Submit any bugs or issues you've encountered while playing Northgard.

Multiplayer connection sever issues

@Shiro Community Team#2519 unfortunately I must echo a lot of people here that the servers have been crashing for me ever since the update. A frequent error is my ...
Suggested by: Zra (15 May, '22) Upvoted: 12 Jan Comments: 94
Dev Noted Multiplayer Server

No sound when changing sound device

Problem: Losing sound 🔇 This is especially annoying if you play a long match and sounds is a big part of the game. Happens when: - Changing sound device - ...
Suggested by: Jim (09 Aug, '21) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 44
Dev Noted Sound

AI brocken (or much to easy) on extreme

We are playing a conquest on extreme. Since the last update, in every mission the AI don´t have more then 2 units + warchief. Last game was a 2vs6 and the AIs were ...
Suggested by: Akiyama (26 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 09 Jan Comments: 17
Dev Noted AI

Performance issues since July balance patch

Now having significant performance issues playing Northgard after this latest patch. The game is chugging on my Dell I7-6700 NVidia GTX 960M 16 GB Ram laptop. Up ...
Suggested by: Shiro Games (03 Aug, '21) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 35
Dev Noted EGS GOG Steam

Game freezes on battles on Multiplayer.

Game screen freezes, but it is still possible to hear the game in the background running like there is no issue. It is not a sound loop since we could hear new things ...
Suggested by: Eduardo Preto (09 May, '22) Upvoted: 21 Jan Comments: 19
Dev Noted Multiplayer

villagers can't be assigned

Hi, I've got a bug that makes Northgard unplayable, which I'm finding after installing it and trying to play for the first time in a long while. From Steam ...
Suggested by: Ian (07 May, '22) Upvoted: 03 Dec, '24 Comments: 31
Investigating Mac Unit

AI is not competitive (broken) in PvE (conquest, coop vs AI, etc) - Serious rework/overhaul needed.

**I would like to recommend that the developers go into the Discussion/Forum section on Steam, and just look through the various posts for titles containing "AI" - ...
Suggested by: Bret (06 Feb, '24) Upvoted: 21 Jan Comments: 3
Dev Noted AI

Expedition chests do not stay permanently open after triggering (until end of week)

The weekly expeditions, when completed, the first time you click on the chest will show the reward, then if you click away and back to them, the chest will look like ...
Suggested by: WYZHS (12 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 11 Dec, '24 Comments: 10
Dev Noted Expedition

Cross of Vidar - Chap 6: IA stuck and softlocking the shipwreck

Hello everyone, I've encountered a weird and frustrating behavior from multiple Axe Thrower groups in the chapter 6 of the Cross of Vidar, in the stealth phase (first ...
Suggested by: ArtNhr (05 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 15 Jan Comments: 38
Fixed Story 2

Northgard freeze

Game causes screens to freeze at random moments. Audio from the game and other apps still can be heard, but you can't do anything in Windows. The only way to solve ...
Suggested by: Ruvik (11 Mar, '23) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 12
Approved Crash

Game crashes in conquest for the guest player

In co-op conquest, the game of the guest player keeps crashing while random activities, like sending military elsewhere or clicking on buildings
Suggested by: CapB1406 (05 May, '22) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 18
Dev Noted Conquest Crash

When a shipwreck takes too much space on a small shore, you can not build a shipyard

The shipyard model always stays red and can not find enough space to be built
Suggested by: Hezz (09 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 28 Dec, '24 Comments: 9
Dev Noted Building

Rat clan missing texts english export.xml

Missing lines in the English file...
Suggested by: w4t (20 Mar, '22) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 2
Dev Noted Localization Text UI

"Waiting for the server" issue after starting any MP game

I am recently returned to Northgard. Played a lot b4 in multiplayer, all was fine (previous seasons). I Didn't even reinstalled the game since than. Now, after all ...
Suggested by: MiSTiK (18 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 16 Jan Comments: 14
Investigating Multiplayer

Game crashes when I load a saved game

Crashes during the loading. It worked fine yesterday. It crashes only with saved games, still ok with new games. I suppose it is correlated to the new event "Night ...
Suggested by: moi (28 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 21 Jan Comments: 27
Dev Noted Crash save

AI will never win a domination victory

Dear Dev-Team, like pointed out in other threads the AI is massively too easy. So I wanted to test it. I started a individual game: 1vs7, all 7 AIs on EXTREME and I ...
Suggested by: Akiyama (03 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 09 Jan Comments: 3
Approved AI

[Conquest] Missing bonuses after loading a save of a started mission

Mode: Conquest OS: Linux Graphics: OpenGL The game was just updated and afterwards I played an existing Solo Conquest. During the game, I saved it and reloaded. ...
Suggested by: James (29 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 07 Nov, '24 Comments: 25
Fixed Conquest save

Conquest no gods or masters map lore can't be selected and save crash on loading

Turtle clan / conquest / No gods or masters map . When playing this map i can not select any of the lore perks they stay greyed out even though the game shows the ...
Suggested by: JewwBacca (16 Jan) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 24
Dev Noted Conquest

[Conquest][Bonus] Start with 1 or 2 warrior doesn't work

While playing the Kraken Conquest mission Foxholes, I choose the bonus "Start with 1 Warrior", but this was not applied.
Suggested by: Sengaya (29 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 20 Dec, '24 Comments: 23
Fixed Bonus Conquest

Bear conquest starting bonus doesn't work

Hello, got a strange bug after a Bifrost update: when I start or load a bear clan conquest with a bonus "start with Kaija, bonus of 10% attack and defense", I have ...
Suggested by: CyrilF (03 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 14 Dec, '24 Comments: 9
Fixed Bonus Conquest

Multiplayer broken

Multiplayer broken afther owl uppdate
Suggested by: Diamx (07 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 08 Dec, '24 Comments: 19

bifrost mode: Vanaheim cant be loaded.

Going on bifrost mode with snake clan, but last(?) world - Vanaheim - can not be started. Infinite load: complete full and starts again and again. + mb as ...
Suggested by: [] (06 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 03 Dec, '24 Comments: 12
Fixed Bifrost Map

After loading into a map, the game will periodically stutter, with additional stutter generated whil

After loading into a map, the game will periodically stutter, with additional stutter generated while moving the camera. The first graph was generated after loading ...
Suggested by: PopTart (11 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 2
Dev Noted Performances

no border scrolling

after installing the clan of the rat, the game window can't be maximized thus no border scrolling is possible. Very annoying.
Suggested by: Lech Switala (26 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 33
Dev Noted Option

Crash/freeze bifrost muspelheim

Bifrost, Muspelheim, 2 player, peer-to-peer, on windows, direct x, 100% reproducible When ever a unit dies to fire dmg (either fireblades killing the golem or a ...
Suggested by: Anna (04 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 13 Dec, '24 Comments: 21

Lighthouse harbour relights on fire from raiders

I was playing raven multiplayer with a friend, I had my Harbour in one of my zones with a lighthouse on it, Another raven with javelins sent a raid on that zone. I ...
Suggested by: Bloodless (12 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 29 Oct, '24 Comments: 15
Dev Noted Building Raven

The game crash, close randomly or with the message "uncaught exception"

Suggested by: Lunalithe (23 Nov, '21) Upvoted: 07 Sep, '24 Comments: 2
Investigating Crash

AI is disproportionally quick and aggressive in Defend the Oppressed

We played several games on hard mode, conquest, Ox and Lynx. The AI is overwhelmingly strong and aggressive, as in combined armies of 20 units that swarm the ...
Suggested by: Patrick (16 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 20 Jan Comments: 2
Approved AI Conquest

Incompetent AI Clans (hard mode)

So playing through conquest on hard to try the new owl clan and I noticed AI clans are just dying/losing without any interaction with me. And these aren't always ...
Suggested by: Todd (09 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 29 Oct, '24 Comments: 4
Approved AI

Cross of Vidar - Chap 6: Error message window after Eldegarde's conversation with Liv

Hello! 1 - Story mode - Cross of Vidar - Chap 6 2 - Windows 10 3 - DirectX I chose Torfin as my advisor and started the mission. Watched the intro video, then ...
Suggested by: Anton S (14 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 04 Jan Comments: 11
Fixed Story 2

FREEZE BUG: Cross of Vidar Mission 5 (Aurelianis)

Hello Devs! I am reporting this bug in the Cross of Vidar story campaign. Basically, what happened was that the game freezes as the ending cutscene takes place in ...
Suggested by: Leo Gabriel V. Bautista (05 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 17 Oct, '24 Comments: 8
Investigating Story 2

Lost sound

Completely lost sound for this game. I've changed no settings. Uninstall/Reinstall didn't help. No other game has this issue. Suggestions?
Suggested by: StormHammer (23 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 03 Dec, '24 Comments: 6
Approved

Achievement Bug - Some are unlocked without doing it

Solo Mode, Windows 10, DirectX. It's been a long time since I played Northgard. I played one game with clan of the squirrel because the game forgot I had completed ...
Suggested by: Reem (09 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 13 Jan Comments: 15
Investigating Achievement

Mac models with notch hiding resource counters

I have a 2021 macbook pro m1 with a notch in the top for the camera. This unfortunately hides some of the resource counters like wood and food (not sure exactly which ...
Suggested by: Charise (16 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 28 Nov, '24 Comments: 8
Won't be fixed Mac

Black screen when loading game saves since todays update

When I try to load a started game after todays update, the game only starts in a frozen state, showing a black screen (maybe some health bars) first, only revealing ...
Suggested by: Bhim (28 Apr, '23) Upvoted: 17 Nov, '24 Comments: 7
Investigating

[Bifrost/Vanaheim] Portal Soft Locked Game

Upon clearing the second Portal, 3 of the bonus options were unselectable, so our group of 3 was softlocked at the selection screen.
Suggested by: Arcueid (15 Dec, '24) Upvoted: 18 Jan Comments: 17
Fixed Bifrost

Ox Conquest "How to train your Wyvern" produces too many enemies on Extreme

1 - Conquest 2 - Windows 10 3 - OpenGL 4 - Yes, I've played this level on 5 different maps using the Ox clan 6 - 989839609 Medium Maybe I'm just bad at the ...
Suggested by: Fran (05 May, '23) Upvoted: 22 Jun, '24 Comments: 5
Approved Conquest Lynx

GOG Linux Standalone Version shows random behaviour in context of expeditions and silver claims

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm), x86-64, Linux 6.1.0-25-amd64 Northgard: latest Linux native from GOG 3.5.15.38668 Launcher: with/without Heroic Launcher 2.15.2 ...
Suggested by: hexachlorcyclohexan (28 Sep, '24) Upvoted: 09 Jan Comments: 2

How to train your wyvern conquest IMPOSSIBLE

Not only are the insane amount of enemy troops and AI attacks endless and too many for a begining game in year 800 and 801 and 802 where every clan sends at least 2-6 ...
Suggested by: Dean (05 May, '23) Upvoted: 14 Nov, '24 Comments: 2
Approved Conquest Lynx

Achievements Not Showing Up

I have beaten Ric's Saga chapters 1-6, and all the secret missons 1-5. But, Steam only shows the secret mission achievements, and the one for just beating chapter 1. ...
Suggested by: r0ck3tz (23 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 18 Dec, '24 Comments: 8
Dev Noted Achievement

Can't reconnect to a game

Null access .h Called from ui.menus.MultiMenu.clearMenu (ui/menus/MultiMenu.hx line 155) Called from ui.menus.IMenu.remove (ui/menus/IMenu.hx line 148) Called ...
Suggested by: JeruOG (05 May, '22) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 3
Dev Noted Multiplayer

Kraken fish bonus not working

Kraken is supposed to have an extra +20% for fishing, but on easy difficulty they get 8.7 food from 2 fishers which is the same as other clans.
Suggested by: Trevor (22 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 06 Aug, '24 Comments: 1
Dev Noted Kraken

Bifrost when player D/Cs the window to win the mission and quest window dissappear

Basically, the person I was playing with D/Ced due to networking issues on his end, when he reconnected the windows in the top right were gone. When we had finished ...
Suggested by: Diokratos (08 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 31 Oct, '24 Comments: 7
Fixed Bifrost UI

[Cross of Vidar] mission 7 is broken - reinforcements don't come if you chose Eir

Calling reinforcements just wastes gold. The ship comes and no units arrive.
Suggested by: flashmozzg (15 Nov, '24) Upvoted: 22 Nov, '24 Comments: 2
Fixed Story 2

AI completely passive on created maps

After spending almost 500 hours on the game I decided to jump into the map editor and create a map of my own to make it more interesting. I usually play with my ...
Suggested by: Michaela (29 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 2
Dev Noted AI Mod

Mining in Gem Cutter flickers happiness between high and low

Played Conquest (Horse and Ox), Gem Cutter, when mining the happiness flickered between having a penalty and having a bonus for gems, it flickered about once per ...
Suggested by: Patrick (07 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 06 Aug, '24 Comments: 7
Dev Noted Conquest Horse

Notification Spam "Allies of Convenience"

While playing Conquest of the Lion with partner wolf we noticed multiple instances of this bug. The notification that two clans "... now are Allies of Convenience" ...
Suggested by: Phrog (21 Jun, '24) Upvoted: 16 Jul, '24 Comments: 6
Fixed Notification

The game demoted my rank to wood from gold

After the recent update, the game reset my rank from gold to wood. My rank was gold prior to the update. In the game, my win count is displayed as zero, which seems ...
Suggested by: UniqqLMDer (11 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 02 Sep, '24 Comments: 6
Need more info

Tarasque becomes unresponsive after moving army away pre-emptively at health threshold.

I moved my army and artisans away after reaching the health threshold in the Tarasque fight, as it was quaking to summon iron deposits. After they crossed territory ...
Suggested by: DukeMonday (22 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 04 Jun, '24 Comments: 6
Dev Noted Story 2

Every marketplace after the first is without function

Happened for the first time today (after new patch) in Conquest Mode, playing Bear Clan. Bug is reproducable on all maps there and in new conquests as well. Using ...
Suggested by: manu (24 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 24 Sep, '24 Comments: 3
Not a Bug