Nidhogg

Overview

The Clan of the Dragon. The most outlandish of all clans, the Dragons follow ancient customs and embrace freakish traditions. They use sacrifice and slavery to further their goals, often earning the other clans' distrust.

Provided proper population management, the clan possess the capacity to grow very strong as the game goes on while early expansion is also facilitated. The ability to recruit Dragonkins makes the draconic warband one of the fiercest. To sustain this costly army, Slaves can either be used as an economic advantage or feed the dragon gauge by sacrificing them. The essence gauge grants as well constant and increasing bonuses as fame rises.

Starting Bonuses

• Your Civilians can go into neutral territory.
• No Happiness or production penalty for being wounded.
• You start with a Sacrificial Pyre. You can build a Dragonkin Altar instead of other military camps.
• Start with 2 Thralls and only 3 Villagers. You can buy thralls from your Longship Docks.

Fame Bonuses

• 200 Fame : Reluctant Workforce

Receive 5 Thralls.

Your Dragon Essence gauge is extended, and bonuses are increased.

• 500 Fame : Tenacious Grudge

+10% attack power against an opponent for each victory condition in which they are ahead of you ( Commercial Influence, Lore, and Fame).

Your Dragon Essence gauge is complete, and bonuses are increased.

Dragon Essence Bonuses

Dragon Essence is a resource exclusive to the Clan of the Dragon. Sacrificing units at the Sacrificial Pyre will earn Dragon Essence that can be used to unlock various bonuses on the Dragon Essence gauge. Each Fame step will improve the available bonuses and unlock additional parts of the gauge.

Fame level	Warchief	Thane rank	Jarl rank
Nanna’s Influence:	+2	+3	+4
Andhrimnir’s Influence:	+2	+4	+8
Niorun’s Influence:	+2	+4	+8
Njörd’s Influence:	+2	+4	+8
Mimir’s Influence:	+2	+4	+8
Hönir Influence:	+3 (per month)	+4.02	+5.04
Idunn’s Influence:	Dragonkin heals passively (unless in combat)
Magni’s Influence:	+10% for clan units	+15%	+20%

Lore Tree

Hard Labor

Thralls can be conscripted to production buildings to increase their output (maximum of 1 per building).

Colonization

Reduces the amount of Food necessary to colonize one area by 30%.

Eradication

Food Silos gain a 10% Food production bonus. Also reduces Food Silo upgrade cost by 50%.

Recruitment

Permanently increases population growth speed by 25%. You gain an additional 5% during 4 months for each unit from your clan killed by an enemy clan or sacrificed (max +75%).

Blood, Sweat & Tears

You can assign 2 extra Thralls to production buildings.

Hearthstone

Reduces extra Firewood consumption during winter by 50% and reduce winter Food penalty by 20%.

Shiny Happy People

-20% required Happiness based on your population.

Draconic Frenzy

+100% attack power for a military unit with no other military allies in their zone.

Fur Coats

Your units no longer have reduced power during winter.

Defensive Strategy

Increases you civilians' attack power and your Defense Towers' resistance by 30%.

Capture

Military units have a chance to enslave wounded enemy civilians or neutral faction units.
Enslaved Myrkalfar count as 3 Thralls, Jötnar count as 5 Thralls. Chance of capture is multiplied by 2 if your Warchief is in the zone.

Feeling Safe

Gain +3 Happiness if you have a Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.

Legendary Heroes

Improves your Warchief's attack and defense by 25%.

Monster Slayer

Improves your military units' attack by 10% against Dragonkin and by 30% against other mystical creatures. Also increases Military Experience gains by 50% for each mystical creature killed.

Mining Efficiency

Miners extract Stone and Iron from deposits 30% faster.

Shipbuilding

Unlocks the Lighthouse.
Increases Sailors' resource production by 20%.

Coinage

Unlocks Trade Routes at the Trading Post.
Your Merchants will produce 20% Kröwns.

Slave Trade

Thralls are 50% cheaper, and minimum price is also reduced by 50%.

Carpentry Mastery

Reduces your buildings' upgrade costs by 20%.

Negotiation

Reduces Marketplace prices by 50% and stock replenishment is 20% faster.

Trading Caravan

Trade Routes earn 20% more Kröwns. Relations with neutral factions improve 20% faster.

Relic

Skull of Hrungnir : Allows you to summon an Undead Giant.

Tips and tricks

Capture knowledge

Jötunn Thrall
Health	100
Attack Power	15
Defense	13

Myrkalfar Thrall
Health	50
Attack Power	12 / 15
Defense	5 / 6

Kobold Thrall
Health	40
Attack Power	8
Defense	4

There is a 10% chance to capture a wounded unit on each attack. This chance is doubled if warchief is in the area.

• If the unit is a clan member, it will be turned into a regular Thrall that will walk run towards your closest territory.
• If the unit is neutral faction member, it will be turned into its weakened counterpart and serve as a military unit.

Other Clans

Eikthyrnir

Heidrun

Fenrir

Huginn and Muninn

Bjarki

Slidrugtanni

Sváfnir

Svadilfari

Lyngbakr

Himminbrjotir

Brundr and Kaelinn

Ratatoskr