Recently, Illyriad made three substantial game updates that impact siege warfare in the game. · Terrain Modifiers Update : Cavalry units' attack bonus and spear units' defensive bonus on plains terrain were rebalanced so that siege warfare on plains squares is more balanced. Read about the update here . · Siege Engine Speed Increases : After implementing movement speed increases for mounted and…
Illyriad's class of 2025-2026 have managed to do what many believed was impossible: complete " The Greatest Quest on Illyriad ." Yesterday, during the start of the new moon, the everlasting mist from from The Misted Lands -- an enchanted, mountain-flecked forest glade in Kal Tikikan -- mysteriously lifted, revealing its stunning geography . . . namely, the 14 bleak mountain peaks that typically…
Illyriad is pleased to announce the launch of Illypedia , the game’s first official wiki resource. Illypedia offers players a unique blend of game-oriented content, including a definitive, up-to-date knowledge base of descriptions and stats for all of the game’s units and structures, as well as deep, immersive lore entries that expand Illyriad’s legendarium beyond its in-game features. The laun…
It's an understatement to say that it's been a minute since we've updated our Steam profile. That's the bad news. The good news is that we've been updating the game over the past 2 years and making meaningful improvements and content updates on a major scale. Here's a comprehensive update on everything we've done to improve the game: New Designers & Moderators Illyriad's DEVS added GMs Jejune,…
Illyriad is now free-to-play! Jump into this grand strategy game with a huge, persistent fantasy world full of magic, shifting alliances, political intrigue and warfare. Build a city and create an empire with thousands of players in this award-winning, critically-acclaimed MMO. Forge Alliances with thousands of players. Craft and Trade 380+ resources and items in an entirely player driven marke…
As we continue to support our player community and make it even easier to get involved in the Kingdom of Illyriad, we wanted to let you know that Illyriad will soon be free to play on Steam! If you have previously purchased Illyriad through Steam, just a quick reminder that you would have received 200 Prestige (in-game currency) plus an additional 25 for starting a new account. That Prestige is…
From one second into the beginning of the tournament month, through to Midnight on the last day of the tournament month, any member of any alliance in occupation of these squares receives credit for holding the square. Occupation credit and details will be shown on the ingame tournament pages, as usual. Credit is based on the length of occupation of each square. Time occupied by an alliance on…
From one second into the beginning of the tournament month, through to Midnight on the last day of the tournament month, any member of any alliance in occupation of these squares receives credit for holding the square. Occupation credit and details will be shown on the ingame tournament pages, as usual. Credit is based on the length of occupation of each square. Time occupied by an alliance on…
Introducing Regular Seasonal Tournaments & Regional Totems In honour of Illyriad's 10-year anniversary we're extremely excited to introduce regular King of the Hill-style tournaments to Illyriad with a truly worthy reward - Regional Totems . These totems introduce further potential for long-term, alliance-level, inter-regional, military- and production-based strategies. The Seasonal Tournament…
The following rules are the same as they've always been for dev-run tournaments, and you can skip down to the REWARDS section if you're fully aware of how our king-of-the-hill tournaments traditionally run. From one second into the beginning of the tournament month, through to Midnight on the last day of the tournament month, any member of any alliance in occupation of these squares receives cr…
Kingdoms across Elgea and the Broken Lands have reported large meteorites falling from the skies, scholars have claimed that the rocks are from the moon above...a result of the impact with the strange blue asteroid. Upon prospecting the fallen moon rocks, a group of cotters discovered peculiar and powerful crystals inside. These "Skysplinters" contain unstable and wild magics that can be harnes…
Full graphics for all 9 branches of research: City, Diplomacy, Quest, Magic , Military, Trade, Crafting, Sovereignty and Discoveries · 54 new Steam Achievements (601 Total) · 6 new sound tracks · World map x10 times faster · Player town names now shown on World map · 2 new player designed cities are available: Abyssal and Demon Anvil · Resizing bounce when creating mail fixed · Resizing bounce…
Its only been out for a few days; but we already have squashed many bugs. · Steam Scores and Steam leaderboards now update while you are playing the game; rather than just each time you open the game. · Steam Achievements are now awarded while you are playing the game rather than each time you launch the game. · Score based Steam Achievements are now properly awarded. · Mystery/Discovery Steam…
Hello everyone! We are so happy to announce that Illyriad has launched on Steam! What does this mean for you? This means that you can now play Illyriad through Steam and can participate in all of Steam's great social features, gather over 525 Steam Achievements, and obtain Steam Trading cards! The Steam version of Illyriad costs 4.99USD/3.99GBP; for this price you receive an additional starting…
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