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Update 169123
Update released February 17, 2026, recording 601 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas.
Overview
Update released February 17, 2026, recording 601 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas.
What this version records
Update 169123 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated February 17, 2026. It records 601 changes in the The Last Chieftains (TLC) 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.
- Stability and performance: 6 change items
- Achievements: 1 change items
- Graphics: 9 change items
- Audio: 2 change items
- UI: 13 change items
- Major flag update: 2 change items
- Settings: 1 change items
- Hotkeys: 15 change items
- Multiplayer: 5 change items
- Xbox: 4 change items
- PlayStation: 4 change items
- General: 116 change items
- Fixes: 25 change items
- Inca Campaign Changes: 35 change items
- Campaign scenarios: 11 change items
- Naval Gameplay Update: 67 change items
- The Last Chieftains Specific Changes: 10 change items
- and: 2 change items
- Campaign: 2 change items
- Map Balance: 14 change items
- Random Map Scripting: 2 change items
- Additions: 1 change items
- = Added a new cliff type =: 1 change items
- = Added new trees =: 4 change items
- = Added new forage bushes =: 2 change items
- = Added a new herdable animal =: 1 change items
- = Added a new violent huntable animal =: 1 change items
- = Added new prey huntable animals =: 2 change items
- = Added a new decorative wild animal =: 1 change items
- = Added a new scout animal =: 1 change items
- = Added new predator animals =: 3 change items
- = Added new birds =: 2 change items
- = Added a new marine gold source =: 1 change items
- = Added new strings for assigning as name ID attribute to existing animals =: 7 change items
- = Added a new rock object =: 1 change items
- Networking: 1 change items
- Pathfinding: 4 change items
- Scenario Editor: 3 change items
- = New editor objects =: 15 change items
- XS Scripting: 34 change items
- Localization: 4 change items
- Design changes: 6 change items
- Units: 3 change items
- New ship line: → →: 4 change items
- New ship:: 1 change items
- line: 9 change items
- (and equivalents): 1 change items
- Technologies: 17 change items
- New technologies: 14 change items
- Civilization-specific changes: 19 change items
- Undocumented but confirmed changes: 20 change items
How to use this reference
Update released February 17, 2026, recording 601 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas. Release record: February 17, 2026; 601 recorded change items. Areas covered: Stability and performance (6), Achievements (1), Graphics (9), Audio (2), UI (13), Major flag update (2), Settings (1), Hotkeys (15), Multiplayer (5), Xbox (4), PlayStation (4), General (116), Fixes (25), Inca Campaign Changes (35), Campaign scenarios (11), Naval Gameplay Update (67), The Last Chieftains Specific Changes (10), and (2), Campaign (2), Map Balance (14), Random Map Scripting (2), Additions (1), = Added a new cliff type = (1), = Added new trees = (4), = Added new forage bushes = (2), = Added a new herdable animal = (1), = Added a new violent huntable animal = (1), = Added new prey huntable animals = (2), = Added a new decorative wild animal = (1), = Added a new scout animal = (1), = Added new predator animals = (3), = Added new birds = (2), = Added a new marine gold source = (1), = Added new strings for assigning as name ID attribute to existing animals = (7), = Added a new rock object = (1), Networking (1), Pathfinding (4), Scenario Editor (3), = New editor objects = (15), XS Scripting (34), Localization (4), Design changes (6), Units (3), New ship line: → → (4), New ship: (1), line (9), (and equivalents) (1), Technologies (17), New technologies (14), Civilization-specific changes (19), Undocumented but confirmed changes (20). Read this entry as a version-specific record; a later update may have changed the current values of affected units, buildings, or technologies.
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