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The campaigns in the Age of Empires games are separate series of scenarios based on historical or mythical events that feature cinematic cutscenes, narrative elements, often special objectives, and unique units.

The Campaign Editor (contained in the Scenario Editor) allows players to link custom scenarios to create custom campaigns.

Age of Empires[]

Age of Empires[]

Icon Name Civilization No. of scenarios

Ascent of Egypt Egyptians 12

Glory of Greece Greeks 8

Voices of Babylon Babylonians 8

Yamato, Empire of the Rising Sun Yamato 8


The Rise of Rome[]

Name Civilization No. of scenarios Notes

The Rise of Rome Romans 6 Called Rise of Rome in The Rise of Rome

Ave Caesar Romans 4

Imperium Romanum Romans
Palmyrans
5 Called Pax Romana in The Rise of Rome

Enemies of Rome Carthaginians
Macedonians
Romans
Palmyrans
4


With the release of the Definitive Edition, all intros and outros are performed by a voice actor (Michael Corby Gallegos) and both Reign of the Hittites and First Punic War campaigns are included in the base game. With the release of Return of Rome, there is no postgame Victory/Loss/Aftermath text.

Return of Rome[]

Icon Name Difficulty Civilization No. of scenarios

Sargon of Akkad
Sumerians 5

Pyrrhus of Epirus
Macedonians 5

Trajan
Romans 5


All the campaigns which are available in Return of Rome are:

Demo campaigns[]

Name Civilization No. of scenarios Demo for Notes
Dawn of Civilization Egyptians 5 Age of Empires Beta only
Reign of the Hittites Hittites 5 Age of Empires Added to the base game in the Definitive Edition
Armies At War, A Combat Showcase Egyptians 1 Age of Empires Demo only
The First Punic War Carthaginians 3 The Rise of Rome Added to the base game in the Definitive Edition

Age of Empires II[]

Main article: Campaign (Age of Empires II)

Age of Mythology[]

Expansion Campaign No. of scenarios

Age of Mythology Learn to Play
(replaced by Tutorial in Retold)
3

Age of Mythology Fall of the Trident 32

Age of Mythology The Golden Gift 4

The Titans The New Atlantis 12

Tale of the Dragon
(removed in Retold)
Tale of the Dragon
(removed in Retold)
9

Retold Tutorial 1

New Gods Pack: Freyr Mythical Battles 1

Immortal Pillars Pillars of the Gods 9

Heavenly Spear Heavenly Spear 12


Standalone scenarios[]

Difficulty levels[]

Campaigns in Age of Mythology are available in Standard, Moderate, and Hard difficulty. The Titans introduces Titan difficulty, while Retold introduces Ludicrous difficulty in update 17.51177. The icons for the various levels in Retold are:

Age of Empires III[]

Age of Empires III[]

Campaign Civilization Main opponents Years No. of scenarios

Act I: Blood Knights of St. John Ottomans
Spanish
1565–1566 8

Act II: Ice John Black's Mercenaries British 1756–1757 8

Act III: Steel United States* Circle of Ossus 1817–1818 8
* This is a different civilization than the later released United States.

The WarChiefs[]

Campaign Civilization Main opponents Years No. of scenarios

Act I: Fire Black Family Estate British
Germans
1775–1781 8

Act II: Shadow Black Family Estate Lakota
United States*
Reno Gang (Definitive Edition)
1866–1876 7
* This is a different civilization than the later released United States.

The Asian Dynasties[]

In The Asian Dynasties, the three new campaigns can be played right from the start. It does not require finishing one campaign to unlock another, unlike the previous sets of campaigns.

Campaign Civilization Main opponents Years No. of scenarios

Act I: Japan Japanese Japanese 1598–1600 5

Act II: China Chinese Chinese
Indians
Aztecs
1421–1422 5

Act III: India Indians Indians
British
1857 5


Definitive Edition[]

The Definitive Edition contains all of the campaigns from Age of Empires III, with two new ones: Historical Battles and The Art of War. Just like Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, the completed scenarios are marked by a medal, depending on the difficulty. It is bronze for easy, silver for moderate, and gold for hard. The The Asian Dynasties campaigns can be played freely instead having to be unlocked one after the other, and some story changes were made for the The WarChiefs campaign Act II: Shadow. On February 3, 2021, an event challenge scenario, Bombard Brawl, was added and can be accessed from the Challenges button on the top-right of the main menu. Three new Historical Battles are also added with the expansion The African Royals. Another three Historical Battles were added with the release of the Mexicans civilization add-on.

In Knights of the Mediterranean, a new game mode called Historical map was added, containing new maps which are a mix between real-world map skirmish matches and campaign scenarios, as they have a roster of civilizations for players to choose, have a variable number of players, and have special objectives for the players. Some maps can (only) be played online with other human players.

Age of Empires IV[]

Campaigns in Age of Empires IV do not use the same unit datasets and technology trees as in standard multiplayer or single player matches. This has the following implications:

  • They feature technologies, units, and buildings that were removed or changed since the release of the game
  • Some units, technologies, and landmarks may have different effects or balance compared to how they play in multiplayer or single player.

Like in Age of Empires III, due to the scarcity of civilizations, these campaigns feature non-playable civilizations, like the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Normans. Campaigns are also divided into various chapters, encompassing different time periods.

Campaign Civilization Main opponents Years No. of scenarios

The Rise of a King French [What?] 1046–1066 5

The Normans Normans*
English
Anglo-Saxon England
Danes
French
1066–1217 10

The Rise of Moscow Rus Mongols
Novgorod Republic
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1238–1552 8

The Hundred Years War French English
Holy Roman Empire
1351–1450 8

The Mongol Empire Mongols
Chinese*
Rus
Chinese
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary
1213–1273 9

The Sultans Ascend Ayyubids (campaign-only civilization - variant of the Abbasid Dynasty) Crusaders (campaign-only civilization - variant of the French) 1111–1426 8
* marked are playable in some scenarios. Most of the scenarios are playable as the main civilization.

Before the player can start the campaign scenarios, a short movie describing the historical background of the scenario is played.

Chronicles[]

A grand campaign in Chronicles is a long storyline with recurring characters, with players experiencing multiple civilizations and related historical events over a period of time, having multiple campaigns' worth of content when compared to campaigns in Age of Empires II.

Expansion Campaign No. of scenarios
Battle for Greece Battle for Greece 21

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings[]

Name Civilization No. of scenarios Difficulty
Joan of Arc (Tutorial) Franks 6 Tutorial
Minamoto Yoshitsune Japanese 5 Easy
Genghis Khan Mongols 5 Medium
Saladin Saracens 6 Hard
Richard the Lionheart Britons 6 Very Hard

Age of Empires: Mythologies[]

Campaigns[]

World Civilization No. of scenarios
Egypt Egyptians 8
Greece Greeks 8
Norse Norse 8

Scenarios[]

The scenarios are not really campaigns but are the equivalent of a single mission.

World Civilization No. of scenarios
Egypt Egyptians
Greeks
Norse
6
Greece Greeks 6
Norse Norse 6
Hells Egyptians
Greeks
Norse
6

Gallery[]

See also[]

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