Who's on your side, and whether you get there in time. Friends are now recognisable from the air: their plot has a ring on the ground, like the one that marks yours. And if you're about to raid one, the game says so before you pick your crew — you can do it, but not by accident. When planning a raid you'll also see whether you arrive before they get home, or whether they beat you to it. The two clocks, subtracted. And the neighbours have wised up: they can now see you coming and turn back. Not always — they forget to look, same as anyone.

The report of every raid, ready to show. When a raid ends — yours or theirs — you can now keep the report and send it wherever you like. It comes out written like a sheet from the Romancero, with the blind man's ballad telling what happened, the crew that went and what each side carried away. Losses too: there you see what was left at the gate, and whoever held the gate keeps it. And the spy speaks more plainly: it now says why an abandoned farm puts up so little of a fight.

A neighbour who shows you around. Now someone tells you what to do as you play: what to sow and why, that going out to steal opens your own gate, what to do when they are coming for you, and what to spend your first coins on. He speaks little, and only when he has something to say. Everything he tells you is written down in the handbook. The mayor pays for your first three winning raids, so going out pays off from the start. And raiding is a little easier: you need a 10% edge, and a defeat keeps your crew out of action for fifteen minutes instead of half an hour. If a friend rings the bell because someone is coming for them, you now get the alert on your phone. It is the only notification in the game, and permission is asked when you shake your first hand.

Mostly performance. With the game open, the district brings itself up to date once a minute: whatever turns up at your gate is on screen without you touching a thing. Your game travels much lighter to the district, and the village square is tidier, with the Broadsides at hand for yesterday's news.

First you get paid, then we explain. Now you walk straight in to your own farm, with the field sown and ready: you harvest, you watch the coins go up, and only then do we tell you what this is about. The rulebook is still there in full, in settings, whenever you feel like reading it.

In the village square your own farm now stands out at a glance: it has a ring around it. CALL THEM BACK. If you're raided while your crew is out robbing, you can now call them home — and they take as long to return as they've walked: early is cheap, late is useless. Hitting someone who just left is no longer a sure thing. The rulebook finally explains when you win: you need 15% more strength to get in, and the defender wins if the attacker falls 15% short. Between those two lines, a draw. And strengths are no longer rounded down: an upgrade now shows in the number, as it should. Also from today, day one of a campaign is a different place: the county starts together and your gate stays barred until you head out to rob.

No more «Game Mode» notice every time you opened the app: it got in the way and gave you nothing. Notices about your crew on the road now name the farm the way you see it — the name on their card, not another one. And a few numbers brought up to date: the county has had 128 towns since last campaign, and one corner was still counting the old ones.

The county grows: twice as deep, 128 towns — there is land past the river now. THE BROADSIDES replace the Gazette: only the blows worth singing, with both sides' forces in plain view. The link now stands proud on the town board. The alarm bell speaks clearly: when sending help you see whether you would arrive in time, and how long you have. War parties now set out with your full crew by default, and each friend's departure time explains itself. Draws are told straight: nothing taken, nothing left behind. The Top runs smooth with a thousand farms, and the search now finds you too.

The county gets its newspaper: the Gazette, baked every morning with yesterday's news — raids ranked by loot, and every outsider named with their village. · The mayor's commission: some days, half an hour of double pay for loot from outside your village. · The spy never rests now, and reports every visit: who came, what they took, and where they're from. · Tap the red warning (or a sender in your mailbox) to jump straight to the raider's farm. · Welcome feast: 200 coins for you and your sponsor on your first harvest. · The town hall now answers mailbox letters. · Top search finds farms by name and village, and joint raids are called by departure time.