Patch 1.0 is the patch accompanying the launch of Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, first released on August 24, 2000. It lists only the changes between the civilizations of previous version of the game, and The Conquerors, and not all new features.
Some changes of this patch were backported to The Age of Kings a week later.
While the changes are mentioned in the manual, it does not mention exact details. For example, it mentions that Samurai move faster, but does not mention how much faster. The manual is also not complete.
The format here is different from that in the manual.
General changes[]
Unit changes[]
- (Heavy) Cavalry Archer:[note 1]
- Move slower (1.43 → 1.4 tiles/sec)
- Heavy Cavalry Archer - Creation speed increased (34 → 27 sec)
- Elite Skirmisher: Anti-Cavalry Archers attack (0 → +2)
- Archer: Creation speed decreased (27 → 35 sec)
- (Heavy) Camel:
- Move faster (1.4 → 1.45 tiles/sec)
- Cavalry armor class replaced with Ships armor class:
- Attack bonus from Spearman and Pikemen decreased (15/22 → 7/11)
- Attack bonus from (Heavy) Camels decreased (10/18 → 5/9)
- Camels receive bonus damage from Bombard Cannons, Town Centers, towers, Castles, and ships.[note 2]
- (Heavy) Camels deal bonus damage against ships[note 2] (0 → 5/9)
- Bombard Cannons:
- More anti-Siege Weapons attack (0 → +20)
- More hit points (50 → 80)
- Projectiles move faster (3.5 → 4 tiles/sec)[note 3]
- No unlocking cost (except Chemistry)
- Hand Cannoneers:
- Increased anti-infantry attack (+8 → +10)
- No unlocking cost (except Chemistry)
- Increased accuracy (55% → 65%)
- Spearmen:
- Foot archers more attack vs. Spearmen (0 → +2)
- (Heavy) Cavalry Archers and (Elite) Mangudai more attack vs. Spearmen (0 → +1)
- Towers and Castles more attack vs. Spearmen (0 → +2)
- Gain attack bonus against Ships[note 2] (0 → 7/11)
- Mangonel, Onager & Siege Onager:
- Move faster (0.5 → 0.6 tiles/sec)
- Projectiles move faster (2.9 → 3.5 tiles/sec, but not with Chemistry)[note 3]
- Primary projectiles have lower projectile arc (0.6 → 0.4), which matches that of secondary projectiles
- Anti-Siege Weapons attack (0 → +12)
- Do not auto-attack if it may harm friendly units
- (Heavy) Scorpion:
- Pass-through damage increased[note 1]
- Range (5 → 7) and Line of Sight (7 → 9) increased but cannot be upgraded with Fletching, Bodkin Arrow, or Bracer (at the Blacksmith)
- Minimum range increased (1 → 2)
- Attack delay increased (0 → 0.21 sec)
- Gain 0 melee attack in addition to pierce attack
- Does not benefit twice from Chemistry[note 4]
- Scout Cavalry, Light Cavalry & Hussar:[note 5]
- Gain anti-Monks damage (6 for Scout Cavalry and 10 for Light Cavalry) vs. Monks not carrying Relics and Missionaries,[note 5] but not against Monks with Relics
- More resistant to conversion by Monks and Missionaries[note 5] (3 → 8 conversion resistance level)
- Light Cavalry do not benefit twice from Husbandry[note 4]
- Swordsmen line: Have piercing armor (0 → 1)
- Monks without Relics and Missionaries[note 5] do not benefit from Fervor, but Monks with Relics do.
Building changes[]
- Town Center:
- Cost increased to 275 wood, 100 stone (stone cost: 0 → 100)
- Takes longer to build (100 → 150 sec)
- Fletching, Bodkin Arrow and Bracer (at the Blacksmith) improve Town Center attack and Line of Sight (but not range)
- However, the tool tips of the said technologies have not been updated as the description for them still mentions an increase to a Town Center's range.
- Outpost:
- Fish Trap: Takes longer to build (15 → 53 sec)
Other changes[]
- Relics: Generate more gold[How much?]
- Heroes cannot be converted at all, automatically heal themselves, have protected formation and have default defensive stance.
- Default base armor changed from 232 to 1,000
- Sanctity effect changed from +50% to +15 hit points - change does not affect standard units; description not updated
Civilization changes[]
In addition, each The Age of Kings civilization can create the new units and research the new technologies in The Conquerors expansion. For information about the units and technologies available to each civilization, see common units and common technologies sections in the expansion page.
Britons[]
- Town Centers cost -50% wood, but only in the Castle Age and Imperial Age. In other words, the Town Center wood discount removed in the Dark and Feudal Ages.
Byzantines[]
- Team bonus: Monks heal 50% faster, not 200%.
- (Elite) Cataphracts:
- +12/16 (regular/elite) armor vs. anti-Cavalry attacks
- Attack reload time: 2/2 → 1.8/1.7
- Training time reduced (23 → 20 sec)
Celts[]
- Woad Raiders:
- Creation speed increased (16 → 10 sec)
- Have piercing armor (0 → 1)
Chinese[]
- Start with -50 wood (in addition to starting with -150 food).
- All projectiles of Chu Ko Nu gain 0 melee attack in addition to pierce attack.
Goths[]
- Hunters carry +15 meat.
- Huntable animals have their own armor class, instead of being in the Siege Weapons armor class. As such, Villagers lose their +5 attack bonus against siege weapons.
- (Elite) Huskarls:
- Increased attack vs. archers (+3/4 → +6/10)
- Increased piercing armor (4/6 → 6/8)
- Move faster (0.9 → 1.05 tiles/sec)
- Non-Elite Huskarl - Training time reduced to match that of Elite Huskarl (26/16 → 16 seconds)
Japanese[]
- (Elite) Samurai:
- Move faster (0.9 → 1 tiles/sec)
- Anti-Unique Units attack increased (5/6 → 10/12)
- Have piercing armor (0 → 1)
- Attack faster (2 → 1.9 sec; Japanese civilization bonus not included)
Mongols[]
- (Elite) Mangudai:
- Movement speed increased (1.43 → 1.45 tiles/sec)
- Accuracy decreased (100% → 95%)
- Attack slower (2 → 2.1 sec; Mongols civilization bonus not included)
- Creation speed decreased (21 → 26 sec)
Saracens[]
Teutons[]
- Town Centers have +5 Line of Sight instead of +5 range.
Turks[]
- Hussar upgrade free.[note 5]
- Gunpowder units +25% hit points, not +50%.
- (Elite) Janissary:
- Attack increased (15/18 → 17/22)
- Accuracy decreased (55% → 50%)
- Anti-Infantry attack removed (used to be +4/+8 in The Age of Kings).
Vikings[]
- Berserks: Have piercing armor (0 → 1).
- Team bonus: Docks cost -25%, not -33%.
Bug fixes[]
- Computer Player Resigning Bug - The computer player will no longer resign after a few minutes of play (previously available in the AI Update).
- Fish Trap Bug - You can no longer build a Fish Trap on top of an existing fish resource.
- Fishing Ship Bug - You can no longer use a Fishing Ship to construct buildings other than a Fish Trap.
- Flare and Waypoint Bug - The game no longer crashes when you set a flare or waypoint location at the very Southern-most point on the map.
- Cooperative Farming Bug - When you take over a Farm foundation built by an ally, you can no longer extract more than the standard amount of food from that Farm.
- Farming on Forest Bug - You can no longer build a Farm or Wall on top of a partially cut section of forest.
- Unit Ignoring Orders Bug - Units no longer ignore orders under some circumstances.
- Trebuchet Firing Bug - Trebuchets no longer miss targets that are on a different elevation.
- Single-Player Campaign After Regicide Bug - A single-player game will no longer automatically end immediately after a multiplayer game of Regicide was played.
- Scenario Editor Bugs - A number of Scenario Editor bugs have been fixed.
UI changes[]
- The Random Map game in The Age of Kings is now called the standard game, and the interface is simplified to make it easier to choose which type of standard game to play.
- Some objects have a different design.
Trivia[]
- The changelog for this patch is still present in the files of every version of Age of Empires II from this patch onward, including the Definitive Edition. It can be found as the file 'TC Manual.pdf' in the docs folder (within the folder for each language).
- Only the Franks and Persians did not receive any direct changes other than unique technologies.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The manual is wrong here.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Due to the latter sharing armor class with Camels
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Incorrectly written to be firing faster
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Was previously benefitting due to effects to unit and class both
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Not exactly a change, since the unit was introduced simultaneously with this patch
