Campaign

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 create custom campaigns.

Age of Empires[edit | edit source]

Demo campaigns[edit | edit source]

Dawn of Civilization (Egyptians, beta only)
Reign of the Hittites (Hittites, officially added in the Definitive Edition)
Armies At War, A Combat Showcase (Egyptians)

The Rise of Rome[edit | edit source]

Rise of Rome (Romans)
Ave Caesar (Romans)
Imperium Romanum (Romans, previously Pax Romana in The Rise of Rome)
Enemies of Rome (Carthaginians, Macedonians, Romans, Palmyrans)

Demo campaigns[edit | edit source]

First Punic War (Carthaginians, officially added in the Definitive Edition)

With the release of the Definitive Edition, both Reign of the Hittites and First Punic War campaigns were included officially.

Age of Empires II[edit | edit source]

The Age of Kings[edit | edit source]

The Conquerors[edit | edit source]

The Forgotten[edit | edit source]

HD: The African Kingdoms[edit | edit source]

The campaign menu in *The African Kingdoms*

HD: Rise of the Rajas[edit | edit source]

The campaign menu in *Rise of the Rajas*

DE: The Last Khans[edit | edit source]

The gold, silver and bronze medals awarded upon scenario/campaign completion.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition contains all of the original campaigns from Age of Empires II, with new ones added: The Art of War and The Last Khans. Unlike the original game, a completed scenario selection will be marked with a bronze, silver or gold medal depending on whether the scenario was beaten on the "standard", "moderate" or "hard" difficulty respectively. If an entire campaign is completed, the selection of the campaign will also feature a medal, which corresponds to the lowest difficulty a scenario is completed at. In addition, all campaigns are now classified by continent, but still show what expansion it belongs to (e.g. the Sundjata campaign is located in the African section, but still shows that it belongs to the The African Kingdoms expansion), and both Battles of the Conquerors and Battles of the Forgotten are now grouped into only one section called "Historical Battles".

Note: Pachacuti replaces the El Dorado campaign from the The Forgotten expansion.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The reasons why the Pachacuti campaign replaces the El Dorado campaign remain unknown, but it is believed that it is because the player rarely controlled properly the Incas in El Dorado; instead, the player controlled the Spanish more often, being seen more as another Spanish campaign, which is evidenced in the plot.
Despite the fact that The Last Khans is an exclusive expansion of the Definitive Edition, in the game files it is possible to find the description of the campaigns for the expansion pack, which can be deduced that it was planned as another DLC for the HD Edition, and the Tamerlane campaign also has a slightly different description to the one seen officially.