Northgard is a Viking game inspired by Norse mythology in the RTS strategy genre. Developers from the Shiro Games studio regularly support the game by adding new clans and companies. This time the players were pleased with the new Northgard addition: Vidar’s Cross. If in previous updates there were clans with a bias towards the Scandinavian lands, then in the update Northgard: Vidar’s Cross there is already a bias towards the southern lands. The add-on will be released in December 2022.
In Northgard: Vidar’s Cross, players will receive 8 new story missions that will reveal new details of the story. The new clan “Kingdom of the Lion” will also join the new story, which has its own characteristics and ways of development. And the main directions are based on religion and military affairs.
About the plot, Vidar’s Cross.
The action of the new company takes place several years after the end of the Ragnarok story. At the end of Ragnarok, the lands were devastated and many clans had to travel to find a new home. New territories will be inhabited by new Alans and characters, with some you can enter into an alliance, and with others there may be a conflict. The heroes will need to unite the clans to speed up the search for three swords that can end Ragnarok.
About the new clan “Southern Kingdoms (Lion Kingdom)”, in the game Northgard.
The new clan is significantly different from the previous clans in most respects. At the same time, the developers decided to move away from Scandinavian mythology, the northern territories, and move on to the southern lands. The people of the southern lands have their own traditions, technologies, buildings and culture. In general, the lion kingdom focuses on religious and military means.
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Building.
All buildings can be built much faster than the Vikings, since several workers can be involved in one building. This is a good priority for the development and development of territories, but at the same time it can make it difficult to obtain Food resources. Since the workers will build the building, and not collect food.
But, there are a number of restrictions to this priority if there are more than 8 workers in one zone or have a bonus of + 30% production and + 10% population growth.
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New main resource.
The southern kingdoms produce “Faith”, for this resource you can hire warriors.
Fighters.
Can be upgraded with various military upgrades. There are relics, unlike the Vikings.
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Bonuses at the start.
– Territories with military camps receive +1 unit to livability.
– Killing an enemy earns “Faith” if Hildegard participates in the battle.
– Military units can be hired for the Vyra resource.
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500 Glory units.
– After reaching 500 “Glory” points, it will be possible to create “Paladins” from “Monks”, for the cost in “Faith”.
– Paladins can assign themselves a relic and transfer it to the enemy field. The relic does not require a building site.
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Healing fighters.
Another nice point will be the healing of the fighters. If the Vikings were engaged in healing and treatment by “Shamans”, then for the “Kingdom of the Lion” clan, these functions can be performed by a religious building. But, only in the zone where they are built, so you will have to drag the wounded soldiers to the religious building.
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Unique relic “Spear of Longinus”.
After researching and building a clan relic, you can revive lost fighters at the battlefield. To revive, you need Faith points.
Conclusion on updating Cross Vidar.
A new clan with unique game moments will bring variety to the game. Now it is difficult to say how much the Lion Kingdom clan turned out to be the best. Definitely, you will have to get used to the new mechanics of the game, and the Vikings will be difficult to counter if the sea otters do not have military priorities.
