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Armchair Interactive · Armchair Interactive·-25%$22.49
Jun 14, 2026 · 1mo ago

Patch 1.5.5

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Patch 1.5.5 focuses on artillery effectiveness, bracing mechanics, and significant balance adjustments for Swedish and Polish nations, alongside various unit stat tweaks.

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Buffs22

  • Artillery
    • Grapeshot/Canister:Grapeshot and canister shot now consume 20% less ammunition.100%80% %
    • Damage radius against enemy artillery crews increased by 15%, making near misses more likely to hit crew.+15% %
    • Artillery now deals double damage to other artillery to make counter-battery fire more viable.1x2x
  • Bracing
    • Full Brace:Increased charge resistance when fully braced, increasing morale damage dealt to the charging unit.+20% %
    • Flanking Charge:Rear and side charges now deal 10% more morale damage to compensate for brace effectiveness.+10% %
  • Sweden
    • Indelta Troops:Indelta troops now start with a large canteen for better stamina recovery.Regular CanteenLarge Canteen
    • National Compositions:All Swedish compositions start with 5% more reform progress.+5% %
    • Military School:Item contribution boosts increased for basic, good, and excellent items.10/15/20%15/25/35% %
    • Indelta Methods:Casualty replenishment increased from 5% to 8%.5%8% %
    • Sveaborg Principles:Melee penalty reduced from -6% to -5%.-6%-5% %
    • War College Expansions:Officer radius size increased from 12% to 15%.12%15% %
  • Poland
    • Expand the infantry:Morale penalty reduced from -8% to -6%.-8%-6% %
    • Expand the artillery:Combat effectiveness penalty reduced from -8% to -6%.-8%-6% %
    • Expand the cavalry:Move speed penalty reduced from -8% to -6%.-8%-6% %
    • Commonwealth Army:Starting item replaced with Good Pelts, providing more money or Sejm power.Captured UniformsGood Pelts
  • General
    • Fixed bug where non-DLC nations didn't gain Insight from losing battles.0 (non-DLC)Decent amount
    • Retreat:Units can now retreat manually after losing 30% morale instead of 50%.50%30% %
    • Regular Canteens:Regular canteens now provide slightly more move speed.2/3/43/4/5
    • Large Canteens:Large canteens now provide stamina recovery and stamina instead of morale.MoraleStamina Recovery + Stamina
  • Unit Balance
    • Swedish Indelta (Various):Morale raised by +5 for several Swedish Indelta units.+5
    • Austrian Jagers:Jagers and veteran jagers now require 1 less veterancy point to upgrade.-1 veterancy
    • Austrian Jagers:Increased reload by 10 to differentiate from grenzers.+10

Nerfs5

  • ArtilleryArtillery now takes higher morale damage from all sources of gunfire.Increased
  • BracingCavalry Brace:Cavalry bracing effectiveness reduced by 25%.-25% %
  • SwedenIndelta Troops:Starting cash reduced by 25 to compensate for the better starting canteen.-25 gold
  • Unit Balance
    • Varvade:Melee skill reduced by 5 to make Swedish national troops more competitive.-5
    • Austrian Jagers:Decreased accuracy by 10 to differentiate from grenzers.-10

Other changes1

  • BritainThin Red Line:Simplified from a scaling bonus/penalty to a flat +20% veterancy gain.80% (scaling)20% (flat) %

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Patch history

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  1. Patch 1.5.8Jul 8, 2026 · 3w

    Patch 1.5.8 focuses on stability, UI fixes for widescreen users, and a reward buff for a specific gameplay encounter.

    +1
  2. Patch 1.5.7Jun 22, 2026 · 1mo

    Patch 1.5.7 reduces late-game attrition for the Swedish death march and nerfs artillery damage to balance army compositions.

    +11
  3. Patch 1.5.4Jun 5, 2026 · 1mo

    Patch 1.5.4 focuses on unit balance for cavalry, doctrine fixes, and significant quality-of-life improvements to mission generation and localization.

    +113
  4. Patch 1.5.3Jun 3, 2026 · 1mo

    Patch 1.5.3 focuses on Polish faction refinements, trait balancing, and various visual and quality-of-life improvements.

    +94
  5. Patch 1.5.2Jun 2, 2026 · 1mo

    Patch 1.5.2 focuses on balancing Swedish reforms, refining Polish cavalry stamina mechanics, and implementing various visual and localization polish.

    +211
  6. Patch 1.5.1Jun 1, 2026 · 1mo

    Patch 1.5.1 focuses on achievement bugfixes, minor economy nerfs to muskets and veterancy, and a map editor quality-of-life update.

    +12
  7. Patch v1.4.1Apr 14, 2026 · 3mo

    Patch v1.4.1 focuses on Campaign balancing in Acts II and III, refining AI personality traits, and adjusting combat momentum and item costs.

    +1612
  8. Patch v1.3.2Mar 13, 2026 · 4mo

    Patch v1.3.2 focuses on localization fixes, minor unit balancing, and encounter adjustments, with a roadmap for new content including Sweden.

    +22

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