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Update 40874 is a patch in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, released on September 22, 2020.

Challenge scenario[]

Stability and performance[]

  • Implemented additional safeguards to defend against unsanctioned cheating.
  • Fixed an issue where queuing for consecutive matches with the same party could result in the loss of connection to multiplayer services.
  • Fixed a rare desync caused when players used "layering mode" in the Scenario Editor before joining a multiplayer game.

Gameplay[]

  • Fixed a rare issue where Gates could be permanently (unintentionally) locked in the "open" position.

Map balance[]

General[]

  • Increased the average distance between Berry Bushes and players' starting Town Center from 8 to 10 squares.

Maps[]

  • Arabia: Reduced the number of starting forests to 3 wooded areas per player, and increased their distance from the starting Town Center. Added elevated terrain around players' bases. Reduced the size of the oases and the length of cliffs that spawn throughout the map.
  • Bog Islands: Players now start with five extra Fishing Ships on Empire Wars, thus restoring the starting economic population to the standard 27 units.
  • Fortress: Removed unnecessary resource and animal spawns from the Deathmatch and Infinite Resource match types. Now, 7 extra Villagers will appear on all game modes, not just Regicide.
  • MegaRandom: Fixed a particular map generation which denied some players of their starting forests
  • Scandinavia: Players now start with a Mill and five extra Villagers next to their Deer on Empire Wars, thus restoring the starting economic population to the standard 27 units.
  • Socotra: Removed unnecessary resource spawns from the Infinite Resources match type. Starting resources are now generated farther from players' Town Centers.

AI[]

  • Fixed an issue where Villagers could endlessly bounce off each other in certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a rare issue where Villagers could get stuck when navigating to resource drop sites.

Localization[]

  • Fixed several Historical Battles where the incorrect audio lines would play when set to Castilian Spanish.
Patches/Updates/Hotfixes
Age of Empires
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RomeIcon The Rise of Rome 1.0a
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Age of Empires II
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Aoe2 hb HD Edition 2.1 ยท 2.2 ยท 2.3 ยท 2.5 ยท 2.6 ยท 2.7 ยท 2.8
AoE2-DLCicon-2 The Forgotten 3.0 ยท 3.1 ยท 3.2 ยท 3.3 ยท 3.4 ยท 3.5 ยท 3.6 ยท 3.6a ยท 3.7 ยท 3.8 ยท 3.9 ยท 4.0 ยท 4.1 ยท 4.2 ยท 4.3
AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African Kingdoms 4.4 ยท 4.5 ยท 4.6 ยท 4.7 ยท 4.8 ยท 4.9
AoE2-DLCicon-4 Rise of the Rajas 5.0 ยท 5.1 ยท 5.3 ยท 5.4 ยท 5.5 ยท 5.6 ยท 5.7 ยท 5.8
AoE2-DLCicon-5 The Last Khans 32708 ยท 32911 ยท 33059 ยท 33164 ยท 33315 ยท 34055 (34223 ยท 34397) ยท 34699 (34793 ยท 35209) ยท 35584 ยท 36202 ยท 36906 ยท 37650 (37906) ยท 39284 (39515) ยท 40220 ยท 40874 ยท 41855 ยท 42848 (43210)
AoE2Icon-LordsWest Lords of the West 44725 (44834 ยท 45185) ยท 46295 ยท 47820 ยท 50292 (50700)
Dawn of the Dukes icon Dawn of the Dukes 51737 (53347) ยท 54480 ยท 56005 ยท 58259 ยท 59165
AoE2Icon-DynastiesIndia Dynasties of India 61321 ยท 62085 ยท 63482 (63581) ยท 66692 (71094) ยท 73855 ยท 75350 ยท 77209 ยท 78174 (78757) ยท 81058 (82587)
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AoE2Icon-MountainRoyals The Mountain Royals 95810 (96976) ยท 99311 (99404) ยท 104954
Aoe2 hb Victors and Vanquished 107882 ยท 108769 (109739) ยท 111772 (113358 ยท 114480) ยท 117204 ยท 118476 ยท 125283 (127161)
Age of Mythology
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Aom original icon Mac 1.0.1 ยท 2.0 ยท 2.01
AoM The Titans icon The Titans 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03
AoM Extended icon Extended Edition 1.5 ยท 1.6 ยท 1.7 ยท 1.8 ยท 1.9 ยท 1.10 ยท 1.11 ยท 1.12
AoM Extended icon Tale of the Dragon 2.0 ยท 2.1 ยท 2.2 ยท 2.3 ยท 2.4 ยท 2.5 ยท 2.6 ยท 2.7 ยท 2.8
AoMIcon-Retold Retold 17.18697 ยท 17.22308 ยท 17.27932 ยท 17.30764 (17.31993) ยท 17.36100 (17.38008) ยท 17.43876
Age of Empires III
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3WCIcon48px The WarChiefs 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03 ยท 1.04 ยท 1.05 ยท 1.06
3ADIcon48px The Asian Dynasties 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03
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Age3DE Icon The African Royals 38254 (39346) ยท 43871 ยท 47581 ยท 50830 ยท 54545 ยท 56860 ยท 61213 ยท 13.690 ยท 13.4412
Age3DE Icon Knights of the Mediterranean 13.9057 ยท 13.10442 ยท 13.12327 ยท 13.18214 ยท 13.27885 (13.29366 ยท 13.29985) ยท 13.38085 ยท 13.58326 ยท 14.3853 ยท 14.43676 ยท Update 15.30007 ยท Patch 15.30007 ยท 15.59076 (Data Patch)
GameIcon-AoE4 Age of Empires IV
Release Patch 7989 ยท Update 8324 ยท Patch 9369 ยท Patch 10257 ยท Patch 11009 ยท Patch 11963
Season One Season One Update ยท Server-Side Patch 12973 ยท Patch 14681 ยท Patch 15965
Season Two Season Two Update 17718 ยท Patch 20249 ยท Patch 23349
Season Three Update 24916 ยท Patch 5.1.148 ยท Server-Side Patch 5.1.148.1 ยท Patch 5.2.131
Season Four Update 6.0.878 ยท Patch 6.1.130
Season Five Update 7.0.5861 (Hotfix 7.0.5976 ยท Hotfix 7.0.6026) ยท Patch 7.1.113
Xbox release Update 8.0.185 ยท Patch 8.1.276 ยท Patch 8.2.218
Season Six Update 9.1.176 ยท Patch 9.1.370 ยท Patch 9.2.628
Season Seven Update 10.0.576 ยท Patch 10.1.48
Season Eight Update 11.0.782 ยท Patch 11.1.1201
Season Nine Update 12.0.1974  ยท Patch 12.0.2246
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