Battle for Wesnoth Steam news

• Latest observed players164 · 5 October 2026 - 21:50:25 UTC
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• Release dateMay 1, 2018
• DeveloperThe Battle for Wesnoth Project
• PublisherWesnoth Inc.

Genres: Indie, Strategy, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPublisher: Wesnoth Inc.

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• Wesnoth 1.19.28 - 25 September 2026

  Campaigns Heir to the Throne S43 Cliffs of Thoria: greatly reduced the influence of randomness on Drake spawns. Drakes now spawn before Lisar's turn, not between Lisar's and Konrad's. S50 The Battle for Wesnoth: AI-controlled Li'sar is less likely to get caught out by the Horse Clans while advancing to her forward keep. Of Pearls and Pirates Added experimental "regroup" micro AI. The Deceiver's Gambit Added experimental "regroup" micro AI. S05 The Deceiver: adjusted allies-vs-enemy balance. S06 Ring of Swords: adjusted balance, expanded map and army sizes. Sir Kaylan now flees to the map edge when he "dies", instead of vanishing. Lua API Updated to Lua 5.4.9 Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish Units Shadow Mage / Lord Fixed missing defending miss animation. User interface Team-colored text can be a…

• Wesnoth 1.19.27 - 18 August 2026

  IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, versions older than this will soon be blocked from joining the 1.19 online multiplayer servers. Campaigns The South Guard S01 "Born to the Banner": reduced difficulty on Hard. Multiplayer Update multiplayer maps: Freelands - reduce the amount of swamp terrain, replace more of mycelium with regular fungus Silverhead Crossing - bring P1 keep a bit closer for easier access, replace more of mycelium with regular fungus Fallenstar Lake - replace 1 forest hex on each side with flat terrain for easier village access, replace more of mycelium with regular fungus Den of Onis - make side passages wider, replace more of mycelium with regular fu…

• Wesnoth 1.18.8 - 18 August 2026

  IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, versions older than this will soon be blocked from joining the 1.18 online multiplayer servers. Translations Updated translations: Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes Make Boost::system optional with boost 1.69 or later (necessary for compatibility with 1.89 and later). Resolved not all translations being available for selection on Windows builds. (GitHub #11112)

• Wesnoth 1.19.26 - 11 August 2026

  Campaigns Of Pearls and Pirates Don’t show the tutorial hint about save-loading when Biased RNG is active S05 "Lady Maudie": fixed Fireships being healable. The Deceivers Gambit Fix missing siphon attack sound, which would cause a crash anytime the attack was used. S07 "The Great River": reduced walking time from starting keep to first enemies. Most spells now unlock when Delfador advances a level, not at the start of arbitrary scenarios. S07 "The Great River": adjusted map to account for Delfador's additional spell options. S04 "The Sylvan Seer": fixed an issue where playing S03 with a familiar but not S04 would result in the familiar having 0% defense / 100% cth for S05. S14 "Long Live the Queen": Eldred's units are now mostly on a single side, instead of spread out over several. Scenario rebalanced accordingly. S14 "Long Live the Queen": the final boss fight now has fewer random elem…

• Wesnoth 1.19.25 - 28 June 2026

  Campaigns Heir to the Throne S01 "The Elves Besieged": reduced starting gold, but added gold pickups near enemy keeps. Added more swamp hexes. S03 "Blackwater Port": added a secondary, coastal entry point for this scenario, so Konrad can make better use of Merfolk if he has them. S10 "The Siege of Elensefar": rebalanced gold, income, and AI. Maddock's AI is now less likely to defend unthreatened bridges or idle his ships. On the overworld, the waters around Elensefar now better connect to the rest of the passable coast. After completing either Elensefar scenario, Elensefar now provides Konrad with a port on the overworld. Slightly increased Li'sar's hitpoints. Li'sar "march" ability is no longer hidden. Eastern Invasion S13 "Spoils of War": removed the map's keep, to prevent player recruitment and stay consistent with the intro and victory dialogue. Heir to the Throne Enemy leaders shou…

• Wesnoth 1.19.24 - 24 May 2026

  Campaigns The South Guard S04 "Choice in the Fog": both choices should now be more similar in difficulty S06a "Vengeance": increased the survival turns, but decreased initial enemy gold/units. Heir to the Throne S07 "Muff Malal's Peninsula": fixed incorrect portrait for Muff Malal in the time over event. S28 "The Lost General": fixed "Cavefish" achievement triggering if you didn't recruit/recall any units at all. S50 "The Battle For Wesnoth": Asheviere should now more intelligently resist assassination strategies. S50 "The Battle For Wesnoth": fix "Canon" achievement being awarded even if you hadn't played "The Dwarven Doors". Fix replays with Li'sar's Heavy Infantrymen causing desyncs. The Deceivers Gambit S04 "The Sylvan Seer": use new Silverback image from Renlie_Cocoa. Multiplayer Added new "Undead Siege" song by Tomek Szczęsny. Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British En…

• Wesnoth 1.19.23 - 23 April 2026

  Campaigns Heir to the Throne Granite Golem: added "regenerates +4" ability, cost reduced from 35 -> 30, damage reduced from 35 -> 32 Fix Elrian's Tath event triggering even if you hadn't yet completed Isle of Alduin. Fix Elrian's Tath event not trigering after completing The Sceptre of Fire. S06 "Isle of Alduin": fix Konrad and Elrian discussing Seimus too early. S22 "Glamdrol": end when turns run out, not when side 1's last turn ends. S30 "The Sceptre of Fire": made Giant Spider AI more predictable. S43 "Cliffs of Thoria": fix the Horn of Glamdrol healing Warven before he's been spotted. S50 "The Battle For Wesnoth": rebalanced to encourage dominating the map rather than rushing Asheviere. Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish WML Engine WFL: fixed serialization of empty m…

• Wesnoth 1.18.7 - 9 April 2026

  Translations Updated translations: Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, French, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil) Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes Fix time of day sounds not playing.

• Wesnoth 1.19.22 - 30 March 2026

  Campaigns Heir to the Throne S22 "Glamdrol": fixed a lua error that would occur if Konrad completed the scenario without pledging any gold to the Stoneskins. Liberty S04 "Unlawful Orders": Kestrel's keep no longer gets blocked by his Lieutenant on turn 4. S04 "Unlawful Orders": fix enemy soldiers having names. The Deceivers Gambit S04 "The Sylvan Seer": Silverback image is now smaller at lower difficulties. S04 "The Sylvan Seer": fix Delfador being counterspelled even when outside the counterspell AOE. S04 "The Sylvan Seer": mirror Kalenz now transforms into a Lich when you move adjacent, not after your first attack (fixes an issue with inconsistent strikes/attack type). S04 "The Sylvan Seer": fix Delfador's familiar retaining 100% hit / 0% defense even after this scenario had ended. S04 "The Sylvan Seer": fix final kill not awarding XP. S04 "The Sylvan Seer": fix mirror magical attacks…

• Wesnoth 1.19.21 - 9 March 2026

  Campaigns A Tale of Two Brothers Add achievements and relevant code. Dead Water S05 "Tirigaz": the orcs now use real ship units, instead of static images. Orcish gold reduced to compensate. Dusk of Dawn S02 "A Dream": remove "fearless" trait, but spawn more higher-level woses instead. Eastern Invasion S02 "Escape Tunnel": Now uses the core Dwarvish Miner unit, instead of a modified 8 gold version. S04b "Ill Humours": AI Dunefolk are no longer immune to the swamp's poison (although their AI shouldn't let them move into poison range regardless). S04b "Ill Humours": Gweddry now gains control of the Dunefolk villages when they switch sides. S05 "Northern Outpost": Randomness no longer influences the minimum/maximum number of bandits who spawn. S06b "Soradoc": Removed a mechanic that wasn't explained in the objectives - Yannic will no longer be rescued automatically after you've defeated thr…

• Wesnoth 1.19.20 - 1 February 2026

  Campaigns Dusk of Dawn Remove custom "Troll Earth-Shaker" Rocklobber advancement to avoid confusing beginners. Eastern Invasion Add weather effects to several scenarios. The Deceivers Gambit S13 "Revelry, Revisited": fixed way too many enemies spawning after many turns had elapsed. S13 "Revelry, Revisited": added more dialogue between the orcs and humans. The Hammer of Thursagan The first scenario is now slightly easier. Terrain Added graphics for rails going over water and chasm. Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Czech, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish

• Wesnoth 1.19.19 - 31 December 2025

  Campaigns Heir to the Throne The finale's farm burning difficulty option now explains which option is the standard and which option is especially challenging. The finale's farm burning difficulty option will now trigger automatically if you miss it. Once unlocked, Carcyn now also includes a port on the north shore. Fix Li'sar not using her elite recruits in Crossroads and Siege of Elensefar. Lua API Add new wml.valid_var function to validate a WML variable path Bugfix: Indexing a vconfig now returns a table with tag/contents keys Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Catalan, Czech, French, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish WML Engine Add a 'priority' attribute to abilities and weapon specials with values (``, ``, etc). Values set by lower priority specials are considered as the base value for higher priority specials' calculations. Using `` with a ne…

• Wesnoth 1.18.6 - 31 December 2025

  Multiplayer 5p - The Wilderlands: Fixed lag during AI turn (issue #10419) Translations Updated translations: Ancient Greek, Arabic, Bengali, British English, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Finnish, French, Galician, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish User interface The load-game dialog can now see the directories used by the development version (1.19.2 and later)

• Wesnoth 1.19.18 - 19 November 2025

  Campaigns Dusk of Dawn Added to mainline. This is a new troll campaign. 4 scenarios, novice level. Heir to the Throne Add new "Heir to the Throne" revision to mainline. Rename existing HttT campaign to "Heir to the Throne, Classic" Merge "Battle Training" into HttTC. The Deceiver's Gambit Revised Delfador and Garard's dialogue (again) "Stirrings of War" and "The Ambassador" are now regular battle scenarios. "Fort Garard" now grants all Loyalist recruits; Delfador no longer has to wait until "Ring of Swords" "The Sylvan Seer" part 1 puzzle now varies with campaign difficulty. "Ring of Swords" now has a slightly larger map. "Galcadar" no longer restores your recall list from TDG part I. "The Traitor" no longer has special village razing mechanics. Deoran is now a battle unit, not a support unit with complicated abilities. Most AI allies now go last in the turn order, so they're more predi…

• Wesnoth 1.19.17 - 2 November 2025

  Editor Move items/unit/labels when map is resized Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Czech, Polish, Spanish Units Sergeant: Crossbow damage changed from 4-3 to 6-2 Lieutenant: Crossbow damage changed from 5-3 to 7-2 General: Crossbow damage changed from 7-3 to 10-2 Grand Marshal: Crossbow damage changed from 8-3 to 12-2 WML Engine ~PAD() added as an IPF (image path function). It allows the sides of an image to be padded with transparent pixels. Can be used to artificially offset images. WML formulas can be used in abilities/specials 'max_value' and 'min_value'. Add , , and optional scrolling support to and

• Wesnoth 1.19.16 - 25 September 2025

  Campaigns Liberty Changed some of Maddock's dialogue to stay consistent with The Deceiver's Gambit. Difficulty scaling now follows the same pattern as the other beginner campaigns: 1x enemies, 2x enemies, 3x enemies. Use the new Elensefar map from the revised Heir to the Throne. Various minor bugfixes and tweaks. Son of the Black Eye Units now have access to customized AMLA. Units granted AMLA: Orcish Sovereign, Great Troll, Orcish Warlord, Orcish Slurbow, Direwolf Rider, Goblin Pillager, Troll Warrior, Troll Rocklobber, Orcish Nightblade, Saurian Flanker, Saurian Javelineer, Saurian Seer, Saurian Prophet Please note that the AMLAs are only active inside the campaign. The Deceiver's Gambit S11x, S13, S14: Eldred's dialogue is now "small" instead of "x-small" S13: tweaked the opening cutscene to give Garard and Eldred more privacy. S13: changed some of Eldred and the orcs' dialogue. S14:…

• Wesnoth 1.19.15 - 25 August 2025

  Lua API Toggle panel now have the event handler `on_double_click`. If set, it will be fired when the user left double clicks on that widget. For other widgets, they can be wrapped inside a toggle panel for this to work. Translations Updated translations: Ancient Greek, Bengali, British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Galician, Hungarian Units Arcane resistance of all Drake race units changed from -10% to -20% Dune Soldier: Blade resistace decreased form 20% to 10%. Dune Rover: Blade resistace increased form 0% to 10%. Hp decreased from 33 to 32. Dune Explorer: Blade resistace increased form 0% to 10%. Gold cost increased from 29 to 31. Dune Wayfarer: Blade resistace increased form 0% to 10%. Gold cost increased from 55 to 58. Dune Burner - line: +1 mp, +10% pierce resistance, +20% impact resistance, cold resistance set to 0%. Dune Burner: Ranged damage decreased from 7 to 6. Xp in…

• Wesnoth 1.19.14 - 27 July 2025

  Campaigns Eastern Invasion Terraent arcane resistance from 30% to 40%, melee arcane 9-5 to 8-5, cost: 82 -> 80 Editor Fixed side default income getting incremented to 2 each time a scenario is saved Multiplayer Add presets to allow saving and easily reusing game settings. Translations Updated translations: Ancient Greek, Arabic, Bengali, British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Finnish, Hungarian Added new Japanese font that has support for bolding text and fix font order so italics works. Units Arcane Resistance of all Skeletal Type Undead changed from -20 % to -40%. The list for core skeletal Undead units includes: Skeleton, Revenant, Deathblade, Draug, Death Squire, Death Knight, Skeleton Archer, Bone Shooter, Banebow, Lich, Ancient Lich, Skeleton Rider, Bone Knight Campaign units include: Pyre Wight and Barrow Wight from *Eastern Invasion*. Dwarvish Thunderer: cost decreased fr…

• Wesnoth 1.19.13 - 23 June 2025

  Translations Updated translations: Bengali, British English, Czech, Italian Units Added Dune Rover attack, defend, and standing animations User interface Fixed sidebar unit tooltip no longer taking damage resistances into account Fixed the progress bar for sub achievements not updating correctly WML Engine Added auto_sort key to control automatic alphabetical sorting. add 'name_affected' and 'description_affected' that are displayed in unit sidebar for abilities used like specials. modify tag to allow abilities to affect all units in a given radius who is to 1 by default modify tag to allow to filter all units in a given radius who is to 1 by default Abilities with id=poison that aren't in a tag will no longer inflict poison Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes Fixed opening the map editor or starting a campaign crashing on some systems Hovering over the grey bat in SotA no longer causes a crash…

• 1.19.12 (Beta) - 2 June 2025

  Add-ons client Fixed downloading an add-on causing a crash. Campaigns Son of the Black Eye S15: improved AI behavior. The Deceiver’s Gambit Easy and Normal difficulties are now more challenging Delfador now references Elende's prophecy much more in Part II Numerous minor dialogue changes, scenario tweaks, and bug fixes Various dialogue tweaks in Part II to better-resolve some of Part I's lingering plot threads. S11: use simple_attack MAI for AI-vs-AI fighting, to reduce lag S11: reduced number of Orcish Adepts/Shamans, and added a voiceline when one of them is attacked S13: replaced Orcish Adepts/Shamans with regular cannon-fodder units. Multiplayer Added support for server-side queueing. Translations Updated translations: British English, Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Italian Units Added and updated a variety of boats. User interface It is now possible to mark certain units as favorite in…

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