Age of Empires Mobile is a strategy cum city builder RPG that immerses you in the captivating world of AOE. Being an officially licensed mobile port version, players will be able to get the full AOE experience on their compact devices in HD quality. The latest update, titled as “Version 1.3” brings about several new alliance-based events for players to strategize and reap rewards from. Other than that, many important bugs have been fixed and the game has been optimized to work on low-end devices. Let’s check out everything new added to the game with the 1.3 update that occurred on 11th December, 2024.

The Mightiest Empire – New Alliance Event 

The Mightiest Empire is a new limited-time event that can already be seen live in-game as it started on 11th December, 2024 and ends on 5th January, 2025. The war between two empires is nearing its conclusion, with the Imperial City competing for the title of Mightiest Empire! The entire event is divided into 4 separate stages:

  • Matchmaking
  • Preparation
  • War
  • Recovery

The matchmaking stage lasts for a duration of 24 hours. During this period, all participating Alliances are informed about the rules, their opponents, and some partial information about rewards are revealed. This stage is a great time for Alliances to cook up game winning strategies after viewing the roster of opponents in the opposing Alliance. Try to strategize and co-ordinate with your alliance members in in-game chat, or social media platforms like Discord. 

Age of Empires Mobile Version 1.3 Update Brings New Alliance Events and Game Optimizations

The Preparation phase of the event entails players to complete required activities pertaining to their empire to reap points for the event. Accumulate personal and alliance points to earn advancement and ranking awards. The empire with the highest total points will be the invading force, defining the start time of the war stage. In the War stage, Governors can cross into the other empire’s map for war by relocating close to the invasion camp. In the subsequent cross-border Imperial City conflict, if the invaders prevail, their appointed king will control both empires; if the defenders win, their monarch will only rule and manage their own empire, leaving the invaders’ Imperial City without a ruler or officials. 

Governors can reclaim forces lost in fights against the opposing empire during the war stage. In the Recovery phase, the outcomes will be determined based on the total points of both empires, and rewards will be sent to all governors via in-game mail. 

Marauder Hunt – New Alliance Event 

Marauder Hunt is a brand-new alliance event that can also be seen live in-game as it started on 12th December, 2024. No end date for the event is mentioned yet. The premise of the event reads as follows – “Only the finest prey draws out the hungriest wolves. Eliminate marauders and claim their spoils!”. In this game mode, the bait treasury spawns waves of marauders that charge towards the governors’ citadels. You can earn points and awards depending on how many marauders you eliminate. This event is said to run on a bi-weekly basis on a permanent basis after it ends for the first time. Make sure to inform the Alliance leaders to register for it from the event page. 

Age of Empires Mobile Version 1.3 Update Brings New Alliance Events and Game Optimizations

Gameplay Optimizations

No matter how powerful or smooth a game runs, it constantly requires maintenance and optimizations. New updates are often the time when these optimizations are pushed to the live versions of the game. In Age of Empires Mobile, this process is no different. The developers have tweaked the performance of several aspects in the game to make them smoother:

  • Improved the display logic for Hero Tutorials.
  • Improved the experience of hero advancement.
  • Improved the presentation logic and impact of specific fights in Alliance War.
  • Improved the experience of Supplies Bounty.
  • Improved the calculation logic for elimination and siege points obtained when occupying Lv.3, Lv.5, and Lv.7 cities, mountain forts, and river crossings for the first time.
  • Optimized the appearance and contents of Daily Special packs while keeping the total amount of goods constant.
  • Added more products to the VIP store. You can now buy gems and gear-related goods from it.
  • Improved the content of the free Daily Pack in Value Packs.

Bug Fixes

The following bug has been fixed:

  • Diao Chan’s anomalous talent nodes have been fixed. Diao Chan’s second talent node is now Strategic Preparation, while the fourth node is Form the Ranks. Governors who have allocated talent points must reallocate.

Players can enjoy Age of Empires Mobile even more on a bigger screen of their PC or Laptop with keyboard and mouse via BlueStacks for an elevated gameplay experience.