Misc

• Late game performance optimizations
  
• Minor UI adjustments
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the game server thread would not always shut down properly after exiting a single player game
  
• Fixed an issue where the game could hang on quit
  
• Fixed an error that could occur when viewing challenge leaderboards
  

Ladder Season 2 Begins

• Ladder rankings reset on July 16, 2024
  
• Your best Season 1 ranking can still be showcased using the distinct Season 1 and Season 2 badges
  

Level Cap Raised to 100

• Various cosmetic rewards added for levels 50 to 100 (Badges, Avatars, Banners, Titles, Pets)
  

One More Turn...

• Players can now choose to continue playing after a single-player game ends
  
• This will not affect your challenge scores, Hegemon scores, or your level progress
  
• Game balance and performance may suffer as the game continues beyond its intended length
  

Retry Button

• Challenge players can rejoice in only having to click 1 Retry button to restart a challenge or any other Single Player game
  
• Retrying a Daily Challenge will count as a challenge attempt
  
• Using the Retry button will use the same map generation seed for skirmish games
  

Data Collection for Next-Gen AI

• We're collecting information on player behavior to experiment with creating a new AI
  
• This data is automatically collected in multiplayer games but is by default not collected during single-player
  
• If you wish to help us out, it can be enabled for single-player in the game menu. Be aware that this could result in a large amount of data being sent to our servers so is not recommended on a metered network connection
  
• This is experimental and in the extremely early stages - it may not lead to a better AI
  

New Achievements

• Beloved - Get 25 We Love You points. Rewards: The Beloved title and Bald Eagle pet
  
• Woodchuck - Control 10 lumbermills. Reward: Beaver pet
  
• Polar Super Power - Control 5 tundra hexes. Reward: Penguin pet
  

Multiplayer Game Technical Log

• A technical log file is now available after a multiplayer game which can be used to discern what actions the other human players took during the game
  
• On Windows the files are located at: C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Main Tank Software\Hexarchy\player_stats_.json
  
• This contains statistics about the game in JSON format - you may need a technical background to make use of it
  

Misc / Fixes

• Can now view previous challenge results without completing the current challenge
  
• Warship now correctly gives a Victory Point like Catapult and Cannon
  
• Fixed the Daily Challenge screen Discord button
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Pathfinder promotion could block Warship movement
  

Balance

• Fort grants vision of the surrounding area
  
• Great Lighthouse grants vision of the surrounding area
  
• Infrastructure and Conscription can no longer be played while potential target cards are stored for next turn
  
• Can build roads through allied territory
  

Misc

• Can mouseover player names on leaderboards to view their unique banner
  
• Farm and Winery models updated
  
• Holy Site model updated
  
• Iron, Stone, Marble, and Salt graphics updated (no more cubes!)
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that was allowing players to identify bots in multiplayer games
  
• Fixed an issue where palace hammers would be lost for a turn when capital is moved to a new city
  
• Fixed an issue where an enemy unit could show in the selection window on a hex where it no longer is
  
• Fixed an issue where a pillaging a city could remove ownership for a hex being worked by a different city
  
• Fixed an issue in tutorial level 2 where it could ask you to pickup a resource in your inventory when there is none
  

New Naval Unit

New Unit Ability

The Vikings

New worlds

Other balance changes

Conquer the continents tournament!

Full patch notes

• Ranged naval unit
  
• 7 strength
  
• Unlocks with Astronomy
  

• Turn a unit into a boat that can travel over water
  
• Requires hex with Harbor in most cases
  
• Costs 1 Hammer
  
• Units that have embarked once can re-embark without a Harbor
  
• Movement bonuses are only 50% effective on embarked units
  

• When you Embark a unit, draw a card that grants Charge once per turn
  
• Get luxury resources and extra victory points when pillaging
  

• Unlocks a tech tier 2
  
• 8 strength
  
• Cost 3 Hammer or 2 Luxury
  
• Can Embark for free from any hex
  
• Card gains 1 strength every 2 turns
  

• Unlocks at tech tier 3
  
• Cost 3 Hammer or 3 Luxury
  
• For this turn, give a unit +8 Strength, Charge, and Mobilize
  

• Pangea - classic one continent
  
• Continents - 2 or more continents with bonus islands
  
• New World - 2 or more continents but all players start on the same one
  

• Jaguar starting strength increased to 5
  
• Scout gather ability always costs 1 hammer
  
• City maintenance over water without harbor reduced
  
• Harbor no longer grants free resources when built
  
• Vanguard cost reduced to 2 Hammers
  
• Military Engineer cost reduced to 1 Hammer
  

• "Fast Events" menu option to significantly increase speed at which events play between turns
  
• New "No Immediate Charges" game setting to disallow Charge attacks for a unit on the turn it was built
  
• Max zoom level increased slightly
  
• New Achievements!
  

• Pillaged cities no longer block movement on the turn they were pillaged
  
• Fixed an issue where a captured city could permanently say it requires more Gold
  
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause multiplayer co-op matches to hang
  
• Fixed an issue where UI could get messed up when joining for a multiplayer game from a single player score screen
  

Balance Changes

• Selling a specific resource type (eg Whale, Gems, Cows, Stone) will now give 1 less gold each time you sell it during the same turn
  
• City gold maintenance calculation adjustments - overall should be higher, especially for small cities
  
• City gold maintenance reduced on Easy and Normal difficulties
  
• Chance of getting We Love You effects increases more with city population size
  
• Resource market price calculation adjustments
  
• Hut and Harbor random resources no longer favor Food and Luxury
  
• Harbor immediate free resources increase with population size
  
• Harbor gold production decreased to 1
  
• Harbor cost increased to 3 hammers
  
• Harbor enables water routes for city maintenance
  
• Jeweler gold production increased to 2
  
• Pasture adds 1 gold yield to hex
  
• Mine adds 1 gold yield to hex
  
• Russia city food yield bonus changed to 1 + population/3
  
• Workshop gold yield added to hex increased to 3
  
• Temple now also gives 1 gold per Holy Site you control
  
• Courthouse culture production increased to 2
  
• Fishing Hut food yield bonus increased to 2
  
• Monument now effects allied cities
  
• Satrap cannot capture a Holy Site with a Settler next to it
  
• In multiplayer, only military units can capture Holy Sites if an enemy settler is adjacent to it
  
• City build, Satrap, and Holy Site captures will no longer take hexes occupied by an enemy unit
  
• Hammers always higher priority than gold for auto worker assignment
  

Misc

• Improved Steam Deck / Controller support
  
• Added a visual indicator for a city when it has Unrest
  
• Challenge objectives will no longer require you to control more than 4 Holy Sites (after this week)
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with Arc de Triomph that could cause the number of points it grants to decrease
  
• Fixed issue where order or yield resources would change when refreshing
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause "disconnects" in single-player if your device went to sleep for a long period of time
  
• Fixed an error that occur when building a Legionnaire
  
• Fixed an issue where units would briefly show the wrong strength value
  
• Fixed an issue where enemy controlled hexes could show as unattached from the rest of their territory
  
• Fixed glitches in the shadows from several civilization specific units
  

Fixes

• Fixed issue where arrow keys would navigate UI elements and pan camera when in mouse and keyboard mode
  
• Note: This fix means the controller DPAD no longer switches the game into controller mode. You must press a controller button such as B to activate controller mode.
  

Misc

• The TAB keyboard key will now switch the game from controller to mouse and keyboard mode. Steam Deck defaults to controller mode - if using a mouse and keyboard with the Steam Deck press TAB at the start of a match to force it to switch to mouse and keyboard mode.
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Single-player Team games could generate a map with less than 4 start positions
  
• Fixed an error with citizen display and movement
  

Multiplayer Cooperative

Single Player Teams

Full Controller Support

Balance changes

Patch Notes for Update 1.1.926

New Game Modes

• Multiplayer Cooperative - play on a team with human players against one or more AI teams
  
• Single Player Teams - play on a team with other AI players against one or more AI teams
  

Team Play Rules

• Each player still chooses their own civilization
  
• All Wonder bonuses are shared
  
• Cannot build duplicate Wonders with teammates, even on the same turn
  
• Victory points are shared
  
• Victory points required to win are multiplied by number of civilizations per team
  
• Vision is shared with teammates
  
• Cannot attack teammate units or cities
  
• Cannot claim teammate territory
  

Controller Support

• Full controller support without use of mouse and keyboard
  
• Recommend using DPAD for navigation with our official layout but joystick mouse can also be used
  
• More improvements are planned - please give us your feedback
  

Balance

• All Technology hammer costs increased by 1-2 hammers
  
• Paying to move a citizen makes moving the citizen free for the rest of the turn
  
• AI tweaks
  

Misc

• More multiplayer data usage optimizations that should improve performance
  
• New City, Holy Site, and Hut card illustrations
  
• Added glow effect to Destroy Card button if no cards destroyed yet this turn
  
• Dotted lines that indicate citizens working hexes are now bold for a city when the city hex is selected
  

Fixes

• Fixed issue where building an improvement on a hex would remove Battlefields
  
• Fixed an issue where city pillages would remove nearby Battlefields
  

Fixes

• Several Chinese localization fixes and improvements
  
• Fixed errors that could occur related to the deck inspection popup