New maps, new combat, new zombies, new inventory – it’s all here in our April Reanimation Update.

We’re excited for all the changes coming in, and without further ado, let’s dive into REANIMATION!

New Maps

We’re excited to debut Pottsville and Lewiston; new, tighter, more urban maps that will create heart-pounding moments as players check around every corner to make sure they do not get trapped in an inescapable alley with zombies closing in. 

Pottsville

Fog stirs around your feet as you creep slowly towards the town limits. A morning silence broken only by the moans of zombies greet you as you make your way to the first neighbourhood, before the crackle of your radio alerts you to a call from the CRC – you are here to verify the reports of civilians sheltering in Pottsville, and if true, figure out the next steps to save them. 

Pottsville is a rural small town where Responders will be looking to rescue civilians. You’ll start at the outskirts and explore the neighbourhoods, following leads from the CRC through the streets and alleys that could lead you to the Pottsville Bank, where some survivors attempted to access parts of the bank usually more secured; or to City Hall, where we’re sure the mayor and their staff must have made it out… 

Responders will spawn separately into the Pottsville map and should eventually make their way to the formerly bustling downtown square, now empty save for the living dead that have no interest in the decorations or landscaping. Find your way to the community center, and learn the fate of Pottsville’s population along the way. 

Randomized houses with different locations for your objectives brings new exploration with each playthrough of Pottsville, along with the introduction of a new minigame – Responders will need to align the radio to the correct wavelength. 

Lewiston

Calling all Responders! The CRC has been called in to assist in Lewiston, Maine. The local CRC Team leader, Waldo, asked us to come out his way to lend a hand. Like many in the CRC, he didn’t expect to have to step up for a zombie uprising, and is feeling a little… overwhelmed, so we’ll be sending you in, but you’ll have to find your own way out – by boat or by train.  

Lewiston is our surprise third map, as revealed during our Reanimation Announcement on April 8th!

We are thrilled to bring you to Maine, with 2 new types of extractions, randomized stores to explore, and a sunset over the small town giving everything, even the dead, a glow-up. Spawn together with up to 4 other Responders, try to find the rest of your group, and explore Lewiston. Make sure to check if you have overdue books at the Library, or if there are supplies left at the Pawn Shop. Keep an eye on the gathering shadows, watching for any movement in the autumn sunset.   

Matchmaking Note – we’ll be adjusting the prevalence of how often each map appears, without the need for game updates to do so. Currently we’ll be weighting the matchmaking percentages more towards letting players experience the two new maps Lewiston and Pottsville more than Power Plant. As always we will listen to community feedback to inform us. Let us know which map is your favourite!

Character Roster

Players will have 3 character slots, and can select 3 different Responders to fill them. Each can have their own loadouts, character levels, and skills. You’ll be able to decide the difficulty of the match you want to play by selecting the Responder with the character level to match. 

Clicking a filled slot will make that character active. Clicking an empty slot will bring up a character selection pop-up. Once a player starts matchmaking, character selection is locked.

Set up your favorite character build and loadout, and keep them ready for your sessions. 

Character Reroll

Players will be able to spend match-earned credits to reroll the character selection when creating a new Responder. This will reroll all 3 of the options available.

We’re open to hearing feedback about the amount of credits spent for the reroll, and can adjust this without needing to patch the game, so please share that feedback with us regularly in the Discord! 

Radial Inventory

The memorable NMRiH1-style Radial Inventory is back! 

This weight-based style of inventory is easier to use dynamically in combat. 

Weights are reflected in the size of each “slice” of the quadrant of the radial inventory. So, a 2 handed sledgehammer or wooden planks will take up a great deal of more “weight space” than a kitchen knife does. The earlier inventory in NMRIH2 was not weight-based but simply had a limited number of slots, regardless of the weight of things you were carrying.

You can set up a quick slot by highlighting over an item and pressing a number key (1-9). 

Instead of the number of items counting against your inventory, all items will have a weight value that will affect your inventory. This is still being tuned, so please be sure to give feedback, either through our in-game menu or in our Discord. 

Combat 2.0

We’ve talked about Combat 2.0 on our Livestream [Insert Link], and we are excited to get it into the hands of our Responders. How you combine your attacks and actions with those of other Responders will be more rewarding, and, we hope, lead to more cooperation between players. 

Combat 2.0 will feature:

• Directional Melee – Left or Right attacks with a melee weapon depending on the left or right input.. 
• Strong Attacks – if you repeat the input, the 2nd attack will be stronger. For example, if you repeat a left left attack, the 2nd attack will be the stronger one.
• Charged Attacks – hold your attack. It will hold the animation, and when you release it, you will deal a massive blow. There will be a difference between a Slashing attack, and a Bludgeoning attack. Try out the different attacks, and let us know which you decide to use.
• Kick and Shove – both will have a different use in your attacks. Kick, performed by holding the “shove” key, will be an extension of your combo to move zombies. Use it alongside your fellow Responders’ attacks to direct and knock down zombies. Shove is usually to be combined with your other attacks to create a combo. 

As part of Combat 2.0, weapons have gotten a rebalancing. Slashing and Bludgeoning style weapons will have different purposes. Body shots and headshots will have a different response, depending on the weapons. 

Stamina has been rebalanced, and your ‘out-of-stamina’ state will be harsher – Responders will deal less damage and less impact when dealing blows. 

Let us know of your experience with Combat 2.0 in the Discord[Insert Link]! 

Zombie Variants

There are new zombies coming in with the new maps, including Riot Police and Construction Zombies. 

We advise Responders to approach with caution and strategy, as both have helmets protecting them from headshots. Riot Police will have body armor to protect them from firearms, and some may also have a shield, protecting their body from attacks, so use your directional melee to deal damage. 

You can also run into zombie police officers and even zombie chefs – who are looking to make you their next finely prepared meal. 

Along with the new zombie types, there we have made improvements to the Shambler type such as the ability to walk around, summon zombies to help them after a few screams, and release a gas cloud that will increase the infection rate of a zombie in the cloud – plus, the cloud also has a chance to infect players itself. We have also added new styles to the Runner type of zombies. Our ‘Red Eyes’ zombies have also gotten an adjustment. No longer will they have red eyes coming out of the darkness – they’ll have an ‘eyeshine’ to them instead. More dead-like. They also can take damage regularly, instead of relying exclusively on headshots. The CRC does recommend still aiming for them first however – a ‘Prime’ state alters the zombies it affects, giving them more health and higher damage.

Notable Additions:

• New Weapons:
  • Cleaver
    • Quick and sharp, one-handed bladed weapon
  • Tree Trimmer
    • Two-handed bladed weapon
    • Extended reach, great for removing limbs
      
• New Scopes
  • Hunting Scope – Long range rifle scope
  • Combat Optic – military grade, medium range holographic sight
• Performance Fixes
  • Lighting Optimization
• Improved Hit Reaction Animations
• In-Game Early Access Roadmap
• Loading Screen Tips (with some community suggestions!)
• Improved Loot Spawning
  • Spawning of items is more dynamic, less predictable
• Matchmaking with Multiple Maps
  • Map selector available on Private Matches
• A skill pool that will display all available skills that could be randomly generated for the player at their current level
• New audio mixing options and sliders
• Zombie spawning improvements
  • A new spawning system that should improve zombie density and scarcity 
• Added support for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation

The time has come: No More Room in Hell 2 has launched into Early Access – and the Dead hunger for fresh meat! Get ready for a terrifying 8 player co-op action horror experience with permadeath, in an endlessly replayable zombie apocalypse.

We at Quickhubfy Studios hope you enjoy this early look at the upcoming No More Room in Hell 2, as we continue to craft its 1.0 release together.

This game is intended to be challenging: it will take everything you have to survive. Every mission puts your Responder at risk of dying – forever. Keep them alive and work together with your co-op allies to overcome the apocalypse.

Let’s survive hell together.

No More Room in Hell 2 in Early Access is a work-in-progress, with many features, content, and overall improvements still in active development. We look forward to the game evolving and improving towards its 1.0 launch next year aided by your feedback.

Read our Early Access FAQ

The game’s story will unfold over time, with each map representing a new chapter in the game’s overarching narrative. Game updates will bring both content and narrative context as you learn more about the virus and humanity’s battle against the undead.

Join the CRC and be part of the resistance!

View our Early Access Roadmap:

Today at Gamescom Opening Night Live we unveiled a new trailer for No More Room in Hell 2 that showed off 8 player co-op gameplay and a new area of the massive Power Plant map – the Church. 

Approach the Church however you wish, though veteran Civil Recovery Corps (CRC) leaders would suggest using stealth, as demonstrated by our team of responders in the trailer. Move through using melee to carefully and strategically pick off lone zombies – lest you are spotted by a Shambler, who will unleash an unholy scream that alerts other zombies to your presence.

Previously a meeting place for this rural Pennsylvanian community, the Church has seen some remodeling with the breakout of a growing apocalypse, and comes with its own unique objectives for responders to complete. Watch as a group of Responders use stealth to stay alive and pick off lone zombies using melee – until, that is, all hell breaks loose.

No More Room in Hell 2 encourages players to approach completing objectives in different ways, utilizing strategy along with whatever equipment or weapons they are able to scavenge. Complete the objective, and be rewarded with more supplies and weapons to aid in your mission.  

Your path through towards the gates of the power plant isn’t about racking up the highest zombie kill count: survive together or die alone defending yourself with anything you can find, and earn rewards through completing objectives at critical CRC locations. 

As you hunt for gear in the darkness, you may find the Shotgun, which can cause a lot of damage but alert the zombies, or a Baseball Bat that can be used in melee to maintain stealth. When it’s time to bring the flames of hell back to the undead, use explosives to create fires in the environment, inflicting damnation upon a zombie hoard.

Get your zombie survival plan ready, avoid being bitten, and we’ll see you around, Responders.

Join our Discord to stay connected with the NMR2 community and to interact with our community team!

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No More Room in Hell 2 continues with the core approach to the start of an outbreak, expanding the world with new details, new areas, and new objectives. With permadeath and tactical gameplay, we are expecting players will learn from failure and grow their skills from just surviving to working with others and helping other survivors. Explore a massive map with diverse regions, numerous spawn points, and multiple locations to explore. 

Meet up with your friends in our 8-player co-op so that you can scavenge supplies and weapons that become necessary to work together to defend one another and complete objectives so that they can reach the Power Plant. Pennsylvania is dark with rolling brownouts, and survivors will need to get the power back on even as they start and stumble in the dark themselves, moving ever forward towards pockets of light and hope. .

Watch our announcement trailer here, and we look forward to sharing more with our community over the next month including a Livestream on June 11th and multiple blogs exploring details of No More Room in Hell 2.

Take care, Survivors!

Chivalry 2’s Regicide Update introduces the epic Team Objective Map – Regicide at Trayan Citadel, the new Goedendag weapon, a new Campaign, quality of life improvements, and more! Read on below.

Update Highlights

• New Team Objective map – “Regicide at Trayan Citadel”

• New Campaign Pass – “Regicide”
• New Character Bundle – “Agatha Rebel Knight”
• New Weapon – “Goedendag”
• Combat Changes
• QoL Improvements

ONCE MORE, LEGENDS WILL BE BORN

After many months of warfare, King Argon II and the allied Agathian noble houses make one final push to breach the walls of Trayan Citadel, the heart of Vantear and the Mason Order. However, Malric Terrowin will not stand for such insolence. Through fire, ash, and bloodshed, the kingdom shall finally decide…

“Who will sit upon the throne?”
For the Blue and Gold! For Argon! / For Malric! For the Red and Black!

New Team Objective Map – “Regicide at Trayan Citadel”

Agathians rally around their final hope in breaching the city walls: their battle ram of war called “The Lion’s Thrust.” In order to safely escort the ram, Agathians must retake the outer encampment from the Masons and regain the frontline strength. Should they breach the walls, the Agathian army must continue and blast their way to Malric’s castle through the Citadel, complete with a dreadful volcano (though some of the details, as told by tavern bards in the past, were highly exaggerated). The final stage will evoke Malric’s wrath, bringing him to the field of battle in a face-off against Argon II, leader of the Agathian Knights. Players must then fight and defend their king. Only one shall have claim to the kingdom!

New Weapon – “Goedendag”

A brutal weapon for a brutal age. Adding to the Poleman and Engineer’s subclass arsenal, the Goedendag is the shortest polearm of them all but the strongest and most versatile in damage output. While its slashes and overheads deal blunt damage, its stabs deal pierce damage, allowing the weapon to deal maximum damage to multiple class armour types. Be mindful of your attacks depending on the kind of opponent you are facing! In addition, this weapon’s special attack does massive damage against horses, stopping them in their tracks with a successfully timed blow. Take note of your swings during heavy attacks, as they are noticeably slower in comparison to your normal attacks.

Maps

General

• New map – Regicide at Trayan Citadel
• New playable VIP – King Malric Terrowin
• New objective type – VIP vs VIP

King Argon II

King Malric Terrowin

Bridgetown

• Moved one of the torch locations closer to the Tenosia side during Stage 2B
• Decreased Attacker spawn time from 10 to 8 seconds during Stage 2B
• Decreased Attacker spawn time from 10 to 8 seconds during Stage 1C
• Increased Defender spawn time from 8 to 9 seconds during Stage 2A
• Fixed an issue where ambient corpses would sometimes appear during the cinematic
• Fixed an issue where deployables could not be placed in the Guild Hall

Duelyard

• Made the horses use the FFA skin variant on spawn
• Added barrier at the end of the map to prevent players from falling off
• Added an additional horse to the horse field
• Added more bandage crates to the surrounding area
• Added lance barrel weapon rack to the horse field
• Added a turkey weapon rack
• Fixed a desync that would occur upon spawn
• Fixed an issue where the Jousting Targets would not spin
• Fixed an issue where certain guard rails lacked collision in the main area

Fighting Pit

• Fixed an issue where Environment kills would not count in FFA

Frozen Wreck

• Fixed an issue where Environment kills would not count in FFA

Galencourt

• Fixed an issue where Duke VIPs were present during the last stage instead of monks

Lionspire

• Fixed an occurrence where the ram could be contested on the opposite side of the gate

Montcrux

• Stage 2
  • Engineers can no longer place constructibles near objective terrain
• Stage 3
  • Decreased amount of time for the portcullis to open from 30 seconds to 20 seconds
• Stage 4
  • Decreased defender respawn time from 10 seconds to 8 seconds
  • Increased attacker respawn time from 8 seconds to 10 seconds

Stronghold

• Fixed an issue where Argon’s heavy attacks would swing through an opponent

Tournament Grounds

• Added a turkey weapon rack

Customization

General

• New Campaign – “Regicide”
  • Like a traditional Battle Pass, players can complete challenges and earn in-game rewards such as currency and armoury items as they play. The Regicide Campaign Pass has no time limit, so you can earn rewards at your own pace. Play the Regicide Campaign at no cost to unlock free currency and armoury items, or upgrade to unlock premium rewards. The Premium Campaign Pass can be purchased for 1000 Crowns in-game.
• Added Maskless Plague Helmet variant for all classes and factions
• Renamed “Painted Tilting Helmet” to “Royal Tilting Helmet”
• Added Painted Tilting Helmet variant that holds heraldry
  

Regicide Campaign Pass

New Bundle – “Agatha Rebel Knight”

• Rebel Knight Helmet + open variant
• Rebel Knight Armour Set
• Voice – Rebel Knight
• Title – The Rebel Lord
  

Agatha Rebel Knight – Premium Bundle

Added open variants for the following helmets:

• Knight’s Helmet
• Tilting Helmet
• Bascinet
• Burgonet
• Armet
• Tournament Helmet
• Heavy Bascinet
• Great Bascinet
• Barbuta
• Dreadnought

Vanguard

• FFA Druid Helmets
  • Elite Hind Helm
  • Basic Goat Helm
  • Elite Goat Helm

Footman

• Agatha
  • Templar Helmet bundle
• Mason
  • Armour – Common Forge Guard
  • Armour – Elite Forge Guard
  • Armour – Royal Forge Guard
  • Helmet – Common Forge Guard
  • Helmet – Poor Forge Guard 
  • Helmet – Royal Forge Guard

Mason – Footman Elite Forge Guard Armour

Knight

• Agatha
  • Armour – Hoodless Agatha Knight
  • Armour – Hoodless Lion’s Knight
  • Helmet – Various Open Helmet variants 
  • Helmet – Templar Helmet bundle
  • Helmet – Rebellious Knight
  • Helmet – Rebellious Pigfaced Bascinet
  • Helmet – Templar Helmet bundle
• Mason
  • Armour – Maiden Armour
  • Armour – Painted Maiden Armour
  • Armour – Veteran Maiden Armour
  • Armour – Hoodless Rus Knight
  • Helmet – Various Open Helmet variants
  • Helmet – Rare Maiden Helmet bundle
  • Helmet – Epic Maiden Helmet bundle
  • Helmet – Legendary Maiden Helmet Bundle
  • Helmet – Golden Rat helmet
• FFA VIP Bundles
  • Argon Armour, Crown, and Voice bundle
  • Malric Armour, Crown, and Voice bundle
    

Mason – Knight Veteran Maiden Armour

Mason – Knight Maiden Helms

Heraldry

• Eagle
  • Black Red Eagle
  • Dark Eagle
  • Black Orange Eagle
  • Mason Order
  • King’s Guard
• Lion
  • Three Lions
• Galencourt
  • Cross Large (alt)
• Geometric
  • Barry
  • Plain Blue
  • Plain Cyan
  • Plain Green
  • Plain Grey
  • Plain Orange
  • Plain Orange
  • Plain Purple
  • Plain Rose
  • Plain Yellow
  • Quarter Strong
  • Quarterly Variants 1 through 5
  • Quarterly Green
  • Quarterly Royal
  • Split
• Sellsword
  • Cross Variant
  • Crossed Sword Rose
  • Party Cross Tree
• Other
  • Golden Sword
  • Golden Shell

Nicknames

• The Kingslayer
• of Trayan Citadel
• The Traitor
• The Upstart

Weapons

• Battle Axe
  • Varangian Axe
  • Elite Varangian Axe
  • Engraved Varangian Axe

• Dane Axe
  • Lesser Sea Bast Axe
  • Strong Sea Beast Axe
  • Champion Sea Beast Axe
  • Regal Sea Beast Axe

• Greatsword
  • True King’s Sword
  • Engraved True King’s Sword
  • Royal True King’s Sword

• Highland Sword
  • Traitor’s Bane
  • Elite Traitor’s Bane
  • Royal Traitor’s Bane

• Pole Axe
  • Guard Recruit’s Pole Axe
  • Guard Captain’s Pole Axe
  • Guard Sergeant’s Pole Axe

Battle Axe – Elite Varangian Axe

Dane Axe – Regal Sea Beast Axe

Highland Sword – Traitor’s Bane

Polearm – Guard Captain’s Pole Axe

Combat

General

• Fixed an exploit where the player could have an infinite number of throwing weapons
• Fixed an exploit where held input interactables could cause attacks to be invisible
• Fixed an issue where players could desync when tackled off a chair
• Fixed an issue where tracers were inconsistent on overhead ground hits after a combo
• Fixed an issue where objective-based team damage would kick players from matchmaking
• Fixed an issue where players would spawn with no primary weapon and carrying a shield
• Fixed an issue where VIP models would change when traveling between different maps
• Fixed an issue where the player screen would stay black after falling while using Arrow Cam

Auto-parry

• Fixed an issue where auto-parry would sometimes be inconsistent after an immediate feint from a counter input

Dodges

• Dodge Parry Cancel is only available after at least 50% of Dash has been completed.

Spikes

• Fixed an issue where spike traps could kill from the top of the ramp

Weapons and Carryables

New Weapon – Goedendag

• Available for the Footman and Engineer subclasses
  

New Weapon – Goedendag

General

• Fixed an issue where weapon shadows would duplicate occasionally
• Fixed an issue where crouching on spawn would maintain speed

Ballista

• Addressed an exploit where the ballista could fire with infinite ammo

Catapult

• Fixed an issue where the player could duplicate themselves upon using a destroyed catapult

Heavy Mace

• Increased overall normal slash windup time from 0.25 seconds to 0.285 seconds

Quarterstaff

• Added to the Poleman subclass on Footman
• Changed the tackle animation to the jumpkick variant

Matchmaking

• New Limited Time Queue added to rotation – Team Deathmatch
• Adjusted Rank Based Team Balancing Algorithm to improve team randomness

Social

Crossparty

• Increased grace period slightly for parties to join together on the same team in a match
• Fixed a rare issue where Steam party members could not leave a party
• Fixed an issue where the “Failed to Join” error would appear in parties of 3

Unofficial Servers

• Added Nitrado Steelshield Support
• Added Autobalance Parameter options
• Added skill-based team balance checkbox
• Added Earning Gold at the end of a match
• Added Earning XP at the end of a match
• Added the following commands for Local Admins:
  • TBSAddStageTime [X]
  • TBSEndGame
• Added TO_Citadel to the map list
• Adjusted the first map entry a server owner enters to be the one that always begins in the rotation
• Adjusted indexing of maps so that they play in order after server restart
• Adjusted TO default times to be representative of the regular map lengths. Server owners will need to hit the default button in order for this change to be reflected on their interface
• Fixed an issue where players would appear with no customization or rank after a server crash
• Fixed an issue where traveling to and from LTS maps would result in Admins losing powers

Dev Notes: Since the release of Unofficial Servers with Update 2.10, we’ve been working closely with our Nitrado partners to determine how to enhance this new feature. So far, improvements have been performance issues adjustments, potential bug fixes, adding new Admin options, and implementing Nitrado Steelshield. (An added layer of protection against DDOS attacks)

We’ve also been monitoring the community feedback around the lack of Gold/XP earned within Unofficial Servers and how this difference could make playing within an Unofficial Server less appealing, especially to newer players. As of Update 2.11, Gold and XP  gains will be enabled across all Unofficial Servers. We still reserve the right to make adjustments and take action if we see that the improper gain or boosting of Gold/XP becomes popular. Still, we believe that a majority of servers will not abuse this added feature; instead, it will help bolster and highlight the excellent Unofficial Servers that users have been able to create.

Performance and Crash Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue where players would not respawn due to bloated save files
• Further Security Improvements
• Further crash fixes

Playstation

• Fixed connection issues that would occur during map travel

Xbox

• Fixed a rare crash that would occur upon purchasing a hair option

Animation

• Fixed an issue where fire would not be visible on lit chickens
• Argon now has gameplay facial expressions during combat

Audio

• VIP Voices now have exertion sounds during an attack
• Fixed a sound streaming issue where sounds were being overloaded, cutting voice and music

UI

• Chat now displays a name color for FFA and Spectator
• Fixed an issue where Local Mutes would not always apply upon a player rejoining a match
• Fixed an issue where the social menu could not be navigated with the D-Pad
• Fixed an issue where votekicks could be initiated even when the option was grayed out
• Fixed flickering in certain UI elements on the Main Menu
• Navigation improvements
• Translation improvements

Misc

• Changed the Main Menu environment
• Resized Argon’s head slightly for customization implementation
• Fixed an issue where trumpets would disappear too quickly upon use
• Added pumpkin variant for Tenosia during Halloween event

UPDATE 2.11 – REGICIDE

Chivalry 2’s Fête For All Update introduces Unofficial Server Support, Skill-Based Team Balance, Three Free-For-All maps – Frozen Wreck, Bazaar and Duel Yard, a Team Deathmatch Map – Frozen Wreck, Region Selection, quality of life improvements and more. Read on below.

Update Highlights

• New Major Feature – Unofficial Server support with Nitrado

• New Major Feature – Skill Based Team Balance

• New Feature – Region Selection Options
• New Campaign Pass – “Fête-for-All”
• New TDM map – “Frozen Wreck”
• New FFA maps – “Frozen Wreck, Bazaar, Duelyard”
• Combat Changes and Balance
• QoL Improvements

New Major Feature – Unofficial Server Support!

The highly requested Unofficial Server support feature is now live! Players can now rent their own servers through Nitrado and customize them to their liking. Looking to organize a community event? Want to play only Brawl with your friends and nothing else? This is the place to go! Players will find a “Rent A Server” button directly in-game below when viewing the Server Browser, allowing them to begin the Unofficial server process.

Unofficial Servers have the following customizable features:

• Votekick Parameters
• Custom Class Limits
• Custom Length Warmup Timer
• Custom Length Match Timer (Team Objective)
• Custom Length Match Timer (Non-Team Objective)
• Custom Match Score Limit (Non-Team Objective)
• Custom Match Player Count (Max of 64 players)
• Ability to turn horses on or off
• Ability to restrict players to third person or first person
• Ability to disable combat zones
• Passworded Server Support
• Local Admin Support
• Local Kicks / Bans
• Local In-Game Server / Admin Messaging

Want to know more? Check out our Unofficial Server FAQ!

With the release of unofficial servers, our standalone duel servers will become social spaces. It will be up to the players how they use these spaces, therefore we will no longer be actively moderating for “RDM” (Random Death Match Instances i.e. attacking players randomly like you would in the free-for-all gamemode). Players must still however comply with our Code of Conduct and ToS. 

New Major Feature – Skill Based Team Balancing

Teams will now balance players with an algorithm derived from global rank before the start of a given match. Once balanced, players will be unable to switch teams unless in the event of unbalanced player counts or when switched automatically by the game to maintain team balancing parameters.

The following modes will have Skill Based Team Balancing enabled:

• 64 Player Team Objective (Matchmaking Queue)

• 40 Player Mixed Modes (Matchmaking Queue)
• Last Team Standing (Limited Time Queue and Standalone Servers)

This feature is currently not available for 3v3 Arena and Unofficial Servers, but we are exploring the option to add it in the future.

Additional Notes:
This feature was designed to help balance the start of a match, while still maintaining tight restrictions post-balancing around team size discrepancies. It behaves differently than a Skill Based Matchmaking system that would create entire lobbies of similarly skilled players ultimately requiring a much larger scope of work and introducing more risk. Due to the size of most of our lobbies, it made more sense for us to apply the balancing within the match itself.

Just before a match begins after all players have loaded in, the server will perform a shuffle taking into consideration players’ global ranks as well as their premade parties before assigning them a team. The system is built to prioritize parties staying together. The balance algorithm in use is not solely trying to achieve a 1:1 balance according to global rank.

After the shuffle is complete, teams must not create an imbalance of more than 1 player at any one time, or Team Switching will be restricted. For example: if there are two teams of 16 players and one player in spectate, that player can swap to either team as the new numbers would be 17 vs 16 (an imbalance of 1). But if there is a team of 17 and a team of 16, the player in spectate will be unable to swap to the team of 17, as that would create 18 vs 16 (an imbalance of 2).

Both 64 and 40-player matches in the server browser remain unaffected by this new feature as they are currently treated as a more social space for playing Team Objective and Team Deathmatch.

New Feature – Region Selection

Players will now have the option to select their Matchmaking region of preference. This option is available in the Game Options menu. 

The following selections are available:

• North America West

• North America Central

• North America East

• South America West

• West Europe

• London

• Paris

• East Oceania

• East Asia

• South Korea
• Japan

Please note that matchmaking search time and latency may be impacted depending on the region selected.

New Maps – Frozen Wreck, Bazaar and Duel Yard!

New Team Deathmatch and Free-For-All Map – Frozen Wreck

Marooned Masons fight with cold steel on thin ice to survive their shipwreck in the desolate north. Avoid ice crumbling beneath your feet, or break it beneath your opponents to plunge them to an icy grave.

New Free-For-All Map – Duel Yard

Test your mettle, hone your skills and prove your might in single combat at the duel yard.

New Free-For-All Map – Bazaar

Spill blood on sand and silk as you skirmish in the Bazaar at Baudwin.

Additional Map Changes

• Bridgetown
  • Stage 1
    • Fixed an issue where players with horses could only advance the progress bar once
    • Fixed an issue where the siege crossbow could destroy a fence but not damage an object behind it
  • Stage 3
    • Fixed an issue where the siege crossbow could damage the gate objective if penetrating another object

• Bulwark
  • Fixed an issue where certain assets were missing textures under low quality video settings

• Darkforest
  • Fixed an exploit where the VIP could use the bookshelves to avoid attacks
  • Fixed an issue where the wagon would not grant ammo for the following items:
    • Siege Crossbow bolts
    • Mallets
    • Barricades

• Galencourt
  • Fixed an issue with Galencourt monks having misplaced textures or layered meshes

• Montcrux
  • Fixed an issue where the Siege Crossbow bolts would not shoot through exploded zones
  • Improved bot navigation
  • Added map to Offline mode

• General
  • Fixed an issue where male peasants would not roam around the map

New Campaign – Fête-for-All

Like a traditional Battle Pass, players can complete challenges and earn in-game rewards such as currency and armory items as they play. The Fête For All Campaign Pass has no time limit, so you can earn rewards at your own pace

Play the ‘Fête For All‘ Campaign Pass at no cost to unlock free currency and armoury items, or upgrade to unlock premium rewards. The Premium Campaign Pass can be purchased for 1000 Crowns in-game.

Customization

Armour

• Archer
  • Tenosia
    • Tenosia Raider
    • Elite Tenosia Raider

Tenosia – Raider

• Vanguard
  • Free-For-All
    • Reik Armour
    • Druid Helmet
      • Raptor Helm
      • Hildeswine Helm
      • Hind Helm
  • Agatha
    • Heraldic Poor Gallowglass
    • Heraldic Veteran Gallowglass
  • Mason
    • Heraldic Askandir Veteran Armor

FFA – Druid Helms

Agatha – Heraldic Gallowlass

Mason – Heraldic Askandir Veteran

• Footman
  • Free-For-All
    • Monk Robes
      • David’s Robes
      • Georges’ Robes
      • Michel’s Robes
  • Agatha
    • Weathered Broe Helmet
    • Broe Helmet
    • Painted Broe Helmet
    • Royal Broe Helmet

Note: Although shown with a Quarterstaff to create the best promotional shot, Monk Robes can’t be used with the Quarterstaff weapon as part of the Footman cosmetics.

FFA – Monk Robes

Agatha – Broe Helmets

Agatha – Royal Broe Helmet

• Knight
  • Free-For-All
    • Agatha Heir Crown
    • Rudhelm Heir Crown
  • Agatha
    • Heraldic Jousting Armour

FFA – Heir Crowns

Agatha – Heraldic Jousting

Heraldry

• Mason
  • High Forge Hammer
  • Brotherhood Ravens

Mason – High Forge Hammers & Brotherhood Ravens

Weapons

• Messer
  • Standard Vantearian Messer
  • Great Vantearian Messer
  • Knightly Vantearian Messer
  • Vantearian Wraith Blade

Vantearian Messers

Vantearian Wraith Blade

• Siege Crossbow
  • Cranequin
  • Reinforced Cranequin
  • Superior Cranequin
  • Markgraf Cranequin

Cranequins

Markgraf Cranequin

• Sword
  • Worn Arathaneian Sword
  • Arathaneian Sword
  • Arathaneina Flamberge
  • Knightly Arathaneian Sword

Arathaneian Swords

Hair

• All hair options are now available for all head options

Nicknames

• The Eagle
• The Lion
• The Monk
• The Druid

Voice

• Heir Crown and Voice Bundle (Free-For-All)
  • Agatha Heir
  • Heir of Rudhelm

• Druid Armour and Voice Bundle (Free-For-All)
  • Ailean
  • Hylltun
  • Iain
  • Tearlach

• Monk Armour and Voice Bundle (Free-For-All)
  • André
  • David
  • Georges
  • Marc
  • Michel
  • Pierre
    

General

• Fixed an issue where weapon customization would not be present on first spawn
• Fixed an issue with the Mason Gold Vine Jousting Knight armour’s normal map
• Fixed an issue where the Sword of Glory heraldry would incorrectly change armour and helmets
• Added skirt physics to the Agathian Templar armour
• Slightly adjusted metallic values for a few armour and helmets
• Made the Mason Jousting Helmets compatible with the Dreadnought set
• Added the ability to rotate the character in the Customization screen
  • To rotate the character, hold left click on the character and drag with the mouse.
  • For controllers, use the Left Thumbstick input to rotate left and Right Thumbstick input to rotate right.

Combat

• Blocking
  • Adjusted backstab angle checks to be more consistent

Certain perks like that backstab perk on Ambusher would not grant its bonus reliably. This led to an opportunity to improve the back hit detection in combat, making it more consistent in receiving the bonus for the class and to reward skillful footwork and swing manipulation in general.

• Counters
  • Fixed an issue where countering a projectile after a world hit would result in automatically throwing your weapon

• Dismemberment
  • Fixed an issue where chopped heads would have default customization on current gen systems 
  • Fixed chopped head physics not activating properly on current gen systems

Note: this fix was not applied to last gen consoles for performance reasons.

• Feints
  • Fixed an issue where unintentional feints would occur after multiple swings and counter attempts

• Jabs
  • Jab release time is now consistent across all weapons
  • Fixed an issue where jabs could go through another user’s jab after feint
  • Fixed an issue where attacks would not play out after a frame perfect jab
  • Fixed an issue where jabs would come out slower than intended when feinting from a counter

• Parry
  • Made parry more consistent when canceling from a successful combo
  • Fixed an issue where parry would be inconsistent when canceling from a combo feint to parry

• Sprint Attack
  • Increased the windup time by 0.115 seconds to reduce ability to instantly hit
  • Added a condition where unsuccessful sprint attacks would result in a recovery state

Sprint attacks have been observed to allow players to bring up parries immediately even when failing to land said attack. Conditions have been added to further prevent this, allowing an opponent to more reliably punish a failed sprint attack.

• Stabs
  • Heavy stabs now thwack against teammates
  • Fixed an issue with polearms having shaft hits to the side during a stab

• General
  • Fixed an issue where arrow trails would linger when blocking an arrow
  • Fixed an issue where items would attach to the right hand after throwing an offhand item
  • Fixed an exploit where attacks could be desynced between players
  • Fixed an exploit where healing could be activated early when bandaging
  • Fixed an exploit where ammoless dropped javelins could be picked up to replenish ammo
  • Fixed an exploit where two-handed weapons would sometimes look like they were equipped as a one-handed weapon

Weapons and Carryables

• Barricades
  • Fixed an exploit where barricades could be used to slide and gain boosts in momentum

• Catapult
  • Fixed an issue where catapults could scoop up unaware players when firing at max power
  • Made firing behavior more consistent upon remounting

• Falchion
  • Adjusted the blade length of the Shamshir set to bring closer to hitbox length

• Highland Sword
  • Special attack is no longer halted by an Active Parry
  • Increased damage by 5 for all attacks (excluding overheads, jab, and kick)
  • Fixed an issue where world hit tracers would cause the weapon to hit the floor unintentionally
  • Fixed an issue where the weapon’s level rank would not display correctly in loadout selection

• Katars
  • Extended the size of tracers slightly

• Siege Crossbow
  • Fixed an issue where bows would have missing shadows in first person mode
  • Fixed an issue where the reloading audio would be delayed by a second
  • Fixed an issue where fire bolts would not damage or penetrate objects
  • Fixed an issue where bolts would deviate from path after penetrating objects
  • Fixed an issue where bolts would not penetrate through non-objective destructibles
  • Fixed an issue where bolts could damage and penetrate objective destructibles
  • Fixed an issue where bolts would not damage pavise shields

• Sword
  • Adjusted the blade length of the Royal Guard Sword set to bring closer to hitbox length

• Throwing Knives
  • Fixed an issue where falling with throwing knives equipped would result in not pulling out throwing knives again after recovery

Matchmaking

• As of February 29th, improved stability of matchmaking servers in regards to periods of really poor performance and disconnect messages
• Added Matchmaking Region Selection in Game Options

Matchmaking Queue

• 40 Player Mixed Modes
  • Added Coxwell back in
  • Added Dark Forest back in
  • Added TDM Hippodrome back in
  • Added TDM Frozen Wreck

• Limited Time: Free-for-All
  • Added Bazaar
  • Added Frozen Wreck

• Training Grounds
  • Added Coxwell back in
  • Added Dark Forest back in

Server Browser

• Duel Servers
  • Removed map rotation
  • Added Duelyard as the main map
  • Renamed Duel Servers from “Duels” to “Social”
• Added Unofficial Server support
• Fixed an issue where server browser would hide full or near full servers for specific users

Gamemodes

• Added Skill Based Team Balancing for the following modes in matchmaking:
  • Team Objective
  • Team Deathmatch
  • Last Team Standing

Team Objective

• Auto Balance no longer activates during the last stage of a given map
• Auto Balance no longer activates during the last two minutes of a given objective
• Fixed an issue where petard explosions would not always deal enough damage to kill players
• Adjusted scoring calculation for the following damageable objectives:
  • Ramming Gate
  • Toppling Stone
  • Toppling Column
  • Toppling Statue

UI

• Fixed an issue where the Arrow Cam hint would display even when hints were disabled
• General UI and Translation improvements

Misc

• Minor environmental texture and cinematic improvements
• Fixed an instance where locally muted players would not stay muted after rejoin
• Fixed an issue where players could not be reported when using a controller

Performance and Crash Fixes

• [Playstation] – Fixed an issue where gamma settings would reset
• Fixed a crash that would occur when adding a friend from different platforms
• Fixed a crash that would occur on the main menu when in an invalid network state
• Fixed a crash that would occur when unfriending an offline friend
• Multiple server crash fixes

Known Issues

• Unofficial Servers
  • Post Match Screen displays gold/xp when no gold/xp is awarded
  • Players temporarily appear with no customization or rank after entering a server after a crash (This resolved around 5 minutes after the crash and requires re-entering the server)
  • Servers left up over extended periods of time can have their timer desync. We generally recommend a server reset at most every few days
  • Travel to/from LTS maps causes players to be level 1 with level 0 classes and no admin powers
    • Workaround: re-enter the server after the map travel is complete

• Cross-Platform Parties BETA
  • New leader’s name does not display for other clients on pop-up banner when old leader leaves
  • In game UI may not list all players in the party
  • Xbox Series X cannot remove a Steam friend
  • Occasional “Travel To Session Failed” deyncs the party
  • Parties that take longer than 30 seconds to load in may not end up on the same team as the rest of the party

• Console-specific Issues
  • Accepting VIP prompt does not always transition top player to VIP
  • PS4 – Travelling to the same map multiple times may soft-lock the player

•  Server-side Issues
  • Occasional connection lost hiccups on some servers
  • Duelyard has a chance of disconnecting a player occasionally

Chivalry 2’s Reclamation Update introduces a brand new Team Objective Map – The Reclamation of Montcrux, A new weapon – the Siege Crossbow, The new Last Peasant Standing Gamemode, New Shield Loadouts, quality of life improvements and more! Read on below.

Update Highlights

• New Campaign Pass – “Reclamation”
• New Team Objective map – “The Reclamation of Montcrux”
• New Free For All map – “Desert”
• New Limited Time Mode – “Last Peasant Standing” 
• Limited Time Arena Mode – “Mounted Combat”
• New Weapon – Siege Crossbow
• Combat changes
• QoL improvements

New Map – “The Reclamation of Montcrux”

Word of the Tenosian Empire’s invasion has spread, stirring the ire of the Agathian noble houses with bitter memories of old wars. Fueled by vengeance, a call to war against Tenosia has risen once again. “We must reclaim our grounds and fight once more for Argon, our one and true King!!” Within days, the Agathians rallied enough troops and marched back into the unknown lands of the South, reaching the great fortress of Montcrux, a battleground scarred by many battles of the past.

This is an uphill climb for the Agathians. They must break through the fortress’s walls with petards and avoid a rain of ballista fire from the Tenosians as the bombards continue to fire against the Agathian siege towers and camp. Should they break through, Agathians must then lift the keep’s gates and disable the bombards launching above, reclaiming the fortress as theirs once again.

New Weapon – “Siege Crossbow”

Unlike its more lightweight predecessor, the Siege Crossbow (available for the Crossbowman subclass) fires bolts that can deal notable damage to non-objective siege weapons and constructables. It also has the power to pierce through them. Be wary when hiding behind barricades! While it may deal considerable damage, use caution when reloading, aiming, and shooting, as this is a bulky weapon and you are limited in the amount of shots you can fire. Make them count!

New Limited Time Gamemode – “Last Peasant Standing”

The peasantry of Aberfell are having a feud! Whose turn was it to feed the pigs? Who keeps destroying the cabbage wagons?! Who sacrificed our good farmer Shaun to the Mason druids?! (That wasn’t supposed to happen until this weekend!)

As a fragile peasant owing fealty to the Agathian Knights or Mason Order, scramble for weapons to defeat the enemy team through multiple rounds! Very limited weapons of war are present on the map, so grab whatever you can find. The victor goes to the team that wins five rounds in total.

Maps

• New Team Objective Map
  • The Reclamation of Montcrux

• Bridgetown
  • Stage 1
    • Fixed an issue where the hud marker would reappear when joining mid match
    • Fixed an issue where players would burn in non-fire spots
  • Stage 2
    • Fixed an issue where a building roof would disappear first part of stage
  • Stage 3
    • Fixed an issue where Agatha could enter and stay in Tenosia spawn zones
    • Fixed an issue with a collision on Agathian spawners in stage 3
  • [PS4] – Improved texture quality for skybox and peasants
  • Further optimization passes made for crashes and performance
  • Cinematic sequence now reacts to player gore settings
  • Removed an invisible ladder

• Bulwark
  • Fixed an issue where the bombard pitch could not be adjusted on controller
  • Fixed an issue where a pigeon was infinitely spawning under the map

• Courtyard
  • Fixed an issue where Agatha peasants could not emote or heal
  • Fixed an issue where environmental shields had misaligned textures

• Desert
  • Polished ambience
  • Adjusted light values to improve team readability
  • Created Free For All variant

• Falmire
  • Fixed a texture issue on the wall of Mason spawn in Stage 2

• Galencourt
  • Fixed an issue where non-monk Agathians would spawn in the Church during the final stage

• Stronghold
  • Stage 1
    • Fixed an issue where the indoor watchtower was missing collisions
  • Stage 2
    • Fixed an issue with bad collisions on snowbank during run in spawn
  • Stage 3
    • Fixed an issue where players would spawn under the map
    • Addressed an exploit where Masons could destroy banners in unintended ways
    • Fixed a broken decal texture in drawbridge crank room
  • Stage 4
    • Addressed an exploit that allowed players to capture an objective if they got under the map

Customization

Gallery:

• New – Plague Helmets

Available in the armory for unlock with Gold or for purchasing with Crowns.

• New – “Featured Bundles”

New: Featured Bundles that provide bundle-based crown discounts on pre-existing cosmetics. Various bundle offers will appear in the Featured tab, each for a limited time.

• New Campaign – “Reclamation”
• Armour
  • Vanguard
    • Agatha – Plain Templar
    • Agatha – Templar
    • Tenosia – Steppe Ravager Helmet
  • Footman
    • Agatha – Templar Footman
    • Agatha – Templar Horned Helmet
    • Agatha – Golden Sallet Helmet Down
    • Tenosia – Night Wanderer Helmet
  • Knight
    • Agatha – Sentinel of Galencourt
    • Agatha – Elite Sentinel of Galencourt
    • Agatha – Agatha Templar Knight
    • Agatha – Templar Winged Helmet
    • Tenosia – Night Warrior Helmet
• Heraldry
  • Agatha – Nordic Ram
  • Agatha – Nordic Lion
• Weapons
  • Falchion
    • Rusty Khopesh
    • Khopesh
    • Golden Khopesh
    • Royal Khopesh
  • Light Shield
    • Engraved Dhal
  • Longbow
    • Snakeskin – Spitfire
  • Siege Crossbow
    • Engraved Arbalest
  • Warhammer
    • Worn Spiked War Hammer
    • Spiked War Hammer
    • Decorated Spiked War Hammer
    • Lion Spiked War Hammer
  • Nicknames
    • Of Montcrux
    • Of Galencourt
    • The Chicken Tender
    • The Templar

• General
  • Loyalty Helmets are now available for all platforms for 1 gold
  • Pigface Open Helmet now displays beard customization
  • Royal Zweihander is now purchasable for 2000 gold for all users
  • Fixed an issue where the Heavy Open Bascinet would appear automatically unlocked
  • Fixed an issue where the Vanguard Tower Guard Cap required Knight levels to unlock
  • Fixed an issue where Heavy Cavalry Sword customization would unlock through Sword levels
  • Fixed an issue where the “Sir” and “Lady” titles would not unlock after completing the tutorial
  • Fixed an issue where armours would not appear correctly in first person versus third person
  • Fixed an issue where the Tenosian LVL 1000 item was being listed as heraldry
  • Fixed an issue where the golden rune hammer was missing for FFA customization
  • Fixed an issue where the the Tenosian Lamellar Armour hands would stretch
  • EGS – Fixed an issue where Kings Edition rewards would sometimes not grant upon purchase

Combat

• Active Parry
  • Player is no longer disarmed when in an active parry state
• Aim Assist
  • Removed magnetism affecting projectile initial rotation

After further review of feedback shared regarding this feature, it was noted that the aim assist for archery was stronger than intended. In addition to assisting look aim, a projectile’s starting rotation was found to also be influenced. This part of the feature has been removed in this update. 

• Engineers
  • Fixed an issue where the subclass would not deal double damage to siege weapons
• Horses
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when a player tackles another player into a horse
  • Fixed an issue where the player would be locked in sprint mode after certain actions while horses are present in a given match

In certain cases, the sprinting value speed would not be set back to zero even though the player was not in a sprinting state. This fix not only addresses this case but also other cases where this issue would happen.

• Jabs
  • Adjusted jabbing after dodge to come out slower instead of being on cooldown
• Ripostes
  • Fixed an issue where a corrected riposte would cost double stamina
• Stabs
  • Stabs for all weapons now thwack when hitting teammates

Upon further ongoing review of the current combat, it was noted that players would use stabs while behind a teammate to mask their attack, resulting in a disadvantage for the defender when reading and defending against such attacks. This has been addressed. Note that for 2.9, this can still be accomplished through a heavy stab, which we will be looking to address in the future.

• Shields
  • Footman subclass Man-At-Arms now has access to Light shields
  • Knight subclass Guardian now has access to Medium and Light shields
• Parry
  • Slightly decreased parry box width by half of previous initial increase
• Projectiles
  • Projectiles now spawn particles and play a sound when penetrating an object
• General
  • Fixed an issue where players would visibly disappear when standing close to the player camera
  • Fixed an issue where certain weapons could swing through an opponent who is kicking
  • Fixed an issue where petards would not damage players on horseback
  • Fixed an issue where spamming top left emote would lock camera input on gamepad

Weapons and Carryables

• General
  • New Weapon – Siege Crossbow
• Oil Pot
  • Fixed an issue where switching to Oil Pot with no one-handed weapon would softlock the player
• One-Handed Axe
  • Fixed an issue where the one handed axe could swing through an opponent
• Peasant Weapons
  • Set swing timings for the Hammer, Sickle, and Broken Sword

Matchmaking

• Main
  • Added 64-Player Team Objective 
    • Horses are disabled
    • Team Objective maps only
• Added 40-Player Mixed Modes back to the main matchmaking queue page
  • Horses are enabled
  • TDM Maps are present
• Removed Mounted Warfare
• Removed 64-Player Mixed Modes
• Removed Horse Duel servers from Server Browser
• Arena
  • Removed 40-Player Mixed Modes from Arena tab
  • Addressed an occurrence of “Lost Connection” errors in 1v1 and 3v3 queues

• General
  • Fixed another occurrence of the “Invalid Join Data” error
  • Fixed a bug where 40 player mixed matchmaking would always try to search for an entirely new lobby

We have been discussing the state of the matchmaking queues and looking to refine the existing queues based on player feedback. As a result, the main queue is now TO only, and 40 player mixed modes are back on the main page. Note that 40 player mixed modes in standalone servers is different from matchmaking servers in the sense that they do not include horses. 

Gamemodes

• New Limited Time Event – “Last Peasant Standing”
• Fixed an issue where players could not switch teams in offline mode
• Fixed an issue where offline mode did not respect the players unlocked weapons and subclasses
• LTS once again allows players to switch to spectate before the first round starts

Crossparties Beta

• [Playstation] – Fixed an occurrence where PS4 and PS5 users could not form a party together
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where party members would softlock if the party leader leaves when receiving campaign rewards after a match
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where game invites would not send to players in a terminated state
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where users could receive in-game invites to a party when “Others can communicate with voice, text, or invites” is set to blocked
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where the player would not transition to the play session when joining from one party into another party
• [Xbox] – Fixed a VoIP issue where child account communication restrictions would not appropriately apply when enabled
• [Xbox] – Fixed a VoIP issue where non friends could communicate still if communication settings were set to Friends Only
• [Xbox] – Fixed a VoIP issue where Xbox users could communicate when Xbox Live comms settings are set to blocked
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where an account could be locked to only Xbox or Gamepass while the other would crash on start. This fix addresses a major issue where a user could crash on game start if using Xbox or Gamepass while owning Chivalry 2 on another Xbox platform. Please note that, as a side effect of this fix, the Xbox user’s crossparty friends list will be wiped. The player on these platforms will need to add their crossparty friends once more. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when exiting a match while in a party
• Fixed an issue where certain platforms could not remove friends from other platforms in their friend list
• Fixed an issue where the unfriend native friend UI would persist on screen after leaving the social tab
• Fixed an issue where the party leader could still send invites despite having a full party
• Fixed an issue where platform icons would be inaccurate for certain platforms in friend list
• Fixed an issue where user could still be heard when disabling voice chat
• Fixed an issue where non-friends in a party could not be kicked from the party
• Fixed an issue where the “party creation failed” message would appear after leaving a party
• Fixed an occurrence where party voice chat would remain active after no longer holding input under Held Input setting configuration

Audio

• Fixed an issue where Dynamic Music would not play
• Fixed an issue where certain Commander VO would not play
• Fixed an issue where the Heavy Cavalry Sword sounds were louder than other weapons
• Improved Horse sounds when approaching a player outside of their field of view
• Further optimizations

UI

• Fixed an issue where there was no input prompt for the “See All Campaigns” button
• Fixed an issue where XP for an active Campaign was granting inconsistently
• Fixed an issue where the Social button would not function when on the Store page
• Fixed an issue where players could commend twice
• Added a prompt for insufficient crowns during an attempted store purchase
• General improvements to Crossparty related messages
• General improvements to Campaign UI
• General translation fixes

Misc

• [Playstation] – Enabled crossgen party support
• [Playstation] – Fixed an issue where Store Addon bundles would not unlock after purchasing on PS4
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where disconnecting the controller would result in unresponsive controls
• [Xbox] – Fixed an issue where the game would crash upon permitting play when under parent controls
• Fixed an issue where changing platforms on an Xbox account would crash or stall during login
• Fixed an issue where a smoke particle would not appear correctly on Bridgetown and Galencourt
• Fixed an issue where the player’s shadow would appear headless in first person mode
• Fixed an issue where time left for a vote kick would be inaccurate
• Fixed an issue where maxed playtime players were unable to gain gold or XP
• Improved Intel Xess support
• Addressed an issue where the title “Overachiever” would not grant under rare circumstances
• Dismembered limb piles now substitute with logs on minimal gore settings
• General crash fixes
• Security improvements

Known Issues

• We’re aware that player customization and some options like PC keybinds are being reset when launching 2.9 for the first time. Thanks for your patience while we investigate.
• Thrown weapons do no damage if hitting the same target a second time shortly after hitting them the first time
• Dismembered heads from players change to default customization
• There’s an inconsistency with the breakables that are affected by siege crossbow
• Report button does not focus properly on gamepad
• Occasional failure when adding friends
• Kills on the progression tab are not incrementing properly
• Achievement progress visually does not track (but does increment properly behind the scenes). Firing 1000 arrows achievement for example will not properly represent how many arrows you’ve fired, but it will still update the actual number and unlock at 1000.
• In game UI may not list all players in the party
• Siege Crossbow – Unintended reload animation on horseback
• Siege Crossbow – Flickers after being thrown
• Siege Crossbow – Inconsistencies on what objects it damages and doesn’t damage
• Siege Crossbow – Inaccurate tooltip is currently present for the current iteration of the weapon
• TO_Bulwark – There are some duplicated mantlets placed within other mantlets
• Templar Knight Armour Clips with Heads
• Crossparty – No confirmation on unfriending
• Crossparty – Crash after unfriending someone and then closing the game
• With 2.9, the game directory was changed which has caused PC users to lose their customization and settings. There is a potential workaround below that may help resolve this:

1. Close the game
2. Navigate to your %appdata/local/chivalry2/saved/cloud folder
3. In a separate window, navigate to the location where your game is stored
4. Navigate through Chivalry 2/TBL/Saved/Cloud
5. Backup the folder in your game directory
6. Copy over the cloud folder in your app data directory to your game location directory
7. Start the game

New Major Feature – CROSS-PLATFORM PARTIES

We are excited to finally be releasing a beta version of this long requested feature to Chivalry 2, which now allows players to add players to their in-game Friend List from any platform through the use of friend codes. Each player has a unique friend code that can be generated. Once added, players can invite friends and create parties in the main menu, regardless of their platform. Please note that, while this feature is now available for players, it is currently in Beta – which means some bugs and issues can be expected as we continue to improve this feature. If you are having issues with adding a friend or joining a friend’s party, please attempt re-adding your friend or restarting your game.

New Map – “The Sacking of Bridgetown”

The news of King Argon’s victory against the Masons at Thayic Stronghold has spread across Agatha. The nobles of Irilla and the surrounding lands have come together for a decadent celebration, filling Bridgetown with laughter and joy. The wine flows and the noblemen dance to the music and cheers, this is surely a day that will be remembered for generations to come!

Outside the city walls the peasants toil in the fruitful vineyards that provided such an ample supply of fine wines for the festivities. The distant sound of the partying gentry is pierced by a harrowing horn, but this is no horn of the north. The workers grab what meager armaments they can and await the storm.

After successfully breaching the bulwark at Baudwyn the Tenosian Empire has begun the second phase of their invasion. In order to further their advance inland they must cross the river through Bridgetown. The Tenosian army will stop at nothing; setting the outlying farms and vineyard ablaze and defenestrating the cowardly nobles.

New Weapon – “Heavy Cavalry Sword”

With Weathered Heavy Cavalry Sword, Heavy Cavalry Sword, and Decorated Cavalry Sword skins

A new one handed weapon for the Man-at-Arms Footman Soldier and Knight Guardian, this sword has long reach and slow swings. In addition, it features incredible prowess on horseback in comparison to other weapons, having slash attacks that differ from its slash attacks on foot. This weapon can also be held forward while inputting a special attack on horseback. Lead the charge!

New Limited Time Arena Mode – “Mounted Arena”

Think you’re a good horseman? Looking to stick a lance into someone’s chest without any distractions? Prove it to the cheering crowd in this new 1v1 mode for Arena enthusiasts! Coming soon as part of our limited time queue rotation, two players on horseback challenge each other to a joust on Tournament Grounds with various weapons. The round doesn’t end until your opponent is completely defeated.

New Campaign Pass – “Raiding Party”

Like a traditional Battle Pass, players can complete challenges and earn in-game rewards such as currency and armoury items as they play. The Raiding Party Campaign Pass has no time limit, so you can earn rewards at your own pace.

Play the Raiding Party Campaign Pass at no cost to unlock free currency and armoury items, or upgrade to unlock premium rewards. The Premium Campaign Pass can be purchased for 1000 Crowns in-game.

• New campaign select screen, and the ability to select the active campaign
• New post match notifications of unlocks and campaign progress
• New free campaign pass with 10 customization unlocks
• New premium campaign pass available in the store with 30 additional customization unlocks

Horses on Lionspire!

Another map in the world of Chivalry 2 has had horses added to it. This time, horses stampede into the fan favourite map – Lionspire.

New Armoury Items!

Level 1000 Heraldry: Sword of Bravery, Sword of Glory, and Sword of Balance

Four Open Helmets: Tilting Helmet, Pigfaced Bascinet, Protector Helmet, Heavy Bascinet    

New Campaign Pass Armoury Items!

Tenosian Footman Steppe Wanderer Helmet and Armours

Tenosian Knight Steppe Warrior Helmet and Armours

Mason Gold Vine Jousting Knight

Tenosia Knight Royal Scythian and Scythian Warrior Armours

Tenosia Vanguard Askandir Equestrian and Askandir Scout Armours

Tenosian Imperfection and Facepaints – Tenosia Brand, Crescent Twin Snakes, and Boa

Community Halberd Skins: Crescent (Weathered, Crescent, and Decorated)

Community War Axe Skins: Labrys (Rusty, Embossed, and Imperial Flame)

Jambiya Dagger Skin with Worn Jambiya, Ivory Jambiya, and Royal Jambiya variants

Tenosia Royal Sipar, Golden Dipylon Shield, and Royal Sparabara shields

You can read our full list of patch notes here.

Chivalry 2 is coming to PlayStation Plus on PS4 and PS5 in May! At no extra cost for all PlayStation Plus members, available from 2 May 2023 – 5 June 2023.

The PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for May are:

GRID Legends
Chivalry 2
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— PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 26, 2023

Content Update 2.8 – Raiding Party

In addition to this exciting PS Plus news, content update 2.8 is right around the corner! Releasing May 1, Chivalry 2 introduces cross-platform parties beta, a brand new Team Objective Map – The Sacking of Bridgetown, the Heavy Cavalry Sword, a new Campaign Pass – Raiding Party, a new gamemode – Mounted Arena, combat changes, and quality of life improvements in Chivalry 2’s new Raiding Party Update! Read on below.

• Our biggest list of patch notes ever!
• Cross-platform Parties (BETA)
• Stronghold – Performance Improvements
• New Campaign Pass – “Raiding Party”
• New Team Objective map – “The Sacking of Bridgetown”
• New Limited Time Arena Mode – “Mounted Arena”
• New Weapon – Heavy Cavalry Sword
• Horses now available in Lionspire!
• Combat changes
• QoL improvements

New Major Feature – CROSS-PLATFORM PARTIES

• Players can now add friends and create parties with all platforms

We are excited to finally be releasing a beta version of this long requested feature to Chivalry 2, which now allows players to add players to their in-game Friend List from any platform through the use of friend codes. Each player has a unique friend code that can be generated. Once added, players can invite friends and create parties in the main menu, regardless of their platform. Please note that, while this feature is now available for players, it is currently in Beta – which means some bugs and issues can be expected as we continue to improve this feature. If you are having issues with adding a friend or joining a friend’s party, please attempt re-adding your friend or restarting your game.

New Map – “The Sacking of Bridgetown”

The news of King Argon’s victory against the Masons at Thayic Stronghold has spread across Agatha. The nobles of Irilla and the surrounding lands have come together for a decadent celebration, filling Bridgetown with laughter and joy. The wine flows and the noblemen dance to the music and cheers, this is surely a day that will be remembered for generations to come!

Outside the city walls the peasants toil in the fruitful vineyards that provided such an ample supply of fine wines for the festivities. The distant sound of the partying gentry is pierced by a harrowing horn, but this is no horn of the north. The workers grab what meager armaments they can and await the storm.

After successfully breaching the bulwark at Baudwyn the Tenosian Empire has begun the second phase of their invasion. In order to further their advance inland they must cross the river through Bridgetown. The Tenosian army will stop at nothing; setting the outlying farms and vineyard ablaze and defenestrating the cowardly nobles.

New Weapon – “Heavy Cavalry Sword”

With Weathered Heavy Cavalry Sword, Heavy Cavalry Sword, and Decorated Cavalry Sword skins

A new one handed weapon for the Footman Man-at-Arms and Knight Guardian, this sword has long reach and slow swings. In addition, it features incredible prowess on horseback in comparison to other weapons, having slash attacks that differ from its slash attacks on foot. This weapon can also be held forward while inputting a special attack on horseback. Lead the charge!

New Limited Time Arena Mode – “Mounted Arena”

Think you’re a good horseman? Looking to stick a lance into someone’s chest without any distractions? Prove it to the cheering crowd in this new 1v1 mode for Arena enthusiasts! Coming soon as part of our limited time queue rotation, two players on horseback challenge each other to a joust on Tournament Grounds with various weapons. The round doesn’t end until your opponent is completely defeated.

New Campaign Pass – “Raiding Party”

• Added the campaign select screen, and the ability to select the active campaign
• Added post match notifications of unlocks and campaign progress
• New free campaign pass with 10 unlocks
• New premium campaign pass available in the store with 30 additional unlocks
• New customization unlocks

Armour

• Tenosia Vanguard Askandir Equestrian Armour
• Tenosia Vanguard Askandir Scout Armour
• Tenosia Knight Royal Scythian Armour
• Tenosia Knight Scythian Warrior Armour
• Tenosian Footman Steppe Wanderer Helmet and Armour
• Tenosian Knight Steppe Warrior Helmet and Armour
• Tenosian Footman Night Wanderer Armour
• Tenosian Knight Night Warrior Armour
• Mason Gold Vine Jousting Knight (Armour Variant)

Imperfections

• Tenosia Brand

Facepaint

• Crescent Twin Snakes
• Boa

Heraldry

• Agatha Sword of Bravery
• Mason Sword of Glory
• Tenosia Sword of Balance
• Agatha Vine of Prosperity
• Mason Chalice of Glory

Weapons

• Tenosia Archer Light Shield: Royal Sipar
• Tenosia Footman Medium Shield: Golden Dipylon Shield
• Tenosia Knight Heavy Shield: Royal Sparabara
• Dagger Skin: Worn Jambiya, Jambiya, Ivory Jambiya, Royal Jambiya
• Community Weapon Choice: Halberd Skin, with Weathered Crescent, Crescent, Decorated Crescent skins
• Community Weapon Choice: War Axe, with Rusty, Embossed, and Imperial Flame skins

New Community Choice Customization – War Axe & Halberd!

You asked for it and we delivered. We asked our community which weapon they wanted to receive new customization for the most and you voted the War Axe! We decided that, since the Halberd was such a close second, that we’d add new weapon skins for both.

Maps

New Team Objective Map

• The Sacking of Bridgetown

Aberfell

• Fixed an issue where pushable stone markers would persist when joining mid-match
• Fixed an issue where Masons would sometimes spawn underground during Stage 4
• Fixed an issue where hitting the Druids would not grant personal points for an Attacker
• Fixed an issue where Agathians would sometimes be unable to move during initial spawn when playing Offline

Askandir

• Adjusted fire volumes of lit book shelves during the last objective stage
• Fixed an issue where Tenosian archers were not drawing their bows during cinematic intro
• Added Masons to boats during cinematic intro

Bulwark

• Reduced attacker spawn time during Stage 3
• Reduced defense recapture rate during Stage 3

Courtyard

• Fixed tree collisions to address damage avoidance exploits
• Fixed an issue where Agathian Peasants could not emote, eat, or heal for the duration of their life

Coxwell

• Removed carriable barrels from last stage
• Adjusted defender combat zones during last stage
• Fixed Out of Combat zone exploits during last stage

Dark Forest

• Addressed an exploit where the VIP could reach the top of the castle during the final stage
• Fixed an issue where a cart on fire was invisible to players yet collisions were still present

Falmire

• Adjusted overall Out of Combat zones
• Fixed Mason spawns facing away after Thorne reaches the halfway point to his objective
• Fixed multiple areas where the spectator camera could escape level boundaries

Fighting Pit

• Polished cinematic camera speed during Warm Up period cinematic
• Fixed a spawn that would spawn the player in the air during FFA
• Fixed an issue where constructables could be placed directly in front of spawns

Galencourt

• Stage 1
  • Addressed an exploit where players could reach the top of the buildings via catapult
• Stage 2
  • Added a small buffer period to give Agatha more time in the combat zone when transitioning to Stage 2

• Stage 3
  • Fixed collisions for Stage 3 being abused to avoid damage from attacks
  • Addressed an exploit where Masons could fast track explosives

• Stage 4
  • Fixed tree collisions to address damage avoidance exploits

• Stage 5
  • Fixed an issue where attackers would be out of combat in last stage if the gate is destroyed too quickly

• Stage 6
  • Fixed an issue where monks would not spawn if previous stage was completed too quickly

Hippodrome

• Fixed an issue where dying on horseback would result in the player falling through the floor in certain areas

Lionspire

• Added horses – map now available in the Mounted Warfare queue
• Adjusted combat zones for Stage 2 to allow Agathians to reach their catapult after it goes into mason-held territory

Rudhelm

• Fixed a camera timing issue during Warm Up period cinematic
• Fixed an issue where the pushing / contesting UI would not appear for players on Horseback
• Fixed an issue where Agatha shields would not change if picked up by the VIP
• Fixed an issue where the siege ramps could complete by themselves towards the end of the objective

Stronghold

• Optimized King Argon II’s textures for performance
• Optimized cinematic and map art for increase in performance
• Fixed an issue where players could land on an out of bounds ledge next to the fortress
• Fixed an issue where horses would get stuck on ammo crates when riding around
• Stage 1
  • Added constructable exclusion zones around objectives to help with objective difficulty
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not spawn running

• Stage 2
  • Fixed a Run-In Spawner resulting in Agatha Players being knocked down out of spawn
  • Fixed an issue where the left catapult would launch a player up instead of forwards
  • Moved catapults forward slightly to allow the player to walk around it

• Stage 3
  • Fixed an issue where bots would get stuck at the base of the hill
  • Fixed a Run-In Spawner resulting in Agatha Players being knocked down out of spawn
  • Fixed collisions for some static objects in the bailey
  • Made the jump path near the walls slightly smoother
  • Adjusted Mason Spawn position closer to the castle

• Stage 4
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck Out of Bounds next to the fort left side

• Stage 5
  • Fixed an issue where Agathians could spawn underground from right spawn

• Stage 6
  • Fixed an exploit where players could reach an out of bounds area in a building section lacking collision

Wardenglade

• Fixed an issue where the Commander bots would not move into combat after speech

Customization

• Made the Viking Braid hairstyle available for female head variants
• Made the Painted Tilting helmet available for Agatha
• Made the Mason Tournament Helmets available for other armour sets
• Made the Closed Dreadmare Helmet available for other armour sets
• Adjusted the Tamar’s Battle Garb armour set coloring to assist with team readability
• Fixed an issue where the Cross-Hilt Sword variants would appear extremely bloody after multiple kills
• Fixed an issue where the Golden Rune Hammer was not present as a FFA customization option
• Fixed multiple armour sets that experienced instances of stretched limbs or improper dismemberments
• Fixed an issue where the Agatha Lion Helm would duplicate if knocked off during combat
• Fixed an issue where some helmets would “sparkle” on lower settings
• Fixed an issue with the Tenosian footman armour’s roughness values in its metallic material
• Fixed an issue where the Winter War Campaign weapon variants would fall through the map
• Added open helmet variants for the following helmets:
  • Tilting Helmet
  • Pigfaced Bascinet
  • Protector Helmet
  • Heavy Bascinet
• Added heraldry and Tenosian Vanguard customization for reaching LVL 1000
  • Agatha – “Sword of Bravery”
  • Mason –  “Sword of Glory”
  • Tenosian Vanguard – “Sword of Balance”

Combat

Arrow Cam

• Addressed an exploit where players could interact with objects through Arrow Cam

Takedown Threshold

• Takedown requirement has been adjusted to 25 from 50

To encourage players to use more of their potential combat options (and to give longbow users their fair chance at a takedown), we have adjusted the takedown threshold to 25 for a takedown credit.

Parry

• Fixed an issue where players could get disarmed when out of stamina during Active Parry
• Slightly increased the width of the parry box to increase its effectiveness against late stab drags

Certain weapons like two-handed spear and longsword were able to get around the parry box at the tail end of their stab attacks via dragging. This change addresses these instances where the attack should have been blocked.

• Fixed an exploit where certain weapons could circumvent an opponent’s parry when feinting from Slash to Alt Slash

Certain weapons like the Longsword, Messer, and other thin weapons could circumvent an opponent’s block through the use of Slash to Alt Slash feint attacks. To address this, the positioning of a player’s block was slightly adjusted to close any front facing gaps.

Jabs

• Addressed an exploit where jabs could circumvent cooldown when jabbing after a dodge
• Addressed an exploit where jabs could circumvent cooldown when part of an attack combo
• Addressed an exploit where jabs could circumvent cooldown when used after a combo feint
• Fixed an issue where jabs would come out faster while holding an offhand item
• Slightly reduced horizontal size of jab’s hitbox

The jab’s horizontal radius has been slightly decreased for polish and to allow it to be dodged a little more successfully through the use of footwork and crouching. In addition, multiple instances where the jab could circumvent cooldown under certain combat conditions were addressed to maintain consistency.

Shields

• Fixed an issue where the pavise shield would disrupt player movement
• Fixed an issue where shields on the player’s back would make them a bigger target for attacks
• Heavy shields now block all projectiles when equipped from the back

Shields were unintentionally increasing the player’s hitbox, allowing attacks to land hits outside of expected collision conditions. This fix addresses this concern as well as adding another feature for heavy shields during combat.

General

• Addressed an exploit where the flaming chicken could damage and set teammates on fire, to prevent griefing

The Flaming Chicken griefing exploit fix was initially done for 2.7 but was held for release for further fixes that had to be addressed as a result of this change.

• Addressed an exploit where heavy attacks and feint attacks could be canceled in neutral after a previously successful attack

If the player had previously landed an attack against a player or object that could receive damage, the player could at any point cancel a heavy or feint attack into block during neutral engagement. This resulted in noted exploits in the community such as “quadruple feints” and more.

• Added bonus score for Defense

In order to further encourage players who are on the Defending team of a given Team Objective map, bonus score is given to those who defeat Attacking team opponents.

• Fixed an issue where players would be kicked for team damage from objectives

Certain objectives have the functionality to cause damage to players. This damage applies universally. Situations like the ram on Lionspire or petards on Falmire had the chance to kill too many players on the same team, causing the game to unfairly kick the player who initiated the objective for excessive team damage. This issue was addressed in light of this.

• Addressed an exploit where players could attack faster than combos through spamming counter inputs into blocks

It was discovered that if a player inputs a counter, inputs block after a successful hit, and then inputs another counter attempt afterwards, their attack speed would be faster than a typical combo. This was noted to be effective with certain weapons such as the one-handed mace or two-handed spear. The pace when counters come out after a previous successful hit was slightly adjusted as a result. This does not impact counter input speed. 

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes teleport while dodging or tackling
• Fixed an issue where players would not switch to their secondary weapon after the primary weapon has been used up
• Fixed an issue where team damage would stop healing when out of combat
• Fixed an issue where players could maintain sprint speed while holding crouch on run in spawn
• Fixed an issue where interacting with objects while using the controller would cause the emote wheel to appear
• Fixed an issue where dying to a spike trap after being healed by a teammate would penalize the teammate’s score for team killing
• Addressed an exploit where Horse momentum could be used for massively increased damage against destructible objectives

Weapons and Carryables

New Weapon – Heavy Cavalry Sword

• Fixed an issue where the Vanguard sprint attack would have inaccurate tracers
• Adjusted tracers for all weapons to address handle hits and further swing-throughs discovered

Many weapons were able to land hits earlier than intended due to tracers encompassing the handle of the weapon. Most notable offenders include weapons such as the poleaxe and pickaxe. To address this, tracers for all weapons were readjusted.

Bandage Kits

• Fixed an issue where bandage kits would bounce off of teammates

Bear Trap

• Fixed an issue where triggering a bear trap while sitting on a bench would cause the player to desync

Bottle

• Fixed an issue where if the player threw a bottle while holding an offhand item, the player would wield their two-handed weapon with one hand

Catapults

• Fixed a rare issue where loading a rock would not bring out the player’s primary weapon
• Removed longshot bonus from Catapults

Players using catapults in early objective stages such as Stage 2 of Lionspire were able to climb the scoreboard early on in a match. Given the destructive capabilities of the catapult in comparison to other range based weapons of warfare, this was addressed by removing this bonus per kill.

Crossbow

• Fixed an issue where the player would disconnect when using a melee attack followed by a reload

Greatsword

• Fixed an exploit where the special attack could hit on frame 1 when looking all the way down

Heavy Mace

• Adjusted stamina loss reduction from 20% to 10%

Horse

• Fixed an issue where in certain situations rear kicking an opponent would make the opponent unable to move forward or backward

Javelin

• Fixed an issue where refilling ammo would not auto-equip the weapon if the player had no other weapons in their hands

Katars

• Fixed an issue where the sprinting special attack hitboxes were ending too early
• Extended tracer duration by a few frames for the stab and slash attacks
• Increased sprint attack damage from 30 to 60
• Made headbutt timing faster to match it more in line with jab like other weapons
• Decreased stamina drain when blocking attacks
• Adjusted tracers overall for special attack

After further review and from player feedback received, it was noted that Katars were severely underperforming in comparison to other weapons. These changes aim to increase the unique strengths of the Katars as well as to allow them to have more opportunities in head to head engagements.

Messer

• Fixed an exploit where the special attack could hit on frame 1 when looking all the way down

Poleaxe

• Adjusted stamina loss reduction from 20% to 10%

Quarterstaff

• Adjusted stamina loss reduction from 20% to 10%
• Addressed an exploit where quarterstaff could indefinitely input slash attacks without running out of stamina over time

Sword

• Fixed an issue where the sword would be unable to be picked up if using the Cross Hilt Sword customization variants

Throwing Knives

• Fixed an issue where refilling ammo would not auto equip throwing knives while holding a one-handed weapon

Throwing Axe

• Fixed an issue where refilling ammo would not auto-equip to the weapon if the player had no other weapons in their hands

New Carriables (featured in Bridgetown)

• Grape Chunk
• Millstone
• Ploughs
• One-handed toy horse
• Nobles

Matchmaking

• Addressed an issue where Xbox Parties would occasionally drop after map change
• Fixed an issue where players under certain conditions would consistently receive the “Lost Connection” error when searching for a match in Arena modes

Standalone Servers

• Fix for servers delisting after a while

Gamemodes

Arena

• New Limited Time Mode – “Mounted Arena”

Performance and Crash Fixes

• Optimized master materials for further performance improvements
• Multiple crash fixes

Audio

Last Team Standing

• Fixed an issue where the announcer was cut off during the introduction of certain LTS maps:
  • Courtyard
  • Tournament Grounds 
  • Wardenglade

Northman VO

• Fixed an issue where the VO would sometimes not play during a Footman sprint attack
• Fixed an issue where the VO would play twice during any Heavy Attack

Stronghold

• Fixed an issue where Argon II would ignore audio settings when first spawning in
• Fixed an issue where the dynamic music would play during the opening cinematic
• Fixed an issue where the Victory music would not play if Argon succeeded in the last objective
• Fixed an issue where the last words of Argon would not play if defeated

General

• Fixed an issue where sound would sometimes become muffled after spawning in Third Person
• Fixed an issue with multiple personalities not using special windup VO during special attacks
• Fixed an issue where the VIP sound listener would sometimes alternate from side to side
• Applied a sound effect for when the lance is fully couched on horseback

UI

• Added description for the “Mounted Warfare” queue
• Polished and added UI elements for Store, Campaigns, and Campaign progress
• Implemented UI elements for Cross Platform Parties and Friends
• Implemented UI elements for multiple Campaigns
• Fixed an issue where the pushable progress bar would not show up for players on Horseback
• Fixed an issue where the controller prompt icon was missing for the Arrow Cam tip UI
• Fixed an issue where player counts would not accurately update in Server Browser
• [Controller] – Fixed an issue where directional pad inputs would be occasionally ignored
• [Controller] – Fixed an issue where interacting with objects would cause the emote wheel to appear
• [Controller] – Fixed an issue where scrolling through Campaign rapidly would lock UI navigation
• [Playstation] – Fixed an issue where the Special Edition bundle was not displaying in the store properly
• Multiple localization fixes made

Misc

• Gamepad players can now hold their throws for a time before throwing an item
• [PC] – Added rebind option for the Console open Key
• Fixed an issue where the client would hitch after loading fonts in some languages
• Fixed an issue where few NPCs were wearing Argon II’s armour (there can only be one King of Agatha)
• Fixed an issue where locked and unbought nicknames could be equipped in the armoury
• Fixed an issue where Campaign XP would not be granted when launching the game for the first time
• Fixed an issue where premium Campaign items would remain locked after purchasing the premium Campaign mid-progress until rebooting game
• Fixed an issue where multiple achievements/trophies would not unlock
• Fixed the hand placement when carrying petards in third person perspective
• Fixed an issue where players would be unable to swap teams in Offline Mode
• Fixed an issue where the “Brave Sir Robin” achievement would not unlock in Online modes
• Fixed an issue where the “Battle of the Bastards” achievement would not unlock
• [Consoles] – Fixed an issue where consoles could not join Passworded servers in Server Browser successfully 

Known Issues

Cross-Platform Parties BETA

• Signing into a different account while the game is open keeps the same friend invite code
• New leader’s name does not display for other clients on pop-up banner when old leader leaves
• In game UI may not list all players in the party
• Xbox Series X cannot remove a Steam friend

General

• Achievement progress visually does not track (but does increment properly behind the scenes). Firing 1000 arrows achievement for example will not properly represent how many arrows you’ve fired, but it will still update the actual number and unlock at 1000. 
• Shield users are unable to charge attack and tackle when projectiles are in the shield
• Occasional screen hitching/freezing when playing
• Occasional state mismatch between client and server for counter success or riposte success
• 1P mesh is being used for shadows
• Kills on the progression tab are not incrementing properly
• Attacking with your player and kicking with the horse at the same time locks horse movement to right and left (workaround is to kick again to unlock horse movement)

Customization

• [PC] (Potentially Resolved) First spawn in a map results in an uncustomized shield

Console

• Console players may experience trouble reporting other players

New to Chivalry 2: Featured Events

This year Chivalry 2 will be hosting a selection of Limited Time queues that will appear on the Play menu. This year so far we’ve had The Last Team Standing and Free-For-All queues to choose and play from, and you can expect a new option to be playable this coming February.

Currently running until Feb 13th is a new 40-player Archer-only (bow and crossbow) gamemode called Volley. Play on Volley on three maps: Falmire, Galencourt, and Wardenglade.

Map Rotation Changes

In case you missed our social posts about it (feel free to join our Discord or follow us on Twitter to get the latest updates on Chivalry 2), we recently made two changes to maps appearing in various matchmaking queues. First, FFA Hippodrome has been removed from the FFA map rotation in the Standalone Servers, at the request of the Free-For-All community. 

Additionally the frequency of Assault on Thayic Stronghold has reduced in the 64 and 40-Player Mixed Modes queue by 75%, and reduced for the Mounted Warfare queue and the Training Grounds by 50%. We have seen player concerns, and are in the process of reviewing performance issues with the Stronghold map. We hope to provide more information about this in a future update.

IN-PROGRESS for 2023

• Cross-Platform Parties
• New Team Objective and more Free-For-All maps
• New Campaigns featuring new weapons, armors, and much more
• New Weapon types

Disclaimer: The above forecast is all in active development and is not exhaustive, however all development work may be subject to change or delays.

Cross Platform Parties
Certainly one of the most anticipated features for Chivalry 2, the team remains hard at work to finally release cross-platform parties to our players this year.

New Campaign Passes
This year we will continue our Campaign Pass system that will feature many new weapon skins, armors and more for you to unlock just by playing Chivalry 2. Both free and premium campaign passes will be available. New Campaign Passes won’t override or replace old Campaign Passes, and more than one Campaign Pass can be active at a time.

New Maps
This year Chivalry 2 is excited to bring you multiple new maps. These new playable maps will include Team Objective maps of impressive scale, and additional Free-For-All maps as well.

New Weapon Types
We’re planning to add multiple brand new weapons to the game as part of our content updates this year. Stay tuned for more information here on which weapons you can expect to see in 2023.

It’s going to be a great year for Chivalry 2, and we’re only just getting started. Thank you for your continued support, and we’ll see you on the battlefield.