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Update 185872
The September 2026 update introduced The Viking Sagas roster and Scandinavian architecture, renamed Longboats to Longships, and added the Mounted Crossbowman regional line to 12 existing European civilizations. It also adjusted selected infantry, siege, and naval units, refined formations and pathfinding, and added the Arabian Desert random map. This overview highlights major changes; individual unit and map entries describe their own details.
Overview
The September 2026 update introduced The Viking Sagas roster and Scandinavian architecture, renamed Longboats to Longships, and added the Mounted Crossbowman regional line to 12 existing European civilizations. It also adjusted selected infantry, siege, and naval units, refined formations and pathfinding, and added the Arabian Desert random map. This overview highlights major changes; individual unit and map entries describe their own details.
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The September 2026 update introduced The Viking Sagas roster and Scandinavian architecture, renamed Longboats to Longships, and added the Mounted Crossbowman regional line to 12 existing European civilizations. It also adjusted selected infantry, siege, and naval units, refined formations and pathfinding, and added the Arabian Desert random map. This overview highlights major changes; individual unit and map entries describe their own details. 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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- Definitive Edition update 185872
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