after satisfying a certain condition was improved
  
• Controller: you can now decide into which of the two slots do you place your Potion(s) and/or your scroll(s)
  

Balance

• Removed a few enemies from every main encounter in The Atonement of Sir Lucan mission
  
• Rebalanced one of the encounters in the Blackened Heart mission where we faced a dozen of Demonic Possessed knights
  
• Rebalanced The Return of the White Knight mission:
  
  
  
  • The 2nd wave will arrive a turn later in the first encounter
    
  • Removed a few enemies from every enemy group / wave

Fixed bugs

Misc

• Fixed an issue where if an Endgame mission was failed in Roguelite mode, no more mission was available. Now, the failed mission remains available on the Adventure Map
  
• Fixed the Corrupt Armour passive of the Master of Hexes skill: first, if more Arcanists casted the spell, the effect could not stack and secondly, if one of our Arcanists had the passive learned, all the other Arcanists received the effect of this passive as well
  
• The Ice Shield and Ice Wall skills received an Ice tag
  
• Fixed the missing Demonic Possession tag on a handful of villagers in The Return of Morgana le Fay mission
  
• Fixed an issue where the Desecrated Ground did not damage Lost units when casted
  
• Fixed the description of the Vanguard's Counter Attack skill. The ability triggers on the first incoming frontal attack of the turn
  
• Fixed the description of the Old Faith Ritual decree. The description now reflects the correct effect of the decree which decreases the number of turns in treatment to one
  
• Fixed an issue related to the Old Faith Ritual decree where sometimes the treatment option vanished in the Cathedral and no Hero could be enrolled
  
• Fixed the Hurricane skill which could target our hidden Heroes as well
  
• Fixed an issue where after saving a progress and later reloading that save could rarely increase the weapon damage or decrease the amount of AP of our Heroes
  
• Added some missing banters to Sir Bedivere
  
• Fixed the sound of the Geyser skill of the Windcaller. The sound settings could not affect the volume of this skill
  
• Fixed the First Dodge passive skill. Until now, our Heroes could dodge more than one incoming ranged attack's damage if the same ranged unit targeted them
  
• Fixed various issues appearing on Ultrawide resolution
  
• Fixed the name of a male NPC
  
• Balor's faction background has been corrected from Pict to Fomorian
  

Maps

• Fixed the bone cages in the Lord of Plenty mission which did not disappear if one completed the encounter in less than 3 turns
  
• Fixed some areas in The Reckoning mission where our Heroes could stuck
  
• Fixed the Unseelie and Seelie gates in The Blackthorn Council as they could get multiple turns in a row
  
• Fixed the Find the Red Knight objective in The Knight in Red mission as the objective could not be completed
  
• Fixed some enemy units which could become inactive if the HP of the Red Knight decreased significantly before any of these enemy units was killed in The Knight in Red mission
  
• Fixed some broken objectives in the From Deep Below mission
  
• Fixed an issue where worms could spawn outside of the encounter in the Siege Breakers mission
  
• The Gathering mission's briefing window received a Pict sign indicating their presence in the mission
  
• One of the encounters in The Gathering could be bypassed without triggering the battle. This has been fixed
  
• Fixed an area in the Hidden Tribe mission where our Heroes could stuck into terrain elements
  
• Fixed an encounter in the Best Served Cold mission where the reinforcement units treated their allies as enemies
  
• Fixed an issue in The Artificer mission where Sir Mordred's banter were played sometimes even if the Hero was not in the party
  
• Fixed one of the encounters in the Cave of Shadow and in The Reckoning missions as the boundaries of the combat area were not set
  
• There was the wrong enemy type (Unseelie) displayed on the Artificer mission's briefing window instead of Seelie. This has been corrected
  
• Fixed the Bone Totem's missing Detailed Info Panel in The Curse of Enid mission
  
• If the deer died in The Curse of Enid mission, the mission failed. This has been fixed
  
• The portal in the Balor's Might mission can no longer be interacted with. The issue appeare only when a controller was used
  
• The Beastmaster mission's briefing window displays Pict enemies as well
  
• The Reckoning mission's briefing window displays Fomorian enemies as well
  
• Fixed minor, non-game breaking issues in several missions, namely:
  
  • Forbidden Keep
    
  • Old Monastery
    
  • Treachery
    
  • The Ancient Throne
    
  • Cave of Shadows
    
  • The Wild Hunt
    
  • With Prayer and Incense
    
  • The Black Keep
    
  • Bad Omens
    
  • The Curse of Sir Bors
    
  • The Unseelie Court
    
  • Developer comment: due to the numerous changes on these maps, in-mission progress has been reset
  
  

Knights!

Avalon awaits!

Fixed bugs

• Fixed the Ready to Fight achievement
  
• Updated and fixed various Endgame strings in the Hungarian localization
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ice Wall was not considered a low cover
  
• Fixed a crash which occurred if an item was highlighted with the controller on the Reward window
  
• Fixed a controller issue where if we were trying to select skills with D-pad in battle while highlighting an Unit, our Hero automatically casted the basic skill or switched to another Hero
  
• Fixed a controller issue where the same unit could not be targeted with multi-targeting skills such as Force Bolt or Fire Bolt since patch v1.2.2
  
• Corrected various descriptions in the English localization