2026-09-08 09:42 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hi guys,Some fixes for BETA channel is here:- Increased the height of the Dynasty window - Fixed an issue where assigning an army to attack an enemy squad on the Global Map did not immediately update the interface - Fixed the Altar’s marking-rope and scaffolding assets - Fixed the “is on a different texture page” crash - Removed the invalid farm_v2_12x6.json file, which could load before the valid horizontal Farm variant and cause a crash - Fixed a potential crash when an actor moved through a deleted building - Added a safeguard that skips video files if they cannot be played for any reason.
2026-09-04 14:40 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hi everyone,Dmitry here.It's been quite a while since the last update, so there's a lot to cover.Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be focusing on expanding the feudal system and villages, adding new buildings, continuing to develop combat (which we plan to keep improving for many months to come), working on the story generator, and reworking the knowledge system.By the way, if you've been considering leaving us a review, now would be a great time. We'd really appreciate it!Feedback on the beta version in our Discord would also be extremely helpful. To switch to the beta, use the Game Ver
2026-08-28 16:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Summer is nearing an end, and Norland has recently received a new update to herald the coming Autumn. Dmitry and his beta testers have been hard at work since the last major patch testing and refining patches 54-56 to bring to the main branch. This three-in-one patch brings new additions like the Event director as well as QoL and balance changes. In case you missed it, see below for the full roundup of patches 54-56. Norland is also part of the the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale at 50% off. Check it out, and the other games that are discounted as part of the Hooded Horse August Publisher S
2026-08-22 19:30 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale. Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale
2026-07-31 16:27 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone,Dmitry here.Today we are releasing Patch 56 to the main branch together with the previous Patches 55 and 54, meaning the game will be updated by three versions at once.The main focus of this update is the Event Director, improvements to the overall gameplay experience, and balance.Patch 56 also primarily focuses on balance adjustments and fixing a large number of bugs.Although the game may not seem to have gained a huge amount of new content, and some of the changes may appear questionable at first glance, we believe the game has become significantly more fun to play.Over the co
2026-07-17 18:53 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone,Dmitry here.Today we are releasing the Event Director to the beta branch.This system, also known as the Storyteller in RimWorld, makes the game experience more balanced at every stage of a playthrough, as well as richer, more varied, and more rewarding.Our testers now refuse to return to the previous version and say that playing without the Director feels painful and boring.I hope you notice the same improvement to the gameplay experience that we did.As usual, all save files are compatible.You can switch to the beta branch through the game's menu in your Steam Library or directl
2026-07-09 20:30 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale. Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale
2026-06-26 19:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Hooded Horse Summer Sale
2026-06-26 15:47 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hi everyone,this is Dmitry.Unfortunately, in this patch we won’t be showing a radically new gameplay experience, but it noticeably improves the overall feel and logic of the game.Notable changes:We have reworked the mechanics of guests arriving to the player. Their actions will now be more meaningful. However, this is only the beginning of a larger task: rethinking dark deeds and moving politics to the level of relations between states.We have made a map generation menu for the start of the game.Added many new character traits (they will still be balanced).Added new political mechanics and mor
2026-06-12 11:03 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone,We're releasing a hotfix to the main branch that addresses the most troublesome bugs you've been reporting recently.Let us know what you think of the new generation algorithm. Has it improved the experience?Either way, we'll be adding more customization options in the next update.Also, next week, we'll do our best to roll out a very exciting new version to the beta branch.Thank you!ChangelogBig hill will now generate less frequently in the center of the map when using low hilliness settings.Required playable map area reduced from 75% to 70%, decreasing the chance of generated ma
2026-06-01 17:30 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Spring has sprung, and Norland is celebrating with a brand new update! Dmitry and his battalion of beta testers have been hard at work refining multiple beta patches, and the resulting Spring Update is the culmination of patches 50-53. We also just got an updated development roadmap for Norland. So in case you missed any of the latest development news, here's a full roundup for you. Norland is also part of the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale at 50% off. Check it out, and the other games that are discounted as part of the Hooded Horse May Publisher sale. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale {STEAM_C
2026-05-29 15:02 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone, this is Dmitry.This time we took longer than usual to release a new roadmap - for various reasons. However, after a lot of discussion and planning, we now have a clear vision of where we want to take the game over the coming months.Our main areas of focus will be:Expanding the event systemLocal map late gameGlobal map expansionCombat system improvementsLet's take a closer look at each of them.Event DirectorWe have accumulated enough mechanics to finally organize them into a unified Event Director system (similar to RimWorld's storyteller).The primary goal of the Event Director
2026-05-26 19:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Patrick (HoodedHorse)
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale! Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must navigate your way through class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery – all while tending to the needs of your people, executing nefarious plots against your enemies, and uncovering the lost knowledge of a fallen empire. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale
2026-05-15 07:10 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone!This is a small hotfix for the main branch that fixes a number of critical bugs related to the latest update, including the issue preventing caravans from arriving.We apologize for the inconvenience. The update was quite large, and things like this can happen.Thank you.Changelog:Fixed a bug that could prevent caravans from arriving when loading saves made in a previous version of the gameScripttonic will now bring 1–2 books from another culture. If the player has a lord of a different culture than the ruler, one of the books is guaranteed to belong to that lord’s cultureWhen loa
2026-05-11 17:46 UTC · Community Announcements · D.
Hello everyone, Today we are moving the accumulated changes from patches 50-52 (map generation, public politics, and more) out of beta into the main branch, along with a today's patch №53 that includes many fixes and QoL stuff. Thanks to the entire community for the feedback on the beta version! We will continue working and will soon show you our plan for further work - there will be a lot of interesting things!Dmitry.Changelog of of the patch №53Below you will find the contents of patches 50–52 from the Beta branchCharacter TraitsAdded the “Devout” and “Preacher” traitsFanatics now receive a
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