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Update 162286

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Update 162286

Update released December 2, 2025, recording 49 change items across Game, Gameplay, General, Random maps and other areas.

Update 162286 Age of Empires II update artwork
Update 162286 Age of Empires II update artwork

Overview

Update released December 2, 2025, recording 49 change items across Game, Gameplay, General, Random maps and other areas.

What this version records

Update 162286 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated December 2, 2025. It records 49 changes in the CAtG 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.

  • Game: 1 change items
  • Gameplay: 1 change items
  • General: 7 change items
  • Random maps: 9 change items
  • AI: 1 change items
  • Modding: 4 change items

How to use this reference

Update released December 2, 2025, recording 49 change items across Game, Gameplay, General, Random maps and other areas. Release record: December 2, 2025; 49 recorded change items. Areas covered: Game (1), Gameplay (1), General (7), Random maps (9), AI (1), Modding (4). 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
Update 162286
Focus
Game update
Signature / category
Update
Release / context
Definitive Edition
Classification
Update

Release record

Released
December 2, 2025
Change items
49
Release context
CAtG
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