Patch 9369 is a patch in Age of Empires IV, released on December 9, 2021.
Balance[]
Springald[]
- Cost increased from 200 wood, 200 gold to 250 wood, 250 gold.
- Bonus damage vs. siege engines increased from 20 to 90.
- Base damage reduced from 60 to 30.
- Move speed decreased from 4 to 3.75.
Bug Fixes[]
General[]
- Fixes for various exploits that saw deleted buildings return too many additional resources. This fix applies to several combinations of buildings and technologies you've reported, including:
- Deleting a building with the Court Architects tech no longer returns additional resources.
- Combining the French Keep Influence and unit generation will no longer result in a refund of additional resources. Similar fixes have been put into place for the Chinese and Rus civilizations.
- Deleting or having Rus Hunting Cabin buildings destroyed will no longer result in increased Gold generation.
- Deleting an intersection of Stone Wall no longer returns additional stone.
- Minor stability fixes for crashes encountered on specific DirectX versions.
Abbasid Dynasty[]
- Technologies can no longer be researched at multiple buildings to apply a stacking effect. This previously impacted technologies within the House of Wisdom, including Phalanx, Composite Bows, and Camel Handling.
Chinese[]
- Fix for an exploit with the Chinese Traders and Neutral and Allied Markets.
Known issues[]
- Currently, UI Narration is available in English-only.
- Mongol civilization players can produce additional Gold by storing a Relic within a Prayer Tent and then repeatedly packing and unpacking the building.
- Prelates do not always auto-inspire units when moving between groups.
- Lodya Attack Ships currently receive more health than they should.
- Khaganate Palace Landmark Unable to Pack Up.
- Spearmen for specific civilizations do not properly brace against attacks.
