UPDATE 46: War Never Changes

The earth would shake with roaring rumble as the Alliance War approaches. A new era of waging war is upon us, my Lords and Ladies. Gather your Alliance forces and march on to victory!

[NEW FEATURES]

ALLIANCE WARS

- Gain Alliance War Score points by: killing or wounding enemy units at Capitals/Bastions/Seats of Power and conquering/occupying or devastating these objects

- For any Capital, Bastion or Bastion Capital [adjacent to the Bastion], the owner receives the War Score for incapacitated units immediately

- The generated War Score for the attacker is stored in the Capital and received on successful contest, along with the base score for the structure itself

- For neutral Capitals and Seats of Power, the War Score for incapacitated units is received by both sides immediately (note that no War is required to fight at the Seats of Power, but War Score could still be earned if you are fighting there with the enemy)

- Gain Personal War Score points based on your army might contribution to a Rally/Reinforcement when an Alliance battle occurs and gain a brand new Avatar Frame

- Each conquered/occupied Capital will trigger a small negative Army Offense bonus in Capital battles against the same Alliance, so don`t overstretch your ambitions

- Signing a Truce will immediately reward all eligible members of the Alliance with War Chest based on the Alliance War Score

OCCUPY A CAPITAL

- Enemy Capitals can now be “occupied” during Alliance Wars, granting the controlling Alliance a temporary, partial control of the enemy region and all its benefits (occupying enemy Capitals can bypass the general limit of 20 owned Capitals)

- After the War timer is over or the Alliances make peace, the occupied regions will return to their owners

BASTION AND CAPITAL SIEGE

- Bastion can now be attacked and defended. It can also be conquered using the same mechanics as Regional Capitals

- Bastion cannot be relocated during an Alliance War

- Bastion now requires time to be rebuilt

- Bastion now has a rebuild cooldown, which starts after initiating the process (following a de-spawn). Be wise when you decide where to place it next

- Defend your Bastion at all costs during a war, because if conquered it would allow your enemies to attack your adjacent Capital and award them a high amount of War Score points

- Only after a Bastion has been conquered the attackers can storm its adjacent Capital and trigger a series of short skirmish battles in order to conquer/ravage or occupy the Capital

- As a last chance, the defending Alliance could try to recover the conquered Bastion in order to interrupt any ongoing conquest on the adjacent Capital

WAR FAME

- At the end of each war the Alliances will be awarded with War Fame equal to their War Score

- War Fame can be used for acquiring level 4 Capital & Bastion advancements and further upgrading your Bastion level

- War Fame can also be gained by fighting armies at Capitals in foreign Realms during RvR Events

[QUALITY OF LIFE]
- Improved Conquer Capitals Event
- Improved Alliance Encounters rewards: Solo Progression

[SEASONAL & OTHER CONTENT]
- Fight the mysterious Ronins in the new PvE season

Lords & Ladies, we're marching forward with Update 45!
It brings to the Realms a nice mix of quality of life improvements, some festive content for the approaching Easter and Ramadan holidays and several new Mythic Equipment Sets.

[IMPROVEMENTS]
- Improved visibility for upcoming Events which reward Fragments
- UI/UX improvements in the Champion Class menus
- Increased duration for the Recovery of a Pillaged Capital to 20 min (up from 10)
- Reduced size of the enemy forces in Alliance Encounters for the lower Castle levels

[FESTIVE CONTENT]
- Prove yourself worthy and conquer the Seasonal Feats to obtain thrilling rewards
- Clash with the noble Easter Knights and get thematic equipment in the new PvE season
- Easter Limited selection in the Event Shop
- Easter Promo Lottaries
- Ramadan Relic Hunt event

[NEW MYTHIC SETS]
- Tournament
- Trinkets
- Huskarl
- Venerable

Update 44 ChangelogsWed Feb 17, 2021 5:42 pm
Lords and Ladies, we’re marching forward with Update 44! If you think we’ve had a great adventure so far, just wait and see what’s coming next!

NEW FEATURES

[ADVENTURES REMASTERED]

Embark on new types of Adventures and share them with your Alliance members. Send a unique party of Adventurers on each mission. Choose your team wisely and the benefits will be great!

1. New Alliance Adventures
- Each Party Slot in the Alliance Adventure requires a random Adventurer Category
- Each Player in the Alliance can see the currently active Alliance Adventures and their progress at any time, as well as their own personal “Start” Adventure
- Each Alliance Member can send only one Adventurer to an Alliance Adventure
- Players can have both an Alliance Adventure and a Normal Adventure running at the same time

2. Adventures Party Member Preset has been removed. You now have to send a unique party of Adventurers on each mission and benefit from your choices

3. Tavern menu reworked

4. Added the National flag of India to the Alliance Flags pool


[SEATS OF POWER]

Seats of Power now have Terrain Bonuses and produce Alliance Materials for the Alliance which controls them. The Terrain and the respective production will be shifted on each weekly reset.

1. Seats of Power now produce Alliance resources on a higher hourly rate than Capitals

2. Types of Terrain Bonuses:
- Plain - Swordsmen Attack & Health reduced
- Forest - Spearmen Attack & Health reduced
- Mountain - Cavalry Attack & Health reduced



[NEW REALM AGE]

Our Realms are once again descending into the Age of Reprisal – it comes with new Rules and Challenges

1. Age of Reprisal Rules:

- Brigands‘ Den spawns around the map with large amount of Raid Keys in it
- Banners are more effective
- New Banner type for reduced healing time
- Cooldown for Raid Debuffs is decreased
- Cooldown for Raid Cooldown is decreased
- Standards spawn after defeating an Encounter Camp or depleting a Mine
- New Holy Site buff


2. Age of Reprisal Challenges:

Realm Challenges:
- Keeping it Clean: Have 215 Brigands’ Dens defeated on the World Map in the Realm
- The Rim of the World: Start the Brotherhood’s Assault Raid 6 times in the Realm
- Key to the World: Gather 50000 Raid Keys from the World Map in the Realm
- The Brotherhood Attacks: Defeat 275 attacks sent in the Realm by the Brotherhood Manor

Alliance Challenges:
- Keeping it Clean: Have 7 Brigands’ Den defeated on the World Map by members of your Alliance
- The Rim of the World: Have members of your Alliance start the Brotherhood’s Assault Raid 1 times
- Key to the Word: Have 4500 Raid Keys gathered from the World Map by members of your Alliance
- Key to the World 2: Have 4750 Raid Keys gathered from the World Map by members of your Alliance
- The Brotherhood Attacks: Have members of your Alliance defeat 50 attacks sent by the Brotherhood Manor
- Warriors of the World: Have 275 waves defeated in the Dark Citadel by members of your Alliance
- Noble Protectors: Have 4 Noble Treasuries in your Alliance territory remain un-looted during the Brotherhood’s Assault Raid
- Dark Adventures: Have a level-15 Wave defeated 10 times in the Dark Citadel by members of your Alliance

[SEASONAL CONTENT]

- Defeat the Amazons in the new PvE season and retrieve the treasures they have stolen

Lords and Ladies, Update 43 has arrived with some epic gameplay additions, tons of holiday perks and events, Mythic equipment and a large chest full of balance changes. Without any further ado, let's see what the future of the Realms holds:

[NEW FEATURES]

Alliance Bastion
- Enhance your Alliance supremacy by building the new Alliance Bastion structure and utilize its passive bonuses
- Upgrade the Bastion to unlock powerful time-limited buffs and use them to gain leverage over your enemies. The Bastion buffs will tremendously boost the whole Alliance’s performance. They can be activated using Alliance Resources.
- New Alliance Rank Option that allows the Alliance Member with the appropriate Rank to spawn or move the Alliance Bastion

Mythic Equipment
- Overcharge your champion with almighty Mythic equipment. Reforge equipment items to obtain Mythic Bars and use them to transform legendary equipment into Mythic

Additional Paragon levels & Paragon Pass
- Get closer to the absolute perfection with 35 new Paragon levels, new skill and improved perks
- Obtain the new Paragon Pass and take advantage of increased Paragon points gain, reduced Paragon skills cooldown and Paragon points on a daily basis


[HOLIDAY CONTENT]

Festive Village
- Join forces with all players in your Realm to build the most magnificent Festive Village and unlock marvelous holiday gifts for everyone

Snowball Wars
- Attack the snowball to push it in the desired direction and shove it in your enemy`s face during the Snowball event

Time-limited Holiday Event Shop: 20.12.2020 - 31.12.2020
- Participate in Events to gain Event Shop currency and spend it on awesome rewards

Christmas Lottery – 25.12.2020

*Surprise Christmas Treat 1: 22.12.2020 – 26.12.2020
*Surprise Christmas Treat 2: 25.12.2020 – 31.12.2020
*Surprise Christmas “Definitely Not a Gift Pack”: 25.12.2020


[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- Stop the Viking invasion in the new PvE season (18.12, 13GMT)

[BALANCE CHANGES]
Based on your feedback throughout the year and our gameplay observations, we decided to implement the following changes:

New Realms
- Higher level PvE Encounters will be spawned in the first Ages: up to Level 5 (from 4) in Age of Foundation and up to Level 7 (from 6) in Age of Knowledge
- Slightly increased capacities of Mine Levels 1-4;
- Increased rewards of Glory Emblems for the initial Time-Limited Events
- Added Class Fragments as rewards for some of the initial Time-Limited Events

PvE:
- Army Bonuses of PvE Encounters slightly increased
- Army Bonuses of Barbarian and Resistance Hordes slightly increased
- Barbarian and Resistance Horde's marches will now contest a Capital faster: reduced Contest timer from 4 hours to 1 hour
- Army Bonuses of Alliance PvE Encounters reduced for Normal and Hard difficulties, more significantly in the lower levels
- Increased XP and Social Currency rewards from Alliance PvE Encounters
- Improved Solo Progression rewards of the Alliance PvE Encounters: introducing Themed Legacy Chests with iconic items from past encounters of the same theme

Lords and Ladies, have no fear, the Halloween Update is here! In Update 42 we proudly introduce a few long-awaited new features and Halloween themed events:

[NEW FEATURES]

1. CHAMPION CLASSES
- Shape your Champion as you wish by assigning multiple classes to it, each of which grants unique bonuses and advantages
- You can assign up to 2 different classes for your regular Faction Champions and up to 3 for the mighty new Champions that can be unlocked by completing the Historical Personal Stories
- You have the freedom to choose from 13 distinctive classes, try different combinations and discover a whole new layer of the game full of unexplored tactical decisions and strategies

2. FIGHT THE FRIGHT – multi-staged Halloween event (28 Oct – 1 Nov)
- Experience a spooky new Halloween story. Overcome different solo challenges every day, conquer milestones and contribute towards activating precious buffs for the whole Realm
- Join forces with all the rulers in your Realm to stand a chance against the final Boss stage of the event, where every point of damage dealt matters

[IMPROVEMENTS]
- Added Throne of Might protection timer for new Realms after merge

[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- Join the Halloween Pumpkin Hunt event and make the most Jack-o-lanterns for your castle
- Undead Horror - narrative event. Stop the Merciless Raiders and obtain great rewards
- Banish the Headless Knights in the new PvE season (starts 23.10)
- Special Halloween Event Shop offerings
- Halloween Calendar Rewards (29.10 - 3.11)

Noble Lords and Ladies, Update 41 procedures have been initiated, but there might be a delay on some platforms. We expect the update to be live on all platforms by the end of the day tomorrow. And while we wait, let’s take a look at what’s coming to the Realms of March of Empires:

We are proudly presenting a new Historical Personal Story: the Third Crusade. Once again, we put history in your hands and you are free to repeat or reforge it as you please, and by doing so, unlock two brand-new champions: Richard I "the Lionheart," and the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin. We've also made significant changes to Alliance mechanics and capabilities for you, including new Alliance resources, Capital bonuses, upgrades and much more.

[NEW FEATURES]

Historical Personal Story: New Theme
- Immerse yourself in one of the greatest historical rivalries by following in the steps of the mighty Richard I "the Lionheart" down the road of the Third Crusade, or side with the great Ayyubid Sultan Saladin
- Repeat history or write your own version of this epic clash to win two new champions and thematic equipment

Alliances Reforged
- Introduction of new Alliance resources that can be obtained through gathering (depleting mines), plundering (depleting mines in the territories of rival Alliances) and Capital production
- Each Capital will now give one of three specific bonuses: Mountain, Plain or Forest. These bonuses will provide additional combat modifiers affecting battles at this location and will determine the type of resources produced.
- Additional Capital upgrades that can only be launched by the Capital's Governor

[IMPROVEMENTS]
- Added Regional Focus auto-activation option that's visible to the regions' Governors
- Added option for Alliance members to evict ally's reinforcing champion from the Capital menu
- Restricted newly joined Alliance members from starting or joining a rally for a certain amount of time
- Improved visibility of the Capital's upgrade level in the Fortification limited-time event
- The Age of Excellence will bless your realm once again. Take advantage of new thematic rules and challenges.

[IMPLEMENTED BY POPULAR DEMAND]
Second Training Queue
- Greatly improve your military potential and amass troops two times faster

[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- Stop the thieves from pillaging the realm in the new PvE season
- Oktoberfest Limited Selection in the Event Shop
- New Path to Glory chapter

Noble Lords & Ladies, Update 40 is finally here, bringing new challenges and epic adventures to the Realms:

[NEW FEATURES]

Heroic Dark Citadel
- Obtain Raid keys to unlock the new heroic difficulty of the Dark Citadel
- The dark armies will be stronger than ever, so prepare your armies for colossal clash with the incoming enemy waves
- Get improved rewards for defeating the dark waves and better equipment items from milestone chests

New Warpath chapter
- Your road to domination continues in the new Warpath chapter. Overcome all combat driven chain of missions and get new Tactic and Battle plans to experiment with

[IMPLEMENTED BY POPULAR DEMAND]
- Alliance Leaders, War Generals, Dukes and Diplomats can send alliance invitations to players through their profile and castle menu pop-ups

[GAME POLISH]
- Daily quests structure minor improvements and new quests

[SEASONAL CONTENT]
- Crush the Gladiators in the Colosseum during the new PvE season

Lords and Ladies, Update 36 has arrived with the intention to leave a mark in history or why not even change it? As bedazzling as it sounds, this is exactly what is going to happen. Now kick back, relax and take a look at what’s coming to the glorious Realms of March of Empires:

[NEW FEATURES] (Available on 20.02)
1. The Invasion of the Great Heathen Army
- A new authentic History Narrative feature allowing you to take part in real historical battles
- Immerse yourself in medieval times and decide whether to repeat or reforge the course of history by leading the forces of the Anglo-Saxons or the Great Viking Army

2. Two new Champions
- King Alfred and Halfdan Ragnarsson are the newest members of the MoE family
- Complete the Invasion of the Great Heathen Army with both sides to unlock both champions
- King Alfred and Halfdan Ragnarsson are available for all Factions
- You can unlock only one Champion per Narrative

[IMPLEMENTED BY PLAYERS’ POPULAR DEMAND]
1. Atlantis Event Remastered
- All army units in your Temple that have been wounded during Atlantis are automatically healed after the completion of the event
- Remastered PVP scoring mechanics – points are awarded only after a successful attack
- Powerful new reward items

2. Alchemy (Available on 11.02)
- Use the power of Alchemy to your advantage! Melt down stashed items to extract their essence and use it to craft powerful time-limited boosts

3. VIP level cap raised from 20 to 25 (Available 11.02)
- New PvP perks

[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. New PVE Season: The Amazons (Available on 15.02)
- Beautiful but deadly Amazons have infiltrated our Realms. March on their camps and recover the treasures they have stolen
- New PVE Reward Chest and gear items
2. New Path to Glory

[GAME POLISH]
1. Hide UI Elements while scrolling! (Available 11.02)
- It is hard to explain what needs to be seen! User Interface elements will fade out and hide while you scroll around the World Map, giving you better visibility of your surroundings
- This is a toggle-able feature which can be switched off and on from the Settings menu

2. Improved visibility of the Tactical Resources in the Warpath Campaign
- Tap on the Tactical Resources icon anywhere in the Warpath Campaign menus to see the amount of Tactical Resources you currently have and how to acquire them

[AND MORE]
- Minor improvements and bug fixes

My Lords & Ladies, Update 32 is here with a promise of endless glory and epic battles! Sharpen your swords and prepare for exciting new challenges.



Become the greatest warrior in the Gladiator Arena – a brand new PVP event with awesome mechanics
• Join the event by encamping your armies around the Gladiator Arena and prepare for the heat of battle
• Strategize your formation and carefully choose powerful upgrades for your encampment, based on three Battle Card choices
• Earn precious event points by winning battles, scoring the longest winning streak or killing most enemy Units in each Gladiator Arena run
• Embrace the glory and win valuable rewards based on your score
Boost Items for Single Unit Types - a new option for strengthening a single type of Units via Boost Item for a limited duration

Second Research Queue
• Boost your City, Army and Economic progression by adding a second research queue
• Multi Speed Ups
• You can now use multiple Speed Up Items at once, instead of repeatedly clicking the “Use” button in order to achieve the desired result

Overwhelm the Gladiators during the new PVE season
• Group of rebellious Gladiators are threatening the balance of the Realm. Vanquish their Coliseums and bring back home valuable equipment

• Added more detailed information about the Upkeep
• Added new option to sell multiple Equipment Items at once
• Better visibility of wounded Units in the Temple
• Key drop rates moderately increased across the board, especially for Noble Keys
• Mentors will now be able to propose to up to 5 players to become their students (up from 1)
• Holy Site Raid Bonus from Age of Reprisal will now last 6 hours (up from 2 hours)
• The Vault regional building reward now cannot be collected by players who have not spent at least 24 hours in the Alliance
• Minor improvements and bug fixes

Update 27 arrives with Santa’s sleigh and it’s full of sparkling surprises! Gem stones, new equipment bonuses, a new equipment slot and exclusive holiday features are all coming to test your imagination and ingenuity.



(Live on December 7)
The crafting has just reached a new level! Evolve your Champion equipment by socketing valuable gems that grant game-changing bonuses. Discover a huge number of combinations by fusing and socketing gems of six unique types.

• Gemstones will be unlocked at Castle Level 15
• Only selected equipment items will have gem sockets, those include all Epic and Legendary quality gear
• To unlock the gem sockets, an equipment item must first be upgraded to 3 stars
• Equipment items will have up to 3 sockets of specific, pre-determined colors
• When socketing gems, the color of the gem must match the color of the socket on the equipment item you’re trying to enhance
• Any equipment item that is socketed with a gem will be placed in an entirely New Inventory, which will allow only a certain amount of Socketed Items to be placed inside. You can increase the size of the Socketed Items Inventory up to 100 by using a bunch of the new Jeweler’s Tools item
• Keep in mind that if your Socketed Items inventory is full or you wish to recover gems you have already socketed, you can always remove gemstones from equipment by using the new Jeweler’s Tweezers item
• You will be able to find gems in your Daily Quest chests and Stronghold chests, in rewards from Events, at the Exotic Dealer’s, and of course in our special gem offers.
• Discover a huge amount of combinations that yield different results - test new strategies and surprise your enemies



The gems will have 6 colours – red, blue, yellow, green, white and prismatic. Each color will have up to 4 different shapes. Depending on their colour and shape, gems grant different bonuses to the equipment item they are socketed in. In addition, there are 6 levels of gemstones available for each color and shape. Fuse gems of the same colour and level to receive a higher level gem for increased bonuses. Mix and match until you find the most powerful combination.
Note that the Prismatic Gems are special gems that can go into any socket, regardless its colour.

(Live on December 7)
Complete your Champion’s formidable look with a Cloak that will underscore your skills and might perfectly. Cloaks are a unique new equipment item that brings special bonuses unlike any you’ve seen before. The new bonuses scale depends on the quality of the Cloak. Some of them are Gathered Resource – gain X% additional resources based on the amount and type of resources gathered at a resource tile when the army returns to your city and Strength vs. Encounters (Stackable Effect) – Gain X% Army Attack & Health vs. Encounters for 30 minutes after defeating a PvE Encounter Camp with your Champion leading the army. This effect stacks up to 5 times. You can get also Trade Deal Modifier, Lower Enemy Attributes in Combat and others.


Now every player can get rewards from events upon achieving their personal milestones. King or squire – everyone counts! The personal goals will always be in the form of milestones and will grant excellent rewards for your efforts. You can expect to see the following Personal Events: Train Units, Gain Might Pillage/Recover Capitals, Burn/Loot Cities, Siege Battles and Purge Barbarians.

The holidays are coming to your Castle – enjoy tons of exclusive activities! Lottery: Christmas edition, new city skin – the Chateau, the always exciting Snowball Fun Events, New PvE: The Vikings and Special Winter Calendar rewards - Save the dates between 18th of December – 2nd of January and login every day to claim fantastic gifts from the calendar!


• The transfer between realms of accounts that are older than 14 days is now limited - if a player has had his castle for more than two weeks, he/she won’t be able to transfer to other realms.
• Daily Urn cooldown is now 1 hour (down from 2 hours)
• Daily Quests have received some tuning and should now be more appropriate depending on the player’s Castle level
• Language menu changes
• Path to Glory XVIII
• Now that your strength can grow bigger with the new powerful bonuses and equipment, we’d like to notify you that the Barbarian Hordes (Events) and Resistance Camps (Purge the Realm) have adjusted their powers, too, to be better prepared when they meet you in battle. Their Attack and Health bonuses are now increased to bring them closer to their intended power level.