Update 155976 is a minor update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, released on September 16, 2025. It addresses gameplay issues and bugs reported by the community.
Game[]
General[]
- Fixed an issue where Microsoft Store / Game Pass on PC failed to recognize installed DLC.
Stability and performance[]
- Fixed an issue where launching the game from CaptureAge with Steam not running triggered an assertion and crash instead of gracefully handling the Steam initialization error.
Graphics[]
- Fixed an issue where 3D water rendering failed to display, showing flat water even with the 3D Water option enabled.
UI[]
- Fixed an issue where civilizations remained hidden to spectators even after the match started when Hide Civilizations and a spectator delay were enabled.
Hotkeys[]
- Fixed an issue where the Elite Cannon Galleon lacked a training hotkey after researching the upgrade, preventing production via hotkey.
Consoles[]
- Fixed an issue where appropriate player usernames were incorrectly censored.
Gameplay[]
General[]
- Fixed an issue where units could skip subsequent shift-queued attack targets if an earlier target was destroyed.
- Fixed an issue where Onagers could stop after the first target when given shift-queued attack orders.
- Fixed an issue where Wild Chickens and their variants could be lured/pushed to the Town Center instead of remaining unlurable as intended.
- Fixed an issue where deleting a Scorpion mid-shot could let its projectile destroy resource nodes.
- Fixed an issue where Farms could gain infinite food.
- Fixed an issue where Poles bonus gold generation while mining stone was inconsistent.
- Fixed an issue where the Cenotes map failed to spawn the standard four starting Sheep near the player.
Campaign[]
Attila the Hun #1: The Scourge of God: Fixed an issue where choosing to save Bleda failed to trigger the follow-up event after the Iron Boar, blocking progression.
Liu Bei #1: The Oath of the Peach Garden: Fixed an issue where the scenario objective to destroy enemy hideouts failed to complete even after the hideouts were destroyed and the enemy resigned.
Chronicles[]
Campaigns[]
- Grand Campaign #7: Earth and Water: Fixed an issue where the Hall of Emissaries on Delos could not be constructed because the foundation disappeared when builders approached.
- #14 The Fruits of Empire: Fixed the bug where the Wonder foundation in the marked area was deleted as soon as builders approached.
Modding[]
General[]
- Fixed an issue where data mods containing an English strings file failed to load, unless the English file was duplicated across every language.
