Hey hey, the time has finally come!

Feature Update #3 has been released!

Love and Elves!

Noble Fates Feature Update #3

Elves have come to Noberia from far away lands, bringing the custom of Marriage with them.

Can you find the perfect partners for your people?

Elves!

A patient Race - Elves live twice as long as Humans and Orcs, but take their time maturing - progressing at half the rate of the other Races.

Elves don't mind Humans, but can be at odds with the Orcs!

Elves have increased potential in Hunting and Crafting, though their smaller frame limits their potential in Melee.

Updated Characters!

To ensure the adoption of Marriage across the lands, the Gods have blessed the other Mortal Races with new faces, haircuts, and finally... Ears!

Enjoy new Human and Orc faces with many more variation and much more detail than before!

Attraction!

Now that the Mortals are more beautiful, they've discovered that they're now Attracted to one another!

Browse the new Attraction tab on the Character Sheet to see what each Mortal is into.

Mortals have a broad range of preferences - taking Gender, Age, Race, and even wealth into account when sizing up a potential partner.

Gifts!

The Mortals have discovered that they can grow and harvest Flowers, making Bouquets for gifts to maximize their chances.

Daily gifts can help that friendship blossom into true Love!

Use the additional details on the expanded Relationship tab to see just why two Mortals love one-another or why they aren't getting along.

Marriage!

Build and decorate the new Wedding Arch to arrange a Wedding between two of your Mortals.

Marry an Enamored pair of Mortals to transform their shared Love into Loyalty or arrange a one-sided Marriage to keep an important Noble happy!

Interactions with a Mortal's partner have increased effects on that Mortal - treat your Mortal's partners well to keep them happy.

Leverage Double Beds and shared Lodgings to simplify housing for your growing Kingdom!

Marriages last until one of the partners dies, so make sure you make the right call when choosing a Mortal's partner!

Expanded Intro Details and Options!

This was the perfect time to increase the information shared during the Intro and we've coupled that with the introduction of per-Mortal Reroll support.

We plan to do more with the Intro as we move further into EA, but this should help those of you looking for that perfect group from the start.

Other Surprises

Beyond Elves, we've also added Innate abilities to the other Races - Orcs have higher potential in Melee and Mining, but lower in Hunting; Humans have increased Building and Farming but aren't as capable in Foraging.

In addition, we introduced Skirts and Blouses - a slightly nicer variant of Tunics and Leggings that can roll brighter colors - perfect for a Wedding!

The Experimental Beta included Top Hats and Veils - but we've expanded both to include a wider array of colors.

Finally - we've introduced new Breach Music - fitting music for a fitting end for a Kingdom.

Other Changes

Leverage the new Caps Visibility toggle to let those luscious locks loose.

We retuned Depth of Field to better accommodate close-ups of your new faces.

We rebalanced Kingdom Size preference - more Mortals than ever will prefer Medium or Large Kingdoms.

Finally, we optimized startup time! Even with the added burden of the new Character Art, the game should load faster and use less memory than ever before!

Saves

These changes necessitated changes to the save game format, so this update retires 0.25 saves.

We've spun up a retired_0_25 set of Steam Betas so that you can continue your 0.25 saves there or go back and visit them whenever you want.

Full Changelist

Noble Fates 0.26.0.13
The Love and Elves Update

Surprise: Elves!

    Elves have arrived from distant lands

    Elves live twice as long as Humans and Orcs

    Elves progress half as fast as Humans and Orcs

    Elves and Orcs trend towards a dislike of one another

    Elves prefer Wild Animal Meat over Mortal Meat

    

Updated Character Art

    Orcs and Humans have had their visuals updated to bring them closer to our 2d art

    Enjoy many more variations and much more detail than before!

    Increase thickness of Orcs slightly

    

Attraction

    Each Mortal has a list of traits that they prefer in a partner

    They have a broad range of preferences - including Gender, Age, Race, and even Wealth!

    Use the new Attraction tab to keep track of their preferences and potential suitors

    

Gifts

    Have a Mortal give another mortal a Bouquet to improve that Mortal's opinion of them

    Give Bouquets on successive days for increased strength and duration of the buff

    Surprise: Track the Gift Schedule on the Attraction Tooltip

    Surprise: Watch for Hearts as an indication of Interest!

    Craft Bouquets from Flowers at the Crafting Table

    

Marriage

    Arrange weddings between your Nobles

    Build a Wedding Arch and decorate it with flowers to Hold a Wedding

    Make the perfect match to maximize resulting Esteem boosts

    Or leverage a one-sided pairing to show an important Noble that you prioritize them

    Interactions with a Mortal's partner have increased effects on their Esteem

    A Mortal's Lodging Need and Wants can be satisfied by their Partner's Belongings

    A Marriage ends if one of the Partners dies

    

Intro

    Improve lighting during the Intro

    Add Kingdom Size Preference

    Add Attraction Preferences

    Add "Replace" button to replace an individual Mortal from the starting group

    Fix bug preventing the Pause Menu during Intro

    

Double Beds

    Married Mortals can share a bed

    Leverage increased Prestige from two new Bed variants

    

Flowers

    Flowers may now be harvested and used in Bouquets and Wedding Arches

    Flowers produce seeds and may be grown in farms

    

Top Hat and Veil

    These new costume hats make great Wedding attire

    Surprise: Increased color ranges

    

Surprise: Blouse and Skirt

    Fancier versions of Tunics and Pants that make great Wedding attire



Surpise: Innate Abilities

    Elves have increased potential in Ranged and Crafting, decreased in Melee

    Orcs have increased potential in Melee and Mining, decreased in Ranged

    Humans have increased potential in Building and Farming, decreased in Foraging    

    

Surprise: New Breach Music

    Enjoy a tasty new track when tackling a Breach!



Caps

    Add Visibility setting for Caps

    Only affects Caps that hide Hair



Optimization

    Optimize Front End loading, reduce duration by 1/3

    Optimize Memory Usage when loading the Front End

    Increase Character Rendering performance

    Remove unused Key Art to reduce Disk Size



UI

    New Main Menu Scene

    New Loading Screen

    Improve Escape Behavior

    

Visitors

    Decrease good-will from visitors about satisfied needs by 50%

    

Envoys

    Fix bug that could allow Envoy members to join a Raid without warning

    

Wanderers

    Decrease wanderer counts

    Fix bug that could allow Wanderers to join a Raid without warning

    

Full Screen Conversations

    Open a Mortal's Eyes when speaking in Full-Screen Conversations

    Fix bug that prevented opening the Pause Menu

    

AI Ruler Principles

    Improve Genocide based Principles

    Add Elf based Principles

    

Depth of Field

    Return near Depth of Field when zoomed in

    

Cornucopia

    Resolve issue that caused a Crash when saving during a Cornucopia Feast

    Mortals now prefer to Feast near the Cornucopia

    

Raids

    Only warn about catapults when there's actually a catapult

    

Enlisted Hotkeys

    Only toggle Melee/Ranged/Defend/Push when Enlisted

    

Sleeping

    Taking Prestige into account when deciding where to sleep

    Nobles will now sleep in a specific Bed when ordered

    

Rabid Animals

    Renamed Rabid Animals for clarity

    Fixed bug that prevented some animals from becoming Rabid

    Fixed bug that would fail to trigger combat music from Rabid Animals

    

Kingdom Size Preference

    Increase the likelihood of Medium and Large Kingdom Size Preferences

    

Prop Rendering

    Fix High-Low Gradient on Structural Props

    Improve High-Low Gradient on Shelves, Throne and Beds

    

Blood

    Improve Blood Rendering

    

Transporting Wounded

    Now takes into account bed ownership

    Prevent Downed Animals from being placed in Cells

    

Fire Arrows

    Decrease likelihood of Mortals carrying Fire Arrows for Trade

    

Mods

    Add support for clearing lists with $clear

    Add support for Character Cosmetic Sets (See Original Humans and Orcs)

    Character Types now support Bone Scaling

    NOTE: Mods that depend on the old Character Art need the Original Character Cosmetics Mod