update · July 1, 2026
Endless Legend 2 Update #29 Revamps Quests and Market Automation
Endless Legend 2 rolls out Update #29, introducing a completely rebuilt quest interface, expanded 2D artwork, and major faction reworks. The patch also adds market automation tools and adjusts endgame surrenders.
Endless Legend 2 has received its largest update to date with Update #29, titled "Retold Tales." Focused entirely on community feedback gathered since the launch of Early Access, this patch overhauls narrative delivery, adds new faction artwork, and introduces long-requested quality-of-life automation features.
Quest Interface and Narrative Overhaul
The quest window has been completely rebuilt to reduce the click-heavy nature of the previous design. Quests now feature an initial scene-setting text block alongside new 2D art, and character dialogues play automatically unless interrupted by a left-click. Text speed can be adjusted directly in the settings menu. Alongside the interface rework, the main quests for the Kin of Sheredyn and Necrophage factions have been restructured to better reflect their lore and gameplay archetypes, while quest and curiosity rewards now scale accurately with player production rates.
Market Automation and Economy
Players gain access to three new trading tools: bulk buying and selling, auto-renewing boosters, and auto-selling resources that exceed maximum stock limits. Auto-selling requires an active trading post. Additionally, monument leveling has been removed entirely to fix an exploit where leveled monuments stopped counting toward victory conditions.
AI Surrenders and Diplomacy
To prevent AI empires from entering inescapable bankruptcies upon surrender, the cost of ending a war has been adjusted with a linear scaling and a maximum cap of 5,000 Dust. Diplomatic penalties for following or ignoring specific victory paths have been reduced from 50 to 10 and -50 to -10, respectively.
Combat and Balance Tweaks
Defensive posture base defense bonuses have been reduced from +15 to +10, and the +5 defense bonus for defending on forest tiles has been removed, though forests still provide other benefits. The "Librarian" councilor trait cost reduction has been adjusted from -75 on science improvements to -15 on all improvements.
Why this patch matters
Update #29 directly targets Endless Legend 2's primary pain points by modernizing the interface and streamlining macro management. While balancing tweaks adjust early-game defense and AI diplomacy, the narrative upgrades make early access progression far smoother.