The Battle for Wesnoth Forums

This is the current development and discussion thread for the oldest undead campaign The Dark Hordes.

Lead fugitive dark sorcerer Gwiti Ha’atel to mastery of the undead hordes. Eleven playable scenarios so far. Originally made by Circon, edited by Bruno and pjr a long time ago, and currently...

First version of completed work on old SkyOne's campaign Brave Wings:
- more wide music choices
- some story and gameplay changes for better consistency in campaign
- new heroes and loyals

Feedback welcome.

Hello,
I don’t like that the computer essentially chooses which weapon is best for an attack now. In earlier versions, you had to manually select a weapon and compare the potential battle outcomes using the damage calculation feature. Nowadays, I rarely check the damage calculations because there’s...

This is a revision for 1.18 of an add-on campaign Girl unDead for Wesnoth 1.18.

Malica, a young girl who died unexpectedly, has become undead due to incomplete revival, but somehow Wesnoth has been trying to capture her. Meanwhile, Cyclos, a young elf, is searching for his shamans, who have been...

I'm thinking of writing another campaign (my third), and want to do a big time jump from my previous campaigns. One fairly unknown time period is the end of the golden era of Wesnoth. I have an idea regarding how the king dies (not peacefully), and building in a few elements from the newer...

Below you have all possible bonuses that you can get with unit that stay in castle:
a) +1 strike
b) +1 damage
c) +10% hp max & hp
d) +10% random resistance (max 80%)
e) +10% random terrain defense (max 80%)
f) +1 movement point
g) -10% max xp
i) +5 xp
j) +5 gold
k) random new weapon
l) random new...

There is no Raenna so i can`t finish the first part called Trouble with elves cause i got to move all heroes to the northern side of the map including Raenna.Any suggestions?

The newest release of the new development series, Wesnoth 1.19.10 , is now available. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable changes in this version, as well as the more technical full changelog for enthusiasts and content creators.

The source code and Windows and macOS packages are...

I couldnt find isar cross topic so I decided to create new one. Here you have a replay between Undeads and Dwarves vs Elves and Loyalists. Check the replay and tell me is it a luck or good strategy made won one team vs another one.

4p — Isar’s Cross powtórka 20250301-183405.gz

Post your own...

Miniscule Maps is a set of 12 beautifully designed 15 x 15 maps, which include:
Boreal
Cave
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Desert
Forest
Hills
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Islands
Plains
Savana
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Steppe
Swamp
Taiga...

Tears of Knalga v 0.0.5 is out!

This is just a preview of a campaign that I'm working on, hence it being just 1 scenario long. Please leave any critique here, or contact me on discord (@duncandill). I plan to submit weekly updates, so stay tuned. Thank you :D

Wesnoth 1.18.4 is now available. This is a maintenance release for the stable 1.18.x series and, as such, it delivers an assortment of bug fixes and other improvements over previous releases in this series. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable fixes and changes in this version....

The newest release of the new development series, Wesnoth 1.19.9 , is now available. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable changes in this version, as well as the more technical full changelog for enthusiasts and content creators.

The source code and Windows and macOS packages are...

This new release in the 1.19.x development series sees various changes and improvements in various areas.

As this is a development version, we would like to remind everyone how the testing and feedback process works for these:

If you download Wesnoth stand-alone, make sure to keep the latest...

South of Wesnoth D22BB96B-C03A-42B0-8346-FC7F4F434F2D.png is an up and coming campaign about a lost Wesnothian trade post in the Southern Desert established during the reign of Haldric. The rise and terror of the evil Queen Asheviere and the resulting civil war disrupts contact between the Kingdom...

Legend of The Far North is basically a rework on SotBE, made for fun.

What has changed?
First things first, the main plot is exactly the same as in original. My rework focuses mainly on dialogue, maps, gameplay and scenario objectives.

Campaign length: only 11 scenarios
Probably the most...

Yesterday for some reason I completely lost connection, wasn't able to do my moves, but the timer still counted down. After leaving the game, server list wouldn't refresh; it would stay as it was before I joined that game.
Apparently it seems like from the 3rd person view I just disconnected the...

The newest release of the new development series, Wesnoth 1.19.8 , is now available. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable changes in this version, as well as the more technical full changelog for enthusiasts and content creators.

The source code and Windows and macOS packages are...

This new release in the 1.19.x development series sees various changes and improvements in various areas.

As this is a development version, we would like to remind everyone how the testing and feedback process works for these:

If you download Wesnoth stand-alone, make sure to keep the latest...

Hi all, My name is igorbat99_2 and I'm a bot. I want to play a game with you, game with rating points. Each player starts with 1500 points, no registration needed.

Rules are simple: join games hosted by me - igorbat99_2, they will be Isar1v1 Rated #... , play, win. After you win, whisper to the...

This mode creates for each new unit ultimate weapon which is with 1 strike but damage multiplied by strikes number and bonus to damage 5 for 0 and 1 lvls and for higher lvls higher damage amount. New ultimate weapons has hasty strike weapon special which decrease chance to hit by 10%.

I have an idea to improve immersion: Hide the healthbar/xpbar/dot of all units as any of them engages in combat or as you engage in dialogue. (I basically want to hide UI when not needed so that we call all better appreciate the art).

It could also add slightly to the excitement to not find out...

I have just released a large modpack for the Battle for Wesnoth created with a single empty mod with over 30 mod dependencies by various excellent modders. It is currently available on the 1.18 Add-Ons Server under the name Wesnoth: Extended Edition. I am open to feedback and proposals of new mods...

I'm trying to create a complex animation sequence when spawning a unit. Here's what I want to achieve:

1. Spawn a unit on the map
2. Play the unit's recruit animation (900ms duration)
3. During this sequence:
- Fire a projectile (300ms duration)
- Trigger the target's defend animation ~150ms...

Is it possible to get Wesnoth running on the Meta Quest?I would love playing it on the quest similar Demeo.

The first release of the new development series, Wesnoth 1.19.7 , is now available. Check the forum thread for a list of the most notable changes in this version, as well as the more technical full changelog for enthusiasts and content creators.

The source code and Windows and macOS packages are...

This new release in the 1.19.x development series sees various changes and improvements in various areas.

As this is a development version, we would like to remind everyone how the testing and feedback process works for these:

If you download Wesnoth stand-alone, make sure to keep the latest...

This is a dark fantasy/horror story of a man whose existential reflections led him from a simple craftsman to a dark power.
Here is is the text version: Here is the audio version:
And here is the fragment.

Today I’m going to tell you about a necromancer… Not just any necromancer, but the...