Noblesse Oblige v0.18.1.1 "The Feast of Vaelian" Public Release!

 

Chapter 17 "The Feast of Vaelian" has been released to the public!

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit: Updated to v0.18.1.1 to fix a softlock. If you encountered this in the first explore section, you should be able to fix it by reloading from the rift.

Noblesse Oblige v0.18.1.0 Patch Notes (4-17-2026)

• Noblesse Oblige v0.18.1.0 Patch Notes (4-17-2026)
• 160k words of content! This is literally a full effing length fantasy novel's worth of content. >_>;
• Four new party members divided across routes!
• Significant new section of the story!
• Major religious event!
• Very significant new combat section
• Seven new achievements for those playing on Steam!
• Two (unfinished) intimate scenes for those with the patch! (These currently only have a SFW version; the full version, along with the ability to view old scenes, will likely be added in v0.19)
• New art for Lorena by the ever-excellent Mimo! Note that the old art can be restored using the system menu if desired. This will be moved to a patch next version. 

• ??? (You'll find out. Maybe. Depends on your route :X)

= Lore/Content

• Renamed the "Professional Soldiers" investment to "Recruiting Mercenaries."
• Adjusted the baseline value for King Antiochus's Army Quality to 100.
• Adjusted the baseline value for Alivaen Support such that 100 represents King Antiochus's level of support following Athanasia's Folly.
• Updated the Velonia continent map.

= UI Improvements

• Added the decision tracker to Alexander's notebook.
• Added the bust viewer to Alexander's notebook.
• Adjusted the configuration of the relationship screen slightly.
• If a character's current gear for a slot is locked, they will not show as eligible when purchasing new gear in a shop.

= Balance Changes

• Falconstrike now only adds an extra 25% damage to Ligaea's melee critical hits.
• Adjusted where the Twilight route achievement is granted (Note: Progress on this achievement has been reset for all players as a result).
• Increased the difficulty of the combat section at the end of Chapter 16. 
• Blind now prevents the cooldown on Overwhelm from being reset if a skill misses or is parried.

= Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where talking to everyone for the Merchant Quarter quest before talking to Michael before turning in would not award Darics. Unfortunately, I cannot fix this one retroactively.
• Fixed various typos and other minor issues.
• Various minor fixes that I honestly can't remember any of right now. I'm sure I did some though. :X

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Noblesse Oblige v0.18.0 "The Feast of Vaelian" Patron Release!

 

Chapter 17 has been released to patrons! 

You can get it here with Baron+ tier access!

Public release is coming April 17th.

Noblesse Oblige v0.18.0 Patch Notes (3-20-2026)

• 160k words of content! This is literally a full effing length fantasy novel's worth of content. >_>;
• Four new party members!
• Significant new section of the story!
• Major religious event(s) to address!
• Very significant new combat section
• Seven new achievements for those playing on Steam!
• Two (unfinished; one currently has no text, other only SFW version) intimate scenes for 
• those with the patch!
• New art for Lorena by the ever-excellent Mimo! Note that the old art can be restored using the system menu if desired. This will be moved to a patch on public release.

• ??? (You'll find out. Maybe. Depends on your route :X)

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Noblesse Oblige v0.17.1.2 "The Summit of Riversmeet" Public Release!

 

Noblesse Oblige Chapter 16: "The Summit of Riversmeet" has is now available to the public! 

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit #2: Updated to v0.17.1.2 for further fixes to improve controller support and make rebound directional keys work in dialog choices.

Edit: Updated to v0.17.1.1. This fixes a crash on trying to bind A or D, and should properly enable controller bindings. In addition, Alexander will now be able to properly equip his starting armor in his starting class. 

Note: You may need to delete Controls.rvdata2 in the PatchData folder if you're still getting a crash on trying to bind A/D.

Noblesse Oblige v0.17.1.0 Patch Notes (12-5-2025)

- 94k words of content!

- Significant new section of the story!

- Major political event to address!

- New combat section(s)!

- Four new achievements for those playing on Steam!

UI Improvements

• Added improved controller support and key rebinding options. Note, many prompts will still display default bindings for the time being. You can find this setting in the System menu.
• Added a new option in the system menu to show enemy elemental resistances by default.
• The game over screen now... exists. XD

Balance Changes

• Radiance (Lorena), Blade Flurry (Ariston), and Myrmidon's Guard (Ariston) can all be used from the menu.
• Sindarion's Shiv, Fan of Knives, and Throwing Dagger will now apply Fell Toxin prior to dealing their damage if applicable.
• Potions that grant a stat buff no longer grant a buff that interacts with Ligaea's Focus or Alexander's Prince's Command.
• Draught of Might now has high priority.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where Thermal Shock did not function correctly with Frozen.
• Fixed various typos and other minor issues.
• Various minor fixes that I honestly can't remember any of right now. I'm sure I did some though. :X

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Noblesse Oblige v0.17.0 "The Summit of Riversmeet" Released to Patrons!

 

Noblesse Oblige Chapter 16: "The Summit of Riversmeet" has been released to patrons!

You can get it here with Baron+ tier access!

Public release will be in one month, on December 5th!

Noblesse Oblige v0.17.0.2 Patch Notes (11-7-2025)

- 94k words of content!

- Significant new section of the story!

- Major political event to address!

- New combat section(s)!

- Four new achievements for those playing on Steam!

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Noblesse Oblige v0.16.1.4 "Gathering Shadows" Public Release!

 

Chapter 15 is here! And it's an incredible behemoth of an update, heh. I definitely hope everyone enjoys!

Edit #3: I've updated to v0.16.1.4 to address a minor stat display bug.

Get it here! Or on Steam.

Edit #2: I've updated to v0.16.1.3. Alexander will no longer see the dukes off in his smallclothes, no matter how amusing it was. :X

Edit: Edit: I've updated to v0.16.1.1, addressing various minor bugs, including a freeze when doing Ligaea's 75-loyaltty skill immediately after Theseus's, a softlock in the border village, and two variable display issues.

v0.16.1.0 "Gathering Shadows" Patch Notes (9-5-2025)

- 139k(!) words of content, making this the largest update ever by 30%. Note: This size is unlikely to recur again in the near future.

- Significant new section of the story!

- New combat section(s)!

- ??? (you'll find out =P)!

- New Castle Kharos iteration!

- New district of the Castle Town to explore!

- One new loyalty skill scene (Theseus 50)!

- Two new possible training room synergy scenes (Sindarion/Calysia and Ariadne/Somnus)!

- One new intimate scene for those with the patch!

- New art for Despoina from the ever-excellent Mimo! Three hair color variants are available! (Note: Old art may be restored using a patch found at https://www.lordfortegames.com if desired.)

• New art for Despoina's dress in Chapter 12!

- Added ultimate skill cutins for King Antiochus and Cassander in the introduction section!

- Nine new achievements for those playing on Steam! (Note: Per a patreon poll, route-specific achievements will now exist; for now, these only include an achievement for starting each route). 

- Significant polishing on old content! I made a pass through the whole game, especially improving the Avalonia Ruins, but also many minor issues throughout the whole game!

UI Improvements

• Added the option to let buffs and debuffs tile up to three rows on character portraits. This can be turned off in the system menu to restore prior functionality if desired.
• New functionality to reset consumed items when retrying a fight after losing.
• Dyslexic Fonts are now available in the system menu.
• Antilag is now always on, as turning it on and off produced additional lag. 
• Adjusted anti-lag to reduce weirdness with lights at the edge of the screen.
• Added clarity to various skill and effect descriptions.
• Absorb shields now show the remaining absorb value in the effect description in combat.
• Fixate now displays the name of the fixate user in the debuff description. 
• Added a brief turn-end animation when Ligaea's Falconry skills come off cooldown.

Balance Changes

• Calysia now has 2000 MP base
• Calysia's MP costs have been changed from a percentage of max MP to a fixed number based on 2000 MP pool.
• Full Moon can no longer trigger from a spell made free by Full Moon.
• Full Moon can now trigger from Arcane Swiftness and similar effects.
• Reduced the cost of Searing Moonlight to 30 SP.
• Calysia has a new skill (Mending Ritual) that is only available out of combat and offers cheap healing,
• States and buffs that expire based on actions taken will no longer expire when an Instant skill is used with 0 duration left.
• Aether Draughts now restore 50% MP when used out of combat.
• Retaliate's debuff now only lasts for 1 round as per the skill description. 

Lore

• Adjusted the direction of continents (Solaia is now to the west of Velonia, Velkeriae and Lyonseriae are east).
• Adjusted various mentions of the time of year for consistency and added mention of the Feast of Caelon in Chapter 6. 

Bugfixes

• Fixed a major issue storing junk data in saved games. Loading ang re-saving a save in v0.16 or beyond should delete this data from your old saves. This issue may have caused save screen lag and lag when the autosave loaded. 
• Fixed an issue causing Sindarion's 50 Loyalty upgrade to decrease rather than increase Blitz damage. 
• Purify damage will no longer trigger Sindarion's Perfect Focus or remove stealth.
• Fixed a very rare crash caused by Consuming Arc missing a target.
• Cynthia will no longer go beyond death and return if defeated by a damage reflect attack during Sanguine Drive. 
• Fixed an issue that could occur when multiple instances of Monomachy were active.
• Fixed an issue preventing Regal Presence from properly having High Priority when not instant.
• Fixed an issue inverting the name tags for Princess Iliana and Princess Tasia.
• Many typos and minor fixes (thanks to everyone who reported!)
• Fixed a bug where Blood Strike did not consume Fury as intended.

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