Reforged Edition

• The Last Tuatha De Danann
  All new story, set in dark, mysterious Ireland where nothing is what it seems and truths are hidden...
  
• Hofs of the Nordic Gods
  Visit the holy grounds of the Nordic Gods. Make sacrifices and recruit powerful yet unpredictable Berserker troops into your army.
  
• Dog Companion
  A loyal canine friend who will stay by your side, even on the battlefield.
  
• Start As Leader of a Faction
  Skip the rise to power and get straight into Reforged Editions expanded kingdom management.
  
• Crouching and Hunting
  Feed your men a better variety of food by hunting wild boar but beware, startle these creatures and they're liable to attack.
  
• Working (minigames)
  Out of luck and out of pennings. Commit yourself to an honest day's work in a quarry, mine or farmstead.
  
• New Ambush System
  There is no greater weapon than the element of surprise; catch your enemies off guard with an ambush attack. Though you must keep your wits about you, or you could be the target of an ambush yourself.
  
• Adventuring Companions
  Companions that leave the player's party from discontent may now strike out on their own as adventurers, gathering their own forces and making their mark on the world.
  
• New Quests and Roleplay Events
  Discover assassination plots, interfere in affairs of religion and more with these new sandbox quests.
  
• Improved Atmosphere
  New ambient sounds and scene contribute to a richer experience in historical Dark Age Britain.
  
• New Items
  Dozens of new weapons and armours as well as updates to old visuals.
  
• Battles
  Improved enemy AI, incorporating tactics and formations add a new dimension to battles. Shock troops such as the Berserkir fight like animals but in the heat of battle may not distinguish friend from foe.
  
• Kingdom Improvements
  Customise your kingdom's colour, ransom prisoners to the enemy and raise your peasants as a levy army in times of need.
  
• Expanded Multiplayer
  New scenes and Raid game mode. Improvements to the UI and additional options for server admins to take control of the invaders in Invasion mode.
  
• More Immersion
  Special player traits and the ability to spread rumours to influence people throughout the land. More lively scenes with domestic animals walking around. Extra information about your companions and the option of a second player outfit for use outside of battle, as well as much more roleplay and many more immersive features.
  
• Customise Your Level of Difficulty and Goals
  Set your own goals to become an Infamous Raider, Strong King, Beloved Warrior and more. Customise your difficulty options to cater your own experience and challenge.

To select this, you need to right click on "Mount & Blade Warband" in your Library, select Properties, open the BETAS tab and enter "betapassword" then press Check Codes. Then select the beta from the dropdown menu. You may need to close and restart steam for the download to begin.

#CTDs / Performance

- Optimised collision-meshes for buildings, ships, objects and trees
- Fixed broken trunks on waving trees
- Smaller LODs
- Added female frame
- Slightly reduced polycount of armors
- Optimisation of material- and shader-settings
- Cleaned up BRFs
- Removed all non used scene props.
- Trigger optimization
- Sound flags

#Fixes

- Massive changes in multiplayer security code (this should fix most or all MP bugs caused by 'hackers')
- Fixed music
- Changed the way that cooldown for horn and berserker works
- Fixed "move cattle" quest bug
- Fixed never-ending tournament rounds in some of towns
- Fixed MP sound issues
- Fixed bugs in scenes - 7 towns and 1 castle
- Fixed map icons
- Fixed tutorial equipment
- Fixed "The rate of catching prisoners is extremely low"
- Fixed "killed all but still prisioners"
- Fixed "question mark in the fight"
- Fixed "Looting Monasteries cost to much reputation"
- Fixed "Lack of bandits in Frisia and Danmark"
- Fixed "Should I get stuck in the opening battle if I win?"
- Fixed "impossible to escape from Sven's fleet"
- Fixed "Spawning in water when aid someone in seabattle"
- Fixed "Dying at the start of a sea battle"
- Fixed "Lower the chance for damaged ships."
- Fixed "Farmer viking parties"
- Fixed "MP Naval battle too slow"
- Fixed "Cant leave ship in MP Naval Battle"
- Fixed christian troops problem in Pagan towns.
- Fixed gift cattle option
- Fix Norse spawn
- fixed bug with pretender dialogs
- fixed bugs with castle/town food reserves
- Fixed NPC factions
- Fixed non-responsive division
- Fixed non-responsive troops
- Fixed non-kingdom troop AI
- Fixed some tournaments not ending

- Fixed many storyline problems reported for players. Specially in:
- Odin's Cave
- Sven's Hideout
- Captain's problem
- Trolls Bridge
- Aescesdum
- Companions conversation

# New / Changes
- MP admin chat (chat visible only to admins - 'U' key)
- MP admin announcments (important message send to all players - 'I' key)
- MP admin tools panel:
- slay bots
- heal player
- slay player
- swap player to other team
- swap player to spectator
- give Thor's hammer to player

- Add continue in sandbox mode after storyline end.
- Deleted autoleve 5 for companions.
- Helgi now have a trainer skill at the expense of lower navigation
- Adjust/fix faction relations
- Expand inventory update to special parties
- Reworked special places (farmstead, quarries etc) to give lower prices depending on player's skill
- Reworked extortion in villages and special places
- Reworked prisoner limit
- Chances for prisoner escape now depend on party morale
- Stopping pagan priests shouldn't result in a battle anymore
- Minor text corrections
- Adjust prisoner limits
- Stochastic triggers
- NPC faces
- New feature: "Make capturing ships possible"
- New feature: "Add info about current weather in the camp menu"