The Viking Sagas — August Pre-Order Announcement

Update, September 22: [The Viking Sagas has launched](/en/resources/news/the-viking-sagas-launch-update-185872). The pre-order discount described in the original August announcement is no longer a current offer.

The DLC was scheduled for September 22, 2026 and is now released. This article preserves the original campaign and feature preview.

What Is Included

3 new civilizations: the Danes, Saxons and Varangians
1 reworked civilization: the Vikings — available to everyone who owns the base game
1 new 3-part campaign featuring 15 missions: Harald Hardrada
Adjustments to legacy campaign missions — available to everyone who owns the base game
A completely new architecture set for the Danes, Varangians and Vikings
New regional units for all new civilizations and the Vikings

The Harald Hardrada Campaign

The 15 missions follow one of the most formidable figures of the Viking Age, across three books:

1. Book I: The Exiled Prince (Varangians) — forced into exile after the Battle of Stiklestad, young Harald ventures from Scandinavia to the Kyivan Rus and Constantinople to earn wealth and renown

2. Book II: The Hard Ruler (Danes) — Harald returns to reclaim Norway, challenged at every turn by rival Viking rulers, and earns his famous epithet

3. Book III: The Last Vikings (Saxons) — 1066: the King of England is dead, and Harald claims the throne in the greatest gamble of his life, a road that leads straight to Stamford Bridge

Free for All Players

Two headline items will not require the DLC:

The Vikings rework: the original civilization has been modified to include several of the expansion's new assets and attributes — all Vikings improvements are free for every player of the game. Their iconic [Longboats](/en/resources/units/longboat) are renamed Longships and become a regional ship shared by the [Vikings](/en/resources/civilizations/vikings), Danes, Saxons and Varangians.
The Hastings, Vinlandsaga and York historical battles, as well as several Victors & Vanquished scenarios, have been updated and modernized with the expansion's new civilizations and units — also free for all players.

Ranked Play

World's Edge states that, with familiar technology trees and design concepts, The Viking Sagas civilizations *"fit easily into ranked gameplay"*.

The Civilizations, Revealed One by One

These official previews were published ahead of launch:

[Danes Civilization Deep Dive](/en/resources/news/danes-civilization-deep-dive-viking-sagas) — infantry and siege raiders that loot destroyed buildings
[Saxons Civilization Deep Dive](/en/resources/news/saxons-civilization-deep-dive-viking-sagas) — infantry and defense behind doubled tower fire
[Varangians](/en/resources/civilizations/varangians) — now available in the civilization database

The three new civilizations are now in our [civilizations database](/en/resources/civilizations).