Hi, I’m bringing you news about New Balance directly from its creator, Liker. So yes, there’s another delay, which was honestly to be expected. I also often promise things, but then other stuff comes up, real life gets in the way, and you simply have to wait. Words from the creator: Regarding the karma plugin: about half of it is already voiced. For now, it’s in the testing phase.The update with the Warrior of Adanos is in development, but slowly. The Warrior of Adanos himsel

This plugin replaces the standard paintings found in New Balance  with various characters from anime, movies, and TV series. In the coming days, the files on the New Balance Google Drive  will be improved and properly described — there is a lot of content there, and not everything is currently easy to understand. Since we are preparing a large project , organizing and possibly relocating files is also part of this process. Once I finish revising the New Balance drive, I will

Update 6.0.41 (from 23/01/26) The Storm rune  (Circle 6, Water Mage) now has a chance to freeze the target and also deals additional damage. Minor bug fixes. Fixed a low-FPS issue  when using the teleport rune. Slightly improved the visual effect of the teleport rune in the hero’s hand  (it was broken in the previous patch). Increased the speed of drawing books and maps  (the hero takes them into his hands faster). Minor bug fixes. Update 6.0.40 (from 22/01/26) Improved Alfre

Update 6.0.39 (from 20.01.26) Today at 11:35 Loading of large locations has been accelerated thanks to correct building of the object list in the location and correct use of animations for NPCs. The larger the location = the greater the acceleration. In Khorinis loading is approximately 2–3 seconds faster. In the Mining Valley it is 1 second faster. In smaller locations the effect is not noticeable. Fixed a bug where NPC could not address the hero and the hero could not addre

The New Year has begun. The update is slowly coming together. ,Over the past few days, it was possible to write a patch that reduces the loading time of large locations by 1–2 seconds. It’s not a huge improvement, but it is noticeable. (Test scripts for this feature are already available in the Russian original, but I won’t release them in Czech yet — potential issues and chaos). As for the Warrior of Adanos: the gameplay part is 85–90% complete, the location itself is 90% co

(For Cz/Sk) Hi, I’ve been away for the last 4 days, so no work was done during that time. I’m bringing the latest updates of the New Balance mod and a fairly improved Czech localization, mainly in terms of dialogues and journal entries. You’re welcome to report any text errors in New Balance on Discord — after the break I’ll be focusing on it again, so I’ll be happy to fix the translation further. I’ve also started translating the Regular Quests  submod for New Balance, which

Happy New Year! We wish all players a happy start to the new year. We wish you lots of happiness, good health, and success in the coming year! Here are 3 new screenshots from an upcoming location: New Balance Support You can support the author of New Balance on the Boosty platform, which is similar to Patreon. Contributions are collected regularly to fund new updates — voice acting, and similar things.Link here: https://boosty.to/newbalancemod New Balance Czech AI Voice Acti

Hi, I’ve added two new tables and some new information to the dossier. I’ll be updating it from time to time, adding more info and tables, since another source of data has appeared. You can find the dossier on the New Balance website and Google Drive (and also on Discord! :D) Burning of the Fire Mage I’ve added a table and information regarding the Burning effect for the Fire Mage, which you can find under the Fire Mage section. Bleeding I’ve also added a table covering gene

Here’s just a small preview of previous updates that brought improvements and redesigns to the game’s maps. Here are two examples.

- The Paladin’s special damage bonus against the undead now also works against demons and ghosts - The chance for bonus damage has been increased by 5% - The Temple of the Sleeper map now drops from the first Seeker in the Temple of the Sleeper (right at the start) - The Temple of the Sleeper map has been completely redesigned and now shows the hero’s position - Reworked the West Coast map - Reworked the Coastal Lands map - Reworked the Orc City map (now also sold by an orc m

Slightly increased the base health of some shaman totems Minor bugs fixed Fixed the armor bonus of “Dragon Slayer Armor” , which was not working correctly A short description of the game’s difficulty levels has been added to the help window Cursed : resistance to possession now works already from the Initiate  rank, not only from Master Cursed (fist fighter) : the “Blood Dominion”  skill is now learned at the Initiate  rank instead of Master Asmal has been slightly buffed – h

Project AB/NB – Anniversary, 8 Years On December 14, it has been exactly 8 years since the start of development of the Alternative Balance project, which has continued under the name New Balance since 2020. It is a project and a modification that originated from the Returning 2.0 mod and was gradually improved into its current form by new authors such as Liker and Haart. New Balance is currently at version 6.0.32 (I usually list versions by date to make things clearer for reg

Fixed a bug where the hero could not shoot with a bow or crossbow. The bug could appear randomly or persist permanently (it broke recently). Fixed a rare bug where a save game failed to load when trying to read data of a non-existent NPC. Fixed a bug – the Novice’s combat staff no longer grants Intelligence (this broke somewhere recently). Fixed a bug in the “Wrath of Beliar”  plugin – monsters will no longer spawn while the hero is sailing on a boat or completing druid quest

Increased the shield leveling speed in ASNK mode on all difficulty levels. It is now possible to fully train the shield even on KS and UKS (90% and higher). (A new game is recommended) Improved checks for periodic damage when an enemy ends up outside the hero’s line of sight (e.g. when the player teleports to another part of the location during combat). This could previously lead to errors Improved checks for trolls throwing stones. The chance that they throw a stone through

Increased shield training speed in ASnC mode on all difficulty levels. (New Game recommended) Improved checks for periodic damage when an enemy moves out of the hero’s line of sight (for example, when the player teleports to another part of the location during combat). This could previously cause errors. Improved handling of rock-throwing for trolls. There is now a much lower chance of them throwing a rock through a wall (or another object). Some minor technical code adjustme

This time it’s not exactly a brand-new update, but it’s something I forgot to post here. It’s actually from September, so it’s unclear exactly how or when it will be released, since it was originally planned for around October/November. I do think it will come out, just later. The plugin is intended to be a STANDALONE addon  for New Balance , which you can choose to install or not. Haart, co-author of the New Balance  mod, is working on it. It will include quite a few interes

A bug was fixed where an enemy could die while in a staggered state, causing their weapon to disappear from their hands. Some merchants now offer slightly fewer pure health and energy potions when starting a new game. The position of the loading bar was fixed for the 1920×1200 resolution. Minor bugs were fixed. The “Potion of Fall Protection” was moved to the Special Potions category in the alchemy window.

Liker released a short video of the new map, located on a small island. Here, we can see brand-new plants that will appear throughout this large location, giving us an idea of how the entire tropical map will look. The map will be twice as large as the Western Coast! (Druids’ Map). The video also shows and demonstrates sword attacks on the plants, which are then destroyed.

In a future update, the fire and smoke effects (from campfires and torches) will react to the wind. The stronger the wind, the more pronounced the deflection of the effects. (This effect will be optional and can be turned off in the menu) Announced on 2 December 2025

– Fixed a rare issue where killing rabbits was not counted in the counter. – Fixed dialogue errors. – Fixed errors in the new Demon Hunter skills. – Fixed an issue where orcs in the Orc Mountains were no longer considered undead (for damage-check purposes). – The Gold Smelting book is no longer handed over to Galahad after reading; it’s more profitable to sell it to a merchant. – Builders’ archers now have weaker melee weapons (requires a new game). – Fixed a dialogue i

A few days ago, updates started coming out again after a short break, so I finally got to it. At the same time, I also released a new Czech translation – more details below. Please remember that I will always post all updates and news here whenever I update the Czech version. The English version on Nexus Mods is usually behind and is done by a completely different person, and I have no influence over how long that translation will take. Update 23.11.25 - Poison arrows (50 pie

Size of the New Location Out of curiosity, I measured the surface area of regions (Liker) where the player can move freely (in arbitrary area units): Khorinis: ~296000 Adanos Desert: ~230000 New Island: ~110000 Western Coast: ~67000 Coastal Lands (Oswald’s Farm): ~41000 This means the new location will be roughly twice as large as the Western Coast. When will it come out Unfortunately, there’s a 90% chance that the update (with the new class) won’t be released this year. Reas

Retexturing of Monsters Some monsters will have their own unique appearance in the new location. For example, black snapper variants will be recolored. Snakes are also making a return (there will be 3 types, they are non-aggressive creatures purely for atmosphere). The screenshots were taken on the new island. (There will also be new monsters on the island.) Excavations of the Water Mages We’ve refreshed the excavations in Khorinis a bit. In some places, new objects have been

A showcase of a few plants that will appear on the new map in the upcoming major update