Game crash randomly without message or error

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• 07 Jan
  Shane Merged

  At random points when clicking something, the game just crashes to desktop; no error or warning, just a 0.5 second freeze and then the game is gone.
  I'm not sure if this is specific to Horse or Conquest but it's constant. The map that I'm playing is the first mission of Horse Conquest on Extreme difficulty, I've captured roughly 30% of the map and have experienced crashing at several places:
  
  Commanding a unit to move
  Buying food from the market
  Selecting a group of units (Control group 1, consisting of roughly 10 units)
  
  Before this patch, no such crashing or errors occurred.

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• 08 Jan
  Chrisk Merged

  Since the new update, the game has been crashing randomly across all modes. At first I thought it might be consistent, it kept crashing during a Wolf Bifrost with some 3 chest Frostbite on Muselpheim 3 times in a row when an enemy unit died. However, given our subsequent plays and the forums, its actually quite random and has nothing to do with units dying, game modes, clans, etc etc.
  
  Totally unplayable. Please fix it. We enjoy northgard and aren't keen on refunding it. This is however totally unplayable. Hope its fixed by sunday,
  
  Nvidia 3kx series default settings
  Direct 10x
  Default game settings
  No error screen appears (error screens that crash or continue have been common since DE launch)
  
  Clean install, verify cache, and restart did nothing.

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• 08 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Conquest (Horse) Game crashes to desktop at random moments randomly" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 08 Jan
  tymothee System

  "New Patch Unplayable Crashes" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 08 Jan
  Eugene

  I've also encountered this kind of crash. Game just randomly closes after 0.5 sec lag. I was playing Bifrost as host with p2p.
  
  Here's crash info from System Stability Monitor:
  
  Description
  Incorrect application path: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Northgard\Northgard.exe
  
  Problem Signature
  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
  Application Name: Northgard.exe
  Application Version: 0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp: 68ad635b
  Faulting Module Name: libhl.dll
  Faulting Module Version: 0.0.0.0
  Faulting Module Timestamp: 68ad6358
  Exception Code: c0000005
  Exception Offset: 000000000001f9d9
  OS Version: 10.0.26200.2.0.0.256.48
  Locale ID: 1049
  Additional Information 1: b56b
  Additional Information 2: b56bff7c282cb736d5e9a643684d3ef6
  Additional Information 3: 0e95
  Additional Information 4: 0e9532603652cc7fb69c041253a6f5d0
  
  Additional Problem Information
  Container ID: 76b682c385c985bebd54011da33ca23f (2113315351947944511)

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• 09 Jan
  Definitive

  Ox clan conquest, random crashes too

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• 09 Jan
  Definitive

  And crashes 100% when you try to colonize wyvern tile

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• 09 Jan
  Definitive

  And crashes when you have enough influence with miklagard to send you resources

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• 09 Jan
  H

  Since the conquest Raven clan is broken, I started a new conquest with the Kraken one, now the game closes with no notice or message

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• 09 Jan
  Triggernometry

  I'm also experiencing this on Conquest with Turtle clan. Game freezes for a brief moment then crashes to desktop upon victory. Victory screen itself does not show, so possibly it's an issue with that animation being loaded? Has happened on Trading, Domination, and Special victories (kill the giant boar). Does give the completion bonus and unlock further missions when conquest save is re-loaded, so it's not as bad as it could be.

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• 10 Jan
  100Samurai Merged

  Hello Shiro Games,
  
  My game has crashed twice now about 1 hour into playing a coop conquest with Horse Clan as the host and Turtle as the second. It is the first Horse clan conquest mission. The crash occurs around the start of 804. No error message displays, just crash to desktop. I recently played through a conquest with the same partner, with them as host playing Horse clan, and there were no issues. Issue may be related to Turtle clan, as Turtle clan was not present last time. Partner's game freezes on host game crash, then kicked out of the conquest map to the conquest lobby.
  
  Thanks

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• 10 Jan
  Definitive

  Now even crashed when my villager got sick

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• 10 Jan
  TheSn0rlax Merged

  Title says it all. After completing a level in the bifrost event (with frostbite) I click the Leave Bifrost button and it causes game to crash to desktop. Once i reopen northgard it has saved my progress and shows the level complete, just annoying having to constantly restart northgard after every game. I have the dump file but cant attach it to ticket.

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• 11 Jan
  Anomaly Merged

  Medium difficulty Conquest game crashes for host (Dragon) with Hippogriff (player 2) as soon as Yggdrasil is attacked in order to colonize the zone.
  Game closes for host. Unable to rejoin.

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• 11 Jan
  Eyesburnt

  Game crashes randomly and ALL THE TIME.
  It started with the ending a conquest map crash, which was managable since results were saved. Now it crashes all the time (2-3 minutes top), quits, and is now totally unplayable. I am surprised this bug report only has 14 vote, since every steam community discussions over northgard is full of player saying it's now totally unplayable...
  Please do something. At least just give us the option to remove last update that seems to have made it unplayable...

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• 12 Jan
  Anonymous Merged

  I have tried Bifrost solo today twice and on both occasions it crashed halfway through the game (after getting bonuses three times), without any specific action from me. Earlier during the game I encountered occasional freezes - about 3rd or 4th such freeze ends with the game simply existing to desktop. In the second attempt I was just killing the last enemy in the Portal from Idavoll.
  
  Game server: Peer to Peer (playing solo)
  Frostbite: +20% health, +8 attack power, +10% attack speed (10/23 in total, just enough for the second chest)
  Difficulty: Classic
  Clan: The Clan of the Stag
  Realm: Midgard
  
  OS: Windows 10

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• 12 Jan
  Easy Frag Merged

  Hello Shiro,
  
  since the latest update the game crashes for me to the desktop in any sort of game mode. It seems to happen when fights errupt.
  
  I forced myself through one complete level of conquest with many manual saves and after about 25 crashes i eventually made it through.
  
  The next map offered the same experience.
  
  According to the steam discussion tab there is many people having similar issues.
  
  If you need more information, just let me know.
  
  Sincerly
  
  Easy Frag

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• 12 Jan
  tymothee System

  "contant crashes to desktop" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 12 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Games crashes in Bifrost" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 12 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Game crashes to desktop in conquest" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 12 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Game crashes after clicking exit to lobby button on bifrost event (solo)" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 12 Jan
  tymothee System

  "conquest northgard race to yggdrasil" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 12 Jan
  Jonathon Merged

  So ive managed to get all the way to the last battle of Conquest for the Bear, and now it keeps crashing at random points throughout. I reload and get a tad further and again - crash. Sometimes its able to save my progress and sometimes not. Before the 'Definitive Edition'was released i had 0 crashes, and yet now its all the time. Ive played well over 1000 hours on this game and would like to continue, but if the crashes arnet fixed i may have to resort to removing the game entirely.

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• 12 Jan
  Risepolak

  Same At me game crash at random time Conquest multiplayer game
  
  
  
  AppName Northgard.exe
  AppVersion 0.0.0.0
  AppTimeStamp 68ad635b
  ModuleName libhl.dll
  ModuleVersion 0.0.0.0
  ModuleTimeStamp 68ad6358
  ExceptionCode c0000005
  FaultingOffset 0000000000020579
  ProcessId 0x44dc
  ProcessCreationTime 0x1dc83e5a94c869b
  AppPath I:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Northgard\Northgard.exe
  ModulePath I:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Northgard\libhl.dll

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• 13 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Game keeps crashing when taking part in conquest." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 14 Jan
  chrisk Merged

  The Definitive Edition has a sweeping variety of crashes. Though these may seem random, and its been reported before, but I believe I can shed light on reasons behind these random crashes and severe lag/stuttering. Prior to DE, our multiplayer games would crash or stutter rarely and to a lesser degree. Do you need bug testers, you can email me.
  
  (carcass interactions) Mjolnir relic procs, Wolf/Hound loot, blood blades
  (map: Owl relic intense lag, squirrel lag, snake burning zones massive stutters
  building: Repairs, Garrisons
  ui: Bifrost year end screen, pause menu, submit bug (lol), Micro, quick clicks,
  
  I am out of characters for this description. I have found many more.
  
  System info and settings: Win 11 64bit, AMD Ryzen 5800h 8 core, 32gb mobile ram, Geforce RTX 3070 laptop gpu, low, default, and ultra Northgard settings, fresh install, verified game cache, 1/3 empty hard drive ssd. I never crash on other games, and really only lag on more resource intensive games like call

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• 15 Jan
  tymothee System

  ""Random" Crashes since recent DE, win11, nvidia update" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 18 Jan
  mike Merged

  it crashes every game with no error messages, usually after about 2 years into the game at random times. Often crashes when a territory is decolonized. always crashes at the end of the game in place of victory animation in conquest also.

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• 18 Jan
  Nirmaeth

  Upvoted this thread : also experiencing regular crashes in same conditions (~0.5s freeze, then game closes for no reason without error message)
  Happens since the definitive edition
  I was playing as Hippogriff Conquest solo ; what I've found is that it typically happens when engaging fights with fully uppgraded Varangian warband + Mjollnir.
  I kinda suspect that too many visuals at once (south clans military upgrades + mjollnir) is causing the crash, since when I purposely have my camera far away from the fight the crash doesn't happen.
  Hope that helps :-)
  Windows 11, Nvidia RTX 2070, Direct 10x

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• 18 Jan
  j2P4EvR Merged

  Hi. I try to play the conquest with the Hippogriff and my game just keeps closing itself, no warning, nothing. Normally it happens when i try to attack an enemy, i try to save before every big move but atm it became unplayable due to this happening every couple of minutes and i'm pretty sick of it. I do enjoy the clan a lot so i hope this will get fixed asap.

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• 19 Jan
  Andy Merged

  Since today's update, constant application crashes after year 3 on conquest. Previously no problem. Open a save at the start of year 3, within a few minutes crashes to desktop. Start a new mission, fine for a while, but a couple of years in crashes to desktop with the below event.
  
  Event viewer shows:
  
  Faulting application name: Northgard.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x68ad635b
  Faulting module name: libhl.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x68ad6358
  
  Have validated files, have wiped and re-installed still the same.
  
  Massive CPU spike, freeze and crash to desktop. Have done the due diligence on my own system first before posting, everything is a-ok.
  
  AMD Strix Halo, No OC and drivers up to date.

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• 19 Jan
  tymothee System

  "crashing all the time" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 19 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Game keeps crashing during Conquest - became unplayable" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 19 Jan
  tymothee System

  "Crash to desktop since v4.0.15 15 Jan 26" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-01-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 19 Jan
  Mathieu

  Hi,
  I’m experiencing repeated crashes when playing the Stag clan.
  The game crashes consistently and is now unplayable.
  Thanks for looking into it.

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• 20 Jan
  Pablitos

  I had this issue in Conquest while playing as the Bear Clan.
  
  Log Name: Application
  Source: Application Error
  Date: 1/20/2026 1:35:04 AM
  Event ID: 1000
  Task Category: Application Crashing Events
  Level: Error
  Keywords: Classic
  User: PVRIOS-PC\pablo
  Computer: PVRIOS-PC
  
  Description:
  Faulting application name: Northgard.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x68ad635b
  Faulting module name: libhl.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x68ad6358
  Exception code: 0xc0000005
  Fault offset: 0x000000000001f9d9
  Faulting process id: 0x7270
  Faulting application start time: 0x1DC89B1069931F0
  Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Northgard\Northgard.exe
  Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Northgard\libhl.dll
  Report Id: e39d2388-13cb-4240-87bc-e8e965ee6d90
  Faulting package full name:
  Faulting package-relative application ID:

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