Game update

Wesnoth 1.18.4

Battle for Wesnoth · published 19 months ago · build 17436140

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Campaigns

Eastern Invasion
- S04c: achievement now only triggers when escaping with all knights alive
- S11/S99: flying units can no longer enter prison cells via the river
- S12: fixed Dra-Nak (if present) having incorrect traits and portraits
- S17b: AI is now more forced to recruit only higher-level units when gold reserves get too high
- S99: prisoners now escape if their jailers are killed

Editor

Added Show Tool Information toggle option in the menus and toolbar to allow hiding the informational tooltip on the edge of the screen that shows the current editor tool's usage and palette information

Translations

Updated translations: Arabic, Bengali, British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Turkish

User interface

Switched default Pango/Cairo backend from CoreText to Fontconfig on macOS to fix issues with certain fonts such as Oldania ADF Std being unrecognized on current OS versions (issue #8488).
Search filter should now be case-insensitive for more than just ASCII characters (#9328)
Fixed the palette button not being clickable after scrolling in palette widget without moving the cursor

WML Engine

Fix crash when weapon specials' filters lead to infinite recursion (issue #8940)

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

Fixed the Load Game dialog forgetting the filename filter when changing directory

Other announcements

All events

In-game event18 Aug 2026Wesnoth 1.19.27IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, versions older than this will soon be blocked from joining the 1.19 online multiplayer servers. Campaigns · The South Guard · S01 "Born to…In-game event18 Aug 2026Wesnoth 1.18.8IMPORTANT This update contains a fix for a security vulnerability present back through version 1.13.5. While this should be taken care of by Steam, we strongly recommend everyone upgrade to this version. Additionally, due to the nature of the vulnerability, versions older than this will soon be blocked from joining the 1.18 online multiplayer servers. Translations · Updated translations: Bengal…In-game event11 Aug 2026Wesnoth 1.19.26Campaigns · Of Pearls and Pirates · Don’t show the tutorial hint about save-loading when Biased RNG is active · S05 "Lady Maudie": fixed Fireships being healable. · The Deceivers Gambit · Fix missing siphon attack sound, which would cause a crash anytime the attack was used. · S07 "The Great River": reduced walking time from starting keep to first enemies. · Most spells now unlock when Delfador…