Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.10)

19 October 2026 Lite_Agent Black Tower Basement, Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns, Nordcurrent Labs

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns on Nintendo Switch.

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Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns – Ver. 1.0.10

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

Classic mode

Jousting rebalanced to favor players more. A lot of improvements will follow in the upcoming patches
Opponent lords’ decisions were fixed so they no longer endlessly kidnap maidens and call for tournaments in mid-late game
Visual cue for catapult tension added in siege
Siege aiming precision reworked to reduce the feeling of randomness
Aiming in sieges with the mouse wheel should work now
Marrying a saved Saxon fair maiden now adds a Saxon land to your territories (if there is a Saxon land you don’t own, and it doesn’t have a major castle on it)
Random events appear more evenly, and no longer appear twice in a row

Kingdom mode

Raid speed was decreased for every difficulty
Parrying combo progress in raids is no longer being reset on losing a roll
Timed events have one more month to be completed
A bug causing time event counters to skip several months after fleeing battle was fixed
The minimum deck size is now 8 cards

General improvements

The cursor is now locked inside the game window in minigames
Stability and performance were improved

Additional notes: none
Source: Black Tower Basement / Norducrrent (Steam)

How to download updates for Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.