Another major update to Age of Empires: Definitive Edition!

In Update 9, we are bringing some serious balance changes, including reduced training times for some early Archery Range units, common-sense upgrades to Scouts, and a big buff to cavalry units, especially Cataphracts.

We’ve also got some highly anticipated feature improvements, including a UI that displays how many villagers are on each resource, options to toggle blood, and resolution settings for full screen or windowed mode!

Here are the changes for Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Update 9:

Features:

Automatic File Transfer of scenarios and maps in the Multiplayer Lobby

UI now displays the amount of villagers working on each resource

Further unit AI improvements to reduce micromanagement

General AI improvements AI better at setting up economy on higher population limits AI no longer builds wonders on Conquest victory

Stability, performance and crash fixes

Options to toggle blood on/off

Bodies now darken on decay

Resolution settings can now be set in full screen or windowed mode

Language selection is now available in the pre-game options screen

Balance updates:

Bowman training time reduced from 30s to 26s

Slinger training time increased from 24s to 28s

Chariot Archers no longer do bonus Damage vs Priests

Scouts auto-attack

Scouts cost reduced from 100f to 80f

Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, Cataphract +1 pierce armor

Choson Clubman/Axeman +5 HP

Sacrifice cost reduced from 600g to 400g

Sumerians lose Craftsmanship

Yamato Cavalry and Horse Archer cost -20% (instead of -25%)

Romans: Buildings cost -10% (instead of -15%)

Cataphract +20HP

Priests now auto-heal wounded units

Update 9 is available for download today!

But we’re not done yet!

We hope you’re as excited as we are for update 9. We’ve got another big update on the way soon, and update 10 will include one of the community’s most-anticipated changes!

What do you think it will be? Discuss in our forums and keep your eyes peeled here and on our social media pages for more news and updates on the Age of Empires franchise!