Deliverantia / Knights of the Vanatro

Raids and Nicolette Update

VANATROUGHT RAIDS

• Removed tents and pavises from raids.

• Raids no longer flatten, fill or modify terrain before spawning.

• Soldiers now search for valid natural positions around the village.

• Improved raid generation on uneven terrain.

• Added an opening volley of 48 arrows.

• A few arrows remain embedded temporarily after the attack.

• Added mounted knights to raid waves.

• Horses can spawn with different colors and markings.

• Some horses wear armor while others remain unarmored.

• Riders receive randomized equipment and commonly use polearms.

• Knights can pursue villagers hiding inside houses.

• Soldiers without a visible target advance towards the village bell or village center.

• Soldiers spread around the bell to reduce crowding.

• Knights no longer open or close doors.

• Regular and heavy knights now attempt to break closed doors.

• Improved target distribution so the entire army does not attack a single opponent.

• Random rooftop fires may begin during later waves.

• Raid fires require mobGriefing to be enabled.

• Fires are limited to a maximum of two ignition points per raid.

• Fires cannot start close to Nicolette.

ATMOSPHERE AND PERFORMANCE

• Significantly reduced the number of celebration fireworks.

• The Vanatrought celebration now uses no more than three spaced-out rockets.

• The villagers’ victory celebration now uses no more than four rockets.

• Reduced entity spikes caused by raid celebrations.

• The opening arrow volley is released gradually to prevent freezing.

• War cries and alarm bells have been preserved.

• Bell detection only checks already loaded chunks.

NICOLETTE DA VALLIS

• Fixed the duplicated Letter from the Valley.

• The player now receives exactly one letter when Nicolette appears.

• Dropping or losing the letter while alive does not create additional copies.

• One replacement letter may be delivered after the player dies.

• Players who retain the letter through keepInventory will not receive another copy.

• Each player can receive no more than two letters.

• The delivery limit persists after death.

• A thunderstorm begins when the narrative Nicolette dies.

• The storm lasts approximately five minutes.

• Testing versions of Nicolette do not trigger this event.

DILECTIO

• Dilectio retains its third-person blocking animation.

• Added a dedicated first-person blocking position.

• The sword is held across the camera while the player guards.

• Added a visual item property that detects when Dilectio is being used to block.

TRANSLATIONS

• Reviewed Nicolette’s dialogue translations.

• Corrected the Spanish names of the spruce arrow slits.

• Translated the left and right gate sections.

• Translated the spruce machicolation.

• Added missing names for the bombard and its projectile.

FIXES

• Replaced incompatible mounted-knight methods for Forge 1.20.1.

• Fixed saddle and horse-armor equipment handling.

• Avoided unnecessary entity registry entries that could cause compilation errors.

• Improved cleanup of raid horses after a raid ends.