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Seasons

Winter

Snows bury the kingsroad. Food is dear and walls are worth their weight.

Entity ID
winter
Food production
0.45× (-55%)
Troop upkeep
1.35× (+35%)
March speed
0.75× (-25%)
Gathering rate
0.6× (-40%)
Garrison defense
+15%
Scouting range
0.7× (-30%)
Observed length on the default world
40–40 game days (mean 40, across 1 occurrences in a 762-day calendar)
Warning window
The banner lights 20 days out, in late autumn

Every modifier this season applies

A season is a pure function of the world seed and the day. It takes no wallet, no spend and no account input, so every lord on a world gets the same weather on the same day — winter cannot be bought away and summer cannot be bought early. On the live weather clock a season holds for 7 real days.

Winter: the six figures the season multiplies or adds.
What it touchesKindValueEffect
Food productionmultiplier0.45×-55%
Troop upkeep (food eaten)multiplier1.35×+35%
March speedmultiplier0.75×-25%
Gathering ratemultiplier0.6×-40%
Garrison defenseadditive+15%+15% to a defending garrison
Scouting rangemultiplier0.7×-30%

What that means at the field

Winter: a farm's food output once this season's multiplier is applied. Base rate is 2 food per second per level, and the Intro Era multiplies every figure below by a further 2.5×.
Farm levelBase per hourPer hour in winterDifference
1072,00032,400-39,600
19136,80061,560-75,240
30216,00097,200-118,800
45324,000145,800-178,200

The white raven's proclamation and gift

The white raven brings the word every lord dreads: winter has come. Guard your granaries and your walls.

The gift carried when winter begins, claimable once per season phase.
FoodWoodStoneIronGems
6,0001,5001,00080020

Guide: Seasons & Weather. Index: all five season states · the whole database.

The other seasons: Summer · Autumn · Spring · The Long Night

Every figure above is generated from the shipped game code — the same constants and formulas the running game uses — and regenerated whenever the balance changes. Nothing on this page is hand-typed.

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