Northgard Cheats

Northgard

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Submitted by: David K.

General Extreme Mode Tips:
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-=Efficiency=-

1. Be a save-scrub champion. Whenever you’re on a tricky mission, save every other 
month. Since Northgard implements semi-random events and world hostility, going back 
to an earlier save may change where / when Wolves and Draugr invade, which bad event 
(Rats, Blizzard, Earthquake) comes up, etc. In some levels, you need to do as well 
as you possibly can throughout the mission in order to beat it. The idea is to save 
as soon as you’ve done a perfect iteration of gameplay; that way, if something happens 
in the next couple months, you have a ‘near-perfect” save to go back to.

2. Time is of the essence. You are allowed to relax in Skirmish, but in Extreme, you 
should always be micromanaging your military or villagers to be as efficient as 
possible. Pay attention to notifications, especially idle villagers. Turn scouts and 
warriors into villagers when you can; don’t retain an army unless necessary or you 
can’t afford to disband them.

3. Maximize efficiency. Make sure you leave room for silos on food tiles, place Markets 
and Trading posts on the same tile, and leave room for a Mine when Stone / Iron is on 
the tile. Pay attention to each clan’s Lore when planning out what to colonize.

4. You should almost never need to develop land (paying 100 Krowns) unless you are 
Goat and can do it for 20. Instead, push food production and expand to a new tile.

-=Resource Management=-
1. Expand until you can have a steady supply of everything you need. On Extreme, 
you rarely need to take more than 5-6 territories besides your home province.

2. Make sure you store nothing but the bare minimum of resources! Food is good for 
colonization and not starving; nothing else. Wood should be used immediately; if 
you can’t use that 150 wood immediately because you don’t have building space, you 
need more food to colonize another tile. If you have over 300 food or 200 wood and 
Winter isn’t coming, you’re not spending your resources in a timely fashion. Pretend 
you’re a project manager, and your boss is going to take your budget away if you 
don’t spend it.

3. Krowns are nice, but unless you are playing Raven, you only need enough for 
upgrading buildings and hiring a few military units. Try to keep about 100-150 in 
reserve with at least +2 production and only push Krowns if you need them for 
Upgrades or Military.

4. Mine Stone and Iron as early as possible on most maps. Upgrading buildings is vital.

5. Trading Posts are the Great Equalizer. If you have a map rich in forests, or food, 
you can sell off the excess from your efficient, upgraded buildings instead of posting 
villagers as Merchants. Depending on the map, you can get 2-6 trade routes going at 
once, though you rarely need more than 2.

6. Don’t buy resources from the Market! It’s almost a guaranteed sign you haven’t 
expanded properly or in the right order. The campaign ensures that you are near all 
vital resources, so don’t buy from the Market unless absolutely necessary!

-=Upgrades=-
1. Upgrade buildings relative to what you need as quickly as possible. If you’re 
running low on Food, upgrade a Food building.
2. There are 3 essential tools to upgrade with Iron every level: Woodcutters, your 
biggest group of Food Gatherers, and Axe Throwers.
 

-=Other Tips=-
1. Never fall below 0 on happiness. If you notice you’re getting close, build a brewery 
immediately! Low happiness means no new villagers, which puts an end to your dream of 
expansion.

2. Never hit your population cap! If you’re at 10/11, 15/16, etc. it’s time to build 
a house. That said, there are times when excess population creates “drag” if you don’t 
have an efficient use for them. So unless you are intentionally limiting your population, 
make sure you never hit those unmagical red numbers.

3. Generally, turn Villagers into Healers in the Winter when you have wounded, since 
Villagers are less efficient in Winter.


Useful Tips for Beginners:
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Written by Arkail

This guide will teach you important tips that no one else will tell you.

* Once the game starts scout the areas around before building woodcutter's hut. 
  Look for a forest to build it in if you found one without wolves this is to get 
  10% more wood.
* If you see fertile land get it. it gives you a lot of food.
* When scouting enemies focus on getting to their town hall asap and don't bother 
  with other tiles. Make your path and try to find the shortest.
* Get gold and build lots of army camps.
* My personal way of getting gold is by building 2 trading posts.
* Build another woodcutter's hut to sell the wood or get boost for building camps.
* Have a main food source upgrade the tile and the tools and the silo 
  (farm is the best).
* Never feast before the 1st winter.
* Minimum amount for effective raid is about 10~12 don't go less you'll waste 
  money and time and souls.

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