Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition — Update 6159

November 12, 2020

Good day, explorers! Today’s update is the latest in the series of change logs based on the community feedback we’ve collected over the past few weeks. While you can read through the full list of changes below, here’s the short list of highlights coming with the build:

Fixes for several crashes, out-of-sync errors, and other stability issues!
Additional fixes to prevent units from getting stuck in immovable objects (and still more to come)!
Treasure Guardians will now be visible behind their treasures!
Fixed several issues noted when the Allow Conflicts hotkey setting was enabled.
Revolt Decks can no longer be copied and deployed outside of an actual revolution!
Balance changes to the Chinese, Incas, Indians, and Japanese civs.
Replaced the wood cost with a coin cost to train Chimu Runners.
Several actions will now respond to the click rather than the release of the button press for improved feedback.

As always, we are continuing to seek out community conversations focused on the evolution of the game in a critical, yet constructive manner. For those looking to inspire change, the quickest way to do so is by garnering the support of the community, so be sure to start or join the conversations taking place on our official channels:

Official Forum Steam Forum Join Discord

If you’re still having trouble with stability or playing the game, we want to hear from you! There’s a dedicated support team waiting to help you troubleshoot the problem; reach out to them, explain your experience, and they’ll do everything in their power to get you in and playing!

We’ll be watching today’s update to see what issues continue to pop up following its release. We appreciate everyone working with us to make Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition even better, and hope to continue doing so in the years to come!

See you on the battlefield!

—The Age of Empires Team

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Download on the MICROSOFT STORE

Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Microsoft Store:

Open the Microsoft Store.
Click the [ ∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
Select Downloads and updates.
Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 6159

If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program.

That’s it; you’re ready to play!

Download on STEAM

Remember that you’ll need to update your game in Steam:

Open Steam.
Click on Library to see your games list.
Click Downloads at the bottom of the Library window.
[If the new build does not download automatically,] click the Download Now button to manually download the new update.
Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 6159

That’s it; you’re ready to play!

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Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.

Still having trouble? Visit our support site!

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition — Update 6159

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