Crownhold Endgame Improvements (August 2026)

On 18 August 2026, one day after launch, Steam’s Crownhold hub posted Bugfixes & endgame improvements. No version number sat in the title. The bullets are the fact. This page is the wiki child so siege and warfare, late-game progression, and how to prestige can point at a date instead of whispering. Earlier the same week: v1.0.1 and v1.0.2.

Admiralty and Dominion

Steam wrote: added a new Admirality upgrade that increases Dominion gain. A second bullet fixed a bug that would not grant the Admirality bonus (the post also typed “Amdirality” — same node, messy spelling). Treat Admiralty / Admirality as the in-game upgrade family and Dominion as the currency or meter it feeds. We do not publish a Dominion-per-hour table. Hover the new node when it appears. It is naval-adjacent by name, so keep trade and exploration open if ships are already your job, and the siege guide open if the node sits on a warfare panel.

Dominion is not gold and it is not prestige points. If a tooltip says Dominion, spend or earn it as the panel instructs. Do not dump wood into it because the word sounds like a win condition.

Catapult autofire hints

The same post added tooltip hints for catapult autofire. That sentence is the first official proof catapults are a real late control, not flavor art. Autofire is a setting or toggle with a tooltip, not a DPS stat we can quote. When a siege panel names a catapult, read the hint before you click. Demo videos never played this layer. Retail achievements already named the Guarded Pass and Royal Arsenal; catapult autofire is how that layer is operated, not a new expansion number.

We still will not write army HP. The Tools Hub refused a fake siege calculator on purpose. Your client plus this patch’s tooltips are the source.

Endgame unlock hints

Added hints how to unlock certain endgame upgrades in their tooltips. If a late node looked like a brick wall, the brick wall may now explain the gate: a country, a craft, a pass, a prestige tier. Believe the tooltip over a launch-day guess. Pair with prestige unlocks for the opening tree and late-game for Tier 6 and Gold Prestige 22.

Prestige tooltips and the hidden-points bug

Two prestige bullets:

• Better Prestige progression tooltips.
• Fixed a bug that hides earned Prestige points before reaching Tier 5.

If your book looked empty until a later column, that was a hide bug, not a failed run. Update. Do not reset to “force” the number. v1.0.2 already restored missing gold prestige credit; this 18 August note is about points hidden before Tier 5. Different bugs, same book. Troubleshooting lists both.

Better progression tooltips should make how to prestige less of a jump scare. The reset confirm is still the dangerous click. Monuments being available early (1.0.2) plus clearer tooltips (this patch) is the intended onboarding: look, shop, confirm only when you mean it.

What this patch does not do

No store-page promise of a new campaign disk. No language pack. No codes. Sieges were already in the retail achievement list; this note makes their UI readable. If you bounced on 17 August because warfare felt like a locked tab, update and hover again before you refund on a rumor.

Play the economy until expansion 10 before you live on this page. Walkthrough still owns 1–6. Getting Started still owns the keep. Endgame improvements are for rulers who already have a harbor and a book.

Official announcements: Steam community hub for app 4579940. Links bookmarks the store. If a later numbered patch supersedes these bullets, it gets its own child under the Updates Hub.