‘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. 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 :)
‘Rise of Valhalla’ - New Patch Teaser!
To all our Norsemen, put down your meads! A major announcement is in order. Come with us as we set our sight for Asgard in the upcoming “Rise of Valhalla” patch! ⚔️🤘
Concept
'Rise of Valhalla' introduces a Viking-themed faction that adds a Nordic flair to game experience.
The Viking-themed faction
This new settlement is well-suited to making a home in the snowy, bitter wilderness.
Town Hall
House
Mushroom Farm
Gold Smelter
Beekeeper
We're working on more gameplay changes for this patch and would welcome your feedback! Share your ideas for the new Viking Faction in the comments below or on our Discord server.
Can’t wait to embark on this voyage with all of you! ⛵
After countless refining and beta testing, we are proud to announce our second major update.
We've been told you'd like to see a brand-new culture, fresh gameplay styles, more multiplayer interactions, expanded global resources, quality of life improvements, and yes, some military actions — Now here they are!
See the updates below or find out right away by clicking the PLAY button now :)
New faction: “The Emirates”
Distinct in-game design and animation.
Master traders: -20% trading fee.
Oasis builders: Able to use Sand to construct buildings, but suffers from -50% wood-cutting yield.
Desert-born: Starts with Sheep Ranch instead of Forester. Miner’s Fortune replaces Wheat Seeds as a Starting Card option. Has access to techs and buildings adapted to desert living.
Balance: Default faction (The Duchies) gets a +5% research speed bonus.
Expanded interactions with other players
Conquer: Vassalize, Raid, Raze or Conquer enemies. Plunder other countries’ riches to make your nation wealthy at their expense.
Disrupt: Build Spy Nests and Spy Centers to steal resources and kidnap foreign citizens.
Cooperate: Enjoy mutual bonuses with allies by building Embassies, Foreign Quarters, and Hotels in their territory. Build Caravansaries to enhance trade routes.
City states: Neutral, single-province cities are now scattered throughout the map.
Smarter AI: Better city planning, less likely to die off, and faster at growing their economies. The AI now progresses through the eras like players.
Customize your leader: Choose between different factions, colors, icons, and portraits.
Introducing military gameplay
Command 17 unique units from 6 branches of your military, each with its own strategic advantages.
Garrison military units to decrease Steal Card effectiveness.
Build Forts to protect your provinces from raiding.
More global resources & improvements
Fertility: Oasis, Irrigation Pump.
Food: Pita Bread, Cactus Fruits, Agave, Spices.
Luxury: Dates, Tequila, Toilet Paper, Carpets.
Animals: Roaming animals can be captured, traded, and displayed in zoos for bonuses.
Ancient Wonders: 4 unique wonders to discover and claim as your own. Provinces with an Ancient Wonder benefit from an increase in Appeal, province income and Hotel effectiveness.
Artifacts: Raid Ruins and Ancient Wonders for Artifacts to display in Museums for bonuses.
Card Buildings: Zoo, Museum, Card Combiner.
Influence-based buildings: Manipulate global commodity prices with the World Trade Office and get city-wide bonuses with a Policy Office.
Quality of life: Non-Rectangular Farms, Centralized Auto-Trade Screen.
If you want play on the old saves
Please switch to the "pre_beyond_border" branch in your Steam's library setting. Right-click "Kingdoms Reborn" in your Steam library -> properties -> betas -> select "pre_beyond_border" patch
The 2nd Major Update "Beyond the Border" is Now Live!
Hi Kingdom Builders!
After countless refining and beta testing, we are proud to announce our second major update.
We've been told you'd like to see a brand-new culture, fresh gameplay styles, more multiplayer interactions, expanded global resources, quality of life improvements, and yes, some military actions — Now here they are!
See the updates below or find out right away by clicking the PLAY button now :)
New faction: “The Emirates”
Distinct in-game design and animation.
Master traders: -20% trading fee.
Oasis builders: Able to use Sand to construct buildings, but suffers from -50% wood-cutting yield.
Desert-born: Starts with Sheep Ranch instead of Forester. Miner’s Fortune replaces Wheat Seeds as a Starting Card option. Has access to techs and buildings adapted to desert living.
Balance: Default faction (The Duchies) gets a +5% research speed bonus.
Expanded interactions with other players
Conquer: Vassalize, Raid, Raze or Conquer enemies. Plunder other countries’ riches to make your nation wealthy at their expense.
Disrupt: Build Spy Nests and Spy Centers to steal resources and kidnap foreign citizens.
Cooperate: Enjoy mutual bonuses with allies by building Embassies, Foreign Quarters, and Hotels in their territory. Build Caravansaries to enhance trade routes.
City states: Neutral, single-province cities are now scattered throughout the map.
Smarter AI: Better city planning, less likely to die off, and faster at growing their economies. The AI now progresses through the eras like players.
Customize your leader: Choose between different factions, colors, icons, and portraits.
Introducing military gameplay
Command 17 unique units from 6 branches of your military, each with its own strategic advantages.
Garrison military units to decrease Steal Card effectiveness.
Build Forts to protect your provinces from raiding.
More global resources & improvements
Fertility: Oasis, Irrigation Pump.
Food: Pita Bread, Cactus Fruits, Agave, Spices.
Luxury: Dates, Tequila, Toilet Paper, Carpets.
Animals: Roaming animals can be captured, traded, and displayed in zoos for bonuses.
Ancient Wonders: 4 unique wonders to discover and claim as your own. Provinces with an Ancient Wonder benefit from an increase in Appeal, province income and Hotel effectiveness.
Artifacts: Raid Ruins and Ancient Wonders for Artifacts to display in Museums for bonuses.
Card Buildings: Zoo, Museum, Card Combiner.
Influence-based buildings: Manipulate global commodity prices with the World Trade Office and get city-wide bonuses with a Policy Office.
Quality of life: Non-Rectangular Farms, Centralized Auto-Trade Screen.
Beta Testing for Major Update: Beyond the Border
Hi Kingdom Builders :)
We would like to invite you to the beta testing for the upcoming major update (Beyond the Border patch) which we hope to finally release in Jan 2022!
Beta can be access from here:
Find "Kingdoms Reborn" in your steam library
Right click —> "Properties"
Select "BETAS" Tab
Under the dropdown menu of “Select the beta you would like to opt into:”, select “test_beyond_border_public_beta - Beyond Border Patch Public Beta”
Updates Summary
New faction "The Emirates" Master traders: -20% trading fee. Oasis builders: Clay-based buildings, but -50% wood-cutting yield. Desert-born: Starts with Sheep Ranch instead of Forester. Miner’s Fortune replaces Wheat Seeds as a starting card option. Many techs and buildings are customized for desert living. Also, the default faction (The Duchies) has a +5% research speed bonus.
Expanded interactions with other players Conquer: Vassalize, raid, raze or conquer enemies. Compete: Build Spy Nests and Spy Centers to steal and sabotage others. Cooperate: Build Embassies, Foreign Quarters, Hotels on allies’ territory. Build Caravansary to enhance trade routes. City states: Minor neutral cities now populate the map. Computer players: Smarter AI in growing their economy and city planning. Customize your leader: Faction, color, icon, portrait.
Military units 17 unique units from 6 types with various strategic advantages. Garrison military units decrease Steal Card effectiveness. Build a fort to protect your province from raiding.
New global resources & improvements Fertility: Oasis, Irrigation Pump Food: Pita Bread, Cactus Fruits, Agave, Spices Luxury: Date, Tequila, Toilet Paper, Carpet Animals: Roaming animals can be captured, collected in zoos for bonuses, and traded. Ancient Wonders: 4 unique wonders to claim. Grant bonus appeal, province income, and increase hotel effectiveness. Contain more artifacts than ruins. Place in museums for bonuses. Card Buildings: Zoo, Museum, Card Combiner Influence-based buildings: World Trade Office, Policy Office, Resource Outpost Quality-of-life: Non-rectangular farm, centralized auto-trade screen
Thank you again for your patience and support! Merry X'mas and Happy New Year :)
"Beyond the Border" patch teaser
Hi everyone. First, to you in the community who provided us with valuable feedback, thank you!
In the upcoming major update, we want to encourage more diverse playstyles and improve late-game gameplay. There are 2 major themes in this upgrade:
Interacting with the outside world
Introducing a new faction
Interacting with the outside world
"Beyond the Border" will entice you to interact more with the outside world beyond your own domain (whether with the environment, AI players, or your friends). Now reaching beyond your border could reward you with the strategic boosts you needed to win the game, or cost you if you ignore it.
Cooperate
Embassy: build on an ally's territory, if they like you, to gain bonus effects.
Zoo: collect animals, then trade with others to gain happiness.
Hotel: generate income for you from tourism while increasing happiness for your allies.
Ancient Ruins: boost nearby hotels. May find artifacts from excavations.
Museum: collect and trade artifacts with allies for further boosts.
Compete
Spy Nest: convert a rival’s house into your hidden Spy Nest. Boost your espionage effectiveness.
Spy Center: boost your espionage effectiveness.
Fortification: stall rival invasion attempts by building it at strategic bottlenecks.
Minor neutral cities More opportunities to trade, collect tribute, or conquer if they are in your way.
Introducing a new faction
Now there are more incentives to start your settlement in a desert.
The new Arab-inspired faction
Reinvent your gameplay strategies with the faction's unique buildings (e.g. the Caravansary, Mosque, the Bathhouse) and bonuses. Conversely, some of the favorite buildings you heavily relied on will no longer be available for this faction.
Town Hall
Market
Library
Warehouse
Statistic Bureau
Glassworks
New resources & improvements
Irrigation: Improve soil fertility by building pumps and ditches.
Oasis: a natural feature that fertilizes the surrounding desert area.
Carpet: a new product that can only be produced by the new faction.
Date: a new desert fruit.
Toilet Paper: a new luxury resource.
Quality-of-life improvements
Centralized trading screen: no more micromanaging of individual Trading Companies!
Non-rectangular farm
Thank you again for your patience and support.
The First Major Patch has Finally Arrived!!!
This massive patch completely revamps the game on all aspects. - Era Progression & New Research Trees - World Wonders & Victory Condition - New Art Assets both 3D/2D & Revamped UI's look
We really hope you enjoy this patch we worked so hard on :)
Thank you again to everyone in the community who helped playtest and gave a lot of useful feedback!
Era Progression & New Research Trees
Progress your Kingdom through four different Eras: Dark Age, Middle Age, Enlightenment Age, and Industrial Age. Each era brings with it many new interesting buildings, resources, and bonuses! Numerous new buildings have been added, such as Glassworks, Steelworks, Concrete Factory, Oil Rig, Coal Power Plant, and much more.
World Wonders & Victory Condition
Flaunt your Kingdom’s success by building these oversized structures! These Wonders also grant powerful gameplay bonuses and large amounts of Victory Score. The game now ends once all the different World Wonders are constructed. Victory Score is calculated based on Wonders Built, Population, Happiness, and Money.
