Chivalry 2 Winter War Update Now Live – Adds New Map, New Weapons, Battle Pass

Chivalry 2 continues its constant drop of free post-launch updates. The multiplayer medieval warfare game has released its latest update, the Winter War Update.

The headlining feature of this update is a new Team Objective Map: Assault on Thayic Stronghold. Set in a new biome (snow), the Masons (red team) must lay siege to the Thayic Stronghold, and then kill the Agathian Knights’ leader, King Argon II.

King Argon II isn’t just an NPC, however. The top player on team blue (Agatha) will be crowned king and get to control King Argon. This VIP must be protected at all costs – his death means the Masons win the match.

The Winter War Update also adds the Quarterstaff, a returning weapon from Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.

Also, with the Winter War Update, Chivalry 2 is introducing its own version of a battle pass, the Campaign Pass.

The Campaign Pass is free for everyone, but it also has a premium track for those who want to upgrade to get premium unlocks, which costs 1,000 crowns (premium currency). The free Campaign Pass includes 300 crowns as a reward.

Unlike normal battle passes, the Campaign Pass for the Winter War has no time limit- no worries about FOMO. Future Campaign Passes may be time-limited or permanent, based on the update. This means that there are likely more permanent campaign passes in the future but it won’t be for all passes.

Chivalry 2 has seen a full year full of free updates, and the game’s monetisation has only been for cosmetics.

Chivalry 2 is out now on PS4, PS5, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The game is also currently available on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.