About the Game
Nordhold is a tower defense game for strategy enthusiasts who crave high replayability through endless combinations. Build and manage a cozy medieval Nordic village while enjoying deep tactical gameplay that doesn't require extensive learning.
With over 20 buildings offering diverse strategic development options through unique upgrades and meta-progression, find the balance between economic growth and defending Nordhold.
9 towers with unique abilities offer numerous customization options. Fine-tune your tactics to protect Nordhold effectively.
100+ custom upgrades offer versatile customization options, providing strategic depth and countless combinations.
Which general should defend Nordhold? Choose from hundreds of hero combinations! Relics grant you bonuses across the board, whether for your economy or defense. The oracle always gives you a different choice, for example: 5 waves of stronger enemies, which also offer higher rewards, or 5 waves of cheaper tower construction?
The snowball effect becomes reality. Smart decisions create synergies that let you conquer ever-stronger waves of enemies and bosses in a firework of effects.
Compete globally or with friends in our ranking system. Can you reach the Valhalla rank?
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Fixxed Issue with Hydra Fusion Banner (Mortar x Runestone) where the Mortar Tower stopped shooting.
Fixxed Issue with Elite Enemy Health in later Waves
Fixxed Issue where sometimes Enemies storming your Gate couldnt defeat you and you were stuck in the Game.
Fixxed Issue where sometimes more Workers where send out to your Lighthouse Mission then expected.
Fixxed Issue where New Leaderboard Entries did not have the previous Season rank Badge available.
Fixxed alot of smaller performance issues
Fixes
- Fixed Meta+ exploit
- Fixed an issue where Tornadoes could incorrectly trigger Wrath Scattering
- Meta+ bonus “Free Raven Banner” now works with the starter bonus “Free banner for the tower type of the first built tower”
New / Changes
- Added a "Next Wave" button (bottom right) when only one path is selectable
Fixes
- Fixed glitch in lighthouse missions related to worker count and banners
- Fixed issue where exploring could result in an empty tile
- Fixed Arc SFX bug
- Adjusted Tornado travel time so its flight duration now matches the intended value and is no longer affected by crossed hex tiles
Adjustments
- Arcane Fragments (Rare Spell Damage Relic) can no longer be obtained until Wave 5 is completed
Improvements
- Improved overall game stability
- Optimized behavior when all banners of a tower have been banished
- Optimized save process
- Text improvements and refinements
- Herbal Potion (Druid House Upgrade) is now locked on higher Ascensions when starting with full HP for that Ascension
- Various UI improvements for ultra-wide screens
- Optimized calculation for the Mystic Fury achievement
- Fixed error in game mode descriptions
Version 1.0.5.02
Hotfixes
- Fixed an issue where the “Power Rise” (Generalist Banner) could reappear as a selection
- Fixed a bug in the calculation of Endless Spell Scaling
Hotfixes
- Fixed crashes related to Unity Error 0xc0000005
- Resolved an issue where too many Victim Traits (from Darkness, Shadow Tower Banner) on a single target caused it to become immortal under the village shield
- Fixed issues with uploading leaderboard entries
- Fixed problems with the Prism Banner when using the Turkish language
- Fixed issue where the savegame could not be retrieved
- Fixed issues with fetching meta progression
- Fixed a bug where boss special units could become elite units (Ascensions & Endless issue)
- Fixed a bug causing the camera to occasionally jump around
Adjustments
- Arrow Tower Range reduced: 4 → 3
- Timberwind Mark (Arrow Tower Banner) adjustment:
- Wood Production Cap: Banner is now auto-banned when 15 Wood Production is reached - Scaling until Wave 27 adjusted – transitions between Waves 23–26 made smoother and less punishing
- Slight difficulty increase on Wave 35
Improvements
- Performance optimization
- Screen shake can now be disabled via Settings > Video
- Texts revised for clarity in several places
- Fixed a bug that allowed "Reroll" via the hide icon (eye symbol)
- Reduced auto-save moments to improve gameplay flow
Hotfixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause crashes on Wave 50 starting from Ascension 12
- Fixed crashes related to specific device settings when placing towers
- Resolved connectivity issues with Steam in certain network configurations that prevented proper game launch
Adjustments
- Outposts now store their individual construction costs and calculate demolish costs based on those, rather than using a global value
- Ascension 17 effect now also applies to Specializations
- Orc Caller (Enemy, starts spawning on Wave 12) Nerf:
- Movement Speed: 2.3 → 2.0
- Health: 2300 → 2250
- Elite Health Increase: +170% → +150% - Signs of Death (Lvl 3 Spell of Shadow Rain) Nerf: 6 → 5 Projectiles
- Fatal Weakness (Lvl 3 Spell of Shadow Rain) Buff: 8 → 10 Projectiles
- Golden Fertility (Mill Production Upgrade) Buff: Reduced Costs from 5/20/55 → 5/15/40
Improvements
- Performance optimization
- No more oversized green healing symbols on higher Ascensions
- UI refresh improved in some areas (e.g. certain events not updating counters/resource values correctly)
- Rank percentage display corrected in the overview
- Texts revised for clarity in multiple places
- Smoother camera movement
- Improved visuals of tower models on lower graphic settings
- Several hint texts corrected
Hotfixes:
- Default settings optimized (Vsync, frame rate)
- Fixed a bug where the hover tooltip of the Althing Feast was incorrect after loading the game
- Doomblast (Raven Banner) VFX optimized to be more performant
- Fixed a bug that could cause visual artifacts in the loading screen
- Slight performance optimization
- Optimized Camera Movement behavior
- Bug fixed that incorrectly awarded the damage bonus from the Forge
Hotfixes:
- Adjustment of the decline button for unwanted relics (added a warning)
- Tutorial performance improvements on higher resolutions
- Descriptions/Translations improved
- Improved behavior of the settings menu
Current Release
Not available
System Requirements
How to Install
setup.exe
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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