Battle Realms: Zen Edition news & patch notes

Battle Realms turns 25 this November and it’s a been an amazing journey with all of you. Whether you’ve been playing Battle Realms since it came out, re-discovered a childhood favorite, or are just starting Kenji’s story, none of this would have been possible without your support.

Over those years, Battle Realms has seen a lot of improvements, balance changes, and mods. Balance changes are always difficult to land, since we all understand, strategize, and play Battle Realms differently. We’ve been discussing, a lot, how we should approach balance in the game that keeps the spirit of what makes Battle Realms truly different among RTS games and how the community plays the game.

To that end, we’re releasing our first pass of balancing units and buildings as part of this patch. We invite you all to play the 1.59.7, get a feel for some of the changes, and provide your feedback on our Discord. We’re really keen on hearing what you think about the changes and what you would like to see.

But that’s not all! Battle Realms is about your your decisions and journey. The choices you make early in the game can effect how the campaign unfolds. With each journey, you hone your skills, learn new tactics, and increase your mastery in the Realms. With 1.59.7, we’ve updated Battle Realms to support Steam Achievements!

These Achievements track your progress throughout the campaign and beyond. Some of these will require some creative thinking on how to accomplish them; others will require careful planning and management to be able to claim. The Achievements will be unhidden as the community discovers them! There’s plenty of Achievements to catalog your journey throughout Battle Realms!

Whew! That was a lot and I’m sure you want to see what exactly we have in store for your journey. So, without making this any longer, let’s dive in!

Technical Fixes

• Addressed an issue in the WorldEditor (WorldMaster.exe) that would prevent the terrain texture from displaying in the picker.

• Updated the WorldEditor (WorldMaster.exe) UI/UX to look and feel more modern.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a crash condition when loading certain saved games.

• Addressed unintended exploits on some Battle Gears that negatively impact game play or performance, including:

  • A bug that impacted indirect fire with the Powder Keg Cannoneer.

  • A situation where Death Sentry would reset activation, allowing to throw a new Cursed Skull, if an Unclean One was sent to train and a player immediately canceled the training.

Translations

• Updated translations for Italian.

Balancing

Dragon Clan

In lore, the Dragon Clan is peaceful, driven by faith in The Dragon. They aren’t combat oriented, out of necessity; they are villagers and warriors meant to support and defend each other.

From this way of life, instead of direct combat, the clan best shines when different units work together, leveraging their tricks, Dragon-related magic, and Battle Gear to excel on the battlefield.

In the spirit of this philosophy, this patch has the following changes for the Dragon Clan:

Spearman

• Increased health from 240 to 245.

• Increased cutting damage vulnerability from 50% to 66%.

• Reduced base damage from 15 to 14.

Powder Keg Cannoneer

• Increased health from 270 to 310.

• Decreased piercing damage vulnerability from 87.5% to 75%.

• Increased explosive damage vulnerability from 125% to 135%.

• Increased melee damage from 10 to 11.

• Increased ranged damage from 25 to 28.

Serpent Clan

In lore, the Serpent Clan is made up of shattered remains of a once proud kingdom. With drunkards, bandits, raiders, and mercenaries, the clan focuses on trying to rebuild itself to bring back some of its former glory.

With no rules or guiding hand, the clan is chaotic. The units work better as individual units, but can bring chaos to bear on the battlefield.

Trying to respect this context, this patch has the following changes for the Serpent Clan:

Cannoneer

• Decreased health from 300 to 280.

• Increased melee damage from 8 to 12.

• Decreased ranged damage from 30 to 27.

• Increased movement speed by 15%.

Ronin

• Decreased damage from 28 to 24.

• Decreased cutting damage vulnerability 50% to 25%.

• Ronin’s Death Swords are not indestructible.

  • Lowered the active time of Death Swords to 5 seconds.

  • Lowered the Death Sword’s effect time to 5 seconds.

Wolf Clan

Even stripped of their freedom and forced to work in the mines, the Wolf Clan always remained close to nature. The chosen ones, who embodied their belief in nature, maintained the ability to use its magic, while others grew strong and bulky, using whatever was closest to them as weapons.

Their experience in the mines, and the lessons learned, has never left the clan. Favoring to attack first, and to defend last, their determination and strength comes from within.

Keeping true to the Wolf Clan’s origins, this patch has the following changes:

Ballistaman

• Decreased health from 300 to 280.

• Increased movement speed by 15%.

• Increased melee damage from 8 to 12.

• Decreased ranged damage from 35 to 31.

Dryad

• Increased health from 350 to 380.

• Decreased piercing damage vulnerability from 100% to 88%.

• Decreased explosive damage vulnerability from 150% to 125%.

• Increased blunt damage vulnerability from 50% to 66%.

Lotus Clan

Once a proud mage clan, the Lotus Clan is the result of abusing magic and allowing corruption to spread from within. While focused on removing their corruption, the Lotus Clan is not weak; they are strong defenders and, when pressured, leverage what the Tree of Corruption gives them to retaliate and go on the offensive.

Careful management and study is the way of life of the Lotus Clan. Their power isn’t in pure numbers but in the abilities their magic unlocks.

With this in mind, this patch has the following changes for the Lotus Clan:

Staff Adept

• Decreased health from 280 to 250.

• Increased cutting damage vulnerability from 50% to 75%.

• Decreased piercing damage vulnerability from 100% to 88%.

• Increased damage from 12.5 to 14.

Reapers

• Decreased health from 350 to 280.

• Decreased damage from 18 to 15.

• Decreased Shambler’s summoning cost from 50% to 20%.

  • Decreased Shambler’s damage from 33 to 28.

  • Increased Shambler’s cutting damage vulnerability from 50% to 75%.

Achievements

• The full release of Campaign Achievements are available with 1.59.7. These cover the different choices you will make during the Dragon, Serpent, and Wolf campaigns.

• The full release of Challenge Achievements are available with 1.59.7. These cover different tactics, choices, and strategies that you will employ across different campaigns and skirmishes.

As always.... For The Dragon!

This quick update patches a few technical issues around widescreen support in certain scenarios, some performance improvements in edge cases, and localization tweaks that should make your playthroughs smoother. That’s enough of a preview of what’s coming in the 1.59.6 update, so let’s dive right in!

Technical

• Implemented fixes for cinematic scenes, text rendering, and cursor issues in widescreen and ultrawide screen resolutions.

  • This should address that annoying cursor trail glitch.

• Integrated Intel graphics users running with DirectX12 on Windows 11 should be in a better place and fixed an issue that could lead to the game crashing.

• Windowed mode should now run and behave as expected.

• In this pass, we improved FPS performance and should fix heavy FPS drops in certain edge cases.

• Restored Windows 7 compatibility for older systems and other compatibility layers.

Localization

• Updated localization across the entire game in UI, tooltips, pop-ups, and other locations.

  • Non-English languages should now see the correctly translated text that were previously hard-coded.

Localization efforts are ongoing. If there’s a spot that we missed or you have a suggestion for one of our supported languages, drop by our Discord and let us know! We’d love to hear from you on how we can make Battle Realms better for everyone!

We’re continuing to squash technical bugs and improving support for more graphic cards, resolution settings, and other under-the-hood fixes. Keep the feedback coming, we appreciate each and every one, and we’ll keep doing our best to keep improving Battle Realms Zen Edition. Let’s dive straight in on what’s in this patch!

Technical

• We’ve improved how the game is detecting GPUs and should improve texture handling across different configurations.

• Improved support for Proton/Wine, for those of you running on Linux.

• Added support for ultrawide and expanded modern resolution support, including: 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 1560x1600, 3440x1440, 3840x1600. This is coupled with a more reliable detection method for available resolutions.

• Monitor refresh rate management and window positioning has been improved for multi-monitor setups.

• The .ini configuration file now supports atomic and clean saving and is no longer mandatory to launch the game. The .ini file will automatically be regenerated with default settings if it is missing.

Networking

• We’ve made joining lobbies a bit more robust. We fixed a race condition that could occur in certain scenarios and prevented premature JoinComplete conditions that would degrade the lobby experience.

Translations

• Included additional fixes for Italian translations

• Included additional fixes for Portuguese translations including missing translated words and restored missing "ç" and "Ç” characters.

Miscellaneous

• Addressed an older sound bug by improving audio handling to avoid sound looping in unexpected ways.

• Added clearer and more distinct Steam error messages.

Battle Realms 1.59.4 Released, Available Now!

We’ve been quietly working in the background on getting a few of the most requested features together. Some of these are going to take a bit of time to make sure they meet our and your expectations.

In the meantime, we’ve been busy getting to the bottom of some of the bugs and issues you all have reported over the last couple of months.

Technical Fixes

• We’ve fixed the odd issue of when you alt-tab in Linux, you’d lose input controls.

• Addressed an issue where sometimes the screen or sections would flicker.

• Fixed an issue where, on certain configurations, the game would fail to find a display mode when starting.

• Updated and improved rendering compatibility for Proton on Linux.

Due to the nature of these changes, your .ini file will be reset to default settings. If you have manually made changes to the .ini and you want to compare the changes, make sure to backup a copy before updating.

Multiplayer

• Improved multiplayer joining lobby and desync experience overall. Lag will still be a factor, but should be a little more forgiving now.

• Updated Steam API to latest version to improve overall performance.

Translations

• Updated Italian community translations.

Warriors of Battle Realms! No matter the clan you fight for, there’s one thing we all can see eye to eye: that our clans are better with friends. As clan allies or meeting each other as foes on the battlefields, the stories, experiences, wins, and losses we all share in, are just some of the reasons that make Battle Realms a unique experience. So, why not let the world know?

We’re gunning for the “Better with Friends” spot at the Steam Awards 2025, but we need YOU to nominate us. If you’ve had those unforgettable moments strategizing, conquering, or just having a blast with your clanmates, now’s the time to shout it out. Head over to Steam, nominate Battle Realms, and keep our saga alive — together!

For the Realm!

Battle Realms 1.59.3 Released, Available Now!

We want to thank everyone who has participated in the community translation project - too many people to call out everyone. We - Ed, Nico, myself, and others - are always amazed by the passion, love, and support all of you have given to Battle Realms since its launch. While these patch notes are on the shorter side, we really wanted to express just how deeply touched we are by the community.

Jumping into the notes themselves:

Translation Updates

• An updated pass has been done to the Italian and Portuguese translations.

• For the first time ever, a true team effort by the Vietnamese community, Battle Realms is now available in Vietnamese.

• Updated in-game credits to recognize the contributors for the translations.

Lobby, Lag, & Latency

• Listening to some of the experiences and feedback, the Lag Kicker was a tad too aggressive throughout gameplay, leading to some unexpected kicks and odd situations, so we’ve tampered down the Lag Kicker’s behavior. When you are the host, the Lag Kicker now:

  • is still aggressive while in the lobby and will kick players who are lagging out.

  • will be more lenient towards lagging players once the match starts.

• You will still be able to see information about a player’s ping or who is lagging during gameplay.

• Game Engine: Fixes Korean client crashes when running on Windows

• UI: Restored missing Polish font characters

• Campaign Update: In 13Q, we tampered down on an overzealous AI and the number of spirit warriors has been brought down to a more reasonable level.

• Game Crash Fix: Resolved an issue where game could crash on certain cutscenes if had a language other the default selected.

• UI Tidiness: Fixed missing font characters in German.

We’ve got a big patch coming you way with Battle Realms Zen Edition 1.59.2! Finishing touches are being put into place and the patch should be live for everyone!

For those brave warriors who downloaded the beta and helped test it out, thank you! Today’s announcement is jam packed with goodies both in and out of the game, so while you’re downloading the update, we’ve got some beefy patch notes for you.

Patch 1.59.2 Notes

General

Diving straight into the fray, we’ve tweaked some technical aspects to improve compatibility with modern computers.

• If you have multiple monitors or multiple GPUs, you’ll now be able to set your preferred Monitor and Adapter in the Battle_Realms.ini.

• Fixed a bug that would make the game start in “windowed mode” by default. Keep in mind that the game might reset to the default resolution (800x600) the first time after you update.

Lobby

We know that part of what makes Battle Realms fun is playing with your friends (and maybe foes). How far away a lobby is from you impacts latency, so we’ve added a filter to help drill down who is hosting a game close (or far) from you.

• Added a region filters on the lobby screen.

  • Immediate Region: will only show lobbies in the same immediate region

  • Same Region or Nearest: will show both lobbies in your same region and nearby regions

  • Far: if you don’t have a latency requirement, this option will show lobbies about halfway around the globe!

  • Worldwide: will show all the lobbies, almost anywhere in the world. If latency is a worry, this might not be the best option. Far away connections might have several seconds of lag between clients.

• Restored the password feature to join a lobby

• Added to show the password in the chat area when you’re in the lobby

Latency & Lag Detection

The other half of the battle (against lag) is knowledge. In an attempt to make things more transparent for all players in a multiplayer match, we’ve made a few different changes to address some of the issues that have most commonly been requested.

• Now, when you hover your cursor over a player’s name, you’ll see their ping to you. A lot can influence your ping, from your internet connection to your PC and local network, but combined with the lobby filter, it should be easier to find players closer to you that should help with lag.

• We’ve also made changes to the lag detection system, making it more aggressive to kick laggers.

• If there’s excessive lag during a match, the game will show if it’s lagging and which player(s) is(are) the one(s) lagging.

• We’ve also tweaked and improved performance on multiplayer matches.

Translation Updates

First off, we want to thank everyone who has helped out with the translations. Battle Realms wouldn’t be where it is today without the unwavering support from you, the community, and initiatives like these.

• Updated Spanish translations

• Updated Portuguese translations

These aren’t the last translations we have in the pipeline and if you’re itching to help out and expand Battle Realm’s languages, reach out to us at [email protected].

Campaign

Many tweaks have been made in the campaign, squashing bugs and improving playability through the entire game. It’s definitely worth it to play through it again - trust us ;). If you’re sitting comfortable, let’s dive in to the details.

• During the Serpent Missions

  • In 13Q, we’ve made tweaks on horse spawns, updated enemy behaviors, and base locations.

  • In 12P, Wolf Clan base layouts were redesigned, traversing the map should be more straightforward, and your starting army should let you be a bit more proactive.

  • In 10H, updated bases throughout the map, made the layouts make a bit more sense, and a new base with peasants for more flexibility.

  • In 7K, adjusted enemy behaviors, updated locations, tweaked horse spawns.

  • In 7i, updated the map to feel more “swampy”, tweaked horse spawns, adjusted enemy base layouts, and there’s a small gift to help you establish your base.

  • In 8L, adjusted units and reduced the HP on the Peasant Huts and Dojo in the center of the village to be more inline with other structures.

  • In 6H, adjusted enemy behavior and brought the AI back inline to smooth out the difficulty curve.

  • In 9M, adjusted buildings and units. Expect to see more guards.

  • In 5F, moved spawns points and a few buildings around so there’s a better flow, added a Stables and an additional peasant at mission start.

  • In 3F, shuffled some buildings around so they make more sense, adjusted creature spawn point so they’re horses instead, adjusted enemy AI building behaviors.

  • In 3D and 5D, changed buildings so they make more sense for each of the scenarios and added a water puddle in 5D for proper water access.

  • In 2C, moved Archers and Kabuki to a more realistic spot, adjusted AI behaviors so they stop meddling with each other.

• During the Dragon Missions

  • In 13R, adjust buildings so everything isn’t stacked and there’s more variety, adjusted horse spawn points, adjusted enemy AI to be more consistent during the scenario.

  • In 12P, added many buildings and adjusted their location to improve AI behaviors, added additional paths on the map for quicker access, moved spawn points to more “naturalistic” locations.

  • In 11O, added buildings to enemy bases making them more robust, added 2 Dragon Warrior units to your starting location to ease the pressure just a little bit, adjusted AI behaviors… just don’t wait too long to act!

  • In 10H, moved buildings so the base layout makes more sense, adjusted horse spawn points, and added a water source to the bottom base.

  • In 9M, Lotus can’t build, but they can repair…

  • In 7K, shuffled building to make base layouts more sane, added a new ramp, adjusted horse spawn points.

  • In 7J, improved base logic, added rice patches, tweaked AI behaviors.

  • In 7i, tweaked AI behavior so they’re not building to infinity, adjusted win condition so that Wolf (Player 4) doesn’t bug out, moved the horse spawn point for earlier access.

  • In 6H, removed rogue huts that made this scenario feel bad, added horse spawn points, adjusted alliances to reduce confusion.

  • In 4C, added 1 more Dragon Warrior to the mission start to make the difficulty curve slightly lower.

  • In 3F and 5F, shuffled buildings around so the base layouts make more sense and added a horse spawn point.

  • In 3E, added a Dragon Peasant Hut for you at the bottom of the rice field and adjusted AI behavior.

  • In 3D + 5D, adjusted buildings so layout is more impressive, added horse spawn point, tweaked AI behavior.

  • In 2D, moved units around throughout the base and added a small ramp for easier traversal.

• During the Wolf Missions

  • In 11, the AI shouldn’t keep building additional buildings.

  • In 10, adjusted the win conditions so that you only need to worry about the academies.

  • In 9, made sure that both bases have a tower at the entrance and in the base, tweaked the location of the horse spawn point.

  • In 6, improved the map with an additional path to the druidess base, reduced the 2 Serpent Tower starting health, adjusted the Utara waypoint trigger.

  • In 3, adjusted the fog of war so if you skip the cinematic, it should progress normally.

• In many missions across the game, we’ve adjusted spawn points, slightly tweaked terrain, and made general improvements to make the game feel more alive.

We’re also planning to launch a large facelift to the website, so keep your eyes peeled for that announcement shortly!

As always, For The Dragon!

• AI War Party Fix: The AI now creates more diverse and balanced armies, ensuring a better variety of units in different factions.
• Game Crash Fix: Resolved an issue where the game would crash when closing, particularly related to music. This may also help with lingering sound loop problems.
• Smarter AI Targeting: The AI now avoids targeting units that are likely to dodge or evade missiles, making battles more strategic and realistic.
• Improved GPU Selection: The game will now prioritize external GPUs over internal ones, especially avoiding Intel GPUs and emulated devices for better performance.
• Technical Optimization: Adjusted settings to ensure smoother compatibility with modern hardware.

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Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where units would move to the same location when near buildings.
• Resolved a crash in the campaign that occurred when dialogues played while the sound device was not ready.
• Addressed a problem where certain units would get stuck on battle gears that relied on projectile-based mechanics (e.g., Kabuki's Stardust).

Gameplay Improvements:

• Reworked the dump collection feature: Dumps can now be collected without requiring admin privileges.
• The game will automatically collect dumps if the -dump parameter is set as a launch option.
• Improved unit pathing in groups to reduce instances of units overlapping or moving on top of each other.
• Fixed an exploit related to unit stacking during attack-move commands. Units will now reposition upon entering an idle state to prevent stacking.
• Adjusted Tao's passive ability (max Monk/Ninja override) to function independently of the player's clan. Previously, it was restricted to players in the Dragon Clan.

Performance Enhancements:

• Significantly improved loading times for a smoother gameplay experience.

• Fixed a bug during the Swans Pool defense mission where a Berserker/Werewolf could prevent the mission from completing.
• Fixed an issue where AI towers could sometimes make dismounted units invulnerable, blocking mission completion.
• Fixed an issue where Peasants weren't gathering water correctly in certain scenarios.
• Improved attack-move command behavior: Units will now evaluate how many attackers are needed per target at the start (as per MaxUnitsAttacking), immediately engaging additional targets if the initial target would be overwhelmed. This helps prevent units from unnecessarily clustering on the same enemy before spreading out.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed various animation cancellation exploits related to rice gathering
• Resolved an issue where rice orders were not being processed correctly
• Fixed a displacement bug where units would occasionally teleport when colliding with each other
• Improved order processing performance to reduce perceived input delay

Database Changes:

• Completed migration of Data_Abilities->InnateAbility to new Data_UnitAndInnateAbility sheet
• - New sheet combines UnitType and AbilityType in a unified structure
• - Innate abilities now require valid UnitType/AbilityType pairs
• - The sheet allows to add these pairs manually, as many as Data_Ability slots allow, the game will read them.

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Important Dates & Pricing

• Fixed incorrect tooltip translations displaying outdated text
• Fixed a UI issue preventing speech language selection from working properly
• Fixed self-damage bug where Kenji's Battle Gear would trigger critical strikes against buildings
• Fixed an issue where units could cancel certain animations when interacting with towers
• Fixed Lotus towers preventing unit evacuation during fire state
• Fixed boulder physics causing them to become stuck in certain terrain
• Fixed duplicate visual effects appearing on melee attacks

• The Multilanguage System 🌐

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Update 1.59 has already released - Steam Cloud, XLSX Data & Many Fixes - Check it out!

🛠️ • Hotfix #2

• Dragon Spearman: Magic Armor Multiplier changed from 100% to 125% to increase their vulnerability to magical attacks.
• Dragon Spearman: Damage changed from 16 to 15 to further balance their damage output.
• Wolf Druidess: Melee damage type changed from Magic to Blunt to better align with her combat style and overall balance.

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Update 1.59 has already released - Steam Cloud, XLSX Data & Many Fixes - Check it out!

Changelog:

• Reverted Yvaine's model to its original state (she can now attack and use her battle gear but won't have the mentioned 3 ready up animations).
• Fixed some incorrect XLSX entries that were a reason Kenji could be summoned by AI and other shenanigans.
• Fixed a text related crash trigger. Improved name labels in the chat (AI purposes mainly).

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• Go to your Library in Steam.
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• Select Properties.
• Look for the Steam Cloud option.
• Make sure the option is enabled.

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✂️ • More Restored Cut Content

⚔️ • Bug Fixes & Technical Tweaks

• Fixed a nasty bug that would sometimes occur during a switch from campaign to Multiplayer. We are not sure how that could ever be a thing, but what's important is that it is fixed for good. This might've been a trigger for some MP desyncs and crashes. 😅 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36216226/c7a7b50e60f8516463babbc0f012a3646e727127.png
• Added Windowed Mode to Game Options in the Main Menu.
• Fixed AI related crashes during counterpick logic.
• Resolved multiple game crashes occurring when loading specific savegames.
• Resolved a UI bug where BG appeared disabled during stun state.
• Added three new team colors to choose from: light blue, light green and light brown.
• Healthbars will now display above visual effects for better visibility.
• Fixed certain BGs' visual effects being applied twice (e.g., Maiden BG VFX).
• Updated Steam SDK to version 1.60.
• Units on guard will no longer target units stationed on watchtowers.
• Removed blood particles from "Strong Cutting" and "Strong Piercing" VFX to comply with the Mature/Non-Mature setting (VFX that play when a target weak to the mentioned damage types is attacked by that damage type).
• Fixed/Restored Yvaine's "Ready Up" animations (animations that play when the unit is selected (and idle)).

🎮 • Gameplay Adjustments

• Corrected Ronin Blood Bond BG to apply only within the intended distance and ensured Ronin now runs to the bond target (previously the range was unlimited).
• Fixed the Blade Acolyte’s innate ability to function as intended (after sharpening his blades, he will deal 60% more damage on his next attack).
• The game will now indicate which watchtower is affected when a unit performs BG on it, with the unit also rotating to point at the watchtower.
• Fixed Kabuki Warrior's Star Dust effect ending prematurely.
• Fixed Kabuki Warrior's Star Dust oversight that didn't allow him to use full range for the BG.
• Kabuki Warrior: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 100% to 87.5%.
• Kabuki: Line of Sight (LOS) increased from 16 to 20.
• Kabuki (Star Dust BG): Drain Rate reduced from 5 to 3.
• Dragon Warriors: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 87.5% to 75%.
• Shambler: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 50% to 100%.
• Spearman: Magic Armor Multiplier changed from 125% to 100%.
• Spearman: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 87.5% to 75%.
• Spearman: Damage increased from 14 to 16.
• Spearman: Max Range increased from 0.5 to 1.5.
• Issyl: Blunt Armor Multiplier changed from 200% to 150%.
• Issyl: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 113% to 88%.
• Utara: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 62.5% to 100%.
• Koril: Piercing Armor Multiplier changed from 62.5% to 100%.
• Campaign Zombie Unit: Armor corrected to match its Skirmish counterpart.
• Archer (Fire Arrows BG): The BG is no longer limited to 10 charges but now require 10 stamina per shot.
• Warlock (Soul Chill BG): BG damage type changed from Cutting to Magic.
• Musketeer (Blast Shot BG): will now drain 7 stamina per shot.
• Musketeer (Blast Shot BG): Damage increased from 18.75 to 20.
• Leaf Disciples: Range increased from 10 to 12.
• Brawler: Damage decreased from 17 to 16.
• Dragon Stable: Building time increased from 60 to 90 to match other clans.
• Lotus Tower Lightning: Changed from two damage types (Explosive and Magic) to Fire (or True Damage as per 1.58.3 rebalance).
• Lotus Tower Lightning: Damage increased from 100 to 150.
• Lotus Tower Lightning: Stamina Cost changed from 0.33 to 0.6.

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Crash Report & Dump Collection

Changelog:

Technical:

• Game will now always prioritize Dedicated GPU over the Integrated one..
• Fixed the intro mission where peasants would idle or run away instead of responding to enemy attacks.
• Added the dump collection setting.
• GPU information (Videocard) will now display in the game's options.

Gameplay:

• Fixed Dragon, Serpent and Lotus Clans' buildings not playing their destruction SFX correctly (our utmost gratitude to Tovarish Tony for their sharp hearing).
• Fixed an issue with Garrin not playing his dialogue lines correctly during Campaign.
• Invisible/submerged (digger) units won't reveal their visual status effects to enemies.
• Fixed a bug in which AI would still relocate in campaign missions (they won't relocate at all now).
• Soban's Golems will no longer be able to use horses anymore (they were never supposed to, that was possible due to a dev oversight).

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Regarding Stutter-Lag-Crash for certain Windows 11 users as per our previous announcement

• Highlights:

• Reverting some experimental changes made in 1.58.2.
• Getting rid of the Fire damage by mixing it into Explosive. The total amount of damage/armor types is reduced from 6 to 5.
• Making Piercing damage always be the middle value of maximum and minimum armor multipliers to make it a true universal damage without it overshadowing unit weakness to xyz damage types.

• General:

• Explosive & Fire Damage Mixed Together

• Simplification of the damage/armor system. It is now 5 types instead of 6.
• Getting rid of "Nobody resists Piercing" and "Everybody resists Fire" concepts in the game.
• Fire-based units now become useful vs other units and not just buildings (i.e. Raider of the Serpent Clan as an example of this).

• Piercing Damage Rework

• Non-ZM units no longer take 100% damage from Piercing attacks.
• Piercing armor is now always exactly in the middle between the worst and best possible counters (weakest and strongest resistances).
• Piercing is no longer the best type of damage overshadowing proper counterpicks.
• Zen Masters no longer have a strong resistance against Piercing.

• Technical Changes:

• Fixed a bug that allowed Watchtower units to become invulnerable.
• Fixed a number of triggers that corrupted save games preventing them from being loaded (resulting in a crash).
• Made the game permanently rely on threads, forcing an update every 2 seconds (and not every frame loop); This causes a delay in chat messages, but should make lobby joining better overall.
• Kabuki Stardust VFX remade.
• Ronin Blade On-Ground VFX remade.
• Warlock Dark Arson VFX remade.
• Chemist Rocket Explosion VFX remade.
• Cannoneer’s “Steel Cannonballs” technique ICON and NAME changed.
• Minor AI tweaks.
• Wild/Pack wolves won’t be considered as ‘undead’ by the game.
• Movement commands won’t be issued if the unit is immobilized by anything.
• Improved code for AI Peasants Tower Repair. They will now consider some factors like if the watchtower is manned and its health percentage. This is to fix the current behavior where they just send all the units they've got to repair the WT no matter what.
• Fixed a scenario caused by simultaneous button presses where the unit would cancel a BG but still trigger a move command afterwards.
• Included ‘Undead’ type in KillHero BG functions so it functions correctly if there are undead heroes like The Necromancer.

• Gameplay Changes:

Campaign Tweaks:

• Swans Pool building health increased from 2000 to 3000.

• General:

• Cannoneer default/original/vanilla attack restored, stoneball removed as a concept (reverting the 1.58.2 experiment).
• Cannoneer’s “Steel Cannonballs” technique is now “Ammo Pouch” and will increase his Smoke Bomb charges by 2.
• Crossbowman Weakness Bolt armor debuff increased from 25% to 50%.
• Kabuki Stardust redesigned to work as a sustainable ability akin to Archer Zen Arrow. (10 Stamina Cost / 5 Stamina Drain Rate).
• Wildeye base damage reduced from 18 to 14.
• Wildeye’s Spirit Wolves base damage reduced from 20 to 18.
• Wolf Sledger's Siege value has been slightly increased (the unit is more effective at taking down buildings).
• Berserker’s base damage increased from 20 to 22.
• Hurler Lava Rock FirePoint value increased from 0,075 to 0,085 (Lava Rock projectiles will set buildings on fire quicker).
• Fixed Chemist attacks not showing as Siege in Tooltips.
• Time to acquire “Rite of Ascension” BG for Tier 2 Lotus units reduced from 40 to 25 as per Unit Training Equalization changes of 1.58.2 (oversight on our part).
• Training time for Master Warlock decreased from 45 to 25 as per Unit Training Equalization changes of 1.58.2 (2nd oversight on our part).
• Horses Time To Become Wild increased from 30 to 45 ticks (tamed horses without a host retain their state for longer before going wild).

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• We are looking into it, but it is a complicated matter that will take some time for us to solve.
• This only happens for Windows 11 users.
• This does not happen to every Windows 11 user (we have tried many times to reproduce this).
• Some users provided crash reports in accordance with our instruction, which helped us get some ideas as to why this happens.

• Does your Battle Realms: Zen Edition crash?
• When does it crash?
• Version of your Windows (Name + Build)
• Do you have a stationary PC or a laptop? If it's a laptop, does it have a hybrid GPU layout (multiple GPUs)?
• What GPU does the game run on?

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