March of Empires
Update 69
[NEW FEATURES]
1. NEW PARAGON SKILL – SUPER BOOST
• +800% to your current highest Attack or Health bonus of an Army Units type (once activated it does not change upon switching Equipment Presets)
• Duration: 20 minutes
• Cooldown: 12 hours
2. Unequip All Items Button – a new button inside the Champion menu that allows you to instantly remove all equipped items
[QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS]
1. Complete Adventures with Gold – you can now instantly complete Adventures by paying Gold, instead of using Speed Up items
2. Relocation Confirmation Pop-Up Removal – you no longer need to give an additional confirmation when you’re using a Precise Relocation
[BALANCE CHANGES]
1. Spy Immunity
• 2h Immunity for 20 Security Points changed to 8h Immunity for 30 Security Points
• 8h Immunity for 60 Security Points changed to 24h for 100 Security Points
• 24h Immunity for 100 Security Points changed to 72h for 200 Security Points
2. World Encounters Reward Points Cost Increase – the cost of World Encounter Rewards Chests has been slightly increased, because Rewards Points items have been added to multiple events Leaderboard Rewards
3. Event Shop Rebalance – maximum Event Shop level raised from 7 to 10 and various new items have been added like Steel, Paragon XP, Mending Potions, Insight and others
4. Exotic Dealer Balance Update – the cost scaling for every next item bought from the Exotic Trader has been decreased. New items have been added, including Steel, Animal Food, Random Class Tokens and others
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme Rotation – Savages will invade the Realms. Smash their camps to retrieve the treasured they have stolen
2. New Path to Glory – complete the new Path to Glory to claim amazing rewards
Update 68
[BALANCE CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS]
ALLIANCE RAIDS
1. Dark Citadel
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations
• New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses)
• A new pool of Equipment Items to gain, that can be upgraded to Mythic rarity
2. Heroic Dark Citadel
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations
• New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses)
• A new Equipment Item “Argent Edge”
• Increased amount of Equipment Items rewards
• Increased Gold for the best Reward
• T6 Healing Tickets for Castles Level 35 as a Wave reward (instead of T5)
• Increased difficulty
3. The Brotherhood Assault
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations and a different Battle Tactic
• Slightly increased difficulty
• New Reward Chests (T5 to T6 Upgrade Vouchers and Animal License Chest)
• Increased Gold Reward
SPY IMMUNITY
1. 2h Immunity for 20 Security Points changed to 8h Immunity for 30 Security Points
2. 8h Immunity for 60 Security Points changed to 24h for 100 Security Points
3. 24h Immunity for 100 Security Points changed to 72h for 200 Security Points
BARBARIAN ASSAULT EVENT
1. Army changes:
• Army Size in Hordes slightly increased
• March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Capitals slightly increased
• March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Regional Structures increased
• The frequency of Barbarian Marches of higher-level Horde Camps towards Regional Structures slightly increased
• Slightly increased Army Attack and Health of all Horde Camps
• Slightly increased the March Speed of Barbarians, coming from Horde Camps Level 6 and 7
• Barbarian armies can now be in 2 additional Army Formations
• Barbarian Ranged Units can now shoot without moving
2. Gold Reward:
• Slightly increased the Overall Gold reward for defeating a Horde
• Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Capital
• Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Regional Structure
***Dev notes: The Barbarian Hordes’ changes affect only the Barbarian Assault event. They do not affect the Resistance Hordes that are spawned from an Imperial Decree.
PARAGON
1. Maximum Paragon level is now 275
2. New Paragon Skill – Super Boost
• +800% to your current highest Attack or Health bonus of an Army Units type (once activated it does not change upon switching Equipment Presets)
• Duration: 20 minutes
• Cooldown: 12 hours
EVENT REWARDS
***Dev notes: We are currently working on increasing and improving the Milestone and Leaderboard rewards for all existing events. Those changes will take place around 10 days after we release Update 68. The goal is to improve the balance for the acquisition of some resources that are crucial for the mid-late game progression.
1. Paragon Experience in all Paragon events is slightly increased
2. Healing Vouchers have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
3. Animal Food and Licenses have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
4. Mythic Bars have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
5. Some store-exclusive Equipment Chests have been added to the Leaderboard rewards of the Tug of War event and all Grand events (*might be added to other events’ rewards in the future)
6. Blitz events now have additional rewards for 51 – 100 place
7. Upgrade to Tier 6 Vouchers have been added to the Blitz Lottery Leaderboard Rewards, Realm Rivalry Leaderboard Rewards and Grand World Encounters Rewards
8. Milestone Rewards have been added to the History Narrative Events for each completed mission. Bonus rewards can be received if you activate the Event Pass.
9. Steel acquisition increased
• Steel received from Daily Quests Milestones from 180k to 480k
• Steel received from Traveling Hero Missions from 150k to 500k
• Steel received from Super Adventure from 100k to 600k
• Steel received from Alliance World Encounters solo progression from 1m to 10m
• Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Leaderboard from 300k to 1m
• Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Monthly Leaderboard from 5m to 20m
*Only players above a certain Castle level can receive Steel from the listed channels
DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS
1. All District Buildings now have 4 Enhancement Slots
2. New District Enhancement Items have been added
* To be unlocked a few days after the release of Update 68
[NEW FEATURES]
1. 9 new Scepter Equipment Items have been added to the game
2. Added a Fast Healing button in Atlantis
3. Event Buff for Historical Story Missions has been added – purchase this Buff to acquire 1 additional march and reduce all timers in World Map objects by 50%
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme Rotation: Thieves will invade the Realms! March against their camps and pillage them to retrieve the treasures they have stolen!
2. New Path to Glory
3. New Realm Age: Age of Valor
[QUALITY OF LIFE]
1. Battle Report notifications now have different colors based on the outcome of the battle
Update 67
[NEW FEATURES]
- Grand Chevaliers’ Event
A unique new event featuring 3rd person and 1st person gameplay mechanics. Test your mind and skill in the three different game modes: Jousting Encounter, Crossbow Competition and Obstacles Race. Beat the milestones and conquer the Leaderboard to claim a ton of prizes! Your first chance to try out the Grand Chevaliers’ Event is on 2 August.
- New Historical Story Mission “The Battle of Aljubarrota”
This new Historical story Mission was prepared in celebration of our partnership with Viagem – the biggest European Medieval festival. It follows the story of King Joao I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira during the Portuguese Crisis of 1383 – 1385. Complete the Story Mission successfully to claim all the prizes and to unlock King Joao as your new personal champion.
[EXTENSIONS]
- Maximum Champion level increased to 95
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- New Path to Glory
- World Encounters theme rotation: Gladiators
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
- Viagem Event Shop: 2 August – 11 August
- Viagem FREE Castle Skin Gift: unlocks on 1 August. Make sure to claim it from the Customizations menu before the end of August.
- MOE 8th Birthday: 13 August – we have planned many festive activities and special events for our 8th anniversary. Stay tuned for more news soon!
[BUG FIXES & BALANCE CHANGES]
- Subjugator's Greatmantle Cloak attributes bug fixed
- The Encampment Area of the Gladiator Arena slightly increased
- Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
Update 66
[NEW FEATURES]
- New Champion Equipment Slot – introducing Scepters, the newest type of equipment items that can make your Army Units stronger than ever
[QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS]
- Improved visibility of the Class Level XP
- Bundles Shop has been completely reworked and polished to provide better visibility, faster loading times and more special offers
- Hunting Tiles pop-up menu polished
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- World Encounters Theme Rotation - The Cabals have invaded the Realms! March against their Camps and defeat them to retrieve the treasures they have stolen
- New Path to Glory
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
Join our Liberty Celebration!
- Festive Event Shop: 3 July – 10 July
- Festive Calendar Rewards: 1 July – 7 July
- Pursuit of Liberty Multi-stage Holiday Event: 3 July – 7 July
- Freedom’s Stand Personal Story Mission: 3 July and 7 July
- 4th of July Tournament event and Gladiator Arena event rewards boost
Update 65
- New Animal Companion – Recon Falcon – this new PVE March Trait Animal Companion will be of great service to you when you march against the World Encounter Camps. Its abilities allow you to save Encounter Reward Points, gain additional Attack, more Guardian Points or even extra guaranteed chests when defeating an Encounter Camp.
- All 12 existing Cloak equipment items have been reworked with better stats and new bonuses
- 5 new Cloak equipment items have been added
[QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS]
- Warpath flow and Stamina improvements – Stamina deficiency caused players to repeat unnecessary steps when setting up their Army Formation before a Warpath battle. This has been fixed by reworking the flow of the Warpath menu. You can also now stack Warpath Stamina over the limit by claiming Stamina items.
- Guardian Pass and Guardian Swiftness timer has been added – allowing you to see how much time you have left without entering the Bonuses and Effects menu
- Champion XP gained has been added to the Battle Reports
- Clock added to the side menu – allowing you to easily check on the server time and plan your play sessions accordingly
- Claim All Achievements button has been added
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- World Encounters Theme rotation – the Rajput Encounter Camps are making a comeback this season. March against them and defeat their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
- New Path to Glory Chapter
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
- Update 65 Gift Pack – as part of the celebration, we’ll be sending a special Gift Pack to everyone soon after the release of Update 65
- Event Shop: 12 June – 20 June
Update 64 "Rome's Greatest Enemy"
[NEW FEATURES]
Rome’s Greatest Enemy – new Historical Story Mission following the path of the decisive Second Punic War. Once again you have the chance to repeat or reforge history as you please. By successfully completing the Story Mission with both sides you can unlock two new personal Champions:
- General Hannibal Barca – in this side of the Story you’ll lead Hannibal during his daring journey through the Alps, follow his remarkable Italian campaign, which forced Rome to fight for its very survival, take part in his massive victories at Ticinus, Trebia, the ambush at Lake Trasimene, the carnage of Cannae and finally reforge history by defeating his greatest rival Scipio during the Battle of Zama.
- General Scipio Africanus – in this side of the Story you’ll have to save Scipio’s father at the Battle of Ticinus, survive the carnage of Cannae and follow the path of his remarkable campaign in Hispania with the great Roman victories at Baecula and Ilipa until the final showdown with Hannibal at the Battle of Zama.
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme Rotation – Ronins have invaded the Realms! Smash their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
2. New Path to Glory Chapter
3. New Warpath Chapter
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
1. Golden Week Calendar Rewards 29 April – 5 May
[QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS]
1. Send marches without expanding the side menu option added
2. Percentage and duration added to all Boosters’ names
Update 64 "Rome's Greatest Enemy"
[NEW FEATURES]
Rome’s Greatest Enemy – new Historical Story Mission following the path of the decisive Second Punic War. Once again you have the chance to repeat or reforge history as you please. By successfully completing the Story Mission with both sides you can unlock two new personal Champions:
- General Hannibal Barca – in this side of the Story you’ll lead Hannibal during his daring journey through the Alps, follow his remarkable Italian campaign, which forced Rome to fight for its very survival, take part in his massive victories at Ticinus, Trebia, the ambush at Lake Trasimene, the carnage of Cannae and finally reforge history by defeating his greatest rival Scipio during the Battle of Zama.
- General Scipio Africanus – in this side of the Story you’ll have to save Scipio’s father at the Battle of Ticinus, survive the carnage of Cannae and follow the path of his remarkable campaign in Hispania with the great Roman victories at Baecula and Ilipa until the final showdown with Hannibal at the Battle of Zama.
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme Rotation – Ronins have invaded the Realms! Smash their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
2. New Path to Glory Chapter
3. New Warpath Chapter
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
1. Golden Week Calendar Rewards 29 April – 5 May
[QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS]
1. Send marches without expanding the side menu option added
2. Percentage and duration added to all Boosters’ names
Update 63 "THE INFIRMARY"
[NEW FEATURES]
INFIRMARY – a special extension of the Temple building that prevents you from permanently losing troops under specific battle conditions. The Infirmary is unlocked with the Temple building at Castle level 5.
• 70% of killed units under specific battle conditions will go to the Infirmary as gravely wounded units that can be healed
• Healing gravely wounded units will require Mending Potions – a new currency that can be acquired from base production (regeneration), defeating World Encounter Camps, depleting Resource Tiles
• Infirmary battle conditions:
- Battles in City as defender – units will go in the Infirmary after battles in city as a defender, but only when the Temple capacity is full
- Battles in City as defender (reinforcing ally castle)
- Battles in Owned Capitals – as a defender after battles in owned Capitals
- Battles in Mines – as a defender while gathering resource tiles
- Battles in Bastion – as a defender in owned Bastion
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme rotation – as we are marching closer to Easter, the Defilers World Encounters will invade the Realms. Smash their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
2. New Realm Age – the Age of Courage - starts on 10 April in all Realms that have passed their initial Realm Age. The Age of Courage comes with new buffs and Realm conditions, as well as new challenges to conquer and new prizes to claim
3. New Path to Glory chapter with new challenges and rewards
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
1. Easter Calendar Rewards – login every day during the festive period 7 April – 25 April and claim your free gifts from the Calendar Menu
2. Easter Event Shops – participate in time-limited events to gain Event Shop currency and use it to acquire the items you desire.
- 3 April – 10 April
- 12 April – 19 April
[BUG FIXES]
1. Players stuck at loading screen after signing up for Atlantis – fixed
2. Shogun’s Faction unit “Daimyo” can over-heal friendly squads, causing the battle report to show negative values and the over-healed units to be added to the player’s existing army
3. Peace Shield can be activated while Trusted Friend has ongoing hostile marches - fixed
Update 62
Without any further ado, let’s see what the future of the Realms holds:
[NEW FEATURES]
1. Encounter Reward Points – a brand new “energy-like” system that regulates the amount of Encounter Camp Chests a player can get in a day. You can still hit as many Encounter Camps as you want, but you will be rewarded with Encounter Camp Chest only as long as you have Encounter Reward Points. Based on our data analyses, this change will affect less than 5% of the regular players and 100% of bot users.
- The Encounter Reward Points maximum capacity depends on your Guardian Level
- Higher level World Encounter Camps cost more points
2. Maximum Guardian Level is now 12
3. World Encounter Camps level 11 and 12 have been added
4. World Encounter Camps respawn time during World Encounters event has been decreased to 1 hour (from 2 hours)
ERP (Encounter Reward Points) Capacity and Refill by Guardian Level
- Guardian Level 1: 15,000 ERP Max Capacity / 625 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 2: 18,000 ERP Max Capacity / 750 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 3: 21,500 ERP Max Capacity / 900 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 4: 26,000 ERP Max Capacity / 1,100 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 5: 31,000 ERP Max Capacity / 1,300 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 6: 37,500 ERP Max Capacity / 1,550 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 7: 45,000 ERP Max Capacity / 1,900 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 8: 54,000 ERP Max Capacity / 2,250 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 9: 65,000 ERP Max Capacity / 2,700 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 10: 80,000 ERP Max Capacity / 3,300 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 11: 95,000 ERP Max Capacity / 3,900 ERP Refill per hour
- Guardian Level 12: 120,000 ERP Max Capacity / 4,750 ERP Refill per hour
World Encounter Camp Chest: ERP cost
- Camp lvl 1: 30 ERP
- Camp lvl 2: 36 ERP
- Camp lvl 3: 44 ERP
- Camp lvl 4: 53 ERP
- Camp lvl 5: 65 ERP
- Camp lvl 6: 79 ERP
- Camp lvl 7: 95 ERP
- Camp lvl 8: 115 ERP
- Camp lvl 9: 140 ERP
- Camp lvl 10: 170 ERP
- Camp lvl 11: 205 ERP
- Camp lvl 12: 245 ERP
5. Fast Rally Button and Rally Presets - following the successful integration of the Fast Attack and Fast Shield buttons, we are happy to introduce the new Fast Rally Button. Combined with the new Rally Presets, the Fast Rally button allows you to initiate a Rally faster and easier than ever before
6. New Animal Companion: Wooly Yak – this Assist Trait Companion can be assigned to your Stone Quarry and boost your Stone production and gathering abilities
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. New Feats Season – starts in March 2023 – the Seasonal Feats will be unlocked in every Realm that has completed the Heroic Feats. The mightiest Lords and Ladies who manage to accomplish those challenging tasks will write their names down in history.
2. New Path to Glory chapter
3. World Encounters Theme rotation – the Brigands – soon after the release of Update 62 the Brigands will invade the Realms. Defeat their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
[HOLIDAY CONTENT]
1. St. Patrick’s celebration
- St. Patrick’s Event Shop – 13.03 – 21.03 – participate in time-limited events during the celebration to gain Event Shop currency and use it to acquire the items you desire
- St. Patrick’s Calendar Rewards – 17.03 – 20.03 – log-in every day during the festive period and claim your free gifts from the Calendar menu
[BUG FIXES]
- Hunt/Assist Trait Animal Companion stuck – fixed
- Missing Avatar Frame – fixed
- Maximum Champion Class Level Realm Announcement – fixed
- Insight cost for Advanced Researches using research cost attributes - fixed
- Additional minor bugs
Update 61 "Champion Almanac"
[NEW FEATURES]
Champion Almanac
Unique story-line quests you can do with your Faction Champions and unlock a third Champion Class Slot for each of them
Completing the Champion Almanac quests will permanently increase your Faction Bonuses
[FESTIVE CONTENT]
St. Valentine’s Celebration
Valentine’s Event Shop – featuring powerful equipment items from past Historical Story Missions. Participate in time-limited events to gain Event Shop currency and use it to acquire the items you desire.
Valentine’s Calendar Rewards – log-in every day during the celebration period and claim your free gifts
[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. New Path to Glory
2. Amazons PVE theme – prepare for the return of the female Amazon warriors who will invade the Realms shortly after the release of Update 61. Smash their camps to retrieve the treasures they have stolen.
[BALANCE CHANGES AND BUG FIXES]
1. Tournament event issue – fixed
2. Heal All Units in Temple issue – fixed
3. Game crash when your Castle is simultaneously attacked by a large number of players – fixed
4. Crafting menu redirection issue - fixed