Folk Emerging - Patch, August 27th 2026

This patch includes the following changes:

• Design

  • Settlers clan effect changed from +0.2 Fertility if Not Migrated This Turn to +25% Production if Not Migrated This Turn

  • Reliable Freshwater now gives -20% Risk of Disease, down from -25%

  • Maker specialist's Courage now gives -5% Risk of Disease per 1 Courage, down from -10%

  • Cattle risk of disease increased from +0.01 to +0.02

  • Urban Dwellings now also give +2 Morale (when defending base)

  • Proto-Indic Drainage Works: Irrigation now gives -20% risk of disease instead of -30%

  • Caution norm now gives -20% Risk of Disease instead of -30%

  • Non-player bands are more likely to upgrade their existing units rather than recruit new ones

  • Boosted probabilistic outcome of fishing event to give 30 food instead of 20

• UI

  • Turns Since Migration now shown in the selected band's Moves tooltip

• Fixed bugs:

  • Fixed band conquest event sometimes soft-locking player

  • Fixed Earth tribe effect text leftover from demo

  • Fixed Hazelnut foraging bonus text mismatch

  • Fixed Pine foraging bonus, now correctly gives +0.1 Fertility instead of +0.5

  • Fixed bug in likelihood calculation of non-player bands backing off from intended attacks based on band size difference

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