Buss Pass required for field trips, found in level 2. Field trips available from level 3's The Pitstop. Players can access hub areas with free-explorable spaces
New councilor tasks allow rulers to purge or corrupt conquered territories. Purge removes population and changes culture/faith to player's faith. Corrupt removes corruption and adds modifiers to affected counties. Holy Light rulers can both purge and cleanse, Fel rulers only corrupt
Runes are new gameplay mechanic offering additional spells and abilities. Runes are accessible to all races and factions except quest-specific ones. Phase 1-5 have 12-20 runes per class