BATTLEFIELD • Team crests for both sides on the live scoreboard and the match results POLISH • Bigger, easier-to-tap dock buttons, with new INTEL and RISE icons • Alliance and Squads icons resized to match the rest of the dock

BATTLEFIELD • Live troop bar: see troops home, marching, healing and fallen, updated instantly • Scout like the world map: one tap, reports arrive when your scout gets home • See which squad guards each teammate's wall, and recall outdated garrisons to promote them POLISH & FIXES • Daily chest bar marks where the chest opens; Hero Pass shows only rewards you can claim • Hunt reports show First Blood only when earned, with Today's Hunt shown separately

POLISH & FIXES • Hero skill upgrades fixed • Gear enhancing shows your gold and Violian Dust right above the button • Hero avatars fixed, now appear on world map, alliance chat • City garrisons now update ui to show where they are on rallies instead of just rejected on use • Alliance help shows the gold heart everywhere, with one grouped toast per helper • Orc camp rallies show the camp's orc • Chat buttons are no longer covered by the Announcements pill

POLISH & FIXES • Cancel a build that is still waiting in your queue and get its resources back. • A cleaner alliance screen: seven tabs instead of eleven and a redesigned Members list. • One city sheet with gates, garrison arrival times and a siege estimate. • Smelt in the forge: a new SMELT tab with its own queue and advice on what to smelt. • Take revenge in the arena straight from your battle history. • Daily and weekly rewards now refresh on time when the app stays open across the daily reset. • Sharper building art in all four seasons, and a live VIP status countdown.

ARTWORK • New damage and fire art for dwarven and human cities FIXES AND POLISHES • March Ashwrought clay on a rally instead of your living troops, with its power shown before you commit • Squad troop counts staleness fixed on hospital and more • Miscellaneous bug fixes to Battlefield 5v5 and 20v20

FIXES AND POLISH • City assault and rally pick the section they hit, with each section's hit points • Squads tell the truth about troops: short squads say how short, empty squads say they would send nothing • Battlefield updates to squads, teleports, and more • Translate any mail you receive, in every language, plus gear stat explanations and hero power from the server

POLISH & FIXES • See what today's hunt still owes and what a kill pays before you commit your army • Gear rewards now show each piece's art and stats, plus which of your heroes it would upgrade, before you pick • Building names now appear in your language • Fixed the daily login streak opening as an empty window • Cleaner world map resource nodes, clearer badges, and many smaller fixes

KNOW BEFORE YOU SPEND • Star-up shows exactly what it costs and what stats you gain • Level-up aims at your next milestone instead of a blind x10 • The rank screen breaks down where your power actually comes from POLISH & FIXES • NPC cities now burn and crumble as you break their defences • Map labels now stay readable over snow, water and terrain • Saved loadouts feed straight into the rally squad picker • 32 fixes across heroes, squads, forge, chat, rally and inventory

POLISH & FIXES • Your heroes march across the map as themselves, with the whole squad in formation up close • Fixed the bug that signed you out every week • Your alliance now tells you what it needs from you, once a day, in one place • Claim every grand prize window in a single tap • Alliance bank, event cards, minigame badges and the shop all cleaned up • Fixed Claim All not showing your rewards, and the 2nd builder unlock not appearing • Map monster search updated

FIXES & POLISH • Heroes and marching armies are now full 3D-baked sprites, at full resolution and a smoother walk. • Orc camp War Path no longer dead-ends: rally-only tiers are reachable again. • Squads show where they are and when they're back, and stop warning about troops on the wall. • Speed-up items no longer collapse your research slots. • improvements to our real time battlefield features ad hoc 5v5, alliance vs alliance 20v20 and server vs server void gate events.

POLISH AND FIXES • Energy refills now show up on your gauge the moment you use one • A queued building says QUEUED instead of pretending it's ready to finish • Upgrading your Academy no longer locks the research it should unlock • Your daily free Arena matches show the right count after the daily reset • Squad power counts every troop you own, including ones training or healing • Split a hospital batch across more buildings to heal faster

ARENA • Opponent power now reflects real troop strength, so the difficulty you see is the difficulty you get. • Fixed matchups where a stronger squad was ranked below a weaker one. BATTLES & REWARDS • More accurate combat reports and reward totals. • Various crash and stability fixes. POLISH • Faster load times and UI cleanup across hub, alliance, and world map screens.

ARENA • See the season points you earned right after each battle • Browse your full match history • Your defense now shows the squad you actually locked in POLISH • Your hero's progression layout updates • Alliance leaders can manage diplomacy directly in-game • Fixed a rare startup hang and a crash in the Shard Synthesizer • Research tree now orders itself the way you actually unlock it

ARENA • See your full match history, ladder progress, and exactly what's at stake before you commit. ORC CAMPS • Camps are visible across the whole map instead of only right next to you. • The War Path ladder shows your progress, and clears pay real Hero Essence and gear. POLISH & LANGUAGE • Saved loadouts are editable again, research shows node status at a glance, and the notification flood after claiming tasks is gone.

MONSTER HUNTS • Rally reports now open the creature report every time, from the recent-combat pill, the full list, mail, and your rally lobby. • Your war room clears finished rallies properly, even after a dropped connection. WORLD MAP & ARENA • Tap a monster someone's already rallying and you'll be offered their rally instead of starting a second one. • Saved loadouts now show up as arena squads, and we remember your last pick. HERO PASS & POLISH • Weekly reset countdown with a catch-up boost in the final stretch. • Real artwork for event icons, bigger tap targets in map search, and loot amounts display correctly again.

ACTION DRAWER • Every tile now shows live status: hospital queue and healing progress, arena tickets and reset countdown, claimable dragon and task rewards. • Your free Obsidian Rend surfaces on the heroes tile the moment it's available. TELEPORT & SCOUTING • Place your base directly on the map with in-world 3x3 positioning, no more confirm dialog. • Scout a monster lair before committing troops. POLISH & FIXES • Hive management is back: create, leave, relocate, disband. Plus a new alliance NPC City tab. • Battle reports now count hospital-overflow deaths in casualties. • Fixed four crashes, Heroic Hunts claim timing, and missing shop and task reward sprites.

POLISH & FIXES • Barracks text and icon refresh • An battlefield focused landing page, my status, and weekly progress tracker. • Orc camps animate on the world map; monster reports open the right screen. • Alliance help no longer offers your own requests, and store cards fit their cells. • Chat keeps attachments on reactions, with sharper images and better contrast.

HERO PROGRESSION • Heroes now earn XP from arena battles and attacks on other players, not just monster rallies. • The hero XP bar shows your real progress instead of sitting empty. FORGE • New field manual explains craft recipes, rarity tiers and salvage yields. SMOOTHER AND FASTER • Major world map performance work: smoother panning and lower memory use. • Many fixes across rallies, the building queue, alliance store and hospital.

What's New in 1.7.3 FIXES THAT MATTER • Your buildings no longer vanish from the main hub after a rebuild • Player bases and citadels render properly on the world map again BATTLEFIELD & PROGRESSION • 5v5, 20v20 and Void Gate now unlock through real progression • Citadel milestones show in the right order and re-appear after resuming • Research, forge and alliance-help queues report accurate state POLISH • Notifications route through the in-game toast and open the right screen • Cleaner shop, tavern and chat presentation • Translation backlog cleared across all 22 languages