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.
= 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






