Veterum news & patch notes

Added translations (AI-assisted) for Portuguese (Brazilian), Polish and Turkish languages.

• Added town houses, as well as houses in dwarven style

• Some city maps have been changed

• Cosmetic changes to many map presets

• Two new map presets for cemeteries

• Some missions have become slightly more difficult

• Reduced the influence of buying and selling items on city prosperity and relationship with the player

• Changed the cost of some peaceful traits

• On generated maps, decorative tiles are now placed more correctly

• Japanese voice acting added

• On cells where units will have no Action Points left when moving, zeros are now displayed

• All throwing projectiles now have a trail

• In manually created battles, a tag is drawn above enemy units whose level is 5 or more higher than the average enemy level

• Overall game performance increased

• A few minor tweaks

Greetings, warriors!

Today we have a major announcement: Veterum is leaving Early Access and launching into full release on September 7, 2026.

We entered Early Access on November 27, 2025. Over these past 9+ months, we have walked an incredible path together with you. We originally chose this format to polish the game to perfection—refining the balance, UI, and mechanics based strictly on your feedback. To be completely honest, we never expected the game to undergo such massive transformations. We are deeply grateful to each and every one of you for standing by us all this time, supporting our vision, and forgiving our early mistakes and bugs.

The biggest gameplay overhaul during Early Access is our intricate city development and mission generation system. Cities now feature a "Prosperity Level" and temporary statuses. The higher the prosperity, the more mercenaries you can hire and the richer the merchants' inventory becomes—though prices will rise accordingly... Prosperity, city statuses, and available missions now form a unified, interconnected system where every element impacts the other. Your actions now directly shape not only how cities view you, but their overall survival and growth.

We have also introduced a unit talent system, random world map events, brand-new missions, special locations, unique units, terrain objects, artifacts, potions, and a vast amount of diverse decor...

Visuals received a ton of care as well: we added settings to adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation, implemented 4 distinct colorblind modes, and introduced multiple new visual effects while upgrading the old ones.

Furthermore, we expanded the game’s localization. Veterum now officially supports English, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, and Ukrainian. Huge thanks to Rokusai Katsushika and Takakidougata Udon for the Japanese translation, and to Akkar72 for the Spanish version! Thank you so much! Additionally, AI-generated translations for Chinese, German, French, and Portuguese (Brazilian) have been added (the Portuguese patch arrives in the next update).

Of course, throughout the entire Early Access period, we stuck to our core promise: constantly tweaking the balance, squashing bugs, and polishing the game to a shine.

Finally, we have integrated full Steam Workshop support. Now you can easily share your custom battle maps, perfectly-balanced unit stats, or custom localizations in your native language with players worldwide.

The full release is coming on September 7th. Version 1.0 will bring the final story missions—the grand conclusion to the journey of Sir Edward, the last Interrogator of the Gatekeepers Order.

Thank you for your endless support, patience, and faith in Veterum!

Best regards, The Crasleen Games Team

Steam Workshop support has been added! If you've already subscribed to any mods before this version, they will now work. The game now includes a built-in mod manager (round button in the lower-right corner of the main menu), where you can enable or disable mods, as well as upload your own creations to Steam. A guide on working with mods is available in the "Guides" section on the Steam store page. If you encounter any issues or have questions about mods, please let us know.

• Improved Chinese localization

• Added trail effects for flying arrows and bullets. Bullets now fly faster

• Army camp text is now sharper and more legible

• Added shadows under tooltips

• Menu buttons now slightly scale up on hover, with a sound effect

• Optimized AI computation (enemies move more smoothly, with no micro-stutters even on older office PCs)

• A few more minor tweaks and fixes

Numerous changes and improvements to the visual component:

·         Completely reworked lighting system

·         New fog effects

·         Added color correction during rain

·         Puddles now occasionally shimmer

·         Blood splatter direction now accounts for the angle of the strike

·         Animated unit dodging in melee combat

·         Added drifting clouds above the world map

·         Unit movement now kicks up dust and triggers footsteps tailored to the terrain tiles

·         New water animation

·         Auras around units are now more transparent

·         Improved visual effects for lava

·         Health and Mana bars now drain and fill smoothly

·         Animated the turn-change message

·         Improved fire burning effects

·         Reworked destruction effects for most objects

Fixes:

·         Fixed a freeze when casting Dash (occurred when Dash was activated by double-pressing the button)

·         Fixed (hopefully) windowed mode issues where UI elements would occasionally drift outside the window boundaries

·         Removed animation for static debris from barrels, crates, etc.

Miscellaneous:

·         Accelerated loading and processing of text from CSV files

·         Localization files (CSV format) now support line breaks (Enter)

·         Added line breaks after periods at the end of sentences for Japanese localization

·         A few other minor tweaks

Spanish language added. Special thanks to Akkar72!

New Content:

• Added a late-game global event: Dreams of a God.

• New map state: "Flood" and a related random battle.

• New potion: Potion of Haste.

• New random event.

Other Changes:

• Empowered versions of enemies (mini-bosses) now appear in random battles. To compensate, the total number of enemies has been slightly reduced.

• Added background animations in combat (can be disabled in the settings).

• Increased the cost of certain unit upgrades.

• Increased Morale bonuses for closing in on enemies (and penalties for retreating from them). This mechanic is disabled during fortress sieges.

• Reduced the rate of prosperity change in cities the player hasn't visited in a long time (or ever).

• Reduced the probability of random quests and states appearing in cities.

• Reduced the impact of player trading on city prosperity and Reputation.

• Improved display of Chinese text.

• Minor miscellaneous changes.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where combat stats were recalculated incorrectly after receiving injuries.

Added a post-processing filter that makes combat visuals sharper and more vibrant. You can adjust its parameters (brightness, contrast, and saturation) or disable it entirely in the Game Settings.

Other changes:

• Text events: Hovering over artifact or injury icons now displays the relevant tooltip info.

• Increased the chance of being ambushed.If your army is ambushed, your units will receive only half of their Action Points during the first turn.

• Units are now more likely to desert near cities and less likely in the wilderness. The larger the army, the higher the chance that a unit with Mood <-20 will desert.

• A few minor tweaks.

Fixes:

• The "Haste" spell now correctly grants bonus Action Points for the intended 3 turns.

New Features:Added 25 random text events that occur while traveling across the world map.

Other Changes:

- Added a toggle to display status bars over units (Settings -> Gameplay).

- Units in the Army Camp can now be assigned unique icons for quicker identification on the battlefield.

- Reduced player gold gain by 12%.

- Increased the chance of random enemy encounters by 7%.

- Reduced the visibility rating for enemy armies.

- Decreased the frequency of epidemics and riots in cities.

- Reduced the "Soul of Company" trait's mood change chance from 50% to 30%.

- Minor miscellaneous tweaks and polish.

Fixes:

- Fixed an issue causing city statuses and side quests to trigger too frequently.Fixed city prosperity levels changing too rapidly.

- The "Altar of Kromm" mission now correctly displays the remaining time limit on the left side of the screen.

We are excited to present a major update that we’ve been working on intensively for the past 2 months!

Cities on the world map now feature a dynamic "Prosperity Level" and temporary Conditions. The higher the prosperity, the more mercenaries are available and the richer the merchants' inventory becomes. More prosperous cities offer higher quest rewards, but buying and selling prices are also higher. Negative Conditions decrease prosperity, while positive ones increase it. Prosperity also grows by completing city quests, trading, and making donations. In line with this, the quest generation system has been completely overhauled. If a quest to deal with bandits appears in a city, it will now directly affect its Prosperity Level and Conditions.

Other changes:

·         New Dwarf unit: The Healer (we are still balancing her, so she is not yet available for hire).

·         City Quests: Added two new generated quests that take place within cities. City map generation has been implemented for this purpose.

·         Urgency: Almost all quests are now time-sensitive. Typically, you have 30 days to complete them.

·         UI: The world map now displays quest deadlines.

·         Navigation: If the player's army is off-screen, an arrow at the edge of the screen will point toward its direction.

·         Visuals: Added new icons for cities and increased the variety of backgrounds for generated maps.

·         Logic: Mercenary and inventory refreshes are no longer tied to the player visiting the city.

·         Controls: Camera movement via mouse cursor is now disabled when a menu is open.

·         Environment: New preset for cemeteries; demons in caves now appear much less frequently.

·         Fixes: Corrected several typos.

Note: Old save files are compatible. Due to the complete overhaul of the quest system, you might encounter some oddities during the first 30 in-game days (e.g., too many quests or duplicates).

Please share your impressions and report any bugs you find. Good luck, warriors!

Best regards, The Crasleen Games Development Team

Steam Trading Cards are now available in Veterum!

Glorious warriors and loyal companions!

Support for Steam Trading Cards has arrived in Veterum. Now, as you hack your way through hordes of enemies, you will earn pleasant bonuses for your profile.

What’s New:

·         Trading Card Set: Collect the full set featuring the game's heroes and units.

·         Exclusive Badges: Level up your Veterum badge to showcase your tactical prowess to everyone.

·         Profile Backgrounds: Customize your Steam page with atmospheric artwork from the world of Veterum.

·         Emoticons: Use unique emojis in chats and discussions.

Cards drop automatically while you play. You can also trade them with friends or find missing ones on the Steam Community Market.

Development Update: We are currently working on adding city prosperity mechanics and temporary city states. We expect these new features to be ready for you to try in a couple of weeks. Old save files should remain compatible.

Thank you for staying with us and helping make Veterum better! If you enjoy the game, please consider leaving a review. They greatly help in attracting new players. Thank you once again!

Good luck on the battlefield! Crasleen Games Team