Battle for Wesnoth

Devlog

• Wesnoth 1.18.3
  November 09, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.18.3 has been released! Overall this is a pretty quiet release containing several small fixes or improvements to different areas of the game. As usual, for more details see https://r.wesnoth.org/t58... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.5
  October 28, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.19.5 has been released! Most notable in this release are additional animations added to the Orcish Warrior, Orcish Warlord, and Goblin Pillager. As usual, for more details see https://r.wesnoth.org/... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.4
  September 21, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.19.4 has been released! Most notably, this release includes fixes for items and the in-game chat interacting with animated water as well as a reduction in the Walking Corpse’s and Souless’ arcan... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.3
  August 28, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.19.3 has been released! Overall this is a pretty quiet release, however some new cat units (along with an undead variant) have been added. As usual, for more details see https://r.wesnoth.org/t58578... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.18.2
  August 12, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  Very much late, but Wesnoth 1.18.2 has been released. Most notable with this release is a fix for certain cases that would incorrectly prevent joining an online game with the “Something is wrong wit... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.2
  July 29, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.19.2 has been released! In particular this release has a variety of improvements made to various parts of the in-game editor as well as a newly redesigned main menu (you can swap between the two via... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.1
  June 22, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.19.1 has been released! This is a fairly quiet update overall, however there have been new animations added for the Loyalist Dragoon and Cavalier units. Additionally, this release and next release h... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.18.1
  June 17, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  @Alert: Stable releases 1.18.1 has been released! This is the first update for the 1.18 stable release series, which means it has a number of fixes for issues found since the release of 1.18.0 (many o... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.19.0
  June 03, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  Development continues - the first release of the new dev series, 1.19.0, has been released! It’s been a while, so 1.19.0 has a larger set of changes than a regular development release, including: a... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.18: Draconic Invasions Update
  March 22, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  The first stable release of the new 1.18 series is now available containing the collective fixes and improvements put into all the previous 1.17 releases by the many people who have contributed to Wes... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.26
  February 24, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.26 has been released! This is the first release candidate (RC1) in preparation for the planned release of 1.18.0 in March, and as such it now points to the 1.18 add-ons server instead of the 1.17... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.25
  January 29, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.25 has been released! Most notable in this release is that Wesnoth will no longer crash after the end of watching a campaign’s credits. Additionally, a new windmill has been added which is not... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.11
  January 03, 2024 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.11 has been released! This is again a fairly quiet release, but notably a fix has been implemented to address a lot of the “Something is wrong with the add-on version check database supporting... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.24
  December 18, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.24 has been released! Most notable in this release is the Schedule Editor in the in-game editor now actually saves custom schedules so they can be used. Changing the color sliders and pressing th... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.23
  November 28, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.23 has been released! Most notable in this release is that at long last the game credits screen has been fixed to actually work instead of immediately causing Wesnoth to crash. For further detail... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.22
  October 22, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.22 has been released! Most notable in this release is the addition of two level 3 advancements for the Saurian Augur - the Saurian Prophet and the Saurian Seer. Additionally, with this release th... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.21
  September 23, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.21 has been released! Most notable in this release is the complete rework of the Eastern Invasion campaign to improve nearly all aspects of the campaign, including its characterization, plot, sce... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.20
  August 27, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.20 has been released! Notably in this release: The scenario editor can now associate opened maps and scenarios to a particular existing add-on or create the basic file and folder structure of a b... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.10
  August 08, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.10 has been released! As per usual with stable releases, this includes fixes for several issues but is otherwise a pretty quiet release. For further details, see https://r.wesnoth.org/t57141... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.19
  July 16, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.19 has been released! The most notable changes in this release are balance changes, with all Default Era factions receiving significant changes. As usual, for further details see https://r.wesnot... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.18 & Wesnoth's 20th anniversary
  June 24, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.18 has been released! Most notably in this release there have been a variety of fixes and improvements to Wesnoth’s python tool (and also wmllint now works again). As usual, for further details... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.17
  May 27, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.17 has been released! Of particular note in this release is the fixing of a bug that would make it impossible to do anything when reloading a turn as any side other than side 1. As usual, for fur... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.16
  April 30, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.16 has been released! The announcement for 1.17.15 was skipped due to a bug where advancing to the next scenario during some campaigns would cause Wesnoth to crash, which has been fixed with this... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.9
  April 19, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.9 has been released! For those of you using the Steam or itch.io clients on Windows, you probably noticed the horrible font used after the 1.16.9 update was initially uploaded - that has been fix... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.14
  March 26, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.14 has been release! Of particular note in this release is the Match History button in the multiplayer lobby has now been implemented and enabled - this allows you to view the match history and d... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.13
  February 20, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.13 has been released! Of particular note in this release is the addition of achievements functionality - mainline doesn’t yet have many achievements defined, however add-ons are also able to de... Continue reading

  
• Wesnoth 1.16.8
  January 22, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.8 has been released! This quick release was done to fix a bug where placing any unit in the scenario editor would cause Wesnoth to crash. As usual, for additional details see https://r.wesnoth.or... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.12 & 1.16.7
  January 15, 2023 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.12 & 1.16.7 have been released! However, these updates are currently only available for Windows and Linux for the moment while we work through an issue getting the macOS app signed - 1.17.11 was... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.10
  November 22, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.10 has been released! Most notably, the Undo function now works again, unlike with the last few releases. For additional details, as usual see https://r.wesnoth.org/t56441... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.9
  October 16, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.9 has been released! Overall this update is a pretty quiet one, which isn’t a bad thing to have from time to time. For additional details, as usual see https://r.wesnoth.org/t56321... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.8
  September 24, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.8 has been released. Of particular note in this release is the continued improvement of a new feature in the map editor - raised and lowered terrain . While there are still some rough edges being... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.6
  September 08, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.6 has been released. In particular, this fixes an Out Of Sync error caused by some add-ons in online multiplayer even when they aren’t being used in the current game. For additional details, as... Continue reading
• Summer add-ons round-up: castle-breaking, magic-deflecting fun!
  August 28, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  By Lord-Knightmare There are more than 450 add-ons available for 1.16 and this summer saw a lot of activity on the add-on server. Here are some of the highlights from what our user community has creat... Continue reading

  
• Wesnoth 1.17.7
  August 22, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.7 has been released. A couple things to be aware of for this release: The default bindings used for some hotkeys have changed, and are listed in the forum announcement linked below. The encryptio... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.6
  July 22, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.6 has been released. This release overall contains a significant number of fixes and improvements, the two most significant of those being an overhaul of the events system backend used for creati... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.4 & 1.16.5
  July 15, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.5 has been released. As the next release of the stable branch, this mainly contains a variety of fixes; most notably in this release is a fix for being unable to click the game map or use hotkeys... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.5
  June 20, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.5 has been released. The most notable change in this release being that the game is now playable on macOS again - previously the location of the mouse was not matching with the location of what w... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.3
  May 31, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.16.3 has been released. As the next release of the stable branch, this mainly contains a variety of fixes, most notably more consistent scrolling speed when scrolling around a map in-game as well as... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.4
  May 16, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.4 has been released. Most significantly with this release, Wesnoth has at long last been able to turn on hardware accelerated rendering, which should provide a large boost in graphical performanc... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.3
  April 18, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.3 has been released. This release includes several fixes, including map labels now scaling with zoom and Wesnoth no longer crashing in certain situations when an attacking unit has the firststrik... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.2
  March 21, 2022 by Wesnoth

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  1.17.2 has been released. While (hopefully) not a visible change, this release adds support for using webp images. This will allow for smaller image file sizes for both mainline and for add-ons and sh... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.1
  February 22, 2022 by Wesnoth

  1.17.1 has been released. This is a smaller release compared to 1.17.0, however one particularly notable change is that the 1.17 add-ons server is now available - unlike with 1.17.0, the game client w... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.2
  January 17, 2022 by Wesnoth

  1.16.2 has been released! This release fixes several major bugs, including out of sync errors when loading a replay using custom units, non-host players not being able to join games using custom terra... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.17.0
  January 17, 2022 by Wesnoth

  1.17.0 has been released! This release fixes several major bugs, including out of sync errors when loading a replay using custom units, non-host players not being able to join games using custom terra... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.1
  November 09, 2021 by Wesnoth

  1.16.1 has been released! This release fixes several major bugs, some of which were server-side to prevent the frequent crashes of the multiplayer server that were occurring after 1.16.0’s release a... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.16.0
  October 25, 2021 by Wesnoth

  1.16.0 has been released! This is the final culmination of over three years of work improving all aspects of Wesnoth made possible by the contributions of dozens of people, from those who contributed... Continue reading
• Major update coming to the Stable channel
  October 10, 2021 by Wesnoth

  With the upcoming release of 1.16 on October 24th, players who are on the Stable channel will be automatically upgraded from 1.14.17 to 1.16.0. While 1.16 will have numerous improvements over 1.14, th... Continue reading
• Wesnoth 1.15.18
  September 26, 2021 by Wesnoth

  1.15.18 has been released! A few final bugs have been fixed and art added, but barring something major and unexpected happening this is the final release before 1.16.0. For more details see https://r... Continue reading
• Versioning mishap
  September 15, 2021 by Wesnoth#announcement

  Due to a misunderstanding of how downloads should be organized on itch.io, the options available for downloading Wesnoth have been changed. 1.14 has been renamed to “stable”, and 1.15 has been ren... Continue reading