Patch 5.8 is a patch in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas, released on September 6, 2018. It was the last patch released for the HD Edition. According to the list of branches on SteamDB, a Patch 5.9 was planned.
General[]
- Eagle Scout training time in Castle Age +3s (from 32s to 35s), same as Eagle Warrior.
- Fixed the issue with Siege Workshops not receiving extra hit points and armor in the Imperial Age.
- Fixed the issue causing the attack sound of Galleons to not play.
- Fixed the issue with buildings placed on desert, cracked terrain not receiving a bonus damage when being attacked.
- Hunting Dogs effect no longer appears in games with starting ages later than Dark Age.
- Watch Towers, Guard Towers, and Keeps cost +25w.
- Siege Tower collision size changed from 0.50 to 0.45.[note 1]
- Coinage moved up to Castle Age, Banking moved up to Imperial Age.
- Fire Galleys do 1 damage to Fishing Ships (reduced from 3).[note 2][note 1]
Berbers[]
- (Elite) Camel Archers training time +4s (from 21s to 25s).[note 1]
Burmese[]
Inca[]
- Free Llama bonus is no longer tied to the scout; requires Town Center on nomad-style maps.
- Couriers cost +200 food, +400 gold (from 400 food, 200 gold to 600 food, 600 gold).
Indians[]
- (Elite) Elephant Archers +2 archer armor vs anti-Archers attacks (from -2 to 0).
- (Elite) Elephant Archers -2 armor vs anti-Cavalry Archers attacks (from 0 to -2).
- Camels no longer receive +1 melee armor bonus.[note 1]
Italians[]
- Fishing Ship cost bonus reduced to 15% (from 20%).
Koreans[]
- Faster building fortifications bonus is reduced for towers (similar to how the Spanish building bonus is reduced for Wonders) to 5%.
Khmer[]
- No-building-requirement bonus no longer works in full tech tree games.
- Khmer receive Arbalester upgrade.
Malay[]
- Infinite Fish Trap bonus no longer works in full tech tree games.
- (Elite) Karambit Warrior cost changed to 30 food, 15 gold (from 25 food, 10 gold).
Maya[]
- Farmers work at closer speed to the farmers of other civilizations.
Saracens[]
- Mamelukes receive 5 less damage from Halberdiers.[note 3]
Slavs[]
- Farming bonus is closer to the intended +15% value (multiplier reduced from 1.31 to 1.28).[note 1]
Teutons[]
- Team bonus no longer overrides Faith technology in post-Imperial Age start games.
Vietnamese[]
- Reveal enemy bonus no longer works in full tech tree games.
- (Elite) Rattan Archers +5 hit points.
- Archer hit point bonus changed to immediate +20% hit points to Archery Range units (instead of the staggered effect).
Trivia[]
- This is the last patch for the HD Edition, although a patch 5.9 was in the works.
- This was the state of the game for over one year.
- The patch notes of this patch were posted in the beta stage, but not in release state.
- This was the first patch in the series whose patch notes were posted on the ageofempires website.
- There was an additional change in the beta which did not make it to the live branch:
- Villagers and towers do a reduced bonus damage vs walls before Castle Age.[How much?]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Not present in the beta
- ↑ This is done by replacing the Ships armor class with a Fishing Ships armor class with all identical attack values except for the Fire Galley's.
- ↑ This is done by replacing the Cavalry armor class along with its +11 value with a new Mamelukes armor class with all attack values reduced by 11 except for the Halberdier's which is reduced by 16.
