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Patch 5.6

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Patch 5.6

Patch released December 4, 2017, recording 53 change items across General Community Bug Fixes, Campaign Improvements, Editor Improvements, Gameplay Improvements and other areas.

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Overview

Patch released December 4, 2017, recording 53 change items across General Community Bug Fixes, Campaign Improvements, Editor Improvements, Gameplay Improvements and other areas.

What this version records

Patch 5.6 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated December 4, 2017. It records 53 changes in the RotR release. The section labels below identify which parts of the game were touched; consult the current unit, building, or technology entry for values that may have changed again in a later patch.

  • General Community Bug Fixes: 8 change items
  • Campaign Improvements: 6 change items
  • Editor Improvements: 13 change items
  • Gameplay Improvements: 20 change items
  • Mod Manager Improvements: 6 change items

How to use this reference

Patch released December 4, 2017, recording 53 change items across General Community Bug Fixes, Campaign Improvements, Editor Improvements, Gameplay Improvements and other areas. Release record: December 4, 2017; 53 recorded change items. Areas covered: General Community Bug Fixes (8), Campaign Improvements (6), Editor Improvements (13), Gameplay Improvements (20), Mod Manager Improvements (6). Read this entry as a version-specific record; a later update may have changed the current values of affected units, buildings, or technologies.

Also known as
Patch 5.6
Focus
Game update
Signature / category
Patch
Release / context
Definitive Edition
Classification
Patch

Release record

Released
December 4, 2017
Change items
53
Release context
RotR
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