Happy New Year, Age IV players! 2026 is going to be another big year for Age of Empires IV, and we look forward to sharing more details in the future about the two DLCs we announced late last year.
For now, we wanted to start the year off with some additional bug fixes and balance changes, as well as follow-up with a bulk reward of Perk Points for players who may have lost Perk Points from Masteries after the initial release of Dynasties of the East.
Read on to learn more about what’s new with this patch!
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This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!
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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!
—The Age of Empires Team
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Please Note: As part of updating to this latest build, any saved games and observable matches made on previous builds will be unable to be loaded or replayed.
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Season Twelve
Next Event: Something in the Water
The relaxing waves have brought back old friends but with new rewards! They might be monsters, but you’ll be the one sinking your teeth into the challenges while you take on the competition.
Improvements to the Map Monsters mode:
- Improved spawn logic for the monsters preventing them from spawning in inaccessible locations.
- Monster discovery results in the monster despawning with a visual effect.
Map Pool Rotation
We are excited to roll out the second mid-season map pool update of the season, bringing several classic favorites into rotation while refreshing a few maps that have been in the pool for a while. This rotation includes rotations across both Solo Ranked and Team Ranked!
1v1 Ranked Map Pool
- King of The Hill –> Socotra
- Ancient Spires –> Confluence
- Relic River –> Rocky River
- Ocean Gateway –> Baltic
- Sunkenlands –> Prairie
Team Ranked Map Pool
- Mountain Clearing –> Hedgemaze
- Lake Side –> Mongolian Heights
- Canyon –> Canal
- Waterholes –> Forest Ponds
- Prairie –> Himeyama
General Map Updates
- Nomadic Ridges & Nomadic Tarns removed from the Quickmatch FFA map pool.
- Number of map downvotes in Quickmatch increased from 15 to 25.
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This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!
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:alertalert: DISCLAIMER
This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.
