v1.140: Raiding expeditions, market gear stall, and legendary artifacts

August 17, 2026 · Fallowborn devlog

Versions 1.138.4 through 1.140.1 add peacetime raiding expeditions for eligible cultures and faiths, market gear stalls for buying and selling equipment in towns and cities, eleven legendary and sacred artifacts with rumor quests, and faster seasonal fast-forward processing.

Peacetime raiding expeditions

Rulers and warlords of eligible cultures (such as Norse, Magyar, Bedouin, Berber, or Mongol) and pagan faiths can now launch raiding expeditions from the Deeds tab without declaring war.

The raiding expedition ledger lists reachable foreign targets with estimated plunder, captive counts, and tactical risk ratings — The raiding expedition ledger details foreign targets, estimated plunder, captive counts, and risk levels.

Target selection evaluates reachable foreign counties based on border adjacency, cavalry mobility, and naval innovations like Longships. You can choose between two expedition strategies:

Deep Sack: Assaults settlements and shrines for maximum plunder and captives, but risks defender resistance and casualties against fortified holdings.
Swift Skirmish: Fast reaving across open pastures and countryside with minimal casualty risk.

Selecting a raid target directly on the map draws naval and overland route paths to the destination county — Raid routes and target counties can be inspected and selected directly on the map.

Raids can be launched from the target list or selected directly on the map. Successful raids inflict market shortages and demographic loss on the target county while bringing home gold, prestige, provisions, and thralls.

Market gear stalls in towns and cities

Visiting a town or city now gives you access to a local gear stall. Stalls offer a rotating seasonal selection of weapons, armor, shields, and jewelry.

The Great Bazaar displays purchasable weapons and armor on the left alongside unequipped armory gear available to sell on the right — Town and city market stalls show available stock for purchase alongside items to sell from your armory.

The quality and variety of goods improve as your realm unlocks market technologies like Guild Charters and Bills of Exchange. The interface splits buying and selling side by side on wide screens, with a Buy/Sell toggle on mobile devices:

For sale: Purchase weapons, armor, and accessories within your current purse.
Sell from the armory: Sell unpledged and unequipped gear from your family armory to free up coin.

Legendary and sacred artifacts

Eleven historical and legendary relics can now appear across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Characters matching the required faith, culture, or region can discover rumors of lost treasures.

An event modal presents the trial to claim Excalibur, offering options to make an offering, fight for it, or walk away — Legendary artifact trials present choices to make offerings, risk battle, or walk away.

Pursuing a rumor leads to a perilous trial. You can attempt to secure the artifact through gold offerings, feats of arms, or displays of piety. Each artifact exists only once per world:

Martial relics: Legendary weapons like Excalibur, Durendal, Tyrfing, and Zulfiqar provide major combat and martial bonuses, with drawbacks like health drain or drawn feuds.
Sacred treasures: Relics like the Holy Lance, Fragment of the True Cross, Mjölnir Amulet, and Book of Kells provide piety and realm prestige.

Holding a legendary artifact attracts covetous neighboring rulers, who may demand it or send envoys to reclaim it.

Other changes

Marriage station checks: AI rulers now respect social hierarchy when proposing marriages, preventing royal proposals to distant commoners.
Fast-forward acceleration: Skipping days now caches seasonal finance and papal records, keeping fast-forward smooth and responsive.
Raiding toolbar: Standardized filter toolbar with search inputs, clear buttons, and strategy selectors for expeditions.
Interface polish: Responsive tab handling for market stalls and raid target lists across mobile viewports.

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Fallowborn is a free browser grand strategy game by one developer, built openly with AI assistance. Source on GitHub.